There are 12 skills in Cyberpunk 2077 and they are different from Attributes and perks. Certain gameplay options level up your skills. Skill points can’t level them. Instead, to gain XP towards a skill you will have to defeat your enemies in a certain way. The maximum level for any skill is 10. If you successfully reach any one of the skills to level 10 you will get the Ten out of Ten trophy or achievement.
If you want to see your Skill level Progression, go to the menu and click on a character, and then scroll over one of the Attributes (Body/ Reflexed/ Technical/ Cool/ Intelligence). Clicking on any of the attributes will show you the 2-3 skills tied with them. Just like, Skills tied with Reflexes attribute are “Handguns, Blades, Assault”. You can check the progression XP towards the next level of those skills by clicking on any one of them and also the rewards you can get by reaching each level.
All Cyberpunk 2077 Skills, Attributes, and Perks
Body Skills
Athletics
Physical feats such as (running, climbing, sliding) will increase your athletics skill.
- Level 2 = Increases Carrying Capacity by 20
- Level 3 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 4 = Increases Stamina by 5%
- Level 5 = Increases Stamina Regen Rate by 10%
- Level 6 = Increases Carrying Capacity by 40
- Level 7 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 8 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 9 = Increases Health by 5%
Annihilation
Defeating your enemies with Shotguns and Machine guns will increase your Annihilation Skill.
- Level 2 = Reduces the ADS Time of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns by 20%
- Level 3 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 4 = Reduces the Recoil of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns by 10%
- Level 5 = Reduces the Spread of your Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns by 25%
- Level 6 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 7 = Increases Crit Chance by 5% when using Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns
- Level 8 = Reduces the Recoil of you Shotguns, Light Machine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns by 10%
- Level 9 = +1 Perk Points
Street Brawler
Defeating your enemies with your bare fists, Gorilla Arms, or Blunt Weapons in melee combat will increase your Street Brawler Skill.
- Level 2 = Increases Block Damage Reduction by 10% when using fists, Blunt Weapons or Gorilla Arms
- Level 3 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 4 = Increases Attack Speed by 5% when using fists, Blunt Weapons or Gorilla Arms
- Level 5 = Increases Stamina Cost Reduction While Attacking by 10% when using fists, Blunt Weapons or Gorilla Arms
- Level 6 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 7 = Increases Crit Damage by 10% when using fists, Blunt Weapons or Gorilla Arms
- Level 8 = Increases Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) by 2% when using fists, Blunt Weapons or Gorilla Arms
- Level 9 = +1 Perk Points
Reflexes Skills
Handguns
Defeating enemies with pistols or revolvers will increase your Handguns skill.
- Level 2 = Reduces the ADS Time of your Pistols and Revolvers by 20%
- Level 3 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 4 = Reduces the recoil of your Pistols and Revolvers by 10%
- Level 5 = Reduces the Spread of your Pistols and Revolvers by 25%
- Level 6 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 7 = Increases Crit Chance by 5% when using Pistols or Revolvers
- Level 8 = Reduces the Recoil of your Pistols and Revolvers by 10%
- Level 9 = +1 Perk Points
Blades
Defeating your enemies with Katanas, Blades, and Mantis Blades will increase your blade skill.
- Level 2 = Increases the Attack Speed of your Katanas, Blades and Mantis Blades by 10%
- Level 3 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 4 = +10% Stamina Cost Reduction While Attacking when using Katanas, Blades and Mantis Blades
- Level 5 = +2% Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) when using Katanas, Blades and Mantis Blades
- Level 6 = +10% Crit Damage when using Katanas, Blades and Mantis Blades
- Level 7 = +5% Crit Chance when using Katanas, Blades and Mantis Blades
- Level 8 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 9 = +1 Perk Points
Assault
Defeating enemies with Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifles and SMGs will increase your Assault Skill.
- Level 2 = Reduces the ADS Time on Submachine Guns and all Rifle types by 20%
- Level 3 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 4 = Reduces the Recoil on Submachine Guns and all Rifle types 10%
- Level 5 = Reduces the Spread on Submachine Guns and all Rifle types by 25%
- Level 6 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 7 = Increases Crit Chance by 5% when using a Submachine Gun or any Rifle Type
- Level 8 = Reduces the Recoil on Submachine Guns and all Rifle types by 10%
- Level 9 = +1 Perk Points
Technical Ability Skills
Crafting
Crafting and disassembling items will increase your crafting Skill.
- Level 2 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 3 = Reduces Crafting Cost by 5%
- Level 4 = Reduces Crafting Cost by 5%
- Level 5 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 6 = Unlocks new Crafting Specs for consumables, weapons and clothing
- Level 7 = Increases Chance to Acquire Component From Crafting by 5%
- Level 8 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 9 = Unlocks Crafting Specs for Rare weapons, weapon mods, and clothing
Engineering
Using Tech Type Weapons will increase your Engineering Skill.
- Level 2 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 3 = Increases Armor by 3% when using Tech weapons
- Level 4 = Decreases Charge Time by 5%
- Level 5 = Increases Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) by 5% when using Tech Weapons
- Level 6 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 7 = Increases Armor by 3% when using Tech Weapons
- Level 8 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 9 = Increases Crit Chance by 5% when using Tech Weapons
Cool Skills
Stealth
Doing Stealth takedowns (defeat enemies stealthily without triggering combat, without being seen) will increase your Stealth Skill.
- Level 2 = Increases Evasion by 3%
- Level 3 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 4 = Decreases Visibility to Enemies by 10%
- Level 5 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 6 = Increases Health Regen Rate Outside Combat by 10%
- Level 7 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 8 = Increases Movement Speed by 3%
- Level 9 = Increases Effective Damage Per Second (DPS) by 3%
Cold Blood
Cold Blooded skill will increase automatically over time.
- Level 2 = Increases Crit Chance by 10%
- Level 3 = Increases Armor by 3%
- Level 4 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 5 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 6 = Increases Health by 10%
- Level 7 = Increases Stamina by 10%
- Level 8 = Increases All Resistances by 5%
- Level 9 = +1 Perk Points
Intelligence Skills
Breach Protocol
Hacking your enemies using Breach Protocol ( the hacking menu with letters in numbers that you need to click on ) will increase your Breach Protocol skill.
- Level 2 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 3 = Increases Breach Protocol Time by 5%
- Level 4 = Increases Components Acquired by 10%
- Level 5 = Increases Breach Protocol Time by 5%
- Level 6 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 7 = Increases Breach Protocol Time by 5%
- Level 8 = Increases RAM by 1
- Level 9 = Increases Components Acquired by 10%
Quickhacking
Using Quickhacks on your enemies will increase your Quickhacking Skill.
- Level 2 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 3 = Increases Quickhack Duration by 5%
- Level 4 = +1 Perk Points
- Level 5 = Increases RAM by 1
- Level 6 = Decreases Quickhack Cooldown by 1
- Level 7 = Increases Quickhack Duration by 5%
- Level 8 = Decreases Quickhack Cooldown by 5%
- Level 9 = +1 Perk Points
