GTA Online Yacht 60% Off: Is This Ridiculous Boat Worth It?
- Niels Gys
- 2 days ago
- 3 min read
Quick Answer
Yes, if you already wanted a Galaxy Super Yacht. No, if you're buying one to make money.
From July 30 through August 5, all three Galaxy Super Yachts and their modifications are 60% off, dropping the cheapest Orion from GTA$6 million to GTA$2.4 million. A Superyacht Life missions are also paying 2X GTA$ & RP this week.
That's one of the best Yacht buying opportunities GTA Online offers.
It still doesn't turn the Yacht into a business.
It's a gigantic floating luxury apartment that occasionally allows you to do crimes.
Galaxy Super Yacht Prices This Week
Yacht | Normal Price | 60% Off |
Orion | GTA$6,000,000 | GTA$2,400,000 |
Pisces | GTA$7,000,000 | GTA$2,800,000 |
Aquarius | GTA$8,000,000 | GTA$3,200,000 |
Customization options are also 60% off this week.
The base prices themselves are unchanged outside the event, with Orion, Pisces and Aquarius normally costing GTA$6M, GTA$7M and GTA$8M respectively.
Saving GTA$3.6M-4.8M on the base Yacht is enormous.
The question is whether you needed the enormous thing in the first place.
Does the Yacht Make Good Money?
No.
Owning a Galaxy Super Yacht unlocks A Superyacht Life, a series of missions that can be played solo or cooperatively with up to four players. Those missions are paying 2X GTA$ & RP this week.
That's a nice temporary bonus.
It does not transform the Yacht into an Acid Lab wearing deck shoes.
There is no passive production empire humming beneath the jacuzzi. You're not buying stock, converting supplies into product or recovering millions through regular business sales.
You are buying a luxury property with associated missions and amenities.
If your objective is return on investment, there are vastly better places to put several million GTA dollars.
If your objective is owning an absurd floating palace because you've already robbed half of San Andreas, the financial argument becomes rather less relevant.
Which Yacht Should You Buy?
The Orion at GTA$2.4M is the cheapest way into Yacht ownership and A Superyacht Life.
The Pisces costs GTA$2.8M this week and adds a second helipad, hot tub and a larger collection of included vehicles.
The flagship Aquarius costs GTA$3.2M, down from GTA$8M, and includes two helipads, a SuperVolito Carbon helicopter, Toro, Dinghy and four Seasharks.
From a purely financial perspective, buy the Orion.
From a Yacht perspective?
You are already spending millions on a boat that cannot be freely sailed around the map. Financial restraint left the building several paragraphs ago.
At only GTA$800K more than the discounted Orion, the Aquarius becomes considerably easier to justify if you're buying a Yacht specifically because you want the full ridiculous Yacht experience.
Is 60% Off the Time to Buy?
Yes.
This is exactly the kind of purchase where waiting for a major discount makes sense.
The Orion saves GTA$3.6M.
The Pisces saves GTA$4.2M.
The Aquarius saves GTA$4.8M.
And because modifications are discounted too, anyone planning an expensive customized Yacht avoids being mugged twice at the DockTease checkout.
If you're still building your GTA Online criminal empire, though, keep the money.
Buy businesses, properties and equipment that make more money first.
A Yacht should be something you purchase because your criminal finances have become offensively healthy, not the thing preventing them from becoming healthy.
For the actual best investments this week, check our GTA Online Weekly Grind before turning GTA$3.2 million into maritime furniture.
Final Verdict
Discount: 60%
Cheapest Yacht: Orion at GTA$2.4M
Most expensive: Aquarius at GTA$3.2M
A Superyacht Life: 2X GTA$ & RP this week
Good investment? No
Good luxury purchase at this price? Yes
The Galaxy Super Yacht is still not a serious money-making property.
But at 60% off, it finally stops feeling like DockTease has kidnapped your accountant.
Buy one if you want a Yacht.
Just don't call it an investment unless your investment strategy also includes champagne, helicopters and GTA$3 million hot tubs.
