Ping
| Ping | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Covert Quickhack |
| Tier | Tier 1 |
| RAM Cost | T1 4 / T3 5 / T5 7 |
| Upload Time | 1 s |
| Duration | T1 8 / T3 12 / T5 16 s |
| Location | Little China |
Ping shows V who and what is connected to the local network. Every enemy and device on that network lights up for a short time. It gives a netrunner a full picture of an area before the first shot. It suits a stealth build, since it is untraceable and costs little RAM. At higher tiers it also helps Smart weapons lock on faster and lets V hack devices through walls. Ping is an early game quickhack that V receives in the job The Gift, and every netrunner vendor sells it afterwards.
Effect
Ping is a covert quickhack. V uploads it to one enemy or device, and the network around that target is revealed. Every enemy and device connected to the same network is highlighted for the duration. V can then plan a route or pick targets before moving in. Ping is untraceable, so uploading it does not start a trace by enemy netrunners.
Ping also finds Access Points. An Access Point is a physical port on the local network that V can breach. Breach Protocol at an Access Point can reward eddies, quickhack crafting components and sometimes new quickhacks.
The tiers change Ping in two steps. Tier 3 adds 25% lock-on speed for Smart weapons against pinged enemies. It also makes the highlight last longer. Tier 5 highlights devices and lets V quickhack them through walls. The highlight lasts longer again at Tier 5. The Iconic variant holds it longest of all.
The RAM cost rises a little with each tier. The upload is quick at every tier. The Iconic variant cuts the RAM cost by 3, which brings it back to the price of the first tier.
How to Get Ping Guide
- Complete The Gift, where Yoko Tsuru gives V a Tier 1 copy.
- Buy higher tiers or their crafting specs from any netrunner vendor.
- Breach Access Points with Breach Protocol for a chance at more quickhacks.
- With Phantom Liberty, check netrunner stock from around level 51 for the Iconic variant.
Ping Map Location and Quest Guide
- Take T-Bug's call near the end of the main job The Rescue to start the side job The Gift.
- Go to the Kabuki Roundabout in Watson.
- Climb the stairs to the upper level of the round building to reach the netrunner shop.
- Ask Yoko Tsuru at the counter about the gift left for V.
- Take the Ping quickhack from Yoko's stock.
- Equip Ping in V's cyberdeck.
- Upload Ping to the camera, then hack the Access Point at the end of the counter.
Ping map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Crafting Spec
Netrunner vendors sell the Ping spec. The spec lets V craft Ping in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.
Upgrades
Ping comes in Tier 1, Tier 3 and Tier 5, plus an Iconic variant. Tier 3 adds the Smart weapon lock-on bonus and a longer highlight. Tier 5 adds hacking devices through walls and an even longer highlight. The Iconic variant keeps every Tier 5 effect, holds the highlight much longer and costs less RAM.
Netrunner vendors sell Ping 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. Enemy netrunners can drop the Iconic crafting spec too. Crafting the Iconic variant takes Tier 5 quickhack components.
Character Builds
Ping belongs in an Intelligence build, but any character with a cyberdeck can use it. Eye In The Sky highlights nearby Access Points and cameras on its own. It also makes Covert quickhacks cheaper and longer lasting when V uploads them through a camera. Ping is a Covert quickhack, so it gains from that bonus.
Embedded Exploit adds quickhack damage against enemies affected by Covert quickhacks. A pinged enemy therefore takes more damage from the quickhacks that follow. Icepick lowers the RAM cost of Combat quickhacks used on enemies affected by Covert quickhacks. Ping makes those Combat quickhacks cheaper on every enemy it touches.
Hack Queue lets V queue a second quickhack on the same enemy. Ping can open the queue, and a damage quickhack can follow it. Queue Hack Root lowers the RAM cost of the first quickhack of each new category in a queue. A queue that mixes Ping with Combat and Control quickhacks gains from it. System Overwhelm adds quickhack damage for each different quickhack affecting the target.
Ping also works with Smart weapons from Tier 3 onward. Acquisition Specialist widens the Smart weapon reticle and speeds up lock-on. Target Lock Transfer keeps target locks when V switches between aiming and hip fire. Targeting Prism allows more than one target lock at once. The Ping bonus adds to these perks, so Smart weapons lock on to pinged enemies very quickly.
