Gorilla Arms
| Gorilla Arms | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Arms |
| Tier | Tier 2 |
| Attribute | Body |
| Capacity | 8 |
Gorilla Arms turn V's fists into heavy weapons. Every punch deals Physical damage and can make the target bleed. The arms count as Blunt Weapons, so the whole Body tree of blunt perks works with them. They also give a bonus to Body Attribute checks. They are the natural pick for a brawler who wants to fight with bare hands. Gorilla Arms are an early to mid game implant that ripperdocs sell from level 10, and they stay useful to the end through tier upgrades.
Effect
Gorilla Arms greatly upgrade V's punches, and V fights with them like a melee weapon. Every hit deals Physical damage and has a chance to cause Bleeding. The Bleeding chance rises with the tier.
The arms also add a bonus to Body Attribute checks. The bonus starts at +1 and climbs to +6 at Tier 5.
Gorilla Arms are attuned to Body. Each point of Body adds 0.5% damage with the arms. The Electrifying, Thermal and Toxic variants change the damage type and the attribute. All four share the same attack speed and Stamina cost.
Gorilla Arms count as Blunt Weapons for perks. That makes them part of the blunt perk line in the Body tree.
How to Get Gorilla Arms Guide
- Reach level 10.
- Visit any ripperdoc clinic and open the Arms slot.
- Buy and install Gorilla Arms.
Gorilla Arms Map Location
The map shows Viktor Vektor's clinic in Little China, one of the ripperdocs that sell them.
Gorilla Arms map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Ripperdocs sell Gorilla Arms at Tier 2 from level 10, Tier 3 from level 20, Tier 4 from level 30 and Tier 5 from level 40. An installed pair can be raised a tier at a ripperdoc with the matching item components. Each tier raises the damage, the Bleeding chance and the Body check bonus. Each implant costs Cyberware Capacity. V gains capacity with each level and from Cyberware Capacity Shards. The Edgerunner perk lets V go over the limit by up to 50 points, at the cost of some max Health.
The table shows what each tier step of Gorilla Arms costs at a ripperdoc.
| Upgrade | Components | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 2 to Tier 2+ | 75 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2+ to Tier 3 | 37 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3 to Tier 3+ | 75 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3+ to Tier 4 | 37 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4 to Tier 4+ | 75 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4+ to Tier 5 | 37 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5 to Tier 5+ | 75 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5+ to Tier 5++ | 200 Tier 5 components | Phantom Liberty |
Character Builds
Gorilla Arms belong in a Body build. Wrecking Ball lowers the Stamina cost of blunt attacks by 15%. It also lets V barrel into enemies while sprinting and blocking. Quake lowers the cost again and adds 20% attack speed with Blunt Weapons. Its last level adds a ground slam that damages and staggers nearby enemies, and it can also be done from midair as a Superhero Landing. Kinetic Absorption gives back Stamina and adds 30% blunt damage after a block. Fly Swatter cuts ranged damage by 40% while V blocks with a blunt weapon. Finisher: Savage Sling unlocks a blunt Finisher that restores 20% Health, or throws the enemy into other enemies.
Phantom Liberty adds Relic perks for arm cyberware. With Jailbreak, attacks with Gorilla Arms build up a charge. A fully charged Strong Attack deals massive damage and releases a shockwave that staggers nearby enemies. Limiter Removal makes that shockwave knock down every enemy in range.
Dense Marrow raises melee damage at a higher Stamina cost. Microrotors raises melee attack speed. Both work with Gorilla Arms.
Select a Build
Gorilla Arms punch enemies apart up close, and Body perks turn sprints and jumps into charges and ground slams. Air Dashes cover the distance to the next group. A shotgun handles enemies that stay out of reach.
