Fang
| Fang | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Melee Weapon |
| Weapon | Knife |
| Tier | Iconic |
| Headshot | +50% |
| Attack Speed | 3.1 |
| Weight | 2.3 |
Fang is Kurt Hansen's own hunting knife, taken from his body at the end of Firestarter. A thrown Fang cripples the target and stops it from escaping. In close combat, each follow-up attack on that enemy hits harder. The knife is good for both starting and finishing a fight. It also works together with Hansen's revolver, Bald Eagle, for a unique combo. Fang is a late Phantom Liberty reward. Kurt Hansen drops it in the main job Firestarter when V sides with Reed.
Combat
Fang works in two steps. A throw that hits slows and cripples the target, which stops it from running. V then gets close, and each melee attack in a row on that enemy deals more damage than the last. The combo rewards staying on one target until it drops.
Fang also has a special link to Bald Eagle. First, Fang is thrown into an enemy's leg. A Bald Eagle shot to that same leg then tears it off and returns Fang to V's hand at once. V skips the throw cooldown and can repeat the combo on the next enemy.
How to Get Fang Guide
- Play the Phantom Liberty story to the main job Firestarter.
- Choose to help Reed capture Songbird at the Neural Matrix.
- Fight through the stadium until Hansen confronts V.
- Defeat Kurt Hansen.
- Loot Fang from his body.
Fang Map Location and Quest Guide
- Play the Phantom Liberty story to the main job Firestarter.
- Drive to the stadium with Alex and follow Murphy inside.
- Leave the weapons in the locker and talk to Hansen while posing as a Cassel twin.
- Follow Songbird to the Neural Matrix and choose to help Reed capture her. Helping Songbird escape skips the fight and loses Fang.
- Fight back through the stadium to the market entrance, where Hansen and his soldiers attack.
- Defeat Kurt Hansen.
- Search Hansen's body and take Fang.
The map shows the EBM Petrochem Stadium, where the fight with Kurt Hansen takes place.
Fang map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Like every Iconic weapon, Fang can be raised through the tiers in the Upgrades section of the crafting menu, paid for with crafting components.
The table shows what each tier step of Fang 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
Fang works best with the throwing perks in the Cool tree. Scorpion Sting shortens the recovery after a throw and can poison on crits and headshots. Juggler resets the throw cooldown after a headshot or crit kill with a thrown weapon. Pay It Forward gives a big damage bonus to the first melee attack after picking up a thrown knife. It works well when a throw is followed by a strike. Pounce lets V perform a finisher from farther away after a throw. Finisher: Act Of Mercy adds a throwable finisher that heals V.
Handle Wrap raises crit chance with throwables after equipping or throwing one. The Stabber adds crit chance with blades and throwables. With Bald Eagle in the other slot, Quick Draw speeds up the swap to the revolver.
Select a Build
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 18, Technical Ability 20, 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 |
| Juggernaut | 
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Unstoppable Force | 
|
Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush |
| Corrosion | 
|
Cool 9 | Poison works on drones, robots, mechs and turrets |
| Parasite | 
|
Cool 9 | Health back on thrown crits and headshots |
| Scorpion Sting | 
|
Cool 9 | Thrown crits and headshots apply Poison |
| Juggler | 
|
Cool 15 | Thrown weapon cooldown resets on a headshot or crit kill |
| Dash | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Air Dash | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| All Things Cyber | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Chrome Constitution | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Less damage taken with full Skeleton and Integumentary slots |
| Ambidextrous | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | A second Hands cyberware slot |
| Cyborg | Technical Ability 15 | Shorter cyberware cooldowns with every slot filled | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biomonitor | 
|
Circulatory System | Uses a Health item when Health runs low |
| Heal-On-Kill | 
|
Circulatory System | Health on each kill |
| Behavioral Imprint-Synced Faceplate | 
|
Face | A disguise that escapes the police |
| Kerenzikov Boost System | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Stronger Kerenzikov with free shooting Stamina |
| Mechatronic Core | 
|
Frontal Cortex | More damage against drones, robots and turrets |
| Axolotl | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Kills cut all cyberware cooldowns |
| Defenzikov | 
|
Integumentary System | Damage 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 |
| Bionic Joints | 
|
Skeleton | More armor |
| Epimorphic Skeleton | 
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
Lore
Fang is an Iconic knife and the personal blade of Kurt Hansen, the commander of BARGHEST and the ruler of Dogtown.
V can only get it by choosing Reed over Songbird in Firestarter. Once the deception is exposed, Hansen and his soldiers come for V near the end of the job. The knife drops from his body once he falls.
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% |