Peyote Plants Are Event-Only: The Short Answer
There are 76 peyote plants in GTA Online, spread across San Andreas on land and under the ocean — but you can only find them while a peyote event window is running. Outside those windows, the plants simply are not in the world.
Eat one during a window and your character hallucinates, passes out, and wakes up in the body of a random animal, from a boar or a house cat to a shark or a killer whale. There is no prize for eating all 76. Each finished trip pays 5,000 RP when you wake up at a hospital.
The most recent window ran with the Halloween event from 1 October to 4 November 2026, listed in Rockstar's own Halloween Newswire post. It has just closed, so this guide explains how the plants work and where they grow, ready for the next time Rockstar switches them on.
Key Takeaways
- There are 76 peyote plants in GTA Online, on land and in the ocean, and they appear only during specific event windows — they are never a permanent part of the map.
- Eating a plant turns you into a random animal. Land plants give land animals and birds; ocean plants give sea creatures.
- Finding one is guided by your controller: it vibrates more strongly as you get closer, and an animal sound cue plays nearby.
- There is no completion reward for all 76, but every trip that ends pays 5,000 RP when you wake up at a hospital.
- Two plants are special: one turns you into Chop, and one can turn you into Sasquatch under the right conditions.
1. When Peyote Plants Appear (And When They Do Not)
Peyote plants were first added to GTA Online on 31 October 2019, during the Halloween Surprise 2019 event, as a late addition to The Diamond Casino & Resort update. They have never been permanent content since.
Instead, Rockstar brings them back for limited windows. Documented returns include April 2020, several Halloweens, April 2023, November 2023, January 2024, May 2024, April 2025, and Halloween in both 2025 and 2026, when they were available from 23 October 2025 and again through the October 2026 event month.
The returns are not always Halloween-shaped, either. The April 2023 comeback rode along with a Gunrunning Bonuses week, the January 2024 one with a Park Ranger week, and the May 2024 and April 2025 returns with Superyacht Life and HSW Races weeks respectively. Peyote is best understood as a recurring event ingredient Rockstar stirs into ordinary weeks, not a once-a-year attraction.
That Halloween link is why the plants sit naturally alongside the game's other spooky-season content in our guide to GTA Online's Halloween events. If you are reading this outside a window, treat the locations below as a route to learn, not a hunt you can start today — and keep an eye on the rotating calendar covered in our seasonal events explainer.
2. How a Peyote Plant Works
A peyote plant is easy to walk past. It looks like a small green puck sitting on the ground with tiny white flowers on top, and underwater plants look much the same on the sea bed.
The game helps you close in. When you are near a plant, your controller starts to vibrate, and the vibration grows stronger the closer you get. An animal sound cue also plays, hinting at what you are about to become.
Walk over the plant and take the eat prompt. Your character passes out and respawns as an animal, and you play as that animal in the open world. You can eat plants in passive mode, which keeps you safe from other players while you roam.
To end the trip, hold the prompt to snap out of it, or simply die — land animals that wander into deep water end the hallucination too. Either way you wake up at the nearest hospital with 5,000 RP for the experience. Each eaten plant grows back after roughly 24 in-game hours, so a full route can be repeated across a long event window. That steady RP is one more small reason the plants pair well with the methods in our guide to ranking up fast.
3. Where the Plants Grow on Land
Land plants are scattered across the whole map rather than clustered in one hunting ground. They sit in gardens, on hillsides, up mountains and in quiet corners of the city, and the animal you become matches the terrain — inland plants favour creatures such as boars, coyotes, deer, elk, mountain lions, dogs, cats, rabbits and birds including the chicken-hawk, cormorant, crow, seagull, pigeon and hen.
A few fixed spots are famous enough to plan a route around. There is a plant near the benches at Los Santos International Airport, and one near the tram station at the peak of Mount Chiliad.
The bird results deserve a special mention. Several land plants sit where birds are the local wildlife, and a bird trip is the closest thing GTA Online has to a free sightseeing flight — you can cross the map at rooftop height without a vehicle, a wanted level or a plan.
