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GTA Online: You completed all 3 Criminal Mastermind Challenges in The Doomsday Heist.

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

oxHARMONxo

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31 Dec 2017 22:32

*Edit 12/29/22*
Updated some information such as added tips about quick access snacks for easy health maintenance and no longer needing public lobbies for prep missions. As more updates continue to happen, I will do my best to update the information here to be relevant. Thank you to the many users updating me and the community in the comments!

*Edit 6/5/2022*
It’s recommended to complete the online achievements on this version, then the Japanese stack (if you plan on doing it), before exporting your character to the Xbox Series X version. Your online character progress resets if you transfer to the Xbox Series X versions, requiring you to potentially level up and earn money again in able to complete missed online achievements in Xbox One and Xbox One Japanese versions.

As of now, you need to complete all three of the Criminal Mastermind Challenges achieved in Grand Theft Auto Online. To find your progress, you must be in an online lobby, public or private. Press

, then use

to find the Stats tab at the end. Press

, then scroll down to Awards. Press

on Awards, then scroll down to The Doomsday Heist. Press

to view all The Doomsday Heist related awards available. The three challenges you need to focus on are:

Criminal Mastermind II: Complete The Doomsday Heist in order, with the same team of 2 players, on hard difficulty, without losing any lives on Setups and Finales.

Criminal Mastermind III: Complete The Doomsday Heist in order, with the same team of 3 players, on hard difficulty without losing any lives on Setups and Finales.

Criminal Mastermind IV: Complete The Doomsday Heist in order, with the same team of 4 players, on hard difficulty without losing any lives on Setups and Finales.

While working on each of these awards, you will likely complete All in Order bonus and Loyalty II,III, and IV.

Criteria every player needs to know to avoid progress reset:

You CAN die during Preps, but CANNOT die during the Setups or Finales.

You CAN fail a Setup or Finale and choose quick restart option. If you do fail a mission, make sure it wasn't due to a death.

The quit out trick for player death during Setups and Finales is easily the most important trick to use. If a player in your crew dies, hit

, then either select Grand Theft Auto V and scroll down and hit quit, or simply select another game in the recently played list. The game must be exited in less than five seconds from the moment a team member dies. The idea is similar to the Dashboard method players used for the original Criminal Mastermind on the Xbox 360. This method does not 100% work, as missions auto save checkpoints, and if you happen to die during the auto save, it automatically fails the Criminal Mastermind.

Personal in game vehicles that explode cause the game to immediately autosave. If you die due to a personal vehicle explosion, it will likely reset your progress. Credit to rafa1000house for bringing this to our attention. I can confirm this is true as both progress resets I've encountered were a result of car explosion killing us causing an immediate autosave, voiding the medal. Typically, any mission with helicopters will likely lead to potential explosion due to their heat seeking missiles.

If a player disconnects during a mission, it's advised that everyone needs to immediately quit the game using the quit out method, as this may void progress.

You CANNOT purchase prep vehicles to skip the missions and progress.

You CAN do all Preps first, then do all Setups for each Act; or do Prep, Setup, Prep, Setup until completion of the Finale. As stated in the actual challenge, you MUST do ALL Setups and Finales in order, top to bottom, starting with Act I and finishing with Act III.

Preps CAN be done in private lobbies now. This is a new update that resolves the aging frustrations of playing with randoms in a public lobby.

When doing Setups and Finale Heists, its best to go into a private lobby. There are reports of server issues in public lobbies that can cause players to disconnect from a full lobby at the end of a Setup, causing server lapses that reset progress.

When you start a Criminal Mastermind play-through, you MUST complete it with the same people in the same order before starting a new one. You CANNOT do multiple Criminal Masterminds play-throughs at the same time. Example, you can not start CMII with friend A, then start CMIV with friends B, C and D and continue progress for CMII. However, do keep in mind, if friend A was the host of CMII play-through, THEY will keep THEIR OWN progress if you decided to reset YOUR OWN by going for CMIV. So if you do decide to start a new play-through, it's best to let your teammates know.

You DO NOT need to complete every challenge with the same players for all three play-throughs. You do not need to play with friend A for CMII, CMIII, and CMIV. You CAN play with friend A in CMII; friend B and E in CMIII; and friends B, D, and F in CMIV. Just ensure you are playing the entire play-through, Act I through Act III, with the players you start each play-through with.

These DO NOT need to be completed in one session. You can play a few missions a night for a couple of weeks. Progress will not be interrupted while playing free roam, multiplayer, or other non Doomsday heists.

It's IDEAL to make sure every player doing the heist missions to be in the same organization. To do this, the player hosting the missions needs to hire each player as a body guard after registering as a CEO. This helps the system keep the group as a unit, as servers can split players up prior to missions starting. I would recommend players all being within the player owned facility before starting each mission to avoid sync issues.

Tips and Tricks:

Basic start up procedures include:

Using the Interaction menu:

Purchasing a Facility:

Registering as a VIP, CEO, President and hiring heist Crew:

“The Standard FPS-2 control setting is the best option because it allows you to sprint while having the interaction menu open.”
*Credit to Rheinadler for this suggestion*

Special thanks to oxBURN3Rxo and HollaBackGaming for their contributions. Thanks for all the up-votes and contributions in the comments! Good luck to everyone!

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194 Comments

If someone dies by an explosion of another player's car, the progress will be reseted to the car owner, because the game saves right after the explosion as it prevents players duplicating cars and destroying your vehicle without paying any fee.

my 2 friends lost their progress because their Kuruma was exploded while I was driving in two different missions. So your worst enemy is the helicopter!

Missions you need to watch out:
- Rescue ULP - use Kuruma to block the foundry entrance and leave it when the helicopter appears, so it won't blow your car. Destroy it using heat seekers.
- Rescue Agent 14 - use Kuruma to kill the first wave of enemies after leaving the first area with Agent 14; but be warned: one helicopter will spawn, so hide your car while your teammates destroy the helicopter.
- Escort ULP - just use your Kuruma and don't escort your teammates at all. This misison is very buggy and your can explode from nowhere. I was miles away from helicopters and my car exploded for no reason, so just stay in Paleto Bay, or run to the forest, so you will only deal with enemy cars.

By rafa1000house on 17 Sep 2018 14:59

The bulletproof helmet and super heavy utility vest are located at the suburban store :)

By oxBURN3Rxo on 31 Dec 2017 23:01

Outfits don't provide any protection anymore; they are just for show. Instead associates now get full health regen while being around the CEO. No use in equipping bulletproof helmet and super heavy utility vest!

By LordFightALot on 01 Jan 2018 16:44

Source? I found zero information stating clothing was nerfed. Not saying you are wrong, but I looked.

By oxHARMONxo on 01 Jan 2018 21:50

It may just be a temporary glitch with the new heist then. I have personally not tested it, but I fully recommend using both just in case until Rockstar confirms it was nerfed.

By oxHARMONxo on 02 Jan 2018 03:54

great guide, just want to say that anyone negative voting this obviously can't finish it :} keep up the good work!

By UNeakOne on 29 Jan 2018 22:32

Thank you. Honestly, at this point, I already knew there would be quite a few downvotes from gamers retaliating on guides or angered that this isn't some huge exploit to make this stupid easy. Majority of the information came from trial and error with oxBURN3Rxo. Obviously, there is some information in here sourced from the community, and for that I am thankful. In the end, it's really not that bad, it just requires a lot of time, and unfortunately, it is a scheduling nightmare.

By oxHARMONxo on 29 Jan 2018 22:46

Thanks dude, this is a great guide, Where was this guide when I busted my controller? trying to get this when it came out. Now, thanks to you I have new faith and a new controller so my team and I feel confident.

By CRT JEDIMARK on 30 Jan 2018 06:48

the NAT thing doesnt work for me anymore. it did work before but not after last console update

By simosaali on 10 Feb 2018 15:44

Can anyone else confirm the NAT trick being patched?

By oxHARMONxo on 10 Feb 2018 15:58

NAT worked for me today.

By LAZY SHIKAMARUX on 10 Feb 2018 16:30

It was working yesterday.

By Mikasz on 11 Feb 2018 10:34

its working for me again. dont know why it didnt yesterday

By simosaali on 11 Feb 2018 13:20

Does the challenge reset if someone disconnects from a PREP mission? Getting 4 people into the same public session is a nightmare and connection issues seem to often prevent 2 of the 4 people from being in the same session with each other.

By ChevJumba on 24 Feb 2018 09:12

I would assume yes, as they count towards the challenge, though I’ve never had that specific issue.

By oxHARMONxo on 24 Feb 2018 14:14

You 100% CAN use trip skip as I used it all through CM III and IV.

By UnwillingERK on 25 Feb 2018 03:56

Can anyone else confirm this? Originally, we were told by reputable sources that trip skip reset their progress, though it’s possible this could have changed. I’ll update as soon as I here another confirmation. Thank you for your input!

By oxHARMONxo on 25 Feb 2018 21:31

Ok, thank you both! I will update accordingly.

By oxHARMONxo on 27 Feb 2018 22:35

Can anyone confirm? If I start a CM II and then half way through start CM III with others, presumably it resets? I expect this is the case but best to ask!

By The Manic Moose on 08 Mar 2018 09:39

It will 100% reset. I’ll add that information into the guide. Thanks for the question!

By oxHARMONxo on 08 Mar 2018 10:33

Just had CM2 reset for me after completing act 1 but not my co op partner. Any idea why this might be? Had a few set up missions where I got disconnected at the end but progress was all working before the heist itself... annoying!

By The Manic Moose on 21 Mar 2018 00:21

Criminal Mastermind has always been buggy since the original Criminal Mastermind. Unfortunately, it’s hard to diagnose every issue. Lagging out, from my experience, may cause resets. If someone ever disconnected, we all exited the game.

By oxHARMONxo on 21 Mar 2018 00:56

Had the same issue as The Manic Moose. Went through the whole heist with 3 players and had no issues with dashboarding resetting progress .We got halfway through the heist with 4 players and had two players progress reset after dashboarding. Now starting over fresh with the same 4 players we have done all the preps and two setups for the first heist and our progress says only one mission has been completed. I heard there was an update on the 20th which seems to be when we ran into the trouble.

