Guillotine x-MOD2
| Guillotine x-MOD2 | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Smg |
| Type | Power |
| Ammo | Handgun Ammo |
| Tier | Iconic |
| Location | Dogtown |
The Guillotine x-MOD2 is the Iconic variant of the Budget Arms Guillotine, a cheap submachine gun built to spray bullets at close range. The x-MOD2 keeps the fully automatic fire. It adds two guaranteed mod slots and better handling. It also raises headshot damage and effective range, so bursts stay useful a little further out. It works best for players who like a fast, light SMG for clearing rooms and want an Iconic they can keep upgrading. It sits in a container home in Dogtown, above a barbecue stand. The Guillotine x-MOD2 is a Phantom Liberty find in the Longshore Stacks of Dogtown. V can get it as soon as Dogtown opens.
Combat
The Guillotine x-MOD2 is mainly a hip-fire gun. It empties its magazine fast, so it wins short fights in corridors, stairwells and the cramped containers of Dogtown itself. The better handling keeps the gun steadier during a long burst. The Iconic bonus to headshot damage rewards aiming the burst up toward the head. The extra range keeps damage from dropping off as quickly at mid range.
The digital sight is built into the frame, so the muzzle and the mod slots are the only places to customise it. Even with the extra range, an SMG still loses power over distance. It works best when V swaps to it as enemies get close, and back to a rifle when they spread out.
How to Get Guillotine x-MOD2 Guide
- Reach Dogtown during Phantom Liberty.
- Go to the Longshore Stacks and find the stack of shipping containers next to an old mining truck.
- Climb the stairs to the barbecue stand.
- Open the container home's door with a Body or Technical Ability check, or break the window and climb through.
- Take the Guillotine x-MOD2 from inside.
Guillotine x-MOD2 Map Location
Guillotine x-MOD2 map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Compatible Mods
9 muzzles and 11 weapon mods are compatible with Guillotine x-MOD2.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Critochet | 
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Raises crit chance with ricochets |
| Equalizer | 
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More damage against Elite enemies |
| Firecracker | 
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Shoots explosive rounds |
| Focus Fire | 
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Tighter hipfire spread, shorter effective range |
| Pax | 
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Makes the weapon non-lethal, more damage outside combat |
| Pyro | 
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Turns part of the damage into Thermal damage with a chance to Burn |
| 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 |
| Swiss Cheese | 
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More armor penetration, higher Stamina cost per bullet |
Upgrades
The Guillotine x-MOD2 is raised a tier in the crafting menu, under Upgrades. Upgrades cost crafting components. Components come from looting bodies and crates and from scrapping spare guns. Its two mod slots carry over, so the mods V fits early stay useful as the SMG improves. Carry it in the inventory while upgrading, because stashed weapons do not show.
The table shows what each tier step of Guillotine x-MOD2 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
Submachine guns use the Reflexes tree. Mind Over Matter cuts recoil while aiming, and Tunnel Vision adds effective range and accuracy. Ready, Rested, Reloaded lowers the Stamina cost of shooting and speeds up reloads while Stamina is above half. Spray And Pray lowers the Stamina cost of hip-fire. Sharpshooter gains a stack with every hit. Shoot To Chill gives automatic weapons Armor Penetration for each stack. Submachine Fun is the top SMG perk. Swapping to an SMG reloads it instantly and raises its fire rate.
The Guillotine is a Power weapon, so the Ballistic Coprocessor raises its ricochet chance and ricochet damage. Shock Absorber and Immovable Force cut recoil further. A Sandevistan slows time while V moves at full speed. A fast-firing gun then has more time to land its whole magazine on target.
Select a Build
Quickhacks deal most of the damage, with Reboot Optics, Memory Wipe and Sonic Shock for stealth. Sonic Shock and Synapse Burnout keep Overclock running.
Attributes: Body 15, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 20, Cool 6.
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 |
| Juggernaut | 
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Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| 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 |
| Steady Grip | 
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Reflexes 9 | Shooting while dashing |
| Tunnel Vision | 
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Reflexes 9 | More range and accuracy |
| Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| 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 |
| Submachine Fun | 
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Reflexes 20 | SMG swaps reload and raise fire rate |
| Tailwind | 
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Reflexes 20 | Stamina from air dashes and double jumps |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biomonitor | 
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Circulatory System | Uses a Health item when Health runs low |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
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Legs | Double jump |
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Ready Steady | 
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Less recoil |
| XC-10 Cetus | 
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Silencer |
| Firecracker | 
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Explosive rounds |
Lore
Budget Arms builds guns to be cheap, and the Guillotine is its SMG. It is fully automatic and has a digital sight built into the frame. The in-game line is not kind. It calls the gun only slightly better than bringing a knife to a gunfight. The x-MOD2 rebuild is the answer to that joke.
Phantom Liberty hides x-MOD2 guns across Dogtown, each one away from the main roads. Each one is a familiar weapon rebuilt for extra modification, with an optimised design that improves handling. This one waits in the cargo-container housing of the Longshore Stacks, the scrap-built neighbourhood in the west of Dogtown.
Notes
- The Guillotine x-MOD2 is the Iconic variant of the Budget Arms Guillotine.
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 | 
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+100% | Northside | |
| Guillotine x-MOD2 | 
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Dogtown | ||
| Pizdets | 
|
+85% | ||
| Problem Solver | 
|
+100% | Badlands East | |
| Prototype: Shingen Mark V | 
|
+50% | Arroyo | |
| Raiju | 
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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 | 
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+50% |