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{{Infobox DLC
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|name = The Festive Surprise
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'''The Festive Surprise''' is a content update for ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto Online]]'', released on December 18th, 2014 updating to version 1.19 on PS3 and Xbox 360 and Online to version 1.21 (<span style="font-size:13.63636302948px;">Story mode to 1.05)</span><span style="font-size:14px;"> on PS4 and Xbox One.</span>
  
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|game = ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''<br>''[[Grand Theft Auto Online]]''
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|release dates = [http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/52367/the-gta-online-festive-surprise December 18th, 2014] (UTC)
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|protagonists = [[Michael De Santa]]<br>[[Franklin Clinton]]<br>[[Trevor Philips]]<br>[[GTA Online Protagonist]]
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|front_image = GTAV-Festive-Surprise-Title.jpg
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|image_size = 300
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|announced = December 18th, 2014 (UTC)
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|availability =
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{{BP}}December 18, 2014 - January 5, 2015<br>
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{{BP}}[[Festive Surprise 2015|December 18, 2015 - January 5, 2016]]<br>
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{{BP}}[[Festive Surprise 2016|December 20, 2016 - January 5, 2017]]<br>
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{{BP}}[[Festive Surprise 2017|December 19, 2017 - January 1, 2018]]<br>
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{{BP}}[[Festive Surprise 2018|December 18, 2018 - January 7, 2019]]
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|preceded = [[The Last Team Standing Update]]
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|succeeded = [[Heists Update]]
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{{Disambiglink|For all Festive Surprise DLCs and events, see [[Festive Surprise (disambiguation)]].}}
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'''Festive Surprise''' is a content update for ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto Online]]'', initially released on December 18th, 2014.
   
 
==Description==
  
==Description==
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Festive Surprise marks the second celebration of Christmas. It continues every year under the same name, succeeded by [[Festive Surprise 2015]], another DLC with additional content, and [[Festive Surprise 2016]] and [[Festive Surprise 2017|2017]], events which re-released existing content from all previous years and released new content hidden in the game files of [[GTA Online: Import/Export|previous]] [[GTA Online: The Doomsday Heist|updates]].
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The update features 4 vehicles including the [[Vapid]] [[Slamvan]], a clean variant of the [[Rat-Loader]] called the [[Rat-Truck]], a racing [[Massacro]] and a racing [[Jester]]. Over 90 new festive clothing options and 5 new themed masks are available. These are free, but available for a limited time. 30 new tattoos are available at all [[Tattoo Parlors]]. Themed clothing and masks from last year's [[Holiday Gifts|Christmas special]] are also available again.
  
   
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The update features all of the content from the [[Holiday Gifts]] update, along with new Christmas-themed content. Four new vehicles have been added, including the [[Vapid]] [[Slamvan]], [[Rat-Truck]], [[Massacro (Racecar)]], and [[Jester (Racecar)]]. Over ninety new festive clothing options and two new weapons, the [[Homing Launcher]] and [[Proximity Mines]], are available. These are free, but available for a limited time while vehicles and the new weapons remain permanently available for purchase. Christmas trees have been added to all apartments. Also, thirty new tattoos are purchasable at all [[Tattoo Parlors]]. Snow also returned the game for a limited time.
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== Special Crate Drops ==
  
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==Special Crate Drops==
 
[[Crate Drops|Special crate]] drops will also be dropping unlimited copies of the past events each day. Each day a new unique item and after that 24 hour they will be unobtainable. This includes, [[Beer Hats|beer hats]] and many limited edition T-Shirts. The GTA: Online servers run on a GMT timezone so it is important to know when the servers update to the next special item.
  
[[Crate Drops|Special crate]] drops will also be dropping unlimited copies of the past events each day. Each day a new unique item and after that 24 hour they will be unobtainable. This includes, [[Beer Hats|beer hats]] and many limited edition T-Shirts. The GTA: Online servers run on a GMT timezone so it is important to know when the servers update to the next special item.
   
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=== New Crate Items: ===
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===Crate Items===
 
* The [[Base 5]] T-Shirt can be found in crates as the clothing brand makes a return from [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
  
* The [[Base 5]] T-Shirt can be found in crates as the clothing brand makes a return from [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
 
* The [[Crocs Bar]] T-Shirt is a shirt that commemorates the Crocs Bar from [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]].
  
* The [[Crocs Bar]] T-Shirt is a shirt that commemorates the Crocs Bar from [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]].
 
* The [[Vivisection]] T-Shirt that displays the game board logo that could be found advertised in various places in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]].
  
* The [[Vivisection]] T-Shirt that displays the game board logo that could be found advertised in various places in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]].
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* The [[Emotion 98.3]] T-Shirt was added to[[Grand Theft Auto Online|&nbsp;GTA Online]], although glitches had unlocked it for some players previously, it is now officially available.
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* The [[Emotion 98.3]] T-Shirt was added to ''GTA Online'', although glitches had unlocked it for some players previously, it is now officially available.
 
