Rosco
| Rosco | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Revolver |
| Type | Power |
| Ammo | Handgun Ammo |
| Tier | Iconic |
| Headshot | +150% |
| Armor Pen | 25% |
| Attack Speed | 2.5 |
| Weight | 4.6 |
Rosco is the revolver of Dodger, a BARGHEST man who runs a drug drop out of an old NCPD precinct in Dogtown. It is an Iconic Malorian Arms Overture from Phantom Liberty, built around a simple two-step kill. A shot to the leg often knocks the target to the ground. Any headshot on an enemy lying on the ground is a guaranteed crit. The revolver also adds a large crit damage bonus. Rosco is a precise, stylish revolver for a Cool build that likes to knock enemies down and finish them. V only gets it by killing Dodger. Rosco is a Phantom Liberty reward from the gig Waiting for Dodger. Dodger drops it in his base in Dogtown.
Combat
Rosco is a Power revolver with a high headshot bonus and good armour penetration. Its Iconic effect works in two steps. First, a leg shot has a raised chance to knock the enemy down. Second, every headshot on a downed enemy is a guaranteed crit, boosted by the revolver's own crit damage bonus. Together, the two shots lead to a heavy crit to the head.
The combo rewards accuracy rather than speed. V aims low first, then high. Enemies already on the ground count too, whether Rosco or another effect knocked them down. Their next headshot is a guaranteed crit. The revolver takes a scope, which helps with both the leg shot and the headshot at range.
How to Get Rosco Guide
- Take the gig Waiting for Dodger from Mr. Hands in Phantom Liberty.
- Meet Stella and get her access card.
- Enter Dodger's base, find Bill and Charles and escort them to the garage.
- Confront Dodger and fight him.
- Loot Rosco from Dodger's body.
Rosco Quest Guide
- Take the gig Waiting for Dodger from Mr. Hands.
- Meet Stella, get in her car and take her access card.
- Enter Dodger's base in the old NCPD precinct.
- Take the elevator to the basement and find Bill and Charles.
- Escort Bill and Charles to the garage, where Dodger appears.
- Fight Dodger and his men. A peaceful talk spares Dodger and loses Rosco.
- Kill Dodger and loot Rosco from his body.
Compatible Mods
7 scopes are compatible with Rosco.
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Add-Vantage | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range |
| CQO Kanone MINI Mk.72 | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range |
| Handyman | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range, more headshot crit chance at top tier |
| Hyakume | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range |
| Kanetsugu | 
|
Adds zoom, effective range and crit chance |
| OS-1 GimletEye | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range |
| Type 2067 | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range, lowers bullet spread |
Upgrades
Dodger's revolver can be raised through the tiers in the Upgrades tab of the crafting menu. Each tier costs crafting components, gathered from looting, crafting and taking apart spare gear. Rosco must be in V's inventory for the option to appear.
The table shows what each tier step of Rosco costs.
| Upgrade | Components | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 to Tier 1+ | 75 Tier 1 components | - |
| Tier 1+ to Tier 2 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 2 to Tier 2+ | 75 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2+ to Tier 3 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 3 to Tier 3+ | 75 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3+ to Tier 4 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 4 to Tier 4+ | 75 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4+ to Tier 5 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 5 to Tier 5+ | 75 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5+ to Tier 5++ | 200 Tier 5 components | Phantom Liberty |
Character Builds
Revolvers use the Cool tree. Focus and Deadeye add headshot damage. Nerves Of Tungsten-Steel guarantees crits on revolver headshots while Deadeye is active, which works well with the ground-crit effect. Long Shot keeps full damage at any range during Deadeye. High Noon cuts the next reload after a headshot kill, so the combo can start again quickly. California Reaper restores Stamina after a headshot kill, so each combo also refills V's Stamina.
For cyberware, the Militech Apogee Sandevistan slows time and adds headshot damage and crit stats. It gives V a calm moment to aim the leg shot and the headshot. Kiroshi Cockatrice Optics add crit chance for shots outside the combo. Rosco is a Power weapon, so the Ballistic Coprocessor improves its ricochets.
