Lynx Paws
| Lynx Paws | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Legs |
| Tier | Tier 2 |
| Attribute | Cool |
| Capacity | 5 |
Lynx Paws make V's footsteps much quieter and speed up movement while crouched. They are built for stealth, where every sound and every second spent sneaking counts. They also cut the damage V takes from falls. A Cool character who sneaks through hideouts gets the most out of them. They also add headshot and weak spot damage for each point of Cool. Lynx Paws are an early game implant that every ripperdoc sells from level 10.
Effect
Lynx Paws have three effects, and all of them are always on. Movement becomes 50% quieter, so enemies are less likely to hear V moving nearby. Crouched movement speed rises, so V can creep from cover to cover faster. Fall damage drops by 20%.
The quieter steps and faster crouch work together. A sneaking V reaches a target sooner and makes less noise on the way. The fall damage cut helps when V drops from a ledge or a rooftop.
The implant also adds a block of armor. The armor rises with each tier.
Lynx Paws are attuned to Cool. Each point of Cool adds headshot and weak spot damage.
How to Get Lynx Paws Guide
- Reach level 10.
- Visit any ripperdoc clinic and open the Legs slot.
- Buy and install Lynx Paws.
Lynx Paws Map Location
The map shows Viktor Vektor's clinic in Little China, one of the ripperdocs that sell them.
Lynx Paws map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Ripperdocs sell Lynx Paws from level 10, and the tier they stock rises every 10 levels. An installed copy can be raised a tier at a ripperdoc with the matching item components. Each tier raises the crouched movement speed bonus and the armor. Each copy also carries small stat bonuses. The Driver Update perk adds one more. The Chipware Connoisseur perk offers a choice of bonuses when V upgrades the implant. V gains Cyberware Capacity with each level and from Cyberware Capacity Shards. The Edgerunner perk lets V go over the limit at the cost of some max Health.
The table shows what each tier step of Lynx Paws costs at a ripperdoc.
| Upgrade | Components | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 2 to Tier 2+ | 10 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2+ to Tier 3 | 7 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3 to Tier 3+ | 10 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3+ to Tier 4 | 7 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4 to Tier 4+ | 10 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4+ to Tier 5 | 7 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5 to Tier 5+ | 10 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5+ to Tier 5++ | 25 Tier 5 components | Phantom Liberty |
Character Builds
Lynx Paws belong in a Cool build that relies on stealth. Feline Footwork adds movement speed and Mitigation Chance while crouched. Ninjutsu unlocks crouch-sprinting, which moves V faster while staying silent. Shinobi Sprint cuts the Stamina cost of crouch-sprinting in combat. Serpentine adds Mitigation Chance while crouch-sprinting. Vanishing Act makes Optical Camo turn on by itself during a crouch-sprint or a slide.
Several Cool perks reward a kill made unseen. Killer Instinct adds damage with knives, axes and silenced guns outside of combat. Creeping Death restores Health and Stamina after a kill while V is undetected. Quick Getaway adds movement speed after a kill while undetected.
The Legs slot holds only one implant. Lynx Paws compete with Fortified Ankles, Reinforced Tendons and Jenkins' Tendons for it.
Select a Build
Quickhacks do most of the damage, chained from cover before enemies find the character. The Tetratronic Rippler cyberdeck adds quickhack damage, and Overclock spends Health in place of RAM. A smart weapon or the Monowire finishes anyone left standing.
Attributes: Body 16, Reflexes 15, Technical Ability 15, Intelligence 20, Cool 15.
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 |
| Acquisition Specialist | 
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Intelligence | Wider Smart reticle and lock kept through reloads |
| Encryption | 
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Intelligence 4 | Quickhacks are harder to trace |
| Eye In The Sky | 
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Intelligence 4 | Highlights cameras and makes camera quickhacks cheaper |
| Optimization | 
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Intelligence 4 | Faster RAM recovery |
| Proximate Propagation | 
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Intelligence 4 | Cheaper quickhacks at close range |
| Subordination | 
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Intelligence 4 | Control quickhacks last longer on enemies at full Health |
| Warning: Explosion Hazard | 
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Intelligence 4 | Stronger explosions from hacked devices |
| Counter-A-Hack | 
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Intelligence 9 | Counter quickhacks on enemy netrunners through walls |
| Data Recycler | 
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Intelligence 9 | RAM back from queued quickhacks after a kill |
| Embedded Exploit | 
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Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies |
| Feedback Loop | 
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Intelligence 9 | Faster RAM recovery for each queued quickhack |
| Hack Queue | 
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Intelligence 9 | Queue two quickhacks on one enemy |
| Icepick | 
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Intelligence 9 | Cheaper Combat quickhacks on distracted or controlled enemies |
| Precision Subroutines | 
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Intelligence 9 | Smart weapon accuracy scales with max RAM |
| Recirculation | 
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Intelligence 9 | Smart weapon kills restore RAM |
| Siphon | 
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Intelligence 9 | Monowire hits recover RAM |
| Speculation | 
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Intelligence 9 | Combat quickhack kills recover RAM |
| System Overwhelm | 
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Intelligence 9 | More quickhack damage for each effect on the target |
| Blood Daemon | 
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Intelligence 15 | Health back for each queued quickhack on a kill during Overclock |
| 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 |
| Queue Acceleration | 
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Intelligence 15 | More RAM and cheaper device quickhacks |
| Queue Prioritization | 
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Intelligence 15 | Faster upload for the first quickhack in a queue |
| Race Against Mind | 
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Intelligence 15 | More quickhack damage at lower Health during Overclock |
| 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 |
| Queue Mastery | 
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Intelligence 20 | A longer quickhack queue that can be locked |
| 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 |
| Slippery | 
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Reflexes 4 | Harder to hit while moving fast |
| Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Air Dash | 
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Emergency Cloaking | 
