Attention, chooms!
The Piggyback interactive map for Cyberpunk 2077 has been updated and now includes Dogtown. Jack in now and discover all the secrets Night City has to offer!
https://maps.piggyback.com/cyberpunk-2077/maps/night-city
Attention, chooms!
The Piggyback interactive map for Cyberpunk 2077 has been updated and now includes Dogtown. Jack in now and discover all the secrets Night City has to offer!
https://maps.piggyback.com/cyberpunk-2077/maps/night-city
If V had chosen music, Night City would have lost a first-class mercenary but gained a rock star with a platinum debut album. Our Music Album Cover Challenge Winners just proved it
Congratulations to Djibs, Amich and Spoodersock!
I will be reaching out to you guys later today <3
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We're LIVE! Join us now on REDstreams with Embody and Colin Walder to explore the audio experience of the Immerse Gamepack for Cyberpunk 2077! Hosted by our Senior Community Managers: Amelia Kołat and Alicja Kozera.
This time, we sit down with our friends from Embody and Colin Walder - our Engineering Director, Management and Audio, to discuss the audio experience of the Immerse Gamepack for Cyberpunk 2077.
See you this Thursday, July 4th, at 5 PM CEST on our Twitch channel!
http://twitch.tv/cdprojektred
See you this Thursday, July 4th, at 5 PM CEST on our Twitch channel!
http://twitch.tv/cdprojektred
Thank you everyone who participated in the contest! The room is now closed, and all messages after 23:59 on Sunday will not be considered for the contest.
If you wish to share your creation with others, feel free to drop them in this thread:
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We will now be in the judging phase, and all winners will be notified shortly! Good luck!
If you wish to share your creation with others, feel free to drop them in this thread:
Share your screenshots, NPCS, World, or your Character.
I've been obsessed with the Photomode for the last couple of days and I've been taking as many snaps as I can. Today I've been taking a lot of pictures of NPCs and wanted to share them. I also want to see what others in the community have been able to capture in this world, whether that's an...
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We will now be in the judging phase, and all winners will be notified shortly! Good luck!
Having a rockerboy in your head sure leaves its mark — passion for music of the highest quality is now (literally) in your blood. Embrace your melomaniac side for the chance to win a Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Original Score vinyl signed by the very geniuses behind the game’s soundtrack — Marcin Przybyłowicz, P.T. Adamczyk & Jacek Paciorkowski.
All you need to do is imagine how your V’s Music Album Cover would’ve looked like if they suddenly decided to make music. Give in to that inner artistic urge, launch Cyberpunk 2077 and grab a screenshot that encapsulates the essence of your music.
Just remember: a proper album music cover should have 1:1 dimensions.
Pro tips from SAMURAI’s music director:
YOU CAN:
- use the in-game Photo Mode,
- additionally edit your music album cover with external tools.
- feature the characters of Johnny Silverhand and Solomon Reed — it's not fair to use established legends of Night City to promote your album, don’t you agree?
- submit more than one music album cover.
By July 15th, you'll know if you've made it to the top 3 lucky winners who will receive a copy of a Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Original Score vinyl signed by our composers.
You can find all the detes for this gig in the complete set of rules.
Good luck!
Are you ready to experience pure audio immersion?
Immerse Gamepack Cyberpunk 2077 is Personalized Spatial Audio software for headsets that expands Night City’s soundscape around and above you in every direction with unprecedented realism and accuracy.
Tuned in collaboration with the Cyberpunk 2077 sound team and powered by the most advanced Personalized HRTF and Head Tracking technology, Immerse Gamepack delivers a highly captivating 3D audio experience for headsets you’ll have to hear to believe.
The City of Dreams beckons you deeper, and welcomes you home. Try it free at embody.co/cyberpunk2077.
<Tech Demo available here>
Welcome to the music of Cyberpunk 2077! This book contains 15 songs from the game and its expansion Phantom Liberty, all newly arranged by Ignacy Matuszewski.
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of Night City as you play along to the melodies of the dark future. Each track has been carefully arranged to capture the essence of the original music while still being accessible to pianists of various skill levels.
Whether you're a fan of the game or just love captivating music, this book is the perfect addition to your collection.
You can download the free PDF here.
Music in Cyberpunk 2077 and Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty by Marcin Przybyłowicz, P.T. Adamczyk & Paul Leonard-Morgan
The music episode of REDStreams is now LIVE!
Join us on Twitch as we chat with our composers Marcin Przybyłowicz, P.T. Adamczyk, and Jacek Paciorkowski about the incredible music of Cyberpunk 2077. Hosted as always by Amelia Kołat and Alicja Kozera.
