The Quickhacking Skill in Cyberpunk 2077 involves hacking at range. For example, you can hack directly into an enemy’s Cyberware implants, or make a grenade explode in their pocket. Quickhacking is linked to the Intelligence Attribute.
Quickhacking Skill Tree / Perk List
All Perks available for the Quickhacking Skill Tree are listed below. Perks can be unlocked at specific levels and are either Passive or Active.
Quickhacking Skill Tree
| Name | Effect | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Bloodware | Quickhacks deal (10% | 20% | 30%) more damage. (3 Ranks) | 1 |
| Biosynergy | Allows RAM to recover during combat. Recover (4 | 8 | 12) RAM units every 60 seconds. (3 Ranks) | 1 |
| Forget-Me-Not | Eliminating a target affected by a quickhack instantly recovers 1 RAM unit(s). | 5 |
| Hacker’s Manual | Unlocks Crafting Specs for Uncommon quickhacks. | 5 |
| I Spy | Reveals an enemy netrunner when they’re attempting to hack you. | 5 |
| Daisy Chain | Eliminating a target affected by a quickhack reduces the existing cooldowns for all other active quickhacks by (10% | 35% | 50%). (3 Ranks) | 7 |
| Weak Link | Reduces the required cyberdeck RAM for quickhacks used on devices by (1 | 2 | 3) unit(s). (3 Ranks) | 7 |
| Signal Support | Increases quickhack duration by (25% | 50%). (2 Ranks) | 9 |
| Subliminal Message | Quickhacks deal (50% | 100%) more damage to unaware targets. (2 Ranks) | 11 |
| Diffusion | Quickhack spread distance is increased by 2 times. | 12 |
| Mnemonic | Reduces the cost of quickhacks used against an enemy already effected by a quickhack by 2 RAM units. | 12 |
| School Of Hard Hacks | Unlocks Crafting Specs for Rare quickhacks. | 12 |
| Plague | Quickhacks that spread can jump to (1 | 2 | 3) additional target(s). (3 Ranks) | 14 |
| Critical Error | Quickhacks can now deal Crit Hits based on your Crit Chance and Crit Damage stats. | 16 |
| Hacker Overlord | Unlocks Crafting Specs for Epic quickhacks. | 16 |
| Anamnesis | Available cyberdec RAM cannot drop below (2 | 3 | 4) unit(s). (3 Ranks) | 18 |
| Optimization | Reduces the cost of quickhacks by 1 RAM unit(s). | 20 |
| Bartmoss’ Legacy | Unlocks Crafting Specs for Legendary quickhacks. | 20 |
| Master RAM Liberator | Increases RAM recovery rate by 50%. +1% per Perk level. | 20 |
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 Quickhacking Skill Tree:
Quickhacking Progression
| LEVEL | REWARD |
|---|---|
| 1 | — |
| 2 | + 1 Perk Point |
| 3 | Increases Quickhack Duration by 5%. |
| 4 | + 1 Perk Point |
| 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 |
| 10 | Increases RAM by 1. |
| 11 | +1 Perk Point |
| 12 | Decreases Quickhack Cooldown by 5%. |
| 13 | Increases Quickhack Duration by 5%. |
| 14 | +1 Perk Point |
| 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 |
| 20 | Unlocks the last Perk in the Skill tree. |
Quickhacking in Cyberpunk 2077
Looking for a good guide on how to Hack in Cyberpunk, check out this video by Italian Spartacus.
Using the Quickhacking Skill in Cyberpunk 2077 can be an extremely effective form of combat. Some of the legendary quickhacks can deal massive amounts of damage, without requiring direct confrontation.
Overpowered Quickhack – Legendary Short Circuit
One of our recommendations is to look into acquiring and using the Legendary QuickHack for Short Circuit. It applies the Short Circuit Quickhack damage any time a Critical hit is applied to an enemy. Pairing this with a smart SMG, Assault Rifle, or High ROF Pistol with a high Crit Chance, can result in an absolutely overpowered built. I use a simple smart pistol with this quickhack for my netrunner build and mow through enemies in Very Hard with Little difficulty.
Here, Chadly goes over how to acquire the Quickhack at a fairly low Intelligence Level and further explains why it is so deadly.
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