Female online player in a White full-face helmet.
The Helmet is a clothing item that appears in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto IV, The Ballad of Gay Tony, Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online.
GTA San Andreas
The Helmet first appears in San Andreas. The helmet is purely a visual feature and can be purchased from ProLaps. CJ can purchase four kinds of helmets;
- Boxing Helmet- $80
- Full Face Helmet- $150
- MotoX Helmet- $100
- Helmut- $100
GTA IV and The Ballad of Gay Tony
The Helmet has a much more major role in IV. The helmet is equipped upon mounting a motorcycle. The Helmet is no longer purchasable. Niko will not equip a helmet if they start driving immediately. Once the player gets off a motorcycle, the protagonist will discard the helmet, unless the player goes to mount the bike as Niko removes it, and it will simply vanish. Some NPCs also have unique helmets, while others wear no helmet at all. All of Niko's helmets have visors.
Helmets Niko can equip:
- All black
- Blue fading to white and gold
- White with red and blue stars
- White with red and blue stripes
Helmets are purely cosmetic and offer no protection against crashes and the impact of bullets.
Despite the biker theme in The Lost and Damned, the player doesn't wear a helmet on any bikes.
In The Ballad of Gay Tony, Luis also wears helmets, and all lack visors, unlike Niko's in IV.
Helmets Luis can equip:
- White, red and blue
- Grey and blue
- Purple and black
| Character |
Helmet |
|---|---|
| Armando Torres, Gay Tony, Henrique Bardas, Johnny Klebitz, Timur, other Lost MC members | None |
| Pink with no visor | |
| Jet black with a white disc on the temple and a clear visor | |
| Light blue with two white stripes at the bottom | |
| Cherise Glover | Green with a white strip at the bottom |
| Dimitri Rascalov |
Green with two white stripes along the temples |
| Dwayne Forge |
Dark brown |
| Eddie Low | Black with a dark green stripe |
| Florian Cravic | Pink |
|
Cream coffee with white stripe in the middle | |
| Ivan Bytchkov | Green with blue and white stripes and stars |
| Kate McReary | White with swirls of light green on the sides |
|
Old biker helmet resembling a military one | |
| Manny Escuela | Black with orange and yellow stripes |
| Mel | White with a blue stripe at the bottom |
| Packie McReary | Irish Green |
| Phil Bell | Black with gold stripes |
|
Black with a white stripe and a tinted visor | |
|
Green and black | |
|
Pale with two stripes, black and white | |
|
White with pink spiral stripes |
GTA V and GTA Online
In GTA V, the helmets are equipped like in IV. Trevor wears a unique black open face helmet, while Michael and Franklin wear the same helmets, which have different styles.
In Online the player can purchase helmets at clothes stores and Vespucci Movie Masks. Online features unique helmets such as bulletproof and heist variants.
Helmets Michael, Franklin and the Online protagonist can equip:
| Helmet Design | Featured In | Online Price |
|---|---|---|
| Red w/two white stripes |
V, Online |
|
| Black w/skull on top, bottom jaw below visor | V, Online | |
| Black w/flame decal | V, Online | |
| Blue w/black stars | V, Online | |
| White w/red detail | V, Online | |
| Black w/poker decals | V, Online | |
| Black w/silver shatter effect | V, Online | |
| Western MC Yellow | Online | |
| Western MC Red | Online | |
| Western MC Blue | Online | |
| Western MC Green | Online | |
| Western MC Lilac | Online | |
| Steel Horse Orange | Online | |
| Matte Black Off-Road | Online | |
| Glossy Black Off-Road | Online | |
| Matte Mirrored | Online | |
| Matte All-Black | Online | |
| Glossy Mirrored | Online | |
| Glossy All-Black | Online |