Bloody Maria
| Bloody Maria | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Shotgun |
| Type | Power |
| Ammo | Shotgun Ammo |
| Tier | Iconic |
| Headshot | +85% |
| Armor Pen | 25% |
| Attack Speed | 1.2 |
| Range | 12 m |
| Projectiles | 6 |
| Weight | 9.6 |
| Location | Little China |
Bloody Maria is El Capitan's reward for cleaning up Santo Domingo, and it lives up to its name. The shotgun greatly raises the chance to dismember, bleed and knock down enemies. Each limb it tears off speeds up V's reloads and raises crit chance for a while. Its own description sums it up: it is going to be a mess. It works best in a close-range Body build where every kill helps with the next one. Bloody Maria is a mid-game reward from the minor job Ride Captain Ride. That job follows the last of El Capitan's gigs in Santo Domingo.
Combat
Bloody Maria fires a spread of pellets like any Tactician. Its Iconic effect is about what those pellets do to bodies. The very high dismemberment chance means limbs come off often. Every dismemberment raises crit chance and reload speed for a while. Against a group, the gun gets stronger with every limb it removes.
Bleeding and knockdown also help control a crowd. Bleeding keeps dealing damage after the blast. The gun is at its best in tight spaces against several enemies at once.
How to Get Bloody Maria Guide
- Complete every gig from El Capitan in Santo Domingo.
- Wait for El Capitan to call, which starts Ride Captain Ride.
- Open the stash in V's apartment and take Bloody Maria.
Bloody Maria Map Location and Quest Guide
- Take the gigs that Muamar Reyes, known as El Capitan, offers in Santo Domingo.
- Finish every one of his Santo Domingo gigs.
- Wait for El Capitan to get in touch once more, which starts Ride Captain Ride.
- Return to V's apartment and open the stash.
- Take Bloody Maria from the stash.
Bloody Maria map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Compatible Mods
7 scopes are compatible with Bloody Maria.
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Add-Vantage | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range |
| CQO Kanone MINI Mk.72 | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range |
| Handyman | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range, more headshot crit chance at top tier |
| Hyakume | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range |
| Kanetsugu | 
|
Adds zoom, effective range and crit chance |
| OS-1 GimletEye | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range |
| Type 2067 | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range, lowers bullet spread |
Upgrades
Like every Iconic weapon, Bloody Maria can be upgraded tier by tier in the Upgrades section of the crafting menu. Each step costs crafting components.
The table shows what each tier step of Bloody Maria costs.
| Upgrade | Components | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 to Tier 1+ | 75 Tier 1 components | - |
| Tier 1+ to Tier 2 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 2 to Tier 2+ | 75 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2+ to Tier 3 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 3 to Tier 3+ | 75 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3+ to Tier 4 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 4 to Tier 4+ | 75 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4+ to Tier 5 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 5 to Tier 5+ | 75 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5+ to Tier 5++ | 200 Tier 5 components | Phantom Liberty |
Character Builds
Bloody Maria works best with the Body shotgun perks that trigger on dismemberment. Rush Of Blood adds reload speed for a few seconds after a dismemberment, which adds to the gun's own bonus. Dread lowers enemy armor with ranged attacks. Dismembering an enemy spreads that effect to nearby enemies. Bloodlust grants Adrenaline on a dismemberment while Adrenaline Rush is active. Close-Quarters Carnage and Spontaneous Obliteration add chances to obliterate enemies outright. Like A Feather removes the shotgun movement penalty.
For cyberware, crit damage makes the most of the gun's extra crit chance. The Dynalar Sandevistan adds crit chance and crit damage while time slows. Shock Absorber reduces recoil between blasts.
Select a Build
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 | 
|
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 |
| Close-Quarters Carnage | 
|
Body 15 | Higher Obliterate chance at close range |
| Rush Of Blood | 
|
Body 15 | Faster reload after a dismemberment |
| Skullcracker | 
|
Body 15 | Quick melee hits harder at low Stamina |
| Spontaneous Obliteration | 
|
Body 15 | Chance to instantly kill enemies at low Health |
| Rip And Tear | 
|
Body 20 | Shotgun shots and quick melee attacks boost each other |
| Dash | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Air Dash | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Tailwind | 
|
Reflexes 20 | Stamina from air dashes and double jumps |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heal-On-Kill | 
|
Circulatory System | Health on each kill |
| Kerenzikov Boost System | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Stronger Kerenzikov with free shooting Stamina |
| Shock Absorber | 
|
Hands | Less recoil |
| Defenzikov | 
|
Integumentary System | Damage mitigation after Kerenzikov ends |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
|
Legs | Double jump |
| Kerenzikov | 
|
Nervous System | Slows time when aiming during a slide or dodge |
| Epimorphic Skeleton | 
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
| Para Bellum | 
|
Skeleton | More armor |
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Type 2067 | 
|
Short sight with less spread |
Lore
Bloody Maria is the Iconic variant of the Constitutional Arms M2038 Tactician. It comes from Muamar Reyes, the Santo Domingo fixer known as El Capitan. Once V finishes every one of his gigs, he calls to say thanks. The gun waits for V in the stash at home.
Notes
- Bloody Maria has its own spot on the weapon wall in V's apartment.
Weapon Categories
All Shotguns
Every shotgun is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Shotguns
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabai | 
|
+85% | 25% | Dogtown |
| Amstaff | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Ba Xing Chong | 
|
Northside | ||
| Bloody Maria | 
|
+85% | 25% | Little China |
| Dezerter | 
|
+85% | 75% | Dogtown |
| Guts | 
|
+85% | 75% | Corpo Plaza |
| Mox | 
|
+85% | 25% | Kabuki |
| Order | 
|
+50% | 100% | Dogtown |
| Pozhar x-MOD2 | 
|
+85% | 25% | Dogtown |
| Sovereign | 
|
+85% | 75% | Japantown |
| The Headsman | 
|
25% | North Oak |
Standard Shotguns
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnage | 
|
+85% | 50% | Downtown |
| Crusher | 
|
+135% | ||
| DB-2 Satara | 
|
+85% | 50% | |
| DB-2 Testera | 
|
+85% | 50% | |
| DB-4 Igla | 
|
+85% | 25% | Northside |
| DB-4 Palica | 
|
+35% | ||
| L-69 Zhuo | 
|
+35% | 25% | |
| M2038 Tactician | 
|
+85% | 25% | |
| VST-37 Pozhar | 
|
+85% | 25% |