Quick answer: The GTA Online weekly update for October 22–28, 2026 is the fourth week of the month-long Halloween event. The two cash bonuses worth chasing first: finish all three Short Trips (Seed Capital, Fire It Up, OG Kush) before October 28 for GTA$500,000, and clear all waves of a Survival for the Weekly Challenge — GTA$150,000 plus the Gray Space Interloper Outfit. Halloween Survivals pay 3X GTA$ & RP (6X with GTA+), Bail Office Targets and Dispatch Work pay 2X, and Agency properties are 40% off. Do the Survival first: one run clears the challenge and pays triple.
That is GTA$650,000 in flat bonuses you can qualify for this week (the Short Trips cash is delivered within 72 hours of completion), before you count a single triple-money payout. If you have also cleared the first three Halloween Weekly Challenges, this week's Survival is challenge four of five on the road to the GTA$2,000,000 completion bonus. Here is everything in the update, plus a suggested bonus-first route.
What's in the GTA Online weekly update for October 22–28, 2026?
This is the last full week of the Halloween event before the finale week (October 29 – November 4). Per Rockstar's official Halloween announcement and the current weekly bonus listing on GTABase, the headline items are:
| Bonus | Reward | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Complete all three Short Trips | GTA$500,000 (paid within 72 hours) | October 28 |
| Weekly Challenge: complete all waves of a Survival | GTA$150,000 + Gray Space Interloper Outfit | October 28 |
| Complete all five Halloween Weekly Challenges | GTA$2,000,000 (paid within 72 hours) | November 4 |
| Play GTA Online this week | White & Red Tech Demon Mask | October 28 |
| Halloween Survivals | 3X GTA$ & RP (6X for GTA+) | October 28 |
| Bail Office Targets + Dispatch Work | 2X GTA$ & RP | All October |
| Agency properties + upgrades | 40% off | October 28 |
Rockstar's own wording on the month-long challenge chain is explicit: "Completing increasingly difficult Weekly Challenges throughout October will earn you special spooky gifts and cash rewards — with an extra GTA$2,000,000 bonus (delivered within 72 hours of completion) for achieving them all." — Rockstar Games, Newswire.
How do you get the GTA$500,000 Short Trips bonus?
Complete Seed Capital, Fire It Up and OG Kush — the three Short Trips starring Franklin and Lamar — before October 28. The GTA$500,000 lands within 72 hours of finishing the third one.
What you need to know before you queue up:
- You don't need an Agency. Rockstar opened Short Trips to all players in 2022 (Newswire: Short Trips now available for all players). Start them from Pause Menu → Online → Jobs → Play Job → Rockstar Created → Missions — they sit near the bottom of the list.
- Exactly two players, no solo. The host plays Franklin, the second player plays Lamar. Bring a friend or let matchmaking fill the slot.
- Your own loadout doesn't come with you. Each trip hands you a set kit (pistols to start, Micro SMGs off the Vagos). Snacks still work from the Interaction Menu, so stock up.
- Play them in story order: Seed Capital (defend Lamar's LD Organics warehouse, then survive the back of the Mule) → Fire It Up (burn two Vagos weed stashes in Blaine County) → OG Kush (cover a deal at the Redwood Lights Track from a crane with a Heavy Sniper).
Each run also pays its normal completion cash — GTA Boss's Short Trips guide lists about GTA$50,000 on Normal and GTA$62,500 on Hard. On top of that, it reports one-time GTA$100,000 awards for the first completion of each mission as each character, so a duo that swaps host and plays all six runs can clear several hundred thousand more if they've never done them. Verify the awards under Pause Menu → Stats → Awards before you plan around them.
Fastest route: they're three missions, not a grind — with a reliable partner the full GTA$500,000 is a single session's work. Most failures come from losing the escort vehicle (the Mule in Seed Capital, your ride in Fire It Up, the LD Organics van in OG Kush), so protect it before chasing kills.
What's the Weekly Challenge, and which Survival should you run?
