The Pool Cue is a tool and a weapon in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, The Lost and Damned and Grand Theft Auto Online, and due to appear in Grand Theft Auto VI.
Design
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
The Pool Cue in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is depicted as a full-length cue with a black lower section ("butt") and brown upper section ("shaft"). It is primarily used as a tool to play pool. The in-game model of the Pool Cue was originally a cutscene prop from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (same as the Desert Eagle), used in the mission Alloy Wheels of Steel. The Pool Cue can be seen used by Mitch Baker and another biker during the cutscene.
Grand Theft Auto IV
In Grand Theft Auto IV, the Pool Cue has in fact been categorized as a weapon alongside other melee weapons, but its use as a weapon was dropped during development. The Pool Cue may still be used to play pool, but cannot be used outside the game, even though it is a functional weapon. It can be obtained via trainers, but it has low details, no HUD icon, and has the same behaviour as the Baseball Bat. [1]
The Lost and Damned
In The Lost and Damned, the Pool Cue is officially added as a weapon into the game, albeit as a halved version. Additionally, pool can still be played. There is also an own full-length cue added in the game, which appears to have better aspect, featuring the halved cue as the lower section of the full-length variation.
Grand Theft Auto Online
In Grand Theft Auto Online the Pool Cue assumes the halved variation seen in TLAD, but has a brighter texture and "OLD GEN" logos on it.
Performance
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
While the Pool Cue is an effective melee weapon, the player cannot sprint, due to the weapon's length. It can kill any pedestrian instantly in one hit.
GTA San Andreas Overview
| Damage | Fire Rate [?][?]In the files, each value equals a millisecond | Range (m / ft) |
Ammo Specifications/ Capacity |
Reload Mechanism | Reload Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Cannot be determined | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The Lost and Damned
The Pool Cue performs similarly to the Baseball Bat, sharing the same damage (depending of the attack). However, the Pool Cue has no dodging animation, which only allows the player to block attacks and also makes it impossible to perform counter-attacks in a fight.
TLAD Overview
| Damage (per shot) |
Fire Rate [?][?]In the files, each unit equals to a millisecond | Range (m / ft) |
Ammo Specifications/ Capacity |
Reload Mechanism | Reload Speed [?][?]In the files, each unit equals to a millisecond |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | 1.6 / 5.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1-3/8 (Primary attack) 2-4/8 (Secondary attack) |
N/A | Cannot be determined | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Grand Theft Auto Online
The Pool Cue performs practically the same as the Baseball Bat and the Golf Club, being also one of the strongest melee weapons.
GTA Online Overview
| Damage (per shot) [?][?]GTA V PED HEALTH POINTS: Strong: 200 ; Average: 175 ; Weak: 150 ; Animal: 150 ; Armour: 200 ; Gull: 10 ; Fish: 10 ; Rat: 10 ; Shark: 200 |
Fire Rate [?][?]In the files, the millisecond is the thousandth number (0.001) | Range (m / ft) [?][?]Also measured in-game through GPS waypoint or other players in the map menu |
Ammo Specifications/ Capacity |
Reload Mechanism | Reload Speed [?][?]In the files, the millisecond is the thousandth number (0.001) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1.6 / 5.2 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
 |
Damage | 20% 20% | |||
| Fire Rate/Speed | 10% 10% | ||||
| Accuracy | |||||
| Range | 0% 0% | ||||
| Clip Size | |||||
Image Gallery
In-Game model
HUD icon
First-Person View
Artworks
Harold Cartwright holding a Pool Cue in the ending cutscene of Grand Theft Auto: London 1961.
Artwork of Mitch Baker with a Pool Cue in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Artwork of Terry Thorpe with a Pool Cue in The Lost and Damned.
Locations
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Pool Cue's locations map
- Blueberry, Red County – In front of a small restaurant. From the entrance of The Well Stacked Pizza Co., head east and through the four-way intersection. Continue until the next intersection, which should be a three-way, has been reached. At the northeast part of this intersection, look for a small restaurant. The Pool Cue is just north of the entrance.
- Doherty, San Fierro – Underneath a fallen part of the building on the west side of the construction site north of the Doherty Garage. From the Driving School, go north and turn west when you reach the construction site. Continue west and up the hill into the construction site. Continue west and should encounter a still-standing portion of a building with the floor drooping down. Underneath this fallen floor is the Pool Cue (and a Flamethrower).
- Rockshore East, Las Venturas – In the middle of the industrial complex (by the dumpster) at Rockshore East. From the Rockshore West Safehouse, head north through the intersection and turn east at the road curve. Continue east and turn north at the next road curve. Continue north and turn east at the next road curve. Continue forward, cross the railroad tracks, and enter the industrial complex. Just off to the left is some sheltered parking. Go to the east end of the sheltered parking area. Once there, look for a beige building off to the left. There is a dumpster at the southwest corner of this building. The Pool Cue is next to this dumpster.
- Any of the four bars around San Andreas – After a game of pool CJ receives the Pool Cue (replacing any equivalent weapons in the slot).
- Can also be obtained by killing a pool player.
The Lost and Damned
- In the Homebrew Café.
- In the Lost MC Clubhouse.
Grand Theft Auto Online
- Available to purchase from Ammu-Nation for $6,250.
References
- ↑ WeaponInfo.xml - GTA IV
<weapon type="POOLCUE"> <data slot="MELEE" firetype="MELEE" damagetype="MELEE" group="MELEE_WOOD" targetrange="10.0" weaponrange="1.6"> <damage base="1" networkplayermod="1.0" networkpedmod="1.0"/> <pickup regentime="120000"/> <controller> <rumble duration="60" intensity="0.23"/> </controller> <flags> <flag>CAN_AIM</flag> <flag>MELEE_CLUB</flag> <flag>ARMOUR_PENETRATING</flag> </flags> </data> <assets model="w_cue"/> </weapon>