Erebus
| Erebus | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Smg |
| Type | Power |
| Ammo | Handgun Ammo |
| Tier | Iconic |
Erebus is a prototype submachine gun from the Cynosure facility, and its power comes from beyond the Blackwall. It fires a shotgun-like spread at a machine gun's rate of fire. When a badly wounded enemy is hit, the gun uploads the Blackwall Gateway quickhack and kills them on the spot. Every so often it also hacks a target's cyberware on its own, and the gun even talks. There is only one chance to build it. Erebus is a late Phantom Liberty weapon. It is built from parts found in Somewhat Damaged, on the route that sides with Reed.
Combat
Erebus fires a fast stream of rounds, and each round splits into a spread of projectiles. It has a shotgun-like spread with an SMG's rate of fire, so it is brutal at close and mid range. The Iconic effect also adds a little damage and a little spread.
Its greatest strength is the AI. Any normal enemy whose Health falls low enough is finished by an automatic Blackwall Gateway upload. V only has to bring a target close to death, and the gun does the rest. Each hit also has a small chance to upload Cyberware Malfunction at any Health level. The large magazine lasts long enough to bring a whole group down to that low Health.
How to Get Erebus Guide
- Side with Reed in Phantom Liberty, and accept Yoko's offer during Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos.
- In Somewhat Damaged, restore power with the fuse box in the storage room near the maintenance room.
- Enter the maintenance room and take the Erebus schematic from the table.
- After the Cerberus mech is shut down, loot the Behavioral System Component from it.
- Rest for a day to start This Corrosion, then give the component to Yoko.
- Collect the decoded component from Yoko and craft Erebus.
Compatible Mods
7 scopes and 9 muzzles are compatible with Erebus.
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Add-Vantage | 
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Adds zoom and effective range |
| CQO Kanone MINI Mk.72 | 
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Adds zoom and effective range |
| Handyman | 
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Adds zoom and effective range, more headshot crit chance at top tier |
| Hyakume | 
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Adds zoom and effective range |
| Kanetsugu | 
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Adds zoom, effective range and crit chance |
| OS-1 GimletEye | 
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Adds zoom and effective range |
| Type 2067 | 
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Adds zoom and effective range, lowers bullet spread |
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| CS-1 Taipan | 
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Silences shots and raises stealth damage, lowers base damage |
| RC-7 Aswang | 
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Lowers recoil angle and direction, slightly lowers crit chance |
| RC-7 Ifrit | 
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Lowers recoil, slightly lowers crit chance |
| RC-7 Strigoi | 
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Lowers recoil |
| RC-7 Varkolak | 
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Raises ricochet chance and ricochet angle |
| RC-7 Zaar | 
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Lowers recoil angle, slightly lowers crit chance |
| TSX Tocororo | 
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Raises stealth damage, lowers base damage |
| XC-10 Cetus | 
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Raises stealth damage, lowers base damage |
| XC-10 Strix | 
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Raises stealth damage, lowers base damage |
Crafting Spec
The Erebus spec lies in the maintenance room near Engineering in the Cynosure facility during Somewhat Damaged. The spec lets V craft Erebus in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.
The table shows what crafting Erebus costs at each tier.
| Tier | Components |
|---|---|
| Tier 5 | 40 Tier 5 components |
Upgrades
Erebus is crafted from its spec and the decoded component. Once crafted, it can be raised through the tiers in the Upgrades section of the crafting menu like every Iconic weapon. The last step, from Tier 5+ to Tier 5++, costs 200 Tier 5 components.
The table shows what each tier step of Erebus 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
Erebus works best with the SMG perks in the Reflexes tree. Mind Over Matter cuts recoil while aiming. Tunnel Vision adds range and accuracy, which helps keep the wide spread on target. Sharpshooter improves weapon control and gains a stack with every hit. Submachine Fun reloads an SMG automatically when V swaps to it and raises its fire rate afterwards. Gundancer removes the slowdown while aiming.
