Iconic Weapons

Iconic weapons are the named guns and blades of Night City. Each one has an effect that no other weapon has. Most are altered takes on a standard weapon. Most can only be taken once, from one job, one boss or one hidden spot. They are also the only weapons that can be upgraded. A favourite Iconic can stay in use from the first act to the last. Every class and every attribute has its own Iconic weapons, so they work in any build.

Combat

Pros

• Each one carries a unique effect, from Hawk weakening enemies on a headshot to Order vaporizing everything in the path of a charged shot.
• Iconic weapons are the only weapons that can be raised to the next tier through crafting, so they keep up with V's level.
• Many are the best in their class. Breakthrough has 100% armor penetration. Plan B and Hypercritical have +200% headshot damage.
• The x-MOD2 series has two guaranteed mod slots and improved handling.

Cons

• Most Iconic weapons can only be obtained once, from one place. Some depend on dialogue choices or on how a job ends.
• Most Iconic weapons have no mod slots. They rely on their own special mod instead.
• Upgrades cost item components of the weapon's tier, and vendors do not sell components.
• Several effects come with a drawback. Plan B spends eddies on every shot, and Death and Taxes costs Health.

Weapon Categories

Best Iconic Weapons

Name	Image	Why
Breakthrough		+300% headshot damage and 100% armor penetration
Order		100% armor penetration, vaporizes enemies on a charged shot
Hawk		Top assault rifle headshot damage, weakens enemies
Plan B		+200% headshot damage, top of the pistols
Hypercritical		+200% headshot damage and explosive rounds
Comrade's Hammer		75% armor penetration on a revolver
Sasquatch's Hammer		75% armor penetration, top of the melee weapons
Divided We Stand		Smart lock on five enemies at once

Breakthrough and Order share the highest armor penetration of any Iconic weapon. Each of the others leads its own class in a confirmed figure or a unique effect.

Character Builds

Every attribute has Iconic weapons that its perks improve.

• Body. Body covers shotguns such as Sovereign, Dezerter and Guts. It also covers blunt weapons such as Sasquatch's Hammer and Murphy's Law. Rip And Tear and Like A Feather work on all of the shotguns.
• Reflexes. Reflexes covers assault rifles such as Hawk and Carmen, SMGs such as Fenrir and Pizdets, and katanas such as Satori and Errata. Sharpshooter and Finisher: Bladerunner make them stronger.
• Technical Ability. Technical Ability covers Tech weapons such as Order, Breakthrough, Widow Maker and Comrade's Hammer. The Bolt perk speeds up their charge and adds damage to charged shots.
• Cool. Cool covers pistols, revolvers and sniper rifles such as Her Majesty, Ol' Reliable and Overwatch. It also covers thrown knives such as Nehan. Deadeye and Nerves Of Tungsten-Steel turn their headshots into crits.
• Intelligence. Intelligence covers Smart weapons such as Divided We Stand, Prototype: Shingen Mark V and Genjiroh. Smart Link is required. Targeting Prism adds one more target to every Smart weapon.

Some Iconic effects depend on cyberware. Her Majesty needs Optical Camo for its perfect accuracy. Kongou ricochets with no Ballistic Coprocessor needed. Hercules 3AX tracks enemies with no Smart Link at all.

Notes

• Picking up an Iconic weapon unlocks its crafting spec, so a second copy can be crafted.
• Specs for other Iconic weapons drop from the leaders of Suspected Organized Crime Activities. Weapon vendors sell some of them too.
• In Phantom Liberty, Herold Lowe at the EBM Petrochem Stadium in Dogtown sells Iconic weapons that were missed earlier.
• Upgrades are made in the Upgrades tab of the crafting menu. Every build can use this tab.
• Each step spends item components of the weapon's current tier. Components come from dismantling items, caches and enemies.
• Tier 5++ appears from level 51, which only Phantom Liberty reaches.
• Many Iconic weapons are job rewards. Panam gives Overwatch, Kerry gives Archangel, River gives Crash, and Tiny Mike gives Hypercritical.
• Bosses and named enemies carry others. Saburo Arasaka drops Nehan, Nash drops Widow Maker, and Dante Caruso drops Ol' Reliable.
• Phantom Liberty hides several in Dogtown. Laika, Taigan and Alabai wait in scripted Airdrops. Pozhar X-Mod2 sits in a secret room that only opens late at night.
• Several x-MOD2 weapons are hidden in the world. Kyubi x-MOD2 lies at the bottom of a water-filled pit. Guillotine x-MOD2 sits behind a locked door in Longshore Stacks. Robert Wilson gives Lexington X-Mod2 for first place in Shoot To Thrill.
• Some Iconic weapons come as GOG rewards, such as Black Unicorn, Gwynbleidd and Scorch. They land in the stash automatically.
• The Iconic Items page lists every Iconic weapon, implant, supplement and piece of clothing together.

All Iconic Weapons

Every Iconic weapon is listed below by class. Each one also has its own page under its class.

Pistols

The Iconic pistols, with their type and where to find them.

