Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2
| Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Melee Weapon |
| Weapon | Chainsword |
| Tier | Iconic |
| Location | Dogtown |
The Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2 is a modified Budget Arms chainsword found in a grim spot in Dogtown. It adds a large headshot damage bonus to the standard Cut-o-Matic and has room for extra mods. It is worth improving with mods for a blade build that likes a chainsword. The Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2 is a Phantom Liberty find in the Terra Cognita area of Dogtown.
Combat
The Cut-o-Matic is a bladed chainsword, so it works as a close-range blade. The x-MOD2 adds a large bonus to headshot damage. Strikes to the head hit much harder than body blows.
The extra mod slots let V shape the chainsword to fit the build. As a blade, it also works with every blade perk in the Reflexes tree.
How to Get Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2 Guide
- Travel to the Terra Cognita fast travel point in Dogtown.
- Find the large statue of a launching spaceship and walk past the yellow scaffolding at its base.
- Take the path down into a small ravine with concrete beams and a stream.
- Take the chainsword from the body at the end of the ravine.
Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2 Map Location
Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2 map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Compatible Mods
5 weapon mods are compatible with Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2.
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Airstrike | 
|
Raises crit chance and crit damage for midair attacks |
| Cyclone | 
|
A sprint attack opens unlimited combos with stacking attack speed |
| Pax | 
|
Makes the weapon non-lethal, more damage outside combat |
| Severance | 
|
Hits to the head or limbs of a weakened enemy can dismember and kill |
| Silencio | 
|
More crit chance and crit damage when crouched and undetected |
Upgrades
Like every Iconic weapon, the Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2 can be upgraded through the tiers in the Upgrades section of the crafting menu, using crafting components.
The table shows what each tier step of Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2 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 x-MOD2 works best in a Reflexes build with the blade perks. Flash And Thunderclap turns strong attacks into leaps at enemies in range. Long leaps deal bonus damage. Finisher: Bladerunner adds blade attack speed and a finisher that heals V. Slaughterhouse applies Bleeding with every attack and restores Stamina on dismemberment. Lead And Steel and Bullet Deflect let the blade block bullets and send them back.
For cyberware, the Stabber adds crit chance with blades, and Microrotors raise melee attack speed. The Adrenaline Booster restores Stamina after each melee kill.
Select a Build
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 18, Intelligence 3, Cool 20.
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 |
| Calm Mind | 
|
Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Juggernaut | 
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Unstoppable Force | 
|
Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush |
| Pain To Gain | 
|
Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Blind Spot | 
|
Cool 4 | Slower enemy detection while crouched |
| Feline Footwork | 
|
Cool 4 | Faster and harder to hit while crouched |
| Gag Order | 
|
Cool 4 | A quick hit after being spotted delays the alarm |
| Killer Instinct | 
|
Cool 4 | More damage with knives, axes and silenced guns outside combat |
| Creeping Death | 
|
Cool 15 | Health, Stamina and speed after a stealth kill |
| Ninjutsu | 
|
Cool 15 | Crouch sprinting and more mitigation while crouched |
| Bullet Deflect | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Blocked bullets fly back where the reticle points |
| Bullet Time | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Free deflects that crit while time is slowed |
| Flash And Thunderclap | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Strong attacks leap to enemies in range |
| Lead And Steel | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Blades block incoming bullets |
| Seeing Double | Reflexes 9 | Stronger counterattacks | |
| Dash | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Finisher: Bladerunner | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Faster blade attacks and a finisher that restores Health |
| Flash Of Steel | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Speed and attack speed after a finisher |
| Going The Distance | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Double finisher range |
| Opportunist | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Easier finishers on stunned, blinded or bleeding enemies |
| Air Dash | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Slaughterhouse | Reflexes 20 | Every attack causes Bleeding |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrenaline Booster | 
|
Circulatory System | Stamina after a melee kill |
| Bionic Joints | 
|
Skeleton | More armor |
| Epimorphic Skeleton | 
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Slice 'Em Up | 
|
Easier finishers after a kill |
| Severance | 
|
Limb and head hits can kill weak enemies |
| Cyclone | 
|
Endless combos after a sprint attack |
The build fights at close range with shotguns and uses LMGs for ranged firepower. Berserk goes on for a chainsword that deals massive crit damage.
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 |
| Adrenaline Rush |
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Calm Mind |
|
Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Juggernaut |
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Unstoppable Force |
|
Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush |
| Pain To Gain |
|
Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Flash And Thunderclap |
|
Reflexes 9 | Strong attacks leap to enemies in range |
| Lead And Steel |
|
Reflexes 9 | Blades block incoming bullets |
| Seeing Double | Reflexes 9 | Stronger counterattacks | |
| Dash |
|
Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Finisher: Bladerunner |
|
Reflexes 15 | Faster blade attacks and a finisher that restores Health |
| Going The Distance |
|
Reflexes 15 | Double finisher range |
| Opportunist |
|
Reflexes 15 | Easier finishers on stunned, blinded or bleeding enemies |
| Air Dash |
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Slaughterhouse | Reflexes 20 | Every attack causes Bleeding | |
| All Things Cyber | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Extended Warranty | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Cyberware effects last longer |
| 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 |
| Microrotors | 
|
Circulatory System | Faster melee attacks |
| Chitin | 
|
Integumentary System | Extra Health regeneration |
| Epimorphic Skeleton |
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclone |
|
Endless combos after a sprint attack |
| Airstrike | 
|
Crit chance and damage for midair attacks |
Lore
The Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2 is the Iconic variant of the Budget Arms Cut-o-Matic chainsword. Its x-MOD2 design allows more mods than the standard model. It is found in a gory scene in Terra Cognita, buried in the head of a dead man.
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% |