By biglou117 on 21 Mar 2018 16:36

Same issue as biglou117 and Manic Moose. Did 2p CMM on Sunday, was at 11/29, came back Monday, progress reset for me, not my partner. Started again, we were at 3/29 did all 3 preps first, loaded the first setup >>0/29. Assuming it's the update as well since progress was fine the day right before

By Seitzz on 21 Mar 2018 21:17

I’m sorry to hear about that guys. I’d recommend heading over to RockStar.com and submitting support tickets as well as posting in the forums. Keep in mind, they deal with a lot of angry consumers, so it may take a few days for a reply.

By oxHARMONxo on 21 Mar 2018 21:44

Confirming this has happened to myself as well.

By on 23 Mar 2018 04:25

Definitely has to be the patch my group split to finish CM 2 and both our runs have reset.

By BlackRain228 on 23 Mar 2018 05:11

Well, this is indeed bad. Like mentioned above, the best way to get this fixed is to go to RockStar support and submit a ticket. Hopefully, if it were the patch, it was an unintended glitch and not the system catching everyone exploiting the quit method.

By oxHARMONxo on 23 Mar 2018 09:34

Just ran CM 3 times with 0 deaths Legit no dashboarding but never get passed the 1st act without the progress resetting. Pretty shitty too since all of us have done CM 4 and CM 3 last week.

By BlackRain228 on 23 Mar 2018 23:15

New update has definitely broken the challenge. My group has has had the challenge be broken multiple times for no reason. The achievement seems unobtainable at the moment :(

By IKV91 on 24 Mar 2018 17:34

Criminal mastermind 3 and got reset eventhough my team all checked before the final setup up for act 1 and said 5/29. Completed final setup and was reset to 1/29. I also got reset after being on the finale of Act 3. with the host of the doomsday heist the only one out of the 3 of us that didn't reset on the 21/03. So has to be something to do with the recent update :/

I hope it gets fixed soon.

By KillCrazyCarl on 24 Mar 2018 17:42

Please raise a support ticket to rockstar. It would appear on PC that random people are being banned for no reason so clearly have a lot of work cut out!

By The Manic Moose on 25 Mar 2018 21:10

I sent in two tickets specifically stating that there is an issue on there side but all I get in response is this is a hard challenge. The challenge can be reset from deaths, connection issues or starting with the wrong people. So I guess more people need to send in support tickets

By BlackRain228 on 26 Mar 2018 00:24

Just FYI It was the same way at launch nobody could do it without being reset. They won’t acknowledge that it’s an issue because they’ll say exactly what u said they told u that it’s just a hard challenge. But then it eventually got fixed.

By J2B9 on 26 Mar 2018 01:55

I did do a ticket after typing what I had herein the comments.
I got the same reply as "BlackRainAR556" saying:

I get in response is this is a hard challenge. The challenge can be reset from deaths, connection issues or starting with the wrong people.

By KillCrazyCarl on 26 Mar 2018 08:50

Well atleast you guys have a group to give a try. :)

By Zukape on 26 Mar 2018 11:41

Here’s a few tips our group did to avoid reset
Go into story mode - play online - invite only session.
Invite all players to private lobby before any setups and heists. This will drag everyone back into private lobby after each setup with little to no load times. Preps still have to be done in open lobby but doing this avoided any unnecessary resets.

By BlackRain228 on 06 Apr 2018 16:45

I've been (very slowly) doing my 2-man run with a friend. We finished Act 1 and all setups/preps of Act 2, but when we try to launch the finale we get the "this will reset your progress" message. I check the award in the stats menu and we're both at 15/29, but by my count we should be at 16/29, I think the last setup didn't update the award. Any ideas how to fix this? I worry having him host the heist just to redo that setup and come back to mine for the finale might still reset it.

By koolkong94 on 01 May 2018 14:16

Do the Criminal Mastermind Challenges II, III & IV stack? Or do I have to do them seperately?

By OptimalShadez on 18 May 2018 05:28

You have to do them separately, unfortunately.

By oxHARMONxo on 18 May 2018 09:34

Welp, time to roll out the Doritos, Mountain Dew and bed pan in the near future.

By OptimalShadez on 19 May 2018 02:30

My mastermind achievement has reset its self twice. Once on 2v2. And another on the 4 player one. Why?? Can anyone tell me why? I'm doing everything right. making sure all progress is there. My teammates are in my CEO. It's on hard. No one has died. But it still reset. Please help.

By RobT II on 19 May 2018 14:15

It's in my honest opinion that the servers are the culprit for majority of random resetting. There's limited proof supporting it, such as lag outs causing resets and auto saves catching lapses. I'm sorry to hear about your progress, and I encourage you to contact support with your information.

By oxHARMONxo on 19 May 2018 14:29

If you complete, say, CM II, is it considered done? Or is it still prone to being reset?

By LitaOsiris on 20 May 2018 18:48

Once you fully complete the challenge, you get the online badge. I have never heard anyone having badges reset unless your character gets deleted or banned. I hope that helps.

By oxHARMONxo on 20 May 2018 21:07

Looking for a team to work on this with, however I will warn you I just got my wisdom teeth removed and am not feeling like much of a talker rn. Hit me up at my gamertag, same as my username

By FUS ROH DERP on 22 May 2018 19:13

Looking for committed players to attempt this and the "Elitist" achievements. if interested, contact me on live. UK based here

GT Metalclear1982

By Metalclear1982 on 16 Aug 2018 23:11

Does the 2 player and 3 player challenges get completed if you do it with 4 players first?

By x Daniel Nash 7 on 04 Sep 2018 22:14

No. They are all separate medals. No stacks.

By oxHARMONxo on 05 Sep 2018 12:41

Ahhh that sucks, thanks for the reply

By x Daniel Nash 7 on 05 Sep 2018 20:52

Me and a buddy tried these with 2 other players and one of the other players died on the final Heist Finale.. right at the end it was so painful haha. We’re Looking for 2 dedicated players to do the 4 player one with me and my friend and you could also jump in for the 3 player one. If you’re interested shoot me a message my gamertag ‘SKRILLA VILLAIN’

By SKRILLA VILLAIN on 18 Sep 2018 23:52

Those weapons are great. I believe at the time of writing, those weapons weren’t available. I can confirm that I personally use those weapons when I’ve helped with subsequent runs.

It’s worth noting, most gamers going for this haven’t invested a whole lot of time into the multiplayer. Anything additional that helps is great, and they continue to add new content regularly. For the sake of simplicity, I haven’t updated new gear or anything into the guide.

By oxHARMONxo on 30 Mar 2020 22:03

How buggy is the Criminal Mastermind challenge at this point??

By Artemis Hades on 30 Mar 2020 22:41

I believe we did that, but it wasn’t necessary. We didn’t do that for CM II, but it’s possible we hired each other as a body guard. I could add this to the guide as a potential fix for people, but I’ll wait for more evidence.

By oxHARMONxo on 06 Jan 2019 13:14

There have been some changes in the recent Arena Wars update which have made this achievement much more difficult to get. I have been doing CM III with 2 other players. On our last few runs, we have been finding that if someone dies and everyone quits out, one player on the team becomes a Bad Sport. This causes the player character to have a dunce hat on their head and more importantly, it means they can only play in lobbies with other Bad Sports for the next 48 hours. It happened to me yesterday and another guy in my group last week. I am not aware of any workaround for the issue other than not dying. Unfortunately, this makes CM much more difficult as it essentially nullifies the quit-out method. Having to wait 48 hours between attempts is impractical.

By I Ebon Hawk I on 06 Jan 2019 13:14

Have you or the other players in your group quit out excessively while playing online? I know that players notorious for quitting out had this issue because internet connection issues.

By oxHARMONxo on 06 Jan 2019 16:22

Nope. Me and the other guys don't play any other online modes except the doomsday heist. We also only ever quit out when someone dies which usually only happens once or twice per session.

By I Ebon Hawk I on 06 Jan 2019 16:38

Looking for committed players to attempt this and the "Elitist" achievements. If interested contact me on XBL. I live in Canada; Atlantic standard time UTC-4.
More details will follow upon gaining the people to do these achievements.

GT: iPriiDe x

By IPriiDe X on 08 Mar 2019 03:31

Me (XxLukzillaxX) and a friend of mine (Edison Jr 1998) are looking for 2 serious and skilled players to join us in a party and complete the 4-player Mastermind Challenge. Both of us are level +350, and have already completed the other 2 challenges. So we only need the 4-player one to conclude all achievements in the game. We want pro players in order to don't lose time and play it witg strategy. If you fit the profile, just message me and we arrange a day to complete it.

By LukzillaX on 25 May 2019 15:05

Sessions

By BlackRain228 on 25 May 2019 15:18

Me and my buds have completed the 2 and the 3 man criminal mastermind medals. We just need to do the 4 player one, So if anybody is interested let me know. We will be starting it this weekend and hoping to complete the 4 man before friday of next week. We are from the UK, so if you are from the UK or have a similar time zone to us and can speak English that would be ideal. Also you must know what you’re doing and be good at staying alive we will deal with the enemies as long as you can just keep yourself alive. Send me a message on Xbox Live my gamertag is SKRILLA VILLAIN

By SKRILLA VILLAIN on 14 Jun 2019 23:14

Looking for players to the elitist and mastermind achievement, if someone is interested, contact me here or in xbox live GT:Daniele AF

By Daniele AF on 15 Aug 2019 23:19

That’s funny, but... Looking for 2/3/4 persons to help me with. Before play i can watch walkthrough too, of course.
Still better if you have any base.
Thanx, LuxeTH

By АнтонКалинин on 16 Aug 2019 00:14

I can say for this DLC.. Fuck you Rockstars!!

By DeniWhiteRPG on 16 Jan 2020 11:03

I am looking for somebody to do 2 players whose done 3/4 before. Msg me. Lvl 120 is recommended for max health.

