GTA 6
What Is a Shark Card in GTA Online?
GTA Online's real-money purchase that adds in-game GTA$ to your bank, sold in tiers from the small Red Shark up to the Megalodon.
What is a Shark Card in GTA Online?
A Shark Card is a paid bundle of GTA$, the in-game currency of GTA Online. You buy it with real money and the cash goes straight to your character's bank. Cards come in tiers, with the Megalodon being the largest at GTA$8,000,000. The alternative is earning money in-game through heists and grinding.
How Shark Cards work
Shark Cards are bought from the in-game store or your platform's store and credited to the bank of the character you are playing. The money is shared across that account's characters only through normal in-game transfers, and it cannot be traded to other players.
Shark Cards vs earning money in-game
- Shark Cards: instant cash, but expensive for high-end items like businesses and supercars.
- Heists and businesses: free, but require time, preps and often a crew.
- GTA+: a monthly subscription that gives a GTA$ bonus and weekly perks on supported platforms.
Example
A new player wants an Oppressor Mk II right away. Instead of a Megalodon Shark Card, they buy a Kosatka and run Cayo Perico several times to pay for it with in-game money.
Shark Cards and GTA 6
Shark Cards belong to GTA Online. Rockstar has not detailed how GTA 6's online economy will be monetized, so any Shark Card balance should be treated as a GTA Online purchase.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Shark Card money be transferred to another player?
No. GTA$ from Shark Cards stays in your own account and cannot be given or traded to other players.
Is buying Shark Cards safe?
Yes, when you buy them from Rockstar or your platform's official store. Cheap "money drops" or modded cash from third parties can get your account banned or reset.