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 3, Cool 18.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army Of One | 
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Body 4 | Faster Health regeneration for each nearby enemy |
| Comeback Kid | 
|
Body 4 | Faster Health regeneration at low Health |
| Dorph-Head | 
|
Body 4 | Brief full Mitigation after using a Health item |
| Painkiller | 
|
Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Speed Junkie | 
|
Body 4 | Faster Health regeneration while sprinting |
| Breakthrough | 
|
Body 9 | Strong attacks strip enemy Armor for a short time |
| Clapback | 
|
Body 9 | Defensive attacks knock down and counterattacks stun |
| Fly Swatter | 
|
Body 9 | Less ranged damage while blocking with a blunt weapon |
| Kinetic Absorption | 
|
Body 9 | Blocking gives Stamina and blunt weapon damage |
| Wrecking Ball | 
|
Body 9 | Cheaper blunt attacks and a sprinting shoulder charge |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Aftershock | 
|
Body 15 | Stamina for each enemy hit by Quake |
| Calm Mind | 
|
Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Epicenter | 
|
Body 15 | Midair Quake hits harder from higher falls |
| Juggernaut | 
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Quake | 
|
Body 15 | Faster blunt attacks and a ground slam |
| Ripple Effect | 
|
Body 15 | Health for each enemy hit by Quake |
| Unstoppable Force | 
|
Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush |
| Finisher: Savage Sling | 
|
Body 20 | Blunt weapon finisher that can throw the enemy |
| Pain To Gain | 
|
Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Parkour! | 
|
Reflexes 4 | Faster climbing and vaulting |
| Slippery | 
|
Reflexes 4 | Harder to hit while moving fast |
| Can't Touch This | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Full Mitigation Chance while Dashing |
| Dash | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Mad Dash | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Double Dash range toward enemies |
| Aerial Acrobat | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Better control in midair |
| Aerodynamic | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Stronger Mitigation in midair |
| Air Dash | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Tailwind | 
|
Reflexes 20 | Stamina from air dashes and double jumps |
| Jailbreak | 
|
Relic | New abilities for every Arms cyberware |
| Machine Learning | 
|
Relic | Crit damage builds on enemy Vulnerabilities |
| Vulnerability Analytics | 
|
Relic | Hits on enemy Vulnerabilities always crit |
| First Aid | Technical Ability 4 | Faster Health item recharge after one use | |
| Glutton For War | 
|
Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| Transfusion | 
|
Technical Ability 4 | More Health from the last Health item charge |
| All Things Cyber | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Borrowed Time | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | A Health item refills after a kill at low Health |
| Chipware Connoisseur | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | A choice of stat bonus when upgrading cyberware |
| Chrome Constitution | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Less damage taken with full Skeleton and Integumentary slots |
| Driver Update | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | An extra stat bonus on every cyberware |
| Health Freak | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | One more Health item charge and faster recharge |
| Renaissance Punk | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | More cyberware capacity for each attribute at 9 or higher |
| Extended Warranty | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Cyberware effects last longer |
| Friendlier Fire | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Less damage from the character's own explosions |
| Heat Shield | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | More Mitigation Chance for each Pyromania stack |
| License To Chrome | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Pyromania | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Faster Health item and grenade recharge and bigger blasts |
| Edgerunner | Technical Ability 20 | Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost | |
| Ticking Time Bomb | 
|
Technical Ability 20 | An EMP blast after the Operating System turns on |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Pump | 
|
Circulatory System | A Health item that heals over time |
| Newton Module | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Kills cut cyberware cooldowns |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
|
Legs | Double jump |
| NeoFiber | 
|
Nervous System | More mitigation chance and strength |
| Dense Marrow | 
|
Skeleton | More melee damage for a higher Stamina cost |
| Epimorphic Skeleton | 
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
Modelled on David from the anime, the build packs in as much cyberware as it can carry. The Sandevistan slows time while pistols and Gorilla Arms tear through enemies. Technical Ability perks cut cyberware cooldowns so the Sandevistan comes back fast.
