Body Armor

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A body armor pickup in GTA Vice City.

Body armor is a pickup in the Grand Theft Auto series that serves primarily to protect the player's health from specific forms of damage, most notably gunfire. In most cases, body armor in the games are illustrated as a protective blue vest.

Description

First introduced in the original Grand Theft Auto, the body armor's primary function is to serve as padding for the player health, in effect extending the player's resilience to damage from gunfire, explosions and fire.

GTA 1 — GTA 2

In early top-down GTA games, armors in both GTA 1 (as well as Grand Theft Auto London mission packs) and GTA 2 serve their intended purpose, adding 10 more hitpoints to the player's existing health, but provides no protection to the player when they fall from great heights, are run over by vehicles, or are beaten up by the police and arrested. Armors are most commonly found spawned in specific locations or crates, and, in the case of GTA 2, can also be acquired by crushing specific cars.

GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories

Body armor continued to be featured between GTA III and GTA Vice City Stories, undergoing several more evolutions. In all its of its appearances, armor now offer nearly the same amount of hitpoints as the player's full health, doubling the player's resistance to damage. The armor hit points stayed the same until GTA San Andreas where the armor is now a bar instead of hitpoints. In addition, armor can now pad injuries from falls, collisions with vehicles on foot, and even melee attacks; the armor in GTA San Andreas and GTA Vice City Stories is an exception, providing no protection to the player from falls, while the armor in Grand Theft Auto Advance provides no protection to melee attacks.

In addition to spawning in specific locales, body armor can also be purchased at stores that sell weapons, such as Ammu-Nation, as well as entering the police/SWAT Enforcer trucks. Like the player's health, armor hitpoints between GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories (sans GTA Advance) can typically be increased easily via side-missions (such as "Vigilante"), as well as 100% completion of the game.

The appearance of armor pickups has also changed significantly after GTA III. When included in GTA III, the armor pickup assumed the appearance of a shield icon; in games after, however, the pickup is redesigned as a spinning vest, possibly to avoid confusion with the police bribe pickup.

GTA IV — GTA Chinatown Wars

Armor in GTA IV has been refashioned slightly out of realism. It no longer offers protection to falls, collisions with vehicles on foot, or melee attacks (including hand-to-hand combat and melee weapons), increasing the player's chances of death from these hazards. Armor in GTA Chinatown Wars appears to revert to pre-GTA IV settings.

As expected, armor can be found lying about in specific points of the city (distinguishable by its red glow) as well as underground weapon dealers in GTA IV or AmmuNation.net in GTA Chinatown Wars. NOOSE Enforcers still provide the player some armor, but only gives the player roughly one third of the maximum amount.

Gallery

Pickup in GTA 1. Pickup in GTA 1. Pickup in GTA 2. Pickup in GTA 2. Pickup in GTA III. Pickup in GTA III. Pickup in GTA Vice City; reused in GTA San Andreas, GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories. Pickup in GTA Vice City; reused in GTA San Andreas, GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories. Pickup in GTA Advance. Pickup in GTA Advance. Pickup in GTA IV. Pickup in GTA IV. Pickup in GTA Chinatown Wars. Pickup in GTA Chinatown Wars.

Locations

GTA 1

(To show your coordinates you have to enter a cheat code, use at your own risk)

Liberty City – Gangsta Bang:

• North West Brix (221,14,4)
• Central Hackenslash (69,18,4)
• South West Park (95,134,4)
• South West Estoria – accessible after Phone 3

Liberty City – Heist Almighty:

• North West Guernsey City (9,65,4)
• South Hackenslash (72,48,4)
• East Island City (93,184,49
• East Kings (234,189,4)
• South West Kings (182,234,4)
• South West Kings (243,253,4)
• South West Park (122,141,4)
• North West Park (117,96,4)
• North East New Guernsey (18,178,4)
• North East Estoria (252,116,4) – accessible after Cossie (mission 2)
• North East Fort Law (111,59,4) – accessible after Phone 7
• West Kings (165,211,4) – accessible after Porka (mission)
• South Park (144,129,4) – accessible after Stallion (mission)
• North Schlechberg (64,92,4) – accessible after Phone 5

