Updated December 14th, 2020 at 16:53 IST

Cyberpunk 2077 weapon upgrading tutorial: Follow these steps to upgrade your weapon

One of the most important mechanics in a massively open-world game is to know how to upgrade weapons. Same is the case with Cyberpunk 2077. Read on to know how.

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Cyberpunk 2077 is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed and published by CD Projekt. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Stadia, and Xbox One on 10 December 2020, and will come out for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in 2021. Continue reading to know about how to upgrade weapons.

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How to Upgrade Weapons in Cyberpunk 2077

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Cyberpunk 2077 Gear Upgrade Tutorial

  • Open up your menu
  • Go over to the “Crafting” tab on the far left side.
  • Select this to bring up the Crafting menu
  • Select the “Upgrade” tab on the right.
  • This shows a separate menu and from here you will be able to select what piece of gear your want to improve.
  • Pick what item you want and you will see a bunch of stats and information appear on the right side.
  • In the first column, your current piece of gear’s damage/defence numbers are shown along with
    • Its current market price
    • Weapon brand
    • If it has any special attributes.
  • The far-right column displays the improved stats once you actually upgrade it.
  • In order to upgrade a piece of gear, you will need the required amount of crafting materials.
  • These can be found in a column just to the left of your existing weapon/armour piece’s stats.
  • There are different rarities to each crafting item and every piece of gear will require a different assortment.
  • The rarity of the materials needed is determined by the rarity of the gear.
  • So if you are trying to upgrade a Rare weapon you’ll need
    • Uncommon
    • Common
    • Rare materials.
  • Inversely, if you’re upgrading an Epic item, you’ll need
    • Uncommon
    • Common
    • Rare
    • Epic crafting materials.

Cyberpunk 2077 Iconic Weapons List

  • Chaos - It is a rare Tech Pistol that is owned by the current leader of the Maelstrom gang, Roce. The only way to get this weapon is by killing him. 
  • Kongou - It is a Rare Power Pistol that you can find during a quest known as The Heist. It will be on the bedside table of Yorinobu.
  • Cottonmouth - This weapon you can retrieve during The Space In Between mission. When a character named Fingers takes you into the back room of his clinic, you will find the weapon on his bed.
  • Dying Night - This is one of the first weapons that you can get without any extra charge. When you leave your apartment for the first time, just go down the stairs and then make your way across the apartment complex to find a weapon shop whose name is 2nd Amendment. Talk to the owner to see this weapon listed for free.

Cyberpunk 2077 Update

  • Quests
    • Fixed an issue with completing the final objective in Gig: Freedom of the Press.
    • Fixed an issue with starting a conversation with Johnny at the end in Life During Wartime.
    • Corrected a rare issue with NPCs no longer calling V if A Like Supreme quest was abandoned mid-way.
    • Fixed an issue with Nix not going into his default state in Spellbound and KOLD MIRAGE.
    • Fixed issues blocking progress in I Fought The Law if the quest area is left.
    • Fixed inability to find Delamain in Epistrophy.
    • Fixed issues related to remaining in the second phase of the quest after finishing Pacifica fight with Ozob if played after Finals.
    • Fixed an issue with Nomads no longer present if V leaves the quest area mid-combat in With a Little Help from My Friends/Queen of the Highway.
    • Adjusted mappings and re-enabled quest tracker in M'ap Tann Pèlen/I Walk the Line/Transmission.
    • Fixed constraints on freedom to get up and sit down if neither blueline condition is met in Violence.
    • Fixed issues with time and space resulting from leaving the quest area or abandoning the quest in Following the River.
    • Fixed an issue with conversation with Johnny not starting after leaving the hotel in Tapeworm.
    • Fixed an issue with quest being blocked upon leaving the quest area before climbing the hill in Following the River.
    • Fixed the objective “Go into booth 9” not completing if the room’s entered too fast in Automatic Love.
    • Fixed Jackie’s issues with sitting still in The Ripperdoc.
    • Other quest fixes

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Published December 14th, 2020 at 16:53 IST