All GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Locations (with Pictures)
Most “all GTA 5 Treasure Hunt locations” guides blur three different things together. In GTA Online, you do not visit 20 photo clues in one run. You get one random starting photo, then three fixed clues, then one final chest location.
That mistake wastes time for players trying to unlock the Double-Action Revolver. If your current run starts at Del Perro Pier, the other 19 opening photos are not active at the same time.
This guide fixes that with the real mission structure, exact landmark names, and picture-backed cards for every possible start, every fixed clue, and every final chest site. It does not cover the Stone Hatchet, the Navy Revolver, or unrelated collectible loops.
Treasure Hunt Assumptions
Treasure Hunt Flow
The clean way to think about this mission is simple. One email photo starts the run. Three fixed clues follow. One final chest ends it.
Use The Real Order
Wait for the [email protected] email, match the opening photo, inspect that one start note, clear the three fixed clues in any order, then go to the marked final chest.
- Stay in one GTA Online session until the Treasure Hunt email appears on your iFruit.
- Open the email and match the picture to the correct start card below.
- Search inside the yellow question-mark area and listen for the wind chime.
- Inspect the first note.
- Clear the three fixed clues in any order.
- Follow the yellow chest icon and open the final case.
Treasure Hunt Forks
Go to Treasure Hunt Flow. Stay in one session longer. Do not bounce between sessions while waiting.
Go to Treasure Hunt Start Locations. Only one opening photo is active in this run.
Go to Treasure Hunt Fixed Clues. The mission is past the random photo phase.
Go to Treasure Hunt Final Chest. The start photo and the fixed clues are already done.
Stop here. This guide does not apply to GTA V Story Mode.
Go back to Treasure Hunt Flow. The hunt can restart if you leave before finishing.
Treasure Hunt Start Locations
These are all 20 possible opening photo locations. Only one appears per run. Each card uses the exact landmark first, then the common guide label where needed.
- Match your email photo to the grayscale image on a card.
- Inspect the exact object named on the card.
- Ignore the other start cards in this run once the first note is found.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Marlowe Vineyards
Tongva Hills
Exact Object: Note pinned on a rock beneath the vineyard bridge / stream crossing.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Catfish View Mountaintop
San Chianski Mountain Range
Exact Object: Note pinned to the wooden cross on the mountaintop south of Catfish View Road.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Two Hoots Falls
Tongva Hills / Tongva Valley
Exact Object: Note pinned on the Two Hoots Falls owl-sign / totem beside the dirt road.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Tataviam Mountains, Beach South Of Palmer-Taylor Power Station
Tataviam Mountains coast
Exact Object: Note pinned on the seaside rock face / boulder just south of Palmer-Taylor Power Station.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Senora National Park Rocks
Senora National Park / east of Sandy Shores Airfield
Exact Object: Note pinned on the lower side of the western rock formation east of Sandy Shores Airfield.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Raton Canyon
Mount Josiah / Cassidy Creek
Exact Object: Note pinned on a rock near Raton Canyon Bridge / Mount Josiah.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Palomino Highlands, Islands On The Coast
Pacific Ocean off Palomino Highlands
Exact Object: Note pinned on a rock on the small offshore island east of Palomino Highlands.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Procopio Promenade, Paleto Bay
Paleto Bay north beach
Exact Object: Note pinned on a wooden pole in the broken bridge on the beach below Procopio Promenade.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Hill Valley Church Graveyard, Great Chaparral
Great Chaparral
Exact Object: Note pinned on a grave / tombstone inside the white-fenced graveyard behind Hill Valley Church.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Sandy Shores Airfield, Grand Senora Desert
Grand Senora Desert
Exact Object: Note pinned on the wooden mine / bunker door southwest of Sandy Shores Airfield.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Los Santos Golf Club
Richman
Exact Object: Note pinned on the white bridge entrance pole over the central pond.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Del Perro Pier
Del Perro Beach
Exact Object: Note pinned on a central wooden support pillar underneath the pier.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Hill Valley Church, Pacific Bluffs
Pacific Bluffs cemetery
Exact Object: Note pinned on a large tombstone in the cemetery.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Senora National Park, Lookout Above Beam Me Up
Sandy Shores / Hippie Mountain
Exact Object: Note pinned on the scenic viewpoint board above Beam Me Up / south of Hippie Mountain.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Cape Catfish Jetty
San Chianski Mountain Range coast
Exact Object: Note pinned on a wooden pole in the rock formation next to the jetty / boathouse.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Smith Ridge, Arthur’s Pass Trails, Great Chaparral
Vinewood Hills / Great Chaparral
Exact Object: Note pinned on the Baytree Canyon View information board near the Big O Fruit Juice / yellow truck stand.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Breakwater, Alamo Sea Marina
Sandy Shores / south shore of the Alamo Sea
Exact Object: Note pinned on the rock at the end of the land spur beside the breakwater / washed-up boat near Marina Drive.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Abandoned Mine, Great Chaparral
Great Chaparral
Exact Object: Note pinned on a wooden pole beside the Abandoned Mine.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Mount Chiliad
Mount Chiliad summit area
Exact Object: Note pinned on the South S.A. View board on the wooden platform near the summit.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Cassidy Creek
Cassidy Creek riverbank
Exact Object: Note pinned on a tree trunk beside the creek below the trail.
