System Collapse

System Collapse

Class	Ultimate Quickhack
Tier	Tier 4
RAM Cost	28
Upload Time	1 s

System Collapse shuts down an enemy's nervous system and knocks them out on the spot. It makes no noise, and the upload leaves no trace. It is the quiet way to remove a dangerous guard from a distance. At the highest tier it also wipes away an enemy netrunner's trace. It suits a late game stealth netrunner who wants to clear an area without a single gunshot. System Collapse is a mid to late game ultimate quickhack that netrunner vendors sell from Tier 4 onward.

Effect

System Collapse is an ultimate quickhack. V uploads it to one enemy, and their nervous system fails. The enemy drops unconscious without making a sound. The upload takes only a second. The quickhack is untraceable, so it does not start a trace on its own.

The RAM cost is very high. System Collapse has a discount to make up for it. Each time V reduces trace progress, System Collapse costs 12 RAM less for a short time. The discount stacks twice.

Tier 5 turns each takedown into a way to shake off a trace. Each enemy taken down with System Collapse cuts the current trace progress by 20%. If the target is an enemy netrunner, the whole trace disappears. The Iconic variant cuts trace progress by a further 20% for each enemy taken down.

How to Get System Collapse Guide

Buy System Collapse or its crafting spec from a netrunner vendor once Tier 4 stock appears.
Breach Access Points with Breach Protocol for a chance at quickhacks.
With Phantom Liberty, watch netrunner stock for the Iconic variant from around level 51.

System Collapse Map Location

The map shows the netrunner vendor in Kabuki, one of the netrunner vendors that sell it.

System Collapse map location:

Map credit by Map Genie.

Crafting Spec

Netrunner vendors sell the System Collapse spec. The spec lets V craft System Collapse in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.

Upgrades

System Collapse comes in Tier 4 and Tier 5, plus an Iconic variant. Tier 4 has the knockout and the trace discount. Tier 5 cuts trace progress with each takedown and clears it entirely when the target is a netrunner. The Iconic variant keeps every effect and cuts even more trace.

Netrunner vendors sell System Collapse and its crafting specs. Crafting needs quickhack components of the matching tier. 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. Crafting the Iconic variant takes Tier 5 quickhack components.

Character Builds

System Collapse belongs in a stealth build with points in Intelligence. Memory Wipe cuts trace progress when V uploads it outside combat. That cut starts the System Collapse discount. Shadowrunner removes all trace progress after a Takedown. Encryption lowers the traceability of every quickhack.

Copy-Paste spreads a quickhack to the allies of an enemy netrunner who is targeting V. System Collapse on that netrunner can then reach the rest of the squad. Counter-A-Hack lets V counter an enemy netrunner through walls and obstacles at a lower cost.

Hack Queue and Queue Acceleration let V queue cheaper quickhacks before System Collapse. Queue Mastery halves the RAM cost of the last quickhack that fills a queue. System Collapse is a fitting last slot because of its high price. Overclock lets V upload it with too little RAM, paying with Health instead.

Eye In The Sky highlights nearby cameras and makes Covert quickhacks cheaper through them. Ping and Memory Wipe both help V find and approach targets before the final upload.

Select a Build

Netrunner Knife BuildNetrunner Smart SMG BuildStealth Netrunner Blade 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.

PerksCyberware

Name	Level	Effect
Proximate Propagation	Intelligence 4	Cheaper quickhacks at close range
Optimization	Intelligence 4	Faster RAM recovery
Eye In The Sky	Intelligence 4	Highlights cameras and makes camera quickhacks cheaper
Forcekill Cypher	Intelligence 4	Shorter sequences when hacking Access Points
Hack Queue	Intelligence 9	Queue two quickhacks on one enemy
Feedback Loop	Intelligence 9	Faster RAM recovery for each queued quickhack
Embedded Exploit	Intelligence 9	Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies
Icepick	Intelligence 9	Cheaper Combat quickhacks on distracted or controlled enemies
Counter-A-Hack	Intelligence 9	Counter quickhacks on enemy netrunners through walls
Queue Acceleration	Intelligence 15	More RAM and cheaper device quickhacks
Queue Prioritization	Intelligence 15	Faster upload for the first quickhack in a queue
Queue Hack Root	Intelligence 15	Cheaper quickhacks when the queue mixes categories
Air Dash	Reflexes 15	Dash in midair
Finisher: Bladerunner	Reflexes 15	Faster blade attacks and a finisher that restores Health
Opportunist	Reflexes 15	Easier finishers on stunned, blinded or bleeding enemies
Flash Of Steel	Reflexes 15	Speed and attack speed after a finisher
Aerial Acrobat	Reflexes 15	Better control in midair
License To Chrome	Technical Ability 15	Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot

Name	Slot	Effect
Blood Pump	Circulatory System	A Health item that heals over time
Microrotors	Circulatory System	Faster melee attacks
Ex-Disk	Frontal Cortex	More max RAM and faster uploads
Handle Wrap	Hands	Crit chance for throwable weapons
Reinforced Tendons	Legs	Double jump
Stabber	Nervous System	Crit chance with blades and throwables

The Yinglong smart SMG locks onto several enemies while quickhacks work on the same targets. Ping marks enemies, and Cyberware Malfunction stacks more damage on them. Smart Synergy gives instant locks during Overclock.

