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GTA 6 cheat codes leak: the full list and the catch

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A list of “leaked” GTA 6 cheat codes is spreading on Instagram, but it is a rumor: Rockstar Games has neither confirmed nor denied any GTA 6 cheats. Every code word on the list matches a GTA V cheat, so the honest reading is “GTA V codes that might return”, not a GTA 6 leak.

Less than two weeks before launch, a photo of a crumpled sheet of paper starts doing laps on Instagram. A GTA-style character holds it up to the camera. The heading says Grand Theft Auto VI, and underneath are button combos for invincibility, weapons and a helicopter. The caption on the post shouts that the cheat codes have leaked. The next line quietly adds that Rockstar hasn’t confirmed them.

That second line is the whole story. Below are all 35 codes from the post, what they actually are, and what is known.

Label: rumor and news. Nothing here is confirmed for GTA 6. We have not tested any of these codes in GTA 6, because nobody outside Rockstar can yet.

Official video: Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look, from Rockstar Games on YouTube.

Where did the GTA 6 cheat codes leak come from?

A tattooed man with a gold chain talks on his phone in a dim room in Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look
A scene from Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look. Image: Rockstar Games (official video still).

The list went viral through a 13-slide carousel from the Instagram creator @rockyplaynation, titled “GTA VI cheat codes have leaked” (see the original post). By the evening of November 7, 2026, it had around 24,500 likes and 30,600 shares.

The slides are screenshots of a fan cheat page that mentions WikiGTA6, with PS5 and Xbox Series X|S button inputs for each cheat. Every single entry carries an “UNCONFIRMED” tag. The caption says the same: “they are still unconfirmed by Rockstar.”

Rockstar Games has not commented. It hasn’t confirmed the list, and it hasn’t denied it. Grand Theft Auto VI launches on November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, so no one can check these codes before then.

What are the rumored GTA 6 cheat codes?

Here is the full list from the carousel, grouped the way the slides group them. The last column is the word you type on PC in GTA V, which the slides label “GTA V PC”. Codes marked * were cut off in the screenshots, so we took the word from published GTA V cheat lists.

Health, armor and wanted level (all unconfirmed for GTA 6)

CheatPS5Xbox Series X|SGTA V PC word
Invincibility→ ✕ → ← → R1 → ← ✕ △→ A → ← → RB → ← A YPAINKILLER
Max health and armor○ L1 △ R2 ✕ □ ○ → □ L1 L1 L1B LB Y RT A X B → X LB LB LBTURTLE
Recharge special ability✕ ✕ □ R1 L1 ✕ → ← ✕A A X RB LB A → ← APOWERUP
Lower wanted levelR1 R1 ○ R2 → ← → ← → ←RB RB B RT → ← → ← → ←LAWYERUP
Raise wanted levelR1 R1 ○ R2 ← → ← → ← →RB RB B RT ← → ← → ← →FUGITIVE

Weapons and ammo (all unconfirmed for GTA 6)

CheatPS5Xbox Series X|SGTA V PC word
Give weapons△ R2 ← L1 ✕ → △ ↓ □ L1 L1 L1Y RT ← LB A → Y ↓ X LB LB LBTOOLUP
Explosive ammo→ □ ✕ ← R1 R2 ← → → L1 L1 L1→ X A ← RB RT ← → → LB LB LBHIGHEX
Flaming bulletsL1 R1 □ R1 ← R2 R1 ← □ → L1 L1LB RB X RB ← RT RB ← X → LB LBINCENDIARY
Explosive melee→ ← ✕ △ R1 ○ ○ ○ L2→ ← A Y RB B B B LTHOTHANDS
Slow motion aim□ L2 R1 △ ← □ L2 → ✕X LT RB Y ← X LT → ADEADEYE

Jump, run, swim and fall (all unconfirmed for GTA 6)

CheatPS5Xbox Series X|SGTA V PC word
Super jump← ← △ △ → → ← → □ R1 R2← ← Y Y → → ← → X RB RTHOPTOIT
Fast run△ ← → → L2 L1 □Y ← → → LT LB XCATCHME
Fast swim← ← L1 → → R2 ← L2 →← ← LB → → RT ← LT →GOTGILLS
SkyfallL1 L2 R1 R2 ← → ← → L1 L2 R1 R2 ← → ← →LB LT RB RT ← → ← → LB LT RB RT ← → ← →SKYFALL
Give parachute← → L1 L2 R1 R2 R2 ← ← → L1← → LB LT RB RT RT ← ← → LBSKYDIVE
Moon gravity← ← L1 R1 L1 → ← L1 ←← ← LB RB LB → ← LB ←FLOATER

Weather and physics (all unconfirmed for GTA 6)

CheatPS5Xbox Series X|SGTA V PC word
Change weatherR2 ✕ L1 L1 L2 L2 L2 □RT A LB LB LT LT LT XMAKEITRAIN
Slippery cars△ R1 R1 ← R1 L1 R2 L1Y RB RB ← RB LB RT LBSNOWDAY
Slow motion△ ← → → □ R2 R1Y ← → → X RT RBSLOWMO
Drunk mode△ → → ← → □ ○ ←Y → → ← → X B ←LIQUOR

