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The Grand Theft Auto Online Christmas winter event is finally here! Los Santos is blanketed in snow and the roads are super icy so be careful as you drive. Snowballs are being flung about with launchers, and The Gooch returns to rob you of your savings. Here you will discover how to find and get The Gooch to spawn in GTA Online 2023 so you can unlock its rare outfit.
December has been a brilliant month for the Rockstar community. The GTA 6 trailer kickstarted the month smashing a whole bunch of records, and Rockstar recently released the Chop Shop update for Grand Theft Auto Online. This update added a bunch of new drift vehicles to the game along with other fresh content to celebrate the holidays.
While the Chop Shop patch was neat, now we can all truly celebrate Christmas with Rockstar’s winter festive update. Snow has come to the sunny beaches of Los Santos, and The Grooch is lurking about.
How to get The Grooch to spawn in GTA Online 2023
You get The Grooch to spawn in GTA Online 2023 similar to its debut in 2022. You need to be in a session for at least 48 minutes in real-time, and you also need to have at least two players in the same session. In addition to these requirements, you need to have money and snacks on your person.
Provided you meet these requirements, it will randomly appear out of nowhere. There is no way to find The Grinch knockoff as it will come to you. At any location and point in your free roaming session, it will emerge from a cloud of green smoke and simply knock you on your backside. Not only will it knock you over, it will also rob you of your money and snacks.
Appearing as a red dot on your mini-map, you need to chase The Gooch and kill it. This will return your stolen money and snacks, and The Gooch will leave a gift. Pick up this gift and you will unlock the rare outfit. Last year it was a mask, but this time it is full head-to-toe drip. The timer could be shorter as Rockstar changed it overtime in 2022, but basically, stay in a session for at least 48 minutes in real-time, have at least two players in your session, and have snacks and money in your pockets. It spawns randomly, so you may have to be extra patient. Away from The Gooch, make sure to check out gtaweb to see the map and find the location of the Happy Holiday Hauler giving away gifts.
In other Grand Theft Auto news, GTA 6 fans are amazed at the realistic body physics of a woman running on the beach. Also, the alleged Lucia voice actor that has appeared online is an Instagram model lookalike.
