Basic Kiroshi Optics
| Basic Kiroshi Optics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Face |
| Tier | Tier 1 |
| Attribute | Cool |
| Capacity | 1 |
| Location | Little China |
Basic Kiroshi Optics are the first optics V gets in Night City. They slow down how fast security cameras notice V. They also give a strong zoom while scanning, which helps when reading a room before a fight. A stealth build that sneaks past camera networks gets the most out of them. Their capacity cost is tiny, so almost any character can keep them installed as cheap filler for the face slot. Basic Kiroshi Optics arrive at the very start of the game, when Viktor Vektor installs them during the main job The Ripperdoc, and every ripperdoc sells them afterwards.
Effect
Basic Kiroshi Optics work in the background. Cameras take longer to detect V while the optics are installed. A camera that would spot V in a moment needs noticeably more time. That extra time lets V slip out of the camera's view before the alarm goes off. The higher tiers slow camera detection even more.
The optics also add an optical zoom when V scans. The zoom grows at the higher tiers. At the higher tiers it also works while aiming. A strong zoom helps V scan distant guards and plan a route before anyone notices.
The optics are attuned to Cool. Each Cool point adds a small bonus to headshot and weakspot damage. A character with full Cool gains a few percent of extra damage on every headshot.
How to Get Basic Kiroshi Optics Guide
- Complete the main job The Ripperdoc, where Viktor Vektor installs the optics.
- Buy them from any ripperdoc in Night City or Dogtown at any level.
- Return to a ripperdoc every ten levels for a higher tier.
- Upgrade them at a ripperdoc with crafting components.
Basic Kiroshi Optics Map Location and Quest Guide
- Finish the main job The Rescue and wake up in V's apartment to start the main job The Ripperdoc.
- Meet Jackie Welles at the food stall below Megabuilding H10 and talk to him.
- Take the car and drive with Jackie to Misty's Esoterica in Little China.
- Go down the stairs behind the shop to Viktor Vektor's clinic.
- Talk to Viktor, then pay him or promise to pay once the job is done.
- Take a seat in the chair to open the cyberware screen.
- Install the Basic Kiroshi Optics in the Ocular System slot.
Basic Kiroshi Optics map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Basic Kiroshi Optics come in every tier from Tier 1 to Tier 5++. Each step lowers camera detection speed further, and the zoom grows at the second, fourth and fifth tiers. The capacity cost stays at the bare minimum at every tier. Ripperdocs stock a higher tier every ten levels, starting at level 10. A ripperdoc can also upgrade the optics with crafting components. Kiroshi "Cockatrice" Optics are the Iconic variant of the same optics, sold in Dogtown.
The table shows what each tier step of Basic Kiroshi Optics costs at a ripperdoc.
| Upgrade | Components | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 to Tier 1+ | 10 Tier 1 components | - |
| Tier 1+ to Tier 2 | 7 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2 to Tier 2+ | 10 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2+ to Tier 3 | 7 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3 to Tier 3+ | 10 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3+ to Tier 4 | 7 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4 to Tier 4+ | 10 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4+ to Tier 5 | 7 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5 to Tier 5+ | 10 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5+ to Tier 5++ | 25 Tier 5 components | Phantom Liberty |
Character Builds
Basic Kiroshi Optics belong in a Cool build that likes stealth and precise shots. Feline Footwork and Ninjutsu help V move quietly while crouched. Blind Spot makes enemies take longer to detect a crouched V, and the delay grows with Mitigation Chance. Focus and Deadeye also raise headshot and weakspot damage. Killer Instinct adds damage with knives, axes and silenced guns outside of combat.
Other cyberware helps the same quiet style. The Atomic Sensors raise movement speed while enemies are starting to detect V.
