Quick answer: The Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack is still on sale for $9.99 on the Xbox Store (verified in stock, 23 September 2026 — down from its $39.99 launch price), and it is still the cheapest GTA$ in the game by a wide margin. Itemised at current in-game prices it contains GTA$9,416,400 of property, vehicles and weapons plus GTA$1,000,000 in bonus cash — GTA$10,416,400 total. The same $9.99 spent on a Bull Shark Cash Card buys GTA$600,000, so the pack is worth roughly 17.4× more per dollar. Two catches kill it for a lot of buyers: everything in it must still be claimed manually in-game at a price of $0, and on GTA V Enhanced you cannot claim it at all until you first claim it on a GTA V Legacy character and migrate. If you just want liquid GTA$ with none of that, you can top up your balance directly instead.
Nine years after it launched, the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack is still the single most misunderstood purchase in Grand Theft Auto Online. Search volume for it has never gone away — and neither have the two threads that show up on r/gtaonline every week: "I bought the Starter Pack and got nothing" and "is there a free Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack code?" One of those has a real, documented answer. The other is a scam vector.
Here is the whole thing, itemised against current in-game prices, with Rockstar's own support documentation on the Enhanced-edition trap that causes most of the "I got scammed" posts.
What is in the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack?
The pack is a one-time bundle of six properties, ten vehicles, three weapons, two outfit sets, a tattoo pack and GTA$1,000,000 in cash. Rockstar's store copy calls it "content valued at over GTA$10,000,000 if purchased separately" — a claim that is normally marketing rounding, but in this case actually checks out. Here is every property priced at what it currently costs in-game:
| Property | In-game price |
|---|---|
| Maze Bank West Executive Office | GTA$1,000,000 |
| Paleto Forest Gunrunning Bunker | GTA$1,165,000 |
| Senora Desert Counterfeit Cash Factory | GTA$845,000 |
| Great Chaparral Biker Clubhouse | GTA$200,000 |
| 1561 San Vitas Street Apartment | GTA$99,000 |
| 1337 Exceptionalists Way 10 Car Garage | GTA$112,500 |
| Property subtotal | GTA$3,421,500 |
The vehicle list is where the real money sits:
| Vehicle | In-game price |
|---|---|
| Maibatsu Frogger | GTA$1,300,000 |
| Dune FAV | GTA$1,130,500 |
| Enus Windsor | GTA$845,000 |
| Obey Omnis | GTA$701,000 |
| Coquette Classic | GTA$665,000 |
| Turismo R | GTA$500,000 |
| Pegassi Vortex | GTA$356,000 |
| Huntley S | GTA$195,000 |
| Western Zombie Chopper | GTA$122,000 |
| Banshee | GTA$105,000 |
| Vehicle subtotal | GTA$5,919,500 |
Then the weapons: Compact Grenade Launcher (GTA$45,000), Marksman Rifle (GTA$15,750) and Compact Rifle (GTA$14,650) — GTA$75,400. Add the Stunt Race and Import/Export outfit sets and the Biker tattoo pack, which have no fixed list price.
Grand total: GTA$3,421,500 + GTA$5,919,500 + GTA$75,400 = GTA$9,416,400 of content, plus GTA$1,000,000 bonus cash = GTA$10,416,400.
Rockstar's "over GTA$10,000,000" is, for once, conservative.
How much is the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack in 2026?
$9.99 USD. We pulled the live Xbox Store listing on 23 September 2026 and the structured pricing data returns a list price and MSRP of 9.99 with no discount applied and availability marked in stock — so this is not a sale price that expires next Tuesday, it is the standing price. At launch in December 2017 the pack sold for $39.99. It has quietly been cut by 75%.
On the PlayStation Store the original US listing now returns a "not available for purchase" state — on PlayStation the pack reaches you through GTA V: Premium Edition, which bundles it, rather than as a standalone item. On PC the same applies via the Enhanced purchase, with the Legacy caveat below.
Is the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack better value than a Shark Card?