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 3, Cool 18.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorph-Head |
|
Body 4 | Brief full Mitigation after using a Health item |
| Painkiller |
|
Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Die! Die! Die! | 
|
Body 9 | Higher crit chance and fire rate at low Stamina |
| Don't Stop Me Now | 
|
Body 9 | Damage mitigation at low Stamina |
| Like A Feather | 
|
Body 9 | No movement penalty with shotguns and machine guns |
| Wrecking Ball |
|
Body 9 | Cheaper blunt attacks and a sprinting shoulder charge |
| Adrenaline Rush |
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Calm Mind |
|
Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Close-Quarters Carnage | 
|
Body 15 | Higher Obliterate chance at close range |
| Juggernaut |
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Quake |
|
Body 15 | Faster blunt attacks and a ground slam |
| Rush Of Blood | 
|
Body 15 | Faster reload after a dismemberment |
| Spontaneous Obliteration | 
|
Body 15 | Chance to instantly kill enemies at low Health |
| Pain To Gain |
|
Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Deep Breath | 
|
Cool 9 | Time slows while Focus is active |
| Focus | 
|
Cool 9 | Focus mode for free Stamina aimed shots |
| Head To Head | 
|
Cool 9 | Kills in Focus reset its duration |
| No Sweat | 
|
Cool 9 | Kills in Focus lower its Stamina cost |
| Rinse And Reload | 
|
Cool 9 | Faster reload after an aimed kill |
| Deadeye | Cool 15 | More headshot and weak spot damage | |
| High Noon | 
|
Cool 15 | Faster reload and slowed time after a headshot kill in Deadeye |
| Long Shot | 
|
Cool 15 | Full damage at any range during Deadeye |
| Muscle Memory | 
|
Reflexes 4 | Reload while sprinting, sliding and vaulting |
| Slippery |
|
Reflexes 4 | Harder to hit while moving fast |
| Can't Touch This |
|
Reflexes 9 | Full Mitigation Chance while Dashing |
| Dash |
|
Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Mad Dash |
|
Reflexes 9 | Double Dash range toward enemies |
| Steady Grip | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Shooting while dashing |
| Aerodynamic |
|
Reflexes 15 | Stronger Mitigation in midair |
| Air Dash |
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Jailbreak |
|
Relic | New abilities for every Arms cyberware |
| Launch Capacity Override | 
|
Relic | One more Projectile Launch System charge |
| Limiter Removal | 
|
Relic | Charged Gorilla Arms attacks knock down nearby enemies |
| Machine Learning |
|
Relic | Crit damage builds on enemy Vulnerabilities |
| Vulnerability Analytics |
|
Relic | Hits on enemy Vulnerabilities always crit |
| Glutton For War |
|
Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| All Things Cyber |
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Borrowed Time |
|
Technical Ability 9 | A Health item refills after a kill at low Health |
| Chipware Connoisseur |
|
Technical Ability 9 | A choice of stat bonus when upgrading cyberware |
| Chrome Constitution |
|
Technical Ability 9 | Less damage taken with full Skeleton and Integumentary slots |
| Driver Update |
|
Technical Ability 9 | An extra stat bonus on every cyberware |
| Health Freak |
|
Technical Ability 9 | One more Health item charge and faster recharge |
| Renaissance Punk |
|
Technical Ability 9 | More cyberware capacity for each attribute at 9 or higher |
| Ambidextrous | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | A second Hands cyberware slot |
| Bolt | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Faster charge and Bolt shots that hit harder |
| Burn This City | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Five Pyromania stacks refill a grenade charge |
| Cyborg | Technical Ability 15 | Shorter cyberware cooldowns with every slot filled | |
| Doomlauncher | 
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Technical Ability 15 | An extra Projectile Launch System charge and faster recharge |
| Extended Warranty |
|
Technical Ability 15 | Cyberware effects last longer |
| Friendlier Fire |
|
Technical Ability 15 | Less damage from the character's own explosions |
| Heat Shield |
|
Technical Ability 15 | More Mitigation Chance for each Pyromania stack |
| Internal Clock | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Wider timing window for a Bolt shot |
| License To Chrome |
|
Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Lightning Storm | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Faster charge after each Bolt |
| Pyromania |
|
Technical Ability 15 | Faster Health item and grenade recharge and bigger blasts |
| Shock Value | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Bolt shots ignore armor |
| Chain Lightning | 
|
Technical Ability 20 | Bolt shots arc Electrical damage to 3 nearby enemies |
| Edgerunner | Technical Ability 20 | Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mantis Blades | 
|
Arms | Arm blades that slash and leap at enemies |
| Projectile Launch System | 
|
Arms | Arm launcher that fires explosive shots |
| Blood Pump |
|
Circulatory System | A Health item that heals over time |
| Axolotl | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Kills cut all cyberware cooldowns |
| Painducer | 
|
Integumentary System | Spreads damage taken over time |
| Fortified Ankles | 
|
Legs | Charged jumps |
| NeoFiber |
|
Nervous System | More mitigation chance and strength |
| Militech Apogee Sandevistan | Operating System | Slows time by 85% with crit bonuses | |
| Epimorphic Skeleton |
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
The build fights up close with blades and Gorilla Arms. Berserk stays off until the character has taken damage and used a few Health items, then it makes the character invulnerable with no Stamina limit. A sprint into a group followed by a jump and Quake blasts every enemy nearby.
