Easter eggs
Hidden in plain sight
Every reference, callback and in-joke the community has pulled from official GTA 6 material. Tap a card to flip it and see what it points to. Filter by source or confidence.
The Ocean View Hotel is back
A pastel art-deco hotel on the beach strip.
References
Tommy Vercetti's first safehouse in GTA: Vice City (2002).
The Boardwalk hotel
A yellow-and-white hotel called Boardwalk.
References
Modelled on Miami's real Avalon Hotel on Ocean Drive.
"Petty Forever" sticker
A small sticker fans read as PETTY FOREVER.
References
Tom Petty, whose Love Is a Long Road scores the trailer and who was a Florida native.
Tom Petty needle drop
Love Is a Long Road underscores Lucia and Jason's story.
References
Petty is Gainesville, Florida's own. The choice frames the Bonnie-and-Clyde tone.
Pißwasser and Pißwasser Nein
The beer brand on the shelves, plus a Nein variant that looks non-alcoholic.
References
GTA IV and V's Budweiser parody.
Sprunk vs eCola
The universe's cola war continues.
References
Running since Vice City in 2002.
Cluckin' Bell
The chicken chain is in Leonida.
References
The KFC parody from every 3D-era GTA.
Burger Shot
Burger Shot storefront.
References
GTA III-era Burger King parody.
Vapid and Pegassi badges
Familiar manufacturer badges on cars.
References
Vapid is the series' Ford; Pegassi its Lamborghini.
Jason's V-Rock shirt
A faded V-Rock logo tee.
References
Vice City's hard-rock station. Widely read as a tease that V-Rock returns. Rockstar has since confirmed V-Rock is back on the dial.
The lizard in Tommy's shirt
A carved lizard wearing a turquoise palm-print shirt.
References
Tommy Vercetti's signature Hawaiian shirt.
"Fixing some leaks"
Asked what he is doing, Jason says he is fixing some leaks.
References
Rockstar's own years of GTA 6 leaks, from the 2022 hack to Trailer 1 leaking a day early.
Lucia's ankle monitor
A court-ordered ankle monitor.
References
Confirms she is on supervised release, and hints at a mechanic: a radius she cannot leave.
A DualSense on the coffee table
A PS5-style controller in shot.
References
The PlayStation marketing partnership; the trailer was captured on PS5.
State of Gloriana license plates
Plates that read State of Gloriana.
References
A neighbouring state, almost certainly the Georgia analogue (Georgia was named for King George II; Gloriana was Elizabeth I's nickname). Not confirmed as playable.
The visitgloriana.com buyout
A fan registered visitgloriana.com as a joke redirect to Rockstar's site.
References
Rockstar reportedly paid around $2,000 to acquire it, which fans took as a hint the name matters.
Leonida Man mows the lawn
A man doing yard work in very little clothing.
References
The Florida Man naked yard-work headline, reframed in-world as Leonida Man.
Alligator in the convenience store
A gator strolls into a gas-station store.
References
Several real Florida viral news clips.
Dancing on a car roof on the causeway
A woman dances on the roof of a moving car.
References
A real, widely shared Florida video.
The Florida Joker
A face-tattooed character styled after a viral mugshot.
References
Lawrence Sullivan, the so-called Florida Joker, who publicly noted the resemblance.
The neck-tattoo confession headline
A gag headline about a tattoo giving a suspect away.
References
Same viral story as the Florida Joker.
Nine1Nine seaplane banner
A banner ad for a club called Nine1Nine.
References
Miami's nightclub scene. The venue shows up functioning in later footage.
Jack of Hearts
The strip club in Crosstown that Boobie Ike owns.
References
Modelled on Miami's King of Diamonds.
Thrillbilly Mud Club
A mud park with trucks, ATVs and a crowd.
References
Real Florida mud parks such as Redneck Mud Park.
Gator in the backyard pool
An alligator surfaces in a swimming pool.
References
Another real Florida viral staple.
Six named counties
Vice-Dale, Leonard, Kelly, Ambrosia, Mariana and Lummox.
References
Vice-Dale mirrors Miami-Dade, Leonard mirrors Broward. County-to-county mapping is community analysis.
Cal Hampton, online conspiracy hobbyist
A character who listens to Coast Guard radio and distrusts birds in formation.
References
A nod to real GTA leak and conspiracy culture.
Red Dead Redemption 2 on the TV
A commercial with sweeping wilderness shots.
References
Fans matched the landscape to a specific RDR2 location.
Weazel News returns
The tabloid news network framing Leonida's stories.
References
The Fox News parody from GTA IV and V.
Will there be a Sequel III?
Bully had Sequel: The Movie and GTA V had Sequel II at a Los Santos cinema.
References
Fans are hunting for the third in the chain.
The Vintage Vice City Pack
Retro Vice City cosmetics and a Tommy Vercetti-inspired weapon skin.
References
2002 nostalgia, monetised.
Is that Chop?
A Rottweiler that looks like Franklin's dog.
References
GTA V's Chop. Unconfirmed; probably just the breed.
The 99-image gallery hunt
A large official gallery the community treats as an easter-egg hunting ground.
References
Brand, location and cast spotting continues in the forum.
Primer
What GTA V taught us to look for
Rockstar hides mysteries that take the community years. If GTA VI follows suit, expect a mural, a mountain and a 100%-completion gate. These are the greatest hits.
The Mount Chiliad mural
A cryptic map inside the cable-car station, and an etching that says come back when your story is complete. It launched a decade of theories.
The UFO over Chiliad
At 3am in a thunderstorm after 100% completion, a saucer hovers over the summit. It ignores bullets and vanishes if you get too close.
The frozen alien
Under the ice during the prologue. Blink and you miss it.
The sunken UFO
A crashed saucer on the seabed at the map's northern edge, reachable by submarine.
Bigfoot in Predator
Scan the woods with the thermal scope during the mission and a Sasquatch signature hides then disappears.
The ghost of Mount Gordo
Between 11pm and midnight, Jolene Cranley-Evans hovers over a bloodstain on the summit.
The Epsilon Program
A Scientology parody cult with its own questline, donations and prophecies.
Peyote plants
Eat one and become an animal, each with its own gag.
The Infinity Killer
Eight bodies, a series of clues and a confession letter hidden across Blaine County.
Collectibles
Spaceship parts, letter scraps and nuclear waste barrels: the 100% hunts that keep people on the map for years.