Painducer
| Painducer | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Integumentary System |
| Tier | Tier 4 |
| Attribute | Body |
| Capacity | 30 |
The Painducer takes part of every hit V suffers and spreads it out over a few seconds. The damage still arrives, but it no longer lands all at once. A big burst that would drop V to zero turns into a slower drain. That slower drain buys time to use a Health Item, find cover or finish the fight. A Body character with plenty of Health and healing gets the most from it. The Painducer is a late game implant that every ripperdoc in Night City and Dogtown sells from level 30.
Effect
The Painducer converts a share of all damage taken into damage over time. At Tier 4 it converts 25%, and at Tier 5 it converts 30%. The converted part is dealt to V slowly instead of in one hit.
The effect matters most against large single hits. A shotgun blast, a sniper shot or a boss attack loses part of its punch at the moment of impact. Health regeneration and Health Items then have a chance to cover the delayed part.
The Painducer is attuned to Body. Each point of Body adds half a percent of resistance to damage over time.
The implant adds a large block of armor as well. Its stat bonuses raise the Health Item effect and, from Tier 2, reduce damage from Poisoned enemies.
How to Get Painducer Guide
- Reach level 30.
- Visit any ripperdoc clinic in Night City or Dogtown and open the Integumentary System slots.
- Buy and install the Painducer.
Painducer Map Location
The map shows Viktor Vektor's clinic in Little China, one of the ripperdocs that sell it.
Painducer map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Ripperdocs sell the Painducer 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 share of damage converted 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. 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 Painducer 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 Painducer belongs in a Body build. Painkiller unlocks slow Health regeneration in combat. Comeback Kid raises that regeneration the lower V's Health falls. Army Of One adds regeneration for each nearby enemy. These perks heal V while the delayed damage is still ticking. Adrenaline Rush grants Adrenaline, an extra layer of Health, when V uses a Health Item or Blood Pump cyberware.
In Technical Ability, All Things Cyber lowers the capacity cost of Integumentary System implants by 20%. Chrome Constitution cuts incoming damage by 5% when every Integumentary System and Skeleton slot is filled. The Pain Editor and ProxiShield fit beside the Painducer in the other Integumentary System slots. The Pain Editor shrinks every hit, and the Painducer then spreads out what is left.
Select a 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.
| Name | Image | 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 | Image | 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 |
| 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 |
A shotgun blows enemies apart, and a club, bat, hammer or bare fists beat down whatever survives. Gorilla Arms keep the character armed in high security areas.
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 15, 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 |
| Breakthrough | 
|
Body 9 | Strong attacks strip enemy Armor for a short time |
| Clapback | 
|
Body 9 | Defensive attacks knock down and counterattacks stun |
| Fly Swatter | 
|
Body 9 | Less ranged damage while blocking with a blunt weapon |
| Kinetic Absorption | 
|
Body 9 | Blocking gives Stamina and blunt weapon damage |
| Wrecking Ball | 
|
Body 9 | Cheaper blunt attacks and a sprinting shoulder charge |
| Aftershock | 
|
Body 15 | Stamina for each enemy hit by Quake |
| Epicenter | 
|
Body 15 | Midair Quake hits harder from higher falls |
| Quake | 
|
Body 15 | Faster blunt attacks and a ground slam |
| Ripple Effect | 
|
Body 15 | Health for each enemy hit by Quake |
| Adrenaline Rush |
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Calm Mind |
|
Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Juggernaut |
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Unstoppable Force |
|
Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush |
| Finisher: Savage Sling | 
|
Body 20 | Blunt weapon finisher that can throw the enemy |
| Pain To Gain |
|
Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Dash |
|
Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Air Dash |
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| All Things Cyber |
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Chrome Constitution | 
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Technical Ability 9 | Less damage taken with full Skeleton and Integumentary slots |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorilla Arms | 
|
Arms | Hard hitting fists |
| Reinforced Tendons |
|
Legs | Double jump |
| Militech Berserk | 
|
Operating System | Invulnerable melee mode with faster attacks |
| Epimorphic Skeleton |
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
The build fights at close range with shotguns and uses LMGs for ranged firepower. Berserk goes on for a chainsword that deals massive crit damage.
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 |
| Bullet Ballet |
|
Body 9 | Tighter bullet spread while moving |
| Die! Die! Die! |
|
Body 9 | Higher crit chance and fire rate at low Stamina |
| Don't Stop Me Now |
|
Body 9 | Damage mitigation at low Stamina |
| Like A Feather |
|
Body 9 | No movement penalty with shotguns and machine guns |
| Bloodlust |
|
Body 15 | Dismemberments refill Adrenaline |
| Close-Quarters Carnage |
|
Body 15 | Higher Obliterate chance at close range |
| Dread |
|
Body 15 | Ranged hits lower enemy Armor |
| Rush Of Blood |
|
Body 15 | Faster reload after a dismemberment |
| Skullcracker |
|
Body 15 | Quick melee hits harder at low Stamina |
| Spontaneous Obliteration |
|
Body 15 | Chance to instantly kill enemies at low Health |
| Adrenaline Rush |
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Calm Mind |
|
Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Juggernaut |
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Unstoppable Force |
|
Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush |
| Onslaught |
|
Body 20 | Ammo refill after an LMG kill |
| Rip And Tear |
|
Body 20 | Shotgun shots and quick melee attacks boost each other |
| Pain To Gain |
|
Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Dash |
|
Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Air Dash |
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| All Things Cyber |
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Chrome Constitution |
|
Technical Ability 9 | Less damage taken with full Skeleton and Integumentary slots |
| Extended Warranty |
|
Technical Ability 15 | Cyberware effects last longer |
| License To Chrome |
|
Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortified Ankles | 
|
Legs | Charged jumps |
| NeoFiber |
|
Nervous System | More mitigation chance and strength |
| Epimorphic Skeleton |
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
Lore
The in-game line sums up the idea. It tells the user to break their suffering up into small, manageable installments.
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 | 
|
Body | Dogtown | |
| Peripheral Inverse | 
|
Dogtown |
Standard Integumentary System Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carapace | 
|
Technical Ability | 16 | |
| Cellular Adapter | 
|
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 | 
|
Cool | 35 | |
| Painducer | 
|
Body | 30 | |
| ProxiShield | 
|
Body | 10 | |
| RangeGuard | 
|
Cool | 14 | |
| Shock-N-Awe | 
|
Technical Ability | ||
| Subdermal Armor | 
|
Technical Ability | 5 |