By Markyshizzle on 20 Jan 2020 21:49

Absolutely looking for help with this achievement along with Elitist, drop me a message on Xbox!! Let's get it done!!

By CorleoneGang on 17 Feb 2020 03:06

Looking for help with this, shoot me a message if interested.

By erobert3 on 01 Mar 2020 01:01

Can confirm Sainty666’s advice of staying within a CEO’s group to reduce the likelihood of progress resetting.

Also, we did run into one issue with regards to players being inside of Los Santos Customs while working on Preps. That particular player did not receive credit for what the team did due to their being inside the body-shop for the duration. Can anyone confirm that if we complete the challenge, even with one’s having their progress reset, will the others still be able to attain it?

By RedDeadKBII on 24 Mar 2020 09:22

@ RedDead Everyone should be completing the job properly. It's best to check your stats after every mission as should everyone else you are doing it with.
Further notes: everyone needs to stay inside the heist room before the host launches each mission (the person setting it up) including preps. Failure to do this may cause you to have your progress reset. Make sure you are a member of the hosts CEO as well and do not trip skip!
I now have the achievement, so I confirm that following my advice works. Thanks for reading.

By Racer 6981 on 29 Mar 2020 17:04

In terms of weapons, what about the laser range? Like the widowmaker and hellbringer, as better versions of combat mg and minigun maybe?

I’ve also heard about things from bunker research being useful, like the ballistic suit that you summon through the interaction menu

By thatNoseyParker on 30 Mar 2020 20:56

I just completed it over the past 2 weeks. Just keep an eye if someone loses network connection on your team or someone didn’t get the CEO invite to a prep, setup, finale. We had someone lose connection during a prep or setup and we dashboarded immediately with no progress resets.

By CorleoneGang on 01 Apr 2020 23:28

If anyone is still trying to do this, my Xbox gamer tag is Lucent Luna

By Lucent Luna on 05 Apr 2020 08:49

So this can be done on easy?

By ThatiswhatidoeS on 12 Apr 2020 01:15

All three mastermind challenges must be done on hard unless they changed the requirements recently.

By oxHARMONxo on 12 Apr 2020 01:32

If anyone will be trying this i am Down for it
Gt: janol33

By janol33 on 12 Apr 2020 02:08

I’m in

By onthemove3112 on 12 Apr 2020 05:08

Looking to do this with anyone. I completed the mastermind challenge for the original 5 heists. My gt is PuchekKulche

By PuchekKulche on 20 Apr 2020 13:26

I'm looking for someone to help me unlock this achievement, I have to do it with 2,3 and 4 people. I'm italian

By Soundless94 on 26 Apr 2020 15:20

Need 3 really good players for this, message me

By o ImOneShot on 10 May 2020 12:31

looking for a good person to play to help me do criminal mastermind 2, i’m italian. My gamertag is Fatalgamer94

By Soundless94 on 10 May 2020 13:15

I need help with this achievement. GT is NDThunder2. Please help!

By NDThunder15 on 11 May 2020 18:13

Looking for somebody to do this with. I have already done the two player one. I and my friend are looking to do the 3/4 player one. Feel free to text me on xbox: Ewotional

By Auro 96 on 16 May 2020 12:11

What about when it says "doing this will reset criminal mastermind challenge"??

By IINUMB3R44 on 16 May 2020 22:52

That means your action will reset your progress. If this happens during a mastermind run, your progress may have corrupted. I’d suggest logging out and rebooting the game. If that doesn’t fix it, you’ll need to restart.

By oxHARMONxo on 17 May 2020 00:34

I have a session for criminal mastermind IV tomorrow. we have expert knowledge of the heist and only need 1 more looking for someone who knows what they are doing and can I lay everyday preferably

By Darren XBL on 18 May 2020 22:34

We need 2 for Criminal Mastermind IV (CM4), my friend and I know exactly what we need to do and how to get through each act easily. You need to know what you're doing and be able to complete the whole challenge without leaving. Message me on xbox live

By o ImOneShot on 20 May 2020 17:52

Desperately needing this achievement. Please message me at NDThunder 2. I know each act well and I’m ready to get this done. Please message me!!

By NDThunder15 on 22 May 2020 05:50

This is a solid guide. You should add that the Standard FPS-2 control setting is the best option because it allows you to sprint while having the interaction menu open.

By Rheinadler on 02 Jun 2020 17:54

I will certainly add that advice to the guide, and credit you. Thanks!

By oxHARMONxo on 02 Jun 2020 18:23

seems like a super easy achievement with planning and precision thanks for the guide!

By Wwau on 01 Aug 2020 17:37

i need this achievement

By Vhufz on 11 Aug 2020 11:30

Much easier than expected with the right people, but the hardest part is communication. 2 man took more skill, 3 & 4 man took more patience. But they're all doable with the right people, don't give up!

By Sir Lagselot on 22 Aug 2020 19:22

Exactly. The hardest part for my group was committing the time and scheduling.

By oxHARMONxo on 22 Aug 2020 19:35

Thanks for such an awesome guide, appreciate it!

By Sir Lagselot on 23 Aug 2020 12:23

Looking to put a team together for this achievement AND the elitist achievement. I have BOTH of the achievements on my other account, however I’m doing this on a new account. Contact me at my gt: Belluochini if interested.

By BigJackson69 on 04 Oct 2020 12:53

Correct, you will have to do all 3 badges in 3 separate runs. It’s one of the reasons this is difficult... finding dedicated people.

By oxHARMONxo on 19 Nov 2020 11:35

Thanks for confirming Harmon

By Hexa Fox on 08 Dec 2020 20:12

So we just failed the third setup of the first act for some reason. We got into the facility where you have to hack the servers and we set off the alarm. We decided it would be safer to just quit out and restart. As soon as we got back into a lobby and started it again we got a notification saying progress had been reset. Does anyone have any idea why this might have happened so we can avoid this again? We did everything right, put the difficulty on hard, same players etc.

By Hexa Fox on 26 Dec 2020 06:43

Looking for a squad to do this achievement with, motivated to do whatever it takes as it’s one of my last achievements message me on Xbox :)

By Xxx Mutchy xxX on 03 Jan 2021 22:27

Just a heads up when doing this we attempted the 3 player one and after a while one of are friends got bad sport and wasnt able to join us for 1 day and 23hrs he was banned from joining us. Not sure of this is a glitch

By on 16 Feb 2021 00:19

@Peach It isn’t a glitch, quitting out of missions gives you a bad sport.

By VanillaLatte44 on 13 Mar 2021 20:42

Need to do this, my gamertag is Kne.

By Kne on 21 Mar 2021 22:56

Cant do the nat type trick to get enpty lobby. Has it been patched

By CRT JEDIMARK on 12 May 2021 03:03

Yeah its been patched. This guide needs to be updated

By CRT JEDIMARK on 12 May 2021 03:22

I’ll make a note and update soon. Thanks for the information!

By oxHARMONxo on 12 May 2021 10:03

nat type is 100% patched weeks ago

By KontoGR on 25 May 2021 08:36

I appreciate the update!

By oxHARMONxo on 25 May 2021 10:03

Preciso de dois jogadores para realizar o mestre do crime 3 e mestre do crime 4 que falem PT BR , mande mensagem na live Gabriel ooni

By Gabriel ooni on 27 Jun 2021 01:42

If you have a team of four already, you can all get the four player run together, break in to two teams of two and get the two player run. For the three player run, one player will get left out, so a second run will need to be played for the last person, requiring two people to repeat the three player run.

By oxHARMONxo on 01 Aug 2021 13:00

I’ve just setup the heist, it’s my first time doing this heist as I never played it but I’m rank 167 and want to get this achievement and another one…. The elitist one… like I say I just bought this facility which was like 1.8 mill so definitely want to do this! Be sure to message me!

By Ohhh Declan on 16 Aug 2021 17:06

I have a few questions for this

1: can I do setups on normal mode?

2: Does restarting gta when someone dies still work? If not, is there any other way to do it?

3: if progress for mastermind is reset on act 2, do I need to replay act 1 all the way back to two or could I just quit the heist and redo act 2 from scratch?

4: why when me and my friend restart our gta and I start the set up again I have CMII active but a minute later it’s reset and we did nothing. Wtf could have happened??

Any help is appreciated

By reyycist on 07 Nov 2021 23:10

@reyycist

1. No, all have to be on hard

2. Yes, quitting out and then restarting still works

3. Yes, if at any time progress resets, you have to do alllll the missions over from the beginning of Act 1

4. Not sure, make sure you never activate the missions or the mission computer screen until everyone in your team is in the room/lobby. Starting it before peopling join can cause issues

By SunkenStyx on 06 Dec 2021 02:43

If anyone is still having issues with griefers messing up your progress in lobby modes, try
1)joining a normal lobby through any means
2)go to settings->account->privacy & online safety->Xbox privacy->View details & customise->Communication & multiplayer->You can join multiplayer games
3)change this option to “Block”
4)open the pause menu in GTA Online and find a new session
5)when your screen is in the clouds, a pop-up should ask you if you would like to enable multiplayer play and request your password to enable this. If you enter it fast enough or do it through https://microsoft.com/link, you will be put into a solo public session. From there, invite your friends. Happy cheevo hunting!

By RosyCashew2 on 09 Jan 2022 21:24

if anyone wants to do this at me: alexthe

By A Kerstens on 12 Feb 2022 11:26

if anyone wants to do this hmu

By FinancedGnome8 on 28 Jun 2022 00:49

You don't need to use the interactions menu for body armor and snacks anymore, they're accessible via the weapon wheel now. while holding RB press up on d pad for snack or press in RS for armor.

By Zarda1 on 27 Jul 2022 01:18

Solution needs to be updated. Prep missions can now be done in invite only lobbies. No longer need to be done in public lobbies.

1.61 also adds the ability to use snacks and armours via weapon wheel.

EDIT: It is Criminal Entperises update which would be version 1.61

By GTAmissions1 on 28 Jul 2022 02:16

if i do cm IV straigtht away am i award cm III and cm II or do i need to go through it 3 times over to get them all? asking to save myself time or not

By Reaper#93780 on 29 Jul 2022 00:16

Thanks everyone, I’ll update it in the morning!