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 15, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 3, Cool 15.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painkiller |
|
Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Dorph-Head |
|
Body 4 | Brief full Mitigation after using a Health item |
| Comeback Kid |
|
Body 4 | Faster Health regeneration at low Health |
| Wrecking Ball |
|
Body 9 | Cheaper Blunt attacks and a sprint that knocks enemies down |
| Adrenaline Rush |
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Quake |
|
Body 15 | Faster Blunt attacks and a ground slam that staggers |
| Epicenter |
|
Body 15 | Quake from midair grows with the fall |
| Pain To Gain |
|
Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Parkour! |
|
Reflexes 4 | Faster climbing and vaulting |
| Dash |
|
Reflexes 9 | Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper |
| Can't Touch This |
|
Reflexes 9 | Full Mitigation Chance while Dashing |
| Bullet Deflect | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Blocked bullets fly back at the aim point |
| Flash And Thunderclap | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Strong attacks leap to nearby enemies |
| Air Dash |
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Finisher: Bladerunner | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Faster Blade attacks and a Blade Finisher that heals |
| Opportunist | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Stunned, staggered and bleeding enemies are easier to finish |
| Going The Distance | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Double Finisher range |
| Vulnerability Analytics |
|
Relic | Weak spots on enemies that always crit |
| Glutton For War |
|
Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| All Things Cyber |
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Borrowed Time |
|
Technical Ability 9 | A Health item refills after a kill at low Health |
| License To Chrome |
|
Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Extended Warranty |
|
Technical Ability 15 | Cyberware effects last longer |
| Ambidextrous |
|
Technical Ability 15 | A second Hands cyberware slot |
| Ticking Time Bomb |
|
Technical Ability 20 | An EMP blast after the Operating System turns on |
| 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 |
| Blood Pump |
|
Circulatory System | A Health item that heals over time |
| Isometric Stabilizer | 
|
Circulatory System | Cheaper attacks |
| Axolotl |
|
Frontal Cortex | Kills cut all cyberware cooldowns |
| Quantum Tuner | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Resets a used cyberware cooldown |
| Countershell | 
|
Integumentary System | Mitigation after a burst of damage |
| Shock-N-Awe | 
|
Integumentary System | Chance of an electric blast when hit |
| Reinforced Tendons |
|
Legs | Double jump |
| BioDyne Berserk Mk.4 | Operating System | Less damage taken and Health that stays above a quarter | |
| Epimorphic Skeleton |
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
Lore
The in-game description calls Gorilla Arms classic and reliable replacements for natural limbs, suited for all kinds of hard labor. The official artbook describes how arm cyberware began. The first widespread implants swapped a laborer's arms for replacements driven by pistons and hydraulics, so the worker could lift heavier loads. Modern Gorilla Arms descend from those early models. Synthetic muscles made of shape-memory alloys give them their strength. They fit inside the normal shape of an arm, so a layer of synthetic skin hides them completely. They are wired straight to the nervous system and move as fast as the user thinks.
Night City television sells them too. An infomercial on the N54 channel shows a host punching holes in a concrete pillar with Hausstok-W forearms from Moore Technologies. For an extra fee, the maker adds thermal or stun modules.
Notes
- The Arms slot holds one implant, so Gorilla Arms replace any Mantis Blades, Monowire or Projectile Launch System.
- The Electrifying, Thermal and Toxic Gorilla Arms are the same arms with Electrical, Thermal and Chemical damage.
Cyberware Categories
All Arms Cyberware
Every Arms implant is listed below. The Iconic ones come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Arms Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MaxTac Mantis Blades | 
|
Standard Arms Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrifying Gorilla Arms | 
|
Technical Ability | 8 | |
| Electrifying Mantis Blades | 
|
Intelligence | 8 | Northside |
| Electrifying Monowire | 
|
Reflexes | 8 | |
| Electrifying Projectile Launch System | 
|
Cool | 8 | |
| Gorilla Arms | 
|
Body | 8 | |
| Mantis Blades | 
|
Reflexes | 8 | |
| Monowire | 
|
Intelligence | 8 | |
| Projectile Launch System | 
|
Technical Ability | 8 | |
| Thermal Gorilla Arms | 
|
Reflexes | 8 | |
| Thermal Mantis Blades | 
|
Body | 8 | |
| Thermal Monowire | 
|
Cool | 8 | |
| Thermal Projectile Launch System | 
|
Intelligence | 8 | |
| Toxic Gorilla Arms | 
|
Cool | 8 | |
| Toxic Mantis Blades | 
|
Cool | 8 | |
| Toxic Monowire | 
|
Technical Ability | 8 | |
| Toxic Projectile Launch System | 
|
Body | 8 |