The secrets database
Easter eggs, hidden details and mysteries from across the GTA series. Every entry says whether it's confirmed or just a theory, and who found it.
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Kodak Black is in the game
The rapper appears in a Vice City club screenshot from the Launch Gallery, keeping up GTA's tradition of real artists showing up in-game.
Where: Launch Gallery screenshot "Vice City 25"
Read the case file → Source: TheGamer
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An NPC peeing behind The Rusty Anchor
Zoom into the official screenshot of The Rusty Anchor bar and a man in a red shirt is relieving himself by the trees. In a promo image.
Where: Leonida Keys, The Rusty Anchor bar
Read the case file → Source: Notebookcheck
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The iguana with its own outfit
A woman at The Rusty Anchor carries an iguana on her shoulder, and the iguana is dressed up too.
Where: Leonida Keys, The Rusty Anchor bar
Read the case file → Source: Notebookcheck
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Is the iguana lady a quest giver?
She shows up in more than one screenshot, so some fans think she is a story or side-mission character, like Maude in GTA 5. Not confirmed.
Source: Notebookcheck
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A dog in a protective vest
Behind Jason in a firefight stands a dog wearing protective gear. Dogs appear in several of the new screenshots.
Read the case file → Source: PC Gamer
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160+ people in one shot
A bird's-eye view of a Vice City hotel pool reportedly shows over 160 NPCs in a single frame, far more than any GTA 5 scene.
Where: Vice City hotel pool
Source: grandtheft.gg
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"United States of Paranoia" money
GTA's fake dollar bills are back: the in-game cash is printed by the "United States of Paranoia".
Source: GameSpot
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Deer below the sunset spot
In the screenshot of Jason and Lucia watching the sunset from their truck, deer are grazing in the grass right below them.
Source: grandtheft.gg
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The gym is back
Jason lifting weights in a gym: the first real gym since San Andreas. GameSpot also pointed out his lack of shirt (and towel).
Source: GameSpot
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The Mount Chiliad mural
A mural at the top of Mount Chiliad shows a UFO, an egg, an eye and a jetpack. Fans spent years trying to "solve" it; the jetpack was never found.
Where: Top of Mount Chiliad, at the cable car station
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The UFO over Mount Chiliad
After 100% completion, a UFO appears above Mount Chiliad during a thunderstorm at 3 a.m.
Where: Mount Chiliad summit
How: Reach 100% completion, then go to the summit at 3 a.m. while it is storming.
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The ghost on Mount Gordo
A ghostly woman, Jolene Cranley-Evans, appears on Mount Gordo late at night. Get close and she vanishes. The name "Jock" is written in blood nearby.
Where: Mount Gordo, north-east of the map
How: Go there between 11 p.m. and midnight in-game time.
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Hunting Bigfoot
A final mission, "The Last One", has Franklin tracking Bigfoot through the forest.
How: Unlocked after 100% completion.
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Peyote plants: play as an animal
Eat one of the hidden peyote plants and you hallucinate into an animal, from a chicken to a shark.
How: Find the plants across the map (in the next-gen versions). Each one turns you into a different animal.
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Spaceship parts and the Space Docker
Collect all 50 spaceship parts for Omega, the conspiracy-obsessed hippie, and you get the Space Docker, a buggy with a UFO look.
How: Play Franklin's "Far Out" strangers & freaks mission with Omega, then collect the 50 parts.
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The Epsilon Program
Michael can join a parody cult, donate money, wear the robes and walk miles in the desert for "enlightenment". The ending is worth it.
How: Start from the Epsilon website in-game as Michael.
Images: Rockstar Games (official screenshots)
Quick answers
What does "confirmed" mean?
You can see it in an official image, or find it in the game yourself. "Fan theory" means people believe it, but it is not proven.
Are there GTA 6 spoilers here?
Before launch, GTA 6 entries only come from official screenshots. After launch, story secrets are hidden behind a spoiler button.
Can I send a secret?
Yes, email us a screenshot and where it is. If it checks out, we add it with credit.