Bully Glitch Unlocks Hidden Rifle After 20 Years
▼ Summary
– A player attempting a pacifist run of *Bully* discovered exploits to access violent weapons like a rifle in free roam without mods.
– The rifle, normally only usable in a shooting range minigame, can damage NPCs and be fired during cutscenes, suggesting it was cut from the final game.
– The exploit works on any version of *Bully*, and the player provided specific steps to access the weapon.
– Cut content implying the rifle was intentionally programmed but possibly unfinished, as it has buggy animations and missing third-person assets.
– Rockstar Games may have removed the weapon due to media scrutiny around school shootings, especially after the “Hot Coffee” controversy in *Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas*.
For the last six months, one dedicated player has essentially devoted himself to a single, seemingly impossible goal: beating Rockstar Games’ 2006 open-world classic Bully without harming a single NPC. Ironically, this pacifist crusade has led to the discovery of several never-before-seen exploits , including the ability to wield some of the game’s most violent weapons outside their intended missions. The latest find, uncovered just yesterday, is a hidden rifle.
Content creator JustGarrison uploaded a detailed breakdown of the exploit to YouTube, outlining the specific steps required to bring the rifle into free roam. Importantly, no mods or external tools were used. As Garrison notes in the video, the exploit works across all versions of Bully, suggesting it’s a genuine oversight in the game’s code rather than a hack.
The rifle itself is normally only accessible during the shooting range minigame, where it exists as a temporary, mission-locked item. What makes this discovery particularly intriguing is that the weapon actually deals damage to NPCs in free roam. This strongly implies the rifle was intentionally programmed to be usable, and that a means of accessing it in the open world was likely cut during development. However, the buggy animations and the fact that you can fire the weapon during cutscenes suggest it was either left unfinished or that Rockstar removed its third-person assets before launch.
Given the context of the time, the decision to lock the rifle away makes sense. Though the weapon only fires BB pellets , as established in the shooting range minigame , the optics of a player shooting inside a school environment would almost certainly have drawn media scrutiny. Bully launched in 2006, roughly a year after the infamous “Hot Coffee” minigame was discovered in the PC version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Under that kind of public and regulatory pressure, it’s easy to see why Rockstar might have chosen to play it safe.
(Source: Kotaku)
