Powerful Cyberpunk 2077 Quickhacks!

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What Are Quickhacks in Cyberpunk 2077?

Quickhacks are the primary weapon of Netrunners in Cyberpunk 2077. Quickhacks are special programs, moded into your Cyberdeck Cyberware, that can cast powerful effects on your enemies or surroundings.

Where To Buy Quickhacks

The easiest place to find Quickhacks in Night City is through multiple Netrunner Vendors located throughout Night City’s districts. These vendors sell Quickhacks of varying types and quality. Some examples of Netrunner Vendors are Yoko Tsuru in Kabuki and Chang Hoon Nam in Japantown. To find a Netrunner Vendor look for the map icon below.

Quickhacks can also be earned from completing the Breach Protocol mini-game on Access Points or found as enemy drops or from side-quest rewards as well. Quickhacks can also be crafted.

How To Access Quickhacks

Quickhacks in Cyberpunk 2077 function just like Mods. To make use of a Quickhack you first have to slot it into your Cyberdeck Cyberware. Different Cyberdecks allow for different amounts of Quickhacks to be available at any given time, with 6 Quickhacks being the maximum.

To access your currently equipped Quickhacks, make sure that you’ve installed a Cyberdeck at your local Ripperdoc, then click on the Cyberdeck Icon in your Inventory Screen.

Quickhack Rarity

Quickhacks can come in several different rarities including the usual Uncommon, Rare, Epic and Legendary varieties. Often, upgrading your Quickhack to a higher rarity will also give it bonus effects, making it worth obtaining higher rarity Quickhacks whenever possible!

All Quickhacks as well as their effects are listed below.

Cyberpunk 2077 Quickhacks List

There are 4 main categories of Quickhacks in Cyberpunk 2077.

  • Combat Quickhacks are the bread and butter of netrunners. You can cast them to deal damage and exploit elemental weaknesses. They can be amazingly effective to destroy weak points, too.
  • Control Quickhacks are also useful in combat situations, as they can greatly impede opponents. They can prove particularly decisive against bosses and mini-bosses to disable their own Cyberware.
  • Covert Quickhacks are useful in infiltration scenarios to elude or escape the attention of enemies, for example by deafening them or even by wiping their memory.
  • Ultimate Quickhacks are the most powerful programs, but also the most costly in terms of RAM and upload time. Cast correctly, the can potentially eliminate targets instantly, or even turn them against each other.

Combat Quickhacks

Contagion

Uncommon: Deals low damage that applies Poison to the target. Spreads to 2 target(s) within a 8-meter radius. Effective against closely grouped targets.

Rare: Poison lasts significantly longer.

Epic: Each subsequent target receives 20% more damage from Contagion.

Legendary: Passive While Equipped: All quickhacks capable of spreading to multiple targets can jump 1 additional time(s).

 

Overheat

Uncommon: Applies Burn to the target, dealing high damage over time. Less effective against drones, mechs and robots.

Rare: Targets affected by Burn from Overheat are unable to perform any actions.

Epic: Burn from Overheat lasts significantly longer.

Legendary: Targets affected by Burn from Overheat are unable to use cyberware abilities.

 

Short Circuit

Uncommon: Deals moderate Electrical damage to the target. Very effective against drones, mechs, and targets with a Weakspot.

Rare: Applies an EMP effect to the target for 4 seconds.

Epic: Deals 30% extra damage to enemies below a High threat level.

Legendary: Passive While Equipped: Crit Hits with any weapon apply this quickhack’s Tier 1 effect.

 

Synapse Burnout

Rare: Deals moderate damage that scales higher based on how much Health the target is missing. Less effective against drones, mechs and robots.

Epic: If the target is defeated by this quickhack, they burst into flames, causing enemies within a 6-meter radius to panic.

Legendary: Passive While Equipped: Defeating an enemy with any quickhack causes nearby enemies to panic.

 

Control Quickhacks

Cripple Movement
Uncommon: Disables the target’s ability to move from their current position. Rare: Spreads to the nearest enemy within 8 meters. Epic: Affected enemies are also unable to attack. Legendary: Passive While Equipped: Enemies under the effect of any quickhack cannot Sprint.
 

Cyberware Malfunction

Uncommon: Disables the target’s cyberware abilities. Can disable movement or Resistances. Very effective against fast-moving targets and netrunners.

Rare: Spreads to the nearest target within 8 meter(s).

Epic: Affected enemies are also unable to attack.

Legendary: Causes a random implant to explode once the effect’s duration expires.

 

Sonic Shock
Uncommon: Deafens the target, reducing their ability to detect enemy sounds. Rare: Prevents the target from communicating with their allies about your activity. Epic: Excludes the target from their allies’ audio and visual perception, causing them to be completely ignored. Legendary: Passive While Equipped: enemies under the effects of any quickhack are cut off from the local network, preventing them from communicating with their allies.
 

