10 Best New Cyberware To Unlock In Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberware has received a major overhaul in Cyberpunk 2077's Update 2.0. Here are some of the best new and reworked Cyberware implants V should use.

Picking the best Cyberware is crucial to V’s survival in Cyberpunk 2077. Cyberware has received a significant overhaul as part of the game’s Update 2.0, with new and reworked Cyberware available to purchase from Ripperdocs all over Night City. However, high-end Cyberware is expensive and hard to upgrade, so it’s important to prioritize the best implants.

V can install Cyberware in ten different body parts: Legs, Integumentary System, Circulatory System, Nervous System, Hands, Skeleton, Face, Arms, Operating System, and Frontal Cortex. Implants can have various functions ranging from passive Armor and combat buffs to enabling double jumps. It’s also worth noting that although V is practically immune to cyberpsychosis, the new Cyberware Capacity mechanic limits how much they can install at once.

10 Kiroshi “The Oracle” Optics – Face Cyberware

The Kiroshi “The Oracle” Optics are arguably the best pick for optics, as they significantly upgrade V’s scanner.

Aside from scanning Phantom Liberty’s Minor Arcana Tarot Cards, the scanner is also handy for surveying the environment. V’s scanner will highlight all enemies, including any behind cover when using these optics within 17.5m. They can also highlight cameras and turrets within 35m and all explosive devices and traps within 28m.

It’s an excellent upgrade that provides V with lots of information, allowing you to plan combat encounters. Many Side Jobs and Gigs involve entering dangerous locations filled with hostile machines and traps. Seeing and avoiding these threats gives V a crucial advantage when doing mercenary work.

9 Reinforced Tendons – Leg Cyberware

The Reinforced Tendons Cyberware was among the best Cyberware in Cyberpunk 2077, even before the latest update. Following the overhaul, they’ve been slightly reworked and improved. Having Reinforced Tendons allows V to double jump, which may seem like a minor upgrade, at least on paper. However, in practice, there are countless situations where double jumping proves useful.

Apart from combat encounters, certain Gigs also become much easier to complete with a double jump. V can jump to previously inaccessible areas, bypassing guards and security systems and finding simpler, shorter routes to their objective. It’s great for builds that focus on being quick, quiet, and efficient. On top of that, they’re also now attuned to V’s Reflexes stat, granting an extra 0.1% boost to Crit Chance for each point V puts into their Reflexes stat.

8 Memory Boost – Frontal Cortex Cyberware

Most Frontal Cortex Cyberware is designed to benefit hacking-based builds in Cyberpunk 2077; when equipped with Memory Boost, V gains additional RAM for each enemy they neutralize, allowing them to unleash additional quick hacks. Luckily, this isn’t limited to Quickhack kills, so a series of quick kills allows V to regenerate their RAM rapidly.

When using Memory Boost, choosing an advanced cyberdeck with a high amount of RAM is worth it. Having a less advanced Cyberdeck with reduced RAM means additional RAM units generated by kills can be wasted. Memory Boost is an essential pick for any hacking-based builds and an excellent tool for improving V’s hacking capabilities.

For a different approach to hacking, pair Bioconductor Cyberware, which allows Quickhacks to deal critical hits, with the Overclock Perk.

7 Cellular Adapter – Integumentary System Cyberware

The Cellular Adapter is one of the most unique implants V can install, as it actually requires the Built Different Perk to work. Built Different becomes available once V has a Technical Ability attribute of 15 and is an excellent choice for tech-based builds. Following the update, V no longer gains protection from clothing and instead gains Armor from Skeleton and Integumentary System Cyberware. As such, V needs implants in these slots to protect themselves.

The Cellular Adapter adds a significant amount of Armor, enhancing V’s damage protection and granting a broad range of useful benefits tied to V’s Technical Ability attribute. This includes:

• Explosion Resistance (an extra 1% per point),
• Increased Tech Weapon damage (an extra 0.5% per point)
• Reduced Health Item Recharge time (0.5% per point)
• Grenade Item Recharge time (0.5% per point).

As such, it offers the broadest range of defensive bonuses of any defense-focused Cyberware. Its effects are also largely passive, making this implant extremely useful in all combat encounters, including against tough bosses like Phantom Liberty’s Chimera war robot.

6 Epimorphic Skeleton – Skeleton Cyberware

Much like the Cellular Adapter, the Epimorphic Skeleton Cyberware offers additional protection. Unlike the Cellular Adapter, however, the Epimorphic Skeleton is extremely basic. V receives extra health and a massive chunk of additional Armor (an impressive 190 Armor at Tier 5). It’s a solid choice for all builds, but players focused on getting up close and personal using a Blunt Bruiser build to benefit the most.

It’s also tuned to V’s Body stat and adds a few extra points of health based on that stat. However, even without this bonus, it’s still a fantastic all-around boost to V’s survivability.

