Top 10 Hardest Missions in GTA Online in 2025

[@notobi-wan8344]

Hardest mission is not losing your mind with randoms during heist

[@GalaxyM109-zz6tj]

I can’t stand randos

[@AkeemWright-uh9mz]

Fr😂😂😂😂😂 I the best in the group I get mad when they die lol😂😂

[@CalebWilliams-j4n]

Especially when they fail the heist on purpose

[@ceejay9180]

I fully quit a the prison break heist yesterday after having to evade the jets with no help but then the person to get in the heli and crash it into a turbine at the end

[@notobi-wan8344]

@@ceejay9180 jets are easy To evade alone. Just fly behind them

[@Milty2001]

The hardest part of the setups in heists is either getting players to join up or not worrying about randoms leaving in the middle of the heist

[@Unknown17886]

Yeah

[@bobowl6656]

i’m the random who’s stays no matter what 🙏🙏

[@losriffinios8429]

Yes true

[@Nothing67525]

It mainly depends on what setup for what heist for me

[@ShadowGundam1989]

I completely gave up on those heists can’t find decent people

[@ZPN_Neptune]

The hardest part of the prison break is to get people for it

[@deathcorebro9254]

Prison break is easy if you’re aren’t brainless

[@alyssalowkey9818]

​@@deathcorebro9254they said getting people is the hard part, which is true if u don't have ppl who play. 😢

[@Joeybarbs]

Ye

[@mingi1489]

@@deathcorebro9254 That reminds me of the time I was in the buzzard and my controller died so I crashed and we were at the part to get him in the plane

[@SHIP_THROWER]

people actually joined mine, my problem is getting people for humane labs raid

[@ChipperMcManus]

i love how cam is obviously your little brother and whenever he splits off during the doomsday scenario when you say “cams gonna split off…. i’m fine with that i trust him” it screams older brother being supportive even though he knows his little brother is gonna get mauled

[@lfla0179]

Nobody learned about the Heavy Combat Outfit in the OG Heists. You can save an outfit that can withstand a hell lot more shots.

[@theodoresurtee1178]

Which heist do you find that in? And can you still save it or was it patched or something

[@fvck_it_we_vibin]

@@theodoresurtee1178Its an outfit you can buy outside of heists. Go to a clothing store and go to the cashier to buy outfits, find “Heist Heavy” and buy one of those. Then save that as one of your custom outfits and when starting the OG heists, set outfits to Player Saved Outfits. Then you can use them and tank hits

[@lfla0179]

@@theodoresurtee1178 All the old ones. Pac standard, Humane Labs, Series A, and Fleeca. Every mission that doesn't enforce an outfit (cop clothing, prisoner clothing) allows the HEAVY COMBAT outfit, directly available in Humane Labs. You can save that and use it on ant other heist if the host uses Player Saved Outfits.

[@Bellax06]

Yea me and my friends used that to make the criminal mastermind award easier

[@evilpog1693]

@@theodoresurtee1178 you buy from a clothing store. Go to Tops then choose Utility Vests, then select either Black Heavy Utility Vest or the Gray Heavy Utility Vest. I would suggest that you make an player saved outfit with a Heavy Utility Vest that you use for the OG heists. Certain setups if you equip a scarf with the Heavy Utility Vest you can move quicker too.

[@jirkainstyle246]

Doomsday act 3 with randoms has given me permanent trauma 💀

[@kiranmustafa2482]

I have`t don't act 2 because I want money then I do it

[@thorn6070]

I miss the days when hostile NPCs didn't deplete your armor in one shot. Honestly doing certain missions these days is just a chore simply because of how much damage NPCs do, especially ones with lives e.g the aggressive casino heist.

[@Lh-705]

Duggan shipments

[@wififishygaming]

Agressive casino heist is easy

[@thorn6070]

@@wififishygaming I didn't say it wasn't easy

[@XoAliii]

noticed that i do die really quickly even with super heavy armor & everything lol

[@killerkitten7534]

Not to mention the pay half these missions give is barely worth the ammo it takes to complete it.