Name	Image	Type	Location
Ambition		Tech
Apparition		Tech	Kabuki
Catahoula		Tech
Chaos		Tech	Kabuki
Cheetah		Power	Dogtown
Crimestopper		Smart	Dogtown
Death and Taxes		Power	Japantown
Dying Night		Power	Little China
Genjiroh		Smart	Japantown
Her Majesty		Power
Kappa x-MOD2		Smart
Kongou		Power	Arasaka Waterfront
La Chingona Dorada		Power	The Glen
Lexington x-MOD2		Power	Little China
Lizzie		Tech	Kabuki
Malorian Arms 3516		Power	Northside
Ogou		Smart
Pariah		Tech
Plan B		Power	Badlands East
Pride		Power	Corpo Plaza
Riskit		Power
Rook		Power	Dogtown
Scorch		Tech
Second Opinion		Power
Seraph		Power	Little China
Skippy		Smart	Vista Del Rey

Revolvers

The Iconic revolvers, with their type and where to find them.

Name	Image	Type	Location
Amnesty		Power	Badlands East
Archangel		Power	Arroyo
Bald Eagle		Power	Dogtown
Comrade's Hammer		Tech	Arroyo
Crash		Power	Badlands East
Doom Doom		Power	Northside
Gris-Gris		Tech
Laika		Tech	Dogtown
Mancinella		Power	Dogtown
Ol' Reliable		Power
Rosco		Power
Taigan		Power	Dogtown

SMGs

The Iconic SMGs, with their type and where to find them.

Name	Image	Type	Location
Buzzsaw		Power	Northside
Chesapeake		Smart
Erebus		Power
Fenrir		Power	Northside
Guillotine x-MOD2		Power	Dogtown
Pizdets		Smart
Problem Solver		Power	Badlands East
Prototype: Shingen Mark V		Smart	Arroyo
Raiju		Tech	West Wind Estate
Yinglong		Smart	Wellsprings

Assault Rifles

The Iconic assault rifles, with their type and where to find them.

Name	Image	Type	Location
Carmen		Power	Dogtown
Chinook		Power
Divided We Stand		Smart	Rancho Coronado
Hawk		Power	Dogtown
Hercules 3AX		Smart	Dogtown
Kyubi x-MOD2		Power	Dogtown
Moron Labe		Power	Badlands South
Pit Bull		Power
Prejudice		Power	Little China
Psalm 11:6		Power	Northside
Umbra x-MOD2		Power	Dogtown

Shotguns

The Iconic shotguns, with their type and where to find them.

Name	Image	Type	Location
Alabai		Power	Dogtown
Amstaff		Power
Ba Xing Chong		Smart	Northside
Bloody Maria		Power	Little China
Dezerter		Power	Dogtown
Guts		Power	Corpo Plaza
Mox		Power	Kabuki
Order		Tech	Dogtown
Pozhar x-MOD2		Power	Dogtown
Sovereign		Power	Japantown
The Headsman		Power	North Oak

Precision Rifles

The Iconic precision rifles, with their type and where to find them.

Name	Image	Type	Location
Achilles x-MOD2		Tech	Dogtown
Hypercritical		Power	Kabuki
Widow Maker		Tech	Badlands East

Sniper Rifles

The Iconic sniper rifles, with their type and where to find them.

Name	Image	Type	Location
Borzaya		Power	Dogtown
Breakthrough		Tech	Rancho Coronado
Foxhound		Tech
O'Five		Power	Arroyo
Osprey		Power	Dogtown
Overwatch		Power	Badlands East
Rasetsu		Tech
Sparky		Power	Dogtown

Machine Guns

The Iconic machine guns, with their type and where to find them.

Name	Image	Type	Location
MA70 HB x-MOD2		Power	Dogtown

Melee Weapons

The Iconic melee weapons, with their kind and where to find them.

Name	Image	Weapon	Location
Agaou		Axe	Dogtown
BFC 9000		One-Handed Club	Rancho Coronado
Baby Boomer		Two-Handed Club
Baseball Bat x-MOD2		Two-Handed Club	Dogtown
Black Unicorn		Katana
Blue Fang		Knife	Badlands South
Butcher's Cleaver		Knife	Coastview
Byakko		Katana	Little China
Caretaker's Spade		Hammer	Corpo Plaza
Claw x-MOD2		Axe
Cocktail Stick		Katana	Japantown
Cottonmouth		One-Handed Club	Japantown
Crowbar		One-Handed Club
Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2		Chainsword	Dogtown
Errata		Katana	Arroyo
Fang		Knife
Gold-Plated Baseball Bat		Two-Handed Club	North Oak
Gwynbleidd		Sword
Headhunter		Knife	West Wind Estate
Jinchu-Maru		Katana	Japantown
Murphy's Law		One-handed Club	Dogtown
Nehan		Knife	Arasaka Waterfront
Sasquatch's Hammer		Hammer	Coastview
Satori		Katana	Arasaka Waterfront
Scalpel		Katana	Northside
Sir John Phallustiff		Blunt	Kabuki
Stinger		Knife	Badlands East
Tinker Bell		One-Handed Club	Badlands East
Tsumetogi		Katana	Japantown
Volkodav		Machete	Dogtown