This week's Halloween Weekly Challenge is "Complete all waves of a Survival" — reward GTA$150,000 and the Gray Space Interloper Outfit. Standard Survivals run 10 waves, so you need a full clear, not a partial.
Run it on one of the Halloween Survivals, because they pay 3X GTA$ & RP this week (6X for GTA+ members):
- Ludendorff Cemetery Survival — North Yankton, waves of undead and haunted animals
- Cayo Perico Survival
- The Alien Survivals
That way a single clear pays the challenge and triple wave money. Two practical tips that came up in this week's r/gtaonline bonus thread (paraphrased): take out the attack helicopter first on the waves that bring one, and pick high ground with a clear sightline — one player recommends the roof of the desert cement-factory map, where the agents have to come to you.
If you're chasing the GTA$2M: next week's final challenge (October 29 – November 4) is harder — 10 waves of a Survival without dying for GTA$250,000 and the Slasher Clown Outfit. Use this week's run to learn a map. Full chain breakdown: GTA Online Weekly Challenges October 2026 — the GTA$2 Million bonus.
Which activities pay 3X and 2X GTA$ this week?
3X GTA$ & RP
- Halloween Survivals — Ludendorff Cemetery, Cayo Perico, Alien Survivals (6X with GTA+)
- Halloween Featured Series — Slasher (incl. Ramius Slasher)
- San Andreas Super Sport Series — Hotring Races and Random Transform Races
- Halloween Community Race Series
- Eight new Community Missions (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC Enhanced): Alien Retribution, Miss: Rise of the Beast, Final Extraction, House Hunting, Last Ones Out (LSS), The Chiliad Anomaly, Sasquatch Hunters, Biohazard Outbreak
2X GTA$ & RP
- Bail Office Standard and Most Wanted Targets
- Dispatch Work for Vincent Effenburger
- UFO Business Battles
- Jack O' Lanterns (4X with GTA+)
- The Fine Art File (this week's FIB Priority File)
2X GTA$
- Ghosts Exposed (4X with GTA+) — photograph all ten spirits for the Ghosts Exposed Jacket
The Bail Office and Dispatch Work doubles have run all October and end with the event, so this is one of the last weeks to farm them. If you own a Bail Office, do the daily Most Wanted Target at 2X (Most Wanted Targets are limited to one per day, per Rockstar's Bottom Dollar Bounties page), then repeat Standard Targets or Dispatch Work — see our Bail Office payouts breakdown for the per-target numbers.
What's the best order to make money this week?
A suggested bonus-first route, stacked so every hour does double duty:
- Log in — the White & Red Tech Demon Mask unlocks just for playing.
- Clear a Halloween Survival (3X) — finishes the GTA$150,000 Weekly Challenge and pays triple wave money in one run.
- Run the three Short Trips with a partner — GTA$500,000 bonus plus each mission's own payout. Swap host and repeat for the other character's awards if you've never done them.
- Do the daily 2X Most Wanted Target, then repeat 2X Standard Bail Office Targets or Dispatch Work between sessions.
- Fill gaps with Ghosts Exposed or Jack O' Lanterns while you free-roam.
- Don't forget the heist rotation — the Kortz Center Heist primary targets this week are Stacks Study V, Trust and Brother Brother, and the Salvage Yard robberies are The Duggan Robbery (Ocelot Virtue, top tier), The Cargo Ship Robbery (Albany Fränken Stange) and The McTony Robbery (Vapid Caracara 4x4) — see Salvage Yard robbery payouts.
Finish steps 1–3 by October 28 and you qualify for GTA$650,000 in flat bonuses — the GTA$150,000 challenge cash plus the GTA$500,000 Short Trips bonus, which Rockstar delivers within 72 hours of completion.
Is the Agency worth buying at 40% off this week?