[@coleposton6570]

who remembers back in the day on pacific standard heist you could buy the garage behind the bikes and get in the armored karuma and go all the way to the boat

[@ForeverDegenerate]

I thought you could still do that? I remember doing it middle of last year (2023) when I was bored and decided to queue up for random Heists just for fun. Got into Pacific Standard Job, got sick of people dying, pulled out my Insurgent (my Armored Kuruma wasn't in my Las Lagunas Apt Garage), and drove us straight to the dinghy.

[@Soleprofit559]

U could still do that or take the helicopter next to Chinatown police station

[@MikesterSZN]

There’s this one mission where you need to take over a hanger when the lights go out. Haven’t done it in a while but that mission was painful.

[@Liem_444]

Yeah I think it's a doomsday setup. It was painful to go through

[@JamieYoYoYoYo]

it is much easier if you have thermal vision

[@nature1972]

The Avenger mission. Yeah that one is tedious and has been painful for sure.

[@evilpog1693]

That’s a Doomsday Act 2 mission involving the Avenger. That is more manageable if you are micced up with the other players. You just have to take cover quickly and take your time clearing out the enemies on the bottom two floors. A thermal scope on a heavy sniper rifle MK II allows to see where some of the enemies are located too. The main problem with that setup if you have one person start going up to the top level then a new wave of enemies will spawn at the higher level screwing anyone still on the floor level, since the new enemies are difficult to hit from the ground floor.

[@TooThPasTe07]

thats the doomsday act 2 mission. its very easy if you have 4 people that all know what they’re doing, but if u get 2 inexperienced players, it will take several trys to beat it

[@Olyoop527]

To be honest, the ULP clean up isn’t hard as long as you don’t just rush into everyone like most people do

[@SHIP_THROWER]

as you are searching for the electric stick things, you can already take out the juggernauts while they're still inactive

[@KRAT0S_son_of_zeus]

Yeah thats a very easy mission, you even get a minigun so the juggernauts dont make any big problems

[@danishmultichannel]

Would love for Rockstar to make the doomsday heist playable solo, speedruns would be lit

[@killerkitten7534]

Holy shit could you imagine doing criminal mastermind doomsday solo? I’d accept that challenge

[@SHIP_THROWER]

​@@killerkitten7534id prefer that over 2,3 and 4 players

[@Welsh7133]

@@killerkitten7534would make it 1000% times easier that’s for sure

[@dmanthetiger7179]

God those randoms during the prison heist gives me PTSD

[@plushskitz2119]

Let’s just say the HARDEST part of these missions are 1 of 2 things 1. Waiting for randoms/ completing with random 2. Intentionally setting it in hard mode for a higher pay

[@ivanl4380]

The Pacific heist & prison break are actually pretty easy if the players know what they're doing. It's just that many low level randoms decide to skip story mode tutorials, completely unfamiliar with the game that ruin the experience for older players. I've even encountered a random who didn't even know how to lose a 2 star wanted level.

[@JarelJay]

On top of those same kinda players wanting a bigger cut than already given💀

[@killerkitten7534]

I’ve tried doing the plane heist several times with randos. Except every single time the person in the plane doesn’t know how to turn the plane on the ground so they just go straight into the building in front of the hanger and we have to start over This has happened EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. And it’s fucking astounding these people even learned how to turn on their Xboxes

[@totalnikarma5421]

ye like in prison break the guard can drop guns for the prisoner before entering the bus so he has some guns to use in the heist

[@megafreakoidx]

@totalnikarma5421someone just did this for me for the first time yesterday i was so thankful

[@cpljimmyneutron]

Fun Fact, on the opening cutscene for Bad Beat... look near Brucie and Mr Cheng... the coffee table was moved for their exercise, but the props on the coffee table were not... you can easily see a floating clipboard.

[@chriskrajicek1129]

What I like to do in the doomsday scenario is to leave the tank behind for the bonus money and while you are in the tunnel, have your partner switch to the grenade launcher and reverse down the tunnel to take out the guards. Then you will also have the launcher to help take out the jugs. Plus you can get there faster

[@MMGlitches]

For the Casino Cashing Out mission I just drove into fort zancudo, stole a tank and just blew up everyone and the backup

[@barscanunsal5751]

That s an OG move right there 👍🏻👌

[@monot00nz]

This is what I did too. I remember looking up a video on how to solo it. Such a frustrating mission.

