Machete
The Machete is a relatively powerful and fast melee weapon in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories. The weapon becomes purchasable for $100 from Bunch of Tools after completion of the Treacherous Swine mission. When a pedestrian is struck and not killed with the machete it produces a larger blood trail than the Meat Cleaver. The machete is a generally good all around choice for your melee slot in the absence of the Chainsaw. The Machete is styled not after the usual Brazilian straight-grip, large blade variety used for clearing brush, but the Indian Gorkha Regiment's Khukri fighting knife, which is a fearsome weapon in and of itself. In it's "stories" renditions, the HUD icon and the in-game version for the machete looks a lot like a lengthened knife.
Locations
GTA Vice City
- Washington Beach - Available to buy from Bunch of Tools after completion of Treacherous Swine ($100).
- Little Havana - Available to buy from Screw This after completion of Phnom Penh '86 ($100).
- Spawns on the eastern sidewalk off the Starfish Island bridge leading to Washington Beach.
GTA Liberty City Stories
- Can be taken from one of the Yakuza goons during Cash in Kazuki's Chips at the safehouse.
GTA Vice City Stories
- Available to buy from Stonewall J's shop in Little Havana. ($100)
- On the middle basketball court in a Little Havana neighberhood.