D5 Sidewinder
| D5 Sidewinder | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Assault Rifle |
| Type | Smart |
| Ammo | Heavy Ammo |
| Headshot | +50% |
| Lock-On Time | 1.2 s |
The D5 Sidewinder is Nokota's smart assault rifle, the guided cousin of the common D5 Copperhead. With a Smart Link installed, its rounds lock on and curve toward enemies. V can spray at a group and let the bullets find their targets. Its built-in trait goes even further. Each round hits harder, but some rounds lose their lock and miss. The Sidewinder is an easy automatic rifle for an Intelligence build from the first hours of the game. Divided We Stand is its Iconic variant. The D5 Sidewinder turns up from the early game onward. Weapon shops in Watson, Westbrook, Heywood and Santo Domingo sell it, and enemies carry it.
Combat
The Sidewinder fires in full auto. With a Smart Link in V's hands, it locks onto enemies inside its tracking box, and its rounds steer toward them. Smart bullets can bend around cover, but they fly slower than normal rounds. Smart weapons also deal a little less raw damage in return for easier aiming.
The rifle's trait changes this balance again. Every round deals extra damage, but each one has a chance to lose its lock and miss. Over a long burst the misses even out, so the Sidewinder rewards holding the trigger on one target. Short taps at a single enemy make the misses much more noticeable.
The rifle works best at mid range against groups standing in the open. Smart rounds only chase targets inside the tracking box. An enemy who sprints out of it breaks the lock. Fast enemies are the rifle's weak spot.
How to Get D5 Sidewinder Guide
- Buy the D5 Sidewinder from weapon vendors, such as the shops in Kabuki, Japantown, Vista del Rey and Rancho Coronado.
- Buy the military variant from the Aldecaldos vendor in Rocky Ridge or from Marty Jenklow in Biotechnica Flats.
- Loot it from enemies who carry one.
- Craft it from its crafting spec.
D5 Sidewinder Map Location
The map shows the weapon shop in Kabuki.
D5 Sidewinder map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Compatible Mods
11 weapon mods are compatible with D5 Sidewinder.
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Better Half | 
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Raises crit chance with the second half of the magazine |
| Big Mag | 
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Bigger magazine, slower reload |
| Equalizer | 
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More damage against Elite enemies |
| Focus Fire | 
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Tighter hipfire spread, shorter effective range |
| Gambiteer | 
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Faster bullets and more armor penetration, less homing |
| Hackatomy | 
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Hits can apply a quickhack effect based on the body part hit |
| Headhopper | 
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More lock-on targets, faster lock-on and more headshot damage |
| Panorama | 
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Larger smart reticle that holds a lock longer, slower lock-on |
| Pax | 
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Makes the weapon non-lethal, more damage outside combat |
| Ready Steady | 
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Lowers recoil, more so when aiming from cover |
| Shuffler | 
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Drawing the weapon refills part of the magazine |
Crafting Spec
Weapon vendors sell the D5 Sidewinder spec. The spec lets V craft D5 Sidewinder in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.
The table shows what crafting D5 Sidewinder 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
The Sidewinder grows stronger by buying or crafting it at a higher tier. Crafting from its spec costs components. Higher qualities also have more mod slots.
Character Builds
The Sidewinder uses perks from two attribute trees, Intelligence and Reflexes. In Intelligence, No Escape resets a target lock that is about to run out when V shoots that enemy. Targeting Prism allows several locks while aiming and adds one more target for every smart weapon. Terminal Velocity speeds up the rounds and extends lock-on range for a short time after each smart kill. It helps with the slow bullets. Recirculation returns RAM after a smart kill, and more if the target was hacked.
In Reflexes, Spice Of Life briefly reduces the spread after a weapon swap. Gundancer lets V move at full speed while aiming and shoot while vaulting. Spray And Pray cuts the Stamina cost of hip-fire, which helps a gun that does its own aiming.
Smart Link is the one piece of cyberware the rifle really needs, because it turns on the smart targeting. Its mod slots take smart and rifle mods. Panorama widens the smart targeting circle. It also holds a lock briefly after an enemy leaves the circle. Better Half adds crit chance for the second half of the magazine. Equalizer adds damage against Elite enemies. Ready Steady cuts recoil. Hackatomy, an Iconic mod, gives each hit a chance to apply a quickhack effect that depends on the body part hit. Pax makes the rifle non-lethal.
