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Mastermind

Mastermind

You earned 25 platinum medals across Heist Setups and Finales.

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How to unlock the Mastermind achievement in Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One) - Definitive Guide

By far and away the easiest method of doing this achievement is on the Fleeca Job. Platinum Medals are awarded to whoever is in the driving role, both in the setups and in the Heist itself.

For the Scope Out mission its all on whoever gets in Lesters Car first.
For the Kuruma mission, it's not about the kills attained in the parking lot, it's about whether you drive the car or not.
The finale platinum is again going to the driver, the best way to assure this is by hosting the heist yourself.

After completion the Heist can be repeated every in game day which is 48 minutes real time. After the first instance of this heist the setup cost is $11.5k so its not to expensive and takes 30 minutes max to completion.

As Colour x Blind said in the comments you can check how many platinums you have by going to the stats section, then awards and then looking for the award titled Decorated.

Hirsute Dave has added that if you want to go through the rest of the heists, these are the roles you have to partake in them.


Prison Breakout
(Bus) - killing the escort helicopter seems to be the difference maker
(Plane) - kill the most Vagos, flying the plane also helps
(Police Station) - retrieving the Casco from the cargo ship
(Wet Work) - recovering the documents from the lawyers
(Finale) - the Prison Officer gets it more often than not (I've also seen the Demo team win it)

The Humane Labs Raid
(Valkyrie) - be the pilot
(Finale) - be the pilot
(Codes) Kill the most FIB agents
(Insurgents) Drive the regular Insurgent (i.e. the unarmed one)
(Hydra) Fly the Hydra
(EMP) hack the door

Series A Funding
(Steal Coke) Get the most kills (being in the aerial assault might help)
(Trash Truck) Grab the most trash bags OR Drive the truck and get kills
(Bikers) Kill the most bikers and drive one of the vans
(Steal Weed) Man the technical gun (you'll need to be one of the lookouts)
(Steal Meth) Kill the most O'Neills (driving the tanker can't hurt either)
(Finale) Man the technical gun again (the North Side team probably have a few more targets too)

Pacific Standard Job
(Vans) Be a Navigator and grab the target van once you know which it is
(Signal) Deliver Avi - this means you need to be the closest to his hut after killing all the police on the island (or after the inevitable restarts) so that he follows you
(Hack) Be the Transporter
(Convoy) Either deliver the cargo truck or jump on the Insurgent gun - I've seen both work more than once thoughso I suspect how many Merryweather guards you kill also count
(Finale) Be the Hacker or Demolitions (basically so you're carrying the cash)

Big Thanks to Hirsute Dave on the info for most of the other heists. If any of these seem to be incorrect please comment and I'll edit accordingly.

Update 19/05/2015 - zsoltee53 says "The achievement's counter is buggy, not moving from 0%. Check your progress here: MENU / STATS / AWARDS / HEISTS / DECORATED

When you completed a Heist, quit the game and restart, so you can replay the Heist without waiting 48 minutes."
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How do you select to re-host this heist? Can't you only host the next heist that Lester gives you?
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By on 14 Mar 2015 06:28
Call leister and he will give you the option to redo a heist.
P.S you can also check how many platinum medals you have by going to stats, awards then heists. It is the third one along on the bottom row.
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By Colour x Blind on 14 Mar 2015 09:05
Humane Labs continued
(Codes) Kill the most FIB agents
(Insurgents) Drive the regular Insurgent (i.e. the unarmed one)
(Hydra) Fly the Hydra
(EMP) Kill the most guys/hack the door (not certain on this one)
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By Hirsute Dave on 15 Mar 2015 13:20
Great solution! I just repeated Fleeca until I got it, stress free. It doesn't actually take too long... Thank god the cheeve isn't for getting the platinum awards.
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By on 16 Mar 2015 04:13
Great solution! I just repeated Fleeca until I got it, stress free. It doesn't actually take too long... Thank god the cheeve isn't for getting the platinum awards.
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By on 16 Mar 2015 04:38
Here we go:

