Kongou
| Kongou | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Pistol |
| Type | Power |
| Ammo | Handgun Ammo |
| Tier | Iconic |
| Headshot | +150% |
| Attack Speed | 4.9 |
| Weight | 4.3 |
| Location | Arasaka Waterfront |
Kongou is Yorinobu Arasaka's personal pistol, an engraved magenta and black Constitutional Arms Liberty. V can take it from his penthouse during The Heist. It is an early Iconic weapon, and an easy one to miss. Its custom mods let its bullets ricochet without the cyberware normally needed for it. Its bullets bounce off walls and hit enemies behind cover. It also fires faster and has less recoil than a standard Liberty, but its magazine is smaller. It is worth upgrading for the rest of the story in a Cool build that relies on pistols and headshots. Kongou is an early, missable find in Yorinobu's penthouse at Konpeki Plaza during the main job The Heist.
Combat
Kongou is a Power pistol with quick handling and a strong headshot bonus. Its Iconic mods build ricochets into the gun. Bullets that hit a wall or the floor can bounce on toward a nearby enemy. The gun also gets an extra bounce with a wider search angle. V can hit enemies crouched behind cover without leaving cover first. The Ballistic Coprocessor cyberware normally provides this effect, so Kongou leaves that hand slot free for other cyberware.
The higher fire rate and lower recoil make Kongou fast to aim. Its magazine is small, so reloads come often. The crit chance bonus works well with headshots. Kongou is at its best at short and mid range, against gangers and corporate guards who like to hide behind crates and doorways. Its scope and muzzle slots allow a sight and a suppressor, so it also works as a stealth sidearm.
How to Get Kongou Guide
- Play the main job The Heist with Jackie.
- Reach Yorinobu's penthouse in Konpeki Plaza.
- Search near the bed in the bedroom and take Kongou.
- If it was missed, buy it later from Herold Lowe at the black market in the EBM Petrochem Stadium in Dogtown, with Phantom Liberty.
Kongou Map Location and Quest Guide
- Meet Jackie and Dex at the Afterlife to start the main job The Heist.
- Put the Flathead in the case, then ride with Jackie to Konpeki Plaza.
- Check in at the front desk and go up to the suite on the 42nd floor.
- Guide the Flathead through the vents to the netrunner's room.
- Wait for night, then take the elevator to Yorinobu's penthouse.
- Take Kongou from the bedside table in the penthouse bedroom.
Kongou map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Compatible Mods
7 scopes and 9 muzzles are compatible with Kongou.
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Add-Vantage | 
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Adds zoom and effective range |
| CQO Kanone MINI Mk.72 | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range |
| Handyman | 
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Adds zoom and effective range, more headshot crit chance at top tier |
| Hyakume | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range |
| Kanetsugu | 
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Adds zoom, effective range and crit chance |
| OS-1 GimletEye | 
|
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 Babaroga | 
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Raises ricochet chance and ricochet damage |
| RC-7 Dybbuk | 
|
Lowers recoil direction |
| RC-7 Kutrub | 
|
Lowers recoil, slightly lowers crit chance |
| RC-7 Liger | 
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Lowers recoil angle and direction, slightly lowers crit chance |
| RC-7 Yokai | 
|
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 |
Upgrades
Kongou is picked up in the first act, so it starts at a low tier. It needs regular upgrades to stay useful. The crafting menu's Upgrades tab handles this, one tier at a time, for crafting components. Components come from looting, crafting and disassembly. The pistol has to be in V's inventory for the tab to list it.
The table shows what each tier step of Kongou 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
Pistols use the Cool tree. Focus raises headshot damage and turns on Focus mode whenever V aims with full Stamina. Deadeye adds more headshot damage. Head To Head resets Focus every time an aimed kill lands, which keeps the mode active through a fight. Run 'N' Gun removes the Stamina cost of hip-fire and speeds up movement while Focus is active. It works well with a fast pistol. Rinse And Reload and High Noon both speed up reloads after certain kills, which helps with the small magazine. Quick Draw speeds up the swap to the pistol and restores Stamina when swapping in combat.
For cyberware, the Ballistic Coprocessor still adds ricochet damage, which adds to Kongou's own ricochets. Kiroshi Cockatrice Optics raise crit chance, which adds to the pistol's own crit bonus. After a quiet takedown, Tyrosine Injector briefly raises headshot damage for the pistol. Kerenzikov lets V aim and fire while sliding or dodging, with time slowed for a moment. It works well in a pistol build that keeps moving.
Select a Build
Focus slows time while aiming at full Stamina, and that is the only slow motion in the build. Each headshot is lined up during Focus, and headshot kills restore Stamina to keep Deadeye up. Gorilla Arms handle close range with a charged shockwave that knocks enemies down.
