Crimestopper
| Crimestopper | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Pistol |
| Type | Smart |
| Ammo | Handgun Ammo |
| Tier | Iconic |
| Headshot | +85% |
| Attack Speed | 10 |
| Lock-On Time | 0.9 s |
| Weight | 4.3 |
| Location | Dogtown |
Crimestopper is the smart pistol of Night City's district attorney, Georgina Zembinsky, left in a travel bag at the Heavy Hearts club. Its rounds can disable an enemy's cyber-limbs. A target with disabled limbs is stuck in place and takes more crit damage. Swapping to the pistol also gives a short burst of extra crit chance. Its description greets every target the same way: freeze, dirtbag. It works best in a netrunner or smart-gun build that likes to pin enemies down before finishing them. Crimestopper is a Phantom Liberty find from the gig Heaviest of Hearts. The gig opens after the main job Firestarter.
Combat
Crimestopper is a smart pistol, so its rounds curve toward locked targets once Smart Link is installed. Its main effect is the chance to disable cyber-limbs on hit. A crippled enemy is stuck in place and takes more crit damage. The next few rounds then crit easily.
Swapping to it gives a burst of crit chance, which rewards opening a fight with it. V can fire right after the swap, cripple a target, then keep shooting while it is stuck.
How to Get Crimestopper Guide
- Finish the main job Firestarter to open the gig Heaviest of Hearts.
- Meet Michael Maldonado and hear his story.
- Go to the Heavy Hearts club and ask around for Georgina Zembinsky.
- Get into VIP room 6.
- Take Crimestopper from the travel bag in the room.
Crimestopper Map Location and Quest Guide
- Take the gig Heaviest of Hearts and meet Michael Maldonado.
- Hear Michael's story, then go to the Heavy Hearts club.
- Ask the bartender about Georgina Zembinsky and find out which VIP room she uses.
- Get into the VIP area without raising the alarm.
- Talk to Georgina's friends in VIP Room 4, who point to VIP Room 6.
- Open VIP Room 6 with Technical Ability, or reach its back door through the staff area.
- Take Crimestopper from the travel bag inside the room.
Crimestopper map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Like every Iconic weapon, Crimestopper can be raised through the tiers in the Upgrades section of the crafting menu, paid for in crafting components.
The table shows what each tier step of Crimestopper 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
Crimestopper needs Smart Link cyberware in the Hands slot for smart targeting. With it, the smart weapon perks in the Intelligence tree apply. Acquisition Specialist speeds up lock-on and keeps the lock through a reload. Targeting Prism adds an extra target while aiming. No Escape resets a fading lock when V shoots the target. Smart Synergy gives instant locks and more damage against quickhacked enemies while Overclock is active.
Quick Draw in the Cool tree speeds up swaps to pistols and restores Stamina in combat. It works well with the crit bonus on swapping. Kiroshi Cockatrice Optics add flat crit chance, and Smart Link itself adds crit damage with smart weapons.
Select a Build
Each fight starts with Overclock, then a control quickhack, then a combat quickhack. Smart guns lock on and finish the hacked enemies while Dashes and air Dashes keep the character moving. Silenced Smart guns and stealthy quickhacks also handle quiet gigs.
Attributes: Body 18, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 20, Cool 3.
