Tsumetogi
| Tsumetogi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Melee Weapon |
| Type | Blade |
| Weapon | Katana |
| Tier | Iconic |
| Armor Pen | 25% |
| Attack Speed | 2.1 |
| Weight | 4.5 |
| Location | Japantown |
Tsumetogi is the signature katana of Hiromi Sato, the Tyger Claws boss who runs the Clouds doll house. It turns the blade's damage into Electrical damage and adds a chance to Shock. Its Iconic effect also rewards attacking on the move. Attacks made while blocking, sprinting, jumping or crouching hit harder than normal swings. Tsumetogi is a katana for a fast Reflexes build that dashes, leaps and counters. It is a reward from Judy's side job Pisces, where it rests on a table in Hiromi's office. Tsumetogi is a mid-game find in Hiromi Sato's penthouse office in Megabuilding H8, Japantown. It is found during Judy Álvarez's side job Pisces.
Combat
Tsumetogi is a katana, so it swings fast and can block. Its Iconic effect turns its damage into Electrical damage. Each hit also has a small chance to Shock the target, which adds Electrical damage over time.
The bigger bonus is for attacks made on the move. Strikes made while blocking, sprinting, jumping or crouching all deal more damage. A Reflexes build already fights this way, with dashes, leaps and counters, so the bonus triggers often. A crouched approach into a sprint attack, or a leap from above, makes the most of it. Blocking also counts, so a well-timed counter after a block hits harder too.
How to Get Tsumetogi Guide
- Help Judy Álvarez in her side jobs until she calls about Pisces.
- Meet Judy and the dolls at Megabuilding H8 and clear the maintenance level.
- Reach the roof and drop onto the balcony of Hiromi Sato's penthouse.
- In the meeting room, take Tsumetogi from the table in the middle of the room.
- If it was missed, buy it from Herold Lowe at the black market in the EBM Petrochem Stadium, Dogtown, with Phantom Liberty.
Tsumetogi Map Location and Quest Guide
- Wait for Judy's call to start the side job Pisces.
- Go to Megabuilding H8 in the afternoon and meet Judy and the dolls.
- Ride the elevator to the maintenance level and clear the Tyger Claws there.
- Take the freight elevator up and find a way into Hiromi's penthouse.
- Clear the guards and enter Hiromi's office, where Maiko waits.
- Take Tsumetogi from its stand on the table in the middle of the room. If it is left there, Hiromi Sato carries it when he wakes.
Tsumetogi map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Tsumetogi 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 katana must be in V's inventory to appear in the list.
The table shows what each tier step of Tsumetogi 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
Blades use the Reflexes tree. Lead And Steel lowers blade Stamina costs and lets V block bullets with the katana. Bullet Deflect sends those bullets back where V aims. Bullet Time makes deflections free and turns them into crits while time is slowed. Flash And Thunderclap turns strong attacks into leaps toward nearby enemies. Tsumetogi's bonus also applies to these leaps. Seeing Double adds damage and Stun chance to counterattacks. Finisher: Bladerunner adds attack speed and a blade finisher that heals V. Flash Of Steel then boosts speed after each finisher.
For cyberware, a Sandevistan slows time and gives V time to set up sprint and leap attacks. Stabber raises crit chance with blades. Microrotors raise melee attack speed. A Berserk operating system removes Stamina costs for melee while it is active.
Select a Build
The Sandevistan goes on when a clear path runs through three or four enemies, then goes off to save its duration. The Sandevistan is switched off before a Finisher, because the animation wastes its time. Dashes and air Dashes dodge bullets and reach the next target instantly.
Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 3, Cool 18.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painkiller | 
|
Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
|
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 |
| Slippery | 
|
Reflexes 4 | Harder to hit while moving fast |
| Dash | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper |
| Mad Dash | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Double Dash range toward enemies |
| Lead And Steel | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Block bullets with Blades |
| Bullet Deflect | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Blocked bullets fly back at the aim point |
| Seeing Double | Reflexes 9 | Counterattacks hit harder and can stun | |
| Flash And Thunderclap | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Strong attacks leap to nearby enemies |
| Air Dash | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Finisher: Bladerunner | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Faster Blade attacks and a Blade Finisher that heals |
| Flash Of Steel | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Faster movement and attacks after a Finisher |
| Opportunist | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Stunned, staggered and bleeding enemies are easier to finish |
| Going The Distance | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Double Finisher range |
| Slaughterhouse | Reflexes 20 | Every Blade hit applies Bleeding | |
| Tailwind | 
|
Reflexes 20 | Stamina back from Air Dashes and double jumps |
| Glutton For War | 
|
Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| Health Freak | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | One more Health item charge and faster recharge |
| All Things Cyber | 
|
Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| License To Chrome | 
|
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biomonitor | 
|
Circulatory System | Uses a Health item when Health runs low |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
|
Legs | Double jump |
| Stabber | 
|
Nervous System | More crit chance with Blades and throwables |
| NeoFiber | 
|
Nervous System | More Mitigation Chance and Strength |
| Militech Apogee Sandevistan | Operating System | Slows time by 85% with crit bonuses | |
| Dense Marrow | 
|
Skeleton | More melee damage |
Lore
The item text calls Tsumetogi a custom-made marvel, truly one of a kind. It belongs to Hiromi Sato, the Tyger Claws boss in charge of Clouds. Judy Álvarez wants to free the dolls of Clouds from the gang's control, and she has found an ally in Maiko Maeda.
