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Cyberpunk 2077 Weapons Guide

Cyberpunk 2077 Weapons Guide – The Cyberpunk 2077 Weapons Guide will give you all the info you need on every weapon in game.  The world of cyberpunk is vast and so you will need a large array of firearms to keep you safe in the Night City.

All weapons are fully customizable and come in lots of variations.  Long range weapons usually pistols, rifle and shotguns  can be found as either a street or tech weapon and can be used for combat at all ranges.  Melee weapons however offer an up close and personal option with high damage.

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Weapons offer upgrades called modules which can alter the weapon making it either a smart, tech or power weapon, each with there own unique benefits.

The weapons are designed to work alongside the different play styles in game, although you can mix and match them, meaning if you play a tech character a tech pistol would be a good choice but you dont have to use one you can opt for a smart pistol if you prefer.

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Cyberpunk 2077 Weapons Guide

Weapon Types

There are 7 known main weapon types in Cyberpunk 2077.  Each weapon has its own strengths and weaknesses but the wide variety means there is a weapon type for any playstyle.  They include the following:

  1. Handguns
  2. Rifles
  3. Sniper Rifles
  4. Shotguns
  5. Melee
  6. Blades
  7. Two Handed

Weapon Categories

The weapons of cyberpunk are split into 3 distinct categories and are split into 2 different grades, tech and street grade weapons.

Smart Weapons – Weapons that basically shoot homing bullets that follow targets.

Tech Weapons – those that have additional capabilities for example being able to shoot through cover objects.

Power Weapons – mainly focused on being street-grade weapons. They have additional skills and capabilities connected to the fact that have been modified in some way.  For example a shotgun that has burst fire.

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Weapon Abilities

Many weapons have there own unique abilities to them that make them unique.  This includes handguns that fire bullets and the longer you hold the fire button the faster the bullets shoot dealing more damage over time.

Other examples include weapons that are designed to fight cyborgs, the lead is heated to almost be molten and can shoot of the limbs of cyborgs.

Weapons can also be improved via the in game skill tree which improves the damage weapons deal when you upgrade the relevant skills.

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Weapons Upgrades

Weapons can be altered to improve them, some weapons, not all, have secondary fire modes that when equipped will do different things.  One firing mode on the gun can shoot cover piercing ammo while the secondary firing mode of the same gun will shoot ricocheting bullets.

Bullet RicochetRicochet targeting system connected to the eyes. Allows to bounce bullets off walls and hit enemies hiding behind cover
Wall ScannerAllows you to see enemies through walls. Combined with tech armor allows to shoot enemies behind cover

Weapon Manufacturers

Lore and story play a big part in the Cyberpunk 2077 world and so each weapon has a manufacturer making the different weapon types distinct to different weapon creators.  The following are the known weapon manufacturers in Cyberpunk 2077:

  1. Arasaka
  2. Budget Arms
  3. Constitutional Arms
  4. Federated Arms
  5. Kang Tao
  6. Militech

Weapon Rarity

Weapons come in different rarities in game, the higher the rarity the better the weapon.  The known weapon rarities are:

  1. Uncommon
  2. Rare
  3. Epic

Weapon Stats

The stats for every weapon are split into the following types:

  • DPS – Damage per second: how much damage the weapon deals per second
  • PNT – Penetration: How much the weapon penetrates an object, high penetration can shoot through cover.
  • ACC – Accuracy: How easy overall it is to aim with the weapon.
  • ROF – Rate of fire: How fast the weapon fires.
  • Recoil – How much vertical or horizontal recoil the weapon has.
  • Spread – How much the bullets moves away from the centre (where you aim) over distance.  Shotguns have very big spread making them not very accurate at distance.
  • Range – How far a weapon can shoot before damage drop off is applied.  Long range weapons will do maximum damage at long distance.  Short range weapons will do full damage are short range but the damage will be less at a distance.
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Cyberpunk 2077 Weapons List

  1. Mantis Blades
  2. Arasaka “Ronin” HS8
  3. Blunderbuss
  4. M2067 Defender
  5. Vindicator
  6. G-58 Dian
  7. Type 41
  8. KK-68
  9. ARK-44
  10. Crusher
  11. PDU-5 Mine
  12. M-10AF Lexington
  13. M-31A1 AICW
  14. M221 Saratoga
  15. RKD-12
  16. Nova “Griffon” AC-104b

Cyberpunk 2077 Weapon Upgrades List

  1. Bullet Ricochet
  2. Wall Scanner

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