Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Survival is a game mode in Grand Theft Auto Online. They are first unlocked at level 15 when Ron notifies the player about them. The player must participate in the Industrial Plant survival as a tutorial event in order to continue online progress.

Survivals are marked as a blue shield (with a cross in the middle) on the map, and up to four players can play a single Survival match.

Details

Between 1 and 4 players must defend their location against waves of attacking NPCs. Each wave escalates in difficulty (NPC armament and behaviour).

If a player dies, they must spectate the other players who are alive and will respawn at the start of the next wave. If all the players die in one round before reaching the end of wave 10, the Survival event ends and players are paid proportionately depending on the wave reached. If players complete all 10 waves, they will receive $30,000 each and an Unnatural Selection achievement/trophy.

Each survival map is restricted by invisible "out-of-bounds" zones both horizontally and vertically so what may appear to be a good fighting position could result in a disqualification from that wave.

All NPC enemies do not spawn immediately at the start of the round, they are scripted to spawn into the map at a defined rate which means when players are spread throughout the survival map zone, NPCs can spawn virtually right next to players. As a result of the scripted spawn rate, each survival event takes 25-30 minutes in total.

Waves

There are 10 waves of attack in each Survival job. A bar graph appears in the lower right of the HUD showing the progression through the current wave. Players will be notified when there is only one NPC left to kill so that they can take this opportunity to break cover and collect pickups if required.

Surviving each wave gives players 20 seconds to gather any pickups and prepare for the next wave and allows any killed players to respawn into the job and regroup with their team-mates. NPCs do sometimes drop small amounts of cash which can also be picked up by the players.

Depending on the wave, different weapons will spawn in specific spots. Health packs and body armor are available from the start, and reappear in the same spawn locations at the start of every wave. The NPC enemies will also be equipped with stronger weapons through the wave progression and these can be looted by players as the enemies are killed.

A new time-based payout system has been added for the Survivals added with the Survival Series Week, which gives a higher payout than original Survival maps, as well as the reward for successful completion of wave 10, which is now much higher, at approximately $50,000. These maps also have an option to enable endless waves; enemy strength increases and juggernauts start spawning. On the Nuclear Silo Survival, juggernauts spawn during the first ten waves as well, as the enemies cannot use helicopters on this map.

If playing on endless waves, armour pickups will be permanently removed on wave 11, enemy combat ability will increase on wave 12, the number of enemies will increase on wave 13, enemy health and armour will be increased on wave 14, and health pickups will be permanently removed on wave 15. Starting from wave 16, each wave will increase one of the aspects; enemy combat ability, their health and armour, or the enemy count.

Wave by Wave - Original Survivals
Wave number Weapon Spawns Enemy Vehicles

Approx NPC numbers

4 players

Approx NPC numbers

1 player

1

Combat Pistol

Micro SMG

24 18
2

SMG

36 21
3 AK-47 2 vehicles 40 22
4

RPG

Tear Gas

Assault Shotgun

1 Buzzard Helicopter

34 25
5 Advanced Rifle 3 vehicle arrivals 38 29
6

Heavy Sniper

4 vehicle arrivals 34 22
7 2 Buzzard Helicopters 36 20
8 5 vehicle arrivals 38
9 Grenade Launcher 45
10 Minigun 3 Buzzard Helicopters 40

List of Survivals

  • Boneyard
  • Del Perro Pier Survival (added with the Beach Bum Update)
  • Industrial Plant
  • Legion Square Survival (added with the "I'm Not a Hipster" Update)
  • Maze Bank Survival (added with the Business Update)
  • Processed
  • Railyard Survival
  • Sandy Survival
  • Sawmill Plant Survival
Added during the Survival Series Week event (September 26, 2019):
  • Farmhouse Survival
  • Forest Survival
  • Grove Street Survival
  • Meth Lab Survival
  • Nuclear Silo Survival
  • Stab City Survival
  • Zancudo Survival
Added during the Halloween Surprise 2019 event (October 31, 2019):
  • Project 4808A: Terminal
  • Project 4808B: Ranch
  • Project 4808C: Grapeseed
  • Project 4808D: Desert
  • Project 4808E: Arena
  • Project 4808F: Pillbox
  • Project 4808G: Zancudo

These seven maps were removed from the game on November 14, 2019, but are temporarily added back periodically, usually during Halloween events.