San Andreas – Mandarin Mayhem:

• South East Aye Valley (210,93,5)
• South East Chinatown (102,155,4)
• South Richman (102,25,1)
• South East Richman (197,24,1)
• South East Sunrise (185,76,5)
• North East Sunview (176,206,4)
• South Sunview (89,245,4)
• Central Telephone Hill (31,52,2)
• West Woodside (185,131,4)
• South Aye Valley (131,91,5) - accessible from the beginning of Phone 11 – Part 1

These armours are available after Phone 9-12 are attempted:

• South West Atlantic Heights (209,75,5)
• West Atlantic Heights (207,48,3)
• East Aye Valley (230,89,4)
• North Eagleside (40,105,4)
• North East Excalibur (100,108,4) – accessible after Phone 15 – Part 1
• West Marine (9,176,4)
• North Market (146,138,4)
• South West Richman (40,27,1)
• South East Soviet Hill (141,74,5) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 13 – Part 1
• East Sunrise (201,56,4)
• North East Sunview (202,199,4)
• East Telephone Hill (48,58,3)
• West Telephone Hill (14,50,3)

San Andreas – Tequila Slammer:

• South West Atlantic Heights (209,75,5)
• West Atlantic Heights (207,48,3)
• East Aye Valley (230,89,4)
• North Eagleside (40,105,4)
• West Marina (9,176,4)
• North Market (146,138,4)
• South West Richman (40,27,1)
• East Sunrise (201,56,4)
• North East Sunview (202,199,4)
• East Telephone Hill (48,58,3)
• West Telephone Hill (14,50,3)
• South East Excalibur (96,127,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 19 – Part 1
• East Sunview (179,222,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 18 – Part 1

Accessible after Phone 17-20 missions are attempted at North Telephone Hill :

• South East Aye Valley (210,93,5)
• South East Chinatown (102,155,4)
• South Richman (102,25,1)
• South East Richman (197,24,1)
• South East Sunrise (185,76,5)
• North East Sunview (176,206,4)
• South Sunview (89,245,4)
• Central Telephone Hill (31,52,2)
• South East Excalibur (104,126,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 23 – Part 1
• South West Marina (22,192,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 21 – Part 1

Vice City – Bent Cop Blues:

• West Banana Grove (192,197,4)
• West Coral City(69,70,4)
• North East Greek Heights (114,108,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 39
• West Greek Heights (69,147,4)
• East Greek Heights (119,160,4)
• North West Little Bogota (7,138,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 36
• South West Little Dominica (19,112,4)
• West Little Dominica (2,91,4) – accessible after robe the Hotroad in Phone 36
• South West Miramire (105,33,4)
• East Richman Heights (119,235,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 33
• South West Vice Beach (208,94,4)
• South East Vice Beach (240,120,3)
• North Vice Shores (158,16,4) – accessible after pick the Limousine in Phone 34
• South East Vice Shores (170,117,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 39

Vice City – Rasta Blasta:

• South Richman Heights (43,250,4)
• South East Banana Grove (248,234,4)
• East Little Dominica (55,83,4)
• North West Little Bogota (15,146,4)
• South West Vice Shores (139,100,4)
• South Banana Grove (216,228,4)
• North West Felicity (138,158,4)
• South Vice Beach (240,120,3)
• North East Richman Heights (104,208,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 44
• South West Little Bogota (6,182,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 48
• East Vice Beach(233,59,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 50
• North East Vice Beach (243,16,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 50
• South East Banana Grove (234,222,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 45
• South East Richman Heights (92,239,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 47
• East Miramire (99,16,4) – accessible from the beginning of Phone 41

Maps (external links)

Maps of the location of all body armor in:

• GTA III
• GTA Vice City
• GTA San Andreas
• GTA Advance
• GTA Liberty City Stories
• GTA Vice City Stories
• GTA IV
• GTA Chinatown Wars

See also

• Health

Sources

GTA1 Locations