Contagion
Cyberpunk 2077 Quickhack
Infects the enemy with a virus that causes toxic cyberware substances to leak. This deals poison damage over time and can spread to 4 enemy(-ies) within 8 m. Effective against closely grouped enemies. Ineffective against mechs, robots, drones and turrets. Stacks 2 times.
Applying a Burn or Overheat effect against an affected enemy will cause the leaked toxic substance to detonate. The explosion removes Contagion's effect.
+15% damage with this quickhack against each subsequent enemy it spreads to.
Did you know most alloys used in cyberware manufacturing contain trace amounts of toxic elements such as lead, cadmium and mercury? And that the safeguards keeping them from slipping into your bloodstream can be broken? Well you're not alone.
Contagion is a combat quickhack in Cyberpunk 2077. It deals chemical damage.
It comes at Tiers 2 through 5, costing 5 RAM at Tier 2 and 12 at Tier 5, and uploads in 3 seconds.
Contagion Builds
Jump into the character build planner with this quickhack slotted, then add a cyberdeck, perks, and the rest of your netrunning kit around it.
Create a build with ContagionTiers
Infects the enemy with a virus that causes toxic cyberware substances to leak. This deals poison damage over time and can spread to 2 enemy(-ies) within 8 m. Effective against closely grouped enemies. Ineffective against mechs, robots, drones and turrets. Stacks 2 times.
Infects the enemy with a virus that causes toxic cyberware substances to leak. This deals poison damage over time and can spread to 4 enemy(-ies) within 8 m. Effective against closely grouped enemies. Ineffective against mechs, robots, drones and turrets. Stacks 2 times.
Infects the enemy with a virus that causes toxic cyberware substances to leak. This deals poison damage over time and can spread to 4 enemy(-ies) within 8 m. Effective against closely grouped enemies. Ineffective against mechs, robots, drones and turrets. Stacks 2 times.
Applying a Burn or Overheat effect against an affected enemy will cause the leaked toxic substance to detonate. The explosion removes Contagion's effect.
Infects the enemy with a virus that causes toxic cyberware substances to leak. This deals poison damage over time and can spread to 4 enemy(-ies) within 8 m. Effective against closely grouped enemies. Ineffective against mechs, robots, drones and turrets. Stacks 2 times.
Applying a Burn or Overheat effect against an affected enemy will cause the leaked toxic substance to detonate. The explosion removes Contagion's effect.
+15% damage with this quickhack against each subsequent enemy it spreads to.
More Combat Quickhacks
Uploading Overheat to an enemy already affected by it will extend its duration.
Successful attacks on enemies affected by Overheat slightly extend its duration.
Melts enemy armor over time (max. -40%).
Attacks on the affected enemy also deal Thermal damage equal 10% of the normal physical damage.
+3 sec. duration for all Control quickhacks currently affecting the target.
+10% damage for each stack of Cyberware Malfunction affecting the enemy. This increased damage also causes the affected enemy's weakspot to explode.
Applies an EMP effect that deals additional damage over time.
+20% damage against enemies below a High threat level.
Deals heavy damage. Damage increases by 10% for each RAM unit currently spent (max. +300%).
-2 RAM cost for 15 sec. after neutralizing an enemy with this quickhack. Stacks 3 times.
When Overclock is active, the damage bonus for Synapse Burnout (based on spent RAM) increases by 100%. Neutralizing an enemy with this quickhack extends Overclock's duration by 3 sec.