[@CathaxisDragonheart]

Try playing the heists with three randoms. Not only is the chance of getting someone incompetent going up dramatically, but it takes absolutely FOREVER to get enough people to even run the heists. 😅

[@jeremiahharris5262]

1 hour long videos always be bangers 🔥🔥

[@lfla0179]

You can shove an Armored Kuruma inside the prison break heist. It becomes a breeze if you do. Years of sequence breaking and guys thinking out of the box to figure out HOW to do it.

[@MrRaiin32]

Or just hide behind cover while the helicopter takes everyone out

[@AdisPlays]

I used to play on hard difficulty all the time but after the NPC rapid Fire Glitch there you health goes from 100% to 10% I started playing on Normal difficulty because you will get an extra life + enemies got less accuracy that makes the missions much easier. I also remembered when I played OG heists with randoms because the hardest part was to get 3 players into your lobby, and because the people was so low level I always choose easy difficulty and the level 15 survived without any issues and they all got extra respawns 😇

[@waveshark3116]

The first heist I did was doomsday act 3 with my friends. It did not go great lol

[@rodrigofigueiredo8153]

Bro just edited to 2025😂

[@X1erra]

I wouldn't say On Parade is the hardest mission, but I would definitely call it fun because it's a proper Jet mission xD It's good practice too because we don't get too many chances to actually dogfight before.

[@Electric_stuff-i8]

How do you do it

[@thefooonthecouch]

​@@Electric_stuff-i8 its part of the human labs apartment heist, after prison break. Its a setup mission that requires you to go to a aircraft carrier to steal a hydra, but yea its a fun mission

[@franz014]

its pretty simple as long as you know how to fly a jet to just dodge the other jets, then you can fire missiles at them until theyre all dead and stay in the air until the person delivers the hydra

[@dreadfullespectre8579]

Y'all are talking about the wrong mission. Op was talking about the Raiju mission not the hydra

[@Wan_23456]

​@@thefooonthecouch wrong mission. on parade mission is from previous dlc (san andreas mercenaries)

[@blaze3518]

Miss Baker's tasks, although difficult at first glance, were originally intended for at least two people, so they are unbalanced for one. The last mission with stealth is easily completed by assault, just the first one clears the ground, and the other covers and responds to helicopters. In general, I think that the shooting skill on a PC is much higher due to the fact that there is no auto-aiming and in general it is much easier to play with a mouse.

[@ColtPerseus]

Agreed.

[@mingi1489]

The hardest is doing vehicle cargo without a NPC swerving 7 lanes just to hit you

[@mingi1489]

@@JanyaAndromedaGalactic I dont play gta anymore

[@HintOfVoidss]

Ik this is a late comment but thanks for letting me join i was Demolition It was so fun ❤❤❤❤

[@DrCrush]

Thanks for being a part of it!!

[@HintOfVoidss]

​​@@DrCrushdo u mind if i join u randomly whenever ur on I wasnt sure if u were ok with me when i joined prison break

[@HintOfVoidss]

​@@DrCrushwhenever u r playing gta i wanna show u something

[@smallpotato6291]

Hardest is doing Deliver EMP for Humane Labs with randoms bc they are so inept every time

[@YouTubeExpedition]

I remember when myself and a couple of my friends tried the doomsday heist, and we got stuck at the part where they decided to bring in the strongest enemies in the game, juggernauts who have an insane amount of health and can turn invisible. They take hundreds (or thousands) of bullets before finally going down, and that's just to take down ONE, there are several throughout the particular mission that they show up in. Thermal vision helps when fighting them, since it counters their invisibility, and you automatically are equipped with thermal goggles when you fight them, but that doesn't stop them from having a crazy amount of health. Needless to say, me and my friends wound up giving up the heist all because of those insanely-strong juggernauts. I think we even tried using explosives and other high-damage weapons, and we still got our butts kicked. 🤣

[@ultragaming8373]

Hardest part of doomsday mission could be simplified by keeping your teammates in the starting room, its better that they distract the infinite spawning guards rather than defending the player that's hacking and get killed during the process (hacking makes you invincible anyway)

[@lorenzosyperreck8941]

Man, I can still remember 10 years ago when I bought my GTA 5 copy for the 360, the game was so much simple and better back then, too bad we'll never have anything like that anymore

[@Melted_TF]

