Cyberpunk 2077 Legendary Items You Need

Cyberpunk 2077 offers an open-world game full of possibilities. In Night City, having the best weapons, the best clothes, and the finest Cyberware can be the difference between succeeding and failing. Every upgrade and piece of gear you get will make you a better fit for Cyberpunk’s harsh environment. While there are many unique weapons and different types of cool clothing, nothing makes you feel more special than getting your hands on some legendary items.

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To get these legendary items, you’ll first have to find them, either by searching all over the map, completing certain missions, buying them from specific vendors, or looting enemies. These items will make V look cool while allowing you to become an almost unbeatable force in Night City.

Updated February 3, 2025, by Sean Murray: It’s been a while since we took a stroll through Night City. While the items on this list remain some of the best in the game, we thought to add a few more to pique your interest. We’ve also refreshed the links to other Cyberpunk 2077 topics you might find interesting.

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Scorch

The Militech Ticon is already a powerful tech pistol in its own right thanks to its ability to fire a three-round burst. The weapon isn’t found in the base Cyberpunk loot tables, so you won’t find one of these weapons until you enter content found in the Phantom Liberty DLC.

Unless, that is, you happen to own Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. Then you can start your Cyberpunk 2077 playthrough with Scorch, an iconic version of the Ticon that deals extra damage to burning targets.

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Yasha

The Yasha is honestly not that much better than a standard Tsunami Ashura. It has slightly better handling and reload speed but still suffers from having a single round in the magazine. That round will almost certainly kill whoever you shoot at, and from long-range too.

Getting the Yasha is a little tricky (and best accomplished with mods), but having it is like possessing a little piece of Cyberpunk 2077 history. A piece of history that also takes people’s heads off, but history nonetheless.

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Quadra Type-66 “Hoon”

Cyberpunk 2077’s 2.0 update revamped the game’s vehicles. Some got faster, some brake better, some became more maneuverable, and a few received built-in armaments. You usually have to pay El Capitan for one of these expensive rides, but there’s one machine gun-toting car just sitting out in an abandoned warehouse. All you gotta do is go out and find it.

The Type-66 “Hoon”, as it is affectionately referred to, is pretty much the same as the Type-66 “Javelina.” It’s just as fast and capable of off-road driving, but it comes with guns capable of ripping Raffens to shreds. It’s also quite possibly the fastest car V can get their hands on in the early parts of the game.

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Ozob’s Nose

Ozob Bozo is a merc who just happens to appear like a clown thanks to his red hair, white face paint, and a big red grenade in the center of his face replacing his nose. Pair up with Ozob for a few whimsical side jobs, and he’ll eventually give you his nose as a parting gift.

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Ozob’s Nose is really no different from the F-GX Frag Grenade, but you can often acquire it at a higher level than you’d otherwise be able to craft grenades if you find him early enough. Ozob’s Nose also explodes with color and confetti, which makes it great for birthday parties.

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Kiroshi “Cocaktrice” Optics

Damage is always king, and being able to increase your damage through critical hits can be an excellent way to achieve more damage. Unfortunately, boosting your crit chance is relatively more difficult now than when Cyberpunk 2077 was first released.

Enter the Kiroshi “Cockatrice” optics. These eyeballs provide a whopping 35 percent increased crit chance merely for existing in your head. This does mean giving up all the benefits of “The Oracle” eyeballs, but it’s a small price to pay for more than a third of your shots being critical hits.

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BFC 9000

One of the few new weapons added since the launch of Phantom Liberty, the BFC 9000 is a reference to a certain Big F*@#ing Gun from a shooter of yore. It’s also… unsuitable for children under the age of 18 (or 19 depending on your state/country).

But if you’re looking for unparalleled melee excellence, the BFC 9000 provides a 69-percent (nice) increased crit chance while the user is above 50-percent stamina, 69-percent increased attack speed all the time, and 50-increased range. Oh, and strong attacks deal 10 percent more damage. Likely because of this implement’s hefty girth.

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Erebus

Whether your build uses submachine guns or not, you’ll be tempted by the terrible power of Erebus. This prototype SMG has a Blackwall AI inside that provides this weapon’s iconic effect. Any target hit by Erebus at or below 33 percent health dies instantly. This effectively cuts every enemy’s health bar by 33 percent.

It doesn’t hurt that Erebus also performs more like a shotgun submachine gun by firing six projectiles instead of one. It also has a five percent chance of uploading the Cyberware Malfunction quickhack with every hit, making bosses and cyberpsychos easier to deal with.

