Memory Wipe
| Memory Wipe | |
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| Class | Covert Quickhack |
| Tier | Tier 3 |
| RAM Cost | T3 8 / T4 10 / T5 32 |
| Upload Time | T3 1.5 / T5 10 s |
Memory Wipe makes an enemy forget that they have seen V. For a short time the target simply does not notice V at all. It also pushes back an enemy netrunner's trace. At the highest tier it can even force every enemy out of combat. It suits a stealth build that wants a way out when a sneak attempt goes wrong. Memory Wipe is a mid game quickhack that netrunner vendors sell from Tier 3 onward.
Effect
Memory Wipe is a covert quickhack. V uploads it to one enemy, and that enemy stops noticing V for a short time. It is untraceable, so the upload itself does not start a trace. When V uses it outside combat, it also cuts the current trace progress by 25%. An enemy netrunner who has started to track V then loses part of that progress.
Tier 4 protects the rest of a queue. Every quickhack queued after Memory Wipe becomes untraceable. Tier 4 also cuts trace progress a little more.
Tier 5 reaches far beyond one target. It forces every enemy to leave the combat state. A fight that has gone loud can then return to stealth. This power comes at a steep price. The Tier 5 RAM cost is more than three times the Tier 4 cost, and the upload is very slow. The Iconic variant cuts that upload time by seven seconds.
How to Get Memory Wipe Guide
- Buy Memory Wipe or its crafting spec from a netrunner vendor once Tier 3 stock appears.
- Breach Access Points with Breach Protocol for a chance at quickhacks.
- With Phantom Liberty, watch netrunner stock for the Iconic variant from around level 51.
Memory Wipe Map Location
The map shows the netrunner vendor in Kabuki, one of the netrunner vendors that sell it.
Memory Wipe map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Crafting Spec
Netrunner vendors sell the Memory Wipe spec. The spec lets V craft Memory Wipe in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.
Upgrades
Memory Wipe comes in Tiers 3 to 5, plus an Iconic variant. Tier 4 makes queued quickhacks untraceable and cuts more trace. Tier 5 forces all enemies out of combat, but costs much more RAM and uploads slowly. The Iconic variant keeps every effect and uploads much faster.
Netrunner vendors sell Memory Wipe and its crafting specs. Higher tiers need quickhack components of the matching tier to craft. Breach Protocol on an Access Point can also reward quickhacks. Enemy netrunners can drop quickhacks and specs as well. The Iconic variant needs Phantom Liberty. Netrunners begin to offer Iconic quickhacks at around level 51, and their stock rotates. Crafting the Iconic variant takes Tier 5 quickhack components.
Character Builds
Memory Wipe belongs in a stealth build with points in Intelligence. Sonic Shock at Tier 5 knocks an enemy unconscious when it lands on a target already affected by Memory Wipe and Reboot Optics. The three quickhacks together take a guard out without a fight. System Collapse becomes cheaper for a short time after V reduces trace progress. Memory Wipe reduces trace progress, so it sets up the discount.
Hack Queue lets V queue several quickhacks on one enemy. With Tier 4, Memory Wipe at the front of the queue keeps the rest of the queue untraceable. Encryption lowers the traceability of every quickhack. Eye In The Sky makes Covert quickhacks cheaper and longer lasting when V uploads them through a camera. Shadowrunner removes all trace progress after a Takedown. Embedded Exploit adds quickhack damage against enemies affected by Covert quickhacks.
Select a Build
Quickhacks do most of the damage, chained from cover before enemies find the character. Contagion goes on first and Overheat sets it off, and Cyberware Malfunction stacks make Short Circuit hit harder. Overclock spends Health in place of RAM, and a smart weapon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Air Dash | 
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| 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 |
Errata is the main weapon, a katana that leaps at enemies and always crits Burning targets. Synapse Burnout and Memory Wipe come from the cyberdeck between sword attacks. Overclock spends Health in place of RAM, and Adrenaline Rush adds more Health.
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 15, Intelligence 20, Cool 6.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calm Mind |
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Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Adrenaline Rush |
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Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Juggernaut |
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Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Optimization |
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Intelligence 4 | Faster RAM recovery |
| Eye In The Sky |
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Intelligence 4 | Highlights cameras and makes camera quickhacks cheaper |
| Embedded Exploit |
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Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies |
| Hack Queue |
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Intelligence 9 | Queue two quickhacks on one enemy |
| Shadowrunner | 
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Intelligence 9 | Takedowns clear trace progress |
| Icepick |
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Intelligence 9 | Cheaper Combat quickhacks on distracted or controlled enemies |
| Speculation |
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Intelligence 9 | Combat quickhack kills recover RAM |
| Data Recycler |
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Intelligence 9 | RAM back from queued quickhacks after a kill |
| Feedback Loop |
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Intelligence 9 | Faster RAM recovery for each queued quickhack |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Finisher: Bladerunner | 
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Reflexes 15 | Faster blade attacks and a finisher that restores Health |
| Going The Distance | 
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Reflexes 15 | Double finisher range |
| Opportunist | 
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Reflexes 15 | Easier finishers on stunned, blinded or bleeding enemies |
| Flash Of Steel | 
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Reflexes 15 | Speed and attack speed after a finisher |
| Aerodynamic | 
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Reflexes 15 | Stronger Mitigation in midair |
| Air Dash |
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Aerial Acrobat | 
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Reflexes 15 | Better control in midair |
| License To Chrome |
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Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAM Upgrade | 
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Frontal Cortex | Faster RAM recovery |
Lore
The in-game description quotes Bam Bam Pam, who calls it white-glove hacking. First the hacker reaches into the short-term memory, then wipes the sensory data to zero. In that quote, it is simple and elegant and leaves no trace.
Notes
- The Tier 5 variant trades a high RAM cost and a long upload for the power to end combat for every enemy at once.
Quickhack Categories
All Covert Quickhacks
Every covert quickhack is listed below.
| Name | Image | RAM | Upload | Perks | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bait | 
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T1 2 / T2 3 / T4 4 | 0.3 | Eye In The Sky, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root | |
| Memory Wipe | 
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T3 8 / T4 10 / T5 32 | T3 1.5 / T5 10 | Eye In The Sky, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root | |
| Ping | 
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T1 4 / T3 5 / T5 7 | 1 | Eye In The Sky, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root | Little China |
| Request Backup | 
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T2 3 / T4 4 / T5 6 | 2 | Eye In The Sky, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root | |
| Sonic Shock | 
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T2 3 / T3 4 / T4 5 / T5 6 | T2 1 / T5 2 | Queue Hack Root |