In true CD Projekt RED fashion, Cyberpunk 2077 has gotten another free DLC. This time around, it's the update 1.6 that comes bundled with the new content featuring new gigs, a tie-in theme to the Edgerunners Netflix anime, and of course, new weapons. The most exciting among those would be the weapons as they're some of the most unique that the game has on offer.

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In total, update 1.6 adds 11 new weapons to the game. But some of them are certainly more powerful or more interesting than others. They're also somewhat difficult to find blindly (especially the higher rarities); so players might want to know the best of them, so they can hunt them down in Cyberpunk 2077. Collectors of Night City will want to get started with these new weapons.

8 MA70 HB

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  • Location: Weapon vendors
  • Weapon type: Light Machine Gun (Power)

The Midnight Arms MA70 HB is a good counterbalance for the Light Machine Gun weapon class in Cyberpunk 2077. Goodness knows how much love they need. While they're still not the best guns in the game due to the slow reload and high recoil, the MA70 HB is a cut above the rest.

It has a slightly faster reload speed compared to the other Light Machine Guns. Sadly, players will need a Body Attribute of 10 or more in order to wield this Light Machine Gun properly. Otherwise, the recoil will be unbearable. In terms of damage, it will shred enemies at a safe distance, like most Light Machine Guns.

7 VST-37 Pozhar

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  • Location: Jacked and Coke club in Vista del Rey (Epic rarity), weapon vendors
  • Weapon type: Shotgun (Power)

Automatic Shotguns in Cyberpunk 2077 are still a force to be reckoned with, and the developers are merely compounding that sentiment with the VST-37. The best part is that players don't have to aim (not like aiming with a shotgun is optimal, anyway). Due to the Power specification, the bullets will ricochet.

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This makes the VST-37 ideal for taking out enemies indoors in small rooms. A lot of gigs play out that way, so players can consider this shotgun as the perfect gig companion. The weapon does pride itself in having "high" everything, and that includes recoil, but that shouldn't be a problem thanks to the ricochet potential.

6 Kappa

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  • Location: Weapon vendors
  • Weapon type: Pistol (Smart)

The Kappa is another Smart Pistol in Cyberpunk 2077 and those kinds of handguns are always welcome in the game. They're awesome weapons in the hands of Quickhackers who utilize Short Circuit to its full potential. Kappa, however, can lock on to two targets at the same time, though the range has to be quite close for this to happen.

Regardless, it's still a decent weapon. The damage type might not be ideal, however, especially for Short Circuit builds. But it has an impressive Crit Damage increase and a nice Headshot Damage Multiplier to make up for that. It won't be the best replacement for the lovable Skippy, but it can be a damage-type alternative.

5 Kyubi

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  • Location: Weapon vendors, weapon shop in Westbrook, Japantown (Epic rarity)
  • Weapon type: Assault Rifle (Power)

Ever dream of having a futuristic version of an M1 Garand in Night City? Then look no further than the Kyubi Assault Rifle. It's a semi-automatic weapon that's probably not the most conducive killing device in Night City, but it works well with a silencer.

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The per-round damage is high enough to counteract the silencer's damage reduction. Players will need to make sure that they get mostly headshots since the firing rate is not that fast. Even so, the Kyubi is very accommodating to mods and has hefty amounts of damage bonuses to compensate.

4 Neurotoxin Knife

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  • Location: Animals Melee Weapon Vendor in Arroyo (Legendary rarity), weapon vendors
  • Weapon type: Knife (Blade)

The Neurotoxin Knife ought to make Poison Ninjutsu builds ecstatic with the Edgerunners update. This DLC knife is exactly what it sounds like, a venomous and deadly weapon specifically crafted for the slickest of cobra assassins in Night City.

Sure enough, it has a high chance to trigger poison, therefore also triggering the numerous poison-related perks in the Ninjutsu skill tree. Overall, it's a weapon that makes poison builds even more interesting and exciting to play. It doesn't really have many uses outside of Poison Ninjutsu or Contagion builds.

3 Cut-O-Matic

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  • Location: Weapon vendors
  • Weapon type: Chainsword (Blade)

From the scarlet battlefields of the Warhammer 40K franchise comes this unholy missing link between the machete and the chainsaw. Only, the game makes it sound like some kind of Home Shopping Network kitchen knife. Still, the Cut-O-Matic is a formidable blade.

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It has a high Crit Chance and a decent chance to trigger Bleeding. The damage is mostly Physical so nothing exciting there, but the Cut-O-Matic will cleave enemies in half in no time. Apparently, it's also noisy so not workable for stabby stealth builds so keep that in mind.

2 Hypercritical

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  • Location: Gig: Concrete Cage Trap
  • Weapon type: Precision Rifle (Power)

By far one of the most busted Precision Rifles in the game right now, the Hypercritical is more of a hurricane of lead bullets than a sniper's tool. Due to its ricochet potential, this gun can even function like a shotgun but with the range of a sniper rifle. Sometimes players can use it to hit multiple enemies.

Anything that does this kind of damage to multiple targets at long range is a recipe for destruction. It does have its limitations. The Hypercritical only holds eight rounds and requires a Body stat number of 15 in order to utilize properly. That's a fair tradeoff for something that hits like a train.

1 Senkoh LX

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  • Location: Zane Jagger in Downtown
  • Weapon type: Submachine Gun (Tech)

It's a weapon crafted by Arasaka's engineers, so players can expect the Senkoh LX to have bleeding edge tech, and it certainly lives up to its reputation. Because this is one of the few guns in the game that can shoot through multiple layers of cover and walls.

Players don't even need to look at the enemies directly, they can just use Ping and then shoot through everyone who's highlighted red. At the same time, the Senko LX is also probably the most stylish gun in the game; it's right up there with Katanas when it comes to Night City swag.

Cyberpunk 2077 is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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