Vehicle spawns (all unconfirmed for GTA 6)

CheatPS5Xbox Series X|SGTA V PC word
Buzzard helicopter○ ○ L1 ○ ○ ○ L1 L2 R1 △ ○ △B B LB B B B LB LT RB Y B YBUZZOFF
Comet sports carR1 ○ R2 → L1 L2 ✕ ✕ □ R1RB B RT → LB LT A A X RBCOMET
Rapid GTR2 L1 ○ → L1 R1 → ← ○ R2RT LB B → LB RB → ← B RTRAPIDGT*
Stretch limoR2 → L2 ← ← R1 L1 ○ →RT → LT ← ← RB LB B →VINEWOOD
Trashmaster○ R1 ○ R1 ← ← R1 L1 ○ →B RB B RB ← ← RB LB B →TRASHED
Sanchez dirt bike○ ✕ L1 ○ ○ L1 ○ R1 R2 L2 L1 L1B A LB B B LB B RB RT LT LB LBOFFROAD
PCJ-600 motorbikeR1 → ← → R2 ← → □ → L2 L1 L1RB → ← → RT ← → X → LT LB LBROCKET*
BMX← ← → → ← → □ ○ △ R1 R2← ← → → ← → X B Y RB RTBANDIT
Duster plane→ ← R1 R1 R1 ← △ △ ✕ ○ L1 L1→ ← RB RB RB ← Y Y A B LB LBFLYSPRAY
Stunt plane○ → L1 L2 ← R1 L1 L1 ← ← ✕ △B → LB LT ← RB LB LB ← ← A YBARNSTORM
Golf caddy○ L1 ← R1 L2 ✕ R1 L1 ○ ✕B LB ← RB LT A RB LB B AHOLEIN1*

Phone and PC only (no button code in GTA V): Dodo seaplane (EXTINCT), Duke O’Death muscle car (DEATHCAR), Kraken submarine (BUBBLES) and Director Mode (JRTALENT). In GTA V, you dial 1-999 plus the word on the in-game phone, so PAINKILLER becomes 1-999-724-654-5537.

Are these real GTA 6 cheats or GTA V codes?

A man with a dust mask around his neck stands in a garage in Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look
A garage scene from Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look. Image: Rockstar Games (official video still).

We checked the code words against published GTA V cheat lists from PC Gamer and PCGamesN. Every word we looked up, from PAINKILLER to BUZZOFF to HOLEIN1, is a GTA V cheat with the same effect. The vehicles are GTA V vehicles too, and the fan page itself says so.

The carousel admits it on its last slide: “35 from GTA V”, described as “the most likely to return”, with the status tag “GTA V code, not yet tested in GTA 6”. It also says GTA 6 cheats confirmed so far: zero.

Here’s the complication. In a pinned comment, the creator wrote that this is “not the fake news” and that the codes are “definitely” not GTA 5 cheat codes. That clashes with the post’s own final slide. One more catch: GTA 6 isn’t coming to PC at launch, so the PC words can only work in GTA V for now.

Will GTA 6 have cheat codes at all?

A man in glasses and a bandana sits in a dark vehicle in Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look
A scene from Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look. Image: Rockstar Games (official video still).

Probably, but that’s a guess based on history. Every main GTA since the 1990s has shipped with cheats, and GTA V kept the button codes on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2022. Rockstar hasn’t said anything about GTA 6 cheats either way.

If GTA 6 does have them, expect GTA V’s rules: story mode only, never in online play, and trophies or achievements switched off while a cheat is active. And don’t expect a money cheat. GTA V never had one.

Be careful with any site that promises “working” GTA 6 codes, generators or early access before November 19. Those are a common bait for account theft. Rockstar’s own channels will be the first place real cheats show up.

Pylcrow’s take: a fair guess dressed up as a leak

That crumpled sheet of paper isn’t a leak. It’s a GTA V cheat sheet with a GTA 6 logo on top. That doesn’t make it useless: if Rockstar keeps its old codes, this is a decent first guess. It just isn’t news from inside Rockstar.

ClaimTruth label
GTA 6 launches November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|SDocumented (Rockstar)
These are leaked GTA 6 cheat codesClaimed (Instagram post), not confirmed or denied by Rockstar
The code words match GTA V’s cheatsDocumented (GTA V cheat lists, and the post’s own last slide)
GTA V’s codes will carry over to GTA 6Unresolved
GTA 6 will have cheats in some formInterpreted (series history)

Verdict: treat the list as a rumor. Save it if you like, try it on November 19, and wait for Rockstar before you believe anyone who says they “work”.

Quick answers

Can I use GTA 6 cheats in GTA Online? Nobody knows yet. In GTA V, cheats only work in story mode, never online.

When will real GTA 6 cheats be known? Once the game is out on November 19, 2026, when players can test codes and Rockstar may publish its own list.

Read next: GTA 6 pre-load: when it starts and the 212 GB catch. More in Video Games.

Sources: @rockyplaynation on Instagram (the rumor); Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto VI; PC Gamer and PCGamesN (GTA V cheat lists). Truth labels are Pylcrow’s judgment as of November 7, 2026.

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