Cyberpsychosis

Cyberpsychosis

Class	Ultimate Quickhack
Tier	Tier 4
RAM Cost	22
Upload Time	1.5 s
Duration	T4 20 / T5 60 s

Cyberpsychosis turns one enemy against everyone around them. The target attacks the nearest person, friend or foe. Their allies then have to deal with a threat inside their own ranks, and less fire comes toward V. If nobody is near, the target kills themselves instead. It suits a late game Intelligence build that stacks several quickhacks on one target before the final upload. Cyberpsychosis is a mid to late game ultimate quickhack that netrunner vendors sell from Tier 4 onward.

Effect

Cyberpsychosis is an ultimate quickhack. V uploads it to one enemy, and that enemy goes berserk. They attack the nearest combatant, whether that is an ally or an enemy. The affected enemy also turns on anyone who attacks them. If no one is nearby, the enemy commits suicide instead. Either result removes a threat without V firing a shot.

The RAM cost is high, so V needs a large RAM pool or a way to lower the price. Cyberpsychosis has its own way. Applying a stack of Cyberware Malfunction lowers its RAM cost by 6 for a short time. An EMP effect does the same. This discount stacks up to three times. Three stacks take a large share off the price.

Tier 5 makes the effect last much longer. It also adds 25% duration and 25% damage for each other quickhack affecting the target. An enemy carrying Overheat, Contagion and Cyberware Malfunction becomes a far more dangerous berserker. The Iconic variant raises that bonus to 40% duration and 40% damage per quickhack.

The quickhack works best in a crowd. A berserk enemy needs targets nearby. A lone guard simply commits suicide instead.

How to Get Cyberpsychosis Guide

Buy Cyberpsychosis or its crafting spec from a netrunner vendor once Tier 4 stock appears.
Breach Access Points with Breach Protocol for a chance at quickhacks.
With Phantom Liberty, watch netrunner stock and enemy netrunner drops for the Iconic variant from around level 51.

Cyberpsychosis Map Location

The map shows the netrunner vendor in Kabuki, one of the netrunner vendors that sell it.

Cyberpsychosis map location:

Map credit by Map Genie.

Crafting Spec

Netrunner vendors sell the Cyberpsychosis spec. The spec lets V craft Cyberpsychosis in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.

Upgrades

Cyberpsychosis comes in Tier 4 and Tier 5, plus an Iconic variant. Tier 4 has the base effect and the RAM discount. Tier 5 extends the duration and adds the bonus for each other quickhack on the target. The Iconic variant keeps every Tier 5 effect and raises that bonus.

Netrunner vendors sell Cyberpsychosis and its crafting specs once V reaches the tier. Crafting needs quickhack components of the matching tier. Breach Protocol on an Access Point can also reward quickhacks. Enemy netrunners can drop quickhacks and specs as well. The Iconic variant needs Phantom Liberty. Netrunners begin to offer Iconic quickhacks at around level 51, and their stock rotates. Enemy netrunners can drop the Iconic crafting spec too. Crafting the Iconic variant takes Tier 5 quickhack components.

Character Builds

Cyberpsychosis belongs in an Intelligence build. Hack Queue lets V queue a second quickhack on the same enemy. Queue Acceleration adds a third slot to the queue and speeds up later uploads. Queue Mastery adds one more slot. The last quickhack to fill a full queue then costs half the RAM. Cyberpsychosis fits that last slot well, since its Tier 5 bonus grows with every quickhack in front of it.

Cyberware Malfunction is the cheapest way to start the RAM discount. Short Circuit at Tier 4 applies an EMP effect, which also lowers the cost. Overclock lets V upload Cyberpsychosis even with too little RAM, paying with Health instead. Data Recycler returns most of the RAM spent on quickhacks still waiting in a queue when the target dies. System Overwhelm adds quickhack damage for each different quickhack on the target.

Embedded Exploit adds quickhack damage against enemies affected by Control or Covert quickhacks. Cyberware Malfunction is a Control quickhack, so it also helps every damaging quickhack that follows it.