By oxHARMONxo on 29 Jul 2022 02:29

If I’m not mistaken, you can do the original set of heists while keeping progress on the Doomsday Heist, though I can’t verify this. I’m assuming you’re referring to the Criminal Mastermind in game reward for the heists available prior to Doomsday update, correct?

By oxHARMONxo on 07 Jan 2023 14:38

Can someone give me an idea of how long this takes assuming its a successful run ? Just want an ETA for 1 run, not all 3

By CuriousBacon001 on 05 Aug 2022 11:28

Can someone give me an idea of how long this takes assuming its a successful run ? Just want an ETA for 1 run, not all 3

I would budget around 8 hours at least for one run. Especially since prep missions can take a lot of time depending on where your facility is on the map to gather the necessary equipment.

Especially Act 3 finale can take around 45 minutes to an hour without rushing.

You can trip skip during setups/finales and it won't cancel out the achievement to minimize time in the run. I simply don't advise doing Elitist at the same time because you don't need the added pressures. Focus only on one objective.

By GTAmissions1 on 07 Aug 2022 16:17

I really really need help with this achivement and Elitist too. So if anyone could help i would be really grateful.

By Matrix XrsQc on 06 Sep 2022 17:13

I need to get these ones it’s one of the few I have left

By ThatGosling96 on 24 Oct 2022 06:28

Anyone willing to help me with CM 3?

By Saucyfly on 09 Dec 2022 16:46

I didn't see anyone post this, but it looks like heist preps and business sell missions can be done in invite only sessions now.

By Arbiter31996 on 12 Dec 2022 18:40

Someone mentioned this on the other version. I’ll update accordingly. Thanks for the reminder!

By oxHARMONxo on 12 Dec 2022 19:58

It doesn't matter if I do CM3 first and then do CM2 and 4 right? Because you get CM rewards only once per account

By Shehzain Hassan on 04 Jan 2023 13:29

Correct, you can do the play through in any order, but you must complete the CM completely before starting the next run, or else you reset the requirements for the unfinished play through.

By oxHARMONxo on 04 Jan 2023 14:32

Looking to get this done send me a message on xbox.

By IDelta Earth on 04 Jan 2023 23:01

Why is this listed as multiple playthroughs? Is it because you need to do it 2, 3, and 4 player? Or are there more playthroughs than that?

By Whats a Chundy on 05 Jan 2023 02:34

The achievement will require 3 full play throughs of the Doomsday Heist. Each group (I.e, 2, 3, 4) is a single play through.

By oxHARMONxo on 05 Jan 2023 02:53

Thanks for clarifying

By Whats a Chundy on 05 Jan 2023 03:04

Thank you oxHARMONxo

By Shehzain Hassan on 05 Jan 2023 06:08

Can someone confirm this if I do act 1 with me as host and 2 of my friends and act 2 with same crew but different host will this resets progress? Because I'm thinking of doing this with Elitist Achievement and my friends have different facilities which are nearest to different acts

By Shehzain Hassan on 05 Jan 2023 12:55

It will reset progress. You need to keep the same players Dooms day progression with the same team throughout the process.

By oxHARMONxo on 05 Jan 2023 13:13

So basically one person hosts the 3 player the entire time. Then you can host a 4 player with other different players. But as long as you're host, and keep those 4 new players the entire time, all is good?

By Whats a Chundy on 05 Jan 2023 16:08

If player 1 hosts CM 2 and you are with them, you must complete CM2 with player 1 before starting your own CM 3 Play through with player 3 and player 4. If you do not finish player 1‘s CM 2 prior to hosting your CM3, you will reset your progress for CM2 for CM3. I’m unsure if this would reset player 1’s progress if you were to resume theirs after hosting a new play through, as it’s not really worth testing.

By oxHARMONxo on 05 Jan 2023 17:00

Ok so as long as I finish CM 2 start to finish with x person, I can move on to CM 3 with y&z, and once I've completed that I can move on to CM4 with abcd?

By Whats a Chundy on 05 Jan 2023 17:17

Correct. Part of the difficulty alone is finding dedicated players. If 1 player decides to no show, it can make progression slow or difficult. I know many people have tried with randoms in game just to finish a few missions and the randoms drifts in to the sunset.

By oxHARMONxo on 05 Jan 2023 19:06

Wonderful, thanks so much for all the replies and keeping the solution up to date

By Whats a Chundy on 05 Jan 2023 19:15

Can I do CM2 of doomsday with my friend X while doing CM challenge of Apartment Heists with my friends A,B,C at the same time?

By Shehzain Hassan on 07 Jan 2023 10:48

I’ll tell you what, if you chose to try this and confirm it, I’ll add it to the guide and credit you.

By oxHARMONxo on 07 Jan 2023 17:58

Ok sure. I'll try it and let you know

By Shehzain Hassan on 07 Jan 2023 19:13

I have another question Why it says 8/28 for apartment heists? Shouldn't it be 8/26? I believe there are 26 missions in total

By Shehzain Hassan on 08 Jan 2023 13:55

Hmm, this I’m unsure. I will add that bit of information to the guide today! Thanks for double checking!

By oxHARMONxo on 08 Jan 2023 15:33

I personally would advise not to do two separate criminal mastermind runs for different heists.

If running through Doomsday, stick with Doomsday. If you try and do original heists along with Doomsday, it could cause issues. Especially with the amount of updates and data shipped over the last 9 years, me and my group during our Doomsday Criminal Mastermind run simply did not do other ones to avoid technical issues.

By GTAmissions1 on 11 Jan 2023 06:12

I have another question Why it says 8/28 for apartment heists? Shouldn't it be 8/26? I believe there are 26 missions in total

It could be a glitch. Since there are only 26 missions in the original heists which only composes of setups and finales.

Doomsday is 29 missions. Preps, setups and finales are all in the count.

By GTAmissions1 on 11 Jan 2023 06:17

Yeah it was a glitch probably because now it is showing 26 missions.

By Shehzain Hassan on 11 Jan 2023 08:09

Hey, me and my team were on the cusp of beating this, all we had to do was land the jetpack at the observatory, I thought it was impossible to die at this part, so I left to do something, when I came back my progress was gone because I found out he died while landing it, and I was gone for so long, it auto saved . Is there any way to get my progress back?

By Saucyfly on 28 Jan 2023 21:28

Very sad to hear that. Unfortunately, there is no way to get progress back once the game auto saved. You have to start all over again

By Shehzain Hassan on 29 Jan 2023 19:14

I can't find an answer to this anywhere so I feel like I'm dumb and it must be obvious to everyone else. There are 3 Criminal Mastermind challenges, the only difference is the player count: 2, 3, and 4 players. Does that mean I have to do this 3 times with the different player quantities or does it stack if you do 4 and then it gives you 2 and 3? Maybe I'm just scared to believe you need to do it 3 times. XD

Edit: Nevermind I just skimmed through the comments here.
Kill me, the answer is yes.

By Moving20 on 06 Mar 2023 02:03

If annyone is still trying to do this achievemnt add me

By affablegnu320 on 24 Apr 2023 16:32

If anyone wants to do this message me, gamertag is Kne.

By Kne on 01 May 2023 16:37

Save migration now no longer deletes the previous generation profile anymore. Per this tweet attached:

https://twitter.com/TezFunz2/status/1669344370913587203

Though it is still highly recommended that you do complete all 3 Mastermind challenges before migrating data onto current generation version.

By GTAmissions1 on 15 Jun 2023 15:39

Recently i helped some friends get Masterminds on the X1 version, after having done it myself one year prior. The achievement is much easier now:
- Preps can be done on private matches, no need to deal with public lobbies anymore.
- New update that lets you run by holding instead of tapping makes movement better and faster (ymmv)
- You can now heal with snacks and armor by holding the weapon wheel screen. Makes it easier to survive on the fly.
- They fixed the hangar invisible wall that plagued the XB1 version for one or two years.
- The MK II variants of weapons are much easier to obtain
- The new Special Carbine is ridiculously good and accurate
- The railgun makes dealing with enemy helicopters a joke
- Money can be easily grinded with recent business buffs (the acid lab alone will make you rich in no time).
- As long as everybody close the game as soon as a player dies, no one will lose progress.

Really, the hardest part is finding 3 other players that are patient and dedicated enough to go through this ordeal as it requires a lot of time. But it isn't as hard as it seems.

By Maverick Hiro on 07 Jul 2023 04:29

If you complete MM3, you get MM1 and MM2 as well?

By SPΛΙΝΤΞRCΞΛΛ on 12 Jul 2023 18:11

Τhanks for the reply. This is annoying

By SPΛΙΝΤΞRCΞΛΛ on 12 Jul 2023 20:08

Can I do mm2 and then mm3 and then mm1? I mean with no order

By SPΛΙΝΤΞRCΞΛΛ on 31 Jul 2023 10:22

As long as you finish the complete play through before doing the next, yes.

By oxHARMONxo on 31 Jul 2023 11:48

Thanks

By SPΛΙΝΤΞRCΞΛΛ on 31 Jul 2023 18:29

The interaction menu sucks. Use the weapon wheel to eat and equip armour

By SPΛΙΝΤΞRCΞΛΛ on 15 Aug 2023 14:28

The interaction menu was the original only option. I haven’t played in years, but my understanding is the wheel was a huge quality of life improvement that made this achievement far easier.

By oxHARMONxo on 15 Aug 2023 18:45

Yes man. It was updated. I didn't imply anything 😂

By SPΛΙΝΤΞRCΞΛΛ on 15 Aug 2023 19:31

You implied it sucks, which I fully agreed 👹🫶

By oxHARMONxo on 15 Aug 2023 20:27

Looking for a crew to do the doomsday heists and get all the challenges.

By TheRealCaylen on 19 Aug 2023 04:00

What I meant is that I didn't imply that you recommended the sucky method instead of the good method. But yes the latter was introduced lately.

