Potshot is a contact mission available to the player in Grand Theft Auto Online. Whilst heavily implied it is performed for Trevor Phillips, it is not offered via a phone message but started by walking into the blue corona (marked by a star icon on the players radar) on the dirt road leading to the farm in GTA Online freemode between 04:00 am and 12 midday.
Overview
Some of Trevor's competitors are growing high-grade weed in Braddock Farm and shipping it out via van. He wants the next shipment to be intercepted and delivered to his trailer. Players must assault the farm, clearing out any gang members in their way, and hijack the van before a gang member enters it and escapes.
Strategy
- This mission can easily be done solo with the following strategy:
- Kill the two gang members guarding the entrance to the farm.
- Wait at the bridge until a gang member enters the van and attempts to escape.
- When the van reaches the bridge, kill the driver and steal it.
Mission Objectives
- Steal the van.
- Deliver the van to Trevor's trailer.
Trivia
- The mission's name "Potshot", is a play on words. "Pot" is slang for weed, which is what the gang are growing and shipping out. A "potshot" is a gunshot fired without precise aim and little effort.
- This is one of six co-op "contact" missions not directly given by the contacts in GTA Online (including Coveted, Coasting, Crystal Clear Out II & III and Dirt Road). It can be accessed immediately upon reaching the required Rank by the Start>Online>Jobs menu or by walking into the job corona on the map (although the map coronas are limited by time of day).
- As of update 350.2 (PC) these missions have once again been removed from the job menu list but can still be found at their coronas on the map.
- The weed boxes in the back of the van will disappear when the cinematic camera is activated, due to render distances. They will reappear when the cinematic camera is disabled.
- Strangely, the vans tires are bulletproof. This may be intentional for making the mission harder since the player can only stop the van by killing the gang members.