Select a Build
Attributes: Body 18, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 3, Cool 20.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painkiller | 
|
Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Calm Mind | 
|
Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Juggernaut | 
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Unstoppable Force | 
|
Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush |
| Deep Breath | 
|
Cool 9 | Time slows while Focus is active |
| Focus | 
|
Cool 9 | Focus mode for free Stamina aimed shots |
| Head To Head | 
|
Cool 9 | Kills in Focus reset its duration |
| No Sweat | 
|
Cool 9 | Kills in Focus lower its Stamina cost |
| Pull! | 
|
Cool 9 | Easier grenade shots during Focus |
| Rinse And Reload | 
|
Cool 9 | Faster reload after an aimed kill |
| California Reaper | 
|
Cool 15 | Stamina back after a headshot kill |
| Deadeye | Cool 15 | More headshot and weak spot damage | |
| High Noon | 
|
Cool 15 | Faster reload and slowed time after a headshot kill in Deadeye |
| Long Shot | 
|
Cool 15 | Full damage at any range during Deadeye |
| Nerves Of Tungsten-Steel | 
|
Cool 20 | Guaranteed crits on headshots during Deadeye |
| Dash | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Air Dash | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| All Things Cyber | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Chrome Constitution | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Less damage taken with full Skeleton and Integumentary slots |
| Cyborg | Technical Ability 15 | Shorter cyberware cooldowns with every slot filled | |
| Extended Warranty | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Cyberware effects last longer |
| License To Chrome | 
|
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Pump | 
|
Circulatory System | A Health item that heals over time |
| Heal-On-Kill | 
|
Circulatory System | Health on each kill |
| Kerenzikov Boost System | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Stronger Kerenzikov with free shooting Stamina |
| Self-ICE | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Blocks an enemy quickhack |
| Defenzikov | 
|
Integumentary System | Damage mitigation after Kerenzikov ends |
| NeoFiber | 
|
Nervous System | More mitigation chance and strength |
| Kerenzikov | 
|
Nervous System | Slows time when aiming during a slide or dodge |
| Epimorphic Skeleton | 
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
The character stays hidden and clears rooms with Covert quickhacks before anyone raises an alarm. Cool perks keep the character unseen while crouched. When a fight breaks out, Overclock and the Monowire finish it fast.
Attributes: Body 16, Reflexes 15, Technical Ability 15, Intelligence 20, Cool 15.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painkiller |
|
Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Adrenaline Rush |
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Calm Mind |
|
Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Juggernaut |
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Unstoppable Force |
|
Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush |
| Feline Footwork | 
|
Cool 4 | Faster and harder to hit while crouched |
| Creeping Death | 
|
Cool 15 | Health, Stamina and speed after a stealth kill |
| Ninjutsu | 
|
Cool 15 | Crouch sprinting and more mitigation while crouched |
| Vanishing Act | 
|
Cool 15 | Optical Camo turns on while crouch sprinting |
| Acquisition Specialist | 
|
Intelligence | Wider Smart reticle and lock kept through reloads |
| Carhacker | 
|
Intelligence 4 | Unlocks quickhacks for vehicles |
| Encryption | 
|
Intelligence 4 | Quickhacks are harder to trace |
| Eye In The Sky | 
|
Intelligence 4 | Highlights cameras and makes camera quickhacks cheaper |
| Optimization | 
|
Intelligence 4 | Faster RAM recovery |
| Proximate Propagation | 
|
Intelligence 4 | Cheaper quickhacks at close range |
| Subordination | 
|
Intelligence 4 | Control quickhacks last longer on enemies at full Health |
| Warning: Explosion Hazard | 
|
Intelligence 4 | Stronger explosions from hacked devices |
| Counter-A-Hack | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Counter quickhacks on enemy netrunners through walls |
| Data Recycler | 
|
Intelligence 9 | RAM back from queued quickhacks after a kill |
| Embedded Exploit | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies |
| Feedback Loop | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Faster RAM recovery for each queued quickhack |
| Hack Queue | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Queue two quickhacks on one enemy |
| Precision Subroutines | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Smart weapon accuracy scales with max RAM |
| Recirculation | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Smart weapon kills restore RAM |
