THE Meth Lab Guide

hi in this video we’re going through the meth lab motorcycle club or biker business in gta 5 online
hi and welcome back my name’s Dan and i’m an old grumpy gamer grand theft auto is a truly massive
game between gta 5 and the constant updates from rockstar for gta online there’s no shortage of
new content and interesting things to do join me then as we look at every business in gta 5 online
starting with one of the entry-level ones the meth lab business before we dive in if you’re new to
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stay up to date i’m going to be honest with you the biker businesses in gta online are not great
solo they’re doable but you have to watch them like a hawk and why is that well the sell missions
if you let any of the stock levels go above a quarter that’s just above the first marker you’ll
end up delivering multiple lots of products that’s at least two vehicles and sometimes up to 10
individual drops let it go above half and you’ll end up with three vehicles and up to 15 drops
and if you let the stock levels go above three quarters that’s four vehicles and up to 20 drops
i can tell you from experience you cannot deliver more than three vehicles worth of product there’s
just not enough time available in the half hour you get for a sell mission and there’s always a
massive risk of having product destroyed while it’s left unattended back at base especially
considering this can only be done in a public lobby if however you’re willing to put in the
work or you have a group of mates you kick around with in gta regularly then you’re good to go also
despite the claims and statements from others about biker businesses this is not a truly passive
business certainly not like the passive components of the arcade nightclub or agency as i mentioned
there are cell missions where you have to carry your goods across the map in public free roam
lobbies and if you want to make any real money then you have to do supply missions too which are
basically fetch quests now assuming you haven’t switched off the video let’s get into it the
meth lab is one of the more expensive entry-level businesses in gta online but if you work it it can
earn you roughly 50 500 per hour with upgrades and you need the upgrades because without them it’ll
only bring in 21 grand per hour and that’s really not worth the effort okay so let’s start with your
budget before you can purchase a math lab you need to have a motorcycle club the cheapest one you can
grab is the great apparel clubhouse for 200 000. it’s a bit out of the way but if you’re on a tight
budget this is the one to go for once you have the clubhouse set up you can purchase a new production
facility the cheapest one is the grand sonora desert plain county for 910 000 even but again
it’s way out in the boondocks and it’s a bit of a pain so if you have the coin grab something a bit
closer to town next will be the upgrades and you need the upgrades upgraded equipment will set you
back one million one hundred thousand and staff an additional three hundred and thirty one five
with the improved facility you should also invest in security at five hundred and thirteen thousand
oh and it’s worth noting the pricing for the upgrades is the same regardless of which location
you choose right so that’s the clubhouse business and upgrades which comes to a total minimum spend
of three million fifty four thousand five hundred plus seventy two hundred per hour to cover
stafford maintenance assuming you can make the maximum hourly of fifty thousand five hundred that
means roughly 71 hours of real world gameplay to make breakeven so this is definitely a long-term
investment right so looking at the business locations in detail we have four different options
available grand sonora desert in blaine county for and ten thousand toledo bay also in blaine county
for one million and twenty four thousand eight hundred alyssian island in south los santos for
nine hundred and seventy five thousand and finally elbow heights in east los santos for one million
seven hundred and twenty nine grand which is the one i ended up going for as closer to my
other businesses oh unlike later businesses and facilities there’s no ability to customize the
aesthetic of the building you simply get what you get once you’ve made your purchase head over to
the new facility and head on in you’ll get a quick briefing and once that’s done head over
to the computer make sure you’re a club president then sit down and log in you’ll be presented with
a single option set up click the setup button and then confirm you’ll immediately be booted back
into the lobby and ljt or long zhong tea bag we’ll give you a bell oh and there’s a working theory
that this is actually leicester using a vocoder and to be honest i can see it okay so follow the
gps to the waypoint return your personal vehicle to storage then jump in the vehicle and head
back to the lockup once you’re there drive into the corona and you’ll be dropped back into the
business facility where you’ll get another quick briefing once you’ve had a wander around head
back over to the computer sit down and log in and head to upgrades next we want to cycle through all
of the available upgrades and purchase them you could skip these but the business is not nearly
as profitable or secure without them so you really want to grab them and with that done you should
have a full round of supplies and fully upgraded facility head back out and spend some time doing
contact missions or maintaining other businesses after a while you can pop back in and see how
your operation is running radio the next thing we need to cover is resupplying your business that is
organizing the materials required to produce your new sellable stock so there’s two ways of doing
this you can purchase supplies or you can seal them purchasing supplies is pretty straightforward
head to the pc in your business sit down and then click the resupply button you’ll see the cost of
the item right here is normally about 75 grand but you can do a partial resupply a bit cheaper
if you have other businesses on the go purchasing supplies might be the way to go because it leaves
you free to manage the other facilities the other option is to steal supplies if you go for this one
you’ll be booted from the business back into the lobby where you’ll get another call detailing what
you have to do to collect the supplies this is normally one of about half a dozen missions so
listen to it carefully it is important once you’ve completed the sell mission production will get
rolling or continue if you hadn’t let everything run out okay so after a while you’ll have some
stock available and that means it’s time for a sell mission as mentioned at the start of the
video you have to watch this like a hawk if you allow the stock to go above the first marker also
you may end up having to do two runs to sell for the sake of this video though i’m selling a
bit earlier than normal so you can see what goes on so head back to the business premises wander
over to the pc sit down log in and click sell stock you’ll be presented with two sell options
a quicker cheaper mission or a longer mission that will get you a better price we always want to go
for the higher amount again we’ve gone pretty early here for the sake of this video so don’t
worry about the low price so click the higher amount if you’ve let it go too long you may see
this interrupt message if you do it means at least two vehicles which isn’t ideal but still doable
if you have a friend or you’re in a quiet lobby click the confirm button next and you’ll be booted
back into the public lobby after a moment you’ll get another call from ljt listen to it carefully
it is important ljt will brief you on one of half a dozen different sell missions simply follow the
instructions to drop off the goods avoiding any griefers and you’re good as soon as the last
package is dropped the money will be deposited in your account and you can continue putting around
in free mode oh and if you run out of time or you get your cargo destroyed by a griefer you will
still get a partial payment for anything you have delivered okay two more things before we wrap up
if you’re going to go afk while production is going on or you have some other non-businessy
stuff to do disband your mc this will reduce the chance of being ripped off or rated finally on
maximizing profits surprisingly enough you really want to pay for supplies resupply missions take
between 6 and 10 minutes each and you need 5 missions to fully resupply so that is at least
half an hour but more likely 45 minutes in that same 45 minutes you can rail through some vip
work and a few triple money contact missions and make way more than the 75 grand that it cost for
supplies so you’re making a more efficient use of your time and that’s it thanks for watching
check out the video at the top for another mc business guide or the one down the bottom for some
more old grumpy game of goodness stay safe wash your hands and we’ll see you in the next video
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