The Acid Lab is Grand Theft Auto Online’s latest business addition, and it can be a very easy way to make a lot of money. However, unlocking this new business is a lot different to any of the other Motorcycle Club ventures.
In order to obtain this business, you must first become part of the Fooliganz, and work through all of The First Dose missions with Dax at the Freakshop, before unlocking the Acid Lab at the trade price. In this guide, we go through step by step how you can unlock the Acid Lab, and begin production to maximise your business profits.
Complete The First Dose Missions
To begin your journey towards unlocking the Acid Lab, you must get stuck into The First Dose missions – a key part of the Los Santos Drug Wars update. There are six missions to complete, each getting more difficult the more you progress through.
To trigger the start of this mini-campaign, you must go to Ron Jakowski at Liquor Ace in Sandy Shores (indicated with a yellow ‘R’ on the map) and trigger the first mission – Welcome to the Troupe. Upon completing this first mission and driving Dax to the Freakshop, you will be given the option to work through the other five First Dose missions.
To move on to the next mission, you must wait for a call from Dax. After answering this call, the yellow marker will respawn for you to continue.
When you have reached the sixth mission, Off The Rails, the difficulty will amplify significantly, but you will be introduced to the Brickade 6×6 vehicle to trigger the initial setup for the Acid Lab.
In the last hurdle of this mission, you will have to steal the Brickade 6×6 from the crash site and drive it back to the Freakshop. Once this truck has been delivered, it will appear inside the Freakshop warehouse for you to view in Freemode.
Steal The Lab Equipment
Now that you have unlocked the Brickade 6×6 by completing all of The First Dose missions, you will now have to go and steal some equipment in order to unlock the Acid Lab.
If you walk up to the truck in the Freakshop, you will get a popup prompting you to find a nearby warehouse to take the equipment and unlock the Acid Lab for purchase. Here, you will have to open your map and find the three yellow squares with a smiley face on them – these are the warehouse locations you can steal from.
These locations are randomised, but will all sit in the East and South of Los Santos. Mark one of the three locations as a waypoint, and go there to begin the Acid Lab setup mission.
When you arrive at the warehouse, you will be prompted to interact with a yellow circle outside the building to trigger the raid. Inside the warehouse, there will be between four and six enemies initially that you must eliminate before trying to steal the equipment.
A few enemies will spawn throughout the raid, so keep an eye out on your mini-map for red dots.
Now that the warehouse is clear, find the yellow forklift truck that is parked in front of a pallet of equipment to steal. The pallets are indicated with a bouncing green arrow, so are quite easy to find in the warehouse. You must get in the forklift and pick up the pallet that is in front of you, before driving to the empty flatbed truck that is always located directly opposite the door you entered through.
There is a small metal ramp in front of the flatbed, so you need to get a bit of speed to get it up when you are carrying the equipment.
When you get to the truck, lower the pallet onto the flatbed, and the equipment will move into one of the three spots to show it has been successfully loaded. You must collect and move a total of three pallets onto the truck to complete the raid.
Once you have loaded all three pallets, you will be prompted to get into the truck to drive out of the warehouse. Here, you must drive the truck back to the Freakshop in order to complete the mission, but you will be followed by some enemies, so take them out if they become an issue.
Speak With Mutt To Complete The Setup
Now that the equipment has been delivered to the Freakshop, you can go and speak to Mutt at the workbench (indicated with a hammer and screwdriver) to trigger the purchase of the Acid Lab. This will cost $750,000, which is the trade price of the vehicle, so it pays off to have completed all of the First Dose missions.
By purchasing the truck, Mutt will kit out the laboratory area in the back with the equipment you previously stole, and you are able to begin production almost instantly.
Similarly to other service vehicles in Grand Theft Auto Online, you can call the Acid Lab to be delivered to your location through the Services section of the interaction menu.
How To Upgrade The Acid Lab
Once your Acid Lab is all up and running, it is worth getting the equipment upgrade to maximise production and profits. To unlock this upgrade, you must complete ten of Dax’s Fooligan missions.
There are five missions available to request from Dax:
- Crop Dustin’
- Write-Off
- Liquid Assets
- Working Remotely
- Heavy Metal
You can request a job by phoning Dax, and you will randomly be given one of the five missions – of which you need to complete ten in total to unlock the upgrade.
There is a 48-minute cooldown between each Fooligan mission, so it will be a long process to get the upgrade.
When you have completed ten of the missions in total, you can go to Mutt at the workbench and purchase the equipment upgrade for $250,000.