D5 Copperhead

D5 Copperhead

Class	Assault Rifle
Type	Power
Ammo	Heavy Ammo
Headshot	+100%
Armor Pen	25%

The D5 Copperhead is the workhorse assault rifle of Night City, a common gun that turns up on enemies and in shops everywhere. It is a simple, fully automatic Power rifle for mid-range fights. Its simplicity is its strength. It takes both a scope and a muzzle attachment, and it has mod slots, so it can be set up in many different ways. The Copperhead works well in a Reflexes build that wants an all-round gun from the very first jobs. It is also the base of the Iconic Psalm 11:6. The D5 Copperhead is an early weapon. Enemies drop it from the first main jobs, and weapon shops across the city sell it.

Combat

The Copperhead is a Power assault rifle. It fires in full auto and works best at short and mid range. Assault rifles are the all-round guns of Night City, and they work at all but the longest distances. Power rounds can ricochet off walls, which helps against enemies hiding behind cover.

Its main strength is flexibility. A scope adds zoom and range for longer fights. A muzzle brake cuts recoil, or a silencer lets V start a fight quietly. The mod slots can then add crits, armor penetration or fire damage. One build can use the Copperhead as a quiet stealth rifle, and another can use it to clear loud rooms.

Recoil is the main thing to control on a full-auto rifle. Short bursts keep it accurate. Long sprays need perks and recoil mods to stay on target.

How to Get D5 Copperhead Guide

Loot the D5 Copperhead from enemies, starting as early as The Rescue.
Buy it from weapon vendors, such as the Aldecaldos vendor in the Badlands.
Loot its crafting spec from Bruce Ward's Suspected Organized Crime Activity in the Badlands and craft it.

D5 Copperhead Map Location

The map shows Bruce Ward's Suspected Organized Crime Activity, where the crafting spec drops.

D5 Copperhead map location:

Map credit by Map Genie.

Compatible Mods

13 scopes, 9 muzzles and 11 weapon mods are compatible with D5 Copperhead.

ScopesMuzzlesWeapon Mods

Name	Image	Effect
Add-Vantage		Adds zoom and effective range
CQO Kanone MINI Mk.72		Adds zoom and effective range
ClearVue Mk.8		Adds zoom and effective range
E255 Percipient		Adds zoom and effective range
Handyman		Adds zoom and effective range, more headshot crit chance at top tier
Hyakume		Adds zoom and effective range
Jue		Adds zoom and effective range
Kairo SA-1		Adds zoom and effective range
Kanetsugu		Adds zoom, effective range and crit chance
Mk.2x Grandstand		Adds zoom and effective range
OS-1 GimletEye		Adds zoom and effective range
SO-21 Saika		Adds zoom, effective range and crit chance
Type 2067		Adds zoom and effective range, lowers bullet spread

Name	Image	Effect
CS-1 Taipan		Silences shots and raises stealth damage, lowers base damage
RC-7 Aswang		Lowers recoil angle and direction, slightly lowers crit chance
RC-7 Ifrit		Lowers recoil, slightly lowers crit chance
RC-7 Strigoi		Lowers recoil
RC-7 Varkolak		Raises ricochet chance and ricochet angle
RC-7 Zaar		Lowers recoil angle, slightly lowers crit chance
TSX Tocororo		Raises stealth damage, lowers base damage
XC-10 Cetus		Raises stealth damage, lowers base damage
XC-10 Strix		Raises stealth damage, lowers base damage

Name	Image	Effect
Better Half		Raises crit chance with the second half of the magazine
Big Mag		Bigger magazine, slower reload
Critochet		Raises crit chance with ricochets
Equalizer		More damage against Elite enemies
Firecracker		Shoots explosive rounds
Focus Fire		Tighter hipfire spread, shorter effective range
Pax		Makes the weapon non-lethal, more damage outside combat
Pyro		Turns part of the damage into Thermal damage with a chance to Burn
Ready Steady		Lowers recoil, more so when aiming from cover
Shuffler		Drawing the weapon refills part of the magazine
Swiss Cheese		More armor penetration, higher Stamina cost per bullet

Crafting Spec

Bruce Ward drops the D5 Copperhead spec at the Suspected Organized Crime Activity in Rocky Ridge. The spec lets V craft D5 Copperhead in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.

The table shows what crafting D5 Copperhead 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 Copperhead are improved by crafting or buying a higher tier. Its crafting spec drops from Bruce Ward, the boss of a Suspected Organized Crime Activity in the Badlands. With enough crafting components, V can craft the rifle at a higher quality.

