Cyberpunk 2077 Skills

Skills are passive upgrades which are divided into five sub-categories, each providing benefits to their associated attribute.

Skills can be leveled through performing actions related to their attributes, or through using Progression Shards.

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Associated with the Cool Attribute. Gain experience by:

• Neutralizing enemies with Pistols, Revolvers, Sniper Rifles, and throwable weapons.
• Attacking enemies while undetected.
• Performing Takedowns.

Rank	Effect(s)
5	Decreases Visibility to Enemies by 10%
10	10% Headshot Damage and 10% Damage against Vulnerabilities
15	+1 Perk Point
20	No weapon sway when crouched.
25	Decreases Visibility to Enemies by 10%
30	15% Headshot Damage and 15% Damage against Vulnerabilities
35	+1 Perk point
40	Optical Camo is active while grappling enemies.
45	Decreases recovery time after a throw by 30%.
50	30% faster when crouch-walking and crouch-sprinting.
55	Damage bonuses from being undetected outside of combat persist for 3 Seconds after entering combat.
60	15% Optical Camo Charge when neutralizing an enemy in one of the following ways: While undetected. During Focus mode. During Deadeye mode. With a thrown weapon.

Associated with the Intelligence attribute. Gain experience by:

• Neutralizing enemies with Smart weapons and Monowire cyberware.
• Quickhacking enemies, devices and vehicles.
• Uploading daemons to Access Points.
• Crafting quickhacks.

Rank	Effect(s)
5	Increases RAM Recovery Rate by 5%.
10	Increases RAM by 1.
15	+1 Perk Point
20	+20% lock-on range with Smart weapons.
25	Increases RAM Recovery Rate by 5%.
30	Increases RAM by 1.
35	+1 Perk Point
40	-20% RAM cost for quickhacks used on devices and vehicles.
45	+15% duration for Control and Convert quickhacks. +5% damage with Combat quickhacks.
50	+40% duration for Overclock
55	-10% Health loss from using quickhacks during Overclock.
60	When active, Overlock now reveals enemies within 10 meters and allows you to quickhack non-netrunner enemies through cover.

Associated with the Reflexes attribute. Gain experience by:

• Neutralizing enemies with Assault Rifles, SMGs, and Blades.
• Performing certain movements (Dashing, dodging, vaulting, climbing).

Rank	Effect(s)
5	Increases Movement Speed by 5%
10	-5% Stamina Cost From Dodging and Dashing
15	+1 Perk Point
20	Better accuracy after dodging or dashing
25	Increased Accuracy For a Short Time After Dodging and Dashing
30	Decreased stamina cost for dodging and dashing
35	+1 Perk Point
40	Increased Mitigation Chance The Faster You Move
45	+25 Damage With Fast Attacks
50	Air Dashing and Sliding Automatically Reload 20% of Your Equipped Weapon
55	When Attacking From Midair or While Time Is Slowed, Low Stamina Does Not Affect Ranged Accuracy or Melee Attack Speed
60	When Sandevistan is Active: +40 Crit Chance and No Stamina Cost For Any Type of Movement

Notes

Associated with the Body attribute. Gain experience by:

• Neutralizing enemies with Shotguns, LMGs, HMGs, and Blunt Weapons.
• Hitting enemies with special Blunt Weapon attacks.
• Performing Body Attribute checks.

Rank	Effect(s)
5	Increases Carrying Capacity by 50
10	Increases Health by 10
15	+1 Perk Point
20	Fists and Gorilla Arms Have: +20% Damage and +20% Attack Speed. Fists also have a Chance to Apply Bleeding
25	Increases Carrying Capacity by 100
30	Increases Health by 15
35	+1 Perk Point
40	+10% Crit Chance Against Enemies Within 5 meters
45	+25% Damage With Strong Attacks and Quick Melee Attacks
50	+25 Health After Performing a Finisher
55	When Adrenaline Rush is Active, Adrenaline Decays 50% Slower and Cannot Decay Below 10%
60	When Berserk Is Active: +30% Enemy Health Threshold to Perform Finishers, +50% Health From Performing Finishers, and +30% Bersker Duration

Associated with the Technical Ability attribute. Gain experience by:

• Neutralizing enemies with Tech weapons, grenades, the Projectile Launch System, and Bolt shots.
• Neutralizing enemies while certain cyberware and Perk abilities are active (Sandevistan, Berserk, Optical Camo, Overclock mode, Fury mode).
• Crafting, upgrading and disassembling items.
• Performing Technical Ability Attribute checks.

Rank	Effect(s)
5	Increases Armor by 15
10	Increases Cyberware Capacity by 5
15	+1 Perk Point
20	+10 Grenade Damage and Explosion Radius
25	Increases Armor by 25
30	Increases Cyberware Capacity by 10
35	+1 Perk Point
40	Increased Shock Chance From Charging a Tech Weapon or Electric Baton
45	+15% Item Health Effectiveness
50	+30% To All Cyberware Stat Modifiers
55	10% Damage With Bolt Shots and +40% Burn Chance With Bolt Shots. Chain Lightning Now Sets Enemies on Fire.
60	When Fury is Active, You Occasionally Release an EMP Blast