It's super easy to heal and equip armour now. Just hold LB (weapon wheel) and press up arrow to eat or click right stick for armour! Maybe you want to write it in your guide now.

By SPΛΙΝΤΞRCΞΛΛ on 19 Aug 2023 07:34

Yeah, I’m only teasing!

By oxHARMONxo on 19 Aug 2023 20:48

Someone here who completed all the achievments of the game, transferred to the Japanese version? The progress of achievments and all transferred?

By Willy K Olho on 31 Oct 2023 23:21

Just need to do mastermind challenge 2 if anyone wants to pair up

By Mr Ashby on 02 Nov 2023 15:00

Before going for this, I have a question. If I complete Criminal Mastermind 2, then die or have the progress reset while going for CM 3 or CM4 do I have to start all over again from CM2?

By slickdewmaster on 25 Nov 2023 11:02

Nope! Once you complete a full run, that run remains complete and I’m pretty sure you earn the in game badge for it as well.

By oxHARMONxo on 25 Nov 2023 13:52

Before going for this, I have a question. If I complete Criminal Mastermind 2, then die or have the progress reset while going for CM 3 or CM4 do I have to start all over again from CM2?

By slickdewmaster on 25 Nov 2023 15:25

As Harmon said, once you have Criminal Mastermind 2 done then you’ll unlock the in game platinum award permanently.
So even if you did start a new run for either 3 or 4 player and you got reset due to not closing the game quicker enough, then you’ll still have your Criminal Mastermind 2 done.

By Riotlaw IV on 13 Dec 2023 01:44

hey FUSION NINJA do not use the comment section to ask for help, create a damn session!

By iShaddow GV on 19 Jan 2024 02:00

A friend of mine and I just completed all three: CM2, CM3 and CM4 with just 2 live players and 2 dummy accounts. First, we completed the CM2 with just the 2 of us, then we completed CM3 with me running a separate account on a separate Xbox One and monitor. Then CM4 with my friend also set up an additional Xbox One with a separate account. If you really know the Doomsday Heist well, this isn't very hard (put in the time and practice!). Pro tip- Use the dummies Armored Karuma so if it blows up your team has a better chance to quit out and keep your progress. If you have to quit out, you don't have to dashboard the dummies to keep your progress.

By Car56 on 07 Apr 2024 18:23

I have no proof as I have not done the Doomsday heist yet myself but I saw multiple reports of the helmet and vest not working in the Doomsday Heist on GTAForums. Someone said the easiest way to test was to shoot a rocket at your feet while wearing the outfit in one of the Doomsday missions; if you die that's basically proof that it doesn't work as in the original heists you could survive a close range rocket blast while at full health while wearing the outfit.

By bblcreator8790 on 02 Jan 2018 00:23

I can 100% confirm trip skip won't reset progress as UnwillingERK , myself and two others completed the 4 man challenge over the weekend without any change to our progress.
Hope this saves you guys a lot time.

By Right 0n Q on 27 Feb 2018 21:53

I know this is late but you are allowed to disconnect from preps as long as you don't finish it. If someone disconnects you have to fail it on purpose by destroying the item you are collecting. It happened to us on our 3 player mastermind where my power went out mid-prep.

By ecinrun on 05 Mar 2018 20:09

Got a reply again after saying it wasn't nything do with connection or died etc. Rockstar support sent me this.

Thank you for contacting Rockstar Support. Thanks for the provided information.

If this happens to you again please send us a video of the issue that you are experiencing. If the video is too long to upload to this ticket, you could add an unlisted video to YouTube and provide us with a direct link. Once we have the video, we will be able to investigate this matter further.

So maybe if anyone else can do this, it'll help

By KillCrazyCarl on 27 Mar 2018 09:29

I also got reset after being on the finale of Act 3. with the host of the doomsday heist the only one out of the 3 of us that didn't reset on the 21/03. So has to be something to do with the recent update :/

We encountered the exact same thing. Did 1 try of the Act 3 finale where our tank glitched in the tunnel - we all got out the same time. Started again, my team members were resetted and I still had 28/29...

By R3DH4MM3R on 03 Apr 2018 04:54

My group ran the 2, 3 and 4 CMM and our progress would reset and this was before the patch.
What we eventually tried and seem to work was, before every prep, setup, and finale, make sure that everyone is the facility planning room. Another precaution we took was that after the last prep of an act, whoever did the Nat trick, dashboard and reset their connection (other players can do the same, but don't think it's necessary).
After being reset one too many times, these tips helped out in the end. Hope you all find this helpful and your progress no longer resets.

By Right 0n Q on 04 Apr 2018 23:46

Hey all. I believe I have the answer for the random resetting. We were plagued by this for almost 2 months and could not get past the first act.

I applied some logic to it and the only reason could be the game thinking we are not the same team of two, three or four. This I believe happens due to the leaving and returning to public lobby’s for setups and finales.

My solution: Before each setup and finale all should be in the facility. The CEO should now retire. Then register and hire your team mates. If three or four or you I would hire one at a time in the same order every time and wait for them to accept before hiring the next. You should also do this before starting any preps. Provided you all remain in the same continuous session and do all perps you only need to do this once. If you chance lobby of one loses connection retire and register again.

Doing this on Criminal Masterminds II working for me without any random resets. Hopefully this will continue for III and IV.

Let us know how you get on and hopefully it can be added to the above.

By The Saint on 06 Jan 2019 11:17

I don't believe the challenges themselves are super buggy, but the Rockstar servers and xbox live connectivity. If you follow the guide and take proper precautions, as well heed the advice given a few posts up, you should be safe to give it a go. If there are service interruptions, I would highly advise to wait.

By oxHARMONxo on 31 Mar 2020 01:05

Sorry I took too long to answer. So I'm doing CM3 of doomsday and CM of apartment heists concurrently. I did 2 missions of doomsday few days ago but my friends wanted to do CM of apartment heists so we move on to that. I'M MAKING PROGRESS ON BOTH CRIMINAL MASTERMINDS CHALLENGE. For doomsday it says 2/29 and for other it says 8/28 (since we're done till Prison break finale)

By Shehzain Hassan on 08 Jan 2023 13:51

Okay so I know the information is right in front of me but I am still confused. I always thought to trigger the achievement you only needed to do Criminal Mastermind IV with four players and the rest were just badges within the game? So we have to do all of them on three different runs? So one run with four players, one run with three players and one run with two players?

By Hexa Fox on 19 Nov 2020 04:10

@Hexa Fox: Did you use the proper method to restart? All I can think of is there must have been something that got screwed up in the process and your progress reset. I've actually done the Mastermind Challenges twice now, and both times we never had an issue. That really sucks, but keep at it! Only 0.16% of people on TA have this one, so it'll look really good in your trophy case once you manage to complete it! ;)

By z RagnaroK z on 07 Jan 2021 22:30

Hello, I'm going to do this achievement with my friends tomorrow and I need to know if I will have to do all the 3 Criminal Masterminds a second time so that they also get the "Masterminds" achievement. For example with the "Heists" update, we all did it once and everyone got the Mastermind challend completed once, but for this one we have to do it with one, two and then 3 players so two of us four will have to wait that we do it a second time all over again so that they get the "Masterminds" challenge. Am I right? Thank you so much if you could replay me.

By Perockphone on 01 Aug 2021 12:57

if i do cm IV straigtht away am i award cm III and cm II or do i need to go through it 3 times over to get them all? asking to save myself time or not

If that was true, then a lot more people would have this achievement. Except it requires three separate runs tied to the amount of players.

Requiring two, three and four players respectively for each run.

Doing it with two is much harder than four. Plus you also have to make sure that everyone is on the same page along with communication. If one person abandons you at the Act 3 finale, you would have to redo it all again when you find a new person to replace. Seeing those incidents occur.

By GTAmissions1 on 29 Jul 2022 16:22

2 man is definitely toughest. Getting good at headshots and chugging snacks, and strategically dipping into armor supply on appropriately dangerous moments are the key tricks. Toreador, Armored Karuma, and Vigilante all fully upgraded are the must-have cars. Toreador for missions with explosions Karuma for those without, Vigilante for the mission where you snipe the helicopters then go to the runway - Vigilante missile lock range takes that runway from dangerous to a breeze.

Special Carbine Mk2, Combat LMG Mk2, Assault Shotgun, and minigun were the only weapons I used, plus homing launcher for helicopters. If you can get explosive rounds from gunrunner research on a Mk2 pump shotgun, also very handy, is a close-mid range 1-shot to the body on everything but juggernauts.

By Blue Radium on 04 Sep 2022 23:15

Correct. By CM2 challenge with my friend X, I mean Criminal Mastermind of Doomsday and by CM challenge with my friends A,B,C I mean Criminal Mastermind of original 5 heists (Fleeca, Prison break,Humane Labs, Series A, Pacific Standard)

By Shehzain Hassan on 07 Jan 2023 17:06

No, once it auto-saves your progress, you cannot get it back. You will have to start from the beginning from the Act 1 prep mission.

The "trick" only works when you see the death or close to death and need to escape such as console shutdown or closing out the game. That way it cancels out your progress even though there will be a "quit penalty." This is why it is very important to have your full attention at all times. Especially if you lose connection or the game locks up.

Sorry to hear that this happened. I have heard of incidents where people have wiped out in the final part or unable to complete with the same people.

I know when I was running through, I literally ensured that everyone was paying attention and not leaving until the final cutscene and challenges were awarded to be home free.

By GTAmissions1 on 04 Feb 2023 06:27

@Maverick Hiro- Thanks for these new updates. It doesn’t surprise me much that quality of life improvements would make this easier over time. I don’t think it should have been as difficult for most players as it was when it originally came out.

@Spain- Unfortunately you’ll still have to complete MM1 and MM2, as none of them stack. This will take a minimum of 3 full play throughs, start to finish.

By oxHARMONxo on 12 Jul 2023 18:18

Greetings! I'm in search of the Mastermind's achievement in Grand Theft Auto Online. If interested, drop me a message on Xbox. I'm ranked 1,000 on my male and level 200 on my female character. I’m located in Eastern time, but am open to coordinating with different time zones. Feel free to add me with the Gamertag FUSION NINJA 2 and message me – a mic is appreciated. I am on Xbox One.

