Four Items, Four Different Counters
GTA Online sells these four everyday things in four different places, and the map only labels some of them. Masks come from one specialist shop, Vespucci Movie Masks on Vespucci Beach. Helmets and gloves come from ordinary clothing stores — helmets in the Hats range, gloves at the accessories racks. Snacks come from convenience store counters and vending machines, and go into your inventory to eat later.
The exception worth knowing is Ammu-Nation, which quietly runs a gear desk: the working kit — night vision, the rebreather, earpieces — lives there rather than in any clothes shop. Tactical masks are sold there too, filed as heist gear.
This guide maps each item to its counter, notes what the useful versions actually do, and finishes with how to eat a snack mid-fight without standing in the open admiring it.
Key Takeaways
- Masks: Vespucci Movie Masks and Memorabilia on Vitus Street, Vespucci Beach, south of the pier — look for the mask icon. It is open from the start in GTA Online.
- Helmets: any clothing store, in the Hats range; Vespucci Movie Masks also sells combat, biker and flight helmets. The GTA$20,000 Bulletproof Helmet at clothing stores genuinely reduces headshot damage.
- Working gear: Ammu-Nation sells Night Vision for GTA$17,500 and the Rebreather for GTA$5,000, activated later through Interaction Menu, Style, Accessories, Gear.
- Gloves: clothing stores' accessories racks in every chain — Binco, Discount Store, Suburban and Ponsonbys share the same stock in GTA Online. Gloves are purely cosmetic.
- Snacks: convenience stores (24/7, LTD, Rob's Liquor) sell P's & Q's, EgoChaser and Meteorite bars into your inventory; Sprunk and eCola vending machines charge $1 and are drunk on the spot.
- Eat from Interaction Menu, Inventory, Snacks — and eat in cover, where the animation is skipped entirely.
1. Masks: One Beach Shop Sells Nearly All of Them
Vespucci Movie Masks and Memorabilia sits on Vitus Street on the Vespucci Beach sidewalk, south of Del Perro Pier, and it is marked on the map with a small mask icon. In GTA Online it needs no unlocking — it is open from your first session.
This is the mask shop: hundreds of designs filed by theme, from hockey masks and animal heads to festive and horror ranges, most priced in the hundreds or low thousands of dollars. If a heist outfit in your head starts with a mask, it starts here.
Two smaller sources top the range up. Ammu-Nation sells tactical masks as part of its heist gear, and the Diamond Casino's store rotates its own novelty masks. Between the three, every mask in the game traces back to a counter — none of them are found lying in the world.
Masks are cosmetic for gameplay purposes. Their one superstition is worth honouring anyway: rob a store wearing one, and the clerk remembers faces, not outfits — regulars swap masks between robberies, a habit our Diamond Casino Heist guide would call professional.
2. Helmets: Clothing Stores First, the Beach for Combat Styles
Every clothing store in GTA Online carries helmets inside its Hats range — walk to the hats display and browse; a dedicated Helmets grouping sits among the caps. In Online, all four chains (Binco, Discount Store, Suburban, Ponsonbys) share the same catalogue, so never travel across the map for a helmet a nearer shop also sells.
Vespucci Movie Masks doubles as the specialist: its combat, biker and flight helmets include styles the high street does not stock, which is why locals call it the helmet shop as often as the mask shop.
Most helmets are looks alone, but two ranges work for a living. The Bulletproof Helmet, GTA$20,000 at clothing stores, measurably cuts headshot damage and can turn a lethal first shot into a survivable one. Combat helmets split by lens — Dual Lens versions carry night vision, Quad Lens versions carry thermal vision — and sit in their own combat helmets range at the same counters.
Set your bike helmet behaviour in Interaction Menu, Style, Accessories: choose which owned helmet appears on a motorcycle, and whether it auto-equips. It is set once and forgotten, which is the correct amount of attention for it — the rest of the menu system is mapped in our controls and settings guide.
3. The Gear Desk: Ammu-Nation's Working Kit
Some headgear is equipment rather than clothing, and Ammu-Nation sells it. Its heist gear list includes Night Vision for GTA$17,500, the Rebreather for GTA$5,000, and earpieces for a little over a thousand dollars each.
Night vision and the rebreather are not worn like hats. Once bought, they are switched on from Interaction Menu, Style, Accessories, Gear — cycle to the item and select Activate. The Quad Lens helmet's thermal vision works the same way.
This is the kit heists quietly assume you own. A rebreather turns underwater approaches from a drowning timer into a route, and night vision earns its price the first time a setup sends you into a dark hold.
Because it is gear, it is bought once per character and kept forever. If a checklist for a heist finale mentions equipment you do not recognise, this desk — not a clothes shop — is where it is sold.
4. Gloves: The Accessories Rack in Any Clothing Store
Gloves are the simplest purchase on this page: any clothing store, at its accessories racks, alongside the glasses and bags. Each chain arranges its shop floor differently — Ponsonbys keeps accessories in a display case mid-store, Binco and the Discount Stores near the counter, Suburban towards the back wall — but the catalogue behind the racks is identical.
The range runs from driving gloves and leather pairs to fingerless, tactical and work styles, at prices low enough that gloves are usually bought to finish an outfit rather than planned as a purchase.
