Scar Coalescer
| Scar Coalescer | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Skeleton |
| Tier | Tier 1 |
| Attribute | Body |
The Scar Coalescer raises V's armor once V's Health falls below half. It hardens V at the exact moment a fight starts to go badly. The extra armor gives V more time to heal, retreat or win the exchange. It suits a tanky Body character who stays in the fight even when hurt. Each point of Body also adds a little Health. The Scar Coalescer is an early game implant that every ripperdoc in Night City and Dogtown sells from the start.
Effect
The Scar Coalescer is a passive implant that watches V's Health. While V is below 50% Health, total armor rises by a percentage. At Tier 1, the boost is 10%. At Tier 5, it climbs to about a fifth of V's armor. When V heals back above half Health, the boost switches off.
Because the bonus is a percentage, it grows with V's other armor. A character with many armored implants gains much more from it than a character with few. The boost is strongest in long, hard fights where V spends time at low Health.
The Scar Coalescer is attuned to Body. Each point of Body adds half a point of Health. The implant also adds a block of flat armor that is always on.
Its stat bonuses add more armor and, from Tier 2, Damage Over Time Resistance.
How to Get Scar Coalescer Guide
- Visit any ripperdoc clinic in Night City or Dogtown and open the Skeleton slots.
- Buy and install the Scar Coalescer.
Scar Coalescer Map Location
The map shows Viktor Vektor's clinic in Little China, one of the ripperdocs that sell it.
Scar Coalescer map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Ripperdocs stock the Scar Coalescer at Tier 1 below level 10, then Tier 2 from level 10, Tier 3 from 20, Tier 4 from 30 and Tier 5 from 40. An installed copy can be raised a tier at a ripperdoc with the matching item components. Each tier raises the armor boost at low Health and the flat 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 Scar Coalescer costs at a ripperdoc.
| Upgrade | Components | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 to Tier 1+ | 30 Tier 1 components | - |
| Tier 1+ to Tier 2 | 22 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2 to Tier 2+ | 30 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2+ to Tier 3 | 22 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3 to Tier 3+ | 30 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3+ to Tier 4 | 22 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4 to Tier 4+ | 30 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4+ to Tier 5 | 22 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5 to Tier 5+ | 30 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5+ to Tier 5++ | 75 Tier 5 components | Phantom Liberty |
Character Builds
The Scar Coalescer belongs in a Body build. Painkiller unlocks slow Health regeneration during combat. Comeback Kid raises that regeneration the more Health V has lost, which works well while the Scar Coalescer is active. Don't Stop Me Now adds Mitigation Chance and Mitigation Strength when Stamina is low. Adrenaline Rush adds a layer of Adrenaline when V uses a Health Item.
Technical Ability perks help armor builds in general. License To Chrome adds a second Skeleton slot and boosts all Skeleton implants. All Things Cyber lowers the capacity cost of Skeleton and Integumentary System implants. Chrome Constitution cuts incoming damage by 5% when all those slots are filled.
Other implants that react to low Health pair with it. The Reflex Tuner slows time below 25% Health. ThreatEvac adds movement speed at low Health. Second Heart brings V back to full Health once V's Health reaches zero. Para Bellum, another Skeleton implant, raises armor all the time.
Cyberware Categories
All Skeleton Cyberware
Every Skeleton implant is listed below. The Iconic ones come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Skeleton Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rara Avis | 
|
Body | Dogtown |
Standard Skeleton Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bionic Joints | 
|
Technical Ability | ||
| Dense Marrow | 
|
Reflexes | ||
| Epimorphic Skeleton | 
|
Body | 40 | |
| Feen-X | 
|
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| Kinetic Frame | 
|
Reflexes | ||
| Para Bellum | 
|
Technical Ability | Dogtown | |
| RAM Recoup | 
|
Intelligence | ||
| Scar Coalescer | 
|
Body | ||
| Scarab | 
|
Technical Ability | ||
| Spring Joints | 
|
Body | 16 | |
| Titanium Bones | 
|
6 | ||
| Universal Booster | 
|
Technical Ability | 25 |