Where To Find Skill Shards | Skill Shard Locations | Cyberpunk 2077

This is an article about Skill Shards, a consumable item found in Cyberpunk 2077. Read on to know what Skill Shards are and where you can find them.

What Are Skill Shards?

Skill Shards are a special type of consumable item found in Cyberpunk 2077. It immediately grants 400 EXP to a particular skill.

Types of Skill Shards

Picking Up Skill Shards

If you find a Skill Shard, you will be given three possible options: Take All, Take, or Learn. Normally, picking it up using Take will immediately learn it as well as Learn. However, using the Take All option allows you to store the skill shard in your backpack.

Duplicating Skill Shards Trick

The item duplicating glitch in Cyberpunk 2077 can also be applied to Skill Shards if you pick up a Skill Shard in the method above. If done right, you can duplicate Skills Shards and you can easily level up the skill you want without having to do any mission or engage in any battle!

Check out of Duplicating Items glitch page to check out how to duplicate items.

How To Duplicate Items

Where to Find Skill Shards?

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Most Skill Shards are found in Gigs and NCPD Scanner Hustles. They are usually found on dead bodies or boxes.

Skill Shards Locations

This section is a work in progress. Check back soon for more locations on Skill Shards! If you have found a Skill Shard not on this list, feel free to comment!

Skill Shard: Annihilation

Location	Details
Enlarge Rancho Coronado, Santo Domingo	Head to the Tama Viewpoint and near it is an Assault in Progress. The Skill Shard will be in one of the boxes in the area.
Enlarge Corpo Plaza, City Center	Go to the Ring Road fast travel point and head south to a Assault in Progress marker. Defeat the enemies there and locate the exclamation point marker to find this Skill Shard.
Enlarge Kabuki, Watson	Go to Charter St. fast travel point and head to the pinned location in the map. Note that this location is under the bridge but not on the drainage area below it. In the pinned location, you will see a small ramp to the side which you can ascend. Head to the end of it to find a body and this Skill Shard.

Skill Shard: Assault

Location	Details
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the Big Rock fast travel point and go to the Assault in Progress south (not the Reported Crime one). Defeat the enemies there and search the area to locate this Skill Shard.
Enlarge Rancho Coronado, Santo Domingo	Go to the Arasaka Industrial fast travel point and head to the Assault in Progress northeast of it. Defeat the enemies and locate the box marked with the exclamation point to find the Skill Shard.

Skill Shard: Athletics

Location	Details
Enlarge The Badlands	Go to the Desert Film Set fast travel point or the Rocky Ridge in case you haven't unlocked it yet. Check the map and look at where the road ends to the norhteast. You will notice a small red dot to the north. Head to that point and search the area for this Skill Shard.
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the Edgewood Farm fast travel point and look at your map. At the east of it at a parallel road is an Assault in Progress. Head over there and defeat the Militech soldiers. Check the exclamation point marker to find this Skill Shard.
Enlarge Arroyo, Santo Domingo	Head to the MLK & Brandon fast travel point and head southeast to a four-way intersection. If you haven't bought the Mackinaw MTL1, the intersection is near it. From there, head to the location indicated in the map. In this area, there will a scaffolding that you can access to its right. Climb the fences and jump all the way to the top to get the Skill Shard.

Skill Shard: Blades

Location	Details
Enlarge The Badlands	Go to the Badlands and do the Cyberpsycho Sighting: House on a Hill gig. On the body of the cyberpsycho and on one of his victims, you can find a Skill Shard.
Enlarge The Badlands	Go to the Las Palapas Motel fast travel point. Not far to the southeast is an unmarked area. Enter it - just be careful as it is laced with numerous mines and a turret. Enter the building from the side, disabling cameras, mines, and the turret if needed. Look for some shutters which you can open. Just beyond those shutters is a body with this Skill Shard.
Enlarge The Glen, Heywood	Go to Palms View Way fast travel point and head north. Almost immediately behind the fast travel point is a fenced area. Keep going north until you encounter some stairs on your left. Climb it to the top to see a dead body with this Skill Shard.

Skill Shard: Breach Protocol

Location	Details
Enlarge Japantown, Westbrook	Head to the Fourth Wall Studios fast travel point and head southwest into a bridge. Once you see the bridge, check the area beneath it and head into it. Go deeper into this area until you see the dumping area for trash. Head to the bottom carefully until you get to the body at the bottom. Check the body to find this shard.
Enlarge Northside, Watson	Head to the Megabuilding H10 fast travel point. Then, go to the Assault in Progress to the north and defeat the enemies there. Climb to the top of the area to find a body with this shard.
Enlarge Northside, Watson	Head to Pershing St. and go west towards the end of the street then turn left once more. Hug the wall to your left until you reach some spherical structures and some stairs. Climb the stairs and climb the right most spherical structure to find a body on top and this Skill Shard.

Skill Shard: Cold Blood

Location	Details
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the Old Turbines fast travel point and look at your map. At little to the west is an intersection of four roads. Near the road is a small house with a bunker. Check it to find three bodies. One of them has a legendary clothing and this Skill Shard.
Enlarge The Badlands	Go to the Edgewood Farm fast travel point and head west along the road. At the fork, continue south a little and look at your map. You will see the indicated location in the image. Check the structure in that area to found this Skill Shard.
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the Wraith Camp fast travel point and head northwest along the road. Go to the Assault in Progress marker that you come along first. Defeat the enemies there and locate the box marked with an exclamation point. The Skill Shard will be there.

