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(click here to learn more)The Black Market is a market and service in Just Cause 2.
Rico about to sky-dive out of the Black Market H-62 Quapaw after extracting.
Not to be confused with the Black Market of Just Cause 4.
The old Black Market.
Description[]
The black market dealer, initially known as Sloth Demon, is the one who sells weapons and vehicles to Rico. It can also be used for fast long-distance travel (Extractions). The black market is unlocked for use by the player at the end of the second storyline mission Casino Bust and can be called by using a beacon. The beacon is activated by pressing 4 then E (PC); ↓ then Y (Xbox) and ↓ then ∆ (PS3). The black market dealer always uses an H-62 Quapaw helicopter.
The black market main menu.
The beacon used to call Sloth Demon.
You can only call the black market dealer when you stand on flat ground, swim at the surface of open water and when nothing is blocking helicopter access above you (bridges, buildings, anti-air defenses...).
Black Market items are all purchased at a cost. A few of them and all DLC items are immediately avaliable, while others are gated by Chaos Points.
Extractions are not possible under any level of heat.
In the third Agency mission ("The White Tiger"), Tom Sheldon reveals he was the Black Market dealer operating under the "Sloth Demon" alias, an anagram of his name.
Weapons you can buy[]
In total, there are 18 weapons available for purchase from the Black Market; 12 in the standard game, and 6 from downloadable content.
Base Game Weapons[]
- Fragmentation Grenade: $25,000 - No unlock requirement
- Pistol: $20,000 - No unlock requirement
- Revolver: $40,000 - 40,000 CP
- Sniper Rifle: $45,000 - 40,000 CP
- Assault Rifle: $55,000 - 70,000 CP
- Triggered Explosive: $30,000 - 95,000 CP
- Sawed-Off Shotgun: $35,000 - 140,000 CP
- Shotgun: $45,000 - 195,000 CP
- Submachine Gun: $35,000 - 255,000 CP
- Machine Gun: $70,000 - 310,000 CP
- Grenade Launcher: $75,000 - 360,000 CP
- Rocket Launcher: $80,000 - 415,000 CP
Downloadable Content Weapons[]
- Bulls Eye Assault Rifle: $50,000
- Rico's Signature Gun: $40,000
- Quad Rocket Launcher: $45,000
- Multi-Lock Missile Launcher: $50,000
- Cluster Bomb Launcher: $40,000
- Air Propulsion Gun: $45,000
Vehicles you can buy[]
In total, there are 16 vehicles available for purchase from the Black Market; 10 in the standard game, and 6 from downloadable content. CP = Chaos points required to unlock.
Base Game Vehicles[]
- Makoto MZ 260X: $25,000 - No unlock requirement
- Pell Silverbolt 6: $30,000 - 40,000 CP
- MTA Powerrun 77: $30,000 - 70,000 CP
- Rowlinson K22: $35,000 - 95,000 CP
- Shimuzu ATV 110: $25,000 - 140,000 CP
- Garret Traver-Z: $40,000 - 195,000 CP
- Poloma Renegade: $50,000 - 255,000 CP
- Hedge Wildchild: $50,000 - 310,000 CP
- GV-104 Razorback: $100,000 - 360,000 CP
- Sivirkin 15 Havoc: $100,000 - 415,000 CP
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Downloadable Content Vehicles[]
- Chevalier Ice Breaker: $25,000
- Monster Truck: $75,000
- Tuk-Tuk Boom Boom: $50,000
- Agency Hovercraft: $125,000
- Chevalier Classic: $25,000
- F-33 Dragonfly Jet Fighter: $100,000
Weapon and vehicle upgrades[]
Main article: Collectable Items in Panau.
Weapons and vehicles can be upgraded by the corresponding Resource Parts (see Just Cause 2 General Gameplay Tips for more info about them). Each vehicle and piece of equipment begins at level 1 (default) and can be upgraded to level 6. As a weapon is upgraded, its damage, rate of fire, accuracy, magazine capacity and maximum reserve ammo increase. Likewise, as a vehicle is upgraded, its top speed, acceleration, handling and armor rating increase, with some of them gaining additional weapon. The amount of parts needed per upgrade increases by 5 as the levels progress. For example, if you have a level 1 pistol and you want to upgrade it to level 4, you would need 30 weapon parts to upgrade it at any one time; 5 parts for level 2; 10 more for level 3 and 15 more for level 4 etc.
Each weapon or vehicle needs a total of 75 parts to fully upgraded (level 6). This means that of the 950 obtainable weapon parts, only 900 are needed for all weapons to be fully upgraded, as there are 12 Black Market weapons available. This also means that only 750 vehicle parts are needed for all vehicles to be fully upgraded, of the 900 obtainable parts, as there are 10 Black Market vehicles available.
Unfortunately, weapon and vehicle parts can't be purchased, and must be found whilst roaming around Panau or earned from missions.
Downloadable content weapons and vehicles are fully upgraded by default.
Upgrade values[]
| Level | Number of Parts needed |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 (default) |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 15 |
| 5 | 20 |
| 6 | 25 |
Quotes from the dealer[]
| Action | Sloth Demon | Tom Sheldon |
|---|---|---|
| Black Market Dealer is summoned | "How may I help you?"
"What can I do for you today?" |
"At your service, buddy. What'll it be?"
"How can I help you, hombre?" "Ready and serving! What do you need?" |
| Rico makes a purchase from the Black Market | "Stand back, dropping delivery." | "Try not to break it now... Hell! Who am I tryin' to fool?" |
| Black Market Dealer reaches extraction destination | "This is the place. Good luck." | "Here we are. Thanks for flyin' Air Sheldon, he-he-he!" |
Cancelled speech lines and features[]
Main article: Cut game content from Just Cause 2
Glitch[]
There is a glitch where if a new game is started, Tom Sheldon's quotes will not match his Sloth Demon facade, instead playing those meant to be spoken after "The White Tiger" where Tom reveals his identity. (Example Sloth Demon will say: "How can I help you, hombre?" instead of "How may I help you?".) See also: Just Cause 2 Bugs and glitches.
Trivia[]
- Tom Sheldon is apparently not the sole black market operator on Panau:
- Colonel Baratham has set up his own black market, which, according to his PDA page, is visited by Reapers, Roaches and Ular Boys. He is said to sell "guns, ammo and explosives". Unfortunately, Rico cannot use this alternate black market.
- Alexander Mirkov also employs one, with his pilot dropping his unique SV-1003 Raider during Three Kings. The pilot model still uses Tom Sheldon's Black Market dealer attire.
- Panau also has a large amount of civilian stores and markets.
- Differences between the Black Market and its predecessor:
- The Agency must have gone through some major budget cuts since JC1, because the items used to all be free. Now they cost money even after Tom reveals his identity.
- In JC1, heavy drop has 4 vehicles, only one of which can be active at any given moment. Weapons and infinite ammunition are supplied at safehouses.
- In JC2, vehicles and weapons cost a certain amount of money to purchase, but can be requested multiple times as long as they can be paid for.
- The only similarity between them are free extractions.
- As mentioned before, the Black Market in JC2 can be considered a spiritual successor to the Heavy drop in Just Cause, while also being a predecessor to Rebel drop in Just Cause 3 and Supply drop in Just Cause 4.
- Uniquely, however, the JC2 Black Market is the only one of the four that costs money.
- In Just Cause 3, Tom Sheldon repeats two of his Black Market quotes during Bavarium on a Plane when Rico is about to enter the Urga Fura 570 and at the end of the mission after Di Ravello's Bavarium bomb explodes.