For the mission in Grand Theft Auto V, see Masks.
Masks are clothing items which first appeared in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Masks have appeared in every Grand Theft Auto game since, with the exception of Grand Theft Auto Advance, The Lost and Damned, The Ballad of Gay Tony and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
Description[]
Masks are items of clothing primarily used for concealing the protagonists' identity during a crime, particularly a bank robbery. They can be worn for fashion; this being expanded upon in Grand Theft Auto Online. Masks can also have effects on the game world itself, such as in Grand Theft Auto V, where a Scuba Mask can make the protagonist survive underwater without coming up for air.
Availability[]
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, a mask is included in an outfit Tommy Vercetti wears whilst performing a bank robbery. After the mission, the outfit can be obtained from the Malibu Club.
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Carl Johnson can purchase masks and shades from certain clothing shops. However, some masks, such as the one included as part of the Gimp Suit, are unlockable. There are eight masks in total.
In Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Toni Cipriani receives an outfit which includes a mask after completing The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade. The outfit is required to start Slash TV. Another outfit including a mask (the "Hero Outfit") is unlocked after completing the Avenging Angels mission in Shoreside Vale.
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Victor Vance obtains a robbery outfit containing a Balaclava after purchasing a high-roller robbery empire building.
In Grand Theft Auto IV, Niko Bellic is given a Balaclava in the mission Three Leaf Clover. After the mission, he can obtain the balaclava from his safehouse's wardrobe.
In Grand Theft Auto V the player can purchase masks from Vespucci Movie Masks. Masks are also required for some heist preparation missions (such as the mission of the same name), and they are used by the three protagonists during Blitz Play. If the player chooses the Roof Entry method for the The Bureau Raid, Michael and Franklin will don balaclavas.
The GTA Online Protagonist can also purchase masks in Grand Theft Auto Online. The list of masks available was massively expanded with following updates.
Non-Purchasable Masks[]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
Mask | Unlocked after | Notes |
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Hockey Mask | The Job | It's the only available mask in the game. |
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
Mask | Unlocked After | Notes |
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Balaclava | Burglar | It can't be worn outside of missions, though it's obtainable through a glitch. |
Gimp Mask | Key to Her Heart | Comes with the Gimp Suit. |
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories[]
Mask | Unlocked After | Notes |
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Hockey Mask | The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade | Comes with the Overalls Outfit. |
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
Mask | Unlocked After | Notes |
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Balaclava | Purchasing the Empire Building | Comes with the robber outfit |
Grand Theft Auto IV[]
Mask | Unlocked After | Notes |
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Balaclava | Three Leaf Clover | It's the only available mask in the game |
Grand Theft Auto V[]
Mask | Unlocked After | Notes |
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Balaclava | Prologue (removed by Jaspers during robbery), The Paleto Score, The Bureau Raid, The Big Score | It's only worn during the "roof" approach to The Bureau Raid. It can be worn after the story with the "stealth" outfit. |
Ski Mask | Prologue (removed during the robbery) | It's only worn by Trevor and Brad during the escape from the depot. |
Bandanna | Chop | It only covers half of the face. |
Gas Mask | The Jewel Store Job | Only worn during the "smart" approach and can't be equipped afterwards. |
Scuba Mask | Three's Company, The Merryweather Heist, Monkey Business, Death at Sea | The mask and outfit it comes with are unavailable after the mission. In Three's Company, the mask and outfit is just a reused model of a Scuba Mask when diving out of a Dinghy. |
Armored Mask | The Paleto Score (taken off on the train) | It can't be worn outside of the mission. |
Purchasable Masks[]
GTA San Andreas[]
Mask | Price | Notes |
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Joke Mask | $24 | Available from Binco |
Rags | $60 | Available from Binco. Comes in Red, Green, Blue and Black. A variant of a bandanna. |
Hockey Mask | $48 | Available from Pro-Laps. |
GTA V[]
T-Shirts (Michael only) | ||
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Image | Name | Price |
Del Perro Pier T-Shirt | $10 | |
Los Santos T-Shirt | $10 | |
Sharkies Bites T-Shirt | $10 | |
Muscle Peach T-Shirt | $10 | |
Coral Reefers T-Shirt | $10 | |
SmokeBomb T-Shirt | $10 | |
The Big Puffa T-Shirt | $10 | |
Lob-Star T-Shirt | $10 |
Tank Tops (Trevor only) | ||
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Image | Name | Price |
Los Santos Tank Top | $25 | |
San Andreas Tank Top | $35 | |
Love Fist Tank Top | $38 |
GTA Online[]
Festive | |||
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Image | Name | Price | Update |
Latino Mrs Claus | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Black Mrs Claus | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
White Mrs Claus | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Badass Bad Elf | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Gangsta Bad Elf | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Rebel Bad Elf | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
High Mrs Claus | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Smashed Mrs Claus | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Wasted Mrs Claus | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Burnt Turkey | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Cooked Turkey | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Raw Turkey | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Light Pudding | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Dark Pudding | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Purple Festive Luchador | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Red Festive Luchador | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