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 | 
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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 |
| Calm Mind | 
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Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Juggernaut | 
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Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Unstoppable Force | 
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Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush |
| Deep Breath | 
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Cool 9 | Time slows while Focus is active |
| Focus | 
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Cool 9 | Focus mode for free Stamina aimed shots |
| Head To Head | 
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Cool 9 | Kills in Focus reset its duration |
| No Sweat | 
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Cool 9 | Kills in Focus lower its Stamina cost |
| Rinse And Reload | 
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Cool 9 | Faster reload after an aimed kill |
| California Reaper | 
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Cool 15 | Stamina back after a headshot kill |
| Deadeye | Cool 15 | More headshot and weak spot damage | |
| High Noon | 
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Cool 15 | Faster reload and slowed time after a headshot kill in Deadeye |
| Long Shot | 
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Cool 15 | Full damage at any range during Deadeye |
| Quick Draw | 
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Cool 15 | Faster swap to handguns and rifles with a Stamina boost |
| Run 'N' Gun | 
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Cool 20 | Free Stamina hip fire |
| Dash | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Air Dash | 
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| 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 |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biomonitor | 
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Circulatory System | Uses a Health item when Health runs low |
| Heal-On-Kill | 
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Circulatory System | Health on each kill |
| Newton Module | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Kills cut cyberware cooldowns |
| Axolotl | 
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Frontal Cortex | Kills cut all cyberware cooldowns |
| Shock Absorber | 
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Hands | Less recoil |
| Chitin | 
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Integumentary System | Extra Health regeneration |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
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Legs | Double jump |
| NeoFiber | 
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Nervous System | More mitigation chance and strength |
| Adreno-Trigger | 
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Nervous System | Faster movement when combat starts |
| Epimorphic Skeleton | 
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
| Rara Avis | 
|
Skeleton | More armor |
Lore
Yorinobu Arasaka is the son of Saburo Arasaka and the heir to the Arasaka empire. In his youth he rebelled against his father and founded the Steel Dragons, a gang on the streets of Tokyo sworn to bring Arasaka down. Kongou is his signature pistol. The item text describes it as being as deadly as it is elegant.
The Heist is the job that changes V's life. Dexter DeShawn hires V and Jackie Welles to steal an experimental biochip, the Relic, from Yorinobu's suite in Konpeki Plaza. With T-Bug watching the network and the Flathead robot doing the quiet work, V and Jackie slip into the penthouse. Then Yorinobu and his father arrive, and V and Jackie hide in a maintenance shaft. What they see there turns a simple theft into a fight to escape the hotel alive. Kongou lies near Yorinobu's bed in the penthouse. The hotel cannot be entered again once the job is over.
Notes
- Kongou is missable, because Konpeki Plaza cannot be entered again after The Heist.
- Satori, another Iconic weapon, can be found during the same job.
- Kongou is the Iconic variant of the Constitutional Arms Liberty.
Weapon Categories
All Pistols
Every pistol is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Pistols
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambition | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Apparition | 
|
+150% | 50% | Kabuki |
| Catahoula | 
|
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| Chaos | 
|
+150% | 50% | Kabuki |
| Cheetah | 
|
+150% | Dogtown | |
| Crimestopper | 
|
+85% | Dogtown | |
| Death and Taxes | 
|
+125% | Japantown | |
| Dying Night | 
|
+125% | 25% | Little China |
| Genjiroh | 
|
+85% | Japantown | |
| Her Majesty | 
|
+150% | ||
| Kappa x-MOD2 | 
|
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| Kongou | 
|
+150% | Arasaka Waterfront | |
| La Chingona Dorada | 
|
+100% | 25% | The Glen |
| Lexington x-MOD2 | 
|
+175% | Little China | |
| Lizzie | 
|
+150% | Kabuki | |
| Malorian Arms 3516 | 
|
+150% | Northside | |
| Ogou | 
|
+50% | 25% | |
| Pariah | 
|
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| Plan B | 
|
+200% | Badlands East | |
| Pride | 
|
+150% | Corpo Plaza | |
| Riskit | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Rook | 
|
Dogtown | ||
| Scorch | 
|
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| Second Opinion | ||||
| Seraph | 
|
Little China | ||
| Skippy | 
|
+85% | Vista Del Rey |
Standard Pistols
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22B Chao | 
|
+85% | ||
| AR Raygun Supreme 9000 | 
|
Badlands East | ||
| HA-4 Grit | 
|
+125% | ||
| HJKE-11 Yukimura | 
|
+85% | ||
| JKE-X2 Kenshin | 
|
50% | ||
| Kappa | 
|
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| Liberty | 
|
+150% | ||
| M-10AF Lexington | 
|
+125% | ||
| M-76e Omaha | 
|
50% | ||
| Nue | 
|
+125% | 25% | |
| Slaught-O-Matic | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Tamayura | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Ticon | 
|
50% | ||
| Unity | 
|
+150% |