The weapon pickup hunt

[DentureDynamite]

Hey guys! Sorry for the noobish question, specially if it has been answered already. If you pick up any of these weapons, and you have never bought that weapon before, will you be able to keep it after going offline (given that your rank is high enough to be able to go buy one at Ammu-nation)?

 

Thanks in advance

 

BTW, for anyone doing weapon pickups on the PC, the following "notification" is faked (NOT part of the weapon pickups) and comes from a cheater or "modder" in your public session, trying to pass their actions off as legit:

 

Edited May 26, 2017 by DentureDynamite

[Enigmaness]

Got too excited when I found the sniper on the Vinewood sign, only to find out it was already found.

I hate when that happens. - . -

[DentureDynamite]

lol I know the feeling! I hope I've learned to check the descriptions (and screenshots if exists) vewy, vewy cawfuwy before making any claims.

 

That's also why I'm trying to add the official areas to each description; just to make it easier to avoid duplicate finds.

 

I'm still racking my brain trying to figure out where the "Picked up Combat Pistol" notification came from that I noticed at the Merryweather docks... need to call 1-800-Impressme to solve it.

 

The ongoing bug (at least on the PC) where the last received notification "sticks" until replaced by a new one is very frustrating...

Edited May 26, 2017 by DentureDynamite

[skkh64]

I found a nightstick at the roof of a police station. The one near Pierro, which has a helicopter landing area on the top. There is a nightstick at the corner. Sorry guys I didn't take a screenshot. Hope someone can take ascreenshot for this.

[DentureDynamite]

Nice find--and managed to grab a screenshot (got lucky--was there when I arrived the first time)!

 

This makes the last of the Nightsticks (5/5):

 

Edited May 28, 2017 by DentureDynamite

[Xiled]

What's left to find?

[namless1]

BUMP!

 

Assault rifle at the porch of one of Paleto Bay houses

 

 

 

Edited June 22, 2017 by namless1

[Nearsh]

Hey, I think I found the 17th Sniper Rifle, it is located at Downtown Vinewood, next to the Oriental Theater, on the roof of the building where the tattoo parlor is. Here some screenshots.

 

 

[Sanches]

I don't know if this was covered before, but i found C4 pickup at the north-eastern point of Los-Santos ports.

[JoeBoneless]

Found a gold club in a hut on one of the northwest islands

[Impressme]

Found a gold club in a hut on one of the northwest islands

It has already been found:

I don't know if this was found already, sorry if it was, but I found a weapon in the shack on the island where you need to get Avi from in the Heist setup of Signal. I don't remember what it was.

I also got a screenshot for this:

A baseball bat in strawberry.

BJ Smith Recreational Center in Chamberlain Hills, baseball field:

Edited July 23, 2017 by Impressme

[Impressme]

Broken bottle in LS Storm Drain:

Edited July 14, 2017 by Impressme

[Impressme]

A few missing screenshots and more detailed information.

Found a grenade on the outskirts of paleto bay off autoroute great ocean highway.

Horrible description (as usual, lol). It's actually Procopio Beach, a big "loop" in the northern part of the map. Literally across the highway from Dignity Village:

 

I just found a crowbar in the container ship in the docks, where the gang hideout is.

"Daisy Lee" container ship at the Terminal, central part of the deck:

 

Also updated description for the baseball bat above.

[VinceVega84]

BUMP!

 

Assault rifle at the porch of one of Paleto Bay houses

 

 

 

damn my luck ! i cant even remember how many times i checked this houses xD

[SmokesWithCigs]

 

I really don't get the point of hunting for things you already own. But...carry on.

 

I agree with you to a point, in that the practicality of these weapons is very limited. Though the hunt can still be fun (if you're into that sort of thing).

 

However(!) if R* wanted to "up the ante" and actually make this weapon-spawning system attractive, they could start adding the limited-time only DLC weapons like the Gusenberg Sweeper. With the existing random-spawn factor, it would provide impetus for a real reward for those who didn't own GTA 5 at the time.

 

I found a use. I deleted my second character and created a new one so i'm starting from scratch. I'm gonna use this guide.

[namless1]

This thread needs a bump.

I found combat pistol spawn at the entrance to Fort Zancudo:

 

Edited December 2, 2017 by namless1

[DentureDynamite]

List updated; added new weapons, updated with better descriptions. Thanks all!

 

My apologies for being gone so long.

 

178 of 200 weapons found (89%)

 

22 items remaining:

One Jerry Can
Two Grenades
Two Sticky Bombs
One Broken Bottle
Five Combat Pistols
Five Micro SMGs
Three Pump Shotguns
Two Assault Rifles
One Sniper Rifle

Edited December 18, 2017 by DentureDynamite

[namless1]

I think I found the last missing jerry can, it's located at the back of the store near eastern Senora Freeway (not visible on the screenshot, as I've just robbed it):

Edited December 28, 2017 by namless1

[OCDee]

Not sure if this has been posted yet.

 

I went through the molotov throwables, didn't see this added.