| Shadowrunner | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Takedowns clear trace progress |
| Speculation | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Combat quickhack kills recover RAM |
| System Overwhelm | 
|
Intelligence 9 | More quickhack damage for each effect on the target |
| Blood Daemon | 
|
Intelligence 15 | Health back for each queued quickhack on a kill during Overclock |
| Overclock | 
|
Intelligence 15 | More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode |
| Power Surge | 
|
Intelligence 15 | Overclock heals on activation |
| Queue Acceleration | 
|
Intelligence 15 | More RAM and cheaper device quickhacks |
| Queue Prioritization | 
|
Intelligence 15 | Faster upload for the first quickhack in a queue |
| Race Against Mind | 
|
Intelligence 15 | More quickhack damage at lower Health during Overclock |
| Sublimation | 
|
Intelligence 15 | RAM recovery heals during Overclock |
| Target Lock Transfer | 
|
Intelligence 15 | Wider Smart reticle and locks kept on swap |
| Queue Mastery | 
|
Intelligence 20 | A longer quickhack queue that can be locked |
| Smart Synergy | 
|
Intelligence 20 | Instant lock and more damage during Overclock |
| Slippery | 
|
Reflexes 4 | Harder to hit while moving fast |
| Dash |
|
Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Air Dash |
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Emergency Cloaking | 
|
Relic | Optical Camo can break enemy tracking in combat |
| Machine Learning | 
|
Relic | Crit damage builds on enemy Vulnerabilities |
| Sensory Protocol | 
|
Relic | Time slows when spotted while crouched |
| Vulnerability Analytics | 
|
Relic | Hits on enemy Vulnerabilities always crit |
| Glutton For War | 
|
Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| All Things Cyber |
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Chipware Connoisseur | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | A choice of stat bonus when upgrading cyberware |
| Driver Update | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | An extra stat bonus on every cyberware |
| Renaissance Punk | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | More cyberware capacity for each attribute at 9 or higher |
| Extended Warranty |
|
Technical Ability 15 | Cyberware effects last longer |
| License To Chrome |
|
Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monowire | 
|
Arms | Arm whip that hits several enemies from a distance |
| Heal-On-Kill |
|
Circulatory System | Health on each kill |
| Ex-Disk | 
|
Frontal Cortex | More max RAM and faster uploads |
| RAM Upgrade | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Faster RAM recovery |
| Smart Link | 
|
Hands | Turns on Smart weapon tracking |
| Optical Camo | 
|
Integumentary System | Near invisibility for a few seconds |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
|
Legs | Double jump |
| Synaptic Accelerator | 
|
Nervous System | Slows time when an enemy starts to notice |
| Feen-X | 
|
Skeleton | Faster RAM recovery when RAM runs low |
Modelled on Adam Smasher, the build carries heavy weapons and the Projectile Launch System. A light machine gun and arm rockets hit hard while armor and Health soak up return fire. Body perks keep Health regenerating in the middle of the fight.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comeback Kid | 
|
Body 4 | Faster Health regeneration at low Health |
| Dorph-Head | 
|
Body 4 | Brief full Mitigation after using a Health item |
| Painkiller |
|
Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Bullet Ballet | 
|
Body 9 | Tighter bullet spread while moving |
| Die! Die! Die! | 
|
Body 9 | Higher crit chance and fire rate at low Stamina |
| Don't Stop Me Now | 
|
Body 9 | Damage mitigation at low Stamina |
| Like A Feather | 
|
Body 9 | No movement penalty with shotguns and machine guns |
| Adrenaline Rush |
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Bloodlust | 
|
Body 15 | Dismemberments refill Adrenaline |
| Calm Mind |
|
Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Close-Quarters Carnage | 
|
Body 15 | Higher Obliterate chance at close range |
| Dread | 
|
Body 15 | Ranged hits lower enemy Armor |
| Juggernaut |
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Rush Of Blood | 
|
Body 15 | Faster reload after a dismemberment |
| Spontaneous Obliteration | 
|
Body 15 | Chance to instantly kill enemies at low Health |
| Unstoppable Force |
|
Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush |
| Onslaught | 
|
Body 20 | Light Machine Gun kills refill ammo |
| Pain To Gain | 
|
Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Multitasker | 
|
Reflexes 4 | Shoot while sprinting, sliding and vaulting |
| Muscle Memory | 
|
Reflexes 4 | Reload while sprinting, sliding and vaulting |
| Parkour! | 
|
Reflexes 4 | Faster climbing and vaulting |
| Slippery |
|
Reflexes 4 | Harder to hit while moving fast |