Weapon Glitch

Uncommon: Jam’s a target’s weapon, rendering it temporarily unusable. Causes the target’s weapon to malfunction, reducing its accuracy and disabling Smart-tracking and obstacle-penetration.

Rare: Spreads to the nearest enemy within 8 meter(s).

Epic: Causes the target’s weapon to explode, causing damage.

Legendary: Passive While Equipped: Unlocks the Weapons Jammer daemon for use in Breach Protocol.

 

Covert Quickhacks

Memory Wipe
Rare: Causes the target to exit combat state. Epic: This quickhack also affects the target’s entire squad.
 

Ping

Uncommon: Reveals enemies and devices connected to the local network.

Rare: Reveals enemies and devices connected to the local network. Lasts longer.

Epic: Reveals enemies and devices connected to the local network. Lasts much longer.

Legendary: Highlighted devices and allows to quickhack through walls.

 

Reboot Optics

Uncommon: Resets an enemy’s optical cyberware, rendering them temporarily blind.

Rare: Spreads to the nearest target within 8 meter(s).

Epic: Greatly increases effect duration. Blinding lasts 50% longer.

Legendary: Passive While Equipped: Unlocks the Optics Jammer daemon for use in Breach Protocol.

 

Request Backup

Uncommon: Calls over 1 enemy squad member.

Rare: Calls over 1 enemy squad member(s).

Epic: Can be executed on enemies engaged in combat.

 

Whistle

Uncommon: The target will move to your current position.

Rare: The target will no longer be in an Alerted State when moving to your current position.

Epic: Can be executed on enemies engaged in combat.

 

Ultimate Quickhacks

Cyberpsychosis
Epic: Induces a cyberpsychosis-like state in the target, causing them to attack both enemies and allies. Sets the status of drones, mechs and robots to friendly, making them turn against your enemies. If no other allies are nearby, the target will commit suicide. Legendary: Passive While Equipped: Enemies under the effect of any quickhack will no longer try to avoid inflicting friendly fire.
 

Detonate Grenade

Epic: Forces the target to detonate a grenade in their hands. The type of explosion and its effects are based on the target’s grenade type.

Legendary: Passive While Equipped: Defeating an enemy with any explosion reduces the RAM cost of the next Ultimate quickhack by 2. Can stack up to 4 time(s).

 

Suicide
Epic: Forces a target to commit suicide. Legendary: Passive While Equipped: Causing an enemy to panic reduces the RAM cost of your next Ultimate quickhack by 2.
 

System Reset
Epic: Cripples a target’s nervous system, causing them to lose consciousness. Target will not make any noise when losing consciousness. Legendary: Passive While Equipped: Defeating an enemy reduces the RAM cost of the next quickhack by 1. Stacks up to 6 time(s).
 

How To Craft Quickhacks

Crafting Quickhacks is one of the best ways to get the specific type of hack you are looking for. To craft Quickhacks you will need enough intelligence to unlock the required Quickhacking Perk which will then give you all the Crafting Specs needed for that rarity level. You will also need several Quickhacking components.

The Perks needed for unlocking Quickhacking Specs are listed below along with their Perk Level. For more information see the Complete Updated Quickhacking Skill Tree and Perks.

 

Quickhacking Craft Spec Perks

  • Hacker’s Manual: Unlocks Crafting Specs for Uncommon quickhacks (Level 5).
  • School Of Hard Hacks: Unlocks Crafting Specs for Rare quickhacks (Level 12).
  • Hacker Overlord: Unlocks Crafting Specs for Epic quickhacks (Level 16).
  • Bartmoss’ Legacy: Unlocks Crafting Specs for Legendary quickhacks (Level 20).

Where To Find Quickhack Crafting Components

Just like Crafting Components are needed to craft Weapons, Clothing, and other gear in Cyberpunk 2077, Quickhack Components are also needed to craft Quickhacks.

One of the easiest ways to get lots of Quickhacking Components is through the Breach Protocol mini-game. Hacking into the many Access Points throughout Night City successfully can reward plenty of extra components as well as Eddies if you have the right Breach Protocol Perks. For example, the Datamine Mastermind Perk increases the amount of components acquired from Access Points by up to 100%.

Quickhack Components can also be purchased throughout Night City from any Netrunner Vendor.

All Components come in the usual rarities including:

  • Uncommon Quickhack Components
  • Rare Quickhack Components
  • Epic Quickhack Components
  • Legendary Quickhack Components

How To Get Legendary Quickhacks

Legendary Quickhacks in Cyberpunk 2077 often come with powerful active or passive effects so they are certainly worth pursuing if you plan on becoming the Ultimate Netrunner in Night City.

The easiest way to get Legendary Quickhacks is to craft them. This will require 20 Intelligence and the following Perks from the Quickhacking Skill Tree: Hacker’s Manual, School Of Hard Hacks, Hacker Overlord, Bartmoss’ Legacy.

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