This is the comparison that actually matters, and it isn't close on paper. Both figures below are live Xbox Store prices checked on 23 September 2026:
| Purchase | Price | GTA$ received | Cost per GTA$1,000,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack | $9.99 | GTA$10,416,400 in value | $0.96 |
| Bull Shark Cash Card | $9.99 | GTA$600,000 | $16.65 |
| Whale Shark Cash Card | $49.99 | GTA$4,250,000 | $11.76 |
To buy GTA$10,416,400 of liquid cash with Whale Shark Cards you would need roughly two and a half of them — about $122. The Starter Pack delivers equivalent value for $9.99.
Now the honest counter-argument, because the per-dollar number above flatters the pack: Starter Pack content is not liquid. Rockstar's support documentation is explicit that the included content "will be marked FREE in-game, and has no trade-in value, including vehicles." You cannot sell the Windsor for GTA$500,000 and spend the proceeds on something you actually want. The only two items you can offload are the San Vitas Street apartment and the Exceptionalists Way garage, and only by replacing them with another property of the same type.
So the correct way to read the table is this: if the pack's specific contents are things you were going to buy anyway — and for a new or returning player, the Bunker, the Clubhouse, the Counterfeit Cash Factory and the Executive Office absolutely are, because they're the entry gates to four separate income streams — it's the best $9.99 in the game. If you already own all of that and just need spending money, the pack is worth GTA$1,000,000 to you and nothing more, and buying GTA$ directly is the cleaner trade.
Why did I buy the Starter Pack and get nothing?
Two different failure modes, and people conflate them constantly.
Failure mode one: you didn't claim it. The pack does not deposit properties and cars into your account. It unlocks the ability to buy them at a price of $0, and you have to go and do that yourself. This is the single most common "it didn't work" on Reddit — a player buys the pack, loads in, sees no bunker, and assumes the purchase failed. Regulars in the r/gtaonline thread that prompted this guide put it plainly to the poster: you still have to actually buy the included items, the price will just show as free.
Here is where each category lives:
- Properties — open your in-game phone, go to the internet browser, then Dynasty 8 (apartment) and Maze Bank Foreclosures (office, bunker, clubhouse, factory). Sort by price, lowest first; the included ones appear at $0.
- Vehicles — same browser: Legendary Motorsport, Southern San Andreas Super Autos, Elitás Travel (Frogger) and Warstock Cache & Carry (Dune FAV). Sort by price ascending and the free ones surface at the top.
- Weapons — buy them at the Ammu-Nation counter, not the gun range.
- Outfits — the register inside any clothing store.
- Tattoos — sit in the chair at any tattoo parlour.
Failure mode two: you're on Enhanced. This is the one that generates the angry support tickets, and it is documented behaviour rather than a bug. Rockstar Games Customer Support states it directly:
"Note: To receive Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack benefits on Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced, you must first access the benefits on a character in GTAV Legacy, then migrate that character to GTAV Enhanced." — Rockstar Games Customer Support
Read that again, because it's the whole trap: the pack does not exist on Enhanced. If you bought GTA V Enhanced on PC, you must install GTA V Legacy (which is included with your Enhanced purchase), launch it, claim every single item on a Legacy character, and then migrate that character forward. Claim it in the wrong order and the content simply is not there — and there is no in-game prompt anywhere telling you this.
The third variable is the cash. Rockstar's support article notes the GTA$1,000,000 is granted when you first start the game after purchase, but that "the GTA$ can take 7–10 days to be delivered to your in-game Maze Bank account." A week and a half of silence reads exactly like a failed transaction. It usually isn't.
Is there a free Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack code?
No — and this is worth being blunt about because it is one of the most-searched phrases attached to the pack.
Rockstar has never issued standalone giveaway codes for the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack. There are only three legitimate routes to it: buy the $9.99 standalone listing where it is still sold, buy GTA V: Premium Edition (which includes it), or buy one of the Premium Edition + Shark Card bundles. Every site offering a "free CESP code generator" is running one of the standard plays — survey farming, account-credential phishing, or a malware download. A code that would be worth GTA$10.4M is not being given away by a site with a pop-up ad.