 

Behind the Tattoo Parlour, east Los Santos.

 

 

[Impressme]

 

 

Not sure if this has been posted yet.

 

I went through the molotov throwables, didn't see this added.

 

Behind the Tattoo Parlour, east Los Santos.

It was found by Enigmaness (page 23). The proper list is on page 14.

 

Anyway, brand new grenade spawn location: backyard just across the street from Madrazo's stilt house.

[DentureDynamite]

Not sure if this has been posted yet.

 

I went through the molotov throwables, didn't see this added.

 

Behind the Tattoo Parlour, east Los Santos.

 

 

 

As Impressme noted, it was item 15 below--but appreciate the post! We're getting closer pretty fast, IMO.

 

15. El Burro Heights, behind the tattoo parlor (car parking area to the right side of the parlor) - [Enigmaness]

http://gtaforums.com...entry1069511963

 

Updated list on Jan. 9th with these latest two finds (Jerry Can and Grenade).

 

180 of 200 weapons found (90%)

 

20 items remaining:

One Grenade

Two Sticky Bombs

One Broken Bottle

Five Combat Pistols

Five Micro SMGs

Three Pump Shotguns

Two Assault Rifles

One Sniper Rifle

Edited January 9, 2018 by DentureDynamite

[DentureDynamite]

Just a minor interesting tidbit I discovered:

 

When picking up a Proximity Mine (e.g. at least the one in the large upper office room at the Mercenary building in the Port of South Los Santos), you may hear two pickup sounds, which indicates that you were given two "packs" of five Proximity Mines; so a total of 10.

 

Of course, the problem is that players can only ever store a maximum of five.

Edited January 30, 2018 by DentureDynamite

[namless1]

Just a minor interesting tidbit I discovered:

 

When picking up a Proximity Mine (e.g. at least the one in the large upper office room at the Mercenary building in the Port of South Los Santos), you may hear two pickup sounds, which indicates that you were given two "packs" of five Proximity Mines; so a total of 10.

 

Of course, the problem is that players can only ever store a maximum of five.

 

Are you sure about that?

 

 

Hint: check out bunker shooting range and its challenge rewards.

 

Completing 2nd tier challenges grants you additional 5 slots for each throwable, making you able to pick up 10 proxies, 30 stickies, etc.

 

 

Edited January 30, 2018 by namless1

[DentureDynamite]

Oh dear. Then a potential maximum of 10. Oh my; that would be nice...

 

But I tried the Bunker Shooting Range, and stink at it. lol

 

Thanks for the heads-up on this; I'll correct my other "Worst of Rockstar Logic" post.

Edited February 13, 2018 by DentureDynamite

[globefish23]

 

"Just don't look at it" is completely missing the point. I didn't look at it but now what's the point? The fun of finding out things, sharing knowledge and cataloging things as a group is gone. If we kept going even with all the locations laid out in a list somewhere, we'd be plugging our ears and going "la la la can't heeeaarr yooou". Hardly sensible. Plus, we'd just get people 'helpfully' adding in locations that they didn't find themselves, just pulling it from the list.

 

Whether or not I "look" at the list doesn't change the fact that the weapon pickup hunt is ruined like, two days after it even began because of a douchecanoe who just ripped the game apart looking for the answers.

 

sh*t.

Wildbrick142 will remove my post that made you b*tch and moan.

Now the "fun of finding the weapons locations" won't be ruined.

 

Hey!

I'm in the process of making a map of all the locations, and I'm interested in that coding.

It seems not all locations have been found in this thread, and also several locations have dead/non-working picture links and are not described good enough.

[namless1]

 

It seems not all locations have been found in this thread, and also several locations have dead/non-working picture links and are not described good enough.

 

 

Name them, I'm willing to check them as I'm passing by while going about my business and make screenshots in case they happened to spawn for me.

[Tez2]

Hey!

I'm in the process of making a map of all the locations, and I'm interested in that coding.

It seems not all locations have been found in this thread, and also several locations have dead/non-working picture links and are not described good enough.

There's only like 20 weapons left to be discovered.

[globefish23]

 

 

It seems not all locations have been found in this thread, and also several locations have dead/non-working picture links and are not described good enough.

 

 

Name them, I'm willing to check them as I'm passing by while going about my business and make screenshots in case they happened to spawn for me.

 

The baseball bat in Strawberry.

http://gtaforums.com/topic/825577-the-weapon-pickup-hunt/page-12?do=findComment&comment=1068190994

[DentureDynamite]

Namless, I'm curious if you've checked any of the (larger) islands? If not, I'll be checking those for the remaining 20, but with armored trucks and crate drops back (ahem!) I'll also be keeping my Buzzard up and ready at all times.

Edited March 21, 2018 by DentureDynamite

[No Homing]

I never thought I would find a 2nd weapon, but I found some sticky bombs. I don't think they are listed here.

 

 

 

Oh and I just saw the 14th molotov pickup is incorrectly listed as the 12th.

Edited May 11, 2018 by No Homing