* The [[Jakey's|J-Lager]] beer hat was added as it was unobtainable during the [[Independence Day Update]], but found by a select few that managed to glitch it.
  
* The [[Jakey's|J-Lager]] beer hat was added as it was unobtainable during the [[Independence Day Update]], but found by a select few that managed to glitch it.
   
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(Due to the PSN and Xbox LIVE being hacked by the Lizard Squad, many players were left unable to obtain special crate drops. Rockstar extended crate drops for the days in which connection issues were numerous.)
  
(Due to the PSN and Xbox LIVE being hacked by the Lizard Squad, many players were left unable to obtain special crate drops. Rockstar extended crate drops for the days in which connection issues were numerous.)
 
* January 09 - [[Vivisection]] T-Shirt
  
* January 09 - [[Vivisection]] T-Shirt
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* January 10 - TBA
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* January 10 - [[Supa Wet]] & [[Blarneys Stout|Blarney's]] Beer Hat
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* January 11 - TBA
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* January 11 - "[[Manhunt|Please Stop Me]]" Mask
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==Update Contents==
  
==Update Contents==
 
===Weapons===
  
===Weapons===
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!Description
  
!Description
 
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|[[File:Homing Rocket Launcher GTAV.png|250px]]
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|[[File:Homing Rocket Launcher GTAV.png|center|200px]]
 
|[[Homing Launcher]]
  
|[[Homing Launcher]]
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|A Rocket launcher based on the [[wp:FIM-92 Stinger|FIM-92 Stinger]].
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|A Rocket launcher based on the [[wp:9K32 Strela-2|SA-7 Grail]] and the [[wp:FIM-92 Stinger|FIM-92 Stinger]].
 
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|[[File:Proximity Mine GTAV.png|250px]]
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|[[File:Proximity Mine GTAV.png|center|200px]]
 
|[[Proximity Mines]]
  
|[[Proximity Mines]]
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|Thrown weapon that explodes when a person/vehicle approachs.
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|Thrown weapon that explodes when a person/vehicle approaches.
 
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|<center>[[File:SnowballRender-GTAV.png|100px]]</center>
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|[[File:SnowballRender-GTAV.png|center|200px]]
 
|[[Snowballs]]
  
|[[Snowballs]]
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|Special weapon available only during the season holiday.
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|Special weapon available only during the season holiday. No longer available as of January 1, 2015.
 
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|[[File:Fireworks_Launcher.png|thumb|centre|250x250px]]
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|[[File:Fireworks_Launcher.png|center|200px]]
 
|[[Firework Launcher]]
  
|[[Firework Launcher]]
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|Temporarily available again. Free on December 25, 2014 and January 1, 2015.
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|Initially released with the [[Independence Day Special]]. Temporarily available again. Free on December 25, 2014 and January 1, 2015.
 
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===Vehicles===
  
===Vehicles===
 
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|[[File:Slamvan-GTAV-front.png|center|200px]]
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|[[Vapid]] [[Slamvan]]
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|Pick-up version of the Slamvan from ''[[TLAD]]''.
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[[Vapid]] [[Slamvan]]
  
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|Pick-up version of the Slamvan in [[TLAD]].
  
 
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|[[File:Rat-Truck-GTAV-front.png|130px]]
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|[[File:Rat-Truck-GTAV-front.png|center|200px]]
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|[[Bravado]] [[Rat-Truck]]
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[[Bravado]] [[Rat-Truck]]
  
 
|Clean variant of the [[Rat-Loader]].
  
|Clean variant of the [[Rat-Loader]].
 
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|[[File:Massacro(Racecar)-GTAV-front.png|center|200px]]
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|[[Dewbauchee]] [[Massacro (Racecar)]]
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[[Dewbauchee]] [[Massacro|Massacro (Racecar)]]
  
 
|Racecar variant of the Massacro.
  
|Racecar variant of the Massacro.
 
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|[[File:Jester(Racecar)-GTAV-front.png|center|200px]]
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|[[Dinka]] [[Jester (Racecar)]]
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[[Dinka]] [[Jester|Jester (Racecar)]]
  
 
|Racecar variant of the Jester.
  
|Racecar variant of the Jester.
 
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===Character Customization===
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==Christmas "Gifts"==
  
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{{Main|Festive Surprise/Character Customization}}
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One-hundred-and-sixty clothing options have been made available (81 male clothing, and 79 female clothing). Items consist of hats, masks, pajamas, shirts, pants, shoes, and scarves.
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==Christmas Gifts==
 
The patch notes indicated that logging in on Christmas Day will reward the player with an unspecified gift, while logging in on Christmas eve, New Years eve and New Years day will gift[[Firework Launcher| Firework Launchers]] and free ammo.
  
