Ammo

How does one get some ammo?

Introduction

For all non-melee weapons, ammo must be purchased before the weapon can be of any use to you in a fight. During a fight, you can reload but can only bring a finite number of clips - once they run out you will have to switch weapons. Ammo may be purchased in the ammo locker, found at the top of the "Items" page. You can also find the ammo locker at Big Al's Gun Shop [1].
You can purchase up to 99,999,999 ammunition of each type.

Ammo Size

Ammunition comes in a variety of sizes to fit different kinds of weapons.

Ammunition
Calibre	Weapons
12 Gauge Cartridges	The Sawed-Off Shotgun, Benelli M1 Tactical, Ithaca 37, Benelli M4 Super, Jackhammer, Blunderbuss, Nock Gun, and Homemade Pocket Shotgun
9mm Parabellum Rounds	The MP5 Navy, TMP, MP5k, Skorpion, Mag 7, MP 40, 9mm Uzi, Taurus, Glock 17, Luger, USP, Beretta M9, Beretta 92FS, BT MP9, Qsz-92 and Dual 92G Berettas
.45 ACP Rounds	Thompson, Springfield 1911-A1 and Cobra Derringer
7.62mm Rifle Rounds	Sks Carbine, AK-47, Gold-Plated AK-47 and Rheinmetall MG 3
5.56mm Rifle Rounds	Vektor CR-21, XM8 Rifle, Bushmaster Carbon 15 Type 21s, M4A1 Colt Carbine, Heckler & Koch SL8, M16 A2 Rifle, Sig 550, Steyr AUG, Enfield SA-80, Tavor TAR-21, M249 SAW, Minigun, Swiss Army SG 550, Negev NG-5, Neutrilux 2000 and ArmaLite M-15A4 Rifle
5.7mm High Vel. Rounds	P90, Dual P90s, Ruger 57 and Fiveseven
5.45mm Rifle Rounds	AK74u
.25 ACP Rounds	Raven MP25
.44 Special Rounds	S&W Revolver, Magnum, S&W M29 and Desert Eagle
.380 ACP Rounds	Lorcin 380 and Beretta Pico
Warheads	Type 98 Anti-Tank
Snow Balls	Snow Cannon
Flares	Flare Gun
Stones	Slingshot
Bolts	Crossbow and Harpoon
Darts	Blowgun
Liters of Fuel	Flamethrower
RPGs	RPG Launcher
40mm Grenade	China Lake and Milkor Mgl

Special Ammo

Only basic ammunition for each size can be bought in the ammo locker - special ammo (Hollow Point, Tracer, Piercing and Incendiary) can be obtained via Mission Credits, the Big Al's Gun Shop benefit block or with job points in a Gun Store. Not all special ammo types are available for each size ammo, and hence weapon. For example, Incendiary Snowballs do not exist.
You can store up to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 special ammo.^[1]

To equip special ammo, click on the box with the number of that ammo in - it will turn green if the special ammo is actively loaded.
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Special Ammunition
Type	Effect
Hollow Point	+50% Damage, -50% Penetration (Enemy armor value is increased by 50%).
Piercing	+50% Penetration (Enemy armor reduced to 50%)
Incendiary	+40% Damage
Tracer	+10.00 Accuracy

Effectiveness

The graph and table below outlines the relative effectiveness of three types of damage-related Special Ammunition. Regular damage to a naked opponent is assumed to be 1000, and the value of an opponent's armor is varied up to the theoretical maximum, 56.40, for each ammo type.
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Special Ammo Effectiveness
Armor range	Order of effectiveness
0.00	HP > IN > PI > Regular
20.00 - 28.57	IN > HP > PI > Regular
28.58 - 39.99	IN > PI > HP > Regular
40.00 - 44.44	IN > PI > Regular > HP
44.45 - 56.40	PI > IN > Regular > HP

Hey, even I had a little trouble finding out where to get ammo when I first started.

Moved to Q&A.

Not all special ammo types are available for each size ammo, and hence weapon. For example, Incendiary Snowballs do not exist.

NGL Incendiary snowballs would be amazing :D

Wizard: "I cast (inhales): INCENDIARY SNOWBALL!!"