I believe for the Casino Missions Finale, I remember my friend and I, just went to Fort Zancudo and stole a jet each, and used them the whole mission

[@italixgaming915]

When you said that you need snacks for the Doomsday Heist finale, I reminded that one day, as I had notihing in particular to do, I asked for a random mission and guess what I got? Doomsday Heist finale! Hurray! With... almost no snacks! Hurray! Fortunately I was with three good players so we made it through pretty smoothly with only 2-3 restarts, which is very decent for that mission. I guess they knew each other, and that I was the random player this time. I agree with most of your choices but for me the finale of Agent ULP doesn't deserve a spot. The reason is simple: the mission becomes easy once you notice that if you stay behind a cover on the left side, there is a tiny spot where you can aim at juggernauts while they can't aim at you. So if you proceed carefully, you can do this entire mission without taking a single bullet. I would give that spot to Rescue ULP from Doomsday Heist Act II. I saw a lvl 1000+ dying over and over during that mission, and I was doing the dirtiest job inside the foundry. What makes this hard is that you have to deal with the enemies inside the foundry but also those who manage to sneak in and that might come unconveniently in your back while you're facing other enemies.

[@Avery-sl2gq]

Yes I was trying to do Rescue ULP today and I would kill everybody in the foundry then when I almost got to ULP he would die on command when I got to the same spot every single time. Either I am terrible or it is glitched somehow.

[@italixgaming915]

@@Avery-sl2gq That is not supposed to happen so there was probably a bug somewhere. Agent ULP won't die from one single bullet.

[@samurottboi369]

A lot of the dre contract missions are difficult just because of how hard the shooters hit and now many of them there are. I swear they must've misplaced a decimal point when coding damage

[@targaryengiraffe9320]

On Bad Beat - best spot to start, get cover behind the bar area. (Vincent stands in front of it). You’re covered from all the ppl coming up from the right and they 1st wave enemies will come to you (everyone pre pool).

[@The_forbidden]

I’ve haven’t watched your videos in a lot my time now decided to get back to watching u 🔥

[@Edward-Minciuna]

Nah if i ever find these guys in a lobby im gonna be so happy

[@Edward-Minciuna]

I hope i do find you but im on ps4 so i probably wont

[@Jallani-q2w]

Love when Dr crush uploads keep up the good work

[@Joby-k4u]

The casino finale was impossible for me until I bought a Vigilante. Game changer for this mission for sure. Pain in the Arse! 😂

[@noahsayre6822]

glad to see ULP cleanup and the two casino missions on here. I did them as a really low level (30 or so with no good weapons) and they were really hard, so glad to know it wasn't just s skill issue on my part !

[@unknownel6174]

Finally updated my copy of GTA and now playing the current gen version. Hope I run into you sometime 😅

[@braixy642]

There's a very easy way of doing crowd control during Pacific Standard. Stand on the round table in the middle and take out an RPG. The meter will constantly be full.

[@karolkaszubowski]

49:02 these missions suck they are so bad you die every time and then npc’s they hit you all the time and sometimes they have this strange rapid fire bug The regular gun turns into a mini gun for a few seconds and they hit you with a one shot

[@tyrellborgeson9872]

I wish I knew u could kill the sleeping juggs during the cleanup mission…

[@defrag220]

UPL was all badass wish they would do more with it. I loved it

[@Exposingu2]

Just popped up a beer affter work....opened ytube...and its the Dr.❤imma make a tree too..😂

[@Exposingu2]

And a little advice..buy fckin armour 4 missions😂

[@thomasbrunkle7223]

Holy moly I tried Out of Harmony a few days ago and I lost my freaking mind. The aimbot is off the charts. Definitely the most underrated in terms of difficulty.

[@randyjohnson1960]

If no one else has told you yet. As the prisoner you can get the prison officer to drop you any gun and for the mission you'll have it unless you fail and restart

[@deana6072]

Nice list I felt there were other missions much harder but this is solid.

[@Baboomian]

In honor of the casino missions, does anybody want some champagne?

[@Martin.IncB51]

Casino Missions I gave up on there is one where you got to watch these two Mindless NPCs that like to run to there death when you got OP NPCs trying to kill you also was just to much for me.