Added during the Survivals Week event (July 8, 2021):
  • Glass Heroes Survival
  • Kortz Survival
  • Maibatsu Motors Survival
  • Quarry Survival
  • Scrapyard Survival
  • Underpass Survival
  • Vespucci Canals Survival

Gallery

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Boneyard.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Del Perro Pier Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Processed.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Sandy Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Industrial Plant.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Railyard Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Maze Bank Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Legion Square Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Sawmill Plant Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Farmhouse Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Forest Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Grove Street Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Meth Lab Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Nuclear Silo Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Stab City Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Zancudo Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Glass Heroes Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Kortz Survival.

Maibatsu Motors Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Quarry Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Scrapyard Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Underpass Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Vespucci Canals Survival.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

"Last enemy" notice.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Wave complete.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Accessible vehicles (before patch).

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

30-second out-of-bounds warning.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Out-of-bounds failure.

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Red Skull T-shirt unlocked after surviving all 10 waves of enemies.

Video

Grand Theft Auto Online Survival (ballsing it up)

Trivia

  • If the player picks up any weapon that they have not unlocked yet, they will be able to keep the weapon until they exit the current session.
  • Vehicles cannot be used in most survivals, excluding Del Perro Pier and Legion Square, in which they can be used to provide cover to players. They have since been patched, with vehicles being completely despawned and incoming vehicles in the relative waves being inaccessible to players.
  • Miniguns used to spawn with the maximum ammo capacity, but since the Title Update 1.14, they have around 500 bullets in them.
  • The agents showing up in black Emperors in the Project survivals are a reference to the Men in Black film and their vehicle from the first movie, the 1987 Ford LTD Crown Victoriaa.

Navigation

Navigation

v  d  e

Survivals in Grand Theft Auto Online
Survivals

Boneyard | Del Perro Pier Survival | Farmhouse Survival | Forest Survival | Glass Heroes Survival | Grove Street Survival | Industrial Plant | Kortz Survival | Legion Square Survival | Maibatsu Motors Survival | Maze Bank Survival | Meth Lab Survival | Nuclear Silo Survival | Processed | Quarry Survival | Railyard Survival | Sandy Survival | Sawmill Plant Survival | Scrapyard Survival | Stab City Survival | Underpass Survival | Vespucci Canals Survival | Zancudo Survival

Alien Survivals

Project 4808A: Terminal | Project 4808B: Ranch | Project 4808C: Grapeseed | Project 4808D: Desert | Project 4808E: Arena | Project 4808F: Pillbox | Project 4808G: Zancudo

Jobs in GTA Online | Survival (Category)
DLC content Survivals
The Cayo Perico Heist | Halloween Surprise | The Diamond Casino & Resort | "I'm Not a Hipster" Update | Business Update | Beach Bum Content Update

v  d  e

Missions in Grand Theft Auto Online
Introduction

Introduction | Mall or Nothing | Learning the Ropes

Lamar Davis

Ballas to the Wall | San Andreas Seoul | Ticket to Elysium | Going Down the GOH | Caught Napping | Lost MC RIP | No Smoking

Lowriders

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Community Outreach | Slow and Low | It's a G Thing | Funeral Party | Lowrider Envy | Point and Shoot | Desperate Times Call For... | Peace Offerings

Gerald

Pier Pressure | Death Metal | Deal Breaker | Flood in the LS River | Meth'd Up | No Hay Bronca | Hit 'Em Up | Gassed Up | Violent Duct | Hard Labor | War and Pieces | Chumash and Grab | Dish the Dirt

Last Play

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Bad Companies | Deal With It | End Product | Go Figure | Make Ends Meat

