Memory Boost
| Memory Boost | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Frontal Cortex |
| Tier | Tier 2 |
Memory Boost gives a netrunner RAM back every time V neutralizes an enemy. Each takedown refills part of the pool for the next quickhack. In a fight against a group, the RAM keeps flowing as long as enemies keep dropping. It also adds a point of max RAM. It suits any Intelligence build that hacks its way through crowds. Memory Boost is an early game implant that ripperdocs sell from the first levels onward.
Effect
Memory Boost has two effects. The first restores a set amount of RAM each time V neutralizes an enemy. The amount rises with each tier. The second effect adds one point of max RAM at every tier.
RAM normally comes back slowly over time. Memory Boost adds a burst of RAM at the moment an enemy goes down. A netrunner can then upload the next quickhack on the next target without waiting.
Memory Boost is attuned to Intelligence. Each point of Intelligence adds a small bonus to all damage V deals.
How to Get Memory Boost Guide
- Visit any ripperdoc clinic and open a Frontal Cortex slot.
- Buy and install Memory Boost.
Memory Boost Map Location
The map shows Viktor Vektor's clinic in Little China, one of the ripperdocs that sell it.
Memory Boost map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Ripperdocs sell Memory Boost from the early game, and the tier they stock rises every 10 levels up to Tier 5. An installed copy can be raised a tier at a ripperdoc with the matching item components. Each tier raises the RAM restored per kill. 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 Memory Boost costs at a ripperdoc.
| Upgrade | Components | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 2 to Tier 2+ | 30 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2+ to Tier 3 | 22 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3 to Tier 3+ | 30 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3+ to Tier 4 | 22 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4 to Tier 4+ | 30 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4+ to Tier 5 | 22 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5 to Tier 5+ | 30 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5+ to Tier 5++ | 75 Tier 5 components | Phantom Liberty |
Character Builds
Memory Boost belongs in an Intelligence build. Several perks also return RAM after a kill. Data Recycler recovers most of the RAM cost of quickhacks still queued on an enemy when that enemy is neutralized. Speculation recovers RAM when a Combat quickhack neutralizes an enemy. Recirculation restores RAM after a kill with a Smart weapon. Finisher: Live Wire unlocks a Monowire Finisher that restores Health and RAM. Siphon restores RAM with each Monowire hit.
Other perks speed up normal RAM recovery. Optimization raises the RAM recovery rate. Embedded Exploit and Feedback Loop raise it further. Overclock lets V keep hacking with too little RAM, paying with Health instead.
The Ex-Disk and the Mechatronic Core both add max RAM. All three can share the Frontal Cortex, which holds three implants.
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 |
| 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 |
The Monowire whips several enemies at once from a short distance, and quickhacks are uploaded between attacks. Intelligence perks give the Monowire more damage and return RAM on hits. Overclock spends Health in place of RAM when a fight drags on.
Attributes: Body 15, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 11, Intelligence 20, Cool 15.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comeback Kid | 
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Body 4 | Faster Health regeneration at low Health |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Copy-Paste | 
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Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks on an enemy netrunner spread to their allies |
| Counter-A-Hack | 
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Intelligence 9 | Counter quickhacks on enemy netrunners through walls |
| 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 |
| Siphon | 
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Intelligence 9 | Monowire hits recover RAM |
| Finisher: Live Wire | 
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Intelligence 15 | A Monowire Finisher that restores Health and RAM |
| Overclock |
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Intelligence 15 | More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode |
| 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 |
| Sublimation |
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Intelligence 15 | RAM recovery heals during Overclock |
| Queue Mastery | 
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Intelligence 20 | A longer quickhack queue that can be locked |
| Spillover |
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Intelligence 20 | Quickhacks spread during Overclock |
| Parkour! | 
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Reflexes 4 | Faster climbing and vaulting |
| Slippery | 
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Reflexes 4 | Harder to hit while moving fast |
| Can't Touch This | 
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Reflexes 9 | Full Mitigation Chance while Dashing |
| Dash |
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Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Data Tunneling | 
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Relic | Monowire hits spread an uploaded quickhack to other enemies |
| Emergency Cloaking | 
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Relic | Optical Camo can break enemy tracking in combat |
| Jailbreak | 
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Relic | New abilities for every Arms cyberware |
| Vulnerability Analytics | 
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Relic | Hits on enemy Vulnerabilities always crit |
| First Aid | Technical Ability 4 | Faster Health item recharge after one use | |
| Glutton For War |
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Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| Transfusion | 
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Technical Ability 4 | More Health from the last Health item charge |
| All Things Cyber |
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Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Health Freak |
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Technical Ability 9 | One more Health item charge and faster recharge |
| Renaissance Punk | 
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Technical Ability 9 | More cyberware capacity for each attribute at 9 or higher |
| 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 Cockatrice Optics | 
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Face | More crit chance |
| Kiroshi Sentry Optics | 
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Face | Scanning highlights cameras and turrets |
| Bioconductor | 
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Frontal Cortex | Quickhacks can deal critical hits |
| Optical Camo | 
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Integumentary System | Near invisibility for a few seconds |
| Pain Editor | 
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Integumentary System | Less damage taken |
| Subdermal Armor | 
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Integumentary System | More armor |
| Reinforced Tendons |
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Legs | Double jump |
| Adrenaline Converter | 
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Nervous System | Faster movement when combat starts |
| Militech Paraline |
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Operating System | Cyberdeck with Smart weapon bonuses |
| Dense Marrow | 
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Skeleton | More melee damage for a higher Stamina cost |
Lore
The in-game description calls it a module that optimizes the sync between brain and cyberware.
Cyberware Categories
All Frontal Cortex Cyberware
Every Frontal Cortex implant is listed below. The Iconic ones come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Frontal Cortex Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axolotl | 
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Little China | ||
| COX-2 Cybersomatic Optimizer | 
|
Intelligence | 50 | Dogtown |
| Quantum Tuner | 
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| RAM Reallocator | 
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Intelligence | 40 | Dogtown |
Standard Frontal Cortex Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bioconductor | 
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| Camillo RAM Manager | 
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Intelligence | ||
| Ex-Disk | 
|
10 | ||
| Kerenzikov Boost System | 
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| Mechatronic Core | 
|
5 | ||
| Memory Boost | 
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| Newton Module | 
|
14 | ||
| RAM Upgrade | 
|
8 | ||
| Self-ICE | 
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5 |