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For the hand-held version featured in the Festive Surprise update, see Proximity Mines.
Proximity Mines (formerly known as Vehicle Mines) are explosive vehicle weapons in Grand Theft Auto 2 and in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the Gunrunning update, with five additional variations added in the Arena War update.
Description[]
Grand Theft Auto 2[]
Vehicle Mines are small explosive devices than can be placed on the ground. Based on the HUD icon, they are depicted as generic land mines with a red light on the middle.
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
Vehicle Mines return in Grand Theft Auto Online with a similar function as its previous iteration, as well as the regular Proximity Mines. While similar to its hand-held counterparts in terms of features, they assume a disk shape rather than the former's brick shape, and emit a much brighter light.
The variations from the Arena War update are identical in design, but they have different functionality and light colors, which are: Kinetic (orange light), Spike (dark blue light), EMP (light blue light), Slick (green light) and Sticky (purple light).
Performance[]
Grand Theft Auto 2[]
If a car or pedestrian comes into contact with the mine, it will blow them up. Mines can be used to explode pursuers or to block an entrance to a weapon in a multiplayer game for example. When a mine is placed under a stationary car without a driver, the mine will only explode when someone enters the car. This is a neat trap to be used in multiplayer. Its damage per "round" is 10+.
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
Proximity Mines act similarly to the GTA 2 iteration, where they can be deployed from a selected range of weaponized vehicles and explode upon proximity of pedestrians and vehicles. Like most explosives, there can be only five active mines, and placing an additional one will cause the first one to disappear. Proximity mines replace the horn functionality when on a flat surface, while for the Arena Contender vehicles, the mines are assigned with the same button to toggle the lights.
Initially, the mines are immediately armed upon being placed on the ground, which posed a danger to the user in damaging or destroying the vehicle (in the case of the Dune FAV or the Weaponized Tampa). This was later changed, as the mine is armed when the vehicle moves away.
Variants from the Brickade 6x6 and Arena War vehicles have special characteristics, which differ from the regular explosive variation:
- Kinetic mines do not have lethal damage over enemies and vehicles, although they can push and knock them away with considerable force.
- Spike mines have a similar effect to Spike Strips, where they can puncture vehicle's tires (except bullet-proof ones), as well as causing slight damage to enemies and vehicles.
- EMP mines disable the vehicle's electronics for about five seconds, or three seconds if the vehicle is electric, rendering them unable to accelerate. When a player is hit by one, the screen blurs with a bluish effect, accompanied by a screeching-like sound and a notification of the player who placed the same mine.
- Slick mines cause a vehicle to lose control for a bit, rendering their steering, acceleration and braking capabilities useless under such effect.
- Sticky mines potentially slow down a vehicle, unable to accelerate while on the sticky oil pool.
Note these mines are only functional in free-roam; during contact missions, heists and races, the mines are disabled and, for most vehicles, the horn is reactivated.
GTA Online Overview[]
| Damage (per shot) [?] |
Fire Rate [?] | Range (m / ft) [?] |
Ammo Specifications/ Capacity |
Reload Mechanism | Reload Speed [?] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (Base damage) 500 (direct) 200 (edge) |
0 | 30 / 98 | 1 | N/A | 0.5 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | Single unit | N/A | 0.5 seconds |
 |
Damage | 90% 90% | |||
| Fire Rate/Speed | 10% 10% | ||||
| Accuracy | 30% 30% | ||||
| Range | 20% 20% | ||||
| Clip Size | 10% 10% | ||||
Image Gallery[]
Locations[]
Grand Theft Auto 2[]
- Vehicle Mines are available for sale in the Car Shops in both Residential and Industrial District, but not in Downtown District.
- Belmont, Residential District - Two blocks north of the Belmont car shop, east side of a building.
- Tedium, Industrial District - Stunt jump from a ramp at the far end of the street north of Gonad hospital.
- Bayano, Industrial District - Building north of Bayano hospital.
- Bayano, Industrial District - Building north of the large warehouse in Escobar.
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
- Proximity Mines are unlocked via the corresponding bunker research in the Vehicle Workshop.
- They can be installed on the APC, Dune FAV, Half-track, Insurgent Pick-Up Custom, Technical Custom, Weaponized Tampa, TM-02 Khanjali, Speedo Custom, Mule Custom and Pounder Custom.
- Kinetic, Spike, EMP, Slick and Sticky mines are available for purchase in the Arena Workshop. They can be installed on the Apocalypse, Future Shock and Nightmare versions of the following vehicles: Bruiser, Brutus, Cerberus, Deathbike, Dominator, Impaler, Imperator, Issi Classic, Sasquatch, Scarab, Slamvan and ZR380.
- The RC Bandito can be only equipped with Kinetic and EMP mines at the dedicated workshop.
- The JB 700W can have the Spike and Slick mines at Los Santos Customs and other mod shops.
- The Buffalo STX, Champion, Deity, Jubilee, Patriot Mil-Spec, Granger 3600LX, Greenwood, Omnis e-GT and select other Imani Tech vehicles can have Slick mines at the workshop inside Agencies.
Oversights[]
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
- Proximity Mines could be used even when the pause menu is active. This was later fixed.
- Mines have a tendency to get stuck under the vehicle, especially if these have low ground clearance.
See Also[]
- Proximity Mines - A similar weapon added in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the Festive Surprise update.
- Land Mine - A cut weapon in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
- Car Bomb - A similar weapon featured in several GTA games that also can be used to detonate cars.
- Sticky Bombs - A similar weapon featured in The Ballad of Gay Tony, Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online that can be used similarly to Proximity Mines.