Trading

Anyone, on any team. Both of you must be on foot, alive, not cuffed, not being arrested or searched, and not in jail.

Handing something over

I, pick a pile, Give to…, pick somebody within 3.5 m, then the amount. It’s instant and one-way: they can’t refuse it, and nothing comes back.

The trade table

1. Look at the player, press X and pick Trade (within 2.5 m).
2. They answer Y to accept or L to decline. They have 10 seconds, and no answer is a no.
3. You each get a table:
   • Put something up: it leaves your pockets and sits on your side.
   • Cash: put up $10 to $100,000, or everything you carry.
   • Agree to this: once you’ve both agreed, the swap happens. Any change by either of you clears both agreements.
   • Call it off: everything goes back.

At the swap the cash is checked again. If somebody no longer has it, both agreements clear and you start over. If your pockets can’t take a pile, it goes back to whoever offered it, and the rest of the swap still happens.

A trade ends, everything going home, if you’re more than 4 m apart, get into a vehicle, die, go to jail, get cuffed, arrested or searched, teleport, disconnect or close the menu. That holds even across a restart.

What can’t be traded: anything worn or held in your hands (take it off or put it down first; see Carrying things), anything bound to you (the walkthrough’s phone), and houses and vehicles. See Items and your pockets.

There’s no fee, tax or cooldown.

Tips

• Use the table for anything valuable. Give to is a gift.
• Agree last.
• Fish are real items, so you can trade them (see Fishing). The pawn shop won’t buy them.

Related: Money · Items and your pockets · Selling stolen goods · Keys and menus