Sonic Shock
Cyberpunk 2077 Quickhack
Deafens the enemy, reducing their ability to detect you.
Scrambles comms, preventing the affected enemy from communicating with their allies.
Cloaks the enemy from their allies' sensory systems, causing them to be ignored.
Uploading Sonic Shock to an enemy already affected by Memory Wipe and Reboot Optics will cause them to lose consciousness.
Emits a high-pitched frequency inside the target's skull. Some say that if it lasts long enough it can induce a psychological break. One version of the program written by netrunners from the Glen is known as Banshee's Wail.
Sonic Shock is a stealth quickhack in Cyberpunk 2077. Quickhacks are governed by Intelligence and level the Netrunner skill.
It comes at Tiers 2 through 5, costing 3 RAM at Tier 2 and 6 at Tier 5, and uploads in 1 second. At Tier 5, 21 cyberdecks have the RAM for it at top tier.
Sonic Shock 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 Sonic ShockTiers
| Tier | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAM | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Upload | 1s | 1s | 1s | 1s |
Deafens the enemy, reducing their ability to detect you.
Scrambles comms, preventing the affected enemy from communicating with their allies.
Scrambles comms, preventing the affected enemy from communicating with their allies.
Cloaks the enemy from their allies' sensory systems, causing them to be ignored.
Scrambles comms, preventing the affected enemy from communicating with their allies.
Cloaks the enemy from their allies' sensory systems, causing them to be ignored.
Uploading Sonic Shock to an enemy already affected by Memory Wipe and Reboot Optics will cause them to lose consciousness.
Cyberdecks
Every cyberdeck at its top tier. A deck marked "too little RAM" cannot upload Sonic Shock at Tier 5 without extra RAM from Intelligence or other cyberware.
| NetWatch Netdriver Mk.1 Tier 5 | 13 | 8 | 4 |
| Tetratronic Rippler Mk.5 Tier 5 | 13 | 8 | 4 |
| Tetratronic Rippler Mk.4 Tier 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
| Arasaka Mk.5 Tier 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
| Biotech Σ Mk.4 Tier 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
| Militech Canto Mk.6 Tier 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Militech Paraline Mk.5 Tier 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
| Raven Microcyber Mk.3 Tier 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
| Arasaka Mk.4 Tier 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| Biotech Σ Mk.3 Tier 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| Militech Paraline Mk.4 Tier 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| Raven Microcyber Mk.2 Tier 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| Arasaka Mk.3 Tier 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Biotech Σ Mk.2 Tier 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Militech Paraline Mk.3 Tier 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Raven Microcyber Mk.1 Tier 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Tetratronic Rippler Mk.3 Tier 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Arasaka Mk.2 Tier 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Biotech Σ Mk.1 Tier 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Militech Paraline Mk.2 Tier 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Tetratronic Rippler Mk.2 Tier 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 |