Simeon Yetarian

Where Credit's Due | Rockford Roll | Rich Men in Richman | Chasers | It Takes a Thief | Gentry Does It | All in the Game | El Burro Heists | Blow Up | GTA Today | Chasers II | Blow Up II | ATV Steal† | Blow Up III

Premium Deluxe Repo Work

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Blow Up IV | Burn Rate | Do You Even Lift? | GTA Today II | RV Nearly There? | Sasquashed | Simeonomics | Under the Hammer

Ron Jakowski

TP Industries | Romance Isn't Dead | Fuelling the Flames | Turbine Carbine | Daemon Run | Base Invaders | Crank Up the Volume | A Boat in the Bay† | Landing Gear | Wet Workers

Trevor Philips

Lost My Mind | Crystal Clear Out | Chop Chop | Out of Harmony | Satellite Communications | Method in the Madness | Chopper Tail | Diamonds are for Trevor

Lester Crest

Denial of Service | Master Data | Cops Capacity | Crime Scenester | Landing Strip | A Titan of a Job | Last Chopper Outta LS | High Priority Case | Quarry Quarry | By Land, Sea and Air | Teaser Trailer | Four Trailers | Bust Out | Sinking Feeling | The Parking Garage | Hack and Dash | On Maneuvers | American Exports | Chemical Extraction† | Docks to Stock | Stocks and Scares | Docks to Stock II†

Martin Madrazo

On the List | Artificial Scarcity | Handle with Care | Time to Get Away | Pickup Sticks† | Out of Court Settlement | Death From Above | Check Out Time | Water the Vineyard | Grab Your Ballas | Stick Up the Stickup Crew | The Los Santos Connection | Effin' Lazers | Editor and Thief | Mixed Up With Coke | Dry Docking | Cleaning the Cat House | Extradition | Holed Up - Burton | Show Me the Monet | Judging the Jury | Defender | Rooftop Rumble | Trash Talk

Dispatch Services

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

I | II | III | IV | V | VI

Versus

Airport Parking | Crooked Cop | Escape From LS | Hippy Hunting | Into the Wild | Island Getaway | Roadgame | Truck Off | Underhand Contraband | Weed Killer | Welcoming Party

Acquire Targets

I | II | III

Air Force Zero

I | II | III | IV | V

G-Rating

Cold

I | II | III | IV | V

Hot

I | II | III | IV | V

Top Fun

I | II | III

Other

Close Action | Coasting | Coveted | Crystal Clear Out II | Crystal Clear Out III | Dirt Road | Factory Closure | Potshot | Truck Together

Heists
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Fleeca Job

Setups

Scope Out | Kuruma

Finale

The Fleeca Job

Prison Break

Setups

Plane | Bus | Station | Wet Work

Finale

The Prison Break

Humane Raid

Setups

Key Codes | Insurgents | EMP | Valkyrie | Deliver EMP

Finale

The Humane Labs Raid

Series A

Setups

Coke | Trash Truck | Bikers | Weed | Steal Meth

Finale

Series A Funding

Pacific Standard

Setups

Vans | Signal | Hack | Convoy | Bikes

Finale

The Pacific Standard Job

SecuroServ
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

(Special Vehicle Work)

Escape Escort | Breakdown Recovery | Cleanup Op | Asset Seizure | Firewall Protection | Coast Guard Duty | End of Transmission | Arms Embargo

Agent 14
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

(Mobile Operations)

Severe Weather Patterns | Half-track Bully | Exit Strategy | Offshore Assets | Cover Blown | Mole Hunt | Data Breach | Work Dispute

The Doomsday Heist
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Act 1:
The Data Breaches

Preps

Paramedic Equipment | Deluxos | Akula

Setups

Dead Courier | Signal Intercepts | Server Farm

Finale

The Data Breaches

Act 2:
The Bogdan Problem

Preps

Keycards | ULP Intel | Riot Control Van | Strombergs | Torpedo ECU

Setups

Avenger | Rescue ULP | Salvage Hard Drives | Submarine Recon

Finale

The Bogdan Problem

Act 3:
The Doomsday Scenario

Preps

Marked Cash | Recon | Chernobog | Flight Path | Test Site Intel | Onboard Computer