The patch notes indicated that logging in on Christmas Day will reward the player with an unspecified gift, while logging in on Christmas eve, New Years eve and New Years day will gift[[Firework Launcher| Firework Launchers]] and free ammo.
   
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==Galleries==
  
==Galleries==
 
=== Features ===
  
=== Features ===
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<gallery position="center" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
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GTAV-Homing-Rocket-Launcher-Festive.jpg|The new [[Homing Rocket Launcher]].
  
GTAV-Homing-Rocket-Launcher-Festive.jpg|The new [[Homing Rocket Launcher]].
 
GTAV-Proximity-Mine-Festive.jpg|A snowball fight.
  
GTAV-Proximity-Mine-Festive.jpg|A snowball fight.
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=== Clothing gallery ===
  
=== Clothing gallery ===
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Stocking-Mask-GTA_Online.jpg|Stocking mask gift.
  
Stocking-Mask-GTA_Online.jpg|Stocking mask gift.
 
GTAV-Festive-Clothes.jpg|The new clothing.
  
GTAV-Festive-Clothes.jpg|The new clothing.
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* The two newly added vehicles, the Vapid Slamvan and the Bravado Rat-Truck, which are vehicles from the 1930's-1950's, are a reference to Christmas specials [[wikipedia:It's a Wonderful Life|''It's a Wonderful Life'']] and [[wikipedia: A Christmas Story|''A Christmas Story'']], which take place in that era.
  
* The two newly added vehicles, the Vapid Slamvan and the Bravado Rat-Truck, which are vehicles from the 1930's-1950's, are a reference to Christmas specials [[wikipedia:It's a Wonderful Life|''It's a Wonderful Life'']] and [[wikipedia: A Christmas Story|''A Christmas Story'']], which take place in that era.
 
* It is the first update to add a thrown weapon into the game.
  
* It is the first update to add a thrown weapon into the game.
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* There is an unfortunate [https://support.rockstargames.com/hc/en-us/articles/204382233 bug] introduced in this patch where sometimes when the player holds the button to activate the interaction menu, instead of getting the interaction menu, the game will lag severely until the player dies or leaves the session. This makes usual tasks such as ordering your [[Personal Vehicles|personal vehicle]], switching to [[Passive Mode|passive mode]] and starting an [[Impromptu Races|impromptu race]], difficult and even impossible. This bug was not fixed in the subsequent 1.20/1.06/1.22 patch released a week later.
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* There was an unfortunate [https://support.rockstargames.com/hc/en-us/articles/204382233 bug] introduced in this patch where sometimes when the player held the button down to activate the [[Interaction Menu]], instead of getting the interaction menu, the game would lag severely until the player died or left the session. This made usual tasks such as ordering a [[Personal Vehicles|personal vehicle]], switching to [[Passive Mode|passive mode]] and starting an [[Impromptu Races|impromptu race]], difficult and even impossible. This bug was not fixed in the subsequent 1.20/1.06/1.22 patch released a week later.
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==References==
  
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See [[Grand Theft Auto V/Title Update Notes|Title Update Notes]].
  
   
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==See Also==
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*[[Festive Surprise 2015]] - [[2015]] release.
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*[[Holiday Gifts]] - [[2013]] release.
 
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Revision as of 09:43, 18 January 2020


For all Festive Surprise DLCs and events, see Festive Surprise (disambiguation).

Festive Surprise is a content update for Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online, initially released on December 18th, 2014.

Description

Festive Surprise marks the second celebration of Christmas. It continues every year under the same name, succeeded by Festive Surprise 2015, another DLC with additional content, and Festive Surprise 2016 and 2017, events which re-released existing content from all previous years and released new content hidden in the game files of previous updates.

The update features all of the content from the Holiday Gifts update, along with new Christmas-themed content. Four new vehicles have been added, including the Vapid Slamvan, Rat-Truck, Massacro (Racecar), and Jester (Racecar). Over ninety new festive clothing options and two new weapons, the Homing Launcher and Proximity Mines, are available. These are free, but available for a limited time while vehicles and the new weapons remain permanently available for purchase. Christmas trees have been added to all apartments. Also, thirty new tattoos are purchasable at all Tattoo Parlors. Snow also returned the game for a limited time.

Special Crate Drops

Special crate drops will also be dropping unlimited copies of the past events each day. Each day a new unique item and after that 24 hour they will be unobtainable. This includes, beer hats and many limited edition T-Shirts. The GTA: Online servers run on a GMT timezone so it is important to know when the servers update to the next special item.

