Gray Zone Warfare is a tactical shooter set on the island of Lamang, and vendors are the traders you visit to buy and sell gear and pick up tasks. Your standing with each one decides what you can buy and which jobs open up, so they play a big part in how you get stronger. The vendors are Handshake, Gunny, Lab Rat, Artisan, Turncoat, Banshee, and Vulture, the black-market dealer. Once you know how they work, it's much easier to decide where to spend your time and your money.
Vendor
Items
Artisan
A mechanic and trader for civilian gear, storage containers, and Eastern firearms.
- Real Name
- Laya Hoang
- What They Sell
- Civilian equipment and storage containers, plus Eastern firearms and parts.
- Where to Find
- Base camp
- Loyalty Ranks
- 4
- Key Rank Unlock
- Rank 2 here plus Rank 2 with Lab Rat unlocks the Hideout.
- Task Focus
- Local investigations, records, and item-retrieval jobs.
Banshee
A broad-stock trader with weapons, ammunition, parts, and gear.
- Real Name
- James Miller
- What They Sell
- Weapons, ammunition, weapon parts, and assorted gear.
- Where to Find
- Base camp
- Loyalty Ranks
- 4
- Key Rank Unlock
- Rank 3 unlocks the Hideout smuggling tasks.
- Task Focus
- Contraband investigations and criminal activity.
Gunny
A quartermaster for firearms and the magazines, ammunition, and parts that support them.
- Real Name
- Anton Jackson
- What They Sell
- Firearms, ammunition, magazines, weapon parts, and attachments.
- Where to Find
- Base camp
- Loyalty Ranks
- 4
- Key Rank Unlock
- -
- Task Focus
- Weapon caches, range work, and combat assignments.
Handshake
An operations manager whose stock focuses on Western protective and carrying gear.
- Real Name
- Lewis Pell
- What They Sell
- Western protective and carrying gear, including armor and tactical equipment.
- Where to Find
- Base camp
- Loyalty Ranks
- 4
- Key Rank Unlock
- -
- Task Focus
- Reconnaissance, operational security, and combat contracts.
Lab Rat
A medical supplier for treatment items, field supplies, food, and drinks.
- Real Name
- Jie Xianlong
- What They Sell
- Medical supplies, food, drinks, and treatment equipment.
- Where to Find
- Base camp
- Loyalty Ranks
- 4
- Key Rank Unlock
- Rank 2 here plus Rank 2 with Artisan unlocks the Hideout.
- Task Focus
- Medical deliveries, field samples, and research.
Turncoat
A Lamang trader whose stock combines weapons, ammunition, and field gear.
- Real Name
- -
- What They Sell
- Weapons, ammunition, weapon parts, and selected protective gear.
- Where to Find
- Base camp
- Loyalty Ranks
- 4
- Key Rank Unlock
- -
- Task Focus
- Local faction intelligence, hostile groups, and delivery jobs.
Vulture
A formerly roaming trader who is now available through the regular vendor screen.
- Real Name
- -
- What They Sell
- -
- Where to Find
- Base camp or a Combat Outpost
- Loyalty Ranks
- 4
- Key Rank Unlock
- -
- Task Focus
- -
How Gray Zone Warfare Vendors Work
A vendor is part shop and part job board. You can buy gear from them, sell what you find, and take tasks that pay out in money and reputation.
Vendors don't carry everything, though. Many weapons and plenty of other gear only show up as loot out in the world, so you'll still need to search for some of your kit.
Each vendor carries its own mix of gear. Handshake leans toward Western gear, while Artisan focuses on civilian equipment and storage containers. At the lowest vendor level, the stock is basic, and better equipment opens up as you advance.
How Vendor Reputation Works
Reputation is how a vendor decides what to show you. You build it by finishing tasks and trading items, and smuggling runs and hunting smugglers can add to it too.
Reputation also drives your vendor level. Each new level opens up more dangerous and profitable tasks, along with better weapons and gear. Since each trader opens different tasks and stock, it pays to build standing with a few traders instead of pushing a single one to the top.
Stims, Tracking Tags, and the Hideout
Stims and Tracking Tags can't be bought from vendors, so you craft them instead. That puts more weight on the Hideout, which comes with its own lab and electronics workshop.
The lab turns out medical products and drugs, and it gives you a source of semi-passive income. Goods you make can be sold straight to vendors, so the Hideout gives you something to trade as well as something to use.
FAQ
Where do I find Vulture in Gray Zone Warfare?
Vulture is on the regular vendor screen, so you can reach him at base camp or at a Combat Outpost, the same way you reach the other traders. Like them, he levels up through reputation.
What rank unlocks the Hideout in Gray Zone Warfare?
Reaching Rank 2 with both Lab Rat and Artisan unlocks the Hideout. That's the milestone to aim for if you want to craft Stims and Tracking Tags.
Which vendor opens the Hideout smuggling tasks?
Banshee does. Reaching Rank 3 with Banshee opens the Hideout smuggling tasks, so that's the standing to build if you want that side of the Hideout.