Setups

Rescue Agent 14 | Escort ULP | Barrage | Khanjali | Air Defenses

Finale

The Doomsday Scenario

Freemode Events

Air Checkpoints | Checkpoints | Criminal Damage | Dead Drop† | Freemode Challenges | Hold the Wheel | Hot Property | Hunt the Beast | Kill List | Kill List Competitive† | King of the Castle | Moving Target† | Penned In | Time Trials

Organization Work

Airfreight | Amphibious Assault | Asset Recovery | Executive Deathmatch | Executive Search | Fortified | Fully Loaded | Haulage | Headhunter | Hostile Takeover | Piracy Prevention | Plowed | Ramped Up | Sightseer | Stockpiling | Transporter | Velocity

Organization Challenges

Auto Buyout | Cashing Out | Courier Service | Due Diligence | Market Manipulation | Most Wanted | Point to Point | Salvage

Clubhouse Contracts
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

By the Pound | Cracked | Fragile Goods | Guns for Hire | Gunrunning | Jailbreak | Nine Tenths of the Law | Outrider | P.O.W. | Torched | Weapon of Choice | Hit the Roof | Life and Deathbikes

Motorcycle Club Work

Caged In | Deathmatch | Joust | Stand Your Ground

Motorcycle Club Challenges

Caged In | Criminal Mischief | On The Run | Race To Point | Rippin' It Up | Search and Destroy | Wheelie Rider

Paige Harris
(Client Jobs)

Robbery in Progress | Data Sweep | Targeted Data | Diamond Shopping | Collector's Pieces | Deal Breaker

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Photo Clue | Three Clues | Treasure Chest | Headshot Challenge | Bounty Target

The Diamond Casino & Resort
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Casino Missions

Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Loose Cheng | House Keeping | Strong Arm Tactics | Play to Win | Bad Beat | Cashing Out

Casino Work

Bargaining Chips | Best Laid Plans | Damage Control | Department of Defense | Fake News | High Rollin' | Judgment Call | Lost in Transit | One Armed Bandits | Recovery Time | Safe Bet | Severance | Tour de Force | Under the Influence | Undisclosed Cargo | When the Chips are Down

The Diamond Casino Heist
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Setup

Equipment | Casino Scoping

Heist Preps

General
Heist Prep

Vault Contents | Unmarked Weapons | Getaway Vehicles | Hacking Device | Vault Keycards | Guard Patrol Routes | Duggan Shipments | Security Intel | Power Drills | Security Pass | Masks

Silent & Sneaky
Heist Prep

Nano Drones | Vault Lasers | EMP Device | Infiltration Suits

The Big Con
Heist Prep

Gruppe Sechs Gear Part 1 | Gruppe Sechs Gear Part 2 | Bugstar Gear Part 1 | Bugstar Gear Part 2 | Maintenance Gear Part 1 | Maintenance Gear Part 2 | Yung Ancestor: Dead Weight | Yung Ancestor: After Party | Heist Prep: Vault Drills | Heist Prep: Firefighter Gear | Heist Prep: NOOSE Gear

Aggressive
Heist Prep

Heist Prep: Thermal Charges | Heist Prep: Vault Explosives | Heist Prep: Reinforced Armor | Heist Prep: Tunnel Boring Machine

Finale

Silent & Sneaky | The Big Con | Aggressive

A Superyacht Life
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Overboard | Salvage | All Hands | Icebreaker | Bon Voyage | D-Day

The Cayo Perico Heist
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Heist Preps

Intel

Gather Intel

Approach Vehicles

Kosatka | Alkonost (Pilot) | Velum | Stealth helicopter (Pilot) | Patrol Boat | Longfin

