Carnage
Cyberpunk 2077 Weapon

Heavy weapon. Slightly reduces movement speed and jump height.

403.3

Damage

248.2

DPS

Tier 5

The Carnage is a power shotgun in Cyberpunk 2077. It comes at every tier from 1 to 5++, its damage rising from 118.6 at Tier 1 to 509.8 at Tier 5++.

It is governed by Body and levels the Solo skill.

It takes 11 mods across 2 mod slots. It is boosted by 10 perks.

It has 2 iconic versions: Guts and Mox.

Carnage Builds

STRIDER MORDRED

Built like a truck, hits twice as hard. build

Cyborg V Smasher

FULL CYBERPSYCHO CYBORG build

Jump into the character build planner with this weapon already equipped at the tier you've picked, then build attributes, perks, and cyberware around it.

Create a build with Carnage

Mods

interactive

403.3

Damage

DPS248.2

Attack Speed0.8/s

Headshot Bonus-15%

Projectiles10

Magazine4

Reload Time0.8s

Power Shotgun

Blast a hole through spacetime!

1

118.6

73

DPS

1+

140

86.1

DPS

2

154.2

94.9

DPS

2+

180.3

110.9

DPS

3

219.5

135.1

DPS

3+

253.7

156.1

DPS

4

304.9

187.6

DPS

4+

344.2

211.8

DPS

5

403.3

248.2

DPS

5+

456.6

281

DPS

5++

509.8

313.7

DPS

Pick the tier here and mods below; the stats update live and the page URL keeps your setup.

Carnage

403.3

Damage

Mod (2 slots)

1

2

+20% Crit Chance with the second half of the magazine.

4

5

1

2

Damage: -10%

+25% tighter pellet spread -10% damage per pellet

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

+30% Crit Chance with ricochets.

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

+20% damage against Elite enemies.

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

Physical Impulse: -5

Knockdown Impulse: -5

Burning Application Rate: +5

Shoots explosive rounds.

5

1

2

+25% chance to dismember and instantly kill when shooting an enemy in the leg.

5

1

2

Makes the weapon non-lethal. +20% damage outside of combat.

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

Converts 50% of dealt damage to Thermal damage and gives a 15% chance to apply Burn.

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

Equip Duration: -20

Unequip Duration: -20

Reload Time: -15%

Drawing the weapon automatically refills its ammo up to 35%. -15% reload speed

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

+30% Armor penetration +15% Stamina cost per bullet

2

3

4

5

1

2

+100% dismemberment chance +25% torso damage for 5 sec. on dismemberment

1

2

3

4

5

Iconic Variants

Attack Speed0.8/s

Headshot Bonus-15%

Reload Time0.8s

Attack Speed0.8/s

Headshot Bonus-15%

Reload Time0.8s

Boosted by

Perks (10)

-25% bullet spread when moving.

+12.5% Crit Chance at low Stamina.

Don't Stop Me Now

When below 33% Stamina:

+15% Mitigation Chance,
+5% Mitigation Strength.

No movement speed penalty with Shotguns, Light Machine Guns and Heavy Machine Guns.

Close-quarters Carnage

Increased chance to Obliterate enemies with ranged attacks at close range (max. 10%).

-15% enemy Armor when using ranged attacks.

Dismemberment spreads the effect to nearby enemies.

+20% reload speed for 8 sec. after dismembering an enemy.

Increases damage of Quick Melee Attacks as Stamina decreases (max. +200% at 0 Stamina)

Spontaneous Obliteration

+12.5% Crit Chance at low Stamina.

+100% damage for the next Quick Melee Attack after shooting an enemy with a Shotgun.

+100% damage for the next Shotgun shot after hitting an enemy with a Quick Melee Attack.

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