Select a Build
Quickhacks such as Contagion and Overheat soften a group, and Overclock spends Health for more uploads. The Hercules 3AX smart rifle finishes the rest. Kerenzikov slows time during dodges and slides.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Carhacker | 
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Intelligence 4 | Unlocks quickhacks for vehicles |
| 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 |
| 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 target keeps its Smart lock |
| Hack Queue | 
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Intelligence 9 | Queue two quickhacks on one enemy |
| Overclock | 
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Intelligence 15 | More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode |
| 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 on to more targets at once |
| Acquisition Specialist | 
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Intelligence | Wider Smart reticle and lock kept through reloads |
| Sharpshooter | 
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Reflexes 15 | Faster aim and Stamina stacks on hits |
| Air Dash | 
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Air Kerenzikov | 
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Reflexes 15 | Kerenzikov in midair holds the character in the air |
| Gundancer | 
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Reflexes 15 | Full speed while aiming and shooting while vaulting |
| Aerial Acrobat | 
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Reflexes 15 | Better control in midair |
| Practice Makes Perfect | Reflexes 15 | Crit chance and crit damage per Sharpshooter stack | |
| Salt In The Wound | 
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Reflexes 20 | Bonus damage after 7 hits on one target |
| License To Chrome | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Pyromania | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Faster Health item and grenade recharge and bigger blasts |
| Edgerunner | Technical Ability 20 | Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heal-On-Kill | 
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Circulatory System | Health on each kill |
| Kiroshi Cockatrice Optics | 
|
Face | More crit chance |
| Behavioral Imprint-Synced Faceplate | 
|
Face | A disguise that escapes the police |
| Quantum Tuner | 
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Frontal Cortex | Resets a used cyberware cooldown |
| Smart Link | 
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Hands | Turns on Smart weapon tracking |
| Cogito Lattice | 
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Integumentary System | More armor when RAM runs low |
| 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 |
| Rara Avis | 
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Skeleton | More armor |
Reboot Optics and Sonic Shock keep enemies from seeing the character, and Cripple Movement holds them in place. Blade perks from Reflexes and the Blue Fang knife finish them up close. Ping shows where the next targets stand.
Attributes: Body 12, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 15, Intelligence 20, Cool 14.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proximate Propagation | 
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Intelligence 4 | Cheaper quickhacks at close range |
| 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 |
| Forcekill Cypher | 
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Intelligence 4 | Shorter sequences when hacking Access Points |
| Hack Queue |
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Intelligence 9 | Queue two quickhacks on one enemy |
| Feedback Loop | 
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Intelligence 9 | Faster RAM recovery for each queued quickhack |
| Embedded Exploit |
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Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies |
| Icepick | 
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Intelligence 9 | Cheaper Combat quickhacks on distracted or controlled enemies |
| Counter-A-Hack | 
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Intelligence 9 | Counter quickhacks on enemy netrunners through walls |
| 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 |
| Queue Hack Root | 
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Intelligence 15 | Cheaper quickhacks when the queue mixes categories |
| Air Dash |
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Finisher: Bladerunner | 
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Reflexes 15 | Faster blade attacks and a finisher that restores Health |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Pump | 
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Circulatory System | A Health item that heals over time |
| Microrotors | 
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Circulatory System | Faster melee attacks |
| Ex-Disk | 
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Frontal Cortex | More max RAM and faster uploads |
| Handle Wrap | 
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Hands | Crit chance for throwable weapons |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
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Legs | Double jump |
| Stabber | 
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Nervous System | Crit chance with blades and throwables |
The Yinglong smart SMG locks onto several enemies while quickhacks work on the same targets. Ping marks enemies, and Cyberware Malfunction stacks more damage on them. Smart Synergy gives instant locks during Overclock.
Attributes: Body 15, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 20, Cool 6.
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 |
| Unstoppable Force | 
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Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush |
| 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 |
| Recirculation | 
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Intelligence 9 | Smart weapon kills restore RAM |
| Speculation | 
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Intelligence 9 | Combat quickhack kills recover RAM |
| Overclock |
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Intelligence 15 | More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode |
| 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 on to more targets at once |
| Sublimation | 
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Intelligence 15 | RAM recovery heals during Overclock |
| Smart Synergy | 
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Intelligence 20 | Instant lock and more damage during Overclock |
| Acquisition Specialist |
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Intelligence | Wider Smart reticle and lock kept through reloads |
| Air Dash |
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Sharpshooter |
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Reflexes 15 | Faster aim and Stamina stacks on hits |
| Practice Makes Perfect | Reflexes 15 | Crit chance and crit damage per Sharpshooter stack | |
| Shoot To Chill | 
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Reflexes 15 | Armor penetration per Sharpshooter stack |
| Tailwind | 
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Reflexes 20 | Stamina from air dashes and double jumps |
| Submachine Fun | 
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Reflexes 20 | SMG swaps reload and raise fire rate |
| License To Chrome |
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Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Ambidextrous | 
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Technical Ability 15 | A second Hands cyberware slot |
| Pyromania |
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Technical Ability 15 | Faster Health item and grenade recharge and bigger blasts |
| Edgerunner | Technical Ability 20 | Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biomonitor | 
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Circulatory System | Uses a Health item when Health runs low |
| 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 on each kill |
| Axolotl | 
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Frontal Cortex | Kills cut all cyberware cooldowns |
| Smart Link |
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Hands | Turns on Smart weapon tracking |
| Reinforced Tendons |
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Legs | Double jump |
| NeoFiber |
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Nervous System | More mitigation chance and strength |
Lore
The in-game description says that some of the oldest and most basic functions in computing may never stop being useful. Ping is one of them, and it reports everything connected to the local network.
Notes
- Ping is untraceable at every tier, so it never starts a trace on its own.
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 |