GTA 6 Health, Stamina, Food & Gym

GTA 6 brings back San Andreas-style body management, but with a much simpler survival layer than Red Dead Redemption 2's "cores." It's easy to understand, and it matters.

Health and stamina

• Two-layer health bar. Health and stamina recover on their own — up to a point.
• Maximum health erodes. The more damage you take and the more you exert yourself, the more your ceiling drops.
• Eat or rest to restore the full bar.
• Sleep matters. The longer you go without sleeping in a safehouse, the less stamina you can recover.

Think of it as Dragon's Dogma 2 rather than RDR2: one clear bar with a shrinking cap, not a dashboard of cores.

Food and drink

Consumables give quick buffs:

The gym

• Buy a membership — certain workout facilities require one.
• You can do three exercises per day.
• After every third visit, a stat improves slightly — health or stamina.
• Strength training permanently raises maximum health.
• Cardio raises stamina.
• Workouts are interactive: you drive reps with the triggers rather than watching a cutscene, with stamina management in the mix.
• Training also burns off snack weight and builds visible muscle.

Working out together counts toward the relationship too.

Body shape and appearance

• Weight goes up with overeating and down with exercise.
• Muscle builds with strength training.
• Hair and beards grow over time; trailers show Jason with everything from stubble to a full beard.
• At home you can only trim shorter; for a new style you need a barber or salon.
• Possibly tanning — skin tone appears to vary between shots, and RDR2 already had sunburn.

A simple daily routine

1. Morning: coffee and a protein shake at the safehouse.
2. Gym: three exercises — mix strength and cardio. Bring your partner.
3. Eat properly after taking damage; don't live on snacks.
4. Sleep at a safehouse regularly to keep stamina recovery high.

Keep that up every few in-game days and your maximums climb steadily without ever feeling like a grind.