| Can't Touch This | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Full Mitigation Chance while Dashing |
| Dash |
|
Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Steady Grip | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Shooting while dashing |
| Aerial Acrobat | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Better control in midair |
| Aerodynamic | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Stronger Mitigation in midair |
| Air Dash |
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Jailbreak | 
|
Relic | New abilities for every Arms cyberware |
| Launch Capacity Override | 
|
Relic | One more Projectile Launch System charge |
| Machine Learning |
|
Relic | Crit damage builds on enemy Vulnerabilities |
| Vulnerability Analytics |
|
Relic | Hits on enemy Vulnerabilities always crit |
| First Aid | Technical Ability 4 | Faster Health item recharge after one use | |
| Glutton For War |
|
Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| Transfusion | 
|
Technical Ability 4 | More Health from the last Health item charge |
| All Things Cyber |
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Borrowed Time | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | A Health item refills after a kill at low Health |
| Chipware Connoisseur |
|
Technical Ability 9 | A choice of stat bonus when upgrading cyberware |
| Chrome Constitution |
|
Technical Ability 9 | Less damage taken with full Skeleton and Integumentary slots |
| Driver Update |
|
Technical Ability 9 | An extra stat bonus on every cyberware |
| Health Freak | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | One more Health item charge and faster recharge |
| Renaissance Punk |
|
Technical Ability 9 | More cyberware capacity for each attribute at 9 or higher |
| Ambidextrous | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | A second Hands cyberware slot |
| Burn This City | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Five Pyromania stacks refill a grenade charge |
| Cyborg | Technical Ability 15 | Shorter cyberware cooldowns with every slot filled | |
| Doomlauncher | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | An extra Projectile Launch System charge and faster recharge |
| Extended Warranty |
|
Technical Ability 15 | Cyberware effects last longer |
| Friendlier Fire | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Less damage from the character's own explosions |
| Heat Shield | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | More Mitigation Chance for each Pyromania stack |
| License To Chrome |
|
Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Pyromania | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Faster Health item and grenade recharge and bigger blasts |
| Edgerunner | Technical Ability 20 | Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Projectile Launch System | 
|
Arms | Arm launcher that fires explosive shots |
| Blood Pump |
|
Circulatory System | A Health item that heals over time |
| Heal-On-Kill |
|
Circulatory System | Health on each kill |
| Kiroshi Doomsayer Optics | 
|
Face | Scanning highlights explosives and traps |
| Mechatronic Core | 
|
Frontal Cortex | More damage against drones, robots and mechs |
| Newton Module | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Kills cut cyberware cooldowns |
| Shock Absorber | 
|
Hands | Less recoil |
| Carapace | 
|
Integumentary System | More armor against attacks from the side or rear |
| Subdermal Armor | 
|
Integumentary System | More armor |
| Fortified Ankles | 
|
Legs | Charged jumps |
| NeoFiber |
|
Nervous System | More mitigation chance and strength |
| Epimorphic Skeleton |
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
Lore
Kiroshi is a maker of optical cyberware. The database entry for its optics describes them as a widely popular suite of electro-neural enhancements. The same entry says they are built for scanning the environment. Basic Kiroshi Optics are the plain model of that line.
The scan feature comes with the optics. During The Ripperdoc, V first tries it out by scanning Viktor himself. The scan pulls up his name, his affiliation and a short background from the police database.
Notes
- The face slot can also hold the Behavioral Imprint-Synced Faceplate from Phantom Liberty next to the optics.
Cyberware Categories
All Face Cyberware
Every Face implant is listed below. The Iconic ones come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Face Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Imprint-Synced Faceplate | 
|
Intelligence | 0 | |
| Kiroshi "Cockatrice" Optics | 
|
30 | Dogtown |
Standard Face Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Kiroshi Optics | 
|
Cool | 1 | Little China |
| Kiroshi Clairvoyant Optics | 
|
Cool | 8 | |
| Kiroshi Doomsayer Optics | 
|
Reflexes | 2 | |
| Kiroshi Sentry Optics | 
|
Intelligence | 2 | |
| Kiroshi Stalker Optics | 
|
Technical Ability | 2 | |
| Kiroshi The Oracle Optics | 
|
Body | 10 |