Yeah, it is Wednesday, not sure why it didn't fetch the correct info from the news post 
And a one, and a two, and a one, two, three!
Get ready to get your groove on - another REDStreams episode is on its way! This time, we will sit down with Marcin Przybyłowicz, P.T. Adamczyk and Jacek Paciorkowski to talk music.
We have some cool things in stock - AMA results and a contest or two with some banger prizes.
See you on Wednesday, June 19th, at 5 PM CEST on our Twitch channel!
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Prepare to Immerse yourself in Night City like never before.
Cyberpunk 2077 has always existed on the Edge of Tomorrow, integrating new technologies that further elevate the immersive experience. In that same spirit, we're partnering with our friends from Embody to bring Personalized Spatial Audio to Night City.
Tuned in collaboration with the Cyberpunk 2077 sound team and powered by the most advanced Personalized HRTF and Head Tracking technology, Immerse Gamepack expands Night City's soundscape around and above you in every direction with unprecedented realism and accuracy.
Hear it first at embody.co/cyberpunk2077
Deck out your Opera GX browser with the Official Cyberpunk 2077 Mod!
Download the Opera GX gamer-centric browser and check out the mod today — it’s free to all Opera GX users! The mod allows you to customize numerous features, such as the animated wallpaper that changes depending on the time of the day, background music and sounds, a special glitch shader, and more!
See the Official Cyberpunk 2077 Mod in action:
When stacked on top of one another, the floppy disc tower would be about the height of the Eiffel Tower (322m or 1050 feet)!Hey!!
Tbh this joke getting crazier for mei thought it was only 619 floppy disks then i knew it was a joke then read it's actually 97,000 disks
Love yall
Are you a fan of sleeper gaming PCs?
Do you yearn for the retrofuturistic experience of the original Cyberpunk?
Do you miss the good ol’ days when game installation was a ritual of its own?
Whichever of the above describes you best, then you’ll love the Floppy Edition of Cyberpunk 2077!
Nowadays, in the era of digital distribution, most PCs come with no drives. However, we also heard many voices from people within our community who love the vintage experience of manual installation. We get it! After all, CD PROJEKT started by distributing games on CDs.
That’s why we’ve decided to explore something you’ve been asking us for since even before the original release — Cyberpunk 2077 on floppy diskettes!
Embrace the ritual of classic game installation using 97,619 3.5” diskettes. Make sure to invite friends over and schedule shifts, as our initial estimations indicate that it might take about 2 months of non-stop diskette-swapping to finish.
Sounds awesome, right? It sure does! Follow the link below to wishlist the Floppy Edition! Be prepared for a truck delivery though!
https://cp2077.ly/FloppyEdition
See you in Night City!
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Get behind the wheel and ride to your heart’s content — when it comes to getting from A to B, Night City is a driver’s city! From supercars and high-class cruisers to trucks, budget bangers, motorbikes, and even armored vans, the streets of the city are waiting for you to burn some rubber. So turn on the radio and start driving; we’ve picked some routes and areas that are just perfect to cruise through at high speed (with or without unwanted attention) or on a leisurely night drive. Start your engines, chooms!
- Rattlesnake Creek — If you’re looking for some off-roading action, the Badlands is where you wanna be. The beauty of the desert is you can swerve from just about any road and speed away freely without a second thought — and we’ve found a decent starting point for your adventure, a route that feels a touch different to the wide-open sands. Rattlesnake Creek is in the southern Badlands, beyond the solar power station. This dried-up riverbed feels custom built for tearing through at speed, and it’ll give you a bit of a challenge as you try to maintain control in the wet sand while navigating past rock formations between the creek’s jagged walls. It’s a good plan to start this route from the Lake Farm — just up the hill to the east (just past the dam). Not far from the Lake Farm travel station, you’ll be able to take a left turn down a steep slope. There you can build up a head of speed before cutting left at the bottom, into the creek itself. Now, try to get to the end and join up with the tarmac without crashing!
- North Oak Hills — See how the elite of Night City live in North Oak! Their mansions mark the winding, palm-tree-dotted hills, and the roads that take you through this bubble of wealth also make for a pretty fun route to drive. You can start out from Charter Hill at the edge of Westbrook and follow the main road that leads past the Columbarium. As you head up the incline, things start to get greener and greener and you’ll quickly see the iconic North Oak sign come into view. From there, you can cut right and climb further into the hills — swinging behind the sign — or take the left route past the roundabout. Either way you choose, you can enjoy a peppy drive that’ll loop you through North Oak. You’ll take sloping turns and even dart through a couple of short tunnels. If you’re gunning it at high speed, a motorbike is recommended — though it’s still a challenge to stay on the narrow roads (just part of the thrill, right?). But if you like to take things more casual, make sure to slow down and soak in the rewarding views of Night City’s skyline as you go!