Series A Funding
(Steal Coke) Get the most kills (being in the aerial assault might help)
(Trash Truck) Grab the most trash bags
(Bikers) Kill the most bikers and drive one of the vans
(Steal Weed) Man the technical gun (you'll need to be one of the lookouts)
(Steal Meth) Kill the most O'Neills (driving the tanker can't hurt either)
(Finale) Man the technical gun again (the North Side team probably have a few more targets too)
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By Hirsute Dave on 18 Mar 2015 13:29
I thouhgt it was the awards lol. there's only 20 of those.
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By CassiopeiaGames on 18 Mar 2015 15:45
For the Humane Labs Emp setup mission I did not get the most kills but I hacked the door and got the platinum
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By TomaforKx on 21 Mar 2015 11:47
So you mean you can repeat always the Flecca Job until you get 25 platinum medals?so if there is not necessary the get 25 different medals trough the heist missions?I can always repeat the first 2 player heist until i get the avhievement?!
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By DrSchmock on 22 Mar 2015 05:28
That is true DrSchmock
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By I Am Twistah#216 on 22 Mar 2015 19:02
Finally managed to complete it more than once - randoms just can't ride bikes cry - and it seems like the Pacific Standard is a little more variable than the others.

Pacific Standard Job
(Vans) Be a Navigator and grab the target van once you know which it is
(Signal) Deliver Avi - this means you need to be the closest to his hut after killing all the police on the island (or after the inevitable restarts) so that he follows you
(Hack) Be the Transporter
(Convoy) Either deliver the cargo truck or jump on the Insurgent gun - I've seen both work more than once thoughso I suspect how many Merryweather guards you kill also count
(Finale) Be the Hacker or Demolitions (basically so you're carrying the cash)
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By Hirsute Dave on 22 Mar 2015 23:56
I just did trash truck for Series A funding and collected the most bags, but did not get very many kills and got gold, so maybe kills factor into platinum
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By TomaforKx on 25 Mar 2015 11:06
I believe the contributor has got that one wrong as I remember getting platinum for the driving
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By I Am Twistah#216 on 25 Mar 2015 11:25
It's okay pal, I really appreciate the contribution you made. I remember doing that one twice and getting platium for driving
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By I Am Twistah#216 on 25 Mar 2015 15:37
I think the medals are decided by amount of RP earned during the mission.
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By LeviAJones on 26 Mar 2015 18:02
There's literally 0 RP earned during the Fleeca Heist so I think roles do play a part
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By I Am Twistah#216 on 26 Mar 2015 21:52
anyone having the problem of them not adding to your platinum count?
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By oHIGHRISKo on 03 Apr 2015 20:27
For Pacific Standard Convoy, I got Platinum by driving my own car the entire time, I guess I just got most kills.
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By ukBp Roy on 12 Apr 2015 18:27
The achievement's counter is buggy, not moving from 0%. Check your progress here: MENU / STATS / AWARDS / HEISTS / DECORATED

When you completed a Heist, quit the game and restart, so you can replay the Heist without waiting 48 minutes.
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By zsoltee53 on 19 May 2015 11:52
Every other time it's worked, but I just played part 1 of the Fleeca job, got in the car first and drove the whole time and didn't get the platinum. I crashed into some things but not any more than usual, but I did fire my flare gun once and that seemed to annoy Lester. Maybe don't do that.
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By II The Beard II on 27 Jul 2015 04:24
If you transfer your character from GTA Online on last gen (360 version), does the progress carry across? Also what about if you already popped the cheev, aka got 25 platinums on 360, will that count when you bring across to X1 or will I need to start again? Thanks if anyone knows.
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By AG Bucky Barnes on 09 Dec 2015 15:16
Online progress will carry over if you use the transfer tool. The online achievements will pop along with the stuntjumps if you do this.

Just stay in the apartment for like half an hour and let the achievements unlock in their own pace - they will pop in waves.
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By CassiopeiaGames on 09 Dec 2015 15:27
That up there was before I saw it was for the DLC. keep us posted if these unlock!
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By CassiopeiaGames on 09 Dec 2015 15:28
Nice one! Really appreciate it. I'm working on the 360 version, got a couple of achievements to do then will be transferring over =)

That will save so much time; I read that stats carry over so it'd be difficult to track what you have/haven't done if it carry's over what you've done previously but not unlocked the related achievement, would be a massive headache so fingers crossed. I'll be sure however to not unlock the 8mil cheev though as that would be horrible if it doesn't work! =O
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By AG Bucky Barnes on 09 Dec 2015 16:26
Perfect! Completed it yesterday on the 360 to the full 1250.

