The Machete is a melee weapon in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and as part of the GTA Online: Lowriders update for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC versions of Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online. In the HD Universe, it is manufactured by Vom Feuer.
Design[]
3D Universe[]
The machete in GTA Vice City is based on the Panga blade design from Africa. The machete in GTA Liberty City Stories is styled after the British Gurkha and Indian Gorkha Regiment's Kukri fighting knife, which is a fearsome weapon in and of itself. In GTA Vice City Stories, it resembles the Naga Dao.
As expected, the machete is a long, heavy blade with a rounded design similar to that of the Knife, in contrast to the squared design of the Meat Cleaver, another bladed weapon. The weapon is wielded and used in the same way as most bladed weapons.
Grand Theft Auto V and Online[]
The machete returns in GTA V and GTA Online, this time taking some inspiration from the Gerber Machete/Saw Combo. The machete has a bolo-style blade, most likely based on Cold Steel's Bolo machete.
Performance[]
3D Universe[]
In GTA Vice City, the machete is considered heavy, hindering the player's ability to sprint with the weapon. When an opponent is struck and not killed with the machete, they produce a larger blood trail than the Meat Cleaver, with two direct hits will kill them (or one hit, when swung in stabbing motion). The machete is a generally good all-around choice for the melee slot in the absence of the Chainsaw, along with the aforementioned Meat Cleaver, since has generally better damage over most conventional melee weapons. Its range appears to be similar to the Baseball Bat.
3D Universe Overview[]
| Damage | Fire Rate [?] | Range (m / ft) |
Ammo Specifications/ Capacity |
Reload Mechanism | Reload Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 (GTA Vice City) | 250 (GTA Vice City) | 2.0 / 6.6 (GTA Vice City) | 1000 (GTA Vice City) | N/A | 100 (GTA Vice City) |
| N/A | N/A | Cannot be determined | N/A | N/A | 0.1 second |
Grand Theft Auto V and Online[]
The Machete acts similarly to weapons like the Hatchet, allowing the wielder to swing it against the target's head or body. Depending of the player' stance, a single swing can be lethal when hitting the target's ribs from the sides or right on the middle of the forehead.
The Machete is one of the few bladed weapons that can be used while on a motorcycle.
GTA V and Online Overview[]
| Damage (per shot) [?] |
Fire Rate [?] | Range (m / ft) [?] |
Ammo Specifications/ Capacity |
Reload Mechanism | Reload Speed [?] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1.6 / 5.2 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
 |
Damage | 15% 15% | |||
| Fire Rate/Speed | 15% 15% | ||||
| Accuracy | |||||
| Range | 0% 0% | ||||
| Clip Size | |||||
Gallery[]
In-Game Model[]
HUD Icon[]
First Person View[]
Locations[]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[]
- Washington Beach, Vice Beach - Spawns on the eastern sidewalk off the Starfish Island bridge leading to Washington Beach.
- Washington Beach, Vice Beach - Available to buy from Bunch of Tools after completion of Treacherous Swine for $100.
- Little Havana, Vice City Mainland - Available to buy from Screw This after completion of Phnom Penh '86 for $100.
- Some strippers at the Pole Position Strip Club are armed with machetes, as well as the woman behind the counter.
- It can be dropped by three Haitians gang members during the mission Trial by Dirt.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories[]
- The Machete in this game is unobtainable outside missions and can only be found in the hands of criminals during the Vigilante side mission. A Yakuza gang member is also seen using this weapon during the mission Cash in Kazuki's Chips but there is no way to keep it because the player switches to a Katana automatically later on in the mission.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories[]
- Little Havana, Vice City Mainland - On the middle basketball court in a Little Havana neighborhood.
- Stonewall J's, Little Havana, Vice City Mainland - Available to buy from the shop after completion of O, Brothel, Where Art Thou? for $100 or $75 after the completion of Phil's Shooting Range.
Grand Theft Auto V[]
- Available at Ammu-Nation after installing the GTA Online: Lowriders update and completing the mission Nervous Ron (Enhanced version only). It costs $8,900.
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
- Available at Ammu-Nation after installing the Lowriders update (Enhanced version only). It costs $8,900.
Trivia[]
3D Universe[]
- The machete was originally supposed to be in GTA San Andreas, but was cut in development [ref?].
Grand Theft Auto V[]
- A larger version of the Machete can be found in any Ammu-Nation in GTA V (with the exception of the ones with shooting ranges). However, it cannot be used by the player.