Select a Build

Monowire Smart SMG Netrunner BuildNetrunner Bat BuildStealth Netrunner Blade Build

Quickhacks such as Contagion and Cyberpsychosis spend the RAM first, and Overclock then spends Health for more. The Thermal Monowire finishes enemies up close, and a CHAR Incendiary Grenade sets groups on fire. The Prototype: Shingen Mark V smart SMG covers longer range.

Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 16, Cool 5.

The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.

PerksCyberware

Name	Level	Effect
Adrenaline Rush	Body 15	More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode
Optimization	Intelligence 4	Faster RAM recovery
Carhacker	Intelligence 4	Unlocks quickhacks for vehicles
Eye In The Sky	Intelligence 4	Highlights cameras and makes camera quickhacks cheaper
Subordination	Intelligence 4	Control quickhacks last longer on enemies at full Health
Proximate Propagation	Intelligence 4	Cheaper quickhacks at close range
Embedded Exploit	Intelligence 9	Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies
Speculation	Intelligence 9	Combat quickhack kills recover RAM
Hack Queue	Intelligence 9	Queue two quickhacks on one enemy
Siphon	Intelligence 9	Monowire hits recover RAM
Icepick	Intelligence 9	Cheaper Combat quickhacks on distracted or controlled enemies
Data Recycler	Intelligence 9	RAM back from queued quickhacks after a kill
Overclock	Intelligence 15	More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode
Sublimation	Intelligence 15	RAM recovery heals during Overclock
Power Surge	Intelligence 15	Overclock heals on activation
Finisher: Live Wire	Intelligence 15	A Monowire Finisher that restores Health and RAM
Queue Acceleration	Intelligence 15	More RAM and cheaper device quickhacks
Queue Hack Root	Intelligence 15	Cheaper quickhacks when the queue mixes categories
Blood Daemon	Intelligence 15	Health back for each queued quickhack on a kill during Overclock
Queue Prioritization	Intelligence 15	Faster upload for the first quickhack in a queue
Aerial Acrobat	Reflexes 15	Better control in midair
Air Dash	Reflexes 15	Dash in midair
Tailwind	Reflexes 20	Stamina from air dashes and double jumps
License To Chrome	Technical Ability 15	Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot
Extended Warranty	Technical Ability 15	Cyberware effects last longer
Cyborg	Technical Ability 15	Shorter cyberware cooldowns with every slot filled

Name	Slot	Effect
Thermal Monowire	Arms	Monowire that deals Thermal damage and can burn
Biomonitor	Circulatory System	Uses a Health item when Health runs low
Self-ICE	Frontal Cortex	Blocks an enemy quickhack
Chitin	Integumentary System	Extra Health regeneration
Reinforced Tendons	Legs	Double jump
Adreno-Trigger	Nervous System	Faster movement when combat starts
NeoFiber	Nervous System	More mitigation chance and strength
Revulsor	Nervous System	Slows time at low Health with full speed
Militech Paraline	Operating System	Cyberdeck with Smart weapon bonuses

A baseball bat and quickhacks share the work. Quake slams break groups up close, while Contagion and Short Circuit hit enemies further away. Adrenaline Rush and Overclock both run to keep the character alive.

Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 6, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 20, Cool 15.

The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.

PerksCyberware

Name	Level	Effect
Adrenaline Rush	Body 15	More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode
Calm Mind	Body 15	Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays
Unstoppable Force	Body 15	Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush
Juggernaut	Body 15	More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush
Ripple Effect	Body 15	Health back for each enemy hit by Quake
Aftershock	Body 15	Stamina back for each enemy hit by Quake
Quake	Body 15	Faster Blunt attacks and a ground slam that staggers
Pain To Gain	Body 20	Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush
Finisher: Savage Sling	Body 20	A Blunt Finisher that heals
Optimization	Intelligence 4	Faster RAM recovery
Eye In The Sky	Intelligence 4	Highlights cameras and makes camera quickhacks cheaper
Subordination	Intelligence 4	Control quickhacks last longer on enemies at full Health
Encryption	Intelligence 4	Quickhacks are harder to trace
Embedded Exploit	Intelligence 9	Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies
Hack Queue	Intelligence 9	Queue two quickhacks on one enemy
Copy-Paste	Intelligence 9	Quickhacks on an enemy netrunner spread to their allies
Counter-A-Hack	Intelligence 9	Counter quickhacks on enemy netrunners through walls
Icepick	Intelligence 9	Cheaper Combat quickhacks on distracted or controlled enemies
Shadowrunner	Intelligence 9	Takedowns clear trace progress
System Overwhelm	Intelligence 9	More quickhack damage for each effect on the target
Speculation	Intelligence 9	Combat quickhack kills recover RAM
Overclock	Intelligence 15	More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode
Blood Daemon	Intelligence 15	Health back for each queued quickhack on a kill during Overclock
Queue Hack Root	Intelligence 15	Cheaper quickhacks when the queue mixes categories
Sublimation	Intelligence 15	RAM recovery heals during Overclock
Queue Acceleration	Intelligence 15	More RAM and cheaper device quickhacks
Spillover	Intelligence 20	Quickhacks spread during Overclock
Queue Mastery	Intelligence 20	A longer quickhack queue that can be locked

