GTA Online Series A Funding: Payouts, All Setups, and Elite Challenge Guide
A complete Series A Funding guide: the exact payouts after Title Update 1.73, all five setup missions, the host cost, the Elite Challenge requirements, and why it needs a crew.
Series A Funding is the fourth of GTA Online's original Apartment Heists, Trevor Philips' drug-stash grab, and it is one of the more chaotic heists in the game thanks to its scattered, multi-team setups. It is also worth revisiting in 2026 because the payout rebalance added a weekly first-completion bonus that pushes it back into relevance. This guide covers the exact payouts, all five setup missions, the host cost, the Elite Challenge, and why you cannot solo it.
What Series A Funding is
Series A Funding is a four-player Apartment Heist orchestrated by Trevor Philips. The goal is to raid a series of rival drug stashes across the map, collect the product, and cash it in. It is a team heist, several of its missions and the finale are built around multiple players working in parallel, so unlike Cayo Perico or the Cluckin' Bell Farm Raid, this one genuinely needs a crew.
The payouts after Title Update 1.73
Series A pays on a difficulty scale, and the 2026 update changed the numbers. Here is where they stand:
First completion after the weekly reset (the big one):
- Easy: GTA$530,250
- Normal: GTA$1,060,500
- Hard: GTA$1,325,625
Repeat completions in the same week:
- Easy: GTA$353,500
- Normal: GTA$707,000
- Hard: GTA$883,750
Two things to note. The host pays a $25,000 setup cost to launch the finale. And after Title Update 1.73, the setup missions themselves now pay 1.3 times their previous amount, which softens the grind of getting to the finale. The weekly reset lands every Thursday, so a Hard-difficulty first completion is the single most valuable way to run it.
All five setup missions
Series A has five setup missions before the finale, and they are famous for sending the crew all over the map:
- Coke. The crew splits into an air team and a water team. The water team approaches a yacht to grab the drugs while the air team provides cover or drops a player onto the deck. Everyone has to collect all the packages.
- Trash Truck. The crew poses as garbage collectors and picks up drug-stuffed trash bags around the city.
- Bikers. Head to Blaine County, quietly take out a group of bikers, and steal two vans loaded with product.
- Weed. Drive to the sawmill, clear the enemies, and steal two trucks carrying weed.
- Steal. The final setup that stages everything for the finale.
The finale then has the crew defend and deliver the combined haul.
The Elite Challenge
For players chasing the bonus, Series A's Elite Challenge has three conditions, all in the finale:
- Finish in under 6:30.
- Kill at least 75 enemies.
- No player deaths.
Clearing all three grants the Elite bonus on top of the base payout. The time limit is the strict one, so a coordinated, aggressive crew that keeps moving is essential.
Why you cannot solo it
Unlike Cayo Perico, Series A Funding requires a team. The Coke setup literally splits the crew into air and water roles, and the finale is balanced around multiple players. If you are a solo grinder, this is not your heist, look to Cayo Perico or the Cluckin' Bell Farm Raid instead. Series A is best run with a full, communicating crew of four.
The bottom line
Series A Funding is a four-player team heist that, post-1.73, pays up to GTA$1,325,625 for a first Hard completion after the Thursday reset, dropping to GTA$883,750 on repeats. Budget the $25,000 host cost, enjoy the boosted 1.3x setup payouts on the way there, and go for the Elite Challenge (under 6:30, 75 kills, no deaths) if your crew is sharp. It completes GTA Online's five original Apartment Heists alongside The Fleeca Job and The Pacific Standard Job. See every GTA Online heist in order for the full lineup.
