Ammo

Introduction

For all non-melee weapons, ammo must be purchased before the weapon can be of any use to you in a fight. During a fight, you can reload but can only bring a finite number of clips - once they run out you will have to switch weapons. Ammo may be purchased in the ammo locker, found at the top of the "Items" page. You can also find a link to the ammo locker at Big Al's Gun Shop [1].

You can purchase up to 99,999,999 ammunition of each type.

Ammo Size

Ammunition comes in a variety of sizes to fit different kinds of weapons.

Ammunition
Calibre	Weapons
12 Gauge Cartridge	Benelli M1 Tactical, Benelli M4 Super, Blunderbuss, Homemade Pocket Shotgun, Ithaca 37, Jackhammer, Mag 7, Nock Gun, Sawed-Off Shotgun
9mm Parabellum Round	9mm Uzi, BT MP9, Beretta 92FS, Beretta M9, Dual 92G Berettas, Dual MP5s, Dual TMPs, Dual Uzis, Glock 17, Luger, MP 40, MP5 Navy, MP5k, Pink Mac-10, Qsz-92, Skorpion, TMP, Taurus, USP
.45 ACP Round	Cobra Derringer, Springfield 1911, Thompson
7.62mm Rifle Round	AK-47, Gold Plated AK-47, PKM, Rheinmetall MG 3, SKS Carbine
5.56mm Rifle Round	ArmaLite M-15A4, Bushmaster Carbon 15, Dual Bushmasters, Enfield SA-80, Heckler & Koch SL8, M16 A2 Rifle, M249 SAW, M4A1 Colt Carbine, Minigun, Negev NG-5, Neutrilux 2000, Prototype, SIG 550, SIG 552, Steyr AUG, Stoner 96, Tavor TAR-21, Vektor CR-21, XM8 Rifle
5.7mm High Vel. Round	Dual P90s, Fiveseven, P90, Ruger 57
5.45mm Rifle Round	AK74U
.25 ACP Round	Raven MP25
.44 Special Round	Desert Eagle, Magnum, S&W M29, S&W Revolver
.380 ACP Round	Beretta Pico, Lorcin 380
Warhead	SMAW Launcher, Type 98 Anti Tank
Snow Ball	Snow Cannon
Flare	Flare Gun
Stone	Slingshot
Bolt	Crossbow, Harpoon
Dart	Blowgun, Tranquilizer Gun
Liter of Fuel	Flamethrower
RPG	RPG Launcher
40mm Grenade	China Lake, Milkor MGL
Taser Cartridge	Taser
Egg	Egg Propelled Launcher

Special Ammo

Only basic ammunition for each size can be bought in the ammo locker - special ammo (Hollow Point, Tracer, Piercing and Incendiary) can be obtained via:

• Mission Credits
• the Big Al's Gun Shop benefit block
• with job points in a Gun Shop or Firework Stand (Incendiary only)
• as the result of several crimes (notably as unique outcomes for the Search For Cash crime, unique outcomes for the Graffiti crime, and stealing from Big Al's Gun Shop as part of the Shoplifting crime or Burglary).

Not all special ammo types are available for each size ammo, and hence weapon. For example, Incendiary Snowballs do not exist.

You can store up to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 special ammo.

To equip special ammo, click on the box with the number of that ammo in - it will turn green if the special ammo is actively loaded.

Special Ammunition
Type	Effect
Hollow Point	+50% Damage, -50% Penetration (Enemy armor value is increased by 50%).
Piercing	+50% Penetration (Enemy armor reduced to 50%)
Incendiary	+40% Damage
Tracer	+10.00 Accuracy

Effectiveness

The graph and table below outlines the relative effectiveness of three types of damage-related Special Ammunition. Regular damage to a naked opponent is assumed to be 1000, and the value of an opponent's armor is varied up to the theoretical maximum, 56.40, for each ammo type.

Special Ammo Effectiveness
Armor range	Order of effectiveness
0.00	HP > IN > PI > Regular
20.00 - 28.57	IN > HP > PI > Regular
28.58 - 39.99	IN > PI > HP > Regular
40.00 - 44.44	IN > PI > Regular > HP
44.45 - 56.40	PI > IN > Regular > HP

Historical Notes

• Hollow Point ammo used to have a 25% Accuracy de-buff that was removed in a fix to the Damage bonus.

• Before the second Accuracy rebuild, Tracer provided an Accuracy bonus of +40% under the old system.

• The Tracer ammo bonus was upgraded from +5.00 Accuracy to +10.00 Accuracy in | Patch list #135.

Patch History

Released prior to Patch list #1

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Patch list #211 : 28/09/21

• Added 40mm Grenade ammunition type for future Grenade Launchers.

Patch list #190 : 27/04/21

• Added additional text to the result message when Equipping a gun that you have no ammo for.

Patch list #140 : 05/05/20

• Released rebuilt ammo locker page (minor differences visually).

Patch list #135 : 31/03/20

• Changed tracer ammunition to provide +10.00 accuracy (from +5.00).

Patch list #125 : 21/01/20

• Added the four specific special ammunition type usage to personal stats.
• Updated the ammunition personal stats to use data going back 6 months (as far as possible).

Patch list #119 : 26/11/19

• Added personal stat 'Special ammunition used'.
• Increased quantities of special ammo provided by Companies, Stocks & newly spawned mission rewards.
• Changed all special ammunition drops to prioritise ammo type on currently equipped weapons if possible.
• Changed special ammunition job point costs of Surplus & Inferno to 15 (from 25) and 25 (from 50).
• Changed mission credit costs of special ammunition (reduction).

Patch list #64 : 09/10/18

• Added number input shortcuts on Stock Market and Ammo Locker pages.

Patch list #32 : 13/02/18

• Changed Big Al's stock special to provide prioritised ammo & larger quantities.

Patch list #22 : 28/11/17

• Enabled mods page and ammo pool view while in jail/hospital.

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