Warehouses are purchasable properties featured in Grand Theft Auto Online added as part of the Further Adventures in Finance and Felony update. They are available to buy once the player registers as a CEO and buys an Office.
Overview[]
Warehouses are used to safely store Special Cargo acquired by the player during Buy missons ordered from the CEO via the executive terminal in their office. There are three different types of warehouses: small, medium and large. Small Warehouses can store a total of 16 crates, medium warehouses can store 42 crates, and large warehouses can store 111 crates. The maximum amount of warehouses a player can purchase is five.
Buying a certain size of warehouse for the first time will also unlock a vehicle in the Organization Vehicle list with a request fee, or for free if the player owns one:
- XLS - $5,000 (small warehouse)
- Rumpo Custom - $7,000 (medium warehouse)
- Brickade - $9,000 (large warehouse)
Getting Started[]
In order to start buying and selling contraband via the Special Cargo Network, the player must buy an office, and then enter the office and access the executive terminal in a public session. After doing so, the player must buy a warehouse. Once the player has a warehouse, they are able to initiate Buy and Sell missions. Initiating buy missions cost a certain amount of money based on how many crates the player wants to collect in one mission. This varies from $2,000 for one crate, $8,000 for two crates, and $18,000 for three crates.
For vehicle missions, getting the vehicle is as simple as clicking the green "Source Vehicle" button, which will find a vehicle for the player to retrieve.
After the player delivers crates to the warehouse, they must decide when to sell. The longer the warehouse sits with crates in it, the more likely it is to be attacked by a gang of NPCs. However, the player gets more profit when they sell more crates at one point in time. There is a short cool down on Buy missions, so doing them for three crates is recommended but isn't the best option at a financial standpoint, as it takes away from the profit from the sale price. The best way to relieve this is to do VIP Work in between, specifically Sightseer, where $24,000 is common and represents the lowest chance of dying in an empty lobby. This can increase your overall profit and make up for the decrease.
Locations[]
Map[]
Small Warehouses - 16 Crates[]
| Name | Images | Description | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convenience Store Lockup |  |
"The previous owner was a compulsive hoarder, and the last time anyone set foot in here people listened to CDs and got their porn in magazines. We're guessing you'll have some clearing out to do - but hey, it's almost cheap." | $250,000 | Rancho |
| Celltowa Unit |  |
"Buy it as unregistered storage in a shabby industrial area with minimal police presence; sell it a couple years later to an ex-yuppie who wants to start a low-fi artisan espresso bar in an edgy part of town. The American dream lives on." | $318,000 | La Mesa |
| White Widow Garage |  |
"For the businessman in need of privacy, what could be less conspicuous than a second rate hipster boutique in the heart of Vespucci? Generic and obnoxious: the perfect urban camouflage." | $360,000 | La Puerta |
| Pacific Bait Storage |  |
"Sure, it was recently declared a biohazard - but no cop with a functioning sense of smell is going to come snooping around here, and nothing confuses sniffer dogs like a room full of maggots and rotting fish." | $376,000 | Elysian Island |
| Pier 400 Utility Building |  |
"If you can ignore the ankle deep water and toxic mold this is a nice quiet location for some perfectly legitimate commodities brokering." | $392,000 | Elysian Island |
| Foreclosed Garage |  |
"A neighborhood of self-obsessed, unobservant millionaires with extensive drug habits. When you think about it, Vinewood makes an ideal location for a cache of pretty much whatever you like." | $400,000 | West Vinewood |
Medium Warehouse - 42 Crates[]
| Name | Images | Description | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEE Warehouse |  |
"For some, it's a smog-ridden shanty town on the outskirts of LS; for you, it's a center of modern entrepreneurship and competitive industry with no red tape and a rock-bottom price. You are the visionary, this is the vision." | $880,000 | El Burro Heights |
| Derriere Lingerie Backlot |  |
"Sure, other importers have bigger warehouses - but can any of them say they just drove their goods right into the back of Derriere lingerie? Just think of the Lifeinvader status updates." | $902,000 | Del Perro |
| Fridgit Annexe |  |