- Newly Opened Highway — Not too long ago, the once-thought “abandoned” highway running from Japantown’s Westbrook to Wellsprings in Heywood was finally finished and opened to all! This route is a fantastic urban tour through Night City, winding past skyscrapers and megabuildings, and offering an up-close look at the difference in architecture as you cruise between districts. Traffic moves at a swift pace here, so you can afford to keep your foot down on straights and as you take long bends. You can even link this route from the North Oak drive, as you can get onto this highway just off the large roundabout on the edge of Wellsprings, not far from the hills (just take a right when you see the construction equipment!). This highway drive is especially cool at night — rain makes it extra moody! But one note of caution: since reopening, the highway has been reported as a Tyger Claws hotspot, so keep your eyes peeled.
- Kabuki Slums to Corpo Plaza — A longer route, but one that’ll take you through two contrasting lifestyles of Night City, and present some pretty awe-inspiring urban vistas on the way. For this, you’ll ideally want to start on the overpass near Charter Street in Kabuki, Watson district. There’s an elevated road that stretches through Kabuki, heading south. As you descend down the bending overpass, you’ll be instantly met with a wide, mesmerizing view onto Night City’s distant megabuildings, while below you lie the Kabuki slums, with their narrow roads, packed-together apartments, and gang-ridden streets. As the overpass levels out, you’ll be able to bend right, then left, joining up with one of the main roads that stretch to the southern tip of this district. As you speed down this road, it’ll ease right and lead you towards a bridge that’ll take you across to the City Center district. Enjoy a wide straightaway, with corpo skyscrapers dominating your view ahead, before finally coming out close to Corpo Plaza’s majestic roundabout — complete with koi carp fish holograms swimming through the air! Now you’re here, you can donut through the Plaza roundabout to your heart’s content, then take any of the exits and head deeper into Night City.
There’s no shortage of things to do in Night City. Just walking or driving through the city streets can lead to diversions aplenty, so if you’re looking for some free-time killers as you immerse yourself in this dense and stimulating megalopolis, here’s some places to go, things to do, and sights to see that’ll give you a buzz no matter what.
- Street Races — Burn some rubber and prove you’re the best driver in Night City! The competitive street-racing scene is alive and well in 2077, and while the authorities probably don’t want this sort of thing advertised, you can’t deny that it’s one hell of a thrill to go bumper to bumper and dominate other drivers in this noble, high-octane sport. Not just everybody can get an invite to the starting grid, but we hear that Afterlife bartender, Claire, is looking for a dependable driver. Help her out, and you might just be able to take part in races to earn yourself some pretty cool rewards!
- Arcade Cabinets — The arcade industry might be a fossil these days — what with entertainment like braindances so easy to get a hold of — but that doesn’t mean you can’t find some bonafide classics to sink some time into! There are still a decent number of functioning arcade machines in town, just hunt around some bars like the El Coyote Cojo in Heywood and you’re bound to find a working Trauma Drama or Roach Race cabinet. These games are a real throwback to the vintage arcade era, and are still as playable and addictive as they ever were. So go hunker down in front of a cabinet and forget about the world around you, if only for a moment. And hey, if you’re skilled enough to get on the leaderboards you might even get a prize or two!
P.S. Word on the street says that there’s an actual playable version of the cult-classic Arasaka Tower arcade shooter out there!! Sources say to hunt around the Biotechnica Flats protein farms in the Badlands if you wanna play it for yourself…
- Totentanz — Tucked away inside an abandoned factory in Watson’s NID (Northside Industrial District), Totentanz is a hardcore club frequented by the Maelstrom gang. Its heavy industrial vibe fills you with the need to unleash your pent up aggression; red strobe lighting covers the metal dancefloor as lit-up skulls and Maelstrom iconography add to the air of bloodlust. Heavy, pounding metal pumps from the speakers and there’s plenty of space to let it all out and dance in the black and red aura. When you feel like taking a break, the bar is within spitting distance of the dancefloor, and upstairs you’ll find some slightly chiller surroundings to relax in. And if you want a touch of risk, you can find one hell of a view of the NID by heading past the bar, into the makeshift bathroom, and poking your head (or entire body) out of the window. At nighttime, this is a great vista to enjoy along with a bit of peace and quiet after the hard-hitting beats inside.
