Seraph
| Seraph | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Pistol |
| Type | Power |
| Ammo | Handgun Ammo |
| Tier | Iconic |
| Attack Speed | 3.6 |
| Range | 36 m |
| Weight | 4.3 |
| Location | Little China |
Seraph is Padre's own pistol, an Iconic Constitutional Arms Liberty. He gives it to V once every one of his Heywood gigs is done. It fires explosive rounds, and each hit raises the chance of setting the target on fire. A burning enemy then takes more damage from every bullet that follows. Seraph grows stronger the longer it stays on one target. It also keeps its scope and muzzle slots, so it can be customised like a normal pistol. Seraph is a mid-game reward from the minor job God Bless This Mess, after the last of Padre's gigs in Heywood.
Combat
Seraph is a Power pistol with explosive rounds. Each hit raises the chance that the enemy starts to burn. Once the target is burning, every later bullet deals more damage to it. The effect rewards keeping all shots on one enemy. Emptying the magazine into one enemy works far better than spreading shots across a crowd.
The burn also helps against groups, but more slowly. Each enemy that catches fire takes extra damage from every later hit. A burning target is therefore the one to finish first.
The scope and muzzle slots add useful options. A short scope adds zoom and range for headshots at mid range. A muzzle brake cuts recoil, which helps keep a stream of shots on one target. A silencer such as the CS-1 Taipan adds stealth damage for a first shot.
How to Get Seraph Guide
- Finish every gig that Padre offers in Heywood, such as Fifth Column, Life's Work and Going Up or Down?.
- Wait for Padre to call V with his thanks, which starts God Bless This Mess.
- Open V's stash and collect Seraph.
Seraph Map Location and Quest Guide
- Take the gigs that Sebastian Ibarra, known as Padre, offers in Heywood.
- Finish every one of his Heywood gigs.
- Wait for Padre to get in touch once more, which starts God Bless This Mess.
- Return to V's apartment and open the stash.
- Take Seraph from the stash.
Seraph map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Compatible Mods
7 scopes and 9 muzzles are compatible with Seraph.
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Add-Vantage | 
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Adds zoom and effective range |
| CQO Kanone MINI Mk.72 | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range |
| Handyman | 
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Adds zoom and effective range, more headshot crit chance at top tier |
| Hyakume | 
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Adds zoom and effective range |
| Kanetsugu | 
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Adds zoom, effective range and crit chance |
| OS-1 GimletEye | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range |
| Type 2067 | 
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Adds zoom and effective range, lowers bullet spread |
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| CS-1 Taipan | 
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Silences shots and raises stealth damage, lowers base damage |
| RC-7 Babaroga | 
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Raises ricochet chance and ricochet damage |
| RC-7 Dybbuk | 
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Lowers recoil direction |
| RC-7 Kutrub | 
|
Lowers recoil, slightly lowers crit chance |
| RC-7 Liger | 
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Lowers recoil angle and direction, slightly lowers crit chance |
| RC-7 Yokai | 
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Lowers recoil angle, slightly lowers crit chance |
| TSX Tocororo | 
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Raises stealth damage, lowers base damage |
| XC-10 Cetus | 
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Raises stealth damage, lowers base damage |
| XC-10 Strix | 
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Raises stealth damage, lowers base damage |
Upgrades
Seraph is an Iconic weapon, so it can be raised through the tiers in the Upgrades tab of the crafting menu. Each step costs crafting components. The pistol must be in V's inventory to appear in the list. Disassembling spare weapons is the quickest way to collect components.
The table shows what each tier step of Seraph 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
Seraph is a pistol, so it uses the Cool tree. Focus adds headshot damage and unlocks Focus mode when V aims at full Stamina. Head To Head resets Focus with each kill, which keeps it active through a fight. Deadeye adds more headshot damage. High Noon speeds up the next reload after a headshot kill. Run 'N' Gun removes the Stamina cost of hip-fire and adds speed while Focus is active. Quick Draw speeds up the swap to the pistol.
For cyberware, Kiroshi Cockatrice Optics raise crit chance. The Tyrosine Injector adds headshot damage after a takedown. It helps when a silenced Seraph starts a fight from stealth. Kerenzikov lets V aim and fire while sliding or dodging, with time slowed for a moment.
Select a Build
Headshots deal most of the damage, and Focus and Deadeye only work at full Stamina, so each fight starts with a full Stamina bar. The Sandevistan slows time so a whole group can drop one headshot at a time. A silenced pistol handles quiet kills before a fight, and a shotgun deals with enemies that get close.
