Crowbar
| Crowbar | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Melee Weapon |
| Type | Blunt |
| Weapon | One-Handed Club |
| Tier | Iconic |
The Crowbar is a plain steel bar that many Night City enemies carry into a fight. In V's hands it works as a one-handed blunt weapon for close combat. Its hits beat enemies down and can stun them, but they knock targets out instead of killing them. The Crowbar suits a player who wants to clear a room and leave everyone breathing. Phantom Liberty adds an Iconic Crowbar with its own story and a joke about another famous crowbar. The common Crowbar drops from enemies across Night City, and the Iconic Crowbar is a late Phantom Liberty find in the main job Somewhat Damaged.
Combat
The Crowbar fights like every blunt weapon. Its attacks wear an enemy down until the enemy collapses unconscious. Each hit also has a chance to stun the target. Blunt weapons are the usual choice for jobs that need a target taken alive, such as the cyberpsycho hunts. Care is still needed once an enemy is down. Further hits on a downed enemy can kill them.
The Iconic Crowbar has a higher stun chance than the common one. Stunned enemies are easier targets for the blunt finisher, so the Iconic variant works well with finisher perks.
How to Get Crowbar Guide
- Loot the common Crowbar from enemies who carry one.
- For the Iconic Crowbar, help Reed capture Songbird in the Phantom Liberty main job Firestarter.
- Finish Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos to start Somewhat Damaged.
- Force open the sealed gate below the crashed MaxTac truck with 20 Body and take the Crowbar from the crate inside.
Crowbar Quest Guide
- In the Phantom Liberty main job Firestarter, side with Reed and help him capture Songbird.
- Complete Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos, and Somewhat Damaged starts on its own.
- Enter the building through the hole Songbird's MaxTac truck smashed in the wall.
- Head down the wrecked stairs and search the crashed MaxTac truck.
- Follow the Blackwall traces further down to the sealed gate.
- Force the gate open with 20 Body.
- Turn right at once and take the Crowbar from the top of the crate in the corner.
Upgrades
The Iconic Crowbar comes in tiers like every Iconic weapon. V raises its tier in the Upgrades section of the crafting menu, using crafting components.
The table shows what each tier step of Crowbar 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
The Crowbar is a Body weapon, and the blunt perks in the Body tree all work with it. Wrecking Ball lowers the Stamina cost of blunt attacks. Its second level lets V barrel into enemies while sprinting and blocking, with a chance to knock them down. Kinetic Absorption rewards a block with Stamina and extra blunt damage for a few seconds. Clapback gives defensive attacks a knockdown and makes counterattacks stun. Quake lowers the Stamina cost again and raises blunt attack speed. Its final level adds a ground slam that damages and staggers nearby enemies. Breakthrough strips part of an enemy's armor for a few seconds after a strong attack.
Finisher: Savage Sling unlocks a blunt finisher on enemies with low Health. A successful finisher restores some of V's Health. Holding the button throws the enemy instead, which kills them and damages anyone they land on. For cyberware, a Berserk operating system strengthens melee attacks while it is active.
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 | 
|
Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Comeback Kid | 
|
Body 4 | Faster Health regeneration at low Health |
| Dorph-Head | 
|
Body 4 | Brief full Mitigation after using a Health item |
| Wrecking Ball | 
|
Body 9 | Cheaper Blunt attacks and a blocking charge |
| Fly Swatter | 
|
Body 9 | Less ranged damage while blocking with a Blunt weapon |
| Breakthrough | 
|
Body 9 | Strong attacks strip enemy armor |
| Quake | 
|
Body 15 | Faster Blunt attacks and a ground slam that staggers |
| Aftershock | 
|
Body 15 | Stamina back for each enemy hit by Quake |
| Epicenter | 
|
Body 15 | Quake from midair grows with the fall |
| Ripple Effect | 
|
Body 15 | Health back for each enemy hit by Quake |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Juggernaut | 
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Calm Mind | 
|
Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Finisher: Savage Sling | 
|
Body 20 | A Blunt Finisher that heals |
| Pain To Gain | 
|
Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Dash | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper |
| Mad Dash | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Double Dash range toward enemies |
| Air Dash | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Glutton For War | 
|
Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| Health Freak | 
|
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Projectile Launch System | 
|
Arms | Arm launcher that fires explosive shots |
| Biomonitor | 
|
Circulatory System | Uses a Health item when Health runs low |
| Newton Module | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Kills cut cyberware cooldowns |
| Mechatronic Core | 
|
Frontal Cortex | More damage against drones, robots and mechs |
| NeoFiber | 
|
Nervous System | More Mitigation Chance and Strength |
| Reflex Tuner | 
|
Nervous System | Slows time at low Health |
| Adrenaline Converter | 
|
Nervous System | Faster movement when combat starts |
| Militech Berserk | 
|
Operating System | Invulnerable melee mode |
| Dense Marrow | 
|
Skeleton | More melee damage |
Lore
The common Crowbar's description calls it the favorite tool of burglars and theoretical physicists from MIT. The line is a nod to Gordon Freeman, the physicist hero of the Half-Life games. The Iconic Crowbar carries the joke further. Its description tells V to try not to lose it, because crowbars do not grow on trees. Its Iconic line reads "Trusty as always." The Iconic model closely resembles the crowbar Freeman swings in Half-Life 2.
The Iconic Crowbar lies in an underground tunnel during Somewhat Damaged. This job only opens for a V who helped Reed capture Songbird in Firestarter. It is one of the last jobs on that route. Songbird escapes in a MaxTac truck and crashes it through a wall. V follows her trail of Blackwall traces down through the wreckage and deep underground. The Crowbar waits on a crate in a sealed room near the start of that descent.
Notes
- The Iconic Crowbar is missable, so it is best picked up before going deeper into the job.
- The gates can also be bypassed through a floor hatch and a swim, but that route skips the Crowbar.
- Gorilla Arms raise Body, which helps V meet the 20 Body check for the gate.
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% |