Reboot Optics
| Reboot Optics | |
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| Class | Control Quickhack |
| Tier | Tier 1 |
| RAM Cost | T1 2 / T3 5 / T4 7 |
| Upload Time | 0.3 s |
| Duration | T1 8 / T2 15 s |
Reboot Optics scrambles an enemy's cybernetic eyes. Outside combat it wipes their progress toward spotting V. In a fight it ruins their aim, and at higher tiers it blinds them outright. It is cheap and almost instant, so it works as an emergency tool and as a setup for headshots. It suits a stealth or precision build that wants enemies unable to see clearly. Reboot Optics is an early game quickhack that every netrunner vendor sells from Tier 1 onward.
Effect
Reboot Optics is a control quickhack. Its effect depends on whether the enemy is in combat. Outside combat, it resets the target's detection progress. An enemy who is about to spot V loses track and has to start over. In combat, it lowers the enemy's accuracy for the duration. The upload is nearly instant, so it works in an emergency.
Each tier adds a new effect. Tier 2 makes the base effect last much longer. Tier 3 adds 15% headshot and weakspot damage against the affected enemy. Tier 4 blinds the enemy for the whole duration. In combat it greatly reduces their accuracy instead of only lowering it. Enemies who lose sight of V give V a chance to escape or move to a new position.
Tier 5 makes the quickhack jump between targets. If V kills the affected enemy with a headshot or a weakspot hit, V recovers 3 RAM. The quickhack then spreads to the nearest enemy. A careful shooter can therefore chain it through a group. The Iconic variant doubles the headshot and weakspot bonus to 30%.
How to Get Reboot Optics Guide
- Buy Reboot Optics or its crafting spec from any netrunner vendor.
- Breach Access Points with Breach Protocol for a chance at quickhacks.
- With Phantom Liberty, watch for the Iconic crafting spec from around level 51.
Reboot Optics Map Location
The map shows the netrunner vendor in Kabuki, one of the netrunner vendors that sell it.
Reboot Optics map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Crafting Spec
Netrunner vendors sell the Reboot Optics spec. The spec lets V craft Reboot Optics in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.
Upgrades
Reboot Optics comes in Tiers 1 to 5, plus an Iconic variant. Tier 2 extends the duration. Tier 3 adds headshot and weakspot damage. Tier 4 blinds the enemy. Tier 5 returns RAM and spreads the effect after a headshot kill. The Iconic variant keeps every effect and doubles the headshot bonus.
Netrunner vendors sell Reboot Optics 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
Reboot Optics fits any build that lands headshots. The Tier 3 damage bonus helps every weapon. The Tier 5 chain rewards a build that kills with precise shots.
Subordination doubles the duration of Control quickhacks on enemies at full Health. Embedded Exploit adds quickhack damage against enemies affected by Control quickhacks. Icepick lowers the RAM cost of Combat quickhacks against the same enemies. Hack Queue lets V queue a second quickhack behind Reboot Optics on the same enemy.
Sonic Shock at Tier 5 knocks an enemy out when V uploads it to a target already affected by Memory Wipe and Reboot Optics. These three quickhacks together form a quiet way to remove a guard. Short Circuit at Tier 2 adds three seconds to every Control quickhack on its target, including Reboot Optics.
Select a Build
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 |
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 | 
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Face | More crit chance |
| Behavioral Imprint-Synced Faceplate | 
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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 |
A baseball bat and quickhacks share the work. Quake slams break groups up close, while Contagion and Short Circuit hit enemies further away. Adrenaline Rush and Overclock both run to keep the character alive.
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 6, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 20, Cool 15.
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 |
| Unstoppable Force | 
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Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush |
| Juggernaut | 
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Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Ripple Effect | 
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Body 15 | Health back for each enemy hit by Quake |
| Aftershock | 
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Body 15 | Stamina back for each enemy hit by Quake |
| Quake | 
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Body 15 | Faster Blunt attacks and a ground slam that staggers |
| Pain To Gain | 
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Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Finisher: Savage Sling | 
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Body 20 | A Blunt Finisher that heals |
| 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 |
| Subordination | 
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Intelligence 4 | Control quickhacks last longer on enemies at full Health |
| Encryption | 
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Intelligence 4 | Quickhacks are harder to trace |
| Embedded Exploit |
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Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies |
| Hack Queue |
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Intelligence 9 | Queue two quickhacks on one enemy |
| Copy-Paste | 
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Intelligence 9 | Quickhacks on an enemy netrunner spread to their allies |
| Counter-A-Hack |
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Intelligence 9 | Counter quickhacks on enemy netrunners through walls |
| Icepick |
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Intelligence 9 | Cheaper Combat quickhacks on distracted or controlled enemies |
| Shadowrunner | 
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Intelligence 9 | Takedowns clear trace progress |
| System Overwhelm | 
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Intelligence 9 | More quickhack damage for each effect on the target |
| 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 |
| Blood Daemon | 
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Intelligence 15 | Health back for each queued quickhack on a kill during Overclock |
| Queue Hack Root |
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Intelligence 15 | Cheaper quickhacks when the queue mixes categories |
| Sublimation | 
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Intelligence 15 | RAM recovery heals during Overclock |
| Queue Acceleration |
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Intelligence 15 | More RAM and cheaper device quickhacks |
| Spillover | 
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Intelligence 20 | Quickhacks spread during Overclock |
| Queue Mastery | 
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Intelligence 20 | A longer quickhack queue that can be locked |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAM Reallocator | 
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Frontal Cortex | Refills RAM when it runs low |
| RAM Upgrade | 
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Frontal Cortex | Faster RAM recovery |
| Smart Link |
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Hands | Turns on Smart weapon tracking |
| Optical Camo | 
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Integumentary System | Near invisibility for a few seconds |
| Synaptic Accelerator | 
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Nervous System | Slows time when an enemy starts to notice |
| Feen-X | 
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Skeleton | Faster RAM recovery when RAM runs low |
Lore
The in-game description makes a dry joke about expensive optical implants. They free their owner from dry eyes, allergy irritation and pink eye. They do not free anyone from blindness, and Reboot Optics takes advantage of that.
Notes
- Outside combat Reboot Optics resets detection, while in combat it attacks accuracy, so the same quickhack serves stealth and fighting.
Quickhack Categories
All Control Quickhacks
Every control quickhack is listed below.
| Name | Image | RAM | Upload | Perks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cripple Movement | 
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T2 3 / T3 4 / T4 6 | 0.3 | Eye In The Sky, Subordination, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root |
| Cyberware Malfunction | 
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T2 3 / T3 4 | 0.3 | Eye In The Sky, Subordination, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root |
| Reboot Optics | 
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T1 2 / T3 5 / T4 7 | 0.3 | Eye In The Sky, Subordination, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root |
| Weapon Glitch | 
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T2 3 / T3 4 / T4 6 | 0.3 | Eye In The Sky, Subordination, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root |