Ol' Reliable
| Ol' Reliable | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Revolver |
| Type | Power |
| Ammo | Handgun Ammo |
| Tier | Iconic |
| Headshot | +200% |
| Armor Pen | 25% |
| Attack Speed | 2.5 |
| Range | 63 m |
| Weight | 4.6 |
Ol' Reliable is the revolver of Dante Caruso, a Militech agent working in Dogtown. It is an Iconic Malorian Arms Overture from Phantom Liberty. Its item text jokes that even Cassidy would ditch his Amnesty for it. It is a quick-draw weapon. Swapping to it gives a big, short boost to headshot damage and range. The further away the target, the higher its headshot crit chance. It works best in a Cool build that likes to switch to a revolver for the final, deciding shot. It is only available if V turns on Dante. Ol' Reliable is a Phantom Liberty reward from the side job Shot By Both Sides. Dante Caruso drops it in the tunnels under Dogtown if V sides with Bree Whitney.
Combat
Ol' Reliable is a Power revolver with a strong headshot bonus and a large crit damage bonus. Its first special effect is the swap bonus. For a short time after V switches to it, headshot damage and effective range go up sharply. It rewards using two weapons. V fights with a rifle or an SMG, then swaps to the revolver for a heavy headshot on an important target.
Its second effect rewards distance. The further away the target, the higher the chance that a headshot crits. With its long effective range, Ol' Reliable can hit targets far down the street. At point-blank range the distance bonus is small, so the revolver is at its best when V keeps some space.
How to Get Ol' Reliable Guide
- Finish The Damned and Get It Together in Phantom Liberty.
- Take the side job Shot By Both Sides from Mr. Hands.
- Find the Militech access card under the bamboo plant in Bree Whitney's apartment.
- Meet Bree in the tunnels under the Kress Street building and follow her into the old Militech facility.
- Get through the traps to the control room.
- When Dante Caruso confronts Bree, side with Bree.
- Kill Dante and loot Ol' Reliable from his body.
Ol' Reliable Map Location and Quest Guide
- Take the side job Shot by Both Sides from Mr. Hands.
- Go to Bree Whitney's apartment and force the door open.
- Find the bamboo plant in the bedroom and take the Militech access card.
- Write to Mr. Hands, then meet Bree in the tunnels under the Kress Street building.
- Give Bree the card and follow her into the old Militech facility.
- Disable the cameras, turrets and mines along the way.
- Watch the video logs in the control room.
- When Dante Caruso confronts Bree, side with Bree. Siding with Dante loses Ol' Reliable.
- Kill Dante and loot Ol' Reliable from his body.
The map shows Kress Street, where the tunnels under the Kress Street building start.
Ol' Reliable map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Ol' Reliable is upgraded in the crafting menu, on the Upgrades tab, one tier at a time. Each step costs crafting components. Dogtown's gigs and airdrops give a steady supply of loot to break down. The revolver has to be carried in V's inventory to be listed.
The table shows what each tier step of Ol' Reliable 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
Revolvers use the Cool tree. Quick Draw is the key perk here. It speeds up swapping to revolvers and restores Stamina when swapping in combat, which works directly with the swap bonus. Focus and Deadeye add headshot damage. Nerves Of Tungsten-Steel guarantees crits on revolver headshots while Deadeye is active. It also adds damage over distance, which adds to the Iconic distance bonus. Long Shot keeps full damage at range during Deadeye. A headshot kill with High Noon shortens the following reload.
For cyberware, Visual Cortex Support raises crit chance the further V is from the enemy, just like the revolver's own effect. Kiroshi Cockatrice Optics add crit chance. The Militech Apogee Sandevistan adds headshot damage and crit stats while time slows. It makes the shot right after the swap easier to land.