In Pisces, Judy and V fight the Tyger Claws for control of the maintenance level of Megabuilding H8. V then climbs to the roof and finds a way into Hiromi's penthouse. Inside the office, Maiko is already waiting, and Hiromi sits with other Tyger Claws bosses. Maiko has plans of her own for Clouds. V has to decide how the meeting ends, by talking or by fighting.
Tsumetogi rests on a table in the middle of that meeting room. If V leaves it there, it can still be looted from Hiromi Sato once he wakes up.
Notes
- Taking Tsumetogi from the table is the simplest route, because looting it from Hiromi means waiting for him to wake up.
Weapon Categories
All Melee Weapons
Every melee weapon is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Melee Weapons
| Name | Image | Weapon | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agaou | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% | Dogtown |
| BFC 9000 | 
|
One-Handed Club | Rancho Coronado | ||
| Baby Boomer | 
|
Two-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Baseball Bat x-MOD2 | 
|
Two-Handed Club | Dogtown | ||
| Black Unicorn | 
|
Katana | 25% | ||
| Blue Fang | 
|
Knife | +150% | Badlands South | |
| Butcher's Cleaver | 
|
Knife | 25% | Coastview | |
| Byakko | 
|
Katana | 25% | Little China | |
| Caretaker's Spade | 
|
Hammer | 25% | Corpo Plaza | |
| Claw x-MOD2 | 
|
Axe | |||
| Cocktail Stick | 
|
Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Cottonmouth | 
|
One-Handed Club | 25% | Japantown | |
| Crowbar | 
|
One-Handed Club | |||
| Cut-o-Matic x-MOD2 | 
|
Chainsword | Dogtown | ||
| Errata | 
|
Katana | 25% | Arroyo | |
| Fang | 
|
Knife | +50% | ||
| Gold-Plated Baseball Bat | 
|
Two-Handed Club | 25% | North Oak | |
| Gwynbleidd | 
|
Sword | |||
| Headhunter | 
|
Knife | +150% | West Wind Estate | |
| Jinchu-Maru | 
|
Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Murphy's Law | 
|
One-handed Club | 50% | Dogtown | |
| Nehan | 
|
Knife | +150% | Arasaka Waterfront | |
| Sasquatch's Hammer | 
|
Hammer | 75% | Coastview | |
| Satori | 
|
Katana | 25% | Arasaka Waterfront | |
| Scalpel | 
|
Katana | 25% | Northside | |
| Sir John Phallustiff | 
|
Blunt | 25% | Kabuki | |
| Stinger | 
|
Knife | +150% | Badlands East | |
| Tinker Bell | 
|
One-Handed Club | 50% | Badlands East | |
| Tsumetogi | 
|
Katana | 25% | Japantown | |
| Volkodav | 
|
Machete | 25% | Dogtown |
Standard Melee Weapons
| Name | Image | Weapon | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball Bat | 
|
Two-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Chef's Knife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Claw | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% | |
| Cut-O-Matic | 
|
Chainsword | 50% | ||
| Electric Baton Alpha | 
|
One-Handed Club | Rancho Coronado | ||
| Electric Baton Beta | 
|
One-Handed Club | 50% | ||
| Electric Baton Gamma | 
|
One-Handed Club | 50% | ||
| Hammer | 
|
Hammer | 25% | ||
| Kaiken | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Kanabo | 
|
Two-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Katana | 
|
Katana | 25% | ||
| Knife | 
|
Knife | +200% | ||
| Kukri | 
|
Machete | 25% | ||
| Machete | 
|
Machete | 25% | ||
| Neurotoxin Knife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Punknife | 
|
Knife | +150% | ||
| Razor | 
|
Machete | 25% | ||
| Steel Pipe | 
|
One-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Tire Iron | 
|
One-Handed Club | 25% | ||
| Tomahawk | 
|
Axe | +125% | 25% |