[@izzylee64]

It's funny seeing so many casino missions on here when I haven't had a problem with most of them even though I did half of them solo. I've had the most trouble with the original heists and their set-ups. The reliance on random people makes it almost impossible to do like 70% of the time regardless of how good you personally are because randoms really suck!

[@vb1280]

I got so annoyed with randoms being pilot in Prison Break and exploding it that I've became an Ace on It and now I always chose the plane to play.

[@XTreMelyEpicYT]

The return of cam 🔥🔥🔥

[@sandystuff]

I somehow ended up doing the doomsday heist with strangers with no idea what was going on but I didn’t die! Hadn’t played in a while so I genuinely had no idea there was a whole evil AI thing going on and was surprised to see Lester doing stuff again too. It was fun!

[@YummyCracker]

Nice video and fair list but that description is definitely ChatGPT 💀

[@kiranmustafa2482]

Yup

[@howardragan7116]

with the bad beat mission i hide behind the bar behind vincent

[@Shesaidsooo]

I love doing missions, but it's so annoying when other players mess it up. It's frustrating when someone leaves in the middle of the mission, or when someone keeps dying and not helping the team. It really gets on my nerves!

[@trmullins2]

2:25 the agency mission where you have to take out a mirrorcycle gang and the respawn point is where backup comes in

[@cheesesavage3353]

That mission (the Vernon mission) is easy. Just duck inside the van, drive as quick as you can, and let Vernon take the bikers out. Once you’re out in the streets, you literally can’t die.

[@lfla0179]

Player Saved Outfits. Heavy Vest in the outfit. You can eat a RPG with it. That's how you escape Pacific Standard Heist.

[@DeadPrezz-sj5bj]

Bro the doomsday scenario is def the hardest mission on the game it took me and my friend like 50+ times

[@Troy-y7d]

I've done some of these mission solo on accident. Some of them like the Casio missions I've done all solo, and they absolutely suck. 1 shot removes all armor, 2nd shot almost kills you, and 3rd shot is death. Some are so ridiculous that I don't have words. I finished them, but I'll never do them again.

[@lfla0179]

The finale for the cassino you could use the Akula Helicopter or any armed helicopter and pull the LANDING GEAR near the floor. The cutscene removed you from the helicopter and it landed smoothly. The best option these days is custom Insurgent with a minigun on top and an Armored Kuruma to get through the OPTIONAL stealth part.

[@0nyx.]

the merc missions with the avanger took me 5 hours cause i wasnt a good pilot, i finished it with one wing

[@paboyatv6581]

Same for me. But after You was a good pilot !? So Good, so best training it was !

[@vCLOWNSHOESv]

Bad beat is a great mission. I do it on hard mode and take a bit of damage but you can get through it easy if you're patient. I kill the front side then go around the other side of the building and use the heavy sniper after killing the first few that come at you. That makes it more interesting.

[@reddsmoke904]

49:30 they did you dirty 😂😂😂

[@katijokha8766]

little tip for the 9th hardest mission:use flashlight guns for offline juggernauts,use minigun when not in cover,use rpg when in cover

[@williamhaynes7089]

"Death from above" is pretty hard as a solo player...

[@4fois8plus1]

The Avenger mission (bogdan code name), Barrage mission (doomsday scenario), and ULP escort (doomsday scenario) arr very hard too

[@ryanpaige1]

The one time I got to do the Pacific Standard Heist, two of the guys would just tell me and the other remaining guy where to stand and wait while they did the hard work. I was basically baggage for the whole thing.

[@titanironwolf7986]

you know whats more nuts about #7? There are a few Career Challenges involving that mission. which include "Kill all guards without being alerted" as well as doing the mission on hard difficulty, not dying, using no snacks and armor, have over 80% health and oh yeah doing it with pistols only

[@disruptghst3275]

The clean up one from ULP u just have to take out most juggs while the power is out. They cant kill u then and that makes it way ezer

[@Veziam]

I cannot wait for dr crush’s gta 6 content

[@Camaka100x]

keep posting your videos are amazing

[@thecrazykenny100]

This will probably be buried but the ULP cleanup becomes so east IF you use thermal goggles/sniper thermal scope as the juggernauts register as heat signatures

[@thecrazykenny100]

Another tip for the prison break heist if your friend is the prison officer and you’re the prisoner get your friend to drop you a weapon or two

[@Meek2001]

in my experience the avenger mission from act 2 is pretty hard for some ppl

[@tonyabsthetic9971]

I did the ulp mission without taking out the juggernauts prior to setting of the alarm and had to fight them cause o thought I was supposed to sneak past them when they were sleeping without contact.

