Baseball Bat
| Baseball Bat | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Melee Weapon |
| Type | Blunt |
| Weapon | Two-Handed Club |
| Armor Pen | 25% |
The Baseball Bat is the everyday two-handed club of Night City, carried by gangers and sold by melee vendors. It is a blunt weapon, so it beats enemies down without killing them. Heavy swings can stun or knock a target over, which leaves it open to more hits. The bat is a simple, reliable start for a Body build that fights up close and keeps its victims alive. It is also the base for several Iconic bats, from the Gold-plated baseball bat to Baby Boomer. The Baseball Bat is an early weapon. Melee vendors sell it, and enemies drop it from the first hours of the game.
Combat
The Baseball Bat is a two-handed blunt club. Blunt weapons deal solid damage per hit but swing more slowly than blades. They leave enemies alive. The bat is therefore useful in jobs that ask for the target unharmed and in runs that avoid killing.
The heavy attack is the bat's most important move. Strong attacks with blunt weapons can knock an enemy down, and a knocked-down enemy shows its weak spots. Blunt hits can also stun, which holds an enemy in place for a short time. Light swings mixed with a well-timed heavy swing keep a single target under pressure.
Against gunmen at range, V has to get close first. A Body build does this with blocking, the Wrecking Ball charge and the Quake ground slam.
How to Get Baseball Bat Guide
- Buy the Baseball Bat from Coach Fred in Little China.
- Buy it from the Animals melee weapon vendor in Rancho Coronado.
- Loot it from enemies who carry one.
- Buy its crafting spec from a melee vendor and craft it.
Baseball Bat Map Location
The map shows Coach Fred's melee weapon shop in Little China.
Baseball Bat map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Compatible Mods
8 weapon mods are compatible with Baseball Bat.
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Airstrike | 
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Raises crit chance and crit damage for midair attacks |
| Barbarian | 
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More damage against stunned, staggered and knocked down enemies |
| Bloodbruiser | 
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Makes a blunt weapon lethal and able to cause Bleeding |
| Cyclone | 
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A sprint attack opens unlimited combos with stacking attack speed |
| K.O. | 
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More damage and knockdowns on stunned enemies, slower attacks |
| Pax | 
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Makes the weapon non-lethal, more damage outside combat |
| Severance | 
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Hits to the head or limbs of a weakened enemy can dismember and kill |
| Silencio | 
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More crit chance and crit damage when crouched and undetected |
Crafting Spec
Melee weapon vendors sell the Baseball Bat spec. The spec lets V craft Baseball Bat in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.
The table shows what crafting Baseball Bat costs at each tier.
| Tier | Components |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 30 Tier 1 components |
| Tier 2 | 30 Tier 2 components |
| Tier 3 | 30 Tier 3 components |
| Tier 4 | 30 Tier 4 components |
| Tier 5 | 30 Tier 5 components |
Upgrades
Standard weapons like the Baseball Bat are improved by crafting or buying a higher tier. Its crafting spec is sold by melee vendors. With enough crafting components, V can craft the bat at a higher quality.
Character Builds
The bat uses the blunt weapon perks in the Body tree. Wrecking Ball lowers the Stamina cost of blunt attacks. It also lets V ram into enemies while sprinting and blocking. Fly Swatter reduces ranged damage while blocking with a blunt weapon, which helps V get close to gunmen. Kinetic Absorption rewards a block with Stamina and bonus damage. Breakthrough strips armor after a strong attack. Quake adds attack speed and a ground slam that staggers nearby enemies. Finisher: Savage Sling adds a blunt finisher that heals V. Stunned enemies are easier to finish.
For cyberware, Microrotors raise melee attack speed, and the Adrenaline Booster restores Stamina after each melee takedown. A Berserk operating system removes Stamina costs for melee while it is active.
The bat's mod slots take melee and blunt mods. Barbarian adds damage against stunned, staggered and knocked-down enemies, which works well with the heavy swing. Airstrike adds crit chance and crit damage to midair attacks, such as a Quake slam from above. Cyclone lets a sprint attack turn into an unlimited combo for a few seconds. Silencio adds crit chance and crit damage while crouched and undetected. Bloodbruiser makes the bat lethal and adds a Bleeding chance.
Select a Build
A one-handed club and Dashes pick off enemies one by one while Berserk is on cooldown. Once Health drops, Berserk makes the character invulnerable and melee attacks cost no Stamina. Quake slams the ground whenever it is ready and staggers every enemy nearby.