Treasure Hunt Fixed Clues
After the first note, these three clues are always the same. The order does not matter.
- Go to the Tongva Hills cave and inspect the corpse.
- Go to the Sandy Shores beach wreck and inspect the bloody shovel.
- Go to Joad Lane in Grapeseed and inspect the empty gun case at the base of the tree.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Tongva Hills Cave
Tongva Hills cave near a creek
Inspect: A corpse in underwear, boots, and mismatched socks with a severe head injury.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Sandy Shores Beach
Wrecked building on the beach at Sandy Shores
Inspect: A bloody shovel inside the wrecked beach house / building.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Joad Lane Tree
Base of a tree on Joad Lane, Grapeseed
Inspect: An empty gun case on the ground at the base of the tree.
Treasure Hunt Final Chest
The case only appears at one of these three final sites after the fixed clues are done.
- Follow the yellow chest icon to the marked final site.
- Look for the case near the two bodies and the shovel.
- Open the case to unlock the Double-Action Revolver.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Richman Glen
The chest / case with the Double-Action Revolver, plus two bodies and another shovel nearby.
What You Find: The chest / case with the Double-Action Revolver, plus two bodies and another shovel nearby.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Alamo Sea, North Calafia Way
The chest / case with the Double-Action Revolver, plus two bodies and another shovel nearby.
What You Find: The chest / case with the Double-Action Revolver, plus two bodies and another shovel nearby.
GTA 5 Treasure Hunt Paleto Cove
The chest / case with the Double-Action Revolver, plus two bodies and another shovel nearby.
What You Find: The chest / case with the Double-Action Revolver, plus two bodies and another shovel nearby.
Treasure Hunt Rewards
Each investigated clue pays GTA$5,000. The final case unlocks the Double-Action Revolver. After that, 50 headshots with the weapon complete the bonus challenge.
The headshot reward is account-based. Both online characters can unlock the weapon, but the GTA$250,000 payout only lands once per account.
- Equip the Double-Action Revolver after opening the final case.
- Land 50 headshots in GTA Online combat, jobs, or missions that allow gunplay.
- Watch for the completion pop-up.
Treasure Hunt FAQs
No. The Double-Action Revolver Treasure Hunt is a GTA Online activity, not a GTA V Story Mode collectible.
No. You get one random starting photo from a pool of 20. After that, every run uses the same three fixed clues and then one final chest from a pool of three.
Stay in one GTA Online session for longer and avoid changing sessions or entering buildings right after the email appears. Rockstar support says the email can take at least one in-game day and can disappear if you switch sessions or enter a building.
They are the Tongva Hills cave corpse, the Sandy Shores beach bloody shovel, and the Joad Lane tree gun case in Grapeseed.
The final chest can spawn at Richman Glen, Alamo Sea near North Calafia Way, or Paleto Cove.
Each investigated clue pays GTA$5,000. The follow-up headshot challenge with the Double-Action Revolver pays GTA$250,000.
Yes. If you leave GTA Online before finishing the hunt, the mission can reset and assign a new starting hint when you return.
Both online characters can unlock the Double-Action Revolver, but the GTA$250,000 headshot reward is combined across the account.
Listen for the metal wind chime. It gets more useful as you move closer to the correct object in the yellow search circle.