- Mega Ride Rollercoaster — The Pacifica district was supposed to be all about carefree leisure for the wealthy. Clearly, plans didn’t exactly pan out. The district was left half in ruins thanks to jettisoned investment, and now it’s a near no-go zone, with the Voodoo Boys gang staking their claim to almost the entire area. Still, there’s some moments of joy to be found here, and there’s no better example than the Mega Ride! This huge rollercoaster overlooks the coast just behind the Grand Imperial Mall. As you approach it, you can see the sheer scale of this coaster with its steep, winding tracks and even a loop-de-loop. For most visitors, one major drawback is that the Mega Ride seems, well, busted. But good news for you, that means there’s no queue! All it’ll take is a tiny bit of rewiring at a nearby power junction and this hidden gem of an attraction will be all yours. Enjoy the ride!
Whether you’re new to Cyberpunk 2077 or a weathered veteran who’s looking for some fresh inspiration, we’ve got just the thing for you! We prepared three varied builds for you to experiment with, and broke them down into easy-to-follow categories so you know where to invest your perk points from the very beginning to the end game, as well as which weapons and cyberware best synergize with them (and where you can find them).
Last, but not least, we’re presenting Hack-&-Slash Netrunner — make sure to check it out in our Build Planner.
Netrunning might seem like a passive playstyle on the surface, but this build introduces some more up-close combat options and options to increase RAM recovery and play around with some of the deadly quickhack combos that arrived as part of Update 2.0.
Perks
Compared to other builds, netrunners have almost all the perks they might need in the Intelligence Tree. From the start of the game, we’ll allocate all of our points here until we reach the Phenom Intelligence level. Our points should be split between the left and middle Intelligence branches. We’ll start by purchasing the Optimization perk to greatly improve our RAM regeneration. Next, we’ll get access to Hack Queue and unlock it together with Data Recycler. After doing so, we should switch our focus back to the middle branch and try unlocking Overclock as soon as possible. While the tree offers a lot of powerful damage bonuses, we should first prioritize anything that gives more RAM regen or regenerates HP. Power Surge and Sublimation are both awesome choices in that regard.
After unlocking the Spillover master perk, we should switch our focus to the Body tree. We’ll be investing purely in the middle Body branch to unlock the Adrenaline Rush perk. This perk provides us with an Overshield and lets us be a bit more aggressive with our Monowire. Once we’re comfortable enough in close quarters, we should definitely put our perk points in both Finisher: Live Wire and Siphon. Finishers allow us to maintain high HP even during Overclock, while Siphon keeps our RAM topped up.
With the base of our build done, we can start investing into the right Intelligence branch, which grants multiple bonuses for smart guns. The Recirculation perk gives us yet another way to regenerate RAM in the middle of combat. Since most useful smart guns for our build just so happen to be SMGs, it might be good to drop some points into the Reflexes tree. Sharpshooter, Practice Makes Perfect, and the Shoot to Chill perks will significantly increase our SMG damage. Shoot to Chill also received an upgrade in Update 2.1 and now grants up to 28% armor penetration, which is a helpful buff for smart weapons that are lacking in that department.
Cyberware
There’s no netrunning without a cyberdeck! While there are a lot of interesting options, the Militech Paraline, aka our starting deck, is actually one of the best. It offers a lot of flexibility and supports both Monowire and smart weapons while taking little cyberware capacity compared to other decks. You can keep upgrading your base deck with crafting materials or keep checking your local ripperdoc’s inventory every few levels. Always try to keep your deck updated to the highest rarity!
To keep our RAM high we should buy Ex-Disk, Mechatronic Core, and RAM Upgrade. Memory Boost is also great but takes much more cyberware capacity. Mechatronic Core can be swapped with this piece at a higher level.
The Ultimate Edition introduced two new pieces of cyberware: Feen-X and Cogito Lattice. They were both designed with netrunners in mind, so we’ll definitely add them to our build.
Netrunners might struggle a bit with survivability, especially early on, so Scar Coalescer and Reflex Tuner can both help us when our HP gets dangerously low. Biomonitor and Second Heart, while more expensive, give even more protection and allow us to be more aggressive with Overclock and Monowire.
Quickhacks
The queue mechanic introduces a completely new layer of quickhack interactions. With that in mind, we’ll focus on two main quickhack combos. Cyberware Malfunction will greatly increase the damage of Short Circuit, allowing us to dispatch even the tankiest enemies. Contagion and Overheat, on the other hand, will explode enemies, giving us one of the strongest crowd control options in the game.
