Sonic Shock - Cyberpunk 2077
Covert
Tier 2 – 5++
Emits a high-pitched frequency inside the target's skull. Some say that if it lasts long enough it can induce a psychological break. One version of the program written by netrunners from the Glen is known as Banshee's Wail.
At tier 5++
Cost changes between tiers
RAM cost
2
Upload time
1s
Duration
20s
- ◆ Untraceable
- ◆ Quickhacks against the affected enemy still initiate trace progress but do not increase it.
- ◆ Deafens the enemy, reducing their ability to detect you.
- ◆ Scrambles comms, preventing the affected enemy from communicating with their allies.
- ◆ Cloaks the enemy from their allies' sensory systems, causing them to be ignored.
- ◆ Uploading Sonic Shock to an enemy already affected by Memory Wipe and Reboot Optics will cause them to lose consciousness.
Tiers
5 of 6 tiers exist in the game files
| Tier | RAM cost | Upload time | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 1s | 20s |
| 3 | 4 | 1s | 20s |
| 4 | 5 | 1s | 20s |
| 5 | 6 | 1s | 20s |
| 5++ | 2 | 1s | 20s |
Effects per tier
What the tooltip reads at each tier
Tier 2
20s
- Untraceable
- Quickhacks against the affected enemy still initiate and increase trace progress.
- Deafens the enemy, reducing their ability to detect you.
Tier 3
20s
- Untraceable
- Quickhacks against the affected enemy still initiate trace progress but do not increase it.
- Deafens the enemy, reducing their ability to detect you.
- Scrambles comms, preventing the affected enemy from communicating with their allies.
Tier 4
20s
- Untraceable
- Quickhacks against the affected enemy still initiate trace progress but do not increase it.
- Deafens the enemy, reducing their ability to detect you.
- Scrambles comms, preventing the affected enemy from communicating with their allies.
- Cloaks the enemy from their allies' sensory systems, causing them to be ignored.
Tier 5
20s
- Untraceable
- Quickhacks against the affected enemy still initiate trace progress but do not increase it.
- Deafens the enemy, reducing their ability to detect you.
- Scrambles comms, preventing the affected enemy from communicating with their allies.
- Cloaks the enemy from their allies' sensory systems, causing them to be ignored.
- Uploading Sonic Shock to an enemy already affected by Memory Wipe and Reboot Optics will cause them to lose consciousness.
Tier 5++
20s
- Untraceable
- Quickhacks against the affected enemy still initiate trace progress but do not increase it.
- Deafens the enemy, reducing their ability to detect you.
- Scrambles comms, preventing the affected enemy from communicating with their allies.
- Cloaks the enemy from their allies' sensory systems, causing them to be ignored.
- Uploading Sonic Shock to an enemy already affected by Memory Wipe and Reboot Optics will cause them to lose consciousness.
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