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 3, Cool 18.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painkiller | 
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Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Comeback Kid | 
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Body 4 | Faster Health regeneration at low Health |
| Dorph-Head | 
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Body 4 | Brief full Mitigation after using a Health item |
| Wrecking Ball | 
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Body 9 | Cheaper Blunt attacks and a blocking charge |
| Fly Swatter | 
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Body 9 | Less ranged damage while blocking with a Blunt weapon |
| Breakthrough | 
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Body 9 | Strong attacks strip enemy armor |
| Quake | 
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Body 15 | Faster Blunt attacks and a ground slam that staggers |
| Aftershock | 
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Body 15 | Stamina back for each enemy hit by Quake |
| Epicenter | 
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Body 15 | Quake from midair grows with the fall |
| Ripple Effect | 
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Body 15 | Health back for each enemy hit by Quake |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
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Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Juggernaut | 
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Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Calm Mind | 
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Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Finisher: Savage Sling | 
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Body 20 | A Blunt Finisher that heals |
| Pain To Gain | 
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Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper |
| Mad Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Double Dash range toward enemies |
| Air Dash | 
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Glutton For War | 
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Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| Health Freak | 
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Technical Ability 9 | One more Health item charge and faster recharge |
| All Things Cyber | 
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Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| License To Chrome | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Edgerunner | Technical Ability 20 | Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Projectile Launch System | 
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Arms | Arm launcher that fires explosive shots |
| Biomonitor | 
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Circulatory System | Uses a Health item when Health runs low |
| Newton Module | 
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Frontal Cortex | Kills cut cyberware cooldowns |
| Mechatronic Core | 
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Frontal Cortex | More damage against drones, robots and mechs |
| NeoFiber | 
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Nervous System | More Mitigation Chance and Strength |
| Reflex Tuner | 
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Nervous System | Slows time at low Health |
| Adrenaline Converter | 
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Nervous System | Faster movement when combat starts |
| Militech Berserk | 
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Operating System | Invulnerable melee mode |
| Dense Marrow | 
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Skeleton | More melee damage |
Lore
The bat's in-game line keeps it light: great for cracking shins and homers. It is one of the most common melee weapons on the streets. Gangers from 6th Street to the Valentinos swing one, and melee shops all over the city stock it.
Notes
- Baby Boomer, Baseball Bat x-MOD2 and the Gold-plated baseball bat are Iconic variants of the Baseball Bat.
Weapon Categories
All Melee Weapons
Every melee weapon is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Melee Weapons
| Name | Image | Weapon | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agaou | 
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Axe | +125% | 25% | Dogtown |
| BFC 9000 | 
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One-Handed Club | Rancho Coronado | ||
| Baby Boomer | 
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Two-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Baseball Bat x-MOD2 | 
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Two-Handed Club | Dogtown | ||
| Black Unicorn | 
|
Katana | 25% | ||
| Blue Fang | 
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Knife | +150% | Badlands South | |
| Butcher's Cleaver | 
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Knife | 25% | Coastview | |
| Byakko | 
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Katana | 25% | Little China | |
| Caretaker's Spade | 
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Hammer | 25% | Corpo Plaza | |
| Claw x-MOD2 | 
|
Axe | |||
| Cocktail Stick | 
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Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Cottonmouth | 
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One-Handed Club | 25% | Japantown | |
| Crowbar | 
|
One-Handed Club | |||
| Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2 | 
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Chainsword | Dogtown | ||
| Errata | 
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Katana | 25% | Arroyo | |
| Fang | 
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Knife | +50% | ||
| Gold-Plated Baseball Bat | 
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Two-Handed Club | 25% | North Oak | |
| Gwynbleidd | 
|
Sword | |||
| Headhunter | 
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Knife | +150% | West Wind Estate | |
| Jinchu-Maru | 
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Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Murphy's Law | 
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One-handed Club | 50% | Dogtown | |
| Nehan | 
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Knife | +150% | Arasaka Waterfront | |
| Sasquatch's Hammer | 
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Hammer | 75% | Coastview | |
| Satori | 
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Katana | 25% | Arasaka Waterfront | |
| Scalpel | 
|
Katana | 25% | Northside | |
| Sir John Phallustiff | 
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Blunt | 25% | Kabuki | |
| Stinger | 
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Knife | +150% | Badlands East | |
| Tinker Bell | 
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One-Handed Club | 50% | Badlands East | |
| Tsumetogi | 
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Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Volkodav | 
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Machete | 25% | Dogtown |
Standard Melee Weapons
| Name | Image | Weapon | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball Bat | 
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Two-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Chef's Knife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Claw | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% | |
| Cut-O-Matic | 
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Chainsword | 50% | ||
| Electric Baton Alpha | 
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One-Handed Club | Rancho Coronado | ||
| Electric Baton Beta | 
|
One-Handed Club | 50% | ||
| Electric Baton Gamma | 
|
One-Handed Club | 50% | ||
| Hammer | 
|
Hammer | 25% | ||
| Kaiken | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Kanabo | 
|
Two-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Katana | 
|
Katana | 25% | ||
| Knife | 
|
Knife | +200% | ||
| Kukri | 
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Machete | 25% | ||
| Machete | 
|
Machete | 25% | ||
| Neurotoxin Knife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Punknife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Razor | 
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Machete | 25% | ||
| Steel Pipe | 
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One-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Tire Iron | 
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One-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Tomahawk | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% |