Name	Slot	Effect
RAM Reallocator	Frontal Cortex	Refills RAM when it runs low
RAM Upgrade	Frontal Cortex	Faster RAM recovery
Smart Link	Hands	Turns on Smart weapon tracking
Optical Camo	Integumentary System	Near invisibility for a few seconds
Synaptic Accelerator	Nervous System	Slows time when an enemy starts to notice
Feen-X	Skeleton	Faster RAM recovery when RAM runs low

Stealth comes first, with Cool perks for crouched movement and Optical Camo to stay unseen. Control quickhacks such as Weapon Glitch and Cyberpsychosis turn guards against each other. Blade perks from Reflexes finish anyone who comes close.

Attributes: Body 5, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 16, Cool 20.

The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.

PerksCyberware

Name	Level	Effect
Ninjutsu	Cool 15	Crouch sprinting and more mitigation while crouched
Serpentine	Cool 15	Harder to hit while crouch sprinting
Creeping Death	Cool 15	Health, Stamina and speed after a stealth kill
Eye In The Sky	Intelligence 4	Highlights cameras and makes camera quickhacks cheaper
Optimization	Intelligence 4	Faster RAM recovery
Forcekill Cypher	Intelligence 4	Shorter sequences when hacking Access Points
Hack Queue	Intelligence 9	Queue two quickhacks on one enemy
Embedded Exploit	Intelligence 9	Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies
Data Recycler	Intelligence 9	RAM back from queued quickhacks after a kill
Copy-Paste	Intelligence 9	Quickhacks on an enemy netrunner spread to their allies
Counter-A-Hack	Intelligence 9	Counter quickhacks on enemy netrunners through walls
Queue Acceleration	Intelligence 15	More RAM and cheaper device quickhacks
Overclock	Intelligence 15	More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode
Queue Hack Root	Intelligence 15	Cheaper quickhacks when the queue mixes categories
Finisher: Bladerunner	Reflexes 15	Faster blade attacks and a finisher that restores Health
Going The Distance	Reflexes 15	Double finisher range
Flash Of Steel	Reflexes 15	Speed and attack speed after a finisher
Air Dash	Reflexes 15	Dash in midair
Aerodynamic	Reflexes 15	Stronger Mitigation in midair
Aerial Acrobat	Reflexes 15	Better control in midair
Slaughterhouse	Reflexes 20	Every attack causes Bleeding
Tailwind	Reflexes 20	Stamina from air dashes and double jumps
License To Chrome	Technical Ability 15	Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot
Ambidextrous	Technical Ability 15	A second Hands cyberware slot
Edgerunner	Technical Ability 20	Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost

Name	Slot	Effect
Isometric Stabilizer	Circulatory System	Cheaper attacks
Shock Absorber	Hands	Less recoil
Optical Camo	Integumentary System	Near invisibility for a few seconds

Lore

In Night City, cyberpsychosis is a mental illness caused by too much cyberware in the body. The quickhack forces that state onto its target for a short time.

The in-game description quotes an opinion piece from the Night City Herald. The writer asks a sharp question. If cyberpsychos are only an invention of the tabloids, then who carried out yesterday's massacre at 7th Hell?