Cyberpunk 2077 Engineering Perks Tier List

The Cyberpunk 2077 Engineering Skill is influenced by leveling your Technical Stat. The Engineering skill improves the effectiveness of Tech Weapons in various ways. When you level up this skill from Performing actions that have a specific Technical Ability attribute requirement. You will gain access to Engineering Perks that Reduces damage taken from explosions by 10% 20% / 30%, and or When looting robots, drones and mechs, there is a 25% / 50% / 75% chance of looting a weapon mod or attachment.

Engineering

Technical

Best Perks
How to level
Level Rewards
Best Builds

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How To Level Up Engineering Skill in Cyberpunk 2077

The Engineering skill is leveled up by using Tech Weapons in combat.


How To Gain XP	Skill XP
Performing actions that have a specific Technical Ability attribute requirement	100
Damaging enemies with grenades; XP is given after the target is defeated	Based on damage dealt
Damaging enemies with wall-piercing shots; XP is given after the target is defeated	Based on damage dealt

Best Engineering Perks in Cyberpunk 2077

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

S Tier - (Best) The Strongest Perks You can choose in this Cyberpunk 2077 Engineering 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
B	1	Blast Shielding	Reduces damage taken from explosions by 10% 20% / 30%
A	1	Mech Looter	When looting robots, drones and mechs, there is a 25% / 50% / 75% chance of looting a weapon mod or attachment
B	5	Grenadier	The explosion radius all grenades is visible
A	5	Can't Touch This	Grants immunity to all effects from your own grenades
A	7	Shrapnel	All grenades types deal 20 damage in addition to their normal effects
B	9	Lock And Load	Increases Smart weapon reload speed by 5% / 10%
A	9	Up To 11	Allows you to charge Teach weapons up to 75% / 100% capacity
A	9	Bladerunner	Increases damage to mechanical enemies by 20% / 40%
C	11	Bigger Booms	Grenades deal 5% / 10% / 15% / 20% / 25% more damage
B	12	Lightning Bolt	Increases crit chance with Tech weapons by 3% / 6% /10%
A	12	Tesla	Increases the charge multiplier for tech weapons by 15% / 35% / 55%
B	14	Gun Whisperer	Fully charged Tech weapons do not shoot automatically
B	14	Insulation	Grants immunity to shock
A	14	Ubercharge	Fully charged Tech weapons deal 50% more damage
A	16	Play The Angles	Ricochets deal an additional 50% damage
A	16	Fuck All Walls	Tech weapons discharge 50% faster
A	18	Lickety Split	Tech weapons reload time is reduced by 15% / 30%
S	20	Superconductor	Tech weapons ignore armor
A	20	Jackpot	Grenades can now randomly deal crit hits
S	20	Revamp	Increases damage from Tech weapons by 25&, Increases charge damage from all chargeable weapons and cyberware by 10%

List of Engineering Skill Level Rewards

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


Level	Reward
1	-
2	1 Perk Points.
3	Increases Armor by 3% when using Tech weapons.
4	Decreases Charge Time by 5%.
5	Increases Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) by 5% when using Tech Weapons.
6	1 Perk Points.
7	Increases Armor by 3% when using Tech Weapons.
8	1 Perk Points.
9	Increases Crit Chance by 5% when using Tech Weapons
10	1 Perk Points.
11	Increases Armor by 4% when using Tech weapons.
12	Increases Thermal Resistance by 5% when using Tech Weapons.
13	Increases Crit Chance by 5% when using Tech Weapons
14	1 Perk Points.
15	Increases Crit Damage by 15% when using Tech Weapons
16	Increases Armor by 2% when using Tech weapons.
17	1 Perk Points.
18	1 Perk Points.
19	Decreases Charge Time by 10%.
20	Unlocks the last perk in the Engineering Skill Tree.

Cyberpunk 2077 Engineering Builds

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

B-Tier

Tech Engineer Engineering Build


15 Body	20 Reflexes	3 Cool	3 Intelligence	20 Technical Ability

The Best Weapons we recommend for this build


Name	Stats
WIDOW MAKER 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 Engineering Best Perks You Should Use


Lvl	Perks	Effects
1	Eagle Eye	Quickens Rifle and Submachine Gun aiming by 10% / 25% / 50%
7	Bullseye	Increases Rifle and Submachine Gun damage while aiming by 10%
1	Gunslinger	Reduces reload time for Pistol and Revolver by 10% / 15% / 25%
1	Rio Bravo	Increases headshot damage multiplier with Pistol and Revolver by 10% / 20% / 30%
1	Mechanic	Gain more components when disassembling
11	200% Efficiency	Crafted clothes gain 2.5% / 5% more armor
11	Field Technician	Crafted weapons deal 2.5% / 5% more damage
14	Cost Optimization	Reduces component costs of crafting items by 15% / 30%
18	Edgerunner Artisan	Allows you to craft legendary and iconic items
20	Cutting Edge	Crafted legendary weapons automatically get one stat improved by 5%
9	Up To 11	Allows you to charge Teach weapons up to 75% / 100% capacity
12	Lightning Bolt	Increases crit chance with Tech weapons by 3% / 6% /10%
12	Tesla	Increases the charge multiplier for tech weapons by 15% / 35% / 55%
14	Gun Whisperer	Fully charged Tech weapons do not shoot automatically
14	Ubercharge	Fully charged Tech weapons deal 50% more damage
16	Fuck All Walls	Tech weapons discharge 50% faster
18	Lickety Split	Tech weapons reload time is reduced by 15% / 30%
20	Superconductor	Tech weapons ignore armor
20	Revamp	Increases damage from Tech weapons by 25&, Increases charge damage from all chargeable weapons and cyberware by 10%