[@donaldsalkovick396]

I detect a budding bromance! Congrats you two

[@boboaks7716]

When doomsday heist was double pay, I used to grind it out using the setup skips and with a random lvl100+ at 15% 2.4 million in 45ish minutes

[@Gregthecroc123]

Avenger setup for doomsday was hell

[@davehines7559]

tip for Out of Harmony: there are 2 trucks nearby get one and don't bother fighting the bikers. Grab the trailer and go.

[@oppsett296]

Bro went through pain doing that pacific standard heist respect even with randos

[@takedown57]

I did all the agatha missions on hard difficult on my own. It was so goood. I recommend everyone to do it

[@a.b3748]

I’d replace strong arm tactics with salvage hard drives setup for the doomsday, it’s way harder than this mission imo

[@mightyganiandofficertayo3703]

Ambertron: Also in the Prison break heist I was the Prison Officer.

[@dipperpines2827]

I remember times when in "Cashing Out" mission (where you kill the old Duggan) it was possible to use your air vehicles (planes and helis). So i took a FH1 Hunter and killed all guards (inclidung all reinforcements) with it. Sometimes they hit me with a heat tergeting missiles but it takes around 4-5 missiles to explode a Hunter so if they hit only 1-2 times its ok. It was really fun thing to do, so awesome. But one day i saw that calling my personal air vehicles in this mission is impossible:( so sad

[@cpljimmyneutron]

Prison Break.... Easy Mode Best players are in plane and demo. Plane needs to be able to stay behind the jets... Also, if the plane crosses into the desert just before their timer runs out, and the rest of the team is fast enough, then it is possible for the prison team to already be extracted before the plane arrives, thereby skipping the jets attacking entirely. Demo gets the heli, and hovers just outside the prison, do NOT fly over or the prison will shoot the heli down. But they can hover outside and just shoot their missiles at all the prison guards. Easily clearing the way for the prison team. With this you probably want your best player on demo. So they don't accidentally shoot too close to the prison team.

[@N_o_a_h11]

Crush my man 74k that means soon the 100K PLAQUE KEEP GRINDING BRO

[@MrJinzoJr]

I did the casino heist recently with low levels. It was the big con approach with gold. One of them just quit whilst we got into the vault. And another time one low lol was just running around not collecting any gold

[@robertadriancondria2973]

I remember doing the doomsday scenario with randoms, the guy wast able to hack the system and wasted the 15 min time they give you before missile launch, i'm not kidding, i was spawn trapping the enemies for like 20 minutes, 261 kills😭 and that was only for the server room

[@bat_man725]

KEEP THIS GOING THEY ARE 🔥

[@vladvovk7318]

48:29 I tried it after release but couldn't make it after a number of tries. Not only enemies are accurate, but there were random headshots like in doomsday 3 finale when it gets bugged.

[@Chino_Rock]

I subscribed bc I think this video was funny 😭

[@vetroverse]

Its so hard that youve gotta wait until next year to even complete it 🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@TheColehabo]

for the pacfic sandard by the bikes spawns a copcar u can steal and to all jump in, makes it really easy. for the casino missions u can steal the rhinos at the miltary base :P

[@vb1280]

Armored van is still better

[@CptnWolfe]

I did Strong Arm Tactics while using only pistols, the worst part is how stupid the AI is on your side, going into the middle of an open area, and getting killed. The worst part is this is a Rockstar game, so a single mission fail and you lose the "pistols only" thing

[@NHLsuperfans]

This vid is sick

[@MichaelOKeefe2009]

Seeing how much I fucking bullshit suck at any GTA game, there's no way I would ever clear ANY of these missions at all.

[@allshipper2158]

Hardest one (personally [can't remember the name]), you have to steal an avenger from hangar, but you have to kill the enemies inside that hangar on absolute darkness with night vision goggles.

[@gondolafan9283]

For the agent 14 prep I usually get my kuruma so I can ram and shoot the juggernauts and regular guys.

[@1flamebird]

No armour during these missions is crazy work