Jobs Creator Markers, Blips & Zones Guide

The Foundation of Every Job: Markers and Blips

Markers and blips are how your jobs exist in the game world. Without them, a job is just a name in a database. Markers are the interactive points where employees perform actions — buying items, taking vehicles, crafting goods, harvesting resources. Blips are the icons on the minimap and main map that help players find these locations.

Jobs Creator supports a comprehensive range of marker types, each designed for a specific job function. This guide covers all of them, plus how to configure blips for maximum usability. Updated for 2026.

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All Marker Types Explained

Workshop Markers

Purpose: The primary work location for a job. This is where employees report for duty and perform their main activities.

Use cases:

• Police station duty desk
• Mechanic workshop floor
• Hospital reception area
• Construction site headquarters
• Restaurant kitchen

Configuration:

• Set the position where the marker appears
• Configure the interaction radius (how close the player needs to be)
• Optionally restrict access by grade

Workshops are typically the first marker you create for any job. They serve as the "home base" for employees.

Shop Markers

Purpose: Item purchase points for employees.

Use cases:

• Police equipment supply
• Mechanic tool and parts shop
• Medical supply purchase point
• Chef ingredient shop
• Farming supply store

Configuration:

• Item list with prices
• Grade restrictions per item
• Location positioning

See our dedicated custom shops guide for detailed shop configuration strategies.

Garage Markers

Purpose: Vehicle spawn and return points for job-specific vehicles.

Use cases:

• Police cruiser garage
• Ambulance bay
• Tow truck lot
• Delivery van depot
• Taxi stand

Configuration:

• Vehicle list with model names and labels
• Grade requirements per vehicle
• Spawn point coordinates and heading
• Return point location

See our vehicle management guide for advanced garage configurations.

Armory Markers

Purpose: Weapon and tactical equipment stations.

Use cases:

• Police armory at the station
• SWAT gear room
• Military base armory
• Security company equipment locker

Configuration:

• Weapon list with GTA V model names
• Weapon components and attachments
• Armor and protection items
• Grade-based access tiers

Armories are primarily used by law enforcement and security jobs, but you can configure them for any job that needs weapon access.

Crafting Markers

Purpose: Item combination stations where raw or processed materials are turned into finished products.

Use cases:

• Mechanic workbench (combining parts into repair kits)
• Restaurant kitchen (combining ingredients into dishes)
• Drug lab (combining chemicals into products)
• Workshop bench (combining materials into tools)

Configuration:

• Recipe list: input items and quantities, output item and quantity
• Crafting duration
• Grade requirements

Crafting markers work best as part of a larger economy chain with harvesting and processing.

Teleport Markers

Purpose: Instant transportation between two locations.

Use cases:

• Building entrance/exit (enter a door to teleport inside an interior)
• Elevator simulation (teleport between floors)
• Underground access (surface to tunnel)
• Secret passages

Configuration:

• Origin point (where the player interacts)
• Destination point (where the player arrives)
• Bidirectional option (can the player teleport back?)

Teleport markers are essential for MLO interiors (custom interior map mods). When you add a building interior to your server, use a teleport marker at the door to move players in and out.

Market Markers

Purpose: Sell points where employees exchange items for money.

Use cases:

• Fish market at the docks
• Produce stand in the city
• Scrap metal buyer at the junkyard
• Drug dealer in a back alley

Configuration:

• Accepted items and sell prices
• Location

Markets are the "cash out" step in the harvest → process → sell economy loop.

Harvesting Markers

Purpose: Resource gathering zones where players collect raw materials.

Use cases:

• Mining spots for ore
• Fishing spots
• Crop fields for farming
• Forest areas for wood gathering
• Ocean areas for diving

Configuration:

• Item gathered (what raw material the player receives)
• Gathering time per unit
• Interaction radius

See our harvesting and processing guide for complete economy chain setup.

Processing Markers

Purpose: Refinement stations where raw materials are converted into usable components.

