M2067 Defender

M2067 Defender

Class	Machine Gun
Type	Power
Ammo	Heavy Ammo
Headshot	+85%
Armor Pen	25%

The M2067 Defender is a Constitutional Arms light machine gun. It is a heavy Power weapon that keeps firing long after a rifle would need a reload. Its in-game line urges the owner to exercise their Second Amendment rights. A huge magazine and a high rate of fire let it shoot for a long time. It works best in a Body build that likes to hold its position. It is the base gun for the Iconic machine gun Wild Dog from the Phantom Liberty expansion. Weapon shops all over Night City stock the Defender, including Robert Wilson's shop in Little China. A machine gun build can start with it at almost any stage.

Combat

The Defender is a heavy weapon. While it is drawn, V moves more slowly and jumps lower. In return, the gun fires a long, steady stream of bullets from an eighty-round magazine. V can keep shooting through most of a fight before a reload. As a Power weapon, its bullets can ricochet off hard surfaces and hit enemies behind cover.

A machine gun build depends on the Body perks. Like A Feather removes the heavy weapon movement penalty, so V moves at normal speed with the Defender. Onslaught refills part of the magazine after each kill. Steady kills can therefore keep the gun firing. Mods and cyberware that cut recoil help keep that long stream on target.

How to Get M2067 Defender Guide

Buy the M2067 Defender from a weapon shop, such as Robert Wilson's in Little China.
Loot it from enemies who carry one.
Craft it at the crafting bench with its crafting spec.

M2067 Defender Map Location

The map shows Robert Wilson's 2nd Amendment shop in Little China.

M2067 Defender map location:

Map credit by Map Genie.

Compatible Mods

11 weapon mods are compatible with M2067 Defender.

Name	Image	Effect
Better Half		Raises crit chance with the second half of the magazine
Big Mag		Bigger magazine, slower reload
Critochet		Raises crit chance with ricochets
Equalizer		More damage against Elite enemies
Firecracker		Shoots explosive rounds
Focus Fire		Tighter hipfire spread, shorter effective range
Pax		Makes the weapon non-lethal, more damage outside combat
Pyro		Turns part of the damage into Thermal damage with a chance to Burn
Ready Steady		Lowers recoil, more so when aiming from cover
Shuffler		Drawing the weapon refills part of the magazine
Swiss Cheese		More armor penetration, higher Stamina cost per bullet

Crafting Spec

Barry Alken drops the M2067 Defender spec at the Suspected Organized Crime Activity in Little China. The spec lets V craft M2067 Defender in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.

The table shows what crafting M2067 Defender costs at each tier.

Tier	Components
Tier 1	30 Tier 1 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

The Defender grows by tier. Higher tiers appear in shops and on enemies as V levels up. A crafted machine gun has the same stats as a bought one of its tier. With the crafting spec, crafting components become a new Defender at V's current tier.

Character Builds

Light machine gun perks are in the Body tree. Like A Feather removes the movement penalty of heavy weapons. Bullet Ballet cuts bullet spread while moving. Die! Die! Die! raises crit chance at low Stamina. It also adds fire rate and handling as Stamina falls. Spontaneous Obliteration adds damage to nearby enemies and can dismember targets with low Health outright. Onslaught refills part of the magazine after every kill with one. Pain To Gain cuts the recharge time of Health items after kills during Adrenaline Rush.

For cyberware, Shock Absorber reduces recoil, and Clutch Padding lowers the Stamina cost of shooting. The Ballistic Coprocessor raises the ricochet chance of Power weapons. Its mod slots take machine gun and Power weapon mods. Ready Steady cuts recoil, with a bigger bonus when V aims from cover. Big Mag makes the magazine even larger, but reloads get slower. Focus Fire reduces hip-fire spread but lowers range.

Select a Build

Tank Build

Dashes close the gap so the shotgun can blast enemies at point-blank range. A quick melee hit after a shot boosts the next one through Rip and Tear. The shotgun and LMG perks grow stronger at low Stamina, so the build keeps shooting and dashing without a pause.

Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 3, Cool 18.

The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.

PerksCyberware

Name	Level	Effect
Painkiller	Body 4	Slow Health regeneration in combat
Dorph-Head	Body 4	Brief full Mitigation after using a Health item
Speed Junkie	Body 4	Faster Health regeneration while sprinting
Die! Die! Die!	Body 9	Higher crit chance and fire rate at low Stamina
Bullet Ballet	Body 9	Less bullet spread while moving
Like A Feather	Body 9	No speed penalty with Shotguns and machine guns
Don't Stop Me Now	Body 9	Mitigation at low Stamina
Adrenaline Rush	Body 15	More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode
Juggernaut	Body 15	More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush
Unstoppable Force	Body 15	Immunity to knockdown and other status effects during Adrenaline Rush
Calm Mind	Body 15	Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays
Spontaneous Obliteration	Body 15	Chance to instantly kill enemies at low Health
Close-Quarters Carnage	Body 15	Higher Obliterate chance at close range
Skullcracker	Body 15	Quick melee hits harder at low Stamina
Dread	Body 15	Ranged attacks strip enemy armor
Rush Of Blood	Body 15	Faster reload after a dismemberment
Bloodlust	Body 15	Dismemberments refill Adrenaline
Rip And Tear	Body 20	Shotgun shots and quick melee attacks boost each other
Onslaught	Body 20	Light Machine Gun kills refill ammo
Pain To Gain	Body 20	Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush
Dash	Reflexes 9	Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper
Air Dash	Reflexes 15	Dash in midair
Tailwind	Reflexes 20	Stamina back from Air Dashes and double jumps
Health Freak	Technical Ability 9	One more Health item charge and faster recharge
All Things Cyber	Technical Ability 9	Stronger cyberware stats
License To Chrome	Technical Ability 15	Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot
Ambidextrous	Technical Ability 15	A second Hands cyberware slot

Name	Slot	Effect
ThreatEvac	Circulatory System	Faster movement at low Health
Mechatronic Core	Frontal Cortex	More damage against drones, robots and mechs
Self-ICE	Frontal Cortex	Blocks an enemy quickhack
Microgenerator	Hands	Reloading an empty gun charges an electroshock shot
Painducer	Integumentary System	Turns part of damage taken into damage over time
Reinforced Tendons	Legs	Double jump
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
Spring Joints	Skeleton	Stronger Mitigation