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Cyberpunk 2077

Mech Looter Perk Effects and How to Unlock | Is Mech Looter Worth It?

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This page is about the Mech Looter Perk for Cyberpunk 2077. Learn about Mech Looter's effects at each perk level, how to unlock Mech Looter, and see if this perk is worth acquiring!

Mech Looter Removed in Update 2.0

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The Mech Looter perk has been removed as of Update 2.0. The 2.0 update featured a massive perks overhaul that removed, rebalanced, or completely changed every old perk from the 1.6 Edgerunners Update and Base Game.

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Mech Looter Overview

Mech Looter
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Attribute Technical Ability
Skill Tree Engineering
Activation Passive
Unlocked At Level 3 in Technical Ability Attribute

Mech Looter Effects

Effects at Each Level

Level 1 When looting drones, mechs and robots, there is a 25% chance of looting a weapon mod or attachment.
Level 2 When looting drones, mechs and robots, there is a 50% chance of looting a weapon mod or attachment.
Level 3 When looting drones, mechs and robots, there is a 75% chance of looting a weapon mod or attachment.

Is Mech Looter Worth It?

Upgrade Priority (Ranking) B Rank Icon
Reason You won't encounter metal enemies that often, but this skill can still come in handy when you get the chance to destroy some of them.

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List of Perks and Skill Tree Guide

All Technical Ability Perks

Crafting

Mechanic True Craftsman Scrapper
Workshop Innovation Sapper
200% Efficiency Field Technician Ex Nihilo
Grease Monkey Efficient Upgrades Let There Be Light!
Cost Optimization Waste Not Want Not Tune-Up
Edgerunner Artisan Cutting Edge Crazy Science

Engineering

Mech Looter Blast Shielding Can't Touch This
Grenadier Shrapnel Lock And Load
Up To 11 Bladerunner Bigger Booms
Draw The Line Tesla Gun Whisperer
Insulation Übercharge Fuck All Walls
Play The Angles Lickety Split Superconductor
Jackpot Revamp

All Attributes and Perks

Attributes and Perk Skill Trees
Body Athletics Annihilation Street Brawler
Reflexes Assault Handguns Blades
Intelligence Breach Protocol Quickhacking
Technical Ability Engineering Crafting
Cool Ninjutsu Cold Blood

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3 Anonymous Anonymous almost 5 years

The widespread bug with looting robots proves that this article is corpo shill.

2 Anonymous Anonymous almost 5 years

It might be worth it if you could actually loot robots...

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