"Whether you need a place to stash a trunk full of body parts or keep a perfectly chilled case of beer, setting up shop next to a cold storage facility has its benefits." | $925,000 | La Puerta |
| Discount Retail Unit |  |
"Small businesses are struggling across America, so when a store owner seizes the opportunity to start a space sharing initiative with his local drug cartel it's your patriotic duty to support that classic entrepreneurial spirit." | $948,000 | Downtown Vinewood |
| Disused Factory Outlet |  |
"Sure, high-street retailers are dying, but the endless supply of boarded up storefronts are a gift to arms dealers and meth labs up and down the country. Be a part of some real urban regeneration." | $971,000 | Strawberry |
| LS Marine Building 3 |  |
"This charming, white paneled warehouse in the heart of a thriving dockland has been used as a smuggler's drop since the days when your grampa got sent to the chair. Join criminal history today." | $994,000 | Elysian Island |
| Old Power Station |  |
"Space, drama, privacy: an old power plant is perfect for everything from gun running to ivory smuggling - and thanks to the green lobby, this one is selling off space at rock bottom prices." | $1,000,000 | Rancho |
| Railyard Warehouse |  |
"Invest now for great access to infrastructure, poor street lighting and an endless stream of cheap, undocumented labor from every migrant and freighthopper passing through town." | $1,017,000 | La Mesa |
Large Warehouse - 111 Crates[]
| Name | Images | Description | Price | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale Furniture |  |
"Act now for 7000 square feet of grey concrete storage where the only distinguishing feature is a complete lack of distinguishing features. If you want to go unnoticed, look no further." | $1,900,000 | Cypress Flats |
| West Vinewood Backlot |  |
"There's no more fashionable place to overdose in the whole state, and there's no better example of hiding in plain sight than stockpiling a hundredweight of world-class narcotics in the backroom." | $2,135,000 | West Vinewood |
| Xero Gas Factory |  |
"The economy is stronger than it's ever been, there isn't a nationwide fossil fuel crisis, and Xero Gas have a huge amount of warehouse space on the market for no particular reason. Long-term let available." | $2,365,000 | LSIA |
| Logistics Depot |  |
"Forget the driftwood furniture and candlesticks made from wine bottles: take upcycling to the next level and reduce your footprint by converting this disused freight depot into a world-class black market storage facility." | $2,600,000 | La Mesa |
| Bilgeco Warehouse |  |
"Ah, the salt breeze, the seamen on the dockside, the endless ranks of unmarked shipping containers bound for unregistered ports across the Far East. The romance of the ocean never dies." | $2,825,000 | LSIA |
| Walker & Sons Warehouse |  |
"Tucked away among the heavy industry and widespread birth defects of the most toxic stretch of coastline in the state, this spacious property is perfect for the discerning trader with something really big to hide." | $3,040,000 | Banning |
| Cypress Warehouses |  |
"This one has it all: size, location, access. You can comfortably roll a mid-size body from here to the ocean without breaking a sweat. What more could you want?" | $3,265,000 | Cypress Flats |
| Darnell Bros Warehouse |  |
"Once little more than a respectable, home-grown family business, Darnell Bros has since blossomed into a front for some of the most innovative criminal activity in the city. With neighbors like these you're on your way to the top." | $3,500,000 | La Mesa |
Layout[]
A warehouse office room.
The layout of a Warehouse's interior depends on the size of the Warehouse that has been purchased. Small Warehouses only have one row of platforms to hold cargo, with the rest being left on the floor. In the medium-sized Warehouses, three rows of platforms are present to hold the cargo. The large Warehouses have four rows, but the platforms are much taller than the ones found in the small or medium Warehouses.
Daily Fees[]
Each warehouse size category has a different daily fee, namely being $50 per day for small, $100 per day for medium, and $200 for large. With up to five different warehouses available to the player, one could choose to buy a single small one, five large ones or a mix of any size in-between to create a combined daily fee that is manageable for their personal playstyle or preference.
Staff[]
With effect from The Criminal Enterprises update, each warehouse is staffed. The player's first warehouse is staffed by Lupe and each of the other four warehouses are occupied by unnamed Warehouse Staff.
