Cut-O-Matic
| Cut-O-Matic | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Melee Weapon |
| Type | Blade |
| Weapon | Chainsword |
| Armor Pen | 50% |
| Charge Time | 1.2 s |
The Cut-O-Matic is Budget Arms' chainsword, a cheap motorised blade that sits somewhere between a machete and a chainsaw. Its motor is so loud that it alerts every enemy nearby and sends civilians running. It is useless for stealth. Instead, it is a hard-hitting blade for a Reflexes build that starts fights on purpose. Its strong attack charges up before release, so good timing matters more than fast button presses. Maelstrom gangers carry it, and its Iconic variant, the Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2, waits in Dogtown. The Cut-O-Matic is a mid-game melee weapon. Maelstrom's weapon vendor in Northside sells it, and Maelstrom gangers carry it.
Combat
The Cut-O-Matic is a chainsword, one of the Blade weapons. Its blade cuts hard, and its strong attack has a charge time before it lands. Holding the charge and releasing it at the right moment is the key to using it.
The noise is the big drawback. As soon as the motor runs, enemies nearby are alerted and civilians panic. A quiet takedown is impossible. The Cut-O-Matic works best in fights that are already loud. Examples are a raid on a gang hideout, a gig that has gone wrong, or a brawl where V wants everyone to come running.
Blades cut deep and often make enemies bleed. With the right perks, every swing can apply Bleeding. Bleeding keeps dealing damage to enemies who back away.
How to Get Cut-O-Matic Guide
- Buy the Cut-O-Matic from the Maelstrom weapon vendor in Northside.
- Loot it from Maelstrom gangers who carry one.
Cut-O-Matic Map Location
The map shows the Maelstrom weapon vendor in Northside.
Cut-O-Matic map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Compatible Mods
8 weapon mods are compatible with Cut-O-Matic.
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Airstrike | 
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Raises crit chance and crit damage for midair attacks |
| Bleedout | 
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Bleeding damage can crit |
| Cyclone | 
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A sprint attack opens unlimited combos with stacking attack speed |
| Haemocide | 
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Longer Bleeding and more crit chance, lower base damage |
| Pax | 
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Makes the weapon non-lethal, more damage outside combat |
| Severance | 
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Hits to the head or limbs of a weakened enemy can dismember and kill |
| Silencio | 
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More crit chance and crit damage when crouched and undetected |
| Slice 'Em Up | 
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A kill leaves enemies more open to Finishers for a short time |
Crafting Spec
The spec lets V craft Cut-O-Matic in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.
The table shows what crafting Cut-O-Matic costs at each tier.
| Tier | Components |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 30 Tier 1 components |
| Tier 2 | 30 Tier 2 components |
| Tier 3 | 30 Tier 3 components |
| Tier 4 | 30 Tier 4 components |
| Tier 5 | 30 Tier 5 components |
Upgrades
Standard weapons like the Cut-O-Matic are improved by crafting or buying a higher tier. With its crafting spec and enough crafting components, V can craft the chainsword at a higher quality.
Character Builds
Blades use the Reflexes tree. Lead And Steel lowers blade Stamina costs and lets V block incoming bullets with the blade. Bullet Deflect sends those bullets back where V aims. Flash And Thunderclap turns strong attacks into leaps toward nearby enemies. Finisher: Bladerunner raises blade attack speed and adds a finisher that heals V. Flash Of Steel boosts movement and attack speed after each finisher. Slaughterhouse makes every attack apply Bleeding.
For cyberware, Microrotors raise melee attack speed. Stabber adds crit chance with blades. A Berserk operating system removes Stamina costs for melee while it is active.
Its mod slots take blade and melee mods. Bleedout raises the crit chance of Bleeding damage, which works well with Slaughterhouse. Cyclone lets a sprint attack turn into an unlimited combo for a few seconds. Airstrike adds crit chance and crit damage to midair attacks, including Flash And Thunderclap leaps. Slice 'Em Up makes enemies easier to finish after each kill. Severance gives a chance to dismember and kill an enemy below half Health.
Select a Build
Dashes carry the character behind enemy lines to cut groups apart with blades. Finishers restore Stamina, so the Sandevistan is turned off before each one. High Mitigation from Countershell, NeoFiber and Spring Joints cuts most incoming damage.
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 | 
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Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
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Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Juggernaut | 
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Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Calm Mind | 
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Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Slippery | 
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Reflexes 4 | Harder to hit while moving fast |
| Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper |
| Mad Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Double Dash range toward enemies |
| Lead And Steel | 
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Reflexes 9 | Block bullets with Blades |
| Bullet Deflect | 
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Reflexes 9 | Blocked bullets fly back at the aim point |
| Seeing Double | Reflexes 9 | Counterattacks hit harder and can stun | |
| Flash And Thunderclap | 
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Reflexes 9 | Strong attacks leap to nearby enemies |
| Air Dash | 
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Finisher: Bladerunner | 
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Reflexes 15 | Faster Blade attacks and a Blade Finisher that heals |
| Flash Of Steel | 
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Reflexes 15 | Faster movement and attacks after a Finisher |
| Opportunist | 
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Reflexes 15 | Stunned, staggered and bleeding enemies are easier to finish |
| Going The Distance | 
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Reflexes 15 | Double Finisher range |
| Slaughterhouse | Reflexes 20 | Every Blade hit applies Bleeding | |
| Tailwind | 
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Reflexes 20 | Stamina back from Air Dashes and double jumps |
| Glutton For War | 
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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 | 
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Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| License To Chrome | 
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biomonitor | 
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Circulatory System | Uses a Health item when Health runs low |
| ThreatEvac | 
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Circulatory System | Faster movement at low Health |
| Newton Module | 
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Frontal Cortex | Kills cut cyberware cooldowns |
| Stabber | 
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Nervous System | More crit chance with Blades and throwables |
| NeoFiber | 
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Nervous System | More Mitigation Chance and Strength |
| Militech Apogee Sandevistan | Operating System | Slows time by 85% with crit bonuses | |
| Dense Marrow | 
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Skeleton | More melee damage |
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Severance | 
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Chance to dismember and kill enemies below half Health |
| Slice 'Em Up | 
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Enemies are easier to finish after a kill |
| Cyclone | 
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Endless combo for a few seconds after a sprint attack |
| Bleedout | 
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Bleeding damage can crit |
Lore
The in-game line calls the Cut-O-Matic the missing link between machetes and chainsaws. It is as effective as it is noisy, and it tells its owner to forget about stealth. Maelstrom, the gang that rules Northside in Watson, stocks it in its own weapon shop. Its members carry it into fights.
Notes
- The Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2, an Iconic variant with extra mod slots, is found in Terra Cognita in Dogtown with Phantom Liberty.
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% |