How to unlock all Heist Crew Members in Single Player

[GTA 6]

Unlockable Heist Crew members​

There are four special crew members you can unlock (in order of appearance):

• Rickie Lukens
• Patrick McReary
• Taliana Martinez
• Chef

They are very easy to get if you know exactly when to go looking for them.

There are three points in the story when you need to stop doing missions and go unlock the members which are:

• First point is right after you finish "Friend Request"
• The second one is right after you first gain control of Trevor
• Third one is after finishing "Blitz Play" mission.

Getting ready for unlocking Lukens and McReary​

Play the missions until you get to play as Michael.

Very early in the game Michael will make a phone call to his old friend Lester.

Go make a save game before getting your first Lester mission (Blue L on the map).

This mission is called "Friend Request". After saving your game, go on and finish the mission.
When finished - Do not progress your storyor start any new missions until you have unlocked Lukens and McReary.

Rickie Lukens​

You have just finished "Friend Request". Keep on playing as Michael, hop on a car and keep on driving with no destination. You should get a call from Rickie Lukens within 10 minutes. (For me it took literally 2 minutes). Answer the phone and this will unlock Rickie.

Right after getting the phone call from Rickie I switched to Franklin. And within 3minutes I was able to trigger the random event for Patrick McReary.

Continue reading below..

Patrick McReary​

Random event: Getaway driver
This random event occurs near Franklin's home.

Right after getting Rickie Lukens with Michael, I switched to Franklin and drove to the spot where the event occurs. The event wasn't happening. I drove off the area a few blocks away and returned after waiting maybe a minute. The event was then on going and I finished it less than 5 minutes after getting Rickie Lukens.

What to do in the Getaway driver event:
- Drive to the location shown below (I will upload an image later, for now please refer to a youtube video below)
- You will see two guys robbing the pharmacy.
- Get a four seated car and be a getaway driver for the robbers.
- Follow the instructions given by the mission and complete it.
- You have now unlocked Patrick McReary.

Important note!
One of the gunmen is Patrick and if you kill them you lose the chance to use him in heists.

Here is a very good video I found on youtube for McReary:

This video claims that you need to be there at night, but there are multiple videos on youtube where people get this event during the day.

Taliana Martinez​

Random event: Crash Rescue
Taliana Martinez is only available AFTER the jewel heist.

When you gain access to Trevor for the first time you instantly start a mission to mess with the local bikers. Finish the mission with the bikers. Once finished go to the freeway and find a fast car. With the fast car drive to the location below and the Crash Rescue event should be happening.

Location:
Drive to the very north of the map and locate the area shown in the image below.



Be careful not to drive over her! She is hurt laying on the ground and blends very well in the surroundings. Image below (taken from the GTA V Book).


You will see a blue dot on your radar. Taliana has crashed her vehicle and she will be laying on the ground next to a burning car. Pull over and walk near her to trigger the mission. Then you need to go as fast as possible to the next waypoint. (if it takes too long she will die). If you arrive in time you will unlock Taliana for heists!

On ign.com it says that:
"Depending on the vehicle you use to drive to her safehouse, Taliana's life isn't infinite! If you drive a slow vehicle, she will die of her wounds before you reach the Safehouse, so choose a fast car! Eventually, she WILL respawn again but not for a long while."

Chef​

Chef isn't really needed for the best heist reward IF you've had Patrick McReary from the first heist and onward. They have the same cut percentage, but if you've had Patrick since the jewel heist he will have better stats than Chef.

After Patrick, Chef is the next best option for heists. You will unlock Chef right after the quest Blitz Play mission. More details on Blitz Play below:

Right after finishing Blitz Play switch to Trevor and drive around. Soon you will receive a text message from Chef and you will unlock him. For me this happened within a minute after finishing Blitz Play.

Why won't a random event trigger?
I have only once successfully unlocked all the heist crew members and I have explained how to do it very detailed in this guide.

If you try to get any of these heist crew members later in the game I do not know if it's possible.

You might be able to trigger the random events later in the game, but I was never able to get all the four without doing exactly as I wrote in this guide.

Hopefully you are reading this guide right when starting the game as they are easy to unlock with this method. Good luck with your adventure!

Final words​

If you have anything to add to this guide, please leave a comment. Also if you disagree on something please leave a comment so we can improve the guide. Any more information are most welcome!

Please also keep in mind that you may be able to get the unlocks later in the game than I stated, but this was a 100% working method for me.