They do nothing mechanically. No glove adds grip, protection or a stat; they are pure costume, which makes them the honest way to finish a look — saved into outfits at any wardrobe, as our guide to GTA Online outfits explains.
A handful of gloves only exist inside complete outfits — certain heist and event outfits include matching handwear that is never sold separately. If a specific pair refuses to appear in the racks, it belongs to one of those sets.
5. Snacks: Counters, Machines and Free Top-Ups
Snacks are bought at convenience stores — the enterable 24/7 shops, LTD Gasoline and Rob's Liquor outlets across the map. At the counter you can buy three confectionery staples: P's & Q's, EgoChaser energy bars and Meteorite bars, each for a few dollars.
Unlike story mode, where bought food is eaten on the spot, Online purchases go into your snack inventory. Buy up to the carrying cap whenever you pass a counter; the habit of arriving at a job with a full inventory is worth more than the few dollars it costs, as any beginner guide graduate will confirm.
Vending machines work differently. Sprunk and eCola machines charge $1 a can and the drink is consumed immediately, restoring health there and then — a street-corner top-up, not a stockpile.
Free snacks exist in a few owned interiors. Rockstar's own San Andreas Mercenaries notes mention free snacks and weapon pickups placed around the Hangar, and snack bowls in later properties follow the same idea: when a property offers, fill your pockets — it is the same inventory, at no cost.
6. Eating Snacks Without Getting Shot
A snack only helps if you survive eating it. Consume from Interaction Menu, Inventory, Snacks, and understand the animation: standing in the open, your character eats in real time, defenceless. In cover, the animation is skipped and the health lands almost immediately — the single most useful snack fact in the game.
Experienced players bind the work away. Setting "Eat Snack" as your on-foot action lets a double stick-click eat mid-fight, and the weapon wheel's quick option serves the same purpose on newer versions. Either beats menu-diving under fire.
Snacks restore health; armour is a separate bar with its own shopping trip to Ammu-Nation or the Gun Van. The two together — full snacks, full armour, eaten and worn before the shooting starts — are the real survival kit.
One modern convenience: guides note that since the Bottom Dollar Bounties update, snack inventories are refilled automatically at the start of heist missions. Arrive stocked anyway. The refill is a safety net, not a shopping strategy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I buy a mask in GTA Online?
At Vespucci Movie Masks and Memorabilia on Vitus Street, Vespucci Beach, south of the pier — the mask icon on the map. Ammu-Nation also sells tactical masks as heist gear, and the Diamond Casino store rotates novelty masks.
Where do I buy a helmet in GTA Online?
In the Hats range of any clothing store — Binco, Discount Store, Suburban and Ponsonbys all stock the same catalogue in Online. Vespucci Movie Masks additionally sells combat, biker and flight helmets not found on the high street.
Do helmets actually protect you in GTA Online?
Most are cosmetic, but the exceptions matter: the GTA$20,000 Bulletproof Helmet at clothing stores reduces headshot damage, and combat helmets add vision modes — Dual Lens for night vision, Quad Lens for thermal. Ordinary bike and fashion helmets protect nothing.
Where do I buy gloves in GTA Online?
At the accessories racks of any clothing store. The racks sit in different spots by chain — mid-store at Ponsonbys, near the counter at Binco and Discount Stores, at the back in Suburban — but the glove catalogue is the same everywhere.
Where do I buy snacks in GTA Online?
At the counters of enterable convenience stores: 24/7 shops, LTD Gasoline and Rob's Liquor sell P's & Q's, EgoChaser and Meteorite bars into your inventory. Sprunk and eCola vending machines sell a $1 drink that is consumed immediately instead.
How do I eat snacks in GTA Online?
Open the Interaction Menu, go to Inventory, then Snacks, and choose one. Eat while in cover whenever possible — the eating animation is skipped in cover, so the health arrives almost instantly instead of leaving you exposed.
Where do I buy night vision in GTA Online?
At Ammu-Nation, from its heist gear list, for GTA$17,500. It is not worn like a hat: activate it through Interaction Menu, Style, Accessories, Gear. The same desk sells the Rebreather for GTA$5,000.
Are snacks free anywhere in GTA Online?
Sometimes. Certain owned properties place free snacks inside — Rockstar's own update notes called out free snacks and weapon pickups in the Hangar — and guides report snack inventories are refilled automatically when heist missions start. Convenience stores remain the reliable source.
Can I buy snacks during a mission?
Usually not — most jobs lock shopping. Stock up in free roam before you launch anything. The exceptions are free-roam properties and the machines scattered around the map, which is why veterans treat every convenience store visit as a restock.
Do gloves do anything in GTA Online?
No. Gloves are purely cosmetic — they finish outfits and nothing else. A few designs only come as part of complete heist or event outfits and are never sold on their own, so if a pair is missing from the racks, it belongs to a set.
Closing Thoughts
None of these four needs a special trip once you know the map's habits: masks at the beach, helmets and gloves at whichever clothing store is nearest, gear at Ammu-Nation, and snacks at every counter you pass. Stock the working items once — bulletproof helmet, night vision, a full snack inventory — and the rest is costume, bought whenever a look demands it.