Weapon Glitch, Reboot Optics, and Ping can occupy the remaining slots in our deck to help in some sticky situations and provide much-needed quality of life
Weapons
While quickhack combos usually require us to upload two hacks from our deck, there are exceptions. One of these is Fenrir, an SMG that can be found in Northside Watson during one of the optional quests. This weapon has a chance to apply cyberware malfunction on every hit, improving the damage of our Short Circuit hack. Another weapon-hack combo is available a bit later in the story during the Arasaka Warehouse infiltration. Before you enter the warehouse, check the containers outside to find the Shingen Mark V — a smart SMG with a chance of applying burn. This smart gun will not only grant us RAM on kills but also explode enemies affected by Contagion.
That leaves us with one more weapon slot open. Here, we can either use the Ashura Sniper for an easy elite dispatch or Yinglong Iconic SMG for extra crowd control. With the Submachine Fun perk, running 3 SMGs might not be the worst idea since the perk will automatically refill our reserves on the weapon swap. Just make sure to switch to Monowire from time to time to not run out of ammo!
Late game
Being a netrunner provides endless possibilities! While the Militech Paraline is great for most combat encounters, other cyberdecks are a lot more specialized. Once you’ve built yourself up as a netrunner to be feared, feel free to play around with other options. With our endless RAM reserves, we can utilize ultimate hacks like Suicide or Cyberpsychosis, not to mention explore all of the various quickhack interactions.
Last, but not least, we’re presenting Hack-&-Slash Netrunner — make sure to check it out in our Build Planner.
Netrunning might seem like a passive playstyle on the surface, but this build introduces some more up-close combat options and options to increase RAM recovery and play around with some of the deadly quickhack combos that arrived as part of Update 2.0.
Perks
Compared to other builds, netrunners have almost all the perks they might need in the Intelligence Tree. From the start of the game, we’ll allocate all of our points here until we reach the Phenom Intelligence level. Our points should be split between the left and middle Intelligence branches. We’ll start by purchasing the Optimization perk to greatly improve our RAM regeneration. Next, we’ll get access to Hack Queue and unlock it together with Data Recycler. After doing so, we should switch our focus back to the middle branch and try unlocking Overclock as soon as possible. While the tree offers a lot of powerful damage bonuses, we should first prioritize anything that gives more RAM regen or regenerates HP. Power Surge and Sublimation are both awesome choices in that regard.
After unlocking the Spillover master perk, we should switch our focus to the Body tree. We’ll be investing purely in the middle Body branch to unlock the Adrenaline Rush perk. This perk provides us with an Overshield and lets us be a bit more aggressive with our Monowire. Once we’re comfortable enough in close quarters, we should definitely put our perk points in both Finisher: Live Wire and Siphon. Finishers allow us to maintain high HP even during Overclock, while Siphon keeps our RAM topped up.
With the base of our build done, we can start investing into the right Intelligence branch, which grants multiple bonuses for smart guns. The Recirculation perk gives us yet another way to regenerate RAM in the middle of combat. Since most useful smart guns for our build just so happen to be SMGs, it might be good to drop some points into the Reflexes tree. Sharpshooter, Practice Makes Perfect, and the Shoot to Chill perks will significantly increase our SMG damage. Shoot to Chill also received an upgrade in Update 2.1 and now grants up to 28% armor penetration, which is a helpful buff for smart weapons that are lacking in that department.
Cyberware
There’s no netrunning without a cyberdeck! While there are a lot of interesting options, the Militech Paraline, aka our starting deck, is actually one of the best. It offers a lot of flexibility and supports both Monowire and smart weapons while taking little cyberware capacity compared to other decks. You can keep upgrading your base deck with crafting materials or keep checking your local ripperdoc’s inventory every few levels. Always try to keep your deck updated to the highest rarity!
To keep our RAM high we should buy Ex-Disk, Mechatronic Core, and RAM Upgrade. Memory Boost is also great but takes much more cyberware capacity. Mechatronic Core can be swapped with this piece at a higher level.
The Ultimate Edition introduced two new pieces of cyberware: Feen-X and Cogito Lattice. They were both designed with netrunners in mind, so we’ll definitely add them to our build.
Netrunners might struggle a bit with survivability, especially early on, so Scar Coalescer and Reflex Tuner can both help us when our HP gets dangerously low. Biomonitor and Second Heart, while more expensive, give even more protection and allow us to be more aggressive with Overclock and Monowire.
Quickhacks
The queue mechanic introduces a completely new layer of quickhack interactions. With that in mind, we’ll focus on two main quickhack combos. Cyberware Malfunction will greatly increase the damage of Short Circuit, allowing us to dispatch even the tankiest enemies. Contagion and Overheat, on the other hand, will explode enemies, giving us one of the strongest crowd control options in the game.
