The Gooch Event returns this year in GTA Online, and this guide has all the details on the Gooch location, and how to get the Gooch Outfit for your wardrobe.
Like any GTA Online Random Event, there are some criteria to be met in order to make the Gooch spawn, but thankfully the RNG is easy to trigger in your favor.
How To Get The Gooch To Spawn In Grand Theft Auto Online
Before you begin, be sure to be in a Free Mode session, and remain connected for an entire in-game day, which amounts to 48 real-world minutes, with a bare minimum of two players in the session. Also have some cash and snacks in hand to entice the Gooch to approach you. Finally, the Gooch will only approach pedestrians, so you will have to be on foot while you wait. However, there have been reported instances where the Gooch will yank players out of idling vehicles, and even helicopters hovering low to the ground.
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If you’re having trouble because the Gooch is not spawning, missing one of the requirements listed above would be the reason.
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Once these criteria have been achieved however, the Gooch will suddenly appear in a puff of green smoke and start sprinting towards you. Allow the Gooch to knock you down, and pilfer your cash and belongings. This will now designate the Gooch as an enemy, demonstrated by the red dot appearing on the minimap.
How To Unlock The Gooch Outfit In Grand Theft Auto Online
Get back on your feet and take down the Gooch by any means necessary. Once the Gooch has been defeated, the corpse will disappear in another puff of green, leaving behind a gift, which is also visible on the minimap, for you to collect. Inside will be the Gooch Outfit, the Gooch Mask if you didn’t get it during Festive Surprise 2022, and 25K GTA$, as well as all the money and snacks stolen off of you.
Subsequent encounters with the Gooch during the Festive Surprise 2023 event will only net you more GTA$ and your stolen items.
Find And Wear The Gooch Outfit In GTA Online
The following prompt should’ve appeared in the top-left corner:
“The Gooch Outfit has been unlocked and added to your wardrobe.”
To put the outfit on, navigate to:
- Clothing
- Outfits
- Outfits: Festive
- The Gooch Outfit
Tip: Because the Gooch attacks you and becomes marked as an enemy, only you will ever see the red dot on the minimap. Other players can still see the Gooch physically in the game world, and even kill the Gooch, but they will not receive the rewards for doing so.
Bear in mind that the Gooch event ends Thursday, January 4, 2024 when the regular GTA Online weekly reset usually happens.