Select a Build
Each fight starts with Overclock, then a control quickhack, then a combat quickhack. Smart guns lock on and finish the hacked enemies while Dashes and air Dashes keep the character moving. Silenced Smart guns and stealthy quickhacks also handle quiet gigs.
Attributes: Body 18, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 20, Cool 3.
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 |
| Optimization | 
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Intelligence 4 | Faster RAM recovery |
| Embedded Exploit | 
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Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies |
| Precision Subroutines | 
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Intelligence 9 | Smart weapon accuracy scales with max RAM |
| No Escape | 
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Intelligence 9 | Shooting a fading lock resets it |
| Recirculation | 
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Intelligence 9 | Smart weapon kills restore RAM |
| Acquisition Specialist | 
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Intelligence 15 | Wider Smart reticle and lock kept through reloads |
| Overclock | 
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Intelligence 15 | More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode |
| Power Surge | 
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Intelligence 15 | Overclock heals on activation |
| Sublimation | 
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Intelligence 15 | RAM recovery heals during Overclock |
| Target Lock Transfer | 
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Intelligence 15 | Wider Smart reticle and locks kept on swap |
| Targeting Prism | 
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Intelligence 15 | Lock onto more targets |
| Terminal Velocity | 
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Intelligence 15 | Faster Smart rounds after a kill |
| Smart Synergy | 
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Intelligence 20 | Instant lock and more damage during Overclock |
| Spillover | 
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Intelligence 20 | Quickhacks spread during Overclock |
| Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper |
| Ready, Rested, Reloaded | 
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Reflexes 9 | Cheaper rifle and SMG fire and faster reloads |
| Sharpshooter | 
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Reflexes 15 | Faster aim and stacks that ease Stamina use |
| Air Dash | 
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Submachine Fun | 
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Reflexes 20 | SMG swaps reload and raise fire rate |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Pump | 
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Circulatory System | A Health item that heals over time |
| Heal-On-Kill | 
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Circulatory System | Health back from each kill |
| Memory Boost | 
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Frontal Cortex | Kills restore RAM |
| Smart Link | 
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Hands | Turns on Smart weapon tracking |
| Defenzikov | 
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Integumentary System | Mitigation after Kerenzikov ends |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
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Legs | Double jump |
| Kerenzikov | 
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Nervous System | Slows time when aiming during a slide or dodge |
| NeoFiber | 
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Nervous System | More Mitigation Chance and Strength |
| Visual Cortex Support | 
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Nervous System | More crit chance at long range |
| Militech Paraline | 
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Operating System | Cyberdeck with Smart weapon bonuses |
| RAM Recoup | 
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Skeleton | Damage taken restores RAM |
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Headhopper | 
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More lock-on targets and more headshot damage |
| Big Mag | 
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Larger magazine but slower reload |
Lore
The rifle's in-game line is a sales pitch: smart rifle, smart choice. The same line admits the downside, that missed shots do happen once in a while. Nokota makes both D5 rifles. The Copperhead is the plain Power model, and the Sidewinder is the same rifle with smart targeting.
Its Iconic variant, Divided We Stand, is a prize from a rooftop shooting party in Rancho Coronado. It locks onto even more enemies and spreads its fire across a whole group.
Notes
- Divided We Stand is the Iconic variant of the D5 Sidewinder.
- The D5 Copperhead is Nokota's Power rifle with the same D5 name.
Weapon Categories
All Assault Rifles
Every assault rifle is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Assault Rifles
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen | 
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+100% | 50% | Dogtown |
| Chinook | 
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| Divided We Stand | 
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+50% | Rancho Coronado | |
| Hawk | 
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+175% | 25% | Dogtown |
| Hercules 3AX | 
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+50% | 25% | Dogtown |
| Kyubi x-MOD2 | 
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+150% | 25% | Dogtown |
| Moron Labe | 
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+85% | 25% | Badlands South |
| Pit Bull | 
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| Prejudice | 
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+100% | 25% | Little China |
| Psalm 11:6 | 
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+100% | 25% | Northside |
| Umbra x-MOD2 | 
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+100% | 25% | Dogtown |
Standard Assault Rifles
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D5 Copperhead | 
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+100% | 25% | |
| D5 Sidewinder | 
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+50% | ||
| DA8 Umbra | 
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+100% | 25% | |
| HJSH-18 Masamune | 
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+125% | 25% | |
| Kyubi | 
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| M251s Ajax | 
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+100% | 25% | |
| Nowaki | 
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+150% |