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 |
| Optimization | 
|
Intelligence 4 | Faster RAM recovery |
| Embedded Exploit | 
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Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies |
| Precision Subroutines | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Smart weapon accuracy scales with max RAM |
| No Escape | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Shooting a fading lock resets it |
| Recirculation | 
|
Intelligence 9 | Smart weapon kills restore RAM |
| Acquisition Specialist | 
|
Intelligence 15 | Wider Smart reticle and lock kept through reloads |
| Overclock | 
|
Intelligence 15 | More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode |
| Power Surge | 
|
Intelligence 15 | Overclock heals on activation |
| Sublimation | 
|
Intelligence 15 | RAM recovery heals during Overclock |
| Target Lock Transfer | 
|
Intelligence 15 | Wider Smart reticle and locks kept on swap |
| Targeting Prism | 
|
Intelligence 15 | Lock onto more targets |
| Terminal Velocity | 
|
Intelligence 15 | Faster Smart rounds after a kill |
| Smart Synergy | 
|
Intelligence 20 | Instant lock and more damage during Overclock |
| Spillover | 
|
Intelligence 20 | Quickhacks spread during Overclock |
| Dash | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper |
| Ready, Rested, Reloaded | 
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Reflexes 9 | Cheaper rifle and SMG fire and faster reloads |
| Sharpshooter | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Faster aim and stacks that ease Stamina use |
| Air Dash | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Submachine Fun | 
|
Reflexes 20 | SMG swaps reload and raise fire rate |
| Tailwind | 
|
Reflexes 20 | Stamina back from Air Dashes and double jumps |
| Glutton For War | 
|
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 | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| 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 back from each kill |
| Memory Boost | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Kills restore RAM |
| Smart Link | 
|
Hands | Turns on Smart weapon tracking |
| Defenzikov | 
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Integumentary System | Mitigation after Kerenzikov ends |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
|
Legs | Double jump |
| Kerenzikov | 
|
Nervous System | Slows time when aiming during a slide or dodge |
| NeoFiber | 
|
Nervous System | More Mitigation Chance and Strength |
| Visual Cortex Support | 
|
Nervous System | More crit chance at long range |
| Militech Paraline | 
|
Operating System | Cyberdeck with Smart weapon bonuses |
| RAM Recoup | 
|
Skeleton | Damage taken restores RAM |
Lore
Crimestopper is the Iconic variant of the Tsunami Kappa and the personal weapon of D.A. Georgina Zembinsky. In Heaviest of Hearts, Michael Maldonado asks V for help. He says the D.A. and her partner, Hank Davis, forced him to testify against his own son, Eric. The trail leads to the Heavy Hearts club. The club is also Mr. Hands' base, so Hands warns V not to cause trouble there. The bartender, a man named Jack and the waitresses all point V to the VIP rooms. Georgina waits in VIP room 6. The pistol sits in a travel bag in the same room.
Notes
- With Phantom Liberty, a missed Crimestopper can be bought from Herold Lowe at the EBM Petrochem Stadium.
Weapon Categories
All Pistols
Every pistol is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Pistols
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambition | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Apparition | 
|
+150% | 50% | Kabuki |
| Catahoula | 
|
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| Chaos | 
|
+150% | 50% | Kabuki |
| Cheetah | 
|
+150% | Dogtown | |
| Crimestopper | 
|
+85% | Dogtown | |
| Death and Taxes | 
|
+125% | Japantown | |
| Dying Night | 
|
+125% | 25% | Little China |
| Genjiroh | 
|
+85% | Japantown | |
| Her Majesty | 
|
+150% | ||
| Kappa x-MOD2 | 
|
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| Kongou | 
|
+150% | Arasaka Waterfront | |
| La Chingona Dorada | 
|
+100% | 25% | The Glen |
| Lexington x-MOD2 | 
|
+175% | Little China | |
| Lizzie | 
|
+150% | Kabuki | |
| Malorian Arms 3516 | 
|
+150% | Northside | |
| Ogou | 
|
+50% | 25% | |
| Pariah | 
|
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| Plan B | 
|
+200% | Badlands East | |
| Pride | 
|
+150% | Corpo Plaza | |
| Riskit | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Rook | 
|
Dogtown | ||
| Scorch | 
|
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| Second Opinion | ||||
| Seraph | 
|
Little China | ||
| Skippy | 
|
+85% | Vista Del Rey |
Standard Pistols
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22B Chao | 
|
+85% | ||
| AR Raygun Supreme 9000 | 
|
Badlands East | ||
| HA-4 Grit | 
|
+125% | ||
| HJKE-11 Yukimura | 
|
+85% | ||
| JKE-X2 Kenshin | 
|
50% | ||
| Kappa | 
|
|||
| Liberty | 
|
+150% | ||
| M-10AF Lexington | 
|
+125% | ||
| M-76e Omaha | 
|
50% | ||
| Nue | 
|
+125% | 25% | |
| Slaught-O-Matic | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Tamayura | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Ticon | 
|
50% | ||
| Unity | 
|
+150% |