GTA Online Christmas Special Weekly Update: Discounts, bonuses, new and returning events, and more

Enjoy new discounts, bonuses, free log-in rewards, challenge rewards and more exciting new content in GTA Online Christmas Special Update

Image via: Rockstar Games

Amidst the hype for GTA 6, Rockstar Games continues to make GTA Online a better experience for everyone with increasingly more content, discounts, bonuses, and freebies. With the holiday season almost upon us, many developers are releasing Christmas and holiday events for their games, and Rockstar Games is no different.

The GTA Online Winter DLC dropped with loads of new content earlier this month. Rockstar Games is following up with a GTA Online Christmas Special Weekly Update that further changes the game. This is the time when snow covers up Los Santos, Blaine County, and Paleto Bay, making the city extra beautiful and hard to drive.

Like last year, Rockstar Games has again introduced new Christmas special events to give players limited edition rewards. Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s special Christmas event on GTA Online.

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GTA Online Christmas Special Weekly Update Content

Christmas Log-in Rewards (available from Dec 21 to Dec 27)

New Snowball Launcher
Green Xmas Tree Hat
White Xmas Reindeer Hat
Candy Cane Weapon
Green Reindeer Beer Hat

New Year Log-in Rewards (available from Dec 28 to Jan 3)

New Year’s Hats (Silver, Gold and Bronze)
New Year’s Glasses (Silver, Gold and Rainbow)

GTA Online Christmas Special Weekly Update Content — Image via: Rockstar Games

Holiday Challenges and Gifts

Challenges & Rewards

Finding and defeating the Yeti in the Yeti Hunt event to unlock the Yeti outfit
Happy Holidays! Hauler will drop off presents such as festive sweaters, GTA%, RP, Ammo, and snacks.
Collecting and destroying all 25 snowmen will unlock the Snowman outfit.
Successfully fighting off the Gooch awards you with the Gooch outfit.
Defeating criminals in the Weazel Plaza Shootout awards you a WM29 pistol.
Complete Entourage (Festival Mix) once to unlock a skin for the Combat Pistol.
Surviving five matches of the Entourage (Festival Mix) awards a skin for the Special Carbine.
Win a match of Entourage (Festive Remix) while playing as Santa Claus for a Heavy Sniper skin.

Bonus on RP & Money Rewards in GTA Online

3x Cash and RP
- Holiday-themed Community Series Jobs
2x Cash and RP
- Snowball Fights Deathmatches
- Entourage (Festival Remix)
- Drift Races
2x LS Car Meet Reputation on all relevant activities

Discounts

40% off
- Benefactor Streiter
- Lampadati Pigalle
- Ocelot Ardent
- Vapid Riata
30% off
- – Albany V-STR
- Buckingham Alpha-Z1
- Gallivanter Baller ST

Salvage Robberies

You can execute salvage robberies at The Diamond Casino, the Cargo Ship, and Mission Row from December 21 through December 27
The Cargo Ship will be replaced by the Submarine from December 28 to January 3

Vehicles Available in Showrooms

Simeon’s Premium Deluxe Motorsport Showroom
- Benefactor Streiter
- Bravado Dorado
- Lampadati Pigalle
- Ocelot Ardent
- Vapid Riata
Luxury Autos Showroom
- Albany V-STR
- Gallivanter Baller ST

Diamond Casino & Resort Podium and LS Car Meet Prize Ride

The Diamond Casino Lucky Wheel Podium Prize for this week’s update is the Vapid Clique, worth $909,000. It is a 2-door vintage muscle car based on the 1951 Ford Coupe. Clique is decent for driving in free mode but will not win you races. It will be available with the Merry Cliquemas Limited-Time livery.

The LS Car Meet Prize Ride for this week is the Declasse Tahoma Coupe, a muscle car. The car is worth $1,500,000 in the game and is based on the real-life Chevrolet Monte Carlo. It is a decent muscle car, and players can try to win it this week. To get this vehicle, players have to win LS Car Meet races for three days in a row.

Test Track Vehicles This Week

Karin Calico GTF with the Tribal Black Halftone livery
Pfister Comet S2 Cabrio with the Santa’s New Sled Limited-Time livery
Pfister Comet Safari with the Candy Cane Limited-Time livery

Hao’s Special Works (HSW) Test Ride Vehicle

Hao’s Special Works upgrades and rides are only available on the game’s PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions. This week, players can test-ride the Karin Vivanite HSW.

This is a 2-week update, i,e. there will be no weekly update on December 28. Players will surely be disappointed that there are no discounts on any property and that the update also lacks bonus money for any business. However, the Christmas events will surely keep fans engaged in the game.