The Fleeca Job

Overview

The Fleeca Job is the first heist most players see in GTA Online and the tutorial for the whole Heists system added in March 2015. Lester Crest walks a two-player crew through planning, setups and a finale built around drilling a safety deposit box inside the Fleeca branch on the Great Ocean Highway in Banham Canyon. It is short, cheap to run and repeatable, which made it a staple for new players learning how heist roles and cuts work.

Setup missions

1. Scope Out – drive past the bank with a camera planted so the crew can study the interior and the escape route.
2. Kuruma – steal an armored Kuruma that will be used as the getaway car in the finale.

Because it is the tutorial, Lester covers the $11,500 setup cost the first time, and the heist leader only needs a high-end apartment with a planning room to launch it.

Approaches

There is a single approach. In the finale one player is the Driver and one is the Driller. The driver gets the crew to the branch and handles the escape, while the driller controls the drill, watching the heat gauge and easing off pressure before the bit overheats. Once the box is open the crew has to fight free of the police and lose the wanted level.

Crew and tips

• The armored Kuruma shrugs off most small-arms fire, so stay inside it during the escape instead of getting out to fight.
• Drill slowly: pushing the drill until it overheats costs time and draws more police.
• Hard difficulty doubles the reward without changing the layout much, so experienced pairs should always choose it.

Payout

The potential take ranges from $100,625 on Easy to $250,250 on Hard, split between the two players according to the cut set by the leader. Like all original heists, it counts toward the Elite Challenge and the Criminal Mastermind challenges when played in order with the same crew.