Ninjutsu Skill Tree And Perks

The Ninjutsu (formerly Stealth) Skill improves your ability to move without being seen and also lets you apply poisons to enemies. The Ninjutsu Skill is linked to the Cool Attribute.

Cyberpunk 2077 Ninjutsu Skill Tree Perks List

All Perks available for the Ninjutsu Skill Tree are listed below. Perks can be unlocked at specific levels and are either Passive, Triggered or Active.

LEVEL 1
NAME EFFECT
Crouching Tiger Increases movement speed while sneaking by 20%.
Silent And Deadly Increases damage dealt by silenced weapons by 25% while sneaking.
LEVEL 5
Hidden Dragon Allows you to perform non-lethal aerial takedowns on unaware targets.
Dagger Dealer Enables knife throwing. A thrown knife returns to the hand after the time given in its description or immediately upon pickup.
LEVEL 7
NAME EFFECT
Strike From The Shadows Increases your Crit Chance by 7% while sneaking.
Assassin Deal 15% more damage to human enemies.
Leg Up Movement speed after a successful takedown is increased by 30% for 10 seconds.
LEVEL 9
NAME EFFECT
Sniper Increases headshot damage outside combat by (10% | 20%). (2 Ranks)
Cutthroat Increases melee damage dealt to target enemy by (40% |  80%) for 6 seconds after hitting them with a thrown Knife. (2 Ranks)
LEVEL 11
NAME EFFECT
Agressive Antitoxins Grants immunity to Poison.
Clean Work You can pick up an enemy’s body immediately after performing a takedown.
Stunning Blows Quick Melee Attacks with ranged weapons stagger enemies, giving you an opportunity to grapple them.
LEVEL 12
NAME EFFECT
From The Shadows Upon entering combat, Crit Chance increases by (10% | 20%) for 7 seconds. (2 Ranks)
Ghost Detection time is increased by (20% | 40%). (2 Ranks)
LEVEL 14
NAME EFFECT
Looking Sharp Headshots with thrown Knives apply Blinding to the target.
Venomous Fangs All knives apply Poison.
Rattlesnake Enemies affected by Poison cannot sprint.
LEVEL 16
NAME EFFECT
Restorative Shadows While in Stealth, increases Health regeneration by 25%.
Juggler When you defeat an enemy or land a Critical Hit with a thrown Knife, you will regain all Knives currently on cooldown.
Hasty Retreat Temporarily boosts movement speed by 50% for 5 seconds when detected by an enemy.
LEVEL 18
NAME EFFECT
Corrosive Poison Poison now also affects drones, mechs and robots but with reduced effectiveness. Deal 20% more damage to poisoned enemies.
Critical Antidote A Strong Attack or thrown Knife against a poisoned enemy will remove their Poison status, dealing instant Poison damage instead, and will have a 100% increased Critical Chance. Cooldown of 5 seconds per enemy.
Cheat Death When your Health drops below 50%, reduce all incoming damage by 50% for 10 seconds. Cannot occur more than once per minute.
LEVEL 20
NAME EFFECT
Jeepers Creepers Crouch Attacks from stealth with melee weapons deal 100% more damage and guarantee a Crit Hit.
Toxicology

Increases the duration of Poison applied to enemies by 5 seconds.

+0.2 seconds per Perk level. Perk requires level 20 in Ninjutsu to unlock.

Ninjutsu Skill Tree Progression Rewards

Every Skill Tree in Cybepunk 2077 also comes with a built-in Skill Progression Rewards System. As you level up any Skill Tree in the game you gain bonus rewards, ranging from extra Perk Points to unique bonuses and stat modifiers. Below are the Skill Progression Rewards for the Ninjutsu Skill Tree:

SKILL PROGRESSION REWARDS – STEALTH
LEVEL REWARD
1 —
2 Increases Mitigation Chance by 3%.
3 + 1 Perk Point
4 Decreases Visibility to Enemies by 10%.
5 + 1 Perk Point
6 Increases Health Regen Rate Outside of Combat by 10%.
7 + 1 Perk Point
8 Increases Movement Speed by 3%.
9 Increases Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) by 3%.
10 +1 Perk Point
11 Increases Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) by 2%.
12 Increases Mitigation Chance by 1%.
13 + 1 Perk Point
14 Increases Movement Speed by 2%.
15 Decreases Visibility to Enemies by 10%.
16 Increases Mitigation Chance by 1%.
17 +1 Perk Point
18 + 1 Perk Point
19 Decreases Visibility to Enemies by 10%.
20 Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill tree.

 

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