Wild Dog

Wild Dog

Class	Machine Gun
Type	Power
Ammo	Heavy Ammo
Tier	Iconic
Damage	5.2
DPS	65
Fire Rate	12.5
Location	Dogtown

Wild Dog is Kurt Hansen's light machine gun, an Iconic M2067 Defender taken from the ruler of Dogtown in Phantom Liberty. Every hit it lands raises its fire rate and crit chance for a short time. It grows stronger the longer V holds the trigger. When the magazine finally runs out, its quick melee attack deals massive damage. Wild Dog is a heavy weapon for a Body build that holds its ground, fires without stopping and then hits whatever is left. It drops during the main job Firestarter, and it is missable. Wild Dog is a late Phantom Liberty drop from Kurt Hansen at the EBM Petrochem Stadium in Dogtown, during the main job Firestarter.

Combat

Wild Dog is a Power light machine gun, built to fire many bullets rather than to be precise. Like other heavy weapons, it slightly lowers V's movement speed and jump height while it is out.

The Iconic effect rewards long, steady fire. Every hit adds a little more fire rate and crit chance for a few seconds. Those bonuses stack. A long burst into a crowd keeps getting faster and crits more often. Short taps waste the effect, so Wild Dog works best in a fight with many targets.

The second part of the effect helps with the reload. When the magazine is empty, V's quick melee attack with the gun deals massive damage. Instead of reloading in the middle of a group, V can hit the nearest enemy with the gun. V can then reload once there is room.

How to Get Wild Dog Guide

Play Phantom Liberty to the main job Firestarter at the EBM Petrochem Stadium.
Side with Solomon Reed when Songbird asks for help.
Defeat Kurt Hansen when he ambushes V at the market entrance.
Loot Wild Dog from Hansen's body.
If it was missed, buy it from Herold Lowe at the black market in the EBM Petrochem Stadium.

Wild Dog Map Location and Quest Guide

Play the Phantom Liberty story to the main job Firestarter.
Drive to the stadium with Alex and follow Murphy inside.
Leave the weapons in the locker and talk to Hansen while posing as a Cassel twin.
Follow Songbird to the Neural Matrix and choose to help Reed capture her.
Fight back through the stadium to the market entrance, where Hansen and his soldiers attack.
Defeat Kurt Hansen.
Search Hansen's body and take Wild Dog.

Wild Dog map location:

Map credit by Map Genie.

Upgrades

Wild Dog 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 gun must be in V's inventory to appear in the list.

The table shows what each tier step of Wild Dog 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

Light machine guns use the Body tree. Like A Feather removes the movement penalty for LMGs, which cancels the heavy weapon slowdown. Die! Die! Die! adds crit chance at low Stamina. It also adds fire rate and handling as Stamina drops. Bullet Ballet reduces the spread while moving. Spontaneous Obliteration adds the chance to Obliterate weakened enemies. Onslaught refills part of the magazine after each LMG kill, which keeps a long burst going. Skullcracker raises quick melee damage as Stamina drops, which adds to the empty-magazine melee attack.

For cyberware, Immovable Force and Shock Absorber reduce recoil, which helps keep a long burst on target. Clutch Padding lowers the Stamina cost of shooting. V can then control Stamina for the Body perks that depend on high or low Stamina.

Select a Build

Tank 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.

PerksCyberware

Name	Level	Effect
Painkiller	Body 4	Slow Health regeneration in combat
Dorph-Head	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	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	Body 15	Quick melee hits harder at low Stamina
Dread	Body 15	Ranged attacks strip enemy armor
Rush Of Blood	Body 15	Faster reload after a dismemberment
Bloodlust	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	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	Reflexes 20	Stamina back from Air Dashes and double jumps
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
Ambidextrous	Technical Ability 15	A second Hands cyberware slot

Name	Slot	Effect
ThreatEvac	Circulatory System	Faster movement at low Health
Mechatronic Core	Frontal Cortex	More damage against drones, robots and mechs
Self-ICE	Frontal Cortex	Blocks an enemy quickhack
Microgenerator	Hands	Reloading an empty gun charges an electroshock shot
Painducer	Integumentary System	Turns part of damage taken into damage over time
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
Epimorphic Skeleton	Skeleton	More max Health
Spring Joints	Skeleton	Stronger Mitigation

Lore

Kurt Hansen runs Dogtown, and his BARGHEST soldiers hold the district. In Firestarter, V and Alex walk into his stadium disguised as the Cassel twins. Hansen tests their cover story over drinks, and V has to stay in character. When Songbird arrives, V must decide whether to help her escape or hand her to Solomon Reed. That choice decides how the night ends.

On the route that sides with Reed, the deception falls apart and Hansen turns on V. Beating him lets V loot his weapons, Wild Dog among them. Hansen's revolver Bald Eagle and his knife Fang come from the same body.

The gun's in-game line suits its owner: this dog has a big appetite, so do not forget to feed it.