Weapons

Weapons are at the forefront of all Grand Theft Auto games. Ranging from your bare fists to a simple baseball bat to fishing knifes to rocket-propelled grenades to Dildos, there are many different weapons throughout the series. This article mainly details weapons in the GTA III era and Grand Theft Auto IV.

Weapon Skill
In GTA San Andreas, you can increase your skill for a particular weapon by practicing, using the weapon either on a shooting range or on real targets. For each individual weapon you can achieve three skill-levels: Poor, Gangster and Hitman. On the Hitman skill level, you will be able to fire lighter weapons whilst walking, as well as being able to double-wield certain weapons (one in each hand).

Obtaining Weapons
Weapons can be obtained by 7 main means:
 * Picking up weapons that spawn around the map
 * Purchasing from Ammu-Nation or other weapon shops - You can purchase certain weapons using your money, however not all weapons are available and the cost can be quite high
 * For weapons that share ammo, you can save money by purchasing lots of the cheap weapon (e.g. the Tec-9) to gain lots of ammo for that slot, then purchasing the expensive weapon (e.g. the SMG)
 * Picking up a weapon from killed Pedestrians or police officers
 * Weapons spawning as rewards - Once you have reached certain parts of games, such as obtaining a certain number of Hidden Packages, some weapons will spawn at your Safehouses
 * Weapons being automatically given to the player by other characters, such as those required for a mission
 * Entering/exiting certain vehicles, e.g. the Caddy gives you a golf club/Police Car gives you a shotgun.
 * Using Cheats to spawn weapons and extra ammo

List of weapons
This is a list of weapons and weapon types in GTA III era games and GTA IV Era games. Not all of them are available in all games. They are grouped by the weapon slots from GTA San Andreas.


 * Brass Knuckles
 * Cane
 * Hammer
 * Chisel
 * Meat Cleaver
 * Screwdriver
 * Golf Club
 * Axe
 * Hockey Stick
 * Gaff Hook
 * Butterfly Knife
 * Electro Gun
 * Satchel Charges
 * Sword
 * Tazer

Miscellaneous "weapons"

 * Dildo
 * Detonator
 * Camera
 * Spray Can
 * Fire Extinguisher
 * Night Vision
 * Thermal Vision
 * Parachute
 * Vibrator
 * Flowers

Beta weapons

 * Skateboard
 * Barrel
 * Electric Baton

Individual Games

 * Weapons in GTA 1
 * Weapons in GTA 2
 * Weapons in GTA III
 * Weapons in GTA Vice City
 * Weapons in GTA Advance
 * Weapons in GTA San Andreas
 * Weapons in GTA Liberty City Stories
 * Weapons in GTA Vice City Stories
 * Weapons in GTA IV
 * Weapons in The Lost and Damned
 * Weapons in The Ballad of Gay Tony
 * Weapons in GTA Chinatown Wars