Yes, if you don't own one — this is the best buy on the discount list. All four Agency locations (and their upgrades and modifications) are 40% off. Interiors, missions and payouts are identical, so buy the cheapest:
| Agency location | Full price | 40% off |
|---|---|---|
| Little Seoul | GTA$2,010,000 | GTA$1,206,000 |
| Vespucci Canals | GTA$2,145,000 | GTA$1,287,000 |
| Rockford Hills | GTA$2,415,000 | GTA$1,449,000 |
| Hawick | GTA$2,830,000 | GTA$1,698,000 |
The Agency unlocks the Dr. Dre VIP Contract (whose finale, Don’t Fuck With Dre, pays the host about GTA$1,000,000), Payphone Hits, Security Contracts and a passive safe that fills up to GTA$20,000 per in-game day once you've completed 201 Security Contracts (the safe caps at GTA$250,000). It's also the property that unlocks the Organics Finish for the Micro SMG you earn from the Short Trips (bought from the Requisitions Officer with the Armory upgrade). Full numbers: GTA Online Agency payouts — is it worth it?
What else is discounted, and what are the free cars this week?
30% off vehicles (selection with prices):
| Vehicle | Full price | Sale price |
|---|---|---|
| Pfister Astron | GTA$1,580,000 | GTA$1,106,000 |
| Bravado Dorado | GTA$1,375,000 | GTA$962,500 |
| Karin Boor | GTA$1,280,000 | GTA$896,000 |
| HVY Dump | GTA$1,000,000 | GTA$700,000 |
Also 30% off: Annis Euros X32, Canis Freecrawler, Dinka Veto Classic, Ocelot Swinger, Vapid Desert Raid, Vulcar Nebula Turbo. 40% off: Albany Brigham, Albany Fränken Stange, Albany Lurcher, Declasse Tornado Rat Rod, LCC Sanctus.
Free / prize vehicles:
- Lucky Wheel Podium: Pfister Comet S2
- LS Car Meet Prize Ride: Grotti Itali Classic — place top two in the LS Car Meet Series two days in a row
- Premium Race: Route 68 · Time Trial: Casino · HSW Time Trial: North Chumash to Palomino Highlands
Gun Van: The Shocker is free, the Service Carbine is 30% off, and GTA+ members get 50% off the Up-n-Atomizer, Unholy Hellbringer and Widowmaker.
For last week's bonuses, see Halloween week money methods (October 15–21); for the whole event, GTA Online Halloween event 2026 rewards.
Short on time before the event ends? Skip the grind and get straight to the Agency, the discounted cars or the Halloween unlocks — timesaver.gg delivers GTA$, levels and rare rides.
- GTA 5 Money — fast & safe — top up your cash, secure delivery
- GTA 5 Account Boost — levels, RP and unlocks
- GTA 5 Modded Cars — rare rides, delivered
- All GTA services
FAQ
When does the GTA Online weekly update reset? Every Thursday. This week's bonuses run from Thursday, October 22 to Wednesday, October 28, 2026; the next update (the Halloween finale week) goes live on October 29.
Can you do Short Trips solo in GTA Online? No. Short Trips need exactly two players — the host plays Franklin and the second player plays Lamar. You can matchmake from the Jobs menu if you don't have a partner.
Do you need an Agency for the Short Trips GTA$500,000 bonus? No. Rockstar opened Short Trips to all players, so you can launch Seed Capital, Fire It Up and OG Kush from the Jobs menu without owning an Agency or finishing the Dr. Dre contract.
How long does it take to receive the GTA$500,000? Rockstar pays it within 72 hours of completing all three Short Trips, as long as you finish them before October 28.
What's the best money method in GTA Online this week? Clear a Halloween Survival first — it pays 3X GTA$ & RP and completes the GTA$150,000 Weekly Challenge in the same run. Then run the three Short Trips for the GTA$500,000 bonus, do the daily 2X Most Wanted Target, and fill the rest of your time with 2X Standard Bail Office Targets or Dispatch Work.
Can I still get the GTA$2,000,000 Halloween bonus? Only if you've completed every Halloween Weekly Challenge so far (October 1–7, 8–14 and 15–21). Finish this week's Survival challenge, then complete 10 Survival waves without dying between October 29 and November 4.
