Check out this skills guide for Cyberpunk 2077. Know more about skills, how to skill up, a list of skills, recommended and best skills to level, and more!
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What Are Skills? Get Better At Certain Actions Skills are yet another character progression element of Cyberpunk 2077. Skills are found nested within Attributes, and themselves in turn also contain another game element - Perks. Leveling up skills will allow you to get better at that particular action.
List Of Skills And Attributes Attribute Skills Body - Athletics Reflexes - Assault Intelligence - Breach Protocol Technical - Crafting Cool - Stealth
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How To Skill Up Unlike Perks and Attributes, Skills do not require "points" to be leveled up. They level up the more you use them . This means if you want to raise your Handgun skill, you'll have to use Handguns frequently to level up!
Increase Level By Doing Actions ※The actions below are confirmed to raise Skill level. It is possible that there are some actions that also contribute to raising your Skill.
Skill Name Required Actions To Level Up Athletics ・Dash Annihilation ・Use Shotguns & Machine Guns Street Brawler ・Use Melee Weapons Assault ・Use SMGs, Assault Rifles, & Sniper Rifles Handgun ・Use Handguns & Revolvers Blade ・Use Blades Craft ・Craft Materials Engineer ・Use Tech Weapons Breach Protocol ・Do Breach Protocols Quickhack ・Use Quickhack in battles Stealth ・Stealth Kills, Successful Takedowns, Surprise Attacks Cold Blood ・Go Cold Blood
Skill Rewards Unlocking Skills nets you additional benefits from the category itself. For example, choosing several perks under the Assault category can give you passive bonuses when handling SMGs. These bonuses may include recoil reduction and increase in critical damage.
Best Skills To Level Plan Out Your Specialization We do recommend picking a skill and Attribute to specialize in together. Placing Attribute Points into Body, for example, will increase your power with Shotguns. You'll naturally want to use shotguns and get your skill with them up to maximize this!
All Skills List Body Skills Athletics Level Skill Progression Reward 2 Increases Carrying Capacity by 20 3 +1 Perk Point(s) 4 Increases Stamina by 5% 5 Increases Stamina Regen Rate by 10% 6 Increases Carrying Capacity by 40 7 +1 Perk Point(s) 8 +1 Perk Point(s) 9 Increases Health by 5% 10 +1 Perk Point(s) 11 +1 Perk Point(s) 12 Increases Health by 5% 13 Increases Carrying Capacity by 100 14 Increases Armor by 3% 15 Increases Health Regen Rate Outside Combat by 10% 16 +1 Perk Point(s) 17 Increases Health by 5% 18 Increases Armor by 3% 19 +1 Perk Point(s) 20 Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill tree
Annihilation Level Skill Progression Reward 2 Reduces the ADS Time of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns and Heavy Machine Guns by 20% 3 +1 Perk Point(s) 4 Reduces the Recoil of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns and Heavy Machine Guns by 10% 5 Reduces the Spread of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns and Heavy Machine Guns by 25% 6 +1 Perk Point(s) 7 Increases Crit Chance by 5% when using Shotguns, Light Machine Guns and Heavy Machine Guns 8 Reduces the Recoil of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns and Heavy Machine Guns by 10% 9 +1 Perk Point(s) 10 +1 Perk Point(s) 11 Increases Crit Chance by 20% when using Shotguns, Light Machine Guns and Heavy Machine Guns 12 +1 Perk Point(s) 13 Reduces the Recoil of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns and Heavy Machine Guns by 10% 14 Reduces the Recoil of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns and Heavy Machine Guns by 15% 15 +1 Perk Point(s) 16 Reduces the Spread of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns and Heavy Machine Guns by 25% 17 Reduces the Spread of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns and Heavy Machine Guns by 10% 18 +1 Perk Point(s) 19 Reduces the Recoil of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns and Heavy Machine Guns by 15% 20 Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill tree
