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Cyberpunk 2077 Crafting

The Cyberpunk 2077 Crafting Skill is influenced by leveling your Technical Stat. The Crafting skill improves your ability to Craft Unique and more powerful new items. When you level up this skill from Crafting items and Upgrading items. You will gain access to Crafting Perks that Gain more components when disassembling, and or Allows you to craft rare items.

Crafting

Technical

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How To Level Up Crafting Skill in Cyberpunk 2077

The Crafting skill is leveled up by Crafting and Dismantiling Items.

How To Gain XP Skill XP
Crafting items and Upgrading itemsVaries with item crafted
Disassembling items5

Best Crafting Perks in Cyberpunk 2077

List of the Best Crafting Perks in Cyberpunk 2077, you can view what each perk does and how we rank them in our Crafting Tier List.

  • S Tier - (Best) The Strongest Perks You can choose in this Cyberpunk 2077 Crafting Tier List.
  • A Tier - (Strong) Very strong choice, but not on the same level as S Tier Choices.
  • B Tier - (Good) Solid Choice and can be viable with the right Builds.
  • C Tier - (Average) The middle of the pack neither good nor bad.
Rank Level Perks Effect
A
1MechanicGain more components when disassembling
A
5True CraftsmanAllows you to craft rare items
B
5ScrapperJunk items are automatically disassembled
B
7WorkshopDisassembling items grant a 5% / 10% / 15% chance to gain a free component of the same quality as the disassembled item
A
9InnovationEffects from crafted consumables last 25% / 50% longer
A
9SapperCrafted grenades deal 10% / 20% more damage
S
11200% EfficiencyCrafted clothes gain 2.5% / 5% more armor
S
11Field TechnicianCrafted weapons deal 2.5% / 5% more damage
A
12Grease MonkeyAllows you to craft epic items
A
12Efficient UpgradesGrants a 10% chance to upgrade an item for free
A
12Ex NihiloGrants a 20% chance to craft an item for free
A
14Let There Be Light!Reduces component cost of upgrading items by10% 20%
A
14Cost OptimizationReduces component costs of crafting items by 15% / 30%
S
16Waste Not Want NotWhen disassembling an item, you get attached mods back
A
16Tune-UpAllows you to upgrade lower quality components into higher quality ones
S
18Edgerunner ArtisanAllows you to craft legendary and iconic items
S
20Cutting EdgeCrafted legendary weapons automatically get one stat improved by 5%
A
20Crazy ScienceIncreases the sale price of crafted items by 10%

List of Crafting Skill Level Rewards

These are the level up bonus effect you will receive from simply leveling up the Crafting skill.

Level Reward
1-
21 Perk Points.
3Reduces Crafting Cost by 5%.
4Reduces Crafting Cost by 5%.
51 Perk Points.
6Unlocks new Crafting Specs for consumables, weapons, and clothing.
7Increases Chance to Acquire Component From Crafting by 5%.
81 Perk Points.
9Unlocks Crafting Specs for Rare weapons, weapon mods, and clothing.
101 Perk Points.
11Reduces Crafting Cost by 5%.
12Increases Chance to Acquire Component From Crafting by 5%.
13Unlocks Crafting Specs for Epic Weapons, Combat Gadgets and Cyberware
141 Perk Points.
15Increases Chance to Acquire Component From Upgrading by 5%
16Reduces Upgrade Cost Reduction by 15%.
171 Perk Points.
18Unlocks Crafting Specs for Iconic Weapons and Clothing.
19Reduces Upgrade Cost Reduction by 15%.
20Unlocks the last perk in the Crafting Skill Tree.
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Cyberpunk 2077 Crafting Builds

List of what we consider to be the Best Crafting Builds in Cyberpunk 2077.

B-Tier
Tech Engineer Crafting Build
15
Body
20
Reflexes
3
Cool
3
Intelligence
20
Technical Ability

The Best Weapons we recommend for this build
Name Stats
Tech
M-179E Achilles
Stats

27-33 Damage
12.41 Attacks Per Second
+
21-25 Chemical Damage
1.90 Charge Time
0.20 Charge Multiplier
+
33% Poison Chance
1.50 Headshot Damage Multiplier
Effects

Fires two projectiles per shot and deals chemical damage, with an increased chance to apply Poison. Charged shots deal more damage.

The Best Cyberware we recommend for this build
Name Price Effect
Limbic System Enchancement
Common
Frontal Cortex
3,000
Increase Crit Chance by 7%
Int 6
Limbic System Enchancement
Rare
Frontal Cortex
9,000
Increases Crit Chance by 15%
Int 9

The Best Mods we recommend for this build
Name Type Effect
Threat Detector
Rare
Kiroshi Optics Fragment
Enemies that detect you are automatically highlighted.

Need a cyberdeck to complete this build? You should check out our Best Cyberdeck Guide.

You should check out our Best Quickhacks Guide.

Tech Engineer Crafting Best Perks You Should Use
Skill Lvl Perks Effects
1 Eagle EyeQuickens Rifle and Submachine Gun aiming by 10% / 25% / 50%
7 BullseyeIncreases Rifle and Submachine Gun damage while aiming by 10%
1 GunslingerReduces reload time for Pistol and Revolver by 10% / 15% / 25%
1 Rio BravoIncreases headshot damage multiplier with Pistol and Revolver by 10% / 20% / 30%
1 MechanicGain more components when disassembling
11 200% EfficiencyCrafted clothes gain 2.5% / 5% more armor
11 Field TechnicianCrafted weapons deal 2.5% / 5% more damage
14 Cost OptimizationReduces component costs of crafting items by 15% / 30%
18 Edgerunner ArtisanAllows you to craft legendary and iconic items
20 Cutting EdgeCrafted legendary weapons automatically get one stat improved by 5%
9 Up To 11Allows you to charge Teach weapons up to 75% / 100% capacity
12 Lightning BoltIncreases crit chance with Tech weapons by 3% / 6% /10%
12 TeslaIncreases the charge multiplier for tech weapons by 15% / 35% / 55%
14 Gun WhispererFully charged Tech weapons do not shoot automatically
14 UberchargeFully charged Tech weapons deal 50% more damage
16 Fuck All WallsTech weapons discharge 50% faster
18 Lickety SplitTech weapons reload time is reduced by 15% / 30%
20 SuperconductorTech weapons ignore armor
20 RevampIncreases damage from Tech weapons by 25&, Increases charge damage from all chargeable weapons and cyberware by 10%

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