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Relic | Optical Camo can break enemy tracking in combat |
| Machine Learning | 
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Relic | Crit damage builds on enemy Vulnerabilities |
| Vulnerability Analytics | 
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Relic | Hits on enemy Vulnerabilities always crit |
| Glutton For War | 
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Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| All Things Cyber | 
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Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Chipware Connoisseur | 
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Technical Ability 9 | A choice of stat bonus when upgrading cyberware |
| Driver Update | 
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Technical Ability 9 | An extra stat bonus on every cyberware |
| Renaissance Punk | 
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Technical Ability 9 | More cyberware capacity for each attribute at 9 or higher |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monowire | 
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Arms | Arm whip that hits several enemies from a distance |
| Thermal Monowire | 
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Arms | Monowire that deals Thermal damage and can burn |
| Heal-On-Kill | 
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Circulatory System | Health on each kill |
| Kiroshi Sentry Optics | 
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Face | Scanning highlights cameras and turrets |
| Ex-Disk | 
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Frontal Cortex | More max RAM and faster uploads |
| Smart Link | 
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Hands | Turns on Smart weapon tracking |
| Optical Camo | 
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Integumentary System | Near invisibility for a few seconds |
| 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 |
| Tetratronic Rippler | 
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Operating System | Cyberdeck that raises quickhack and weapon damage |
| RAM Recoup | 
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Skeleton | Damage taken restores RAM |
The build opens from stealth and removes a few targets before the fight starts. Headshots and crits with thrown knives bring the knife back to hand through Juggler. When the character is detected, the Sandevistan or Kerenzikov slows time to finish the enemies who spotted it.
Attributes: Body 18, Reflexes 20, 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 |
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Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Feline Footwork | 
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Cool 4 | Faster and safer while crouched |
| Killer Instinct | 
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Cool 4 | More damage with knives, axes and silenced guns before combat |
| Gag Order | 
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Cool 4 | A quick hit after being spotted delays detection by others |
| Scorpion Sting | 
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Cool 9 | Thrown crits and headshots apply Poison |
| Neurotoxin | 
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Cool 9 | Poison also blinds and stops sprinting |
| Parasite | 
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Cool 9 | Health back from thrown crits and headshots |
| Accelerated Toxin Absorption | 
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Cool 9 | Strong attacks and throws on poisoned enemies deal a burst of Poison |
| Corrosion | 
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Cool 9 | Poison works on mechs, robots, drones and turrets |
| Ninjutsu | 
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Cool 15 | Sprint while crouched |
| Creeping Death | 
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Cool 15 | Health, Stamina and speed from kills while hidden |
| Vanishing Act | 
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Cool 15 | Optical Camo turns on while crouch-sprinting |
| Juggler | 
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Cool 15 | Thrown headshots and crits return the weapon at once |
| Sleight Of Hand | 
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Cool 15 | Crit Damage stacks each time Juggler triggers |
| Finisher: Act Of Mercy | 
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Cool 15 | A thrown weapon Finisher that heals |
| Pay It Forward | 
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Cool 15 | Big melee hit after picking up a thrown blade |
| Pounce | 
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Cool 15 | Finishers from range after a throw |
| Style Over Substance | 
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Cool 20 | Guaranteed crits when throwing on the move |
| Slippery |
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Reflexes 4 | Harder to hit while moving fast |
| Dash |
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Reflexes 9 | Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper |
| Air Dash |
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| 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 |
| Ambidextrous | 
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Technical Ability 15 | A second Hands cyberware slot |
| Edgerunner | Technical Ability 20 | Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mamba | 
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Circulatory System | More damage against poisoned enemies |
| Kerenzikov Boost System | 
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Frontal Cortex | Stronger Kerenzikov with free shooting Stamina |
| Mechatronic Core | 
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Frontal Cortex | More damage against drones, robots and mechs |
| Handle Wrap | 
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Hands | More crit chance with throwables |
| Shock Absorber | 
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Hands | Less recoil |
| Optical Camo |
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Integumentary System | Near invisibility for a few seconds |
| Defenzikov | 
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Integumentary System | Mitigation after Kerenzikov ends |
| Kerenzikov |
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Nervous System | Slows time when aiming during a slide or dodge |
| Stabber | 
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Nervous System | More crit chance with Blades and throwables |
| Militech Apogee Sandevistan | Operating System | Slows time by 85% with crit bonuses | |
| Dense Marrow | 
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Skeleton | More melee damage |
| Spring Joints | 
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Skeleton | Stronger Mitigation |
Cyberware Categories
All Legs Cyberware
Every Legs implant is listed below. The Iconic ones come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Legs Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeroy Ligament System | 
|
8 | Dogtown |
Standard Legs Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortified Ankles | 
|
Body | 6 | |
| Jenkins' Tendons | 
|
Body | 6 | |
| Lynx Paws | 
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Cool | 5 | |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
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Reflexes | 8 |