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Moonshine Production

How corn becomes moonshine and where to sell it.

Moonshine Production

Moonshine is a separate illegal production route using corn rather than a drug crop.

Requirements

  • Space for raw corn and the finished moonshine.
  • Civilian access to the Moonshine Processor.
  • If you want to process the more advanced moonshine variants you must have a house.

Basic Production steps

  • Travel to the Corn Field.
  • Gather Corn. The base gathering amount is three per cycle before profession bonuses.
  • Take the Corn to the Moonshine Processor or a compatible multi-drug processor.
  • Process 2 Corn into 1 Moonshine.
  • Transport the finished Moonshine to the Moonshine Dealer.
  • Sell and bank the proceeds.

Advanced Production steps

  • Purchase a house.
  • Use windows key to interact with the house and click "Moonshine Aging Cellar".
  • Purchase a barrel.
  • Travel to the Corn Field.
  • Gather Corn. The base gathering amount is three per cycle before profession bonuses.
  • Take the Corn to the Moonshine Processor or a compatible multi-drug processor.
  • Process 2 Corn into 1 Moonshine.
  • Return to house and use windows key to open your moonshine cellar.
  • Place moonshine in cellar and allow to age (max 25).
  • Under 12 hours of aging is regular moonshine.
  • 12 to 48 hours is Aged Moonshine.
  • 48 hours to 7 days is Reserve Moonshine.
  • 7 days is Heritage Moonshine.

Important details

  • The normal Drug Dealer does not purchase Moonshine.
  • Corn is bulky before processing, so leave enough vehicle space for the raw load.
Last updated 08/30/2026 10:23 AM