HA-7 Warden
| HA-7 Warden | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Smg |
| Type | Smart |
| Ammo | Handgun Ammo |
| Headshot | +50% |
The HA-7 Warden is Hansen Armory's smart submachine gun, an awkward-looking Dogtown gun that gets faster the longer it fires. Every shot in a row raises its fire rate. Holding the trigger turns a slow first burst into a fast stream of homing rounds. With a Smart Link, those rounds chase their targets around cover. It works best in a Phantom Liberty netrunner or smart weapon build that likes to hold down the trigger. The Iconics Pizdets and Chesapeake are built on it. The HA-7 Warden is a Phantom Liberty weapon. Sophia Dupont sells it at the EBM Petrochem Stadium in Dogtown. Herold Lowe's black market in the same stadium sells its crafting spec.
Combat
The Warden fires in full auto, and its trait rewards long bursts. The first shots come out slowly. Each shot that follows raises the fire rate, so the gun is at its best late in a burst. Short taps lose that speed-up. A long, steady burst gets the most out of it.
With a Smart Link, the Warden locks onto enemies inside its tracking box, and its rounds bend toward them. Smart bullets can curve around low walls but fly slower than normal rounds. Smart weapons also deal a little less raw damage in return for easier aiming.
The slow start makes the Warden weaker in a sudden ambush, where the first second matters most. It does better in a fight that has already started, firing from cover at a group that stays in place.
How to Get HA-7 Warden Guide
- With Phantom Liberty, buy the HA-7 Warden from Sophia Dupont at the EBM Petrochem Stadium in Dogtown.
- Buy its crafting spec from Herold Lowe at the stadium's black market, then craft it.
- Loot it from enemies who carry one.
HA-7 Warden Map Location
The map shows the EBM Petrochem Stadium in Dogtown, where Sophia Dupont sells it.
HA-7 Warden map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Compatible Mods
11 weapon mods are compatible with HA-7 Warden.
| 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
The spec lets V craft HA-7 Warden in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.
The table shows what crafting HA-7 Warden costs at each tier.
| Tier | 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
A stronger Warden comes from a higher tier. V can buy one. V can also buy the crafting spec from Herold Lowe and craft a better-quality gun with components.
Character Builds
The Warden uses perks from two attribute trees, Intelligence and Reflexes. In Intelligence, No Escape resets a target lock that is about to end when V shoots the target. Targeting Prism allows several locks while aiming. Terminal Velocity speeds up smart rounds after each smart kill, which makes up for their slow speed. Recirculation restores RAM after a smart kill.
In Reflexes, Mind Over Matter lowers recoil while aiming, which helps once the fire rate climbs. Spray And Pray cuts the Stamina cost of hip-fire. Submachine Fun speeds up the swap to an SMG and reloads it on the swap. It also adds fire rate afterwards. That fire rate bonus adds to the Warden's own speed-up.
Smart Link is the key cyberware, because it turns the smart targeting on. Its mod slots take smart and SMG mods. Panorama widens the smart targeting circle. It also holds a lock briefly after a target leaves the circle. Better Half adds crit chance for the second half of the magazine. The Warden fires fastest during that half. Hackatomy, an Iconic mod, adds a chance to apply a quickhack effect on hit. Ready Steady cuts recoil, and Equalizer adds damage against Elite enemies.
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 in-game line is honest about its looks: a bit unwieldy, but great at drilling holes in enemies. Hansen Armory is the Dogtown gunsmith that arms Kurt Hansen's BARGHEST militia.
Its Iconics come from two very different owners. Pizdets belonged to Boris Ribakov, a scavenger boss V meets in the gig Spy in the Jungle. Its mods reward holding the trigger even more, because its crit chance rises the longer it fires. A custom silencer keeps it quiet. Chesapeake is a BARGHEST weapon from the Dogtown airdrops, and it makes V faster with every kill.
Notes
- Pizdets and Chesapeake are the Iconic variants of the HA-7 Warden.
- The game also lists the gun simply as Warden.
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 | 
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+100% | Badlands East | |
| Prototype: Shingen Mark V | 
|
+50% | Arroyo | |
| Raiju | 
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West Wind Estate | ||
| Yinglong | 
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+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% |