Armor Penetration
Armor Penetration is the share of an enemy's armour that a weapon ignores. Armour reduces the damage taken from direct hits, and the stronger enemies of Night City carry a lot of it. The game's own tip explains how to spot it: when the damage numbers turn grey, the target is armoured and the shots are doing reduced damage.
Against Armour
The game advises using weapons with Armor Penetration to dispatch armoured enemies efficiently. Heavy weapons and many rifles cut through armour best. Tech weapons fire charged shots that pierce cover, and builds that invest in Technical Ability can make them ignore armour altogether.
Best Weapons
The weapons with the highest armor penetration are listed below.
| Name | Image | Class | Armor Pen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakthrough | 
|
Sniper Rifle | +100% |
| Order | 
|
Double-Barrel Shotgun | +100% |
| Comrade's Hammer | 
|
Revolver | +75% |
| Dezerter | 
|
Double-Barrel Shotgun | +75% |
| Guts | 
|
Shotgun | +75% |
| Sasquatch's Hammer | 
|
Hammer | +75% |
| Sovereign | 
|
Double-Barrel Shotgun | +75% |
| Apparition | 
|
Pistol | +50% |
| Carmen | 
|
Assault Rifle | +50% |
| Chaos | 
|
Pistol | +50% |
| Hypercritical | 
|
Precision Rifle | +50% |
| Laika | 
|
Revolver | +50% |
| Murphy's Law | 
|
One-handed Club | +50% |
| O'Five | 
|
Sniper Rifle | +50% |
| Overwatch | 
|
Sniper Rifle | +50% |
| Rasetsu | 
|
Sniper Rifle | +50% |
| Sparky | 
|
Sniper Rifle | +50% |
| Taigan | 
|
Revolver | +50% |
| Tinker Bell | 
|
One-Handed Club | +50% |
| Widow Maker | 
|
Precision Rifle | +50% |