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 18, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 3, Cool 20.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painkiller | 
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Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Comeback Kid | 
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Body 4 | Faster Health regeneration at low Health |
| Dorph-Head | 
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Body 4 | Brief full Mitigation after using a Health item |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
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Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Juggernaut | 
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Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Calm Mind | 
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Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Focus | 
|
Cool 9 | More headshot damage and free shots while aiming |
| No Sweat | 
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Cool 9 | Kills cut the Stamina cost of Focus |
| Rinse And Reload | 
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Cool 9 | Faster reload after a kill while aiming |
| Head To Head | 
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Cool 9 | Kills reset Focus |
| Deep Breath | 
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Cool 9 | Time slows while Focus is active |
| Pull! | 
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Cool 9 | Easier to shoot grenades out of the air |
| Deadeye | Cool 15 | More headshot damage and no spread at high Stamina | |
| California Reaper | 
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Cool 15 | Stamina back after a headshot kill |
| High Noon | 
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Cool 15 | Fast slowed reload after a headshot kill |
| Long Shot | 
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Cool 15 | Full damage at any range during Deadeye |
| Quick Draw | 
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Cool 15 | Faster swaps to pistols and rifles |
| Nerves Of Tungsten-Steel | 
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Cool 20 | Guaranteed crits on headshots during Deadeye |
| Run 'N' Gun | 
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Cool 20 | Free hip fire and faster movement during Focus |
| Slippery | 
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Reflexes 4 | Harder to hit while moving fast |
| Muscle Memory | 
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Reflexes 4 | Reload while sprinting, sliding and vaulting |
| Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper |
| Steady Grip | 
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Reflexes 9 | Shoot while Dashing |
| Can't Touch This | 
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Reflexes 9 | Full Mitigation Chance while Dashing |
| Glutton For War | 
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Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| Health Freak | 
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Technical Ability 9 | One more Health item charge and faster recharge |
| All Things Cyber | 
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Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| License To Chrome | 
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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 | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Pump | 
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Circulatory System | A Health item that heals over time |
| Clutch Padding | 
|
Circulatory System | Cheaper shooting |
| Kiroshi The Oracle Optics | 
|
Face | Scanning highlights enemies behind cover |
| Mechatronic Core | 
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Frontal Cortex | More damage against drones, robots and mechs |
| Ballistic Coprocessor | 
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Hands | More ricochets with Power weapons |
| Shock Absorber | 
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Hands | Less recoil |
| Subdermal Armor | 
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Integumentary System | More armor |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
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Legs | Double jump |
| NeoFiber | 
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Nervous System | More Mitigation Chance and Strength |
| Militech Apogee Sandevistan | Operating System | Slows time by 85% with crit bonuses | |
| Spring Joints | 
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Skeleton | Stronger Mitigation |
| Bionic Joints | 
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Skeleton | More armor |
Lore
Padre is the fixer of Heywood. His real name is Sebastian Ibarra. He was once a priest in the Valentinos, but after the bloodbath at Moto Cielo he became a fixer. At first he offered jobs only to his own people in Heywood and the Valentinos. Later he even made deals with 6th Street. He follows his own code of honour and supports no single gang. What he cares about is the balance of power in Night City.
Seraph's in-game text calls it Padre's closest companion. It is judge, jury and executioner for divine justice, all rolled into one. The pistol has the same holy tone as its name. Its Iconic text speaks of the purifying flame of the Seraphim consuming the target. When the work in Heywood is done, Padre pays his debt with this gun, and it waits for V in the stash.
Notes
- Kongou, Plan B and Pride are the other Iconic weapons built on the Liberty.
Weapon Categories
All Pistols
Every pistol is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Pistols
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambition | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Apparition | 
|
+150% | 50% | Kabuki |
| Catahoula | 
|
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| Chaos | 
|
+150% | 50% | Kabuki |
| Cheetah | 
|
+150% | Dogtown | |
| Crimestopper | 
|
+85% | Dogtown | |
| Death and Taxes | 
|
+125% | Japantown | |
| Dying Night | 
|
+125% | 25% | Little China |
| Genjiroh | 
|
+85% | Japantown | |
| Her Majesty | 
|
+150% | ||
| Kappa x-MOD2 | 
|
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| Kongou | 
|
+150% | Arasaka Waterfront | |
| La Chingona Dorada | 
|
+100% | 25% | The Glen |
| Lexington x-MOD2 | 
|
+175% | Little China | |
| Lizzie | 
|
+150% | Kabuki | |
| Malorian Arms 3516 | 
|
+150% | Northside | |
| Ogou | 
|
+50% | 25% | |
| Pariah | 
|
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| Plan B | 
|
+200% | Badlands East | |
| Pride | 
|
+150% | Corpo Plaza | |
| Riskit | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Rook | 
|
Dogtown | ||
| Scorch | 
|
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| Second Opinion | ||||
| Seraph | 
|
Little China | ||
| Skippy | 
|
+85% | Vista Del Rey |
Standard Pistols
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22B Chao | 
|
+85% | ||
| AR Raygun Supreme 9000 | 
|
Badlands East | ||
| HA-4 Grit | 
|
+125% | ||
| HJKE-11 Yukimura | 
|
+85% | ||
| JKE-X2 Kenshin | 
|
50% | ||
| Kappa | 
|
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| Liberty | 
|
+150% | ||
| M-10AF Lexington | 
|
+125% | ||
| M-76e Omaha | 
|
50% | ||
| Nue | 
|
+125% | 25% | |
| Slaught-O-Matic | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Tamayura | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Ticon | 
|
50% | ||
| Unity | 
|
+150% |