Street Brawler Level Skill Progression Reward 2 Increases Block Damage Reduction by 10% when using fists, Blunt Weapons or Gorilla Arms 3 +1 Perk Point(s) 4 Increases Attack Speed by 5% when using fists, Blunt Weapons or Gorilla Arms 5 Increase Stamina Cost Reduction While Attacking by 10% when using fists, Blunt Weapons or Gorilla Arms 6 +1 Perk Point(s) 7 Increases Crit Damage by 10% when using fists, Blunt Weapons or Gorilla Arms 8 Increases Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) by 2% when using fists, Blunt Weapons or Gorilla Arms 9 +1 Perk Point(s) 10 +1 Perk Point(s) 11 Increases Crit Chance by 5% when using fists, Blunt Weapons or Gorilla Arms 12 +1 Perk Point(s) 13 Increases Block Damage Reduction by 10% when using fists, Blunt Weapons or Gorilla Arms 14 Increases Attack Speed by 10% when using fists, Blunt Weapons or Gorilla Arms 15 +1 Perk Point(s) 16 Increases Stamina by 5% 17 Increases Health by 5% 18 +1 Perk Point(s) 19 Increases Stamina by 5% 20 Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill Tree
Reflex Skills Assault Level Skill Progression Reward 2 Reduces the ADS Time on Submachine Guns and all Rifle types by 20% 3 +1 Perk Point(s) 4 Reduces the Recoil on Submachine Guns and all Rifle types by 10% 5 Reduces the Spread on Submachine Guns and all Rifle types by 25% 6 +1 Perk Point(s) 7 Increases Crit Chance by 5% when using a Submachine Gun or any Rifle type 8 Reduces the Recoil on Submachine Guns and all Rifle types by 10% 9 +1 Perk Point(s) 10 +1 Perk Point(s) 11 Increases Crit Damage by 15% when using a Submachine Gun or any Rifle type 12 +1 Perk Point(s) 13 Reduces the Recoil on Submachine Guns and all Rifle types by 10% 14 Reduces the Recoil on Submachine Guns and all Rifle types by 15% 15 +1 Perk Point(s) 16 Reduces the Spread on Submachine Guns and all Rifle types by 25% 17 Reduces the Spread on Submachine Guns and all Rifle types by 10% 18 +1 Perk Point(s) 19 Reduces the Recoil on Submachine Guns and all Rifle types by 15% 20 Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill tree
Handguns Level Skill Progression Reward 2 Reduces the ADS Time of your Pistols and Revolvers 20% 3 +1 Perk Point(s) 4 Reduces the Recoil of your Pistols and Revolvers 10% 5 Reduces the Spread of your Pistols and Revolvers 25% 6 +1 Perk Point(s) 7 Increases Crit Chance by 5% when using Pistols or Revolvers 8 Reduces the Recoil of your Pistols and Revolvers 10% 9 +1 Perk Point(s) 10 +1 Perk Point(s) 11 Increases Crit Damage by 15% when using Pistols or Revolvers 12 +1 Perk Point(s) 13 Reduces the Recoil of your Pistols and Revolvers 10% 14 Reduces the Recoil of your Pistols and Revolvers 15% 15 +1 Perk Point(s) 16 Reduces the Spread of your Pistols and Revolvers 25% 17 Reduces the Spread of your Pistols and Revolvers 10% 18 +1 Perk Point(s) 19 Reduces the Recoil of your Pistols and Revolvers 15% 20 Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill tree
Blades Level Skill Progression Reward 2 Increases the Attack Speed of your Katanas, Blades and Mantis Blades by 10% 3 +1 Perk Point(s) 4 +10% Stamina Cost Reduction While Attacking when using Katanas, Blades or Mantis Blades 5 +2% Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) when using Katanas, Blades or Mantis Blades 6 +10% Crit Damage when using Katanas, Blades or Mantis Blades 7 +5% Crit Damage when using Katanas, Blades or Mantis Blades 8 +1 Perk Point(s) 9 +1 Perk Point(s) 10 +1 Perk Point(s) 11 Increases the Attack Speed of your Katanas, Blades and Mantis Blades by 10% 12 +10% Stamina Cost Reduction While Attacking when using Katanas, Blades or Mantis Blades 13 Increases the Attack Speed of your Katanas, Blades and Mantis Blades by 10% 14 +1 Perk Point(s) 15 Increases the Block Damage Reduction of your Katanas, Blades and Mantis Blades by 25% 16 +1 Perk Point(s) 17 +1 Perk Point(s) 18 Increases Stamina by 5 19 +3% Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) when using Katanas, Blades or Mantis Blades 20 Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill tree