Buy Missions[]
Buy missions are the missions the player does to get crates. Buy missions have a cool down on them, so doing the mission that gets the player the most amount of crates, three, is recommended. Buy missions are initiated in the player's office at the Securoserv terminal. An important thing to note is that a player can only pick up one crate, meaning they can't pick up two crates at the same time. However, one person can deliver a crate and then go back to grab another one until all the crates are gone. Hiring associates prior to starting the mission will reduce the number of return trips; hiring at least two allows the Organization to complete a three-crate mission in one trip. Buy missions may be completed in public sessions, or in Invite Only/Close Crew/Closed Friend sessions.
Note: Having more than one warehouse is one method of bypassing the cooldown timer on buy missions.
Buying one crate at a time is more cost effective than three crates at a time, though three crates are more time effective. 1 crate = $2,000, 2 crates = $8,000 ($4,000 per crate), 3 crates = $18,000 ($6,000 per crate)
A Large WH takes 37 three crate missions to fill costing $666,000 and sells for $2,220,000 (or $1,554,000 total profit) at $42,000 profit per buy mission. A Large WH takes 111 single crate missions to fill costing $222,000 and sells for $2,220,000 (or $1,998,000 total profit) at $18,000 profit per buy mission. Meaning you make roughly 28% more money total profit but spend 3x longer to make it, though the more crates you purchase at once generally the harder the retrieval mission is and the larger the risk you take. Still at a profit margin of 18k per mission one could make more money with no risk at all by simply doing VIP missions instead.
After The Criminal Enterprises update, players can also send their warehouse staff member to source random cargo for $7,500 each trip.
Selling Cargo[]
Once the player has obtained at least 1 item of special cargo, the player can sell it by using a laptop connected to the Ad-Hawk website located on a table near the warehouse's entrance. The CEO will sell the crates using one of three different approaches — by air, using either a Cuban 800 or Titan (dependent on the volume of stock being sold), by sea, using a Tug Boat, or by land, using from one to three Brickades (again dependent on the volume of stock being sold). The more crates being sold, the more players are required to help sell the cargo.
Selling a full warehouse has the benefit of earning more money per crate than selling an otherwise not full warehouse, but full warehouses comes with a risk of being raided by NPCs which causes crates to be lost. Also in lobbies with more people a percentage bonus is added for the risk over otherwise empty lobbies. Having more associates also gives extra bonus profit compared to selling stock solo with no associates.
Small 16/16 is $240,000 for $15,000 per crate.
Medium 42/42 is $735,000 for $17,500 per crate.
Large 111/111 is $2,220,000 for $20,000 per crate.
The special item sells 5x of its costs, and unlike the normal products, the special items will not increase the value as the item number increases.
Associates do not currently get a share of this profit, instead they earn money on a time basis similar to VIP missions. Every time associates help to retrieve crates their pay is raised by $500, starting at $5,000 and maxing out at $10,000 every interval. They also get paid this amount after helping complete a delivery mission.
