Weapon Glitch
| Weapon Glitch | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Control Quickhack |
| Tier | Tier 2 |
| RAM Cost | T2 3 / T3 4 / T4 6 |
| Upload Time | 0.3 s |
| Duration | 14 s |
Weapon Glitch breaks an enemy's gun from a distance. The weapon malfunctions, their aim gets worse and their smart targeting shuts off. At higher tiers the gun explodes in their hands. It is a cheap way to stop an enemy who is pinning V down with steady fire. It suits an Intelligence build that fights with Smart weapons. Weapon Glitch is an early to mid game quickhack that netrunner vendors sell from Tier 2 onward.
Effect
Weapon Glitch is a control quickhack. V uploads it to one enemy, and their weapon malfunctions for the duration. The malfunction lowers their accuracy. It also turns off Smart targeting and the ability to shoot through cover. Enemies with Smart guns or Tech weapons lose those features. The upload is nearly instant and the RAM cost is low.
Tier 3 links it to V's own Smart weapons. While V keeps a Smart weapon locked on to the affected enemy, Weapon Glitch lasts until the lock ends.
Tier 4 goes further. It makes the enemy's main weapon explode. The enemy then has to switch to a backup weapon. That second weapon suffers the same malfunction.
Tier 5 rewards V for each upload. Every time V uploads Weapon Glitch, V gains 6% Crit Chance with Smart weapons for ten seconds. The bonus stacks five times. The Iconic variant doubles each stack to 12%.
How to Get Weapon Glitch Guide
- Buy Weapon Glitch or its crafting spec from a netrunner vendor once Tier 2 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.
Weapon Glitch Map Location
The map shows the netrunner vendor in Kabuki, one of the netrunner vendors that sell it.
Weapon Glitch map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Crafting Spec
Netrunner vendors sell the Weapon Glitch spec. The spec lets V craft Weapon Glitch in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.
Upgrades
Weapon Glitch comes in Tiers 2 to 5, plus an Iconic variant. Tier 3 extends it while a Smart weapon holds a lock. Tier 4 blows up the main weapon. Tier 5 adds stacking Crit Chance for Smart weapons. The Iconic variant keeps every effect and doubles the Crit Chance per stack.
Netrunner vendors sell Weapon Glitch and its crafting specs. Higher tiers need quickhack components of the matching tier to craft. 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
Weapon Glitch belongs in an Intelligence build that uses Smart weapons. Acquisition Specialist widens the Smart weapon reticle and speeds up lock-on. Target Lock Transfer keeps target locks when V switches between aiming and hip fire. Targeting Prism allows more than one lock at once. No Escape resets a target lock that is about to end when V shoots the target. A longer lock keeps the Tier 3 effect running. Smart Synergy gives Smart weapons instant locks and more damage against hacked enemies while Overclock is active.
Recirculation returns RAM after a Smart weapon kill, and more RAM if the enemy carries quickhacks. A kill on an enemy carrying Weapon Glitch therefore returns extra RAM.
Subordination doubles the duration of Control quickhacks on enemies at full Health. Embedded Exploit adds quickhack damage against enemies affected by Control quickhacks. Icepick lowers the RAM cost of Combat quickhacks against the same enemies. Short Circuit at Tier 2 adds three seconds to every Control quickhack on its target.
Select a Build
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.
| Name | Image | 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 | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isometric Stabilizer | 
|
Circulatory System | Cheaper attacks |
| Shock Absorber | 
|
Hands | Less recoil |
| Optical Camo | 
|
Integumentary System | Near invisibility for a few seconds |
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.
| Name | Image | 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 | Image | 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 |
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.
| Name | Image | 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 | Image | 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 |
Lore
The in-game description goes back to the Unification War. Militech soldiers in that war feared few things more than a weapon jamming in the heat of battle. Weapon Glitch brings that fear to any enemy with a gun.
Notes
- The Tier 4 explosion hits the main weapon only, and the backup weapon still suffers the malfunction.
Quickhack Categories
All Control Quickhacks
Every control quickhack is listed below.
| Name | Image | RAM | Upload | Perks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cripple Movement | 
|
T2 3 / T3 4 / T4 6 | 0.3 | Eye In The Sky, Subordination, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root |
| Cyberware Malfunction | 
|
T2 3 / T3 4 | 0.3 | Eye In The Sky, Subordination, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root |
| Reboot Optics | 
|
T1 2 / T3 5 / T4 7 | 0.3 | Eye In The Sky, Subordination, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root |
| Weapon Glitch | 
|
T2 3 / T3 4 / T4 6 | 0.3 | Eye In The Sky, Subordination, Embedded Exploit, Icepick, Queue Hack Root |