Crate Items

Special Crate Drop Content by Date:

Rockstar's Extended Special Crate Drops:

(Due to the PSN and Xbox LIVE being hacked by the Lizard Squad, many players were left unable to obtain special crate drops. Rockstar extended crate drops for the days in which connection issues were numerous.)

Update Contents

Weapons

Image Name Description
Homing Rocket Launcher GTAV
 Homing Launcher A Rocket launcher based on the SA-7 Grail and the FIM-92 Stinger.
Proximity Mine GTAV
 Proximity Mines Thrown weapon that explodes when a person/vehicle approaches.
SnowballRender-GTAV
 Snowballs Special weapon available only during the season holiday. No longer available as of January 1, 2015.
Fireworks Launcher
 Firework Launcher Initially released with the Independence Day Special. Temporarily available again. Free on December 25, 2014 and January 1, 2015.

Vehicles

Image Name Description
Slamvan-GTAV-front
 Vapid Slamvan Pick-up version of the Slamvan from TLAD.
Rat-Truck-GTAV-front
 Bravado Rat-Truck Clean variant of the Rat-Loader.
Massacro(Racecar)-GTAV-front
 Dewbauchee Massacro (Racecar) Racecar variant of the Massacro.
Jester(Racecar)-GTAV-front
 Dinka Jester (Racecar) Racecar variant of the Jester.

Character Customization

Main article: Festive Surprise/Character Customization

One-hundred-and-sixty clothing options have been made available (81 male clothing, and 79 female clothing). Items consist of hats, masks, pajamas, shirts, pants, shoes, and scarves.

Christmas Gifts

The patch notes indicated that logging in on Christmas Day will reward the player with an unspecified gift, while logging in on Christmas eve, New Years eve and New Years day will gift Firework Launchers and free ammo.

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Players who log in on either the 24th December, 31st December, or the 1st January will be gifted a Firework Launcher with five rounds. The launcher will be permanently added to the player’s inventory. Players who already own the launcher will receive 5 rounds when logging in on each of the above days. The Christmas Day Gift will be available only to players who log in to play GTA Online on 25th Please note that this is only available from the Christmas Day Gift and cannot be purchased.
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— Rockstar patch notes

The Christmas Gift comprised of:

Additional Features

  • Players can now purchase a 3rd property.
  • Firework Launcher was available from 24th December until the 5th January.
  • Deadzone and Acceleration sliders have been added to control settings.
  • Five new parachute bags were added.
  • A Christmas tree is added to all apartments and Legion Square.
  • Snowballs added whilst Snowy weather is active. These can be gathered and stored by pressing D-pad Left when a player is unarmed. Nine Snowballs can be stored at a time and will disappear when swapping sessions or starting Jobs.
  • Issues with trees and foliage not moving with the wind on PS4 and Xbox One renditions are fixed.
  • The issue where adding Turbo upgrades to a vehicle made it slower is now fixed, along with many other bugs.

Galleries

Features

Clothing gallery

Video

Festive_Surprise_Update_(All_Contents)

Trivia

  • The two newly added vehicles, the Vapid Slamvan and the Bravado Rat-Truck, which are vehicles from the 1930's-1950's, are a reference to Christmas specials It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story, which take place in that era.
  • It is the first update to add a thrown weapon into the game.
  • There was an unfortunate bug introduced in this patch where sometimes when the player held the button down to activate the Interaction Menu, instead of getting the interaction menu, the game would lag severely until the player died or left the session. This made usual tasks such as ordering a personal vehicle, switching to passive mode and starting an impromptu race, difficult and even impossible. This bug was not fixed in the subsequent 1.20/1.06/1.22 patch released a week later.

See Also

Navigation

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Original version updates
(PS3 and Xbox 360)		Beach Bum Update | Holiday Gifts | The Valentine's Day Massacre Special | The Business Update | The High Life Update | The "I'm Not a Hipster" Update | The Independence Day Special | The San Andreas Flight School Update | The Last Team Standing Update
Mutual updates
(PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One and PC)		Festive Surprise | Heists | Ill-Gotten Gains Part 1 | Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2
Enhanced version updates
(PS4, Xbox One and PC)		Freemode Events Update | Lowriders | Halloween Surprise | Executives and Other Criminals | Festive Surprise 2015 | January 2016 Update | Be My Valentine | Lowriders: Custom Classics | Further Adventures in Finance and Felony | Cunning Stunts | Bikers | Import/Export | Cunning Stunts: Special Vehicle Circuit | Gunrunning | Smuggler's Run | The Doomsday Heist | Southern San Andreas Super Sport Series | After Hours | Arena War | The Diamond Casino & Resort | The Diamond Casino Heist | Los Santos Summer Special | The Cayo Perico Heist | Los Santos Tuners | The Contract
Mutual updates
(PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X)		The Criminal Enterprises | Los Santos Drug Wars | San Andreas Mercenaries | The Chop Shop
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