Projectile Launch System

Projectile Launch System

Class	Arms
Tier	Tier 2
Attribute	Technical Ability
Capacity	8

The Projectile Launch System turns V's arm into a small rocket launcher. It fires an explosive shell that deals heavy Physical damage to everything in the blast. Holding the button charges the shot for a bigger, deadlier explosion. The launcher sits in the Combat Gadget slot, so V can fire it while still holding a gun. It suits Technical Ability builds that like explosions. The right perks give it extra charges and a much faster recharge. The Projectile Launch System is an early game implant that every ripperdoc in Night City and Dogtown sells from level 10.

Effect

The Projectile Launch System is an Arms implant, but it works like a grenade. It goes into the Combat Gadget quickslot and fires with the Combat Gadget button. A quick press fires a normal shell. The shell explodes on impact and deals heavy Physical damage in an area.

Holding the button charges the shot. A charged shell deals 30% more damage and has a 25% larger blast. It also has a 40% higher chance to dismember. A charged shot is the best way to clear a group of enemies standing close together.

The launcher has a set number of charges, and each shot uses one. Charges refill over time. Several perks add charges and speed up the refill.

The Projectile Launch System is attuned to Technical Ability. Each point of Technical Ability adds half a percent to its damage. At 20 Technical Ability, that is 10% more damage on every shell. Its stat bonuses add Explosion Damage and, from Tier 2, Explosion Damage Resistance.

The Arms slot holds only one implant. The launcher therefore takes the place of Mantis Blades, Gorilla Arms or the Monowire.

How to Get Projectile Launch System Guide

Reach level 10.
Visit any ripperdoc clinic in Night City or Dogtown and open the Arms slot.
Buy and install the Projectile Launch System.
Assign it to the Combat Gadget quickslot to fire it.

Projectile Launch System Map Location

The map shows Viktor Vektor's clinic in Little China, one of the ripperdocs that sell it.

Projectile Launch System map location:

Map credit by Map Genie.

Upgrades

Ripperdocs sell the Projectile Launch System from Tier 2 at level 10, and the tier they stock rises with V's level up to Tier 5. An installed copy can be raised a tier at a ripperdoc with the matching item components. Each tier raises the damage of every shell. 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 Projectile Launch System costs at a ripperdoc.

Upgrade	Components	Requirement
Tier 2 to Tier 2+	75 Tier 2 components	-
Tier 2+ to Tier 3	37 Tier 3 components	-
Tier 3 to Tier 3+	75 Tier 3 components	-
Tier 3+ to Tier 4	37 Tier 4 components	-
Tier 4 to Tier 4+	75 Tier 4 components	-
Tier 4+ to Tier 5	37 Tier 5 components	-
Tier 5 to Tier 5+	75 Tier 5 components	-
Tier 5+ to Tier 5++	200 Tier 5 components	Phantom Liberty

Character Builds

The Projectile Launch System belongs in a Technical Ability build. Doomlauncher is the key perk. It adds one more charge and speeds up the recharge, with extra speed when the launcher is empty or out of combat. Each kill also refills a small part of a charge. Doomlauncher also lets the launcher share the Burn This City bonus that grenades get from Pyromania stacks.

Pyromania adds 10% explosion radius to grenades and the launcher. Hitting an enemy with an explosion then grants movement speed and explosion damage for a short time. Friendlier Fire halves the damage V takes from V's own explosions. That matters when an enemy charges into close range and the next shell has to land nearby.

With Phantom Liberty, Relic perks improve the launcher further. Launch Capacity Override adds one more charge. Jailbreak lets V overcharge the launcher, which fires a burst of five shells over a larger area.

Grenades lose their quickslot to the launcher. The Pyromania perk boosts both, so the same perks serve either choice.

Select a Build

Blunt Berserk Build

A one-handed club and Dashes pick off enemies one by one while Berserk is on cooldown. Once Health drops, Berserk makes the character invulnerable and melee attacks cost no Stamina. Quake slams the ground whenever it is ready and staggers every enemy nearby.

Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 3, Cool 18.

The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.

PerksCyberware

Name	Level	Effect
Painkiller	Body 4	Slow Health regeneration in combat
Comeback Kid	Body 4	Faster Health regeneration at low Health
Dorph-Head	Body 4	Brief full Mitigation after using a Health item
Wrecking Ball	Body 9	Cheaper Blunt attacks and a blocking charge
Fly Swatter	Body 9	Less ranged damage while blocking with a Blunt weapon
Breakthrough	Body 9	Strong attacks strip enemy armor
Quake	Body 15	Faster Blunt attacks and a ground slam that staggers
Aftershock	Body 15	Stamina back for each enemy hit by Quake
Epicenter	Body 15	Quake from midair grows with the fall
Ripple Effect	Body 15	Health back for each enemy hit by Quake
Adrenaline Rush	Body 15	More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode
Juggernaut	Body 15	More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush
Calm Mind	Body 15	Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays
Finisher: Savage Sling	Body 20	A Blunt Finisher that heals
Pain To Gain	Body 20	Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush
Dash	Reflexes 9	Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper
Mad Dash	Reflexes 9	Double Dash range toward enemies
Air Dash	Reflexes 15	Dash in midair
Glutton For War	Technical Ability 4	Kills recharge Health items and grenades
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
Edgerunner	Technical Ability 20	Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost

Name	Slot	Effect
Biomonitor	Circulatory System	Uses a Health item when Health runs low
Newton Module	Frontal Cortex	Kills cut cyberware cooldowns
Mechatronic Core	Frontal Cortex	More damage against drones, robots and mechs
NeoFiber	Nervous System	More Mitigation Chance and Strength
Reflex Tuner	Nervous System	Slows time at low Health
Adrenaline Converter	Nervous System	Faster movement when combat starts
Militech Berserk	Operating System	Invulnerable melee mode
Dense Marrow	Skeleton	More melee damage

Lore

The in-game line describes it as a missile launcher in the palm of the hand, more or less literally. The elemental variants of the same launcher are the Thermal, Toxic and Electrifying Projectile Launch Systems.

Notes

The Projectile Launch System shares the Combat Gadget quickslot with grenades and Optical Camo.
The Thermal, Toxic and Electrifying Projectile Launch Systems are elemental variants that deal Thermal, Chemical and Electrical damage.

Cyberware Categories

All Arms Cyberware

Every Arms implant is listed below. The Iconic ones come first, then the standard ones.

Iconic Arms Cyberware

Name	Image	Attribute	Capacity	Location
MaxTac Mantis Blades

Standard Arms Cyberware

Name	Attribute	Capacity	Location
Electrifying Gorilla Arms	Technical Ability	8
Electrifying Mantis Blades	Intelligence	8	Northside
Electrifying Monowire	Reflexes	8
Electrifying Projectile Launch System	Cool	8
Gorilla Arms	Body	8
Mantis Blades	Reflexes	8
Monowire	Intelligence	8
Projectile Launch System	Technical Ability	8
Thermal Gorilla Arms	Reflexes	8
Thermal Mantis Blades	Body	8
Thermal Monowire	Cool	8
Thermal Projectile Launch System	Intelligence	8
Toxic Gorilla Arms	Cool	8
Toxic Mantis Blades	Cool	8
Toxic Monowire	Technical Ability	8
Toxic Projectile Launch System	Body	8