Power, Tech and Smart
| Type | How it works | Check before investing |
|---|---|---|
| Power | Conventional projectiles; many weapons support ricochets. | Double Trouble supports Power pistols and revolvers. |
| Tech | Charged shots can penetrate cover; firing behavior depends on the weapon. | The gun’s charge behavior and Technical Ability perks. |
| Smart | Guided projectiles track a target after a lock. | Smart Link cyberware for smart targeting and Intelligence perks. |
Melee and throwing weapons use their own class rules. A knife or katana is separate from the three gun technologies.
Find an Iconic by class
- Pistols — Power, Tech and Smart sidearms, from the first apartment visit to Phantom Liberty’s finale.
- Revolvers — Quest rewards, early choices and the Coronation Tech revolver added in Update 2.5.
- Assault rifles — Power and Smart rifles from gigs, crime activities, story jobs and Dogtown pickups.
- SMGs — Power, Tech and Smart SMGs, including craftable weapons and Dogtown’s hidden caches.
- LMGs and HMGs — Wild Dog and MA70 HB x-MOD2 are the Iconic LMG pickups to plan around.
- Shotguns — Fixer rewards, crafting specs and Dogtown weapons across the three gun technologies.
- Sniper and precision rifles — Long-range weapons from missions, crime activities and Dogtown, including the current Yasha purchase route.
- Katanas — Rooftop detours, boss loot and fixer rewards for a blade collection.
- Knives — Throwing knives and the butcher-shop cleaver, with quest windows and shop locations.
- Blunt weapons — Clubs, bats and hammers from Night City and Phantom Liberty.
- Axes, swords and grenades — Throwable axes, the chainsword, Witcher-inspired swords, Volkodav and Ozob’s Nose.
Upgrade an Iconic you want to keep
For an Iconic gun or melee weapon, open Crafting, choose Upgrades and select the owned weapon. Spend the displayed item components to raise its tier. A crafting-spec pickup is different: first make the weapon from the Crafting tab, then upgrade that weapon.
Iconic describes the named weapon and its special properties. Tier describes its current equipment quality. Keep an Iconic in the stash when it is outside your active loadout.
Most Iconics restrict ordinary weapon mods. The x-MOD2 family retains mod slots, so inspect its available slots before installing a mod.
Missed pickups and the black market
Herold Lowe at EBM Petrochem Stadium sells certain missed Iconics in Phantom Liberty. His stock depends on the opportunities V reached. A story branch that never opened can leave its weapon unavailable.
- Patch 2.02 adds Sasquatch’s Hammer to that stadium vendor when the arena pickup was missed.
- Patch 2.11 adds the Psalm 11:6 and Buzzsaw crafting specs when the required activity was completed and the spec did not drop, and it makes BFC 9000 obtainable if the crashed AV in Rancho Coronado was missed.
Check the missable index before The Heist, The Pickup, and a finale, and follow each weapon’s obtain guide for its own conditions.