Equipment

Demolition Charges | Safe Code | Plasma Cutter | Fingerprint Cloner | Cutting Torch

Weapon Loadout

Unmarked Weapons

Disruption

Disrupt Weapons | Disrupt Armor | Disrupt Air Support

Finale

The Cayo Perico Heist

Robbery Contracts
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Setup

Impounded Car

The Bank Contract

Thermal Charges | Signal Jammers | The Robberies

The Data Contract

Safehouse Location | Defenses | The Robbery

The Superdollar Deal

Tracking Device | Virus Software | The Robbery

The Prison Contract

Inside Man | Access Point | The Hit

The Agency Deal

Entry Point | Security Pass | The Raid

The E.C.U Job

Train Inventory | Schedule | The Robbery

The Lost Contract

Lab Locations | Transport Method | The Job

The Union Depository Contract

Elevator Key | Vault Code | The Robbery

VIP Contract
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

The Contract: Dr. Dre

On Course

Setup

Data Recovery

Nightlife Leak

The Nightclub | The Marina | Nightlife Leak

High Society Leak

The Country Club | Guest List | High Society Leak

South Central Leak

Davis | The Ballas | South Central Leak

Studio Time | Don't Fuck With Dre

Security Contracts
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Asset Protection | Gang Termination | Rescue Operation | Liquidize Assets | Recover Valuables | Vehicle Recovery

Payphone Hits
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

The Hitmen | The Popstar | The Tech Entrepreneur | The Trolls | The Judge | The Dealers | The CEO | The Cofounder

Short Trips
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

Seed Capital | Fire It Up | OG Kush

Operation Paper Trail
Gta 5 online Survival endless waves

(Agent ULP)

ULP - Intelligence | ULP - Counterintelligence | ULP - Extraction | ULP - Asset Seizure | ULP - Operation Paper Trail | ULP - Cleanup

Freemode Missions [?]

Random Events | Nightclub Management | DJ Requests | Exotic Exports | Auto Shop Service | Custom Bike Shop Service | Clubhouse Bar Resupply | Ammu-Nation Contract

SecuroServ/MC

Vehicle Cargo (Steal Missions | Sell Missions) | Special Cargo (Steal Missions | Sell Missions | Export Mixed Goods) | Air Freight Cargo (Steal Missions | Sell Missions) | Bunker Supplies (Steal Missions | Sell Missions | Research) | MC Business Supplies (Steal Missions | Sell Missions) | Nightclub Goods (Steal Missions | Sell Missions)

Missions in GTA Online (Category) | Missions | Beta Missions
Missions marked with " † " were removed from later updates.

DLC Content Missions
The Criminal Enterprises | The Contract | Los Santos Tuners | The Cayo Perico Heist | Los Santos Summer Special | The Diamond Casino Heist | The Diamond Casino & Resort | Arena War | After Hours | Southern San Andreas Super Sport Series | The Doomsday Heist | Smuggler's Run | Gunrunning | Cunning Stunts: Special Vehicle Circuit | Import/Export | Bikers | Cunning Stunts | Further Adventures in Finance and Felony | Lowriders: Custom Classics | Be My Valentine | January 2016 Update | Festive Surprise 2015 | Executives and Other Criminals | Halloween Surprise | Lowriders | Freemode Events Update | Heists Update | Flight School Jobs | San Andreas Flight School Update | Independence Day Special | High Life Update

How many waves are in survival GTA Online?

There are 10 waves of attack in each Survival job. A bar graph appears in the lower right of the HUD showing the progression through the current wave. Players will be notified when there is only one NPC left to kill so that they can take this opportunity to break cover and collect pickups if required.

Is the ocean in GTA 5 endless?

Unlike Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, exploration of the ocean is not infinite; if the player travels too far out of the map's limits, their boat or plane's engine(s) will shut down, causing the vehicle to fall into the water.

How do you unlock survivals?

Like GTA Online's heath stat upgrades, survival mode is hidden behind a rank level threshold. Players need to be at least rank 15 to access it.