Switched over to Xbox One version just now and went into online. Stuck around in my own private session, in the apartment it popped a couple of achievements as soon as transfer was done and loaded in. Then went into garage, got into my car which takes you outside and the heaven's opened lol

It was raining achievements! All of the online related cheev's popped so all I have to do now is go into director mode and I'm 100% done =D
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By AG Bucky Barnes on 10 Jan 2016 12:51
I need a boosting buddy if anybody is around to help me? It would be much appreciated

Gt; Tonicarborist please message me first
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By Tonicarborist on 25 Jan 2016 22:20
Bikes setup mission missing from Pacific Standard Job list
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By SPOOKYVILLE on 20 Mar 2016 23:52
replayed the flecca job twice, i was the driver on every part of the heist, never got platinum cry
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By Luku38 on 27 Apr 2016 13:08
You're wrong about the scope out mission.
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By THEpaynexkiller on 25 Feb 2017 23:10
Confirmed this still works,

-fleeca job, always be the driver and get kills where applicable

Dashboard / end game and reload to avoid waiting 48min
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By ResinousHashish on 01 Jul 2018 21:51
This guide is very outdated, you must amend it.
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By Racer 6981 on 30 Mar 2020 15:35
I can confirm the platinum you earn in casino and doomsday heists DOESN'T count for the achievement, only the original heists counts (the first five heists)
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By Concetto18 on 16 Apr 2020 03:46
@Racer 6981 This guide is not outdated as Concetto18 said above none of the newer heists count for this so the guide can’t be outdated.
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By jotg05 on 24 Apr 2020 06:26
I need this achievement. down to help others too GT: TheUnknownGuyz
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By TheUnknownGuyz on 18 Aug 2021 13:43
+1 This is a great guide but due to so many DLC's and updates, there's now loads more that can be added for the other heist setups and finales
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By TwistMck on 03 Oct 2021 23:51
If you guys like to achievement boosts or just as a hobby here is the discord link
https://discord.gg/8JqMEBNN
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By ImQueenBoo on 27 Dec 2021 05:50
I need these achievement I am ranked 98-1,000 with my GTAVO characters. If you’re interested and serious in doing this please message me on my Gamertag FUSION NINJA 2.
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By FUSION NINJA on 06 Jul 2022 22:30
Finally got this today. If you’re repeating the Fleeca job I would strongly suggest doing it with a friend or finding someone on a session on here. I did it with randoms and the amount of people who can’t do the vault hack is genuinely mind blowing.
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By IAmSAMU3Lx on 22 Oct 2022 11:32
It truly is amazing @iamsamu3lx … I just jacked up their cut to 70% so it gives them initiate to figure it out
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By theDUKE 11 15 on 09 Jan 2023 00:00
Looking for a crew to do these challenges and complete the last 2 heists.
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By TheRealCaylen on 19 Aug 2023 04:00
Looking for a group to do this and the other heist achievements with. GT : Radek69
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By Radek69 on 07 Oct 2023 06:20
Hello everyone, in "awards" in the game statistics, my "decorated" counts as completed, but my achievement did not drop. Would anyone have a solution for me?
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By vini7ffx on 17 Dec 2023 22:30
Hello everyone, in "awards" in the game statistics, my "decorated" counts as completed, but my achievement did not drop, but not won achieviment. Would anyone have a solution for me?
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By vini7ffx on 17 Dec 2023 22:31
Great thanks
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By OBlockMafia on 28 Jan 2024 22:00
I replayed Fleeca, but platinums were not added to my statistics + Decorated shows I have only 8 platinum awards, which is BS because I remember getting more. What am I doing wrong?
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By RancidVessel14 on 29 Jan 2024 20:22
Thanks +1
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By Interracial on 11 Feb 2024 07:02
Having done this achievement on the 360 and now going for it again, I can confirm that being the driver has nothing to do with getting the platinum. I have gotten it as both roles and sometimes I've driven and only gotten gold.
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By YaIrishMick96 on 24 May 2024 19:22
And if you want to add the rest of the heists:
Prison Breakout
(Bus) - killing the escort helicopter seems to be the difference maker
(Plane) - kill the most Vagos, flying the plane also helps
(Police Station) - retrieving the Casco from the cargo ship
(Wet Work) - recovering the documents from the lawyers
(Finale) - the Prison Officer gets it more often than not (I've also seen the Demo team win it)

The Humane Labs Raid
(Valkyrie) - be the pilot
(Finale) - be the pilot

More when I manage to complete them (thanks Rockstar servers!)
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By Hirsute Dave on 15 Mar 2015 06:39
Pobodies Nerfect!

