Hellooo Night City, the streets of Night City are sprawling with vicious gangoons and Cyberpsychos but they are also where legends are born. If you are starting your journey to become a legend in this City, this will be your guide to pick up the best early game weapons the Cyberpunk 2077 has to offer. Fair warning, some of these are missable so “don’t be a gonk and pay attention”
Note: This is a guide mainly for the update 2.0 and may not be applicable for the older versions
Satori katana
The 2.0 update brought a much-needed overhaul to the combat system and perks of the game. Especially the bullet deflect perk makes a cyber-samurai build all the more viable. Hence, for all the chooms who want to fulfil their cyber samurai fantasies the iconic Satori Katana is a must have weapon which can be acquired fairly earlier in the act 1 of the game.
In order to pick up Satori, start the main mission “the Heist” and infiltrate the Kanpeki Plaza with Jackie. Once inside the penthouse, make sure to take the stairs to the roof where you can find a few guards guarding the flying car. Take out the guards and pick up the iconic katana.
Nehan knife
The Nehan Iconic knife was added in the patch 2.0 and and is undoubtedly one of the best early game weapons in all of Cyberpunk. this iconic weapon can be obtained in the same mission as the iconic satori katana. In the penthouse once Yorinobu is done with Saburo, you will find the Nehan on the corpse lying in front of you.
Lizzie
Tech weapons are probably the coolest category of guns in cyberpunk. Lizzie an iconic tech handgun that comes in neon pink color, is a personal favorite. Even though it is listed as one of the best early game weapons, Lizzie is a viable option for even the late-game enemies if upgraded to tier 5+. As a tech weapon, this iconic Omaha variant can shoot enemies through solid surfaces and can be charged up by holding fire to deal massive damage. What’s more, it can set enemies on fire!
Lizzie can be obtained during the mission “Automatic Love” it is located in a room near where you are supposed to meet Judy. This is missable weapon and will not be in the said location after the job “Automatic Love” is completed. But it can still be purchased from the Vendor in Dog Town along with all the other iconics you might have missed, if you purchased Phantom Liberty DLC.
Scalpel
For all the Sandevistan users, the best melee option comes in form of an iconic katana with a neon blue handle. This is an early game reward obtained from a side quest called “big in Japan”. This weapon has a unique mod that allows for 10 % shock effect and it increases the crit chance by 50 % and bleed chance by 100 % while the sandevistan is active. Meaning you will be dismembering almost all enemies in 2 hits when using this katan in combination with sandevistan.
You can start the gig “Big in Japan” by heading to Afterlife and interacting with a man named Dennis.
This gig is also a refence to a popular Sitcom “The Office”
O’five
The O’five is the first Sniper rifle many players can obtain in Cyberpunk 2077. This power Sniper rifle shoots explosive rounds and deals thermal damage. It has a high chance to apply burn. This iconic weapon can be obtained during the “Beat on the brat” gig in Arroyo Santo Domingo. You can either win the fight by matching the buy-in amount or just kill Buck Arnold and his buddies and later pick up the weapon. Since even if you win, Buck would not be willing to part with his treasured gun and attack you. Either way you will walk out with one of the beast early game weapons in Cyberpunk 2077
Fenrir
The iconic variant of Saratoga SMG with a red paintjob and a maelstrom logo deals electric damage and has a chance to trigger an EMP blast, disabling enemy cyberware. (note: this weapon no longer deals thermal damage as it did prior to patch 2.0)
Fenrir is hands-down the best early game LMG in Cyberpunk and can be acquired for free by completing the side mission called “Losing my religion” in Watson. You will be asked to rescue a monk who has been kidnapped by a group of maelstrom members. Deal with the gangoons in any way you like. The weapon will be yours to claim, sitting on a shelf near the monk.