5 Atomic Sensors – Nervous System Cyberware

The Atomic Sensors Cyberware increases V’s movement speed relative to nearby enemy detection. Essentially, the closer V is to being detected by an enemy, the faster they move. It’s limited to a 56% boost to movement speed at 80% enemy detection, but it’s still one of the best choices for stealth-based builds in Cyberpunk 2077. The implant lets V use enemy detection to move even faster, executing stealth takedowns before enemies can respond.

It’s also tuned to V’s Cool Stat and adds an extra 0.2% to the headshot and weak spot damage for each point. V can use the Atomic Sensors to evade enemy detection and deal extra damage with their stealth headshots.

4 Heal-On-Kill – Circulatory System Cyberware

Heal-On-Kill restores a small percentage of V’s health whenever they neutralize an enemy. Regardless of how V neutralizes an enemy, the health restoration effect triggers, so it works for most, if not all, builds, including Cyberpunk 2077’s best melee builds.

It’s worth noting that the Circulatory System has several open slots for additional Cyberware, so players can still install other Cyberware that fits their build. It’s also tuned to V’s Intelligence and slightly boosts damage. Unlike some Cyberware, which only fits certain specific builds, Heal-On-Kill is a general, all-purpose bonus that’s worth having in all of your playthroughs.

3 Monowire – Arms Cyberware

All of Cyberpunk 2077's Arm Cyberware received some upgrades in the game’s latest update, but the Monowire is arguably the most improved. With it equipped, V can attack enemies with a spool of monofilament wire with a vicious cutting edge. It works best in the short to medium range and can hit multiple enemies at once.

Players looking to equip the Monowire should pick the Jailbreak Relic Perk, one of the best new Perks to unlock after the update. This gives the Monowire a slot for installing a single quickhack, which triggers when V hits an enemy with a fully charged attack. The quickhack costs no RAM and can even spread to other enemies with the Data Tunneling Relic Perk.

One big change you’ll notice is that the Monowire Cyberware now comes with different variants, including Thermal, Electrifying, and Toxic. These add extra elemental damage to V’s melee attacks.

2 Immovable Force – Hands Cyberware

For builds using ranged weapons, Immovable Force is perhaps the best choice for Hands Cyberware. It drastically reduces recoil and bullet spread, improving V’s accuracy when using ranged weapons. Before Update 2.0, V was limited to a single slot for Hands Cyberware, which can now be increased to two with the Ambidextrous Perk. Players who want to combine Immovable Force’s accuracy boost with additional implants can do just that.

At Tier 5+, the reduction in recoil and bullet spread reaches -33% and -25%, respectively, which makes it easier to hit weak points and score headshots.

1 Militech Apogee Sandevistan – Operating System Cyberware

With Sandevistan Cyberware, V can temporarily slow down time and neutralize enemies before they can move or attack. There are several different variants that have different passive bonuses. The Militech Apogee Sandevistan slows time by 85%, adding 10% extra headshot damage, 14% extra Crit Chance, and 13% extra Crit Damage while active.

With time slowed by 85%, enemies can barely move, and V can easily score several high-damage headshots to wipe out entire groups of enemies in a few seconds. Best of all, neutralizing an enemy extends the time warp effect and restores some of V’s Stamina. It’s one of the best implants in the game for builds with high Reflexes.

Installing a Sandevistan implant prevents V from using quickhacks. If you’re using a hacking build, it’s highly recommended you use a high-end cyberdeck such as the Arasaka Mk.5 instead.

These are some of the best implants players can find after Update 2.0. However, Cyberware is one of the game’s most complex systems, with many implants with powerful, game-changing effects. It’s highly recommended that you frequently visit Cyberpunk 2077’s Ripperdocs to browse, install, and upgrade Cyberware, pushing V’s capabilities to the limit.

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  Cyberpunk 2077

  Released:

  2020-12-10

  Franchise:

  Cyberpunk

  Genre(s):

  Action RPG, First-Person Shooter

  Platform(s):

  PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows

  Publisher(s):

  CD Projekt

  Developer(s):

  CD Projekt Red

  Engine:

  REDengine 4

  Summary:

  Cyberpunk 2077 is an action RPG/FPS game set in the universe created by Mike Pondsmith in 1988. Players play as V, a customizable main character who is given an augment that slowly attempts to re-write his memories with those of a dead celebrity played by Keanu Reeves. The two need to work together to keep the protagonist alive. Players will immerse themselves into the neon-lit, crime-ridden environment of Night City as they complete tasks, augment themselves for improved mobility, and customize their weapons to face the foes that inhabit the open city. An expansion pack for the base game, Phantom Liberty, will be released sometime in 2023.

  Expansion Packs :

  Phantom Liberty

  Mode:

  Single-player

  Platforms:

  PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows, Google Stadia

  Publishers:

  CD Projekt RED, CD Projekt

  Release Date :

  10 December 2020

  Rating:

  7/10 Steam; 9/10 IGN