(Seriously, these were just my best guesses after playing through at least twice - I'm bound to have got a few wrong)
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By Hirsute Dave on 25 Mar 2015 15:27
Yeah kills are definitely a factor too, particularly on the last three heists.

For example, I did the Hydra mission again recently and took out most of the defenders in the ship, then flew one of the Lazers and shot down most of the pursuing aircraft. I got the platinum but the Hydra pilot who basically did nothing but fly the Hydra very badly still got the gold.
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By Hirsute Dave on 15 Apr 2015 16:07
some of the platinum requirements are not correct (anymore).
just of the top of my head, in the "Humane Labs Heist Finale" you get platinum for being the gunner (who gets most of the kills). Also, I got a platinum during the "EMP Delivery" setup mission without hacking, but did get the most kills.
"Pacific Standard Job - Vans" gives you a platinum for getting the most photos, not taking the van back... also, in "Hack", I did not get the platinum for being the transporter, but the guy who shot most enemies.
about half of these instructions are wrong. Generally you get the platinum for killing most people.
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By Dr Marty on 11 Feb 2019 01:03
I've been boosting platinum awards in Fleeca Job in the past few days. From my personal experience, it is the host who is going to get a platinum in first mission (Scope Out), despite being the driver or not and despite being the first or the last to get to Lester's car.

Edit: after one more night of boosting and trying different approachs, it seems the platinum goes to whoever walks/runs first towards Lester and his car right after leaving the building. You'll know who gets the platinum by Lester's behavior, since he'll look at and follow the platinum holder. By "follow" I mean he will only enter his own car *after* that person.
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By ViniBT on 18 Feb 2021 19:32
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If you don't mind the short wait between replays, you can replay the first heist, the Fleeca Job, with a friend over and over.

Simply host the heist replay yourself and invite your friend it, and upon completion, have your friend host the heist and invite you in.

Each player can only host the same heist replay once, and then they have to wait an hour, real time, before they can host it again, so taking it in turns with your friend to host the heist replay allows you to get up to 6 Platinum medals every hour (3 missions, 2 people hosting).

To gain the platinum medal, do the following for each set up mission and the finale:

1st Setup Mission (Scope Out): Make sure you drive, the driver always receives the Platinum medal.
2nd Setup Mission (Karuma): Drive the Karuma, but make sure to also kill a decent amount of the enemies, as if your friend kills enough, s/he can steal the platinum medal from you.
Finale: Be the driver, the driver always receives the Platinum Medal.

Do this 4 times and you'll only need one more platinum medal for the achievement.
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At the end of each heist, the players are ranked by how well they did, and given medals, with the top player receiving a platinum medal and the bottom player receiving bronze.

The platinum awards are given for progression or in game achievements. For example, get so many headshots or win so many races. There are also platinum awards for getting a hole in one in golf and similar achievements. They aren't hard, but they require time to complete. If one asks you to get 500 headshots or tasks you with winning 25 rally races as the copilot, you won't be completing them quickly.
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By lXl CARLOS lXl on 25 Jan 2016 23:01
There is the other achievement where you need to gain 30 platinum awards, hat is the differ nice between that one and this one?
Surely when I gain the 30, I would have unlocked this one 5 awards ago?
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By Tonicarborist on 25 Jan 2016 22:24
First of all platinum medals across heist Setups and finales will be only counting from Fleeca Job to Pacific.
Medals from doomsday heists will not count.

Try to do this achievement after u will do all the heists and get rest of achievements for them.

The easiest way is to do Fleeca job as it required only 2 people and it is very easy.

You need to be a driver in every setup and in Final to get platinum.

1 Setup - Be a driver, do not damage "granger" to get platinum.

2 Setup - Drive the black kuruma after you will stole it.

Final - be a driver and u gonna get platinum.

Good luck!
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