If you’re looking for the best methods of acquiring certain commodities (such as skills, XP, or cash), consult this chart:
| Activity | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Main Missions: Acts I–V | XP, skill unlocks, Skill Points |
| Main Missions: ctOS Control Centers | Profiling a district, ctOS towers, XP |
| Side Mission: Crimes Detected | XP, Rep |
| Side Mission: Criminal Convoys | XP, Cash |
| Side Mission: Fixer Contracts | Cash* |
| Side Mission: Gang Hideouts | Skill Points, Cash |
| Investigations | XP, Progression Rewards |
| Collectibles: ctOS Towers | XP, Reveals hideouts, privacy invasions, breaches, and collectibles locations |
| Collectibles: ctOS Breach | Audio Logs, XP |
| Collectibles: Privacy Invasions | XP, system key crafting component |
| Collectibles: Item of interest | Cash, crafting components (nonexplosive), valuable items |
| Online Mission: Hacking | XP, system key crafting component |
| Online Mission: Tailing | XP, system key crafting component |
| Online Mission: Decryption | Cash, Notoriety |
| Online Mission: Races | Cash |
| Online Mission: ctOS Mobile | XP |
| Minigames: Gambling Games | Cash |
| General: Hacking | Cash, system key, Cars on Demand unlock, Instant Vigilante, instant item of interest |
| General: Looting | Ammo, cash |
| General: Vehicle Glove Box | Valuable items, crafting components, cash |
* Add more cash to each Fixer Contract reward by obtaining the Notoriety Skill: Contract Bonus.