All GTA 4 Cheats for PC, Xbox and PlayStation

Every cheat code in GTA 4 works through Niko’s in-game phone — dial the number, wait for the “Cheat Code Activated” confirmation, and you’re done. Below you’ll find the complete list for the base game, Lost and Damned, and The Ballad of Gay Tony. One thing worth knowing before you start: using any cheat disables Achievements and Trophies for that save session, so keep a clean save file if you care about them.

The codes below have been organized across all three game versions. Jump to whichever section you need.

How to Enter Cheats in GTA 4

Pull up Niko’s cell phone — the same one you use to call Roman for a cab — and dial the cheat code as if it were a regular phone number. That’s the entire process. No controller button combos, no pausing, no typing into a console window on PC.

Once you enter the code correctly, a small notification reading “Cheat Code Activated” appears on screen. If you don’t see it, you’ve entered the number wrong — try again slowly. The codes are case-insensitive on PC (they’re numeric anyway), and the phone interface works identically across all platforms.

A few practical things to know before you start dialing:

• Spawn cheats drop vehicles directly in front of you, so make sure there’s space — spawning a helicopter inside a parking garage produces predictable results.
• Vehicle spawns stack. Dial the same code twice without moving and you’ll have two cars occupying the same point in space.
• Health and ammo cheats restock on demand, so you can redial mid-combat.
• Weather cycles through eight states sequentially — dial 468-555-0100 multiple times to scroll to the one you want.

The phone method is genuinely more elegant than the old directional-pad inputs from GTA: San Andreas. No accidental punches, no misread combos.

Grand Theft Auto 4 Cheat Codes

These codes work in the base GTA 4 only — they won’t carry over into the Episodes. All codes confirmed working as of the current PC and console versions available in 2025.

The two weapon sets are mutually exclusive in terms of which loadout you get, but you can dial both back-to-back to combine them — Niko will carry whichever weapons from each set he doesn’t already have. The Annihilator is the most useful spawn here since it comes with miniguns mounted, making it substantially more aggressive than civilian helicopters you can find naturally.

GTA 4 Lost and Damned Cheat Codes

The Lost and Damned runs on the same phone-dial system as the base game — bring up Johnny Klebitz’s phone and enter the code. Note that these codes are exclusive to TLAD and won’t work if you load up the original GTA 4 campaign.

TLAD’s cheat list is shorter than the base game’s, which makes sense — the episode leans heavily into the biker gang identity, so the spawnable vehicles are almost entirely bikes and club-adjacent rides. The Hakuchou is worth noting as one of the faster two-wheelers in the Episodes, if you want to cover Liberty City quickly without dealing with traffic.

GTA 4 The Ballad of Gay Tony Cheat Codes

The Ballad of Gay Tony gets the most interesting additions. Two cheats here — Explosive Sniper and Super Punch — alter gameplay mechanics rather than just spawning something, which puts them in a different category from the rest of the list.

The APC deserves a mention. It spawns with a functional cannon and takes significant punishment before being destroyed — it’s the closest thing TBOGT has to a tank. The Buzzard is similarly practical: smaller than the Annihilator from the base game, easier to land, and still plenty deadly. And if you’re doing Luis’s parachute jumps or just want to leap off the Rotterdam Tower without consequences, the parachute code saves you the trip to find one.

Super Punch, meanwhile, is exactly as chaotic as it sounds. Vehicles go airborne. Recommended on a separate save.

What Cheats Actually Break (And What They Don’t)

The Achievement and Trophy disabling is the one thing that trips people up most. Here’s how it actually works: entering any cheat code during a session flags that save file, and Achievements won’t unlock for the remainder of that play session. Reloading an uncorrupted save that was never touched by cheats resets this. The flag isn’t permanent to your account — it’s session-based.

So the practical approach: keep two save slots. One clean playthrough for completion, one cheat-enabled sandbox. The game doesn’t track whether you ever used cheats globally, only whether the current loaded session has had one entered.

A few other things cheats don’t affect:

• Story progress isn’t blocked — you can complete missions with cheats active, you just won’t earn the related Achievement in that session.
• The “Remove Wanted Level” cheat (267-555-0100) works even during police chases, though there’s a brief moment before the stars disappear.
• Spawned vehicles count as stolen if you exit and re-enter them after cops notice.
• Weather changes persist until you dial the code again or load a new area.

One edge case worth flagging: on PC, some players have reported that certain vehicle spawn cheats occasionally produce a different vehicle than listed if the game can’t path the spawn properly. This is rare but happens near walls or water. If your Buzzard spawns as something else, move to an open area and try again.

GTA 4 Cheats FAQ

Do GTA 4 cheats work on PC the same way as console?

Yes. The phone dial method is identical across PC, Xbox, and PlayStation versions. On PC you use the in-game phone — there’s no separate console or command line for cheats in GTA 4, unlike some other Rockstar titles.

Can I save my game after using cheats?

You can save, but the Achievement/Trophy disable flag carries into that save. If you load that save in a future session, Achievements remain disabled until you start fresh or load a pre-cheat save. Save carefully.

Why isn’t my cheat code working?

Most commonly it’s a misdialed number — the codes use 555 area codes and the last four digits are easy to transpose. Double-check the table above. If the code is correct and still isn’t working, make sure you’re in the right game version: TLAD codes won’t work in base GTA 4, and vice versa.

Is there a max ammo cheat that doesn’t restore health?

Not in the base game — the “Max Health, Armor and Ammo” cheat (482-555-0100) bundles all three together. The weapon set cheats (486-555-0150 and 486-555-0100) grant fresh weapons with full ammo without touching your health bar, which is the closest alternative.

Do these cheats work on the Epic Games Store or Steam version of GTA 4?

Yes, both PC versions use the same cheat system. The phone codes work regardless of which storefront you purchased through, as of January 2025.

Are there any GTA 4 cheats for invincibility or infinite ammo?

No. Unlike GTA 5, GTA 4 has no god mode or infinite ammo cheat. The closest equivalent is combining 482-555-0100 (max health, armor, ammo) with 267-555-0100 (remove wanted level) and reusing them as needed — it’s manual, but it covers the same ground in practice.