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Guts

Rebecca’s signature shotgun is one of the best weapons in the game, but it’s definitely the best weapon you can acquire for zero eddies. It’s just lying on the ground in Memorial Park, apparently having been discarded by the petite but potent Edgerunner.

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Guts is a weapon that takes some effort to control due to its intense recoil, but if you ever find yourself right up next to some unfortunate gangoon, just pull the trigger and watch as they completely come apart. You may want to bring an extra outfit—you’ll definitely get messy using this thing.

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Chitin

There are many ways to prevent V from receiving damage in Cyberpunk 2077. The Pain Editor, for example, reduces all incoming damage by 7 percent at tier five. But the best way to prevent damage is to increase V’s armor, and the best way to do that is with Chitin.

Not only does Chitin provide 200 armor at tier five, but it also provides additional health regeneration the higher your Body attribute. This means you’re both preventing damage and regaining whatever health you lose faster.

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Pizdets

Smart weapons are just incredible. Once you get a lock, just hold down the trigger until the other guy falls over. Bullets (actually miniature rockets) home in with unerring accuracy to end gonks without fail.

The only problem is you can’t attach barrel mods to Smart weapons, so if you want to be a stealthy Smart weapon user, you’re out of luck. That is, unless, you get the Pizdets from one of Phantom Liberty’s many side jobs. With the Pizdetz, you get all the sublime accuracy of a weapon that aims itself without any of those pesky loud noises. Just remember that most enemies will turn towards the path of incoming fire, so make sure your victim is dead before you let off the trigger.

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Militech Canto mk6 Cyberware

You can get either Erebus or the Militech Canto mk6 cyberdeck as a potential reward for one of Phantom Liberty’s endings. You’ll have to betray So Mi and pick up a few things during the “Somewhat Damaged” and “This Corrosion” jobs, but the reward for your backstabbery is perhaps the best cyberdeck in the game.

The Canto doesn’t offer a lot of RAM capacity, but it does offer the Blackwall Gateway quickhack. Unleash this Blackwall AI to kill anyone or anything after just a few moments’ upload time. Who needs a gun when you can just point and shoot with your mind?

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Hercules 3AX

You can’t get the Hercules 3AX until the “Roads to Redemption” gig, which comes after Phantom Liberty’s main story missions, and there’s a good reason for that. If you obtained Hercules any earlier, you’d trivialize every combat encounter in the game.

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Although it’s categorized as an assault rifle, it’s more like a smart machine gun that you don’t even need a Smart Link to use. Fire it from the hip to spray poisonous bullets everywhere, while aiming down the sights causing those bullets to seek out and home in on enemies further away. Better yet, defeated enemies turn into a puddle of acid that causes even more damage to anyone who steps in their caustic remains.

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Maxtac Mantis Blades

Mantis Blades aren’t necessarily the best arm cyberware, but the MaxTac Mantis Blades are definitely the best Mantis Blades you can find. They deal more damage, have an increased chance to apply the bleed effect, and they’re blue steel instead of gray.

The only problem with the MaxTac Mantis Blades is how difficult they are to obtain. You can potentially get these blades from the corpse of a MaxTac officer, but then you’ll have to fight MaxTac and survive–not an easy task.

The other option is to side with Reed during the “Firestarter” main job and then pay Mr. Hands €$15,000 to help break Songbird out of the MaxTac convoy. This will unlock an additional optional objective during “Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos” that–if completed–will reward the MaxTac Mantis Blades.

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Dogtown Skill Shard

Most junk vendors in Cyberpunk 2077 sell… well, junk. Which doesn’t exactly make them hot destinations for aspiring mercenaries. That said, you should visit every vendor in Dogtown at least once, especially the junk vendor in EBM Petrochem Stadium.

You might recognize these guys as the founders of CD Projekt, the developer that created Cyberpunk. Perks of being the boss. And the perk for you is a skill shard they sell for €$17,000, which provides a single perk point. They also sell skill shards for each of V’s skills, but all of these shards are available only once.

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Rasetsu

There’s no better sniper rifle than the Resetsu. Not only does it have awe-inspiring stopping power (often enough to drop enemies even with a single body shot), but it also has an advanced targeting system that will attempt to hit multiple targets at once by bending the trajectory of the bullet.

Not only that, but it’s also a tech rifle, so Rasetsu can fire through walls and most cover. Combine this with the Ping quickhack or the Kiroshi “Stalker” Optics and you’ll never have to worry about taking fire ever again. Just snipe every enemy you see that can’t see you back.

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Released

December 10, 2020

ESRB

M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs and Alcohol