Select a Build
Attributes: Body 17, Reflexes 15, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 9, 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 |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
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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 |
| Deep Breath | 
|
Cool 9 | Time slows while Focus is active |
| Focus | 
|
Cool 9 | Focus mode for free Stamina aimed shots |
| Head To Head | 
|
Cool 9 | Kills in Focus reset its duration |
| No Sweat | 
|
Cool 9 | Kills in Focus lower its Stamina cost |
| Pull! | 
|
Cool 9 | Easier grenade shots during Focus |
| Rinse And Reload | 
|
Cool 9 | Faster reload after an aimed kill |
| California Reaper | 
|
Cool 15 | Stamina back after a headshot kill |
| Deadeye | Cool 15 | More headshot and weak spot damage | |
| High Noon | 
|
Cool 15 | Faster reload and slowed time after a headshot kill in Deadeye |
| Long Shot | 
|
Cool 15 | Full damage at any range during Deadeye |
| Quick Draw | 
|
Cool 15 | Faster swap to handguns and rifles with a Stamina boost |
| Nerves Of Tungsten-Steel | 
|
Cool 20 | Guaranteed crits on headshots during Deadeye |
| Run 'N' Gun | 
|
Cool 20 | Free Stamina hip fire |
| Dash | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Dash replaces the dodge |
| Air Dash | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| All Things Cyber | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Ambidextrous | 
|
Technical Ability 15 | A second Hands cyberware slot |
| 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 |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heal-On-Kill | 
|
Circulatory System | Health on each kill |
| Axolotl | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Kills cut all cyberware cooldowns |
| Kerenzikov Boost System | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Stronger Kerenzikov with free shooting Stamina |
| Self-ICE | 
|
Frontal Cortex | Blocks an enemy quickhack |
| Defenzikov | 
|
Integumentary System | Damage mitigation after Kerenzikov ends |
| Countershell | 
|
Integumentary System | Mitigation after a burst of damage |
| Kerenzikov | 
|
Nervous System | Slows time when aiming during a slide or dodge |
| NeoFiber | 
|
Nervous System | More mitigation chance and strength |
| Spring Joints | 
|
Skeleton | More mitigation strength |
Lore
Waiting for Dodger is a gig from Mr. Hands. Two NCPD officers, Bill and Charles, made a deal with Dodger, one of Hansen's men, and the deal went wrong. Now they are held in their own old precinct, which Dodger has turned into a drug drop. Their client is Stella, the fiancée of one of the officers. She gives V a way in and asks V not to kill any of Dodger's men. She warns that killing them will only make things worse.
V slips into the base, finds the two officers in the basement and helps them get to their squad car in the garage. There Dodger is waiting. How the confrontation ends depends on V. Telling him the whole truth and keeping the BARGHEST guards alive can end it peacefully. A fight ends with Dodger dead, and only then does his revolver drop.
Notes
- Rosco only drops when Dodger dies, so a peaceful ending to the gig does not give V the revolver.
- Rosco is the Iconic variant of the Malorian Arms Overture.
Weapon Categories
All Revolvers
Every revolver is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Revolvers
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amnesty | 
|
+200% | 25% | Badlands East |
| Archangel | 
|
+200% | Arroyo | |
| Bald Eagle | 
|
Dogtown | ||
| Comrade's Hammer | 
|
75% | Arroyo | |
| Crash | 
|
+200% | 25% | Badlands East |
| Doom Doom | 
|
Northside | ||
| Gris-Gris | 
|
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| Laika | 
|
+150% | 50% | Dogtown |
| Mancinella | 
|
+200% | 25% | Dogtown |
| Ol' Reliable | 
|
+200% | 25% | |
| Rosco | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Taigan | 
|
+175% | 50% | Dogtown |
Standard Revolvers
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-12 Quasar | 
|
+175% | 50% | |
| DR-5 Nova | 
|
+200% | 25% | |
| Metel | 
|
+175% | 50% | |
| Overture | 
|
+200% | 25% | |
| RT-46 Burya | 
|
+175% | 50% |