Pain Editor
| Pain Editor | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Integumentary System |
| Tier | Tier 4 |
| Attribute | Cool |
| Capacity | 35 |
The Pain Editor cuts every hit V takes by a flat share, no matter where the damage comes from. Every source of incoming damage is reduced.The cut is always on and needs no trigger. That makes it one of the simplest ways to make V harder to kill in the late game. A Cool character gets the most out of it, because each point of Cool adds to the reduction. The Pain Editor is a late game implant that every ripperdoc in Night City and Dogtown sells from level 30.
Effect
The Pain Editor lowers all incoming damage. At Tier 4 the cut is 6%, and at Tier 5 it rises to 7%. The reduction works on every hit, so it helps in any kind of fight.
The Pain Editor is attuned to Cool. Each point of Cool adds another tenth of a percent to the reduction. At 20 Cool, the total cut reaches 9% at Tier 5.
A flat cut is worth more when the hits are large. Bosses, heavy weapons and cyberpsychos deal the kind of damage where a few percent saves V's life. The cut also makes every Health Item and every point of Health go further.
The implant adds a large block of armor as well. Its stat bonuses add Damage Over Time Resistance and, from Tier 2 onward, Mitigation Chance.
How to Get Pain Editor Guide
- Reach level 30.
- Visit any ripperdoc clinic in Night City or Dogtown and open the Integumentary System slots.
- Buy and install the Pain Editor.
Pain Editor Map Location
The map shows Viktor Vektor's clinic in Little China, one of the ripperdocs that sell it.
Pain Editor map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Ripperdocs sell the Pain Editor at Tier 4 from level 30 and at Tier 5 from level 40. An installed copy can be raised a tier at a ripperdoc with the matching item components. Each tier raises the damage cut and the armor. The Driver Update perk adds one more stat bonus. The Chipware Connoisseur perk offers a choice of bonuses when V upgrades the implant. The Pain Editor has a high capacity cost. 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 Pain Editor costs at a ripperdoc.
| Upgrade | Components | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 4 to Tier 4+ | 50 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4+ to Tier 5 | 37 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5 to Tier 5+ | 50 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5+ to Tier 5++ | 125 Tier 5 components | Phantom Liberty |
Character Builds
The Pain Editor suits any late game build that wants to stay alive, and it works best with points in Cool. A Cool build that sneaks and shoots from range still gets caught sometimes. The Pain Editor softens those moments.
Several Technical Ability perks help with defensive cyberware. All Things Cyber lowers the capacity cost of Integumentary System and Skeleton implants by 20%. That makes the Pain Editor's high cost easier to fit. Chrome Constitution cuts incoming damage by another 5% when every Integumentary System and Skeleton slot is filled. License To Chrome adds a Skeleton slot and more armor.
Other implants in the Integumentary System slots stack well with it. Painducer turns part of each hit into slow damage over time. ProxiShield cuts damage from enemies who are close by. Together they can make V very hard to kill.
Select a Build
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 17, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 4, Cool 20.
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 |
| Bullet Ballet | 
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Body 9 | Tighter bullet spread while moving |
| Die! Die! Die! | 
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Body 9 | Higher crit chance and fire rate at low Stamina |
| Don't Stop Me Now | 
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Body 9 | Damage mitigation at low Stamina |
| Bloodlust | 
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Body 15 | Dismemberments refill Adrenaline |
| Close-Quarters Carnage | 
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Body 15 | Higher Obliterate chance at close range |
| Dread | 
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Body 15 | Ranged hits lower enemy Armor |
| Rush Of Blood | 
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Body 15 | Faster reload after a dismemberment |
| Spontaneous Obliteration | 
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Body 15 | Chance to instantly kill enemies at low Health |
| 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 |
| Rip And Tear | 
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Body 20 | Shotgun shots and quick melee attacks boost each other |
| Pain To Gain | 
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Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Air Dash | 
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| All Things Cyber | 
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Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Chrome Constitution | 
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Technical Ability 9 | Less damage taken with full Skeleton and Integumentary slots |
| Ambidextrous | 
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Technical Ability 15 | A second Hands cyberware slot |
| Cyborg | Technical Ability 15 | Shorter cyberware cooldowns with every slot filled | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reinforced Tendons | 
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Legs | Double jump |
| Reflex Tuner | 
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Nervous System | Slows time at low Health |
| NeoFiber | 
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Nervous System | More mitigation chance and strength |
| Rara Avis | 
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Skeleton | More armor |
Attributes: Body 15, Reflexes 16, Technical Ability 15, Intelligence 15, Cool 20.