Use cases:

• Smelter for turning ore into metal
• Sawmill for turning logs into planks
• Kitchen for turning raw ingredients into cooking ingredients
• Lab for turning raw chemicals into refined chemicals

Configuration:

• Input item and quantity
• Output item and quantity
• Processing time

Processing bridges the gap between raw harvesting and final crafting or selling.

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Blip Configuration

Every marker you create can optionally display a blip on the minimap and main map. Blips help players navigate to job locations and identify points of interest.

Blip Settings

For each blip, you can configure:

• Sprite — The icon shown on the map. GTA V has hundreds of built-in sprites (icons for police stations, hospitals, shops, garages, and more). Choose one that represents the marker's purpose
• Color — The color of the blip icon. Use consistent colors within a job (e.g., all police blips in blue, all medical blips in red)
• Scale — How large the blip appears. Standard is 1.0; use smaller values (0.7-0.8) for less important locations and larger values (1.2-1.5) for main bases
• Display text — The label that appears when hovering over or selecting the blip on the map
• Visibility — Whether the blip is visible to all players or only to on-duty employees of the job

Blip Visibility Best Practices

• Public services should have blips visible to everyone — police stations, hospitals, mechanic shops. Citizens need to know where to find these services
• Internal locations should have blips visible only to job members — armories, processing stations, and employee-only areas. These don't need to be on every player's map
• Sensitive locations should have no blip at all — secret hideouts, undercover operations, covert sell points

Blip Organization

When your server has many jobs, the map can get cluttered with blips. Use these strategies to keep things clean:

• Use different colors for different jobs — Blue for police, red for fire, green for farming, yellow for taxi
• Limit blip count — Not every marker needs a blip. If a job has 10 markers at the same location, one or two blips is enough
• Use appropriate scales — Make main headquarters larger and satellite locations smaller

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Marker Placement Tips

Coordinate Accuracy

When placing markers, precision matters:

• Use your position — Walk to the exact spot where you want the marker and use the "save current position" feature in the tablet. This is more accurate than typing coordinates manually
• Check the Z-axis — Make sure the marker isn't floating above the ground or buried under it. The Z (height) coordinate needs to be correct
• Test on foot — After placing a marker, walk to it as a regular player to make sure the interaction prompt appears at the right distance and position

Indoor vs Outdoor

• Indoor markers — Place them in the center of the room where the activity logically happens. Leave enough space for the player to stand
• Outdoor markers — Consider weather and visibility. Markers in open areas should have nearby blips since there are fewer visual landmarks

Spacing Between Markers

If a job has multiple markers in the same area (for example, a police station with a shop, armory, and garage), space them at least 3-5 meters apart. Markers that are too close together can cause interaction conflicts where the player triggers the wrong one.

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Putting It All Together: Example Job Setup

Here's a complete marker and blip layout for a Mechanic Job:

Marker Type	Location	Blip Visible To	Blip Color
Workshop	Garage floor at the shop	Everyone	Orange
Shop	Inside the shop, near the counter	Job members only	None
Garage	Parking lot outside	Job members only	Orange
Crafting	Workbench in the back	Job members only	None
Teleport	Front door → interior	Everyone	None

Total blips on the map: 2 (Workshop visible to all, Garage visible to mechanics). Clean, functional, and organized.

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Quick Reference: All Marker Types

Marker Type	Function	Part of Economy Chain?
Workshop	Primary work location	No
Shop	Buy items	Economy input
Garage	Spawn/return vehicles	No
Armory	Equip weapons/gear	No
Crafting	Combine items	Economy step 3
Teleport	Move between locations	No
Market	Sell items	Economy output
Harvesting	Gather raw materials	Economy step 1
Processing	Refine materials	Economy step 2

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Configure Your Entire Map from the Tablet

Every marker type, every blip setting, every zone — all managed from the Jobs Creator in-game tablet. No config files, no restarts, no external editors. Place a marker, configure it, and it's live.

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