Select a Build
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 | 
|
Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Focus | 
|
Cool 9 | Focus mode for free Stamina aimed shots |
| Head To Head | 
|
Cool 9 | Kills in Focus reset its duration |
| No Sweat | 
|
Cool 9 | Kills in Focus lower its Stamina cost |
| Rinse And Reload | 
|
Cool 9 | Faster reload after an aimed kill |
| California Reaper | 
|
Cool 15 | Stamina back after a headshot kill |
| Deadeye | Cool 15 | More headshot and weak spot damage | |
| High Noon | 
|
Cool 15 | Faster reload and slowed time after a headshot kill in Deadeye |
| Long Shot | 
|
Cool 15 | Full damage at any range during Deadeye |
| Quick Draw | 
|
Cool 15 | Faster swap to handguns and rifles with a Stamina boost |
| Nerves Of Tungsten-Steel | 
|
Cool 20 | Guaranteed crits on headshots during Deadeye |
| Machine Learning | 
|
Relic | Crit damage builds on enemy Vulnerabilities |
| Vulnerability Analytics | 
|
Relic | Hits on enemy Vulnerabilities always crit |
| All Things Cyber | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Ambidextrous | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | A second Hands cyberware slot |
| Built Different | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Unlocks the Cellular Adapter cyberware |
| Cyborg | Technical Ability 15 | Shorter cyberware cooldowns with every slot filled | |
| Extended Warranty | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | Cyberware effects last longer |
| License To Chrome | 
|
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biomonitor | 
|
Circulatory System | Uses a Health item when Health runs low |
| Behavioral Imprint-Synced Faceplate | 
|
Face | A disguise that escapes the police |
| Mechatronic Core | 
|
Frontal Cortex | More damage against drones, robots and turrets |
| Shock Absorber | 
|
Hands | Less recoil |
| Handle Wrap | 
|
Hands | Crit chance for throwable weapons |
| Kinetic Frame | 
|
Skeleton | Mitigation at high Stamina |
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Handyman | 
|
Short scope with headshot crit chance |
Lore
Dante Caruso is a Militech agent, and Ol' Reliable is his signature revolver. The item text compares it to Amnesty, the revolver of Cassidy Righter, and claims it is the better gun.
Shot By Both Sides begins with Mr. Hands. Bree Whitney, a journalist, has landed in serious trouble while chasing a story about Militech. Mr. Hands sends V to her apartment to find a Militech access card hidden by a bamboo plant. He then has V meet Bree in the tunnels under the Kress Street building, the same tunnels V crossed with Myers. Bree leads V into an old Militech facility full of cameras, turrets and traps. In the control room she pulls up the facility's old video records. As the two get ready to leave, Dante steps in and demands that V hand Bree over. V has to choose between Bree and Dante. Dante only leaves his revolver behind if he dies.
Notes
- Siding with Dante makes Ol' Reliable impossible to get.
- Riskit, Bree's Iconic pistol, can be found in the same job.
- Ol' Reliable is the Iconic variant of the Malorian Arms Overture.
Weapon Categories
All Revolvers
Every revolver is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Revolvers
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amnesty | 
|
+200% | 25% | Badlands East |
| Archangel | 
|
+200% | Arroyo | |
| Bald Eagle | 
|
Dogtown | ||
| Comrade's Hammer | 
|
75% | Arroyo | |
| Crash | 
|
+200% | 25% | Badlands East |
| Doom Doom | 
|
Northside | ||
| Gris-Gris | 
|
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| Laika | 
|
+150% | 50% | Dogtown |
| Mancinella | 
|
+200% | 25% | Dogtown |
| Ol' Reliable | 
|
+200% | 25% | |
| Rosco | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Taigan | 
|
+175% | 50% | Dogtown |
Standard Revolvers
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-12 Quasar | 
|
+175% | 50% | |
| DR-5 Nova | 
|
+200% | 25% | |
| Metel | 
|
+175% | 50% | |
| Overture | 
|
+200% | 25% | |
| RT-46 Burya | 
|
+175% | 50% |