Scarab
| Scarab | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Skeleton |
| Tier | Tier 1 |
| Attribute | Technical Ability |
Scarab gives V a large armor bonus whenever V crouches. The trade is slower movement while crouched. It turns crouching behind cover into a strong defensive stance. A careful shooter who fights from low cover gets the most out of it. A Technical Ability character also gains extra armor from it for each attribute point. Scarab is an early game implant that every ripperdoc in Night City and Dogtown sells from the start.
Effect
Scarab is always on, but its main effect only works while V is crouched. Crouching adds a large block of armor. At Tier 5 the bonus is more than one hundred armor. Crouching also lowers V's movement speed by 20%.
Armor lowers the damage of each hit. Scarab therefore suits a fighter who stays put behind cover and shoots from there. It also helps a stealth character who gets spotted while sneaking.
The speed penalty matters most when V needs to move. A V who crouch-walks between cover moves more slowly with Scarab. Standing up and sprinting removes both the armor and the penalty.
Scarab is attuned to Technical Ability. Each point of Technical Ability adds half a point of armor. The implant also adds a block of flat armor that is always on.
Its stat bonuses add Carrying Capacity and, from Tier 2, Grenade Recharge Speed.
How to Get Scarab Guide
- Visit any ripperdoc clinic in Night City or Dogtown and open the Skeleton slots.
- Buy and install Scarab.
Scarab Map Location
The map shows Viktor Vektor's clinic in Little China, one of the ripperdocs that sell it.
Scarab map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Ripperdocs stock Scarab 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 gained while crouched. The movement penalty stays the same. 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 Scarab 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
Scarab works with the Cool perks that reward crouching. Feline Footwork adds movement speed and Mitigation Chance while crouched, which offsets part of Scarab's speed penalty. Small Target adds Mitigation Chance while V is crouched and still. Unexposed adds Mitigation Chance while aiming from cover. Blind Spot makes enemies slower to detect V while crouched, based on Mitigation Chance. Ninjutsu adds movement speed and Mitigation Chance while crouched.
In Technical Ability, License To Chrome adds a second Skeleton slot and boosts all Skeleton implants. All Things Cyber lowers the capacity cost of Skeleton implants. Para Bellum raises total armor by a percentage, so it adds to Scarab's bonus. The Grenade Recharge Speed bonus suits a build that throws grenades from cover.
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 |