Technical Ability Crafting 2 +1 Perk Point(s) 3 Reduces Crafting Cost by 5% 4 Reduces Crafting Cost by 5% 5 +1 Perk Point(s) 6 Unlocks new Crafting Specs for consumables, weapons and clothing 7 Increases Chance to Acquire Component From Crafting by 5% 8 +1 Perk Point(s) 9 Unlocks Crafting Specs for Rare weapons, weapon mods and clothing 10 +1 Perk Point(s) 11 Reduces Crafting Cost by 5% 12 Increases Chance to Acquire Component From Crafting by 5% 13 Unlocks Crafting Specs for Epic weapons, combat gadgets and cyberware 14 +1 Perk Point(s) 15 Increases Chance to Acquire Component From Upgrading by 5% 16 Reduces Upgrade Cost Reduction by 15% 17 +1 Perk Point(s) 18 Unlocks Crafting Specs for Iconic weapons and clothing 19 Reduces Upgrade Cost Reduction by 15% 20 Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill tree
Engineering 2 +1 Perk Point(s) 3 Increases Armor by 3% when using Tech weapons 4 Decrease Charge Time by 5% 5 Increases Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) by 5% when using Tech weapons 6 +1 Perk Point(s) 7 Increases Armor by 3% when using Tech weapons 8 +1 Perk Point(s) 9 Increases Crit Chance by 5% when using Tech weapons 10 +1 Perk Point(s) 11 Increases Armor by 4% when using Tech weapons 12 Increases Thermal Resistance by 5% when using Tech weapons 13 Increases Crit Chance by 5% when using Tech weapons 14 +1 Perk Point(s) 15 Increases Crit Damage by 15% when using Tech weapons 16 Increases Armor by 2% when using Tech weapons 17 +1 Perk Point(s) 18 +1 Perk Point(s) 19 Decreases Charge Time by 10% 20 Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill tree
Intelligence Breach Protocol 2 +1 Perk Point(s) 3 Increases Breach Protocol Time by 5% 4 Increases Components Acquired by 10% 5 Increases Breach Protocol Time by 5% 6 +1 Perk Point(s) 7 Increases Breach Protocol Time by 5% 8 Increases RAM by 1 9 Increases Components Acquired by 10% 10 +1 Perk Point(s) 11 Increases Breach Protocol Time by 5% 12 Increases Components Acquired by 10% 13 Increases RAM by 1 14 +1 Perk Point(s) 15 Increases Breach Protocol Time by 5% 16 +1 Perk Point(s) 17 Increases Components Acquired by 10% 18 +1 Perk Point(s) 19 Increases Buffer Extension by 1 20 Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill tree
Quickhacking 2 +1 Perk Point(s) 3 Increases Quickhack Duration by 5% 4 +1 Perk Point(s) 5 Increases RAM by 1 6 Decreases Quickhack Cooldown by 5% 7 Increases Quickhack Duration by 5% 8 Decreases Quickhack Cooldown by 5% 9 +1 Perk Point(s) 10 Increases RAM by 1 11 +1 Perk Point(s) 12 Decreases Quickhack Cooldown by 5% 13 Increases Quickhack Duration by 5% 14 +1 Perk Point(s) 15 Increases RAM by 1 16 Decreases Quickhack Cooldown by 5% 17 Increases Quickhack Duration by 5% 18 Decreases Quickhack Cooldown by 5% 19 +1 Perk Point(s) 20 Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill tree
Cool Stealth 2 Increases Evasion by 3% 3 +1 Perk Point(s) 4 Decreases Visibility to Enemies by 10% 5 +1 Perk Point(s) 6 Increases Health Regen Rate Outside Combat by 10% 7 +1 Perk Point(s) 8 Increases Movement Speed by 3% 9 Increases Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) by 3% 10 +1 Perk Point(s) 11 Increases Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) by 2% 12 Increases Evasion by 3% 13 +1 Perk Point(s) 14 Increases Movement Speed by 2% 15 Decreases Visibility to Enemies by 10% 16 Increases Evasion by 4% 17 +1 Perk Point(s) 18 +1 Perk Point(s) 19 Decreases Visibility to Enemies by 10% 20 Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill tree
Cold Blood 2 Increases Crit Chance by 10% 3 Increases Armor by 3% 4 +1 Perk Point(s) 5 +1 Perk Point(s) 6 Increases Health by 10% 7 Increases Stamina by 10% 8 Increases All Resistances by 5% 9 +1 Perk Point(s) 10 +1 Perk Point(s) 11 +1 Perk Point(s) 12 Increases All Resistances by 5% 13 +1 Perk Point(s) 14 Increases Crit Damage by 5% 15 Increases Crit Chance by 10% 16 Increases Movement Speed by 3% 17 +1 Perk Point(s) 18 Increases Armor by 7% 19 Increases Crit Damage by 5% 20 Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill tree
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