Weapon Glitch, Reboot Optics, and Ping can occupy the remaining slots in our deck to help in some sticky situations and provide much-needed quality of life
Weapons
While quickhack combos usually require us to upload two hacks from our deck, there are exceptions. One of these is Fenrir, an SMG that can be found in Northside Watson during one of the optional quests. This weapon has a chance to apply cyberware malfunction on every hit, improving the damage of our Short Circuit hack. Another weapon-hack combo is available a bit later in the story during the Arasaka Warehouse infiltration. Before you enter the warehouse, check the containers outside to find the Shingen Mark V — a smart SMG with a chance of applying burn. This smart gun will not only grant us RAM on kills but also explode enemies affected by Contagion.
That leaves us with one more weapon slot open. Here, we can either use the Ashura Sniper for an easy elite dispatch or Yinglong Iconic SMG for extra crowd control. With the Submachine Fun perk, running 3 SMGs might not be the worst idea since the perk will automatically refill our reserves on the weapon swap. Just make sure to switch to Monowire from time to time to not run out of ammo!
Late game
Being a netrunner provides endless possibilities! While the Militech Paraline is great for most combat encounters, other cyberdecks are a lot more specialized. Once you’ve built yourself up as a netrunner to be feared, feel free to play around with other options. With our endless RAM reserves, we can utilize ultimate hacks like Suicide or Cyberpsychosis, not to mention explore all of the various quickhack interactions.
Whether you’re new to Cyberpunk 2077 or a weathered veteran who’s looking for some fresh inspiration, we’ve got just the thing for you! We prepared three varied builds for you to experiment with, and broke them down into easy-to-follow categories so you know where to invest your perk points from the very beginning to the end game, as well as which weapons and cyberware best synergize with them (and where you can find them).
The second build in this series is Savage Slugger Solo — make sure to check it out in our Build Planner.
Instead of radiation, arm yourself with chrome to become the Cyberpunk 2077 version of the Hulk! This build features a ton of great defense from the Body and Tech trees as well as powerful new blunt finishers to send your enemies flying — maybe straight to the moon.
Perks
In this build, we’ll mainly use blunt weapons and shotguns. The great thing about them is that we don’t need to put much emphasis on damage early on and can instead focus on building up our defense. We’ll start by distributing the starting points equally between the Body and Tech trees, and putting any leftover points into the Reflexes tree. First, heavily invest in the Tech tree until you unlock the License to Chrome perk. Chrome Constitution and the Driver Update perks will help with our cyberware capacity and extra stats granted by our chrome. While we’re at it, investing some points into the left Tech branch might be a good idea. Grenades are especially good in the early game and both Demolitions Surplus and Coming in Hot will help us throw them as often as possible.
After reaching the Phenom level in the Tech tree, we should start properly building our Body tree. We’ll be investing our points here all the way up to level 20 to get ourselves Savage Sling. Pretty much every perk in the right Body branch is going to be a great boost to blunt weapons, with Gorilla Arms being one of the best out there — and always available at every ripperdoc in Night City.
With Savage Sling unlocked, we can be a little bit more flexible with where we would like to invest our points next. The middle Body branch is a great choice because it can make us truly unkillable. The right Branch will widen our arsenal and greatly buff our shotguns and LMGs. Allocating points into Reflexes, on the other hand, can help us with positioning ourselves perfectly for some strong Quakes, not to mention it’ll increase our speed.
Cyberware
A proper tank needs a solid skeleton, so we should make sure all of our cyberware slots in this category are always occupied. Bionic Joints are a great early armor boost. We can swap them out with Dense Marrow once we start maining our melee weapons. Universal Booster and Scar Coalescer both provide some extra safety, although once we get to a high Tech level, we can swap Scar Coalescer out for Para Bellum since we’re unlikely to fall under 50% HP. The Tech tree also gives us the ability to equip Cellular Adapter — an 8 CC (cyberware capacity) integumentary cyberware that provides a huge amount of armor on top of other bonuses.
When it comes to offensive pieces, we should snatch both Adrenaline Booster and Microrotors, especially if we swap to a hammer or a baseball bat. Blunt weapons might deal a great amount of damage per hit, but they can feel a little bit slow without extra investment.
Last but not least, you should give Fortified Ankles a try. They might be less intuitive than the standard double jump, but offer even greater height and armor, which will help us land some powerful Quakes.
Weapons
Before we start investing into blunt weapons, we should be on the lookout for the most powerful shotgun we can find. Luckily for us, Rebecca's weapon, Guts, is still out there in Corpo Plaza, which can be accessed immediately after starting Act 1. This beast of a shotgun should carry us for the majority of the game.
