Every Weapon in GTA IV and Where to Buy Guns
GTA 4 weapons guide: the full GTA IV roster by slot, every Underground Gun Shop and free pickup, plus the gold and explosive episode weapons.
This GTA 4 weapons guide covers all weapons in GTA IV: the base-game roster grouped by carry slot, the three Underground Gun Shops and free pickup spots where you buy guns, and the episode-only arsenal from The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. Liberty City uses generic names (the AK-47 is just "Assault Rifle"), so the list below tells you what each slot weapon really is and what it costs.
All weapons in GTA IV: the base-game roster by slot
Niko Bellic carries one weapon per slot, and picking up a duplicate swaps it out while pooling ammo. The base game ships 17 weapons across eight categories. Prices are the Underground Gun Shop rates.
- Melee: Fist, Knife, Baseball Bat ($5)
- Handguns: Pistol (Glock, $600), Combat Pistol (Desert Eagle, $1,500)
- Shotguns: Pump Shotgun ($1,200), Combat Shotgun (Remington 1100, $2,500)
- SMGs: Micro SMG (Micro Uzi, $1,200), SMG (S&W MP-10, $2,500)
- Assault Rifles: Assault Rifle (AK-47, $3,500), Carbine Rifle (M4, $5,000)
- Sniper Rifles: Sniper Rifle (M40A1, $6,000), Combat Sniper (PSG-1, $8,500)
- Heavy: RPG ($15,000)
- Thrown: Grenade ($1,000), Molotov Cocktail ($500)
The RPG is the single most expensive item in the catalog, and the baseball bat at $5 is the cheapest thing you can buy anywhere in Liberty City.
Where to buy guns in GTA 4: the three Underground Gun Shops
Gun shops stay locked until you finish the early Mikhail Faustin mission "Do You Have Protection?", after which three Underground Gun Shops appear on your map as pistol icons. Each one is a hidden backroom with weapons laid out on tables and a small test-fire range by the door. Walk up to a weapon to inspect and buy it.
The three locations are:
- Broker: Downtown Broker, a corner shop near Dillon Street and Montauk Avenue
- Algonquin: Chinatown, on Bismarck Avenue beside a tattoo parlor
- Alderney: Port Tudor, between Odhner Avenue and Traegar Road
All three stock the same base inventory, so buy from whichever is closest. For the full set of in-game cheat inputs (including spawning weapon loadouts), see our GTA IV cheats page.
Little Jacob's gun van and free weapon pickups
You do not have to pay full price. After the mission "Shadow," if your friendship with Little Jacob sits at 75% or higher, you can call him to roll up in his red-and-black gun car and sell the same arsenal at a discount on the gun-shop rates. It is the cheapest reliable supply line in the base game.
Free guns are scattered around the map too. Weapon pickups respawn at fixed spots, the most famous being the alley behind your first Broker safehouse, and you reclaim any equipped weapons for free from the wardrobe inside your safehouses after a hospital or police-station respawn.
The Lost and Damned weapons: pipe bombs, sawn-off and the grenade launcher
Playing as Johnny Klebitz, The Lost and Damned adds six new weapons on top of the base roster, sold from Terry's gun van, delivered free by clubmate Jim, or unlocked through gang wars. The standouts:
- Pipe Bomb ($700): a thrown timed explosive that fills the grenade slot, deadlier than a standard grenade
- Sawed-Off Shotgun ($600): a brutal two-shell close-range handgun-slot shotgun, perfect for drive-bys from the back of a bike
- Assault Shotgun ($3,500): a fully automatic Striker-style shotgun with an 8-round drum
- Grenade Launcher ($7,000): a single-shot HK69-style launcher that lobs grenades at range
- Automatic 9mm ($500): a rapid-fire CZ-75 pistol
- Pool Cue: a thematic biker melee weapon
The sawn-off and the Assault Shotgun together make TLAD the most shotgun-heavy chapter of the trilogy.
The Ballad of Gay Tony weapons: gold guns and the explosive shotgun
Luis Lopez gets the flashiest arsenal in The Ballad of Gay Tony, eight new weapons built for over-the-top spectacle. The marquee pieces:
- Explosive Shotgun: an AA-12-based automatic shotgun that toggles between standard and explosive rounds, the single most destructive close-range gun in the whole game
- Gold SMG: a gold-plated Uzi firing at roughly 1,000 rpm
- Pistol .44 ($640): a hard-hitting .44 AutoMag-style handgun
- Advanced MG: an M249-style light machine gun with a 200-round belt
- Assault SMG: a P90-style compact SMG
- Advanced Sniper: a DSR-1-style rifle with exceptional range
- Sticky Bombs ($800): remote-detonated explosives
- Parachute: pickups placed around the city for base-jumping
TBoGT also rewards the Drug Wars side activity. Weapons spawn free at your safehouse as you clear them: the .44 at 10 wars, Advanced MG at 20, Explosive Shotgun at 30, Sticky Bombs at 40, and the Gold SMG at 50. Clearing the full set is the cheapest path to the gold guns. See the GTA IV screenshots gallery for a closer look at the episode arsenals.
Recommended GTA IV loadout
For a balanced all-purpose kit that handles every wanted-level firefight without juggling slots:
- Carbine Rifle as your primary: accurate, controllable, and effective at mid range
- Combat Pistol as a reliable sidearm for early shootouts
- Combat Shotgun for indoor and close work
- Combat Sniper for rooftop overwatch and clean headshots
- RPG for helicopters and roadblocks during pursuits
- Grenades for flushing enemies out of cover
If you own the episodes, swap the shotgun for the TBoGT Explosive Shotgun and keep the Gold SMG for crowd control. Stock ammo through Little Jacob's discounted gun car and you can fully outfit Niko for a fraction of the list price. For the wider catalog, browse the GTA IV game hub.