Thanks!

By FUSION NINJA on 04 Jan 2024 20:07

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Mikasz

TrueAchievements

01 Jan 2018 23:29

Welcome to my mega guide for all preps, setups and finales in this heist update. For more general info, please see oxHARMONxo's guide. I focused on missions, how to do them efficiently with minimum amount of retries. You will have to repeat them, don't expect to finish Mastermind during your first attempt. This achievement is not easy, treat it with respect and don't be overconfident as it is the easiest way to die.

The guide is split into five sections. First small section answers the question why it is better to start it as CEO, then I put general info which should be taken into consideration before attempting it (with advice what to buy and what to do in general), then 3 heists split into three sections. This guide is very long (13 A4 pages in .doc with regular formatting and TA bbcodes!), that's why it is hidden in many spoilers. If you are looking for video guide, please see GTASeriesVideos on Youtube, as it is the place with best videos covering CM runs.

Due to high amount of time spent collecting the data and writing this up, I will be thankful for all comments and constructive criticism. If you have better way of doing a mission, please include it in comments and if it is really better, I'll update my guide and give you credit for your contribution. If you feel that it is bad guide, it is perfectly fine to give negative vote but please be so kind and include in a comment why you feel it is bad and how can I improve it.

Thank you for your time. With this in mind, let's get started! Good luck!

Benefits of being CEO

General info:

- The higher the level, the better. At 135 level you can have up to 10 body armors and you have every weapon unlocked. I'd say acceptable minimal level for doing it is 120, as you can buy minigun.

- You need the following guns: Combat MG (your main gun), Special Carbine with suppressor (for long range battles and stealth missions), Minigun (for juggernauts), RPG/Homing Launcher (good to have both, RPG is quite useful for juggernauts too), Assault Shotgun, AP Pistol (switch to this whenever you are in a car) and Heavy Sniper. If you have Mk II editions of those guns, please equip them as they are more powerful. Heavy Sniper Mk II with Thermal Scope will be extremely useful for Avenger setup.

- Don't try to do this when doing heists for the first time. Just... don't.

- Aim for the head ~~Kruber~~. You'll kill them much faster and they are actually quite resistant when lying down.

- When fighting multiple enemies, it's good idea to pop one or two bullets in one of them and switch targets. This way everyone will be down and you could finish them without being shot.

- Buy Armored Kuruma (if by any chance you don't have one). I can't stress it enough how
useful car it is. You may use your fast car in some missions when no shooting is required.

- One Buzzard for group. It is extremely useful when doing prep missions and will become backbone of your every CEO/VIP/MC Club activities if you decide to actually play the game.

- Heavy vest is not as useful as in original heists. Previously, you could equip it in almost every heist. Right now, you are usually given outfits so you won't be able to use it. Don't buy it.

- You are doing either Elitist or Mastermind. Do not try to get the best time possible as it is not the point in those runs. It's better to do a mission for 1 hour than to rush and die and start all over.

- Preps have to be done in public lobby but you can get your empty one (NAT method). Do all of them in one go and then start doing setups. Firstly get your empty lobby and then invite your team members. Remember to invite them to organisation too!

- Take a look at Zoda iZ Cruel's map for best facilities.

- Buy full armor and snacks before every setup and before preps if needed. Fill snacks in facility as you can buy full stock there.

- It's better to eat snacks than use body armor. Even the best one goes down in three-four hits and you have cooldown after using it so under heavy fire you should rely on your snacks.

- You can call Lester in prep missions to get rid of police chase. It's cheap (or free if you have finished the final heist as a host) so use it whenever you can.

- Main tip: Your regular running behaviour goes as follows. Press

, enter snacks and choose Ego Chasers. You can shoot and refill your healthat the same time. If you aim, shoot or run, you'll skip eating animation but ocassionally you may eat this when you are not doing anything and it will trigger eating sequence. Immediately hide, as you cannot refill your health in such a situation).To move faster, press

. You'll jump forward. Be careful when clicking ! Otherwise you'll use all your snacks at once. Get used to running by jumping.

- You don't have to stay in base for prep missions. In fact, people can go closer to destinations so you'll save some time doing those preps.

- Before starting every setup, create invite only session, invite everyone to your organisation and then start a mission. Beware, random glitches still occur and you may lose progress randomly.

- For your own safety, let one person start all heists. It reduces a chance of random progress reset.

Act 1:

Prep missions:

Invite everyone to your organisation (health regeneration and cash bonus for people inside). At first two missions host should stay at base as he won't be needed. For Deluxos, everyone have to do their job as you have 4 cars to deliver. I'd suggest starting this heist either from Sandy Shores or Grand Senora Desert.

Paramedic equipment:

This one is trivial. You may go as requested or you may do a little trick. Pick your phone, press

, dial 911 and press

again. Pick ambulance and wait until it arrives at your place. Hijack it, call Lester to remove wanted level and deliver the car straight to your base.

Akula:

Before starting it, one person should go in Kuruma to Fort Zancudo and lurk in front of it until the mission is started. If you are running with at least 3 people, one person can stay close to main city airport and wait where he'll have to go. If you are running this with 2 people, host should pick a Buzzard and fly to the city. Then idle until you are given your destination.

Zancudo guy: enter a building and don't shoot. Take the elevator (or have fun time with Lester's comments while climbing the tower) and go upstairs. Start hacking and immediately kill two guys at top of it (if they are there, control tower is sometimes empty). Wait until it is over and go downstairs killing enemies en rout. Take elevator again. Kill everyone, enter Kuruma and drive out of Zancudo base. Call Lester to get rid of chase.

Akula team: once you get your coordinates, fly/drive to destination. Land/park and pick Combat MG. Kill everyone close to heli and enter it. Enter stealth mode and fly to your facility.

Deluxos:

Spawn a Buzzard and fly to your target (which is randomized). Land (important, our Buzzard exploded once when an owner bailed mid-air killing one crew member inside the heli), take possitions and kill every hostile. They have weak guns but don't understimate them as they are quite deadly in big numbers. After it is clear eat snacks and pick one more armor. Enter garage and kill small surprise party in it. No more enemies from now on. Depending on the number of people take 2/3/4 Deluxos, deliver them to Los Santos Customs and race to the base. Colour doesn't matter, pick any of them. Try not to crash before getting to LSC or you'll have to cover repair costs.

Setups:

Refill your snacks and your armors.

Dead Courier (quite hard mission for Paramedics):

Split into two teams. If you have 3 two people go to Coroner Office; one takes ambulance, one takes Kuruma. If you have 4, paramedics can go in ambulance. Recovery team takes Kuruma and drives to their destination.

Paramedic:

Park ambulance in yellow point. If you have three people, Kuruma should be parked in front of the doors with easy access once you'll start running from the building. Enter it and go to storage. Follow instructions and go upstairs. Just before you reach top floor, you'll see two agents. Kill them. You have blown your cover, careful from now. Enemies are deadly, they have powerful shotguns. You can go with Combat MG or Assault Shotgun. Kill everyone and once it's clear, one person hacks and one person hides in the same room (near the doors and provides cover). If you are alone there, do not start to hack until the room is clear and rescue party going upstairs is killed too. Move carefully downstairs. Spawns are fixed so prepare to kill a guy every midfloor. After first staircase you'll have two guys to kill. One person should take left side, shoot at the doors and kill the guy in the next doors. The second person can take hostile at hall. Go to next staircase, kill next hostiles and stop when you have shooting line at the next doors. Shoot them and start to take guys in next hall. Once clear go to exit.

Immediately take cover behind two pillars. There are multiple tangos there so you'll have to clear it a bit. Kill everyone in sight and wait for heli. Enter it, your job is done.

Recovery:

Follow the heli and once it lands, kill everyone. If you have 4 people, one person stays in Kuruma and drives to Coroner Office. If you have less, enter heli and fly close to the office. Wait/help ground team killing enemies and once clear, land, pick your team mates and fly to Route 68. Avoid choppers, escape from police and deliver your package. If your chase is glitched (you cannot escape police), disable stealth mode and enable it again.

Signal Intercepts:

Pick any car and drive to your Deluxos. General tip for every hack, you can pick your phone, start hacking, press

twice to hide it and enter your snacks menu. This way hack will continue and you'll be able to refill health/armor at the same time.

Split your team, don't go to the same targets. Select homing missiles. Approach trucks, start hacking and stay in front of the truck to its left so shooter cannot hit you. Once the hack is finished, drive away from it, maintain your distance (you'll get less hits this way) and destroy a truck (one rocket is enough). People going to the north-east side of the city should go to the beach close to Lester's factory to reduce time.

Turn hover mode on. Go to your target and start hacking. Swerve back and forth, you'll get less hits this way (or no hits at all). Remember about your snacks. Once hack is over, destroy a boat and start moving towards airfield.

Regroup with your team and go to the plane. Start flying, one person should hack it and the rest should protect it from incoming Buzzards. Once the hack is over, destroy the big plane and fly to safety.

Server Farm (hard):

Fly to the destination. Be extremely careful close to the stairs, as it is very easy to fall down and die. Once main threat in first part is behind you, pick your Special Carbine and kill everyone. Two people should go to right and two to left. Hopefully, when Lester says to take cover, all enemies will be dead. If there are two of them, coordinate your actions. Pick a code and enter the building.

Split again. Try to do this stealthly as long as possible. When hacking, go with the following pattern (obviously, if something is correct, omit it):

Once hack is over, NOOSE will join the party. Pick Combat MG, no need to be quiet. Get to the same alley as your second team, next to a closest concrete wall, prepare your snacks and jump forward. Watch out for deadly enemies, when you'll spot them, kill them instantly. Once you'll get close to staircase, be cautious, kill enemies fast and run towards the center. There will be two guys going downstairs, watch out as they will hit you hard and you may not notice them. You'll be quite safe when you reach the top. Watch out for few more at the top. Refill your armor and health (glass is bulletproof) and enter the lift.

