VST-37 Pozhar
| VST-37 Pozhar | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Shotgun |
| Type | Power |
| Ammo | Shotgun Ammo |
| Headshot | +85% |
| Armor Pen | 25% |
| Attack Speed | 3.6 |
| Range | 14 m |
| Projectiles | 5 |
| Weight | 9.6 |
The VST-37 Pozhar is a Techtronika automatic shotgun, a Soviet shotgun that fires as fast as the trigger is pulled. Its in-game line makes blunt promises: high caliber, high damage, high recoil. Its database entry adds that it has long been a favourite of MaxTac's elite forces. It also warns that the recoil is strong enough to need recoil cyberware. For a Body build, the Pozhar is a shotgun that keeps up the pressure through a whole magazine. It is the base gun for the Iconic shotguns Alabai and Pozhar x-MOD2 from the Phantom Liberty expansion. Weapon shops across Night City sell the Pozhar. With Phantom Liberty, the EBM Petrochem Stadium in Dogtown also stocks it. A shotgun build can pick one up at most stages.
Combat
The Pozhar holds twelve shells, and each shell fires five pellets. As an automatic shotgun, it fires shell after shell without pumping. It fires much faster than a pump-action gun like the M2038 Tactician. As a Power weapon, its pellets can ricochet off hard surfaces.
The price of that firepower is recoil. Each blast kicks hard, so follow-up shots climb unless something controls the recoil. Shock Absorber cyberware helps keep the barrel down. So do the shotgun perks that improve handling at low Stamina. Shotguns reward staying close and aggressive. The Body perks add bonus damage against nearby enemies and instant kills on targets with low Health.
How to Get VST-37 Pozhar Guide
- Buy the VST-37 Pozhar from a weapon shop in Night City.
- With Phantom Liberty, buy it at the EBM Petrochem Stadium in Dogtown.
- Loot it from enemies who carry one.
- Craft it at the crafting bench with its crafting spec.
VST-37 Pozhar Map Location
The map shows the EBM Petrochem Stadium in Dogtown, where the weapon shop sells it.
VST-37 Pozhar map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Compatible Mods
11 weapon mods are compatible with VST-37 Pozhar.
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Better Half | 
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Raises crit chance with the second half of the magazine |
| Condenser | 
|
Tighter pellet spread, less damage per pellet |
| Critochet | 
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Raises crit chance with ricochets |
| Equalizer | 
|
More damage against Elite enemies |
| Firecracker | 
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Shoots explosive rounds |
| Kneel! | 
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Leg shots can dismember and kill instantly |
| Pax | 
|
Makes the weapon non-lethal, more damage outside combat |
| Pyro | 
|
Turns part of the damage into Thermal damage with a chance to Burn |
| Shuffler | 
|
Drawing the weapon refills part of the magazine |
| Swiss Cheese | 
|
More armor penetration, higher Stamina cost per bullet |
| Vivisector | 
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More dismemberment, then more torso damage for a short time |
Crafting Spec
The spec lets V craft VST-37 Pozhar in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.
The table shows what crafting VST-37 Pozhar costs at each tier.
| Tier | Components |
|---|---|
| Tier 3 | 30 Tier 3 components |
| Tier 4 | 30 Tier 4 components |
| Tier 5 | 30 Tier 5 components |
Upgrades
Only Iconic weapons can be upgraded, so a stronger Pozhar comes from a higher tier. Shops and loot rise with V's level. A crafted shotgun matches a bought one of the same tier. Its crafting spec turns crafting components into a new Pozhar at V's current tier.
Character Builds
The shotgun perks are in the Body tree. Die! Die! Die! raises crit chance at low Stamina. It also adds fire rate and handling as Stamina falls. Spontaneous Obliteration adds damage against nearby enemies. It also unlocks Obliterate, which can instantly kill and dismember a target with low Health. Close-Quarters Carnage raises the Obliterate chance at close range. Bloodlust grants Adrenaline when nearby enemies are dismembered during Adrenaline Rush. Rip And Tear is the top shotgun perk. Shotgun blasts and quick melee attacks each boost the damage of the next.
For cyberware, Shock Absorber reduces recoil, and Clutch Padding lowers the Stamina cost of shooting. The Ballistic Coprocessor raises the ricochet chance of Power weapons. Its mod slots take shotgun and Power weapon mods. Condenser makes the pellet spread tighter, but each pellet deals a little less damage. Vivisector raises dismemberment chance and boosts torso damage after a dismemberment. Kneel! gives leg hits a chance to dismember and kill outright.