Two more land plants get their own coverage below, because they do something none of the other 74 can do.
4. Where the Plants Grow in the Ocean
A share of the 76 plants grow underwater, and these are the ones players miss. Ocean plants turn you into sea life instead: dolphins, fish, hammerhead sharks, tiger sharks, killer whales and stingrays are all on the table.
Documented ocean spots include deep water between Banning and Elysian Island, and a plant sitting by coral near the small archipelago off North Point in Paleto Bay. Bring a boat or a submarine to reach the deep ones, and expect a short swim down to the sea bed for each plant.
Because there is no on-screen marker for any of the 76, the ocean plants reward patience. Work an area slowly, follow the vibration, and listen for the sound cue before you surface for air.
5. The Two Special Plants: Chop and Sasquatch
The plant in the backyard of the Clinton Residence — Franklin's house on Forum Drive in Strawberry — turns you into Chop, the story mode rottweiler. It is the only way to play as him, and the plant works like any other during an event window.
The plant at Grapeseed, at the base of Mount Chiliad, is fussier. Eat it between 03:30 and 08:30 in foggy weather and you turn into Sasquatch. Outside that time window or in clear weather, it gives a normal animal like every other plant.
Both specials are one-plant tricks rather than rewards for collecting the set, and both are worth prioritising early in an event window while you learn the rest of the route.
6. Is There a Reward for Eating All 76?
No. Unlike the game's collectable sets, peyote plants carry no final prize, no outfit and no lump sum for completing all 76. The value is the 5,000 RP at the end of each trip and the novelty of the animals themselves.
That sets peyote apart from the hunts covered in our collectibles locations guide, where sets such as Playing Cards and Action Figures do pay out for finishing. Peyote is a sideshow, not a grind.
If an event window is live, the sensible approach is to enjoy a handful of plants near wherever you already are, bank the RP, and move on. Completionists can run the full 76 for the experience — just know the game will not mark it with a reward.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many peyote plants are there in GTA Online?
There are 76 peyote plants in GTA Online. They are spread across San Andreas, with some on land and others growing underwater in the ocean.
Are peyote plants in GTA Online right now?
Only if an event window is running. The most recent window was the Halloween event from 1 October to 4 November 2026. Outside event windows, the plants do not appear anywhere on the map.
What happens when you eat a peyote plant?
Your character hallucinates and passes out, then respawns as a random animal. Land plants give land animals and birds, while ocean plants give sea creatures such as sharks and dolphins.
How do you end the peyote effect?
Hold the on-screen prompt to end the hallucination, or let the animal die — land animals entering deep water also ends it. You wake up at the nearest hospital.
How much RP does a peyote plant give you?
Each finished trip pays 5,000 RP, awarded when you wake up at the hospital after the hallucination ends.
Is there a reward for eating all 76 peyote plants?
No. There is no completion reward, outfit or bonus cash for eating all 76. Each plant simply pays its own 5,000 RP when the trip ends.
How do you turn into Chop?
Eat the peyote plant in the backyard of the Clinton Residence on Forum Drive in Strawberry during an event window. That plant always turns you into Chop.
How do you turn into Sasquatch?
Eat the plant at Grapeseed, at the base of Mount Chiliad, between 03:30 and 08:30 while the weather is foggy. At other times it gives a normal animal.
Can you eat peyote plants in passive mode?
Yes. Peyote plants can be eaten while you are in passive mode, so you can roam as an animal without other players being able to harm you.
Are the GTA Online peyote plants the same as the story mode ones?
No. Story mode has its own separate, permanent set of 27 peyote plants. The 76 plants in GTA Online are a different set that only appears during event windows.
Final Thoughts
Peyote plants are one of GTA Online's strangest and most charming diversions: 76 little green pucks that turn hardened criminals into chickens, cats and killer whales. Just remember the catch before you go hunting — they only exist while Rockstar is running a peyote event window.
Learn the famous spots, especially the Chop plant in Strawberry and the Sasquatch plant at Grapeseed, and you will be ready the moment the next window opens.
