Grand Theft Auto V

Survival is a wave-based mode that sees you battle increasingly difficult enemies for a maximum of 10 waves. It is first available once you reach Rank 15 when Ron calls you informing you of a commotion at the Industrial Plant. It is mandatory to go there and participate in your first Survival match after which they are available to play at any time, however, it is possible to earn this trophy earlier by having a friend who is Rank 15 or above invite you to a Survival lobby.

Survival mode, even with 4 players, can be very tough as enemies get stronger with each wave that goes by in terms of both health and weaponry, though their A.I behaviour and numbers don't alter. Furthermore armoured SUVs and Buzzard helicopters are introduced later on to increase the difficulty, however, there is an exploit on one of the maps which makes completing all 10 waves ridiculously easy.

Firstly, you should visit any Ammu-Nation store in preparation and stock up on ammo. You take into each Survival match what you have in your inventory at the time so it is wise to be prepared rather than run out mid-wave, then press and select "Online => Jobs => Host Job => Rockstar Created => Survival" and select the "Boneyard" map.

Immediately as the first wave starts, look to your right to spot a grey portacabin in front of a red wall. In between these two structures is a very narrow gap, which is where you will camp for the entirety of the 10 waves. For some inexplicable reason, if you position yourself here all of the enemies will spawn in front of you and run into your line of sight repeatedly. All you have to do is hug the wall of the portacabin by pressing then move along it with and depending on which direction the enemies are coming from on your mini-map, then stick your head out to aim and pick them off using the "Traditional GTA" targeting mode. On rare occasions an enemy will reach the red wall and have a clear shot at you but instead of taking a shot, for some reason they prefer to either take cover behind the rocks on the right-hand side or the wall on the left-hand side so these should be of little trouble.

A Buzzard helicopter will appear on waves 4 and 7 in solo, but they pose little threat as they can't shoot you in your narrow space. When they fly overhead and away from you, pop out of cover and try to shoot the pilot to bring it down instantly. It can be difficult to hit him though so you may prefer to shoot the helicopter until it crashes. The SUVs pose no threat as the enemies will conveniently park up in front of you in the open and climb out, just pick them off easily or throw sticky bombs/grenades at the vehicles to blow them up instantly.

If you find yourself needing supplies, it is advised to wait until there is one enemy left (a notification at the bottom of the screen will tell you this) and then going around the battlefield carefully avoiding him while mopping up weapons, ammo, health and body armour if you need it. You have 20 seconds to do this in between waves anyway, but sometimes you can be pushing it a little tight and the last thing you need is to be caught out in the open when the next wave starts.

Using this method I (Krid) completed all 10 waves solo and was only shot a handful of times but never enough to even deplete my body armour. It may, however, be advisable to do this with a partner (with each person guarding one end of the portacabin), simply for the security just in case something does go awry like running out of ammo mid-wave or even dying. With multiple players, if one player dies then they will be resurrected at the end of the wave if the other survives. Using this method with 3-4 players is still very possible, but is ill-advised due to the large increase in enemy numbers and the fact that there is little room in the narrow gap for the extra players to be of any use.

One time only during a Survival match, you can call in helicopter support to assist you one time only. This is done by calling "Merryweather" from the Contacts section of your in-game phone for a cost of $5,000. This will also net you the Dialling Digits trophy if you haven't got it already. Thanks to JHChiBulls for this tip.

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[AUTOPOP] If you import an existing character from PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 with which you've already attained this trophy, beginning a game of Survival Mode will unlock the trophy.