Animals

Animals are the craziest fuckin gang in the city!

 — Placide, Cyberpunk 2077

The Animals are gang operating in Night City.

Overview

The Animals are an aggressive street-fighting gang without permanent turf in Night City, but who put emphasis on physical power above all else. They are known for eschewing traditional cyberware in favor custom-brewed body enchantments such as ultra-testosterone and animal supplements (including equine growth hormones) in order to makes themselves bigger and stronger. Despite being considered purists by some, they are not against using a number of body-enhancing implants like pain editors, subdermal armors, combat drug injectors, or augmented cyberlimbs. If someone looks like their muscles are so large that they are about to burst, they are probably an Animal. Their most used beverage is a notorious steroid-like drug known as the "Juice" which increases the user's strength, size and speed, but causes several health risk problems. The Animals are a gang that focuses on achieving peak human strength, and for them, the term "concrete jungle" is literal in that they respect brawniness and ability above all else.

Experienced brawlers and trained in various forms of martial arts, Animals are keen on cage fights, duels, and other displays of brute physical force. They frequently sell off their services as bouncers and bodyguards, jobs for which they are heavily sought after, and are spread throughout Night City. Its members typically wear tattoos and hooligan hoods as well as some artificial animalistic features ranging from purely cosmetic changes like spotted or stripped skin and subdermal implants to extreme plastic surgery and cybernetic modifications like bestial jaws, and vat-grown implanted muscles. Some Animal members are known for their exotics.

Philosophy and Structure

Animals aren't the play here, are they? They're hired muscle. Someone else needed them.

 — V, Cyberpunk 2077

The Animals are fascinated with the feral, primal side of human nature. They view this aspect as the border between man and animal, and are each on a personal quest to establish themselves as a new dominant human subspecies. To achieve this, they constantly subject themselves to brutal and violent tests of skill. They will often take on dangerous cyber-implanted opponents to prove they are better, not matter if they are from other dangerous gangs, the NCPD, or corporate forces. They train in fighting sports not for philosophical reasons but to sharpen their effectiveness in combat.

Internal gang relations are equally animalistic. On their own impermanent turf, Animals are divided into small "packs" led by the biggest and strongest member, the alpha male or female. Disputes are often solved with trial by combat, which is fought until one side completely submitted.

Criminal Activity and Sources of Income

Animals are mostly known for their ultraviolent raids on residential districts and other gangs' home turf. They also organize illegal underground fights and manufacture and sell drugs, mostly custom brew anabolic steroids. A few packs specialize in raiding drug stores, chemical transport, pharmaceutical companies, and drug dealers. Some hire themselves out as bodyguards or bouncers for a large number of businesses such as brothels, strip clubs, corporations, etc. and some are even racketeers who specialize in extortion and assault.

History

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In 2077, Sasquatch and her pack were hired by NetWatch to guard their operations in the Grand Imperial Mall of the Pacifica combat zone. NetWatch's objective was to stop the local Voodoo Boys from interacting with the Blackwall, and employed the Animals to protect them and hide their presence from any intruders that accessed the mall.

Database Entry

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ANIMALS

Unlike other Night City gangs, the Animals don't have a defined territory. You can find them almost anywhere, but... you know, it's not like people go out looking for them. The Animals aren't a centralized gang – they're divided into smaller groups led by independent "alphas" males or females. The concrete jungle – for the Animals, it's not just a pretentious metaphor. From their hormone-pumping, beast-inducing implants to their love of street combat, the Animals are obsessed with the wild side of human nature. Their physical strength and proficiency in various martial arts (and their sheer size alone) make Animals the ideal security guards and bouncers for clubs and bars. Besides that, the Animals are known for their illegal brawls, hijacking transports and their addiction to Juice, their very own homemade hormone cocktail.

Notable Members

Main article: Animals Members

Leadership

Instead of a single leader, the Animals are divided between a number of packs, each with a single alpha acting as the Pack Leader.

Pack Leaders

• Sasquatch (2075 - 2077, dependent)
• The Bully (unknown)
• The Brain (unknown - 2077, dependent)
• Angelica Whelan (unknown - 2077, dependent)

Secondary Leaders

• Abomination (unknown)
• Logan Garcia (unknown - 2077, dependent)
• Jesse Sabara (unknown - 2077, dependent)

Faction Locations

2077

• Tripple Extreme Gym
• Unfinished NCART Pacifica Station
• Grand Imperial Mall (formerly)

Vehicles

• Yaiba Kusanagi "Misfit"
• Thorton Mackinaw MTL1

Behind the Scenes

In the world of Cyberpunk 2077, most turn to electronic cyberware and beefy guns to solve their problems. The Animals, a gang of ferocious freaks often encountered in west Pacifica, shun both. Instead, they use electronics-free artisanal implants as well as nanosurgery to deliver ultra-advanced steroids and nutrients directly to their cells. They have also honed a method of street fighting to deploy those bodies as effective weapons against firearm-toting rivals. They spend most of their time in Pacifica's abandoned playgrounds, but can be seen throughout the city wherever a take-no-shit bouncer or bodyguard is needed. Muscles that look like they are about to burst through skin, tube-sized veins, shaved heads sitting directly atop ox-like shoulders—the Animals' bodies are their uniforms and most distinctive features. Their skin is covered with the side effects of the muscle-bulking chemicals: hideous scars and rash-like marks. Due to the ludicrous strength of these muscles, they need endoskeletal implants and joint reinforcements to keep their bones from crushing themselves and their tendons from snapping. Bits of metal can thus be seen among the mounds of flesh, but for the most part, the Animals are stunning examples of how incredibly unnatural "organic" can look.

 — The Official Digital Artbook of Cyberpunk 2077

Animals – an aggressive street-fighting gang from west Pacifica that eschews the use of traditional cyberware. Instead, they use ultra testosterone and animal supplements (like growth hormones). They're animalistic at heart, and dangerously proud of who they are.

 — Cyberpunk 2077 on X