GTA Online Stoner Survival Strategy Guide

"Stoner Survival" is a Survival mode implemented in the "A Safehouse in the Hills" update released on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, and was first unlocked in the weekly update (420 event) on April 16, 2026.

Requirements and How to Start

The start portal appears only between 16:20 and 20:20 in Hippies Town located at the RON Alternates Wind Farm. Start from that portal. It cannot be started from the Job menu like other Survival modes.

Number of Players

Players: 1–4

Stoner Survival does not have a job lobby to recruit players like other jobs. If you want to play with multiple players, gather in the same session and have everyone enter the portal to start. It is not necessary to start at exactly the same time, but after pressing the start button, your character will begin smoking Weed for a few seconds. Other players just need to press the start button before that finishes.

If playing with multiple players, the game ends only when all players are eliminated. If even one player survives and clears the wave, you can proceed to the next wave. In the next wave, all players will respawn and start together.

Availability Period

April 16, 2026 – April 30, 2026

Rewards

*Stored under "Outfits" → "Outfits: Seasonal" in the wardrobe

Preparation Before Starting

None of these three preparations are mandatory before starting Survival, but preparing them will make clearing up to Wave 7 easier. However, using service vehicles may not only increase the effort required, but depending on how they are used, may actually increase the difficulty of the Survival, so be careful.

About Doing Yoga and Gym at the Mansion

The effects of Yoga and Gym performed before starting Survival will continue even after Survival begins. Since this is likely an oversight at the time of implementation, it may be fixed in the future.

The effect duration lasts for 48 minutes after performing them. Stoner Survival can be cleared in about 10 minutes by fast players, and even slower players can clear up to Wave 7 within about 30 minutes, so if you perform them before starting Survival, you can generally maintain the effects until the end. In Stoner Survival, fighting while keeping a certain distance from enemies is extremely effective, so the Yoga effect that increases sprint speed becomes very useful.

Yoga Effects (1 lesson)

• Sprint speed ×1.15
• Swimming speed ×1.15

Gym Effects (15 reps)

• Melee damage ×1.25
• Damage taken ×0.8

About Deploying Service Vehicles

Among service vehicles, the Brickade 6x6, Avenger, and Sparrow can be brought into Survival. Like Yoga and Gym, this is likely an oversight at the time of implementation and may be fixed in the future.

Stoner Survival is treated similarly to a Freemode event, so personal vehicles and service vehicles that were being used before starting remain placed on the map. Personal vehicles are pushed outside the Survival area when starting Stoner Survival, but the above service vehicles are not pushed out and remain at the location where they were used just before. Therefore, if you place service vehicles within the Survival area before starting, you can use those service vehicles during Survival.

Wave-by-Wave Guide

Wave 1: Hippie Trailer House

Number of enemies: 20

When starting Survival, the location marked with yellow ● becomes the starting point, and you are facing the direction of the arrow. Since the risk of death increases if you are surrounded by enemies, the key to clearing is to make use of the Yoga effect and constantly move around while defeating enemies one by one. Even if you feel like stopping to take down many enemies at once, keep moving as much as possible without staying in one place. The recommended method is to follow the yellow dashed route and move clockwise while defeating enemies. After defeating 19 enemies, a hippie boss will appear at the location marked with green ●, and defeating that boss will clear the wave.

Wave 2: The Altruists

Number of enemies: 25

Once you start, head straight to the stairs located in the red boxed area shown in the image. Then, if you intercept enemies around the middle section of those stairs, you can clear it relatively easily.

Enemies only come from below the stairs, so you can focus only on enemies coming from below. However, if you do not defeat them quickly with headshots, the number of enemies will increase and you will fall behind. If you cannot keep up with defeating them, go up to the top of the stairs. Doing so will treat you as being outside the area and you will respawn at the starting point. Since enemies gather near the stairs, there will be almost no enemies at the respawn point, allowing you to recover.

Wave 3: Del Perro Pier

Number of enemies: 30

Here, you can clear it easily either by fighting while taking cover or by moving around, as long as you know the key points.

Method: Fighting While Taking Cover

There are two hiding spots shown in the image above. Hiding Spot 1 is close to the starting point and makes it easy to safely defeat enemies. Hiding Spot 2 is a bit farther from the starting point, but since a Hellbringer is available there, picking it up makes defeating enemies easier. Furthermore, it is also one of the possible locations for hidden figures introduced later, making it a point where you can significantly reduce enemies.

If you cannot understand the hiding spots from the image alone, refer to the video where the locations are explained in detail. (Video reference: hiding spots)

Method: Defeating Enemies While Moving Around

Since the area is large, you can clear it relatively easily by constantly moving around and defeating enemies so that they do not gather. In addition, in this wave, three figures (Monkey, Impotent Rage, and Republican) are hidden. Destroying the Monkey figure will eliminate all Monkey enemies currently spawned on the map and count them as defeated, and no more Monkeys will spawn afterward. The same applies to Impotent Rage and Republican. Therefore, by destroying all three figures, it is equivalent to defeating about 10 enemies, meaning you only need to defeat roughly 20 enemies to clear this wave.

There are two patterns for the figure locations. The locations for Pattern 1 and Pattern 2 are shown in the diagram below. Refer to the video for detailed locations. (Video reference: figure locations)

Wave 4: Prison

Number of enemies: 5 vehicles

In Wave 4, you clear it not by defeating enemies but by destroying 5 clown vans. Until all 5 are destroyed, enemies will spawn infinitely from the clown vans. Therefore, focus on destroying the clown vans. The clown vans appear from outside the area after the start and stop at the locations marked with red ● in the image above.

When the wave starts, grenades and an RPG are placed to the front-left. Go pick them up and destroy the clown vans.

Wave 5: Biker Camp

Number of enemies: 40

If you try to fight this Wave 5 while staying in cover, you will quickly get surrounded and defeated. The key is to constantly move around and gradually reduce the number of enemies. Create distance from enemies, stop to defeat a few, then run again to create distance, stop again, and repeat. Be aware that there are three types of enemies: those with melee weapons, those on fire, and those who shoot guns. Melee and fire enemies are safe as long as you keep distance, but enemies with guns will reduce your health, so prioritize defeating them. Reload your weapon while running to create distance.

Wave 6: Fort Zancudo

Number of enemies: 45

Wave 6 can be cleared easily if you know the hiding spot. After starting, there is a container with an antenna on the right side of the direction you are facing. If you hide inside this container and defeat enemies, you will take very little damage. There is also a Widowmaker inside the container, and using it makes clearing easier. Be careful to defeat enemies from as far inside the container as possible. Some enemies use the Atomizer, and if you fight near the entrance, you may get hit and pushed outside the container.

After defeating most enemies, 6 aliens will appear. The aliens attack with some kind of telekinetic remote attack that deals damage at intervals. Therefore, once the aliens appear, leave the container, approach them, and defeat them.

Wave 7: Beam Me Up (Hippies Town)

Number of enemies: 50

There is a minigun placed on the hill opposite the starting point. Immediately after the start, go pick up that minigun and defeat enemies one by one from the hill as they come from below to clear relatively easily. However, since there are many enemies, if you are about to be surrounded, move to the opposite side of the area to create distance, then use the minigun again to defeat enemies one by one.