Skill Shard: Crafting

Location	Details
Enlarge Little China, Watson	Southeast of the Afterlife fast travel point is an isolated plant. Enter it and climb to the top most section of the plant to find a box with a Skill Shard.
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the Las Palapas Motel fast travel point then go to to indicated point in the image. There, you will find an upturned car. Check the lone person beside it to find the Shard.
Enlarge Charter Hill, Westbrook	Head to the San Amaro St. after finishing the Playing for Time, Ghost Town, Lightning Breaks, and I Fought The Law quests. Head to the location indicated above to find burning vehicles. Search the bodies nearby to find this Skill Shard.
Enlarge The Glen, Heywood	Head to the Embers fast travel point and head east to do the gig, Going Up or Down?. In this gig, you will encounter a high level enemy. Upon defeating him, search the area to find a box with this Skill Shard. Then, complete the objective to find a second Crafting Skill Shard.

Skill Shard: Engineering

Location	Details
Enlarge Downtown, City Center	Head to the pinned location above. If you haven't done the quest here, this is the building where the gig, Guinea Pigs, is done. In the room of the target Joanne Koch, search the area and you will find this type of Skill Shard.
Enlarge The Glen, Heywood	Head to the Metro: Glen South fast travel point and head east to begin the gig, Life's Work. Inside the area where you upload the software, there will be a box with this type of Skill Shard.
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the Big Rock fast travel point and head south to find a Reported Crime. Read the shard there and then check your map. You'll notice a new Reported Crime will pop up east of the Big Rock fast travel point. Head there, defeat the enemies and inside the box marked with an exclamation point is this shard.
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the Fuel Station fast travel point and head east to a Assault in Progress. Defeat all the enemies there and check the body with an exclamation point to get a Skill Shard of this type.
Enlarge The Badlands	Go to the Autowerks fast travel point and check your map. Southeast of it is a melee weapon shop. Use that as a marker to head a bit further southeast to find an opening of a mine. Nearby that area is a box amongst dead bodies. Inside is a Skill Shard of this variant.
Enlarge North Oak, Westbrook	Head to the North Oak Sign fast travel point and head past the gate until you come directly behind the huge North Oak sign. Climb up the scaffolding to the left using a double jump or a charged jump. Head to the 'O' of the sign to see a small drone. Jump to it and inspect it to find this Shard.

Skill Shard: Handguns

Location	Details
Enlarge Northside, Watson	Head to the designated area above and you will need your car to ram into a dilapidated gate that cannot be opened normally. Inside this container filled area, climb the containers to the topmost part where you will see a body with this skill shard.
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the Regional Airport fast travel point and head to the point in indicated in the map. The Skill Shard will be on a man in an abadoned van in the desert.
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the I-9 East fast travel point and head to the Assault in Progress marker in the far northeast. Defeat all the enemies there and search the area to find two Skill Shards of this variant.
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the Medeski Fuel Station and right across is an actual fuel station which happens to the be the location of an Assault in Progress. Defeat all the enemies and find a box inside the fuel station store to find this Skill Shard.

Skill Shard: Quickhacking

Location	Details
Enlarge Arroyo, Santo Domingo	Go to Arroyo, Santo Domingo and do the Cyberpsycho Sighting: Under the Bridge gig. One of the bodies around the area has this Skill Shard.
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the Big Rock fast travel point in the Badlands and head to the intersection north of it. Go northwest to the position indicated in the map. Stealthily go to one of the bodies behind the Militech soldiers to get this Shard.
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the Big Rock fast travel point in the Badlands and head to the intersection north of it. Go northeast to the nearest Assault in Progress. Defeat the enemies there and locate a box beside a laptop to find this Skill Shard.
Enlarge The Badlands	Go to the indicated position in the map via going to the Edgewood Farm fast travel point. From there, look to your left to find a rock formation. Head there to find drones to defeat. Carefully search the area as there are land mines. On one of the bodies near a bunker entrance, there will be this Skill Shard. Inside the bunker itself is another box with another Skill Shard.

Skill Shard: Stealth

Location	Details
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the Solar Power Station fast travel point and head to the white marker indicated in the image. Then, head to the indicated part of the map marked by the arrow to find a drone and a body. On the body is the Skill Shard.
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the Las Palapas Motel fast travel point and head to the indicated area in the image. Battle the drone there and examine the body behind the van to find this Skill Shard.
Enlarge The Glen, Heywood	Head El Coyote Cojo fast travel point and go to the nearest Assault in Progress a little northeast. Battle the enemies there and find the exclamation point marker to find this Skill Shard.

Skill Shard: Street Brawler

Location	Details
Enlarge The Badlands	Go to the Abandoned Fuel Station fast travel point and head west. Just as you reach the main road wherein you will see the very same border Nomad V and Jackie crossed in hte Prologue, face right. Check your map and you will see a small red area. Check the house there and force open the bunker door below. Check the boxes to find this Skill Shard.
Enlarge Coastview, Pacifica	Head to the Grand Imperial Mall fast travel point and head to the docks just beside an unfinished roller coaster ride. Jump into the water as soon as you reach the end and dive to find a car. Check the bag at the back of it to get this Skill Shard.
Enlarge The Badlands	Head to the Fuel Station fast travel point and head southwest. When possible, turn right into the protein farms and as soon as you hit your first clearing with abandoned homes, explore the area. You will find a body on a pile of rocks. Search the body to find this shard.

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