r/gtaonline • u/_Tonan_ Epsilon Flight Program • Mar 27 '19
AFK Money Guide ($5.4M/2hrs of sales)
Hey all,
I see lots of people asking for the best way to make money, so I thought I'd re-write my guide to update and clean things up.
ADVANTAGES:
-Minimizes grind time (about 1 hour for 1 character, 2 hours for 2 characters).
-Lots of money (~$2.7M/hr).
DRAWBACKS:
-Lots of AFK time. Most people have plenty of time to AFK while they are asleep, out of the house, or otherwise just not playing. It may put a strain on your console/PC after a while, but I never had problems with my OG XBox1. You don't need to AFK (you can play), but it will cut into your bottom line a bit.
-High cost of entry. You will need fully upgraded Nightclub/Bunker/Coke/Meth/Cash/Special Cargo OR Airfrieght businesses, and (optional) non-upgraded Weed/Document businesses. Its not cheap to start, but I'm sure many of you have some of these already, and you don't need everything to get started. Fully upgrade each business before buying the next, and you'll want to buy in this order: Bunker>Cargo>Coke>Meth>Cash>Nightclub>(Weed)>(Docs) and you can build yourself up. Again, its expensive, but you can start small and work your way up.
TIPS:
-Remember that if you give a prospect the title of Road Captain they can instaspawn a (weaponless) Buzzard just like you can in a CEO org. (Sidenote, Sargent at Arms can spawn Molotovs, one of the only ways to get them in the game)
-Join a friendly crew. Not only will this make your sales quicker and let you sell in safe lobbies, but you can earn a bonus up to 25% (1% for each person in the lobby that isn't in your MC when you complete the sale). I joined PCEO, but I'm sure there are lots of options out there for each platform.
-Always have at least 1 helper inside the business before you start the sale. This adds 3 potential missions to the pool, and they are all super fast bag drops that can be done in under 5 minutes.
-Remotely resupply. I'm sure there is a method for this on PS4/PC, but on XB I used a program called Parsec on my PC and Andriod to remotely resupply. Open the XB app on your PC and stream your XB to the app. Use Parsec to stream your PC to your Android device, and connect your XB controller to your Android via Bluetooth for easy control. The lag is bad, but its responsive enough to resupply.
-Buy your properties in the Sandy Shores area. Bunker/Coke/Meth/Cash/Facility/MC Clubhouse are all in this area, and they will have the shortest sell missions.
-If you decide to use 2 characters (maximum money) you will likely want a Buzzard, Insurgent/Kuruma (for dealing with raids), and an OP1 or OP2 to quickly move around the map.
-You can use your Facility to instantly travel back to your business area. Just make sure you have started one of the new Heists and you should have a permanent invitation in your phone to continue it. You can accept the job without disrupting your next sale and save some travel time.
-AFKing alone in a contact mission will prevent you from paying daily fees and wont add minutes to your raid timer.
85% OFF SUPPLIES (Thanks to /u/JamwesD for this tip)
While not necessary, this will help your profit margins quite a bit. This is an example of a "cycle". When you are ready to AFK:
Purchase or manually fully resupply Bunker/Coke/Meth/Cash.
Wait for each business to use 1 tick of supplies.
Purchase all supplies.
Start a contact mission alone before the supplies from step 3 are delivered.
Go to a property with a security camera (I used the MC Clubhouse as its right next to all the business you need to resupply).
Watch your security camera. Some people plug in and rubber band their controller here, but for some reason I always got kicked when I tried that. What worked for me was taking the battery out of my controller (turning it off through menus DID NOT work, I had to physically take the battery out, put it back in, then leave the controller off). If on XBox make sure you turn off the "Idle Options" in the XBox settings or you will be kicked for being idle.
When done AFKing (about 2 hours 20 minutes per cycle, but you can go longer) quit to single player. DO NOT just quit the game. It is possible to just drop back into a public lobby, but I had problems with this some times when I wasn't able to connect to one and my AFK progress was lost or set back. Quitting to single player guarantees that your progress will be saved.
After rejoining a public lobby, wait about 8 minutes. All of your supplies should be gone and newly prepared product waiting. After about 8 minutes the supplies you purchased for 15K (in step 3) each will be delivered, completely refilling your bar as if you had purchased 75K of supplies.
MY ROUTINE
-Have full supplies.
-Play!
-Before hopping off resupply both characters, and repurchase supplies on both as mentioned above.
-AFK on Character 1 while I sleep.
-In the morning rejoin a public lobby, wait for supplies to be delivered, repurchase after 1 tick used, AFK again.
-Around lunch time hop back on (remotely or in person) and rejoin a public lobby.
-Switch characters, AFK again.
-Come home and sell. Go Cash > Meth > Coke > Bunker. Coke and Bunker take a little bit longer to fill, so working on the other 2 first will allow them to accumulate a little bit more.
THE MATH
Bunker - After 2.5 cycles per character, each sale will give you about 600K.
Coke - After 2.5 cycles per character, each sale will give you 420K.
Meth - After 2 cycles per character, each sale will give you 357K.
Cash - After 2 cycles per character, each sale will give you 294K.
Nightclub - Each hour of AFk will net you about 60k. With one overnight cycle (~8 hours), and 3 fast (2:20) cycles, your 2 nightclubs should combine for about another $1M.
So for 1 character, after paying 15K for each resupply at each business (about 9 resupplies total), you should be profiting about $2,166,000 for 5 sales.
For 2 characters you'll be profiting about $4,342,000 for 10 sales, or about $2,171,000/hr
If you're selling in a busy lobby you can add 25%, for about $5,427,500 in profits, or about $2,713,750/hr.
COMPARISONS
I dont have a lot of experience with the other money making businesses, but from a bit of research here are the numbers I found for the other methods.
IMPORT/EXPORT
With 3 helpers and efficient sources/sells:
1X$ ~ $384K/hr
1.5X$ ~ $576K/hr
2X$ ~ $768K/hr
SPECIAL CARGO
Max efficiency (2 warehouses back and fourth):
1X$ ~ $307K/hr
1.5X$ ~ $461K/hr
2X$ ~ $614K/hr
CONCLUSION
So that's what I used to do when I was grinding. If anyone has any questions please post below and I'll do my best to answer.
Also if anyone has more accurate numbers for the non-passive businesses please comment and I will update my figures.
I will also ask the mods to replace my original guide on the Mega Thread.
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u/_Tonan_ Epsilon Flight Program Jul 01 '19
Which system are you on?