White Festive Luchador | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Black Festive Luchador | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Dark Green Festive Luchador | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Green Festive Luchador | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Filthy Bad Santa | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Grumpy Bad Santa | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Bruised Bad Santa | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Brown Crazy Gingerbread | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Blue Crazy Gingerbread | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Pink Crazy Gingerbread | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Angry Gingerbread | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Mad Gingerbread | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Manic Gingerbread | FREE | Festive Surprise 2015 | |
Latino Elf | FREE | Festive Surprise | |
Black Elf | FREE | Festive Surprise | |
White Elf | FREE | Festive Surprise | |
Gingerbread | FREE | Festive Surprise
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Penguin | FREE | Festive Surprise | |
Snowman Mask | FREE | Festive Surprise | |
Reindeer Mask | FREE | Festive Surprise | |
Latino Santa | FREE | Festive Surprise | |
Black Santa | FREE | Festive Surprise | |
White Santa | FREE | Festive Surprise |
Special Masks | ||
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Image | Name | Notes |
Stocking |
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Please Stop Me Hockey |
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Abominable Snowman |
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Unicorn Mask |
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Odious Krampus |
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Heinous Krampus |
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Hideous Krampus |
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Fearsome Krampus |
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Impotent Rage Eye Mask |
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Pink Dot Tech Mask |
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Green Dot Tech Mask |
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Orange Dot Tech Mask |
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Blue Dot Tech Mask |
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Vibrant Stitch Emissive Mask |
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Neon Stitch Emissive Mask |
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Neon Skull Emissive Mask |
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Dark X-Ray Emissive Mask |
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Bearsy |
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Orange Skull Emissive Mask |
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Clownfish |
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Brown Sea Lion |
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Blue Stitch Emissive Mask |
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Orange Tech Demon |
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Grimy Stitched |
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Gray Cracked Puppet |
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War |
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Gray Vintage Frank |
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Conquest |
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Brown Vintage Frank |
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Dark Green Vintage Vampire |
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Horror Pumpkin |
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Famine |
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Green Vintage Mummy |
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Death |
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Pale Vintage Mummy |
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Green Vintage Frank |
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Orange & Gray Tech Demon |
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The Gooch |
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White Bigness Ski |
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Black Bigness Ski |
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Noh Painted Rabbit |
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Traditional Painted Rabbit |
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Twilight Painted Rabbit |
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Purple X-Ray Emissive Mask |
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Painted Tiger |
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Pink Floral Tech Demon |
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Teal Enema Flourish Ski |
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Black Enema Flourish Ski |
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Scarlet Vintage Devil Mask |
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Green Vintage Witch Mask |
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Light Green Vintage Vampire |
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Orange Vintage Werewolf Mask |
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Blue Vintage Werewolf Mask |
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Teal Vintage Zombie Mask |
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White Vintage Skull Mask |
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Amber Vintage Devil Mask |
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Floral Calacas Mask |
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Romance Calacas Mask |
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Royal Calacas Mask |
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Turkey Mask |
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Wooden Dragon Mask |
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Regal Dragon Mask |
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Midnight Dragon Mask |
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Carnival Bandana |
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Contrast Dragon Mask |
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Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The Clown Face mask added in the Heists Update bears an uncanny resemblance to The Joker's mask at the opening bank robbery scene of The Dark Knight. It may also be a reference to the clown masks featured in another game, Payday 2, as most crew members use clown masks.
- The Don mask bears a striking resemblance to the iconic Guy Fawkes mask from the graphic novel and film V For Vendetta, albeit with a wider shape and the absence of the upper-lip mustache and broad grin of the original.
- One of the new masks added in the Import/Export update is of an eerie looking octopus creature, a clear reference to H.P Lovecraft's Cthulhu monster.
- The white Hockey mask originally resembled Jason Voorhees' hockey mask, as it had the same red streaks on the sides. However, an update changed it so instead of a straight line, the red streaks became zigzagged.