The related trap: some sellers list "CESP accounts" cheaply. Buying a stranger's account is the fastest route to a permanent ban, because the original owner can reclaim it via support at any time and Rockstar treats the transfer as the violation.
Who should actually buy it in 2026?
Buy it if you're new, returning after years away, or starting fresh on a new platform. The four business properties in the pack — Executive Office, Bunker, Counterfeit Cash Factory and Clubhouse — are exactly the gates you need to open before any of the profitable loops in the game become available to you. Without them you're grinding contact missions for GTA$20,000 a run. With them you're straight into MC business production and CEO crate sourcing on day one. The office alone unlocks CEO status, which every modern money method assumes you already have.
Skip it if you're established. If you own a Kosatka and run the high-paying heists already, the pack gives you GTA$1,000,000 and a garage full of cars you can't sell. The Paleto Forest Bunker in particular is the worst-located bunker in the game for sell missions — established players buy a Chumash or Farmhouse bunker specifically to avoid that drive, and the pack's bunker cannot be traded in to fund one.
A note on the Great Chaparral Clubhouse: at GTA$200,000 it's the cheapest clubhouse in GTA Online, and clubhouse location barely matters because MC business sell missions launch from the businesses, not the clubhouse. That one is a genuinely good include, unlike the bunker.
The honest summary: as a starter pack it does exactly what the name says, at a price that hasn't made sense since the 75% cut. As a value pack for a maxed-out account, it's a GTA$1,000,000 purchase with decoration attached.
Want the businesses without the nine-year-old bundle? If you'd rather pick your own bunker location, your own office and your own cars, these do the same job — straight GTA$ top-ups, account progression and vehicles, delivered to your existing character.
- GTA 5 Money — top up your GTA$ balance and buy the properties you want, in the locations that actually make money.
- GTA 5 Account Boost — rank, RP and unlocks pushed on your own account, no Legacy-to-Enhanced migration required.
- GTA 5 Modded Cars — vehicles you can keep, modify and actually sell, unlike Starter Pack cars.
- All GTA 5 services — the full list of GTA Online boosts and currency options.
FAQ
Is the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack still available in 2026? Yes. It remains listed on the Xbox Store at $9.99 as of 23 September 2026 and is included in GTA V: Premium Edition on every platform. The standalone PlayStation Store listing for the original SKU now returns a not-purchasable state, so PlayStation players get it through Premium Edition.
How much GTA$ is the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack worth? GTA$10,416,400 — GTA$3,421,500 in properties, GTA$5,919,500 in vehicles, GTA$75,400 in weapons, and GTA$1,000,000 in bonus cash, valued at current in-game prices.
Why has my GTA$1,000,000 not arrived? Rockstar's support documentation states the cash can take 7–10 days to reach your Maze Bank account after you first start the game following purchase. If it's been longer than that, open a ticket with Rockstar Support with your order number.
Does the Criminal Enterprise Starter Pack work on GTA V Enhanced? Not directly. You must claim every item on a character in GTA V Legacy first, then migrate that character to Enhanced. Claiming in the wrong order leaves you with nothing, and this is documented Rockstar behaviour rather than a bug.
Can I sell the Starter Pack cars? No. Rockstar marks all included content as free with no trade-in value, vehicles included. The only exceptions are the San Vitas Street apartment and the Exceptionalists Way garage, which can be replaced by another property of the same type.
Is the Starter Pack better than a Shark Card? Per dollar, yes — by roughly 17×, since $9.99 buys GTA$600,000 as a Bull Shark Card versus GTA$10,416,400 of Starter Pack content. But Shark Card cash is liquid and Starter Pack content is not, so the pack only wins if you actually want what's in it.
Do I need to own GTA V to use it? Yes. Rockstar's support page specifies that a copy of Grand Theft Auto V for PlayStation 4, Xbox One or PC (Legacy only) is required to play.
