Taigan
| Taigan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Revolver |
| Type | Power |
| Ammo | Handgun Ammo |
| Tier | Iconic |
| Headshot | +175% |
| Armor Pen | 50% |
| Attack Speed | 2 |
| Weight | 4.3 |
| Location | Dogtown |
Taigan is an Iconic Techtronika Metel, a Power revolver from the same banned weapon series as Volkodav, Alabai and Laika. It fires explosive rounds with a strong chance to Burn. Its burn is a special one. Every shot that hits a burning enemy is a guaranteed crit. The more enemies burn at once, the more crit damage V deals, but accuracy drops. Taigan is a hard-hitting sidearm that gets more dangerous as more enemies catch fire. It is one of the Iconic guns that only Dogtown's airdrops give out. Taigan is a Phantom Liberty find from an airdrop in Dogtown. Airdrops become available once the main job Lucretia My Reflection has started.
Combat
Taigan is a revolver, so each shot hits hard. It fires and reloads more slowly than a pistol. Its rounds explode on impact, and each one has a strong chance to set the target on fire.
Once an enemy is burning, every Taigan round that hits them is a guaranteed crit. The first hit of a fight therefore sets up the next shots. Those shots crit for as long as the burn lasts.
The bonus grows when several enemies burn. With several enemies burning at the same time, each crit deals more damage. The downside is accuracy, which drops as more targets burn. Taigan rewards a player who sets a crowd on fire first. V can then switch to close, careful shots, where the lost accuracy matters less.
How to Get Taigan Guide
- Start the Phantom Liberty main job Lucretia My Reflection to unlock airdrops in Dogtown.
- Follow the red smoke and siren of an airdrop to the top of the building where it lands.
- Deal with the enemies around the container, then hack it open and take Taigan.
- If it was missed, buy it from Herold Lowe at the black market in the EBM Petrochem Stadium, Dogtown.
Taigan Map Location
Taigan map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Compatible Mods
7 scopes are compatible with Taigan.
| 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 | 
|
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 |
Upgrades
Taigan 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, and the revolver must be in V's inventory to appear in the list.
The table shows what each tier step of Taigan 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 unlocks Focus mode when V aims at full Stamina and adds headshot damage. Deadeye adds more headshot damage. Long Shot keeps full damage at any range while Deadeye is active. Rinse And Reload and High Noon both speed up reloads after certain kills, which helps with a revolver's slow reload. Quick Draw speeds up the swap to the revolver and restores Stamina. California Reaper restores Stamina after a headshot kill.
The burn already guarantees crits, so crit damage is the stat to raise. Sandevistan models such as the Dynalar, the Militech Falcon and the Militech Apogee add crit damage while time is slowed. The Apogee also adds headshot damage. Kerenzikov lets V aim and fire while sliding or dodging, with time slowed for a moment. It helps V keep moving between burning targets.
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 | 
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Calm Mind | 
|
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 | 
|
Cool 9 | Faster reload after a kill while aiming |
| Head To Head | 
|
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 | 
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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 | 
|
Hands | More ricochets with Power weapons |
| Shock Absorber | 
|
Hands | Less recoil |
| Subdermal Armor | 
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Integumentary System | More armor |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
|
Legs | Double jump |
| NeoFiber | 
|
Nervous System | More Mitigation Chance and Strength |
| Militech Apogee Sandevistan | Operating System | Slows time by 85% with crit bonuses | |
| Spring Joints | 
|
Skeleton | Stronger Mitigation |
| Bionic Joints | 
|
Skeleton | More armor |
Lore
The Iconic text explains where Taigan comes from. It is part of a special Techtronika weapon series that was banned over humanitarian concerns. Alabai, a shotgun, and Laika, a Tech revolver, have the same burn and also come from airdrops. Volkodav, a machete, has it too. Taigan's own line is just three words: trained to kill.
Airdrops are a Dogtown feature. Every so often an AV flies loudly over the district and drops a cargo container meant for Hansen's BARGHEST soldiers. The cache lands with red smoke and a loud siren, so the whole neighbourhood knows where it is. Other gangs and Hansen's own men often fight over it. V can fight them off or slip past, then hack the container open.
Notes
- Bald Eagle is the other Iconic built on the Metel.
- Only one airdrop can be active at a time, and a drop left behind can vanish.
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% |