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If you have been sprinting around Los Santos stirring up trouble and feel like you need to slow down for a bit, hunting for Submarine Parts is a surprisingly chill way to play, especially if you are already into collecting rare gear like GTA 5 Modded Accounts.
Getting The Mission Started
You cannot just jump into the ocean and expect the Submarine Parts to show up straight away. The game makes you earn it. First you have to push the main story far enough to finish "The Merryweather Heist." Once that is out of the way, head up the coast to Paleto Cove and look for the Sonar Collections Dock. It costs $250,000, which sounds rough, but any of the three characters can pay for it. So if Michael is broke because you spent everything on cars, let Franklin or Trevor buy the place. The catch is that only Michael can actually start the mission, so you will need to swap back to him before anything happens.
Meeting Abigail And Getting Your Gear
When the dock is yours, switch to Michael and walk over to the marker for the Strangers and Freaks mission called "Death at Sea." That is where you meet Abigail. She gives you this slightly dramatic story about her husband and a missing submarine, and that sets up the whole scavenger hunt. The good bit is what you get out of it. There is a Dinghy waiting for you with sonar on board, plus proper scuba gear, so you are not holding your breath and panicking every time you dive. Without that suit you would not last long at some of the deeper spots, so do not skip it.
How The Search Actually Works
Once you are out on the water you will end up using the Trackify app on your in game phone alongside the boat's sonar, and it feels a bit like playing hot and cold on a massive map. The sonar tells you the rough direction of the next Submarine Part, but you still have to line yourself up, stop the boat, jump in and actually spot the thing on the sea bed. Some pieces are right there in the shallows, sitting on sand or near rocks where you can see them from a distance. Others are a lot fussier. You might have to nose around in crevices, inside old wrecks, or down in darker trenches where the visibility is not great. You can easily swim straight past a part because it is half buried or tucked behind seaweed, so it pays to move slowly and pan the camera around instead of rushing back to the surface.
Is It Worth Doing
From a player's point of view, this whole side mission is less about the final reward and more about seeing parts of the map you would normally ignore. You spend so much time speeding down highways and flying over the city that you forget how big the ocean space is until you are out there with nothing but the waves and the sonar ping. You start to notice small details, the way the light hits the water, the random debris on the sea floor, even the odd shark that makes you flinch for a second. It is one of those activities you can chip away at between heists or while you are thinking about your next setup, and if you are already the sort of player who likes to buy game currency or items in RSVSR then picking up the rest of the gear you want from GTA 5 Modded Accounts fits right in with this slower, more methodical way of playing.
Getting The Mission Started
You cannot just jump into the ocean and expect the Submarine Parts to show up straight away. The game makes you earn it. First you have to push the main story far enough to finish "The Merryweather Heist." Once that is out of the way, head up the coast to Paleto Cove and look for the Sonar Collections Dock. It costs $250,000, which sounds rough, but any of the three characters can pay for it. So if Michael is broke because you spent everything on cars, let Franklin or Trevor buy the place. The catch is that only Michael can actually start the mission, so you will need to swap back to him before anything happens.
Meeting Abigail And Getting Your Gear
When the dock is yours, switch to Michael and walk over to the marker for the Strangers and Freaks mission called "Death at Sea." That is where you meet Abigail. She gives you this slightly dramatic story about her husband and a missing submarine, and that sets up the whole scavenger hunt. The good bit is what you get out of it. There is a Dinghy waiting for you with sonar on board, plus proper scuba gear, so you are not holding your breath and panicking every time you dive. Without that suit you would not last long at some of the deeper spots, so do not skip it.
How The Search Actually Works
Once you are out on the water you will end up using the Trackify app on your in game phone alongside the boat's sonar, and it feels a bit like playing hot and cold on a massive map. The sonar tells you the rough direction of the next Submarine Part, but you still have to line yourself up, stop the boat, jump in and actually spot the thing on the sea bed. Some pieces are right there in the shallows, sitting on sand or near rocks where you can see them from a distance. Others are a lot fussier. You might have to nose around in crevices, inside old wrecks, or down in darker trenches where the visibility is not great. You can easily swim straight past a part because it is half buried or tucked behind seaweed, so it pays to move slowly and pan the camera around instead of rushing back to the surface.
Is It Worth Doing
From a player's point of view, this whole side mission is less about the final reward and more about seeing parts of the map you would normally ignore. You spend so much time speeding down highways and flying over the city that you forget how big the ocean space is until you are out there with nothing but the waves and the sonar ping. You start to notice small details, the way the light hits the water, the random debris on the sea floor, even the odd shark that makes you flinch for a second. It is one of those activities you can chip away at between heists or while you are thinking about your next setup, and if you are already the sort of player who likes to buy game currency or items in RSVSR then picking up the rest of the gear you want from GTA 5 Modded Accounts fits right in with this slower, more methodical way of playing.