One person stays behind the pillar, the rest run to the wall to your right (so you'll be protected from police staying close to cars). One person should shoot everything which run from left side, pillar guy takes all the police who are on your right. More people can help with police at right and fight choppers (homing missiles are helpful). When enemies are killed, run as fast as you can (with snacks ready) to the staircase. First two people run to the other side of chopper, the other people take closer side (obviously with 2 you can stay at the same side). Watch your health and fly to safety.

Heist I Finale:

Act 2:

Preps:

Setups:

Avenger: (hard)

This setup is no joke. Drive to hangar and enter it. Immediately (lights still on) run to your right (if running with 3 or 4, two people to the right and the rest to the left) and take cover behind pillars/locker/as close to wall as possible. If you have Thermal Scope in your Heavy Sniper, use it. From this position clear everything visible at your left and in front of you. The guy who hides behind a locker, closest to the center should also kill some of the guys to his right but do it safely. Once initial enemies are killed move a bit to the left and kill party at balcony to your right. Watch out, there are some guys at scaffolding above you, kill them. Once it is clear and you are no longer being shot when standing in front of the entrance, split. Half of the team should go left and half right, Prepare yourself, coordinate your actions, and climb first stairs.

You are given little to none cover. Your best bet is to stay at midfloor and take cover behind scaffolding. When in danger, go downstairs a bit. Do a crossfire, left side should kill guys directly above right side and vice versa. There are even more guys at scaffoldings above you, some will also spawn at ground level. Once you kill them too, climb to next level. Do exactly the same thing as in previous level and kill guys behind generators. Power up, wait a bit, go downstairs and fly to your facility. The rest of the party shoot fight helis along the way. Remember to fly low or you will pop up on a radar.

Rescue ULP: (hard)

Get one Kuruma and one Insurgent and drive to foundry. Kuruma should go first and clear the entrance. Insurgent should be parked very close to the exit so the crew can get to the car very fast. Remember, it isn't bulletproof, your windows can take around 10 hits so save them at the beginning of the mission. Insurgent will be your escape car because it can take few rockets from Buzzard.

Lookout team: Go to ladder and trigger checkpoint. Don't climb up! Instead enter the foundry and stay in small corridor between first room and entrance. Some enemies will enter it but you are safe in this position. Unfortunately, you can't enter first room as you'll be forced to fall back. Wait for Ground team to finish their job. Once they are at lowest level with ULP exit the foundry and clear all the mess. Remember about Buzzards. You will have armor and snacks, so it's your time to tank.

Ground team:

Use Combat MG here. Before you get to first room, hide behind the wall at its entrance. Shoot everything you can see. Some enemies in front of you have also a bit of their head visible, use it to kill two or three guys more. Now comes the tricky part. After getting into the room, you'll get massive damage from both sides. Open your snacks menu, run inside the room and immediately fall back. This will make enemies change their positions, use it to kill two or three more guys. Carefully clear your right and once it is fairly safe, run to the wall in front of you (left side of the doors, there is room for only one person). Kill more enemies and move behind barrier in the next room. After you kill all enemies (remember about hidden guys one level above you to your left, behind some boxes) you are free to advance. You'll spawn three enemies from time to time, every time you see red dots, be prepared and kill them. When getting close to ULP take cover in the entrance and kill last enemy. Hard part is behind you! Now take cover and kill reinforcements which magically appeared inside. Before you go down the stairts, kill all guys at far left as they will kill you instantly if you aren't careful. Move to your right and look at ULP, he likes to make strange moves. After he chooses exit (either entrance or doors to your left) follow him. Help your team mate killing all guys at the entrance, remember about two Buzzards too. Once clear, get inside Insurgent. Drive to safety.

Salvage Hard Drives:

Your vehicle is partially bulletproof. You may be shot through tiny windows but it's metal body is protecting you. You'll use the vehicle as your protection.

Operators: Your job is quite easy. Drive to destination and extinguish fire. Park your vehicle so you'll protect person going outside. Leave a bit of room between you and a van but make sure your team mate is not hit when collecting hard drive. Water splash and shoot everybody getting close. After it is done, drive to next location.

Salvage: Kill few guys who may put you in danger but your job is to collect hard drive and get back to vehicle asap. You don't want to fight with them. Watch out for every guy at rooftops - they are dangerous to you as you cannot hide behind RCV. Don't change weapons, kill everyone using AP Pistol. Do it smart, only the person closer to the van (from protected side) should quit the RCV, the other guy should provide cover from the vehicle.

Pay extra attention to second and third location. Third is especially dangerous as your targets are in the open. Provide as much cover as necessary for Salvage. Last location is very easy, enemies can come from one side which should be blocked by RCV.

Submarine Recon:

Finally fun mission. Both teams have exactly the same job. Take Strombergs and ambush incoming convoy. Unleash hell, your vehicles are quite powerful. Once everything is demolished go to next destination and drive to the ocean. You can switch to the second mode while being underwater so don't worry about destroying your car. Swim to each mine and treat them with torpedos. Remember not to stay close to them. After they are destroyed scan your target (you can be above it) and get back to Paleto.

Heist II Finale:

Act 3:

Preps part 1:

Setup part 1:

Rescue Agent 14:

Pick Kuruma (or two) and drive to shipyard. Kill everyone visible. After you'll get to Agent 14, you'll encounter your new enemies, juggernauts. They are shooting you with miniguns and have a lot of hp. Moreover, they are invisible. Put your thermal scope on and melt them with your own miniguns (aim to their heads). Although their damage output is huge and they can kill you very fast, it's very easy to control amount of hits you'll receive. Whenever you are in danger, hide and recover. After first enemies are down get outside (you may split so half of the team goes from the harbor and half through the building). Kill more enemies with Combat MG, remember to destroy helis too. Before you get to next building clear your left as there will be plenty of enemies waiting to kill you. Split, one person should stay near Agent 14 and cover him if he decides to do something stupid (believe me, he does from time to time). The rest of the squad should go left. Watch out, guys with red skull at minimap are juggernauts, kill them with miniguns. Once you get out of next building focus on guys at rooftops. Once clear get into Akula(s) and fly away.

Escort ULP:

Get Kuruma(s) and drive to the building site (?). If you are running with 4 people, take two Kurumas. Clear a site, you have unlimited time so play it safe. Once clear, two people should take Chernobog and the rest should stay in Kurumas. Drive to your first destination and stay close to a highway. You can only shoot if you are standing still so if you need to clear the sky, don't move. Chernobog's missiles are insanely good, you would need only one rocket to kill a Buzzard and you should be hitting them every time. Lock on your targets, keep your aim at one Buzzard and kill them one by one. The only problem you may have is that some Buzzards flying directly over you may be just outside of your aim. Ignore them. Once first wave of enemies is destroyed, follow ULP. Take left side when getting close to a tunnel, you want to stay outside, not inside. When getting close to first intersection, try to get a bit of advantage over ULP, overtake him, stop when he is fairly away but still in your range, cover him and support his way until he gets a bit away from you. During that mission driver can be killed if he isn't careful as windows (especially those in front) aren't bulletproof.

If you are running the mission with at least 3 people, Kuruma(s) should ram and destroy all those Merryweather vehicles. Push them out of road and protect your Chernobog so the driver is safe. If you are running with 2, stop for a second if you see a blockade ahead of you so the gunner can destroy it.

Barrage:

Hop into Kuruma and drive to the Observatory. Stay behind it and wait for incoming helis. Shoot escort first using homing missiles/sniper rifle with explosive ammo, watch out for your health. Then focus on Cargobob. After it is destroyed, enter Kuruma again and get to the Barrage. Destroy additional enemies. If you are running with 2 people, get the minigun, with 3, get granade launcher and minigun. Open your snacks tab and start driving to Sandy Shores. Gunner, your goal is to get cars as fast as possible, helis are your second targets. Driver, avoid all enemies. If you have to, go offroad but do not flip your vehicle or your passengers will be thrown out. Once at the airfield destroy the plane and call Kuruma (press Select -> vehicles -> bring your personal vehicle, your recently used personal behicle will be brought so make sure it's Kuruma). Get into Kuruma once again and clear the area. After this, get back to Barrage and drive to the drop off.

Khanjali:

Again bring your Kuruma. Get into your destination and shoot everyone. Once you clear an area surrounding one piece of equipment, one person should exit the vehicle, throw sticky bomb, get inside, drive away and detonate it. Get every target this way, at the same time kill incoming enemies. After it is done, enter Khanjali and drive to the drop off.

Prep part 2:

Setup part 2:

Heist III Finale:

Pick any fast car and drive to your vehicles. You want to be safe so pick Khanjali. Drive to the tunnel. Once inside, railgun everyone coming your way. Don't worry about protection, they cannot destroy you. After fast turn slow down so you won't get stuck under pipes. Stop before them, wait for juggernauts and shoot them too using your tank guns. Once clear get out of vehicle and pick Combat MG. Prepare your snacks menu and jump forward.

If you are running with 4 people, split at intersection. Otherwise, stay in a group. Enemies will approach you from behind and front of you so don't get surprised. Boxes can be destroyed with regular fire but remember not to get too close to them as explosion will kill you. When you'll come across juggernauts, pick miniguns and melt them. After you get to the main road with scaffolding in the middle, stay downstairs and hide behind pillars/boxes every time. Watch out for more juggernauts in front of you. One person should be moving when the other provide cover. Regroup before main room.

Don't run to it. Open doors in front of you using your guns and kill everyone visible. Once it's fairly safe, two people should get inside and hide behind barriers to your left and right. Kill more tangos. Before you climb up using staircase to your right, kill everyone to your left. Climb up, kill initial enemies and run immediately to the first hack.

Only host who should be CEO should hack those servers. He'll provide additional health regeneration to all people in proximity. Moreover, he is not targetted when hacking so don't worry about protecting him. The rest of the squad should take cover behind parapets and servers so you can shoot both sides. When hacker is getting close (~10 seconds) to finishing a hack, he should inform the rest of the squad so they can clear guys close to him. Hacker, your job is straightforward, remember you can move laser up and down to clear tricky points. You can also destroy one red point if it is blocking you but remember to play it safe. Timer shouldn't cause any problems here.

