GTA 5 Story Mode: Every Collectible, How Many There Are and What They Unlock
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Short answer: GTA 5 Story Mode has 13 collectible and challenge types. The ones with the biggest rewards are the 30 Nuclear Waste barrels ($23,000 each plus a $250,000 bonus), the 50 Spaceship Parts (the Space Docker) and the 50 Letter Scraps (the Leonora Johnson murder mystery).
Every collectible and what it unlocks
Use the table as a checklist: tick a type when you have all of them, or count with − and + as you go. Your progress is saved in this browser.
| Collectible | How many | Reward for finding all |
|---|---|---|
| Letter Scraps | 50 | Reveals who killed actress Leonora Johnson and unlocks “A Starlet in Vinewood” |
| Spaceship Parts | 50 | Unlocks “The Final Frontier”: the Space Docker vehicle and the “From Beyond the Stars” achievement |
| Nuclear Waste | 30 barrels | $23,000 per barrel, plus $250,000 for all 30 |
| Submarine Parts | 30 | Unlocks Abigail’s next mission at Paleto Cove |
| Hidden Packages | 15 | 11 underwater packages worth $7,000–$25,000 each, and 4 Altruist Camp briefcases worth $25,000 each |
| Epsilon Tracts | 10 | “The Epsilon Tract of the 9th Paradigm. Year 157.” |
| Monkey Mosaics | 50 | Monkey outfits for Trevor’s wardrobe |
| Peyote Plants | 27 | Opens the golden peyote hunt (see below) |
| Wildlife Photographs | 20+ species | The Kraken sub spawns at Cape Catfish pier |
| Stunt Jumps | 50 | “Show Off” achievement (25 count toward 100%) |
| Under the Bridge | 50 | No reward; 25 count toward 100% |
| Knife Flights | 15 | Any 8 count toward 100%; all of them plus 50 bridges give “Close Shave” |
| Rampages | 5 | Trevor only: “Red Mist” achievement |
Which ones to do first
- Nuclear Waste pays $940,000 in total, which helps with the stock market and property purchases. You need the submarine or bathyscaphe to reach the barrels.
- Spaceship Parts open up after Franklin’s “Omega” mission and end with the Space Docker, one of the most unusual cars in the game.
- Letter Scraps are the only collectible that tells a full story. The last scrap leads to a mission instead of a cash reward.
- Submarine Parts appear after the mission “Death at Sea”; the map marks them for you, so they are quick.
Rare events tied to collectibles
The golden peyote and Bigfoot
After you have eaten all 27 peyote plants and finished the game to 100%, including the side mission “The Last One”, golden peyote plants appear. There is one location per weekday, visible only between 5:30 and 8:00 in the morning in snow or fog. Eating one turns you into Bigfoot.
The Kraken sub
Photograph every animal species on the wildlife list and Franklin gets a text saying he won the Los Santos Tourism Board competition. From then on the Kraken submarine spawns at the Cape Catfish pier.
The Altruist Camp briefcases
Four of the 15 hidden packages are briefcases at the Altruist Camp. They only appear after Trevor’s Altruist Cult shootout, and each is worth $25,000.
Looking for UFOs, secret missions and hidden areas instead? See our GTA V hidden missions and easter eggs guide and every Grand Theft Auto guide on the site.
Sources
- Sportskeeda: Full list of all collectibles and their rewards in GTA 5
- Gamepressure: GTA 5 collectibles
Last checked against sources: 8 November 2026.
