Cocktail Stick
| Cocktail Stick | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Melee Weapon |
| Weapon | Katana |
| Tier | Iconic |
| Armor Pen | 25% |
| Attack Speed | 2.1 |
| Weight | 4.5 |
| Location | Japantown |
Cocktail Stick is Evelyn Parker's pink katana, left behind in the dressing room at Clouds. It is a balanced blade with a good chance to make enemies bleed and solid armor penetration. It turns up early in the main story. Its Bleeding works well in a Reflexes build that cuts enemies down with a few quick swings. Cocktail Stick is an early main-story find from Automatic Love, in the Clouds dollhouse in Japantown.
Combat
Cocktail Stick swings like any katana, with fast light attacks, a heavier strong attack and a block. Its main bonus is Bleeding. Many of its hits make enemies bleed, and the Bleeding keeps hurting them between cuts. The armor penetration helps against armoured targets.
A bleeding enemy is also easier to finish with the blade perks, so the katana works well with finishers. A few light attacks followed by a strong attack keep the Bleeding going while V moves to the next enemy.
How to Get Cocktail Stick Guide
- Reach the main job Automatic Love after meeting Takemura.
- Go to Clouds on the 12th floor of Megabuilding H8 in Japantown.
- Get into the VIP area.
- Find the changing room and take Cocktail Stick from beside Evelyn's jacket.
Cocktail Stick Map Location and Quest Guide
- Start the main job Automatic Love after meeting Takemura.
- Find Judy at Lizzie's Bar and ask her about Evelyn.
- Go to Megabuilding H8 in the evening and take the elevator to Clouds.
- Check in at the reception, leave V's weapons in the locker and ask a doll about Evelyn.
- Get into the VIP area, for example with an access card taken from a Tyger Claw.
- On the way to Woodman's office, enter the dressing room used by the dolls.
- Take Cocktail Stick from the counter beside Evelyn's jacket.
Cocktail Stick map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Like every Iconic weapon, Cocktail Stick can be raised through the tiers in the Upgrades section of the crafting menu with crafting components.
The table shows what each tier step of Cocktail Stick 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
Cocktail Stick works best in a Reflexes build with the blade perks. Slaughterhouse applies Bleeding with every attack, counterattack and deflected bullet. Opportunist makes bleeding enemies easier to finish. Finisher: Bladerunner adds a blade finisher that heals V. Flash Of Steel then adds movement speed and attack speed after a finisher. Lead And Steel lets V block bullets with the blade.
For cyberware, the Stabber adds crit chance with blades, and Microrotors raise melee attack speed. The Adrenaline Booster restores Stamina after a melee kill.
Lore
Cocktail Stick was the signature weapon of Evelyn Parker. In Automatic Love, V looks for Evelyn to learn what she knows about the Relic. Judy points V to Clouds, a dollhouse on the 12th floor of Megabuilding H8 where Evelyn used to work. Weapons have to be handed in at the door, so V walks in unarmed. The katana waits in the off-limits changing room in the VIP area, next to Evelyn's jacket.
Notes
- With Phantom Liberty, a missed Cocktail Stick can be bought from Herold Lowe at the EBM Petrochem Stadium.
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 | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% | Dogtown |
| BFC 9000 | 
|
One-Handed Club | Rancho Coronado | ||
| Baby Boomer | 
|
Two-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Baseball Bat x-MOD2 | 
|
Two-Handed Club | Dogtown | ||
| Black Unicorn | 
|
Katana | 25% | ||
| Blue Fang | 
|
Knife | +150% | Badlands South | |
| Butcher's Cleaver | 
|
Knife | 25% | Coastview | |
| Byakko | 
|
Katana | 25% | Little China | |
| Caretaker's Spade | 
|
Hammer | 25% | Corpo Plaza | |
| Claw x-MOD2 | 
|
Axe | |||
| Cocktail Stick | 
|
Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Cottonmouth | 
|
One-Handed Club | 25% | Japantown | |
| Crowbar | 
|
One-Handed Club | |||
| Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2 | 
|
Chainsword | Dogtown | ||
| Errata | 
|
Katana | 25% | Arroyo | |
| Fang | 
|
Knife | +50% | ||
| Gold-Plated Baseball Bat | 
|
Two-Handed Club | 25% | North Oak | |
| Gwynbleidd | 
|
Sword | |||
| Headhunter | 
|
Knife | +150% | West Wind Estate | |
| Jinchu-Maru | 
|
Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Murphy's Law | 
|
One-handed Club | 50% | Dogtown | |
| Nehan | 
|
Knife | +150% | Arasaka Waterfront | |
| Sasquatch's Hammer | 
|
Hammer | 75% | Coastview | |
| Satori | 
|
Katana | 25% | Arasaka Waterfront | |
| Scalpel | 
|
Katana | 25% | Northside | |
| Sir John Phallustiff | 
|
Blunt | 25% | Kabuki | |
| Stinger | 
|
Knife | +150% | Badlands East | |
| Tinker Bell | 
|
One-Handed Club | 50% | Badlands East | |
| Tsumetogi | 
|
Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Volkodav | 
|
Machete | 25% | Dogtown |
Standard Melee Weapons
| Name | Image | Weapon | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball Bat | 
|
Two-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Chef's Knife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Claw | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% | |
| Cut-O-Matic | 
|
Chainsword | 50% | ||
| Electric Baton Alpha | 
|
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 | 
|
Machete | 25% | ||
| Machete | 
|
Machete | 25% | ||
| Neurotoxin Knife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Punknife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Razor | 
|
Machete | 25% | ||
| Steel Pipe | 
|
One-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Tire Iron | 
|
One-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Tomahawk | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% |