Choosing a base weapon

What the base decides

Every Weapon Studio weapon starts from a GTA V base weapon. Your weapon takes over everything the player feels from it; only the look is replaced:

• Handling and animations: how the weapon is held, reloaded and swapped, and its recoil.
• Sound and camera: the shot sound and the camera while aiming.
• Ammo type: an Assault Rifle base uses rifle ammo, so existing ammo shops and inventories keep working.
• Mounts: where attachments can go. A pistol has no optic or foregrip mount.
• Fire mode: full auto for rifle and SMG bases, one shot per click for pistols, unless you change it.

So pick the base by how the weapon should play, not by how it looks. A blaster that should fire like a pistol gets the Pistol base, whatever its shape. Handling cannot be changed after the build.

The ten base weapons

Step 1, Base weapon, shows the ten bases as tiles with their handling, magazine size and number of attach points.

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1. 11. Assault Rifle: handling, magazine size and attach points under the name

• Assault Rifle

  Class:Rifle, two-handed
  Magazine:30 rounds
  Mounts for attachments:Muzzle, Optic, Magazine, Under grip, Side rail

• Carbine Rifle

  Class:Rifle, two-handed
  Magazine:30 rounds
  Mounts for attachments:Muzzle, Optic, Magazine, Under grip, Side rail

• Micro SMG

  Class:SMG, two-handed
  Magazine:16 rounds
  Mounts for attachments:Muzzle, Optic, Magazine, Side rail

• SMG

  Class:SMG, two-handed
  Magazine:30 rounds
  Mounts for attachments:Muzzle, Optic, Magazine, Side rail

• Pistol

  Class:Pistol, one-handed
  Magazine:12 rounds
  Mounts for attachments:Muzzle, Magazine, Side rail

• Pistol .50

  Class:Pistol, one-handed
  Magazine:9 rounds
  Mounts for attachments:Muzzle, Magazine, Side rail

• Pump Shotgun

  Class:Shotgun, pump-action
  Magazine:8 rounds
  Mounts for attachments:Muzzle, Side rail

• Sniper Rifle

  Class:Sniper, scoped
  Magazine:10 rounds
  Mounts for attachments:Muzzle, Optic, Magazine

• Knife

  Class:Melee, blade
  Magazine:none
  Mounts for attachments:none

• Baseball Bat

  Class:Melee, blade
  Magazine:none
  Mounts for attachments:none

• Melee: use the Knife for blades and the Baseball Bat for anything swung like a club, such as a hammer or a pipe.
• Not available: launchers, heavy weapons, throwables and other GTA weapons are not offered as bases.

The seven steps of the studio

The steps sit on the left. A green tick marks a step with what it needs; the line under each step follows your choices. You can click any step at any time. Only the build checks that everything is there.

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1. 11. Base weapon: a green tick marks a finished step
2. 22. Not needed for a reskin: the hint under each step follows your choices

• 1. Base weapon

  Pick the base. Required.

• 2. Look

  Reskin, upload your own model or generate one from an image. Required.

• 3. Fit & size

  Turn, size and set the muzzle of an own or generated model. Skipped for a reskin.

• 4. Attachments

  One part per mount. Optional.

• 5. First person

  Fine-tune the aim view. Optional.

• 6. Identity & stats

  Name the weapon; fire mode and stats are optional. The name is required.

• 7. Build & install

  Checks, triangle budget and the build button.

The strip under the viewport sums up the draft: base, look, triangle budget and the current price. The Watch for line above it names the one mistake to avoid in the current step.

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1. 11. Price: the current price of the build

Drafts and autosave

The studio saves everything into a draft as you work, including the files you upload. The header says Autosaves as you work. You can close the tab: the next time you open the Weapon Studio, your most recent draft opens where you left it.

• New draft at the top right starts a fresh weapon. The old draft is kept.
• A draft you built from can be reopened with Add attachments on the weapon's result page.
• You can keep up to 24 drafts.