The Ballad of Gay Tony expands GTA IV's phone-code system with vehicles and effects that suit Luis Lopez's more extravagant campaign. Its additions include a Buzzard helicopter, an APC, two motorcycles, a boat, a sports car, a parachute and combat modifiers. They belong to this episode rather than automatically becoming cheats for Niko's campaign.
This guide covers the nine additional entries and explains how to distinguish them from shared GTA IV functions. See The Ballad of Gay Tony profile for Luis, Tony Prince, the developers and the story's place in Liberty City.
How to enter Ballad of Gay Tony phone cheats
Load Luis's episode and use his in-game phone keypad to dial the number. Hyphens here only group digits for reading. After a code has been accepted, the phone provides cheat shortcuts for later reuse.
PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 use the same documented numbers. The controls for opening the phone differ, but the number itself is not a PlayStation button sequence or an Xbox-specific command. This also avoids treating a physical keyboard as a requirement on consoles.
Cars, armor and aircraft
Bullet GT sports car:
227-555-9666.APC:
272-555-8265.Buzzard helicopter:
359-555-2899.
The APC is a vehicle, not a code that gives Luis permanent personal armor. Likewise, the Buzzard number is different from GTA IV's Annihilator number. Similar categories do not make the vehicles or their campaign availability interchangeable.
The GTA IV-family code reference documents these episode additions. Spawn large vehicles in an open location so nearby geometry does not make the result difficult to use or inspect.
Motorcycles and boat
Akuma:
625-555-0200.Vader:
625-555-3273.Floater:
938-555-0150.
These are separate from The Lost and Damned's Innovation, Hexer and custom bikes. If a page labels all of them simply GTA IV motorcycle codes, inspect which campaign it actually means before assuming universal support.
For the Floater, choose a sensible location near usable water. A boat spawn is not a teleport command, and an unsuitable location can make a valid result impractical. Record the actual model and placement if reporting an unexpected outcome.
Parachute and combat effects
Parachute:
359-555-7272.Explosive melee effect:
276-555-2666.Explosive sniper ammunition effect:
486-555-2526.
The parachute entry supplies equipment; it does not automatically perform a safe jump or meet a mission's scoring requirements. The combat entries change the consequences of attacks, so they should be tested away from an important mission attempt rather than assumed to be ordinary weapon upgrades.
This article does not present these effects as GTA Online features or as commands for GTA V. Their presence in one episode is not evidence of compatibility elsewhere in the series.
Shared GTA IV functions
The episode also uses shared phone functions, including 362-555-0100 for health and armor and 267-555-0100 for wanted-level removal. The 486-555-0100 weapon-set number reflects the episode's available equipment rather than establishing an identical inventory in every campaign.
The GTABase reference covers the base game and both episodes. Use the shared GTA IV guide for the wider common list instead of assuming that an episode-exclusive spawn is part of that base list.
Collections, mission scores and saves
Episodes from Liberty City contains this campaign and The Lost and Damned; Complete Edition also includes GTA IV. Load the intended campaign before testing a number. Packaging the stories together does not erase their different protagonists or equipment.
Keep an untouched save and read the game's warning messages. This guide does not guarantee cheat compatibility with every trophy, achievement or mission-scoring objective. A successful spawn is evidence of that spawn, not evidence that all other progression systems remain unaffected.
Troubleshooting TBoGT cheat codes
Check that Luis is the active protagonist, then check the full number and the location. If the wrong helicopter appears, compare the Buzzard and Annihilator entries. If the desired motorcycle belongs to Johnny's episode, use The Lost and Damned guide and the correct campaign.
NextPlayIntel has researched these references but has not performed a hands-on test. That distinction remains visible so readers can separate documented historical codes from direct verification on a current installation.
Sources & verification
Sources last verified on . This article covers published information, not hands-on testing.
Editorial & update notes
AI-assisted research and writing based on the linked references. This is not a hands-on review. Cheat codes have not been tested by NextPlayIntel; platform and edition limitations are explained in the guide. Images are labelled AI-generated illustrations, not gameplay screenshots.