The gun finishes wounded enemies by itself. Raw damage that brings targets down to low Health therefore matters most. Kiroshi Cockatrice Optics add crit chance. The Dynalar Sandevistan adds crit chance and crit damage while time slows. Shock Absorber and Immovable Force reduce recoil. Immovable Force also reduces the spread.
Select a Build
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 9, Cool 12.
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 |
| Mind Over Matter | 
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Reflexes 9 | Less recoil while aiming |
| Ready, Rested, Reloaded | 
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Reflexes 9 | Cheaper rifle and SMG fire and faster reloads |
| Spice Of Life | 
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Reflexes 9 | Faster swap and tighter spread after a swap |
| Tunnel Vision | 
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Reflexes 9 | More range and accuracy |
| Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Gundancer | 
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Reflexes 15 | Full speed while aiming and shooting while vaulting |
| Practice Makes Perfect | Reflexes 15 | Crit chance and crit damage per Sharpshooter stack | |
| Sharpshooter | 
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Reflexes 15 | Faster aim and Stamina stacks on hits |
| Shoot To Chill | 
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Reflexes 15 | Armor penetration per Sharpshooter stack |
| Air Dash | 
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Tailwind | 
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Reflexes 20 | Stamina from air dashes and double jumps |
| Machine Learning | 
|
Relic | Crit damage builds on enemy Vulnerabilities |
| Vulnerability Analytics | 
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Relic | Hits on enemy Vulnerabilities always crit |
| All Things Cyber | 
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Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Chrome Constitution | 
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Technical Ability 9 | Less damage taken with full Skeleton and Integumentary slots |
| Ambidextrous | 
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Technical Ability 15 | A second Hands cyberware slot |
| Cyborg | Technical Ability 15 | Shorter cyberware cooldowns with every slot filled | |
| Extended Warranty | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Cyberware effects last longer |
| 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 |
| Biomonitor | 
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Circulatory System | Uses a Health item when Health runs low |
| Behavioral Imprint-Synced Faceplate | 
|
Face | A disguise that escapes the police |
| Kerenzikov Boost System | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Stronger Kerenzikov with free shooting Stamina |
| Mechatronic Core | 
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Frontal Cortex | More damage against drones, robots and turrets |
| Immovable Force | 
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Hands | Less recoil and tighter spread |
| Chitin | 
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Integumentary System | Extra Health regeneration |
| 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 |
| Chrome Compressor | 
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Operating System | More cyberware capacity |
| Epimorphic Skeleton | 
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Skeleton | More max Health |
Lore
Erebus is an Iconic Power submachine gun with an AI inside it. That AI hacks the combat cyberware of the enemies it shoots.
The schematic lies deep inside the Cynosure facility. V explores the facility in Somewhat Damaged while a Cerberus mech hunts through the halls. The schematic alone is not enough. V also needs the Behavioral System Component from the mech itself. In the follow-up job This Corrosion, the netrunner Yoko decodes that component. She warns V about the darkness inside it and tells V not to let NetWatch find out.
Notes
- The decoded component can build either Erebus or the Militech Canto cyberdeck, but not both.
- Erebus speaks to V with lines from the AI living inside it.
Weapon Categories
All SMGs
Every SMG is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic SMGs
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzsaw | 
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+100% | 25% | Northside |
| Chesapeake | 
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| Erebus | 
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| Fenrir | 
|
+100% | Northside | |
| Guillotine x-MOD2 | 
|
Dogtown | ||
| Pizdets | 
|
+85% | ||
| Problem Solver | 
|
+100% | Badlands East | |
| Prototype: Shingen Mark V | 
|
+50% | Arroyo | |
| Raiju | 
|
West Wind Estate | ||
| Yinglong | 
|
+50% | Wellsprings |
Standard SMGs
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DS1 Pulsar | 
|
+100% | ||
| G-58 Dian | 
|
+50% | ||
| Guillotine | 
|
+100% | ||
| HA-7 Warden | 
|
+50% | ||
| M221 Saratoga | 
|
+100% | ||
| Senkoh LX | 
|
+100% | Arroyo | |
| Shigure | 
|
+100% | ||
| TKI-20 Shingen | 
|
+50% |