Select a Build
Dashes close the gap so the shotgun can blast enemies at point-blank range. A quick melee hit after a shot boosts the next one through Rip and Tear. The shotgun and LMG perks grow stronger at low Stamina, so the build keeps shooting and dashing without a pause.
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 | 
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Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Dorph-Head | 
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Body 4 | Brief full Mitigation after using a Health item |
| Speed Junkie | 
|
Body 4 | Faster Health regeneration while sprinting |
| Die! Die! Die! | 
|
Body 9 | Higher crit chance and fire rate at low Stamina |
| Bullet Ballet | 
|
Body 9 | Less bullet spread while moving |
| Like A Feather | 
|
Body 9 | No speed penalty with Shotguns and machine guns |
| Don't Stop Me Now | 
|
Body 9 | Mitigation at low Stamina |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
|
Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Juggernaut | 
|
Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Unstoppable Force | 
|
Body 15 | Immunity to knockdown and other status effects during Adrenaline Rush |
| Calm Mind | 
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Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Spontaneous Obliteration | 
|
Body 15 | Chance to instantly kill enemies at low Health |
| Close-Quarters Carnage | 
|
Body 15 | Higher Obliterate chance at close range |
| Skullcracker | 
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Body 15 | Quick melee hits harder at low Stamina |
| Dread | 
|
Body 15 | Ranged attacks strip enemy armor |
| Rush Of Blood | 
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Body 15 | Faster reload after a dismemberment |
| Bloodlust | 
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Body 15 | Dismemberments refill Adrenaline |
| Rip And Tear | 
|
Body 20 | Shotgun shots and quick melee attacks boost each other |
| Onslaught | 
|
Body 20 | Light Machine Gun kills refill ammo |
| Pain To Gain | 
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Body 20 | Kills recharge Health items during Adrenaline Rush |
| Dash | 
|
Reflexes 9 | Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper |
| Air Dash | 
|
Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Tailwind | 
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Reflexes 20 | Stamina back from Air Dashes and double jumps |
| 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 |
| Ambidextrous | 
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Technical Ability 15 | A second Hands cyberware slot |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| ThreatEvac | 
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Circulatory System | Faster movement at low Health |
| Mechatronic Core | 
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Frontal Cortex | More damage against drones, robots and mechs |
| Self-ICE | 
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Frontal Cortex | Blocks an enemy quickhack |
| Microgenerator | 
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Hands | Reloading an empty gun charges an electroshock shot |
| Painducer | 
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Integumentary System | Turns part of damage taken into damage over time |
| 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 | |
| Epimorphic Skeleton | 
|
Skeleton | More max Health |
| Spring Joints | 
|
Skeleton | Stronger Mitigation |
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Kneel! | 
|
Leg shots can dismember and kill instantly |
| Firecracker | 
|
Explosive rounds |
Notes
- Alabai is a Phantom Liberty Iconic Pozhar from a banned Techtronika series. Its blasts can set enemies on fire, and burning enemies always take crit damage. It comes from a scripted airdrop near the Brave Atlas in Longshore Stacks, and Herold Lowe sells it if the drop is missed.
- Pozhar x-MOD2 is a Phantom Liberty Iconic Pozhar with two mod slots, better handling and a uniform pellet spread. It hides in a room near Elizabeth Kress Street in Longshore Stacks, and the door only opens after 1 AM.
Weapon Categories
All Shotguns
Every shotgun is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Shotguns
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabai | 
|
+85% | 25% | Dogtown |
| Amstaff | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Ba Xing Chong | 
|
Northside | ||
| Bloody Maria | 
|
+85% | 25% | Little China |
| Dezerter | 
|
+85% | 75% | Dogtown |
| Guts | 
|
+85% | 75% | Corpo Plaza |
| Mox | 
|
+85% | 25% | Kabuki |
| Order | 
|
+50% | 100% | Dogtown |
| Pozhar x-MOD2 | 
|
+85% | 25% | Dogtown |
| Sovereign | 
|
+85% | 75% | Japantown |
| The Headsman | 
|
25% | North Oak |
Standard Shotguns
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnage | 
|
+85% | 50% | Downtown |
| Crusher | 
|
+135% | ||
| DB-2 Satara | 
|
+85% | 50% | |
| DB-2 Testera | 
|
+85% | 50% | |
| DB-4 Igla | 
|
+85% | 25% | Northside |
| DB-4 Palica | 
|
+35% | ||
| L-69 Zhuo | 
|
+35% | 25% | |
| M2038 Tactician | 
|
+85% | 25% | |
| VST-37 Pozhar | 
|
+85% | 25% |