Sell missions involving aircraft can have a player as the copilot using the jammer that will detour incoming missiles.
| Small warehouse - 16 slots | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 MTL Brickade delivery truck (1 - 9 crates) | |||
| Crates | Value per crate | Total pay | Alternative smaller sales |
| 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | - |
| 2 | $11,000 | $22,000 | 1 |
| 3 | $12,000 | $36,000 | 2; 1 |
| 4 | $13,000 | $52,000 | 2; 1 |
| 5 | $13,000 | $65,000 | 3; 1 |
| 6 | $13,500 | $81,000 | 3; 1 |
| 7 | $13,500 | $94.500 | 4; 1 |
| 8 | $14,000 | $112,000 | 4; 2 |
| 9 | $14,000 | $126,000 | 5; 2 |
| 2 MTL Brickade delivery trucks (10 - 29 crates) | |||
| Crates | Value per crate | Total pay | Alternative smaller sales |
| 10 | $14,500 | $145,000 | 5; 2 |
| 11 | $14,500 | $159,500 | 6; 2 |
| 12 | $14,500 | $174.000 | 6; 2 |
| 13 | $14,500 | $188,500 | 7; 3 |
| 14 | $14,500 | $203,000 | 7; 3 |
| 15 | $15,000 | $225,000 | 8; 3 |
| 16 | $15,000 | $240,000 | 8; 3 |
| Medium warehouse - 42 slots | |||
| Crates | Value per crate | Total pay | Alternative smaller sales |
| 17 | $15,000 | $255,000 | 9; 3 |
| 18 | $15,000 | $273,000 | 9; 4 |
| 19 | $15,000 | $285,000 | 10; 4 |
| 20 | $15,500 | $310,000 | 10; 4 |
| 21 | $15,500 | $325,500 | 11; 4 |
| 22 | $15,500 | $341,000 | 11; 4 |
| 23 | $15,500 | $356,500 | 12; 5 |
| 24 | $15,500 | $372,000 | 12; 5 |
| 25 | $16,000 | $400,000 | 13; 5 |
| 26 | $16,000 | $416,000 | 13; 5 |
| 27 | $16,000 | $432,000 | 14; 5 |
| 28 | $16,000 | $448,000 | 14; 6 |
| 29 | $16,000 | $464,000 | 15; 6 |
| 3 MTL Brickade delivery trucks (30 - 111 crates) | |||
| Crates | Value per crate | Total pay | Alternative smaller sales |
| 30 | $16,500 | $495,000 | 15; 6 |
| 31 | $16,500 | $511,500 | 16; 6 |
| 32 | $16,500 | $528,000 | 16; 6 |
| 33 | $16,500 | $544,500 | 17; 7 |
| 34 | $16,500 | $561,000 | 17; 7 |
| 35 | $17,000 | $595,000 | 18; 7 |
| 36 | $17,000 | $612,000 | 18; 7 |
| 37 | $17,000 | $629,000 | 19; 7 |
| 38 | $17,000 | $646,000 | 19; 8 |
| 39 | $17,000 | $663,000 | 20; 8 |
| 40 | $17,500 | $700,000 | 20; 8 |
| 41 | $17,500 | $717,500 | 21; 8 |
| 42 | $17,500 | $735,000 | 21; 8 |
| Large warehouse - 111 slots | |||
| Crates | Value per crate | Total pay | Alternative smaller sales |
| 43 | $17,500 | $752,500 | 22; 9 |
| 44 | $17,500 | $770,000 | 22; 9 |
| 45 | $17,750 | $796,750 | 23; 9 |
| 46 | $17,750 | $816,500 | 23; 9 |
| 47 | $17,750 | $834.250 | 24; 9 |
| 48 | $17,750 | $852.000 | 24; 10 |
| 49 | $17,750 | $869,750 | 25; 10 |
| 50 | $18,000 | $900,000 | 25; 10 |
| 51 | $18,000 | $918,000 | 26; 10 |
| 52 | $18,000 | $936,000 | 26; 10 |
| 53 | $18,000 | $954,000 | 27; 11 |
| 54 | $18,000 | $972,000 | 27; 11 |
| 55 | $18,000 | $990,000 | 28; 11 |
| 56 | $18,000 | $1,008,000 | 28; 11 |
| 57 | $18,000 | $1,026,000 | 29; 11 |
| 58 | $18,000 | $1,044,000 | 29; 12 |
| 59 | $18,000 | $1,062,000 | 30; 12 |
| 60 | $18,250 | $1,095,000 | 30; 12 |
| 61 | $18,250 | $1,113,250 | 31; 12 |
| 62 | $18,250 | $1,131,500 | 31; 12 |
| 63 | $18,250 | $1,149,750 | 32; 13 |
| 64 | $18,250 | $1,168,000 | 32; 13 |
| 65 | $18,250 | $1,186,250 | 33; 13 |
| 66 | $18,250 | $1,204,500 | 33; 13 |
| 67 | $18,250 | $1,222,850 | 34; 13 |
| 68 | $18,250 | $1,241,000 | 34; 14 |
| 69 | $18,250 | $1,259,250 | 35; 14 |
| 70 | $18,500 | $1,295,000 | 35; 14 |
| 71 | $18,500 | $1,313,500 | 36; 14 |
| 72 | $18,500 | $1,332,000 | 36; 14 |