Attributes: Body 15, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 20, Cool 6.

The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.

PerksCyberware

Name	Level	Effect
Adrenaline Rush	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
Unstoppable Force	Body 15	Immunity to knockdown and blinding during Adrenaline Rush
Optimization	Intelligence 4	Faster RAM recovery
Embedded Exploit	Intelligence 9	Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies
Precision Subroutines	Intelligence 9	Smart weapon accuracy scales with max RAM
Recirculation	Intelligence 9	Smart weapon kills restore RAM
Speculation	Intelligence 9	Combat quickhack kills recover RAM
Overclock	Intelligence 15	More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode
Target Lock Transfer	Intelligence 15	Wider Smart reticle and locks kept on swap
Targeting Prism	Intelligence 15	Lock on to more targets at once
Sublimation	Intelligence 15	RAM recovery heals during Overclock
Smart Synergy	Intelligence 20	Instant lock and more damage during Overclock
Acquisition Specialist	Intelligence	Wider Smart reticle and lock kept through reloads
Air Dash	Reflexes 15	Dash in midair
Sharpshooter	Reflexes 15	Faster aim and Stamina stacks on hits
Practice Makes Perfect	Reflexes 15	Crit chance and crit damage per Sharpshooter stack
Shoot To Chill	Reflexes 15	Armor penetration per Sharpshooter stack
Tailwind	Reflexes 20	Stamina from air dashes and double jumps
Submachine Fun	Reflexes 20	SMG swaps reload and raise fire rate
License To Chrome	Technical Ability 15	Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot
Ambidextrous	Technical Ability 15	A second Hands cyberware slot
Pyromania	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	Slot	Effect
Biomonitor	Circulatory System	Uses a Health item when Health runs low
Blood Pump	Circulatory System	A Health item that heals over time
Heal-On-Kill	Circulatory System	Health on each kill
Axolotl	Frontal Cortex	Kills cut all cyberware cooldowns
Smart Link	Hands	Turns on Smart weapon tracking
Reinforced Tendons	Legs	Double jump
NeoFiber	Nervous System	More mitigation chance and strength

Stealth comes first, with Cool perks for crouched movement and Optical Camo to stay unseen. Control quickhacks such as Weapon Glitch and Cyberpsychosis turn guards against each other. Blade perks from Reflexes finish anyone who comes close.

Attributes: Body 5, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 16, Cool 20.

The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.

PerksCyberware

Name	Level	Effect
Ninjutsu	Cool 15	Crouch sprinting and more mitigation while crouched
Serpentine	Cool 15	Harder to hit while crouch sprinting
Creeping Death	Cool 15	Health, Stamina and speed after a stealth kill
Eye In The Sky	Intelligence 4	Highlights cameras and makes camera quickhacks cheaper
Optimization	Intelligence 4	Faster RAM recovery
Forcekill Cypher	Intelligence 4	Shorter sequences when hacking Access Points
Hack Queue	Intelligence 9	Queue two quickhacks on one enemy
Embedded Exploit	Intelligence 9	Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies
Data Recycler	Intelligence 9	RAM back from queued quickhacks after a kill
Copy-Paste	Intelligence 9	Quickhacks on an enemy netrunner spread to their allies
Counter-A-Hack	Intelligence 9	Counter quickhacks on enemy netrunners through walls
Queue Acceleration	Intelligence 15	More RAM and cheaper device quickhacks
Overclock	Intelligence 15	More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode
Queue Hack Root	Intelligence 15	Cheaper quickhacks when the queue mixes categories
Finisher: Bladerunner	Reflexes 15	Faster blade attacks and a finisher that restores Health
Going The Distance	Reflexes 15	Double finisher range
Flash Of Steel	Reflexes 15	Speed and attack speed after a finisher
Air Dash	Reflexes 15	Dash in midair
Aerodynamic	Reflexes 15	Stronger Mitigation in midair
Aerial Acrobat	Reflexes 15	Better control in midair
Slaughterhouse	Reflexes 20	Every attack causes Bleeding
Tailwind	Reflexes 20	Stamina from air dashes and double jumps
License To Chrome	Technical Ability 15	Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot
Ambidextrous	Technical Ability 15	A second Hands cyberware slot
Edgerunner	Technical Ability 20	Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost

Name	Slot	Effect
Isometric Stabilizer	Circulatory System	Cheaper attacks
Shock Absorber	Hands	Less recoil
Optical Camo	Integumentary System	Near invisibility for a few seconds

Lore

The in-game description calls it the masterpiece of a corporate netrunner. That netrunner believed most problems could be solved by switching off whatever caused the trouble. System Collapse does exactly that to a human body.