GTA Online: Manufacturing researches - bunkers guide, Gunrunning GTA Online guide, tips
Last update: 25 May 2020
Right after buying a bunker your first task is to complete, so called, Setup Missions. They are typical preparatory missions during which you get staff and supplies which are necessary in manufacturing and researches. Thanks to researches you get access to new upgrades (which can't be obtained in any other way) and thanks to manufacturing you can create weapons which can be later sold.
Researches
Thanks to researches you get access to various new options. You unlock equipment for new military vehicles, new options for Mobile Operations Center and numerous modifications for existing weapons. Depending on how well developed your base is the time for completing one project usually takes 4 - 6 hours.
There are 45 different projects (this means that you need more than 200 hours to unlock them all!) and many of them requires completing minor researches (you must get the smaller upgrades first to unlock those, that are more useful). It should also be mentioned that results of your researches are random. In other words, you don't know which project is currently developed.
The research bar has 60 points. You need 100 points to develop one new technology. A bunker without upgrades generates 1 research unit each 5 minutes (filling the entire bar takes about 8.5 hours). However, a fully upgraded bunker generates 1 research unit every 3.5 minutes (filling the entire bar takes about 3.5 hours).
Below, you can find comparison between researches without and with upgrades:
Without upgrades | With all upgrades |
Time in between using 1 research point: Every 2.5 minutes. Using all supplies takes 4 hours and 10 minutes. | Time in between using 1 research point: Every 3.5 minutes. Using all supplies takes 5 hours and 50 minutes. |
Amount of time required to use all supplies: 4 hours | Amount of time required to use all supplies: 6 hours |
There is also an option to use, so called, Fast Tracking. A selected project can be researched immediately if you pay a required amount of money. The price for developing a technology without research points is $225.000. If you want to use this option again you have to wait a few minutes.
Manufacturing
Besides researches, you can also decide to use your supplies on manufacturing weapons that you can later sell. Below you can find comparison how manufacturing looks without and with upgrades:
Bunker without upgrades | Bunker with all upgrades |
Income generated in one hour: 30,000 | Income generated in one hour: 60,000 |
Time required for resupplying: each 1.5 hours | Time required for resupplying: each 2.5 hours |
Time required for manufacturing maximum amount of weapons: 16.5 hours | Time required for manufacturing maximum amount of weapons: 11.5 hours |
Price for 1 manufactured weapon: $5.000 (Blaine County), $7.500 (outside of Blaine County) | Price for 1 manufactured weapon: $7.000 (Blaine County), $10.500 (outside of Blaine County) |
Price for selling maximum amount of goods: $550.00 - $750.000 (depends on location) | Price for selling maximum amount of goods: $700.00 - $1.050.000 (depends on location) |