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 |
| Feline Footwork | 
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Cool 4 | Faster and harder to hit while crouched |
| Accelerated Toxin Absorption | 
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Cool 9 | Strong attacks and throws on Poisoned enemies deal the Poison damage at once |
| Corrosion | 
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Cool 9 | Poison works on drones, robots, mechs and turrets |
| Neurotoxin | 
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Cool 9 | Poisoned targets are blinded and cannot sprint |
| Parasite | 
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Cool 9 | Health back on thrown crits and headshots |
| Scorpion Sting | 
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Cool 9 | Thrown crits and headshots apply Poison |
| Finisher: Act Of Mercy | 
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Cool 15 | Throwable weapon finisher that restores Health |
| Juggler | 
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Cool 15 | Thrown weapon cooldown resets on a headshot or crit kill |
| Pay It Forward | 
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Cool 15 | Big damage on the first melee hit after picking up a thrown blade |
| Pounce | 
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Cool 15 | Finishers from farther away after a throw |
| Ninjutsu | 
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Cool 15 | Crouch sprinting and more mitigation while crouched |
| Shinobi Sprint | 
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Cool 15 | Cheap crouch sprinting in combat |
| Bullet Deflect | 
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Reflexes 9 | Blocked bullets fly back where the reticle points |
| Bullet Time | 
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Reflexes 9 | Free deflects that crit while time is slowed |
| Flash And Thunderclap | 
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Reflexes 9 | Strong attacks leap to enemies in range |
| Lead And Steel | 
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Reflexes 9 | Blades block incoming bullets |
| Seeing Double | Reflexes 9 | Stronger counterattacks | |
| Finisher: Bladerunner | 
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Reflexes 15 | Faster blade attacks and a finisher that restores Health |
| Flash Of Steel | 
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Reflexes 15 | Speed and attack speed after a finisher |
| 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 |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-ICE | 
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Frontal Cortex | Blocks an enemy quickhack |
The build stays in stealth and lands critical headshots. Tanky cyberware and every Health perk make up for a fragile body. If the character gets caught, Tailwind refills Stamina on air Dashes so the movement never stops.
Attributes: Body 9, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 12, Cool 20.
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 |
| Blind Spot | 
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Cool 4 | Slower enemy detection while crouched |
| Feline Footwork |
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Cool 4 | Faster and harder to hit while crouched |
| Killer Instinct | 
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Cool 4 | More damage with knives, axes and silenced guns outside combat |
| Focus | 
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Cool 9 | Focus mode for free Stamina aimed shots |
| Head To Head | 
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Cool 9 | Kills in Focus reset its duration |
| No Sweat | 
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Cool 9 | Kills in Focus lower its Stamina cost |
| Rinse And Reload | 
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Cool 9 | Faster reload after an aimed kill |
| Deadeye | Cool 15 | More headshot and weak spot damage | |
| High Noon | 
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Cool 15 | Faster reload and slowed time after a headshot kill in Deadeye |
| Quick Draw | 
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Cool 15 | Faster swap to handguns and rifles with a Stamina boost |
| Creeping Death | 
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Cool 15 | Health, Stamina and speed after a stealth kill |
| Ninjutsu |
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Cool 15 | Crouch sprinting and more mitigation while crouched |
| Nerves Of Tungsten-Steel | 
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Cool 20 | Guaranteed crits on headshots during Deadeye |
| All Things Cyber |
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Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Ambidextrous |
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Technical Ability 15 | A second Hands cyberware slot |
| Built Different | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Unlocks the Cellular Adapter cyberware |
| Cyborg | Technical Ability 15 | Shorter cyberware cooldowns with every slot filled | |
| 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 |
| Edgerunner | Technical Ability 20 | Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechatronic Core | 
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Frontal Cortex | More damage against drones, robots and turrets |
| Newton Module | 
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Frontal Cortex | Kills cut cyberware cooldowns |
| Handle Wrap | 
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Hands | Crit chance for throwable weapons |
| Shock Absorber | 
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Hands | Less recoil |
| Optical Camo | 
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Integumentary System | Near invisibility for a few seconds |
| Subdermal Armor | 
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Integumentary System | More armor |
| Para Bellum | 
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Skeleton | More armor |
Lore
The in-game line calls it an immune system enhancement that is valued highly on the streets.
Cyberware Categories
All Integumentary System Cyberware
Every Integumentary System implant is listed below. The Iconic ones come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Integumentary System Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chitin | 
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Body | Dogtown | |
| Peripheral Inverse | 
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Dogtown |
Standard Integumentary System Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carapace | 
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Technical Ability | 16 | |
| Cellular Adapter | 
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Technical Ability | ||
| Cogito Lattice | 
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| Countershell | 
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Reflexes | 12 | |
| Defenzikov | 
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| Nano-Plating | 
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| Optical Camo | 
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Cool | 20 | |
| Pain Editor | 
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Cool | 35 | |
| Painducer | 
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Body | 30 | |
| ProxiShield | 
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Body | 10 | |
| RangeGuard | 
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Cool | 14 | |
| Shock-N-Awe | 
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Technical Ability | ||
| Subdermal Armor | 
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Technical Ability | 5 |