The Cayo Perico Heist introduced two hidden weapons: the Perico Pistol and the Combat Shotgun. Rockstar confirms that finding the Combat Shotgun during the finale unlocks it for purchase at Ammu-Nation, while the Perico Pistol is hidden somewhere in El Rubio's compound.1
The Perico Pistol requires a Small Key from a Los Santos random event. You then use the key during the Cayo Perico Heist finale. The Combat Shotgun can appear at one of nine compound locations during the finale and does not require a key.
The Perico Pistol is added to your inventory when you collect it. Finding the Combat Shotgun unlocks it at Ammu-Nation, where GTA BOOM confirmed its current price as GTA$295,000.
Perico Pistol
For the Perico Pistol, you need to acquire a 'Small Key' obtainable only through a random event that triggers only at certain locations. In this guide, we will show all the possible event locations. In this random event, you will come across a passed out guard. You can interact with him to search him for the 'Small Key.'
Use the Small Key on the locked drawer in El Rubio's office during the Cayo Perico heist finale to collect the pistol. The weapon remains in your inventory; Ammu-Nation sells its ammunition afterward.
Random Event Locations
A blue dot marks the passed-out guard random event when it appears at one of the locations below.
Random Event Location 1
Random Event Location 2
Random Event Location 3
Random Event Location 4
Random Event Location 5
Random Event Location 6
Random Event Location 7
Random Event Location 8
Acquiring the Perico Pistol
Once you have the small key from the passed out guard, you will need to use it on the locked drawer in El Rubio's office during the Cayo Perico heist finale.
Open it up using the small key, and you will obtain the gold Perico Pistol.
You can later purchase the ammo for the Perico Pistol from any one of the nearest Ammu-Nation. The pistol remains with you once you acquire it from the office.
Combat Shotgun
The Combat Shotgun is a powerful shotgun you can find in a random spot inside El Rubio's compound during the Cayo Perico heist finale. There is a fixed number of locations, but the shotgun can only spawn at one location randomly.
Combat Shotgun Locations
There are no major requirements for this shotgun. You need to go to specific locations, which we have covered below. And you should find the combat shotgun at one of the mentioned locations.
Remember that the shotgun is always leaning against an object such as a table, chair, fountain, flowerpot, tree, railing, wooden pillar, etc.
Combat Shotgun Location 1
The shotgun will be leaning against the railing.
Combat Shotgun Location 2
The shotgun will be leaning against the fountain.
Combat Shotgun Location 3
The shotgun will be leaning against the railing overlooking the sea.
Combat Shotgun Location 4
It will be leaning against the fountain.
Combat Shotgun Location 5
The shotgun will be leaning against the big central flower pot.
Combat Shotgun Location 6
The shotgun will be leaning against the wooden table with some flower pots on it.
Combat Shotgun Location 7
The same goes for this location. The shotgun will be leaning against one of the tables in this room.
Combat Shotgun Location 8
You can find the shotgun leaning against the central tree in the maze located at the compound's top right corner.
Combat Shotgun Location 9
The shotgun will be resting by the pool shade's wooden pillar at the main swimming pool area by the resting chairs.
Acquiring the Combat Shotgun
Once you've found the shotgun, pick it up, and it will be available for purchase at the Ammu-Nation.
The Combat Shotgun will not be in your inventory for free like the Perico Pistol. You will have to go to the Ammu-Nation and purchase it for GTA$295,000.
General Tips
Use these steps to reduce the time spent searching.
- Set your spawn location to Last Location near one of the passed-out guard event areas, then change sessions until the blue random-event dot appears.
- Search all nine compound positions for the Combat Shotgun during the finale. We found no reliable evidence that choosing daytime or nighttime changes its spawn chance.