Cyberpunk 2077: Leveling handguns – How to improve your handling of guns and revolvers

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Cyberpunk 2077: Leveling handguns – How to improve your handling of guns and revolvers

The “Handguns” skill in Cyberpunk 2077 essentially determines – big surprise! – How well you are in dealing with it and how efficiently you can use the little noisemakers in the many shootings. This style of play is supported by 19 advantages that you can unlock in combination with pistols and revolvers in order to become even better and more accurate in the discipline.

The final reward for mastering pistols is a trait called “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” based on the classic Sergio Leone movie. In this guide we show you how to increase your skill and what advantages this has in 20 levels.

Cyberpunk 2077: level handguns – content

So you can increase the handling of handguns

It’s simple: shoot pistols, and as often as possible. That runs counter to a silent style of play that strives for as few victims as possible, but there is no other way if you want to become the greatest desperado under the Night City sun. In short:

  • Neutralizes opponents with pistols and revolvers.

Handgun Rewards: Unlock all level bonuses

If you level handguns, new levels in the skill bring you various bonuses, as is the case with all disciplines. It’s over at level 20, but it’s worth holding out until there as there is a powerful trait as a graduation reward. Handguns are linked to your “Reflexes” value. For example, if this is 7 points, your value for handguns cannot be higher. There are the following levels:

  • Level 1: Unlocks “Handguns”
  • Level 2: + 20% target speed (2,000 XP for level, 2,000 XP total)
  • Level 3: Benefit Point (3,710 XP for level, 5,710 XP total)
  • Level 4: -10% recoil (5,592 XP for levels, 11,302 XP total)
  • Level 5: -25% dispersion (7,661 XP for levels, 18,964 XP total)
  • Level 6: Benefit Point (9,938 XP for levels, 28,903 XP total)
  • Level 7: + 5% critical strike chance (12,443 XP for levels, 41,346 XP total)
  • Level 8: -10% recoil (15,197 XP for levels, 56,544 XP total)
  • Level 9: Benefit Point (18,228 XP for levels, 74,772 XP total)
  • Level 10: Benefit Point (21,561 XP for level, 96,334 XP total)
  • Level 11: + 15% critical damage (25,228 XP for levels, 121,563 XP total)
  • Level 12: Benefit Point (29,261 XP for level, 150,824 XP total)
  • Level 13: -10% recoil (33,698 XP for levels, 184,523 XP total)
  • Level 14: -15% recoil (38,579 XP for levels, 223,102 XP total)
  • Level 15: Benefit Point (43,947 XP for level, 267,050 XP total)
  • Level 16: -25% dispersion (48,852 XP for levels, 316,902 XP total)
  • Level 17: -10% spread (56,348 XP for levels, 373,251 XP total)
  • Level 18: Benefit Point (63,494 XP for level, 436,745 XP total)
  • Level 19: -15% recoil (71,354 XP for levels, 508,099 XP total)
  • Level 20: Unlocks the “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” trait (80,000 XP for levels, 588,099 XP total)

Cyberpunk 2077: All Handgun Perks and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”

In addition to the level-related rewards, points in handguns also give you access to special benefits that you can activate or leave out as you see fit. These include the following bonuses:

  • Wild West skill (3 levels) = Reduces reloading time of revolvers and pistols by 10% / 15% / 25% (requires: -)
  • High Noon (3 levels) = Increases the critical hit chance with revolvers and pistols by 4% / 8% / 12% (requires: -)
  • Rio Bravo (3 levels) = Increases the damage multiplier for headshots with revolvers and pistols by 10% / 20% / 30% (requires: 5 reflexes)
  • Desperado (3 levels) = Increases the damage with revolvers and pistols by 3% / 6% / 10% (requires: 5 reflexes)
  • Between the door and hinge (2 steps) = Reduces the time to pull and poke revolvers and pistols by 25% / 50% (requires: 7 reflexes)
  • No escape (2 levels) = Increases the damage to enemies that are more than 5m away by 15% / 25% (requires 7 reflexes)
  • Steady hand (1 level) = Reduces recoil from revolvers and pistols by 30% (requires 9 reflexes)
  • OK Corral (1 level) = Increases damage to enemies whose health is below 25% by 50% (requires 9 reflexes)
  • Vanishing point Night City (1 level) = after an evasive maneuver with a drawn pistol or revolver, evasion is increased by 25% for 6 seconds (requires: 9 reflexes)
  • For a handful of Eurodollars (2 levels) = Increases the critical damage of revolvers or pistols by 10% / 20% (requires: 11 reflexes)
  • From head to toe (2 levels) = increases the damage done to limbs with revolvers / pistols by 7% / 15% (requires: 11 reflexes)
  • The grand finale (1 stage) = The last bullet in the magazine causes double the damage (requires: 12 reflexes)
  • Acrobatic (1 level) = Enables evasion when aiming with a handgun (requires: 12 reflexes)
  • Continuous fire (1 level) = Firing several shots in a row at the same target increases the damage by 10% (requires: 14 reflexes)
  • Wild West (1 level) = When firing at distant targets, there is no longer any damage deduction (requires: 14 reflexes)
  • Snowball effect (1 level) = after a defeated enemy, the rate of fire of revolvers is increased by 5% for 6 seconds – 5x stackable (requires: 16 reflexes)
  • Westworld (1 level) = Increases the critical strike chance for fully modified handguns by 10% (requires: 16 reflexes)
  • Perforated with lead (1 level) = enables shooting when dodging (requires: 18 reflexes)
  • Brain fat (1 level) = After a headshot, the critical hit chance is increased by 25% for 5 seconds (requires: 20 reflexes)

Handgun Trait: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

If you bring the handgun skill to the highest level (20), this trait will be unlocked. The effect: If you land a critical hit with a handgun, your damage and armor increase by 30% for five seconds. For every advantage point that you invest afterwards, the values ​​increase by 1%.

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