| 73 | $18,500 | $1,350,500 | 37; 15 |
| 74 | $18,500 | $1,369,000 | 37; 15 |
| 75 | $18,500 | $1,387,500 | 38; 15 |
| 76 | $18,500 | $1,406,000 | 38; 15 |
| 77 | $18,500 | $1,424,500 | 39; 15 |
| 78 | $18,500 | $1,443,000 | 39; 16 |
| 79 | $18,500 | $1,461,500 | 40; 16 |
| 80 | $18,750 | $1,500,000 | 40; 16 |
| 81 | $18,750 | $1,518,750 | 41; 16 |
| 82 | $18,750 | $1,537,500 | 41; 16 |
| 83 | $18,750 | $1,556,250 | 42; 17 |
| 84 | $18,750 | $1,575,000 | 42; 17 |
| 85 | $18,750 | $1,593,750 | 43; 17 |
| 86 | $18,750 | $1,652,500 | 43; 17 |
| 87 | $18,750 | $1,631,250 | 44; 17 |
| 88 | $18,750 | $1,650,000 | 44; 18 |
| 89 | $18,750 | $1,668,750 | 45; 18 |
| 90 | $19,000 | $1,710,000 | 45; 18 |
| 91 | $19,000 | $1,729,000 | 46; 18 |
| 92 | $19,000 | $1,748,000 | 46; 18 |
| 93 | $19,000 | $1,767,000 | 47; 19 |
| 94 | $19,000 | $1,786,000 | 47; 19 |
| 95 | $19,000 | $1,805,000 | 48; 19 |
| 96 | $19,000 | $1,824,000 | 48; 19 |
| 97 | $19,000 | $1,843,000 | 49; 19 |
| 98 | $19,000 | $1,862,000 | 49; 20 |
| 99 | $19,000 | $1,881,000 | 50; 20 |
| 100 | $19,500 | $1,950,000 | 50; 20 |
| 101 | $19,500 | $1,969,500 | 51; 20 |
| 102 | $19,500 | $1,989,000 | 51; 20 |
| 103 | $19,500 | $2,008,500 | 52; 21 |
| 104 | $19,500 | $2,028,000 | 52; 21 |
| 105 | $19,500 | $2,047,500 | 53; 21 |
| 106 | $19,500 | $2,067,000 | 53; 21 |
| 107 | $19,500 | $2,086,500 | 54; 21 |
| 108 | $19,500 | $2,106,000 | 54; 22 |
| 109 | $19,500 | $2,125,500 | 55; 22 |
| 110 | $19,500 | $2,145,000 | 55; 22 |
| 111 | $20,000 | $2,220,000 | 56; 22 |
Delivery Vehicle Upgrades[]
Upon starting the "Selling Cargo" mission from a warehouse, the player have the option to upgrade all the vehicle's attributes to a certain extent using the blueprints in the warehouse. The following upgrades are:
| Delivery Truck (Brickade) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Upgrade | Description | Price |
| Armor Upgrade | Additional protection for the Brickade allowing it to withstand extensive damage. | $230,000 |
| Bulletproof Tires | Replace the standard tires on the Brickade with bulletproof tires. | $95,000 |
| Delivery Planes (Cuban 800 and Titan) | ||
| Upgrade | Description | Price |
| Armor Upgrade | Additional protection for the Cuban 800 and Titan allowing them to withstand extensive damage. | $190,000 |
| Jammer Upgrade | Upgrade the jammer on the Cuban 800 and Titan to increase interference and reduce recharge times. | $300,000 |
| Delivery Boat (Tug) | ||
| Upgrade | Description | Price |
| Armor Upgrade | Additional protection for the Tug allowing it to withstand extensive damage. | $265,000 |
| Speed Upgrade | Significantly increase the speed of the Tug to allow for faster deliveries. | $170,000 |
The total amount of money for every upgrade is $1,250,000.
Raids[]
The player's warehouse may occasionally be raided by NPCs. The raid mission types are Warehouse Assault and Recover Warehouse's content.
Export Mixed Goods[]
With The Criminal Enterprises update, players who own at least 1 Warehouse and have sourced special cargo via Lupe or other Warehouse Staff at least once are able to start an Export Mixed Goods mission, by speaking to the Assistant at the Office. Export Mixed Goods is an independent mission from Special Cargo business; it is not necessary for the player to actively source cargo, send staff to source cargo, or stockpile cargo in their Warehouse(s) in order for Export Mixed Goods to be available. Each Mixed Goods delivery rewards the player with $50,000.