The key to get this mission done is to run fast from hack to hack. Enemies have infinite spawns so don't try to fight them as you will lose it eventually. Stay at the same level and sprint to your next hack killing little resistance met along the way. Once last hack is done, kill all enemies and climb up. Use orbitral cannon to destroy moving targets and regroup downstairs.

Two guys with the most armors/snacks should get to front. CEO should also be close to them to provide additional cover. Pick Assault Shotguns, open snacks menu and advance slowly through the corridor. Spam your bullets and focus on getting those guys down. When running through corridor be sure to destroy explosive boxes as there is a chance enemies (or your team mates) will shoot them and catch you in explosion if you aren't careful. Once you get close to jetpacks, refill your armor, health and move on to the last part of the mission.

Hide your landing gear and focus on Buzzards. When you can, pop some rockets into your antagonist. After you are safe you can fly to observatory. Remember about your landing gear. Land safely and it's over. Congratulations!

If anyone needs help with mastermind in original heists, below is solid piece of advice written by me and posted at Reddit some time ago:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gtaonline/comments/5oj40s/criminal_...

Credits:

01 Jan 2018 23:29

11 Comments

My friend and I did the barrage/atv thing thinking it would be best to get in the driver and passenger seat not using the turrets but the game forced me to use the tri barrel, but we had no problem what so ever dealing with the enemy.the tri barrel (front facing turret) is so powerful it’s not funny.
Only real threat was if the person driving flipped us because the gunner (s) would be thrown from the vehicle, everything gets wrecked by that gun, when at the airfield just keep your distance and shoot with the tri barrel or jump out and use snipers, when enough enemies are dead it will say drop off the barrage.

The tank - you can use the insurgent with the 50. Cal on its roof just go slow around corners (it’s parked just outside the building with the things you need to destroy, watch out for the guard)
The tank driver focus of the road and enemies in front, the grenade launcher operates help out where you can and the turret person main job here is shooting the helicopters giving chase.

Escort ULP - when getting the rocket truck we climbed on the roof and sniped 90% of the enemy then went in with only a few left.
The truck I drove ahead of the ULP to the globe at the gas station for the first part then when ULP caught up I’d move us further down the road, he has more than enough health just stay ahead of him so he keeps moving and the person shooting can get missile locks. The truck is really armoured and most of the time the ai shoot at the rocket system not the cab, if there’s a road block pass it then drop the stands to fire that way the ai is shooting the back where they can’t hit you. (you still may get hit for the heli so just keep watch)
When he turns right off the highway he will fly over the beach/water stay on the beach. You don’t have to stop before activating the rockets just hold right d-pad the stands will drop allowing the rockets to fire.

Big thank you Mikasz for the first rescue ULP, my friend and I were stuck on that mission until I read the start of this the other day.
he got the ladder marker then he doubled back into that hallway area, got the mission done first time doing that

only have final heist left for two player.

By NicoRobinsGhost on 21 Jan 2018 23:44

We weren't going for Criminal Mastermind but we did the heist on hard. Just a tip here if it can be of any help for the Barage setup mission with 3 or 4 players...

For this mission, two players selected the following vehicules we used as escort : a fully upgraded and heavily armored halftrack including quad AA guns, and fully upgraded, armed and armored weaponized tampa including dual miniguns, no mortars or rockets as they can be dangerous in case of friendly fire.

First, we got to the observatory and took down the cargobob from afar with sniper rifles equiped with explosive rounds, then the remaining choppers with the halftrack and rocket launchers.
Second, we got to the barage and set the motorcade in motion. Players one (driver) and two (gunner) in the halftrack as vehicule 1 to clear the way ; player three in the barage as vehicule 2 ; player four in the weaponized tampa as vehicule 3 for support. We sticked to this formation for the rest of the mission. The gunner in the halftrack literally tore to shreds almost all enemy jeeps (1 second of firing) and choppers (3 to 5 seconds of firing), with the tampa finishing with its miniguns those who miraculously survived, which weren't many...
Third, to kill everything at the airstrip we used both the halftrack and tampa (miniguns), having their rear facing the enemies so the drivers would be less exposed to enemy fire. The barage stayed not far behind.
Four, once the airstrip was clear we got to the final destination using the same formation.

None of us were killed and damage taken were minimal at worse.
We guessed that in a 3 players run, only the halftrack should be used as escort
We also guessed the halftrack could be used as escort for the Chernobog in the Escort ULP mission in a 4 players playthrough.
Also, we found the weaponized tampa very useful in the Khanjali mission. Each player had one and we slowly pushed through the enemy forces using our dual miniguns, with the rear of the cars always facing the enemies, so the drivers are less exposed to enemy fire and using mortars for enemies getting to close.

By Snoop QC on 04 Jan 2018 08:40

1 more EXTREMELY important tip to put out after having just completed the 3 man CM run today. There is an explosive crate in the VERY last corridor of the Act III finale on the right hand side that the AI can shoot. It explodes almost immediately and will insta-kill you even if you're at full health and armor. Make sure to take this and the enemies out from distance before entering this corridor as our group had to start the finale fresh because of this. Hope this helps prevent anyone else from the same nonsense our group had to deal with

By goldyman77 on 12 Jan 2018 20:35

Thank you for all your tips. Guide updated, credits given.

By Mikasz on 12 Jan 2018 20:42

I did Criminal Mastermind 2 and i can confirm that being a CEO doesn't give health regen to your teamates

By KontoGR on 20 Jan 2018 09:01

It does. I did the 2 player one too and it does regenerate health. You have to stand still, don't shoot and don't be shot (so standing in cover before going into gunfight) and it is sometimes buggy (for example, it doesn't regenerate health at first room with 4 miniguns in act 3 finale but it does after splitting into corridors or hacking 4 servers).

By Mikasz on 20 Jan 2018 10:00

If anyone needs to do the theses I'm looking to do them all with a solid dedicated group

By TESTUBE BABY 82 on 04 May 2018 13:48

By rafa1000house on 17 Sep 2018 14:58

Easy.

By Balcerowy on 06 May 2019 14:59

By LukzillaX on 27 May 2019 18:49

My group and I just finished the 4 man CM run today. Just wanted to note two things for the guide, which otherwise was extremely helpful to our group

First, for the setup to rescue the ULP in Act 2, a kuruma is NOT the way to go since the buzzards can shoot rockets that will destroy the kuruma in one shot. We got lucky enough using a kuruma that the buzzard's rocket managed to hit the roof nearby and narrowly avoid killing us, although to play it safe the Duke of Death is also armored and can take 3 rockets before exploding (although it only can sit 2 people) and the Insurgent can take somewhere in the range of 8 rockets when fully armored and has enough room to seat everyone

Second, for the armored barrage setup in Act 3, a kuruma is certainly an option if you don't have this, but if someone in the group has a vigilante that's upgraded with rockets you should certainly have one person in that. Using this strategy took maybe a minute total to clear the entire airfield and I don't believe anyone took any damage either (if so it was minimal)

Hope these tips help improve the already well put together guide and best of luck to all working on this!

By goldyman77 on 10 Jan 2018 03:11

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The Saint

TrueAchievements

21 Jun 2019 16:29

This solution is to address the constant 'You Criminal Masterminds XXX progress has been reset' issue. After finally completing this with assistance from some other players who had this solution, I have been unable to find it online. So i do not wish to take credit for finding this solution, but wish to share it.

For a guide or solution to the overall achievement, please see one of the other great solutions.

So this is something you must be religious with to ensure no issues. Following this method we had absolutely no false resets.

Preps
These are easy. You must be in a public lobby. Can be the infamous 'NAT type lobby'

Setups and Finale
If you used a NAT type lobby for the Preps, (although it may be best to do this anyway) all players should now change to story mode to cause a game save, and then quit the game completely. Moving from a NAT type lobby does seem to leave several game issue that this resets.

Now restart the game and load into story mode. The player hosting the heists should now setup an invite only lobby. From there invite all players to the lobby, invite to the organization and start each missing in turn. At the end of each mission you may occasionally end up in different lobbies. The host can just invite in again.

If at any point you notice an issue such as someone failed to join first time or disconnects, even when not on a mission, conciser restarting the game. We had one reset due to this so for the time it takes play it safe.

Finally, pick a word. If you join the lobby screen and your progress is not active, at the start or end of the mission you see a reset, you die, say this word clearly. Do not mute your mic. All players must quit the game. Familiarize yourself with this sequence of buttons and do not rush.

The last thing I will mention, although not about the resets, if the game glitches and will not move on, closing the game and starting the mission again will work unless you are really unlucky. However a better option if available to to cause a fail, such as destroying a vehicle that must survive. Just make sure the whole team knows what you are going to do. Only one person do it and be absolutely sure none of you are going to be killed by doing this. Then you can quick restart.

Hope this helps some of you like it has help me. Good Luck.

21 Jun 2019 16:29

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Since this solution is about keeping the tracker working, I will post my thoughts in here...

If you are going for this achievement, follow the guide to the letter. We got lazy, skipped inviting people into the same invite only world and Organisation, I just sent the lobby invites, my friends joined from SP and the tracker got reset. Really, not worth skipping a few minutes of prep just to do all the missions again.

Also, we encountered a weird glitch. When one of us died, we quit the game entirely to dashboard, loaded back in, worked just fine.
Problem was, when we got killed in our Kuruma, destroyed by rockets - explosions.

This, in my opinion, can only happen to you twice. ACT II - rescue ULP. ACT III - rescue the Agent from the docks. Avoid the helicopters, always get out of your car and shoot it down.

Since it's your own personal car, game saves when it gets destroyed. This means, if you, or somebody else, gets killed in your car by its destruction, it's over for you. This happened to us twice at the same spot.

My point of this is - KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING. When we finish this run, 2 of us will have done the challenge. These 2 will be the hosts, owners and drivers of all cars. This will ensure we won't get reset anymore and have to start all over again.

By Darth Hawk CZ on 30 Mar 2020 11:39