What can you do as a free member?

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and unlock all our premium features and tools to enhance your gaming experience.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save articles to your watchlist and get notified when they're updated with new information.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save your favorite games for quick access later, synced across all your devices.

Member benefits illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you'll receive instant notifications when someone replies to your posts.

Comment rating feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can make use of convenient features in the comments section, such as rating and sorting comments.

Premium archive feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can access Premium articles that are exclusively available to members.

Site Interface

Guest
Free Member
Article Watchlist
Game Bookmarks
Cross-device Sync
Light/Dark Theme Toggle
User Profiles
Direct Feedback
Comment Rating

Game Tools

Guest
Free Member
Interactive Map Access
Interactive Map Pins
Interactive Map Comments
Interactive Map Pins Cross-Device
Check List
Event Choice Checker
Deck Builder Cross-Device
Message Board Notification
Message Board Cross-Device
Build Planner
Stat Calculator
Diagnostic Tool
Weapon/Armor Wishlist

Want more information?Learn more

Cyberpunk 2077

Shinobi Skill and How to Level Up

Add to Watchlist

The Shinobi skill improves your mobility and melee effectiveness in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. Learn more about this skill, its progression, and how to level up Shinobi in this guide!

Tips on How to Level Up Shinobi

Move Around Night City A Lot

Cyberpunk 2077 Night City Image

You can get exp for the Shinobi skill just by moving around! Jumping up buildings and running around Night City without a vehicle can passively level up this skill.

Additionally, invest points into the Reflexes attribute tree to acquire Dash and Air Dash. These are useful perks that you would want to have to not only level up Shinobi, but to also make exploring a whole lot better.

Use Builds That Focus on the Reflexes Attribute

Builds to Use for The Shinobi Skill
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Best Blades Build Update 2Blades Cyberpunk 2077 - Best Mantis Blades Build GuideMantis Blades Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Best Assault Rifle Build for 2.0Assault Rifle

To make leveling up Shinobi easier, you can also use builds centered around the Reflexes attribute. Use the ones focused on maximizing your damage for blades and assault rifles.

Shinobi Skill Progression

Skill Upgrades Per Level

Shinobi Skill Progression
5 Increases Movement Speed by 5%. 35 +1 Perk Point
10 +5% Stamina cost from dodging and Dashing. 40 Increased Mitigation Chance the faster you move.
15 +1 Perk Point 45 +25% damage with Fast Attacks
20 Increased accuracy for a short time after dodging or Dashing. 50 Air Dashing and sliding automatically reload 20% of your equipped weapon.
25 Increases Movement Speed by 5%. 55 When attacking from midair or while time is slowed, low Stamina does not affect ranged accuracy or melee attack speed.
30 -10% Stamina cost from dodging and Dashing. 60 When Sandevistan is active gain +40% Crit Chance and no Stamina cost for any type of movement.

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Related Guides

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Skills and Skill Progression

List of Skills

All Skills

Skills
Headhunter Netrunner Shinobi
Solo Engineer

Author

    Please participate in our site
    improvement survey
    12/2025
    Would you assist in
    improving Game8's site?
    ×
    This survey will take about 1 minute.
    Your answers will help us to improve our website.
    We are listening to our users' valuable opinions and discussing how to act on them.
    The information collected through this survey will be used for the purpose of improving our services. In addition, the information will only be disclosed a part of a statistic in a format that will not allow identification of personal information.
    Begin Survey

    All rights reserved

    Guide Index