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Cyberpunk 2077 Crafting Guide: Beginner Tips to Dominate Night City

By Krishnamohan Yagneswaran
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Cyberpunk 2077 Crafting

🛠️ Cyberpunk 2077 Crafting Guide: Beginner Tips to Dominate Night City

Crafting in Cyberpunk 2077 gives you the power to build your own gear, upgrade iconic weapons, and customize your loadout — all without depending on vendor RNG. But for beginners, the system can feel overwhelming.

This guide will break down everything you need to know about crafting: from basic mechanics and component farming to essential perks and efficient strategies for early- to mid-game.


🔧 1. Crafting Basics: How It Works

Getting started with crafting is easy once you know where to look:

  • Open Crafting Menu: Open your inventory, then tab over to Crafting.
  • Crafting Specs: These are blueprints required to craft an item. They can be found as loot, purchased, or earned through missions.
  • Components: Essential crafting materials. You can get them by:
    • Disassembling weapons, armor, and junk
    • Looting enemy bodies and containers
    • Buying from vendors

📊 Component Tiers

Items and components come in tiers from Common (1) to Legendary (5++). Higher-tier gear requires better components, especially when upgrading iconic weapons.

⚠️ Post-2.0 Update Note: Crafting and upgrading now only require one component type per tier, simplifying the system significantly.


🚀 2. Getting Started with Crafting in Early Game

🎯 Focus on Disassembly

Early on, don’t worry about crafting high-end gear. You'll outgrow it quickly as you level.

  • Disassemble everything you don’t need to stockpile components.
  • Disassemble instead of selling if the item has a low eddie value.

🪙 What About Junk?

Some "junk" sells for more than the parts it gives. Others offer valuable components. It's a judgment call.

  • Pro Tip: Unlock the Scrapper perk to auto-disassemble junk on pickup.

🧪 Leveling Crafting Skill

Crafting and disassembling items raises your Crafting skill, which unlocks:

  • More specs
  • Perk bonuses
  • Reduced crafting costs

🧨 Start with low-tier grenades or ammo to build skill early on without wasting rare components.


🔥 3. Essential Crafting Perks You Should Unlock

To unlock the full potential of crafting, invest in Technical Ability, which governs the crafting tree.

🏗️ Must-Have Crafting Perks

| Perk | Effect | |---------|------------| | Mechanic | Increases components gained from disassembly | | True Craftsman | Allows crafting of Rare items | | Grease Monkey | Allows crafting of Epic items | | Edgerunner Artisan | Unlocks Legendary item crafting |

These perks will drastically improve your ability to gear up effectively without spending eddies.


🗡️ 4. Upgrading Iconic Weapons & Cyberware

✨ What Are Iconic Weapons?

Iconic weapons are unique gear with special traits — and they can be upgraded through all quality tiers (up to Legendary).

🔄 How to Upgrade Them

  1. Open the Crafting menu
  2. Go to the Upgrades tab
  3. Select your equipped iconic weapon
  4. Apply the upgrade (if you meet level + component requirements)

📜 Many iconic weapon blueprints are unlocked as you progress through the story or complete side gigs.


🧬 Upgrading Cyberware

You can upgrade equipped cyberware at Ripperdocs, provided:

  • You have enough item components of the correct quality
  • You meet the required Technical Ability level

💡 Tip: Don’t ignore cyberware upgrades — stronger limbs, optics, and operating systems give huge combat advantages.


⚙️ 5. Pro Tips for Efficient Crafting

Here are some practical tips to help you get the most out of crafting:

💼 Loot Everything

From street thugs to vending machines — pick up everything. You never know what components you'll get from:

  • Random NPCs
  • Junk piles
  • Locked containers

💰 Sell or Disassemble? Choose Wisely

  • Early game: Sell weapons to earn eddies
  • Mid to late game: Disassemble most gear to farm components

🧠 Evaluate item value vs. component worth — especially for rare weapons.

🔍 Search for Crafting Specs

Specs are found in:

  • Shops
  • Looted from high-level enemies
  • Side jobs and NCPD contracts

Some iconic item specs only drop during specific missions — explore thoroughly.

💣 Craft Grenades & Health Items

Don’t spend eddies on consumables. Craft grenades, health boosters, and stims regularly to stay stocked.

🎮 Experiment with Perks

The crafting system is flexible and build-dependent. Try different perk combinations, especially if you’re running:

  • Techie/Netrunner builds (craft quickhacks)
  • Melee builds (upgrade blunt/katanas)
  • Stealth builds (craft silencers, EMP grenades)

📌 Final Thoughts: Why Crafting Matters

Crafting isn't just about saving money — it's about customizing your gameplay:

  • Always have the gear you want
  • Upgrade your favorite weapons instead of replacing them
  • Gain control over your resources and loadout

Cyberpunk Crafting System

Whether you're a veteran merc or new to the streets of Night City, mastering crafting ensures you’re never under-geared or unprepared.


Tags: Cyberpunk 2077, Crafting Tips, Beginner Guide, Iconic Weapons, Upgrading Gear, RPG Mechanics

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