Some of the most powerful blunt weapons can be looted during story missions, so we don’t need to go to any specific location to find them. Finger’s Cane can be looted in Finger’s Clinic and the Sasquatch Hammer drops from, you guessed it, Sasquatch. Those weapons are the most powerful tools for Wrecking Ball and Quake respectively; however, if you find Sasquatch’s Hammer movement speed penalty annoying, you can always swap it for a standard hammer. Don’t get too feisty when exploring the Animals’ club during the “Beat on the Brat” mission and you’ll get access to the Animals’ vendor, who always has some nice hammers in stock and can even sell you crafting specs for them.
Late game
So far, our build focused on close-range weapons, but our perk investments open up some very competitive alternatives. The Ticking Time Bomb master perk can be combined with either Berserk or a Sandevistan, the Shock-N-Awe cyberware, and Painducer to transform us into a walking power plant. Combining everything together makes it possible to explode all nearby enemies with powerful EMP blasts. If anyone survives this deadly combination, you can finish them off with Savage Sling and send them flying further than your Kiroshis can see.
The second build in this series is Savage Slugger Solo — make sure to check it out in our Build Planner.
Instead of radiation, arm yourself with chrome to become the Cyberpunk 2077 version of the Hulk! This build features a ton of great defense from the Body and Tech trees as well as powerful new blunt finishers to send your enemies flying — maybe straight to the moon.
Perks
In this build, we’ll mainly use blunt weapons and shotguns. The great thing about them is that we don’t need to put much emphasis on damage early on and can instead focus on building up our defense. We’ll start by distributing the starting points equally between the Body and Tech trees, and putting any leftover points into the Reflexes tree. First, heavily invest in the Tech tree until you unlock the License to Chrome perk. Chrome Constitution and the Driver Update perks will help with our cyberware capacity and extra stats granted by our chrome. While we’re at it, investing some points into the left Tech branch might be a good idea. Grenades are especially good in the early game and both Demolitions Surplus and Coming in Hot will help us throw them as often as possible.
After reaching the Phenom level in the Tech tree, we should start properly building our Body tree. We’ll be investing our points here all the way up to level 20 to get ourselves Savage Sling. Pretty much every perk in the right Body branch is going to be a great boost to blunt weapons, with Gorilla Arms being one of the best out there — and always available at every ripperdoc in Night City.
With Savage Sling unlocked, we can be a little bit more flexible with where we would like to invest our points next. The middle Body branch is a great choice because it can make us truly unkillable. The right Branch will widen our arsenal and greatly buff our shotguns and LMGs. Allocating points into Reflexes, on the other hand, can help us with positioning ourselves perfectly for some strong Quakes, not to mention it’ll increase our speed.
Cyberware
A proper tank needs a solid skeleton, so we should make sure all of our cyberware slots in this category are always occupied. Bionic Joints are a great early armor boost. We can swap them out with Dense Marrow once we start maining our melee weapons. Universal Booster and Scar Coalescer both provide some extra safety, although once we get to a high Tech level, we can swap Scar Coalescer out for Para Bellum since we’re unlikely to fall under 50% HP. The Tech tree also gives us the ability to equip Cellular Adapter — an 8 CC (cyberware capacity) integumentary cyberware that provides a huge amount of armor on top of other bonuses.
When it comes to offensive pieces, we should snatch both Adrenaline Booster and Microrotors, especially if we swap to a hammer or a baseball bat. Blunt weapons might deal a great amount of damage per hit, but they can feel a little bit slow without extra investment.
Last but not least, you should give Fortified Ankles a try. They might be less intuitive than the standard double jump, but offer even greater height and armor, which will help us land some powerful Quakes.
Weapons
Before we start investing into blunt weapons, we should be on the lookout for the most powerful shotgun we can find. Luckily for us, Rebecca's weapon, Guts, is still out there in Corpo Plaza, which can be accessed immediately after starting Act 1. This beast of a shotgun should carry us for the majority of the game.
Some of the most powerful blunt weapons can be looted during story missions, so we don’t need to go to any specific location to find them. Finger’s Cane can be looted in Finger’s Clinic and the Sasquatch Hammer drops from, you guessed it, Sasquatch. Those weapons are the most powerful tools for Wrecking Ball and Quake respectively; however, if you find Sasquatch’s Hammer movement speed penalty annoying, you can always swap it for a standard hammer. Don’t get too feisty when exploring the Animals’ club during the “Beat on the Brat” mission and you’ll get access to the Animals’ vendor, who always has some nice hammers in stock and can even sell you crafting specs for them.