Character Builds

Assault rifles use the Reflexes tree. Ready, Rested, Reloaded lowers the Stamina cost of shooting and speeds up reloads at high Stamina. Mind Over Matter cuts recoil while aiming. Tunnel Vision adds range and accuracy. Sharpshooter improves weapon control and gains a stack with each hit. Shoot To Chill adds armor penetration for each stack. Practice Makes Perfect adds crit chance and crit damage for each stack. Salt In The Wound deals bonus damage after several hits in a row on the same target.

For cyberware, Immovable Force and Shock Absorber reduce recoil. The Ballistic Coprocessor raises the ricochet chance with Power weapons.

Its mod slots take Power and rifle mods. Ready Steady cuts recoil, and more so from cover. Better Half adds crit chance for the second half of the magazine. Swiss Cheese adds armor penetration. Critochet adds crit chance to ricochets. Pyro turns part of the damage into Thermal damage with a chance to Burn.

Select a Build

Commando Rifle Build

A Blood Pump at the start of a fight triggers Adrenaline Rush for extra Health. An air Dash while aiming triggers Kerenzikov, and the Sandevistan follows once Kerenzikov ends. Headshots deal the bulk of the damage, and cover is the place to recover Health.

Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 3, Cool 18.

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

PerksCyberwareMods

Name	Level	Effect
Painkiller	Body 4	Slow Health regeneration in combat
Adrenaline Rush	Body 15	More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode
Juggernaut	Body 15	More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush
Unstoppable Force	Body 15	Immunity to knockdown and other status effects during Adrenaline Rush
Calm Mind	Body 15	Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays
Slippery	Reflexes 4	Harder to hit while moving fast
Parkour!	Reflexes 4	Faster climbing and vaulting
Dash	Reflexes 9	Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper
Steady Grip	Reflexes 9	Shoot while Dashing
Can't Touch This	Reflexes 9	Full Mitigation Chance while Dashing
Mean Streak	Reflexes 9	Stamina back after a kill while Dashing
Ready, Rested, Reloaded	Reflexes 9	Cheaper rifle and SMG fire and faster reloads
Spice Of Life	Reflexes 9	Faster swaps and less spread after a swap
Tunnel Vision	Reflexes 9	More range and accuracy
Mind Over Matter	Reflexes 9	Less recoil when aiming
Air Dash	Reflexes 15	Dash in midair
Aerodynamic	Reflexes 15	Stronger Mitigation in midair
Aerial Acrobat	Reflexes 15	Better control in midair
Sharpshooter	Reflexes 15	Faster aim and stacks that ease Stamina use
Shoot To Chill	Reflexes 15	Armor penetration per Sharpshooter stack
Practice Makes Perfect	Reflexes 15	Crit Chance and Crit Damage per Sharpshooter stack
Gundancer	Reflexes 15	No slowdown while aiming
Air Kerenzikov	Reflexes 15	Kerenzikov in midair holds the character in the air
Salt In The Wound	Reflexes 20	Seven hits on one target deal a bonus burst
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	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
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
Blood Pump	Circulatory System	A Health item that heals over time
Kerenzikov Boost System	Frontal Cortex	Stronger Kerenzikov with free shooting Stamina
Shock Absorber	Hands	Less recoil
Defenzikov	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
Militech Apogee Sandevistan	Operating System	Slows time by 85% with crit bonuses
Spring Joints	Skeleton	Stronger Mitigation

Name	Image	Effect
Better Half		More crit chance in the second half of the magazine
Equalizer		More damage against elite enemies
Swiss Cheese		More armor penetration for more Stamina per shot
Ready Steady		Less recoil

Lore

The Copperhead's in-game line calls it a versatile weapon for versatile combatants, from Alaska to Zimbabwe. It is one of the most common rifles in the city, so it is often the first rifle V picks up. During the early main job The Rescue, one of the Scavs in the apartment can drop one.

Notes

Psalm 11:6 is the Iconic variant of the D5 Copperhead.

Weapon Categories

All Assault Rifles

Every assault rifle is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.

Iconic Assault Rifles

Name	Headshot	Armor Pen	Location
Carmen	+100%	50%	Dogtown
Chinook
Divided We Stand	+50%		Rancho Coronado
Hawk	+175%	25%	Dogtown
Hercules 3AX	+50%	25%	Dogtown
Kyubi x-MOD2	+150%	25%	Dogtown
Moron Labe	+85%	25%	Badlands South
Pit Bull
Prejudice	+100%	25%	Little China
Psalm 11:6	+100%	25%	Northside
Umbra x-MOD2	+100%	25%	Dogtown

Standard Assault Rifles

Name	Headshot	Armor Pen
D5 Copperhead	+100%	25%
D5 Sidewinder	+50%
DA8 Umbra	+100%	25%
HJSH-18 Masamune	+125%	25%
Kyubi
M251s Ajax	+100%	25%
Nowaki	+150%