Late game
So far, our build focused on close-range weapons, but our perk investments open up some very competitive alternatives. The Ticking Time Bomb master perk can be combined with either Berserk or a Sandevistan, the Shock-N-Awe cyberware, and Painducer to transform us into a walking power plant. Combining everything together makes it possible to explode all nearby enemies with powerful EMP blasts. If anyone survives this deadly combination, you can finish them off with Savage Sling and send them flying further than your Kiroshis can see.
Night City is a megapolis unlike any other. It’s split into six main districts and each one feels alive with its own soul and style. From architecture and art to layout, people, places, and more, just walking through the city or taking the NCART sky metro will give you plenty to see. If you’re a photography lover, you might feel a touch overwhelmed. Really, everything can be a killer shot in Night City, so let’s help you point your lens (or Kiroshis) in the right direction. Here are some cool places you can go and enjoy being a cyber shutterbug, including some must-see spots and a couple of hidden gems. Time to go full Photo Mode!
- Jig-Jig Street — For this spot, you’ll wanna wait until night time and prepare yourself to dive into Night City’s sordid side. Jig-Jig Street is the city’s red light district and it can be found nestled in Westbrook’s Japantown. It’s a concentrated area of glowing neons filled with sex shops, joytoy sex workers, street dealers, and taboo-testing tourists drawn in by the promise of a good time. Here you’ll find plenty of angles to capture Night City’s neon-drenched aesthetic as you explore the street-side bars and food stalls, and the looming skyscrapers above also add some moody architecture to the street-level smut. And once you’ve had your fill of Jig-Jig street’s allures, hop on over to the Cherry Blossom Market across the street. There you’ll find more traditionally aesthetic sites to snap, including the beautiful pink cherry blossom tree holograms, a wildly gargantuan statue, and the eponymous lantern-lit, glass-covered street market!
- Rocky Ridge & the Surrounding Deserts — Take a break from the city and enjoy some quiet time in the desert. It’s easy to get lost in the Badlands, so we definitely encourage you to start your desert-photography journey at a landmark that at least resembles civilization. The abandoned town of Rocky Ridge sets the mood for some thought-provoking shots. Urban exploration like this can yield some spectacular results, especially when you use the contrast of day and night time to really tell the story of this once-thriving roadside locale. And once you’re ready to head out into open ground you’ll find plenty of distinctive rock formations and hints of old life dotted throughout the sandy plains just waiting to be captured. Spend some time shooting the sprawling turbines of the Wind Farms, find the perfect landscape shot of Night City’s lights far, far in the distance, and challenge your composition skills as you kick up dust amidst the uninterrupted stretches of sand. The Badlands is a great canvas to take some unique photographs in a setting overrun by unforgiving nature. It opens a whole new world of photography compared to the one available in the dense urban jungle of the city proper.
- Dogtown — Okay, it might be cheating to add an entire area like this to the list, but hear us out: Dogtown is a city within a city, totally unlike the rest of NC, and there are so many places to shoot that it only makes sense to wrap them all up into one package. Sure, Dogtown’s not for the faint of heart. It’s a place for photographers who enjoy being in the middle of the action and those who want to document what raw life looks like in Night City’s most dangerous district. You can’t even enter the place without an in, and once you’re inside its massive border walls you’re in a free-for-all. Dogtown, originally part of Pacifica, is ruled by a militia. Its crumbling streets make for an impressive canvas though, and so do its eye-catching buildings. The iconic glass pyramid of the Heavy Hearts club always makes for a centerpiece of a landscape shot, then there’s the wrecked luxury of Luxor Heights, the imposing Black Sapphire, the stadium (and the seedy black market within), the slums of Longshore Stacks and much, much more. From panoramic shots of the crumbling skyline to gritty street photography — and even some risky portraits of heavily armed Barghest troops — this is the perfect area to take shots you simply can’t get anywhere else in Night City.
- Reconciliation Park — Slow down and indulge in some nature. Reconciliation Park is a slice of tranquility hidden away in Heywood, right under the nose of Corpo Plaza. Unlike the glass, metal, and concrete found above in the megalopolis’ manic rush, the park is lush, green, and relaxing. Tall trees line its footpaths and wooden bridges guide you across the park’s lake — giving you a great naturalistic backdrop, especially when the sun’s shining. And besides the natural elements themselves, you can also practice some candid photography and indulge in some people-watching. Plenty of folk flock to the park as they seek to catch a break from the urban sprawl, so take a slow walk around and shoot to your heart’s content. After a while, you might feel like you’ve left Night City entirely!