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Carmen
Ranged · Assault Rifle · Power · DA8 Umbra
What it does
Shots to limbs have increased crit chance; handling, damage and bleed chance improve while running, jumping or sliding.
Where it sits
Later reward for getting two Barghest prisoners out safelySide Job: Balls to the Wall
Pick it up before
Depends on a choice in Balls to the Wall; see Save Choices on Profiles
If you miss it
No known way back
Who it suits
Reflexes rifle/SMG build, Sharpshooter and mobility; Power/ricochet cyberware is optional · Crit/Headshots • Bleeding • Mobility • Dismemberment
The route
Show the step by step (spoilers)
Do this before Firestarter. Run Balls to the Wall at the Barghest camp outside the Black Sapphire and get Paco and Babs out alive. Leaving Dogtown works, so does calling in Panam's favor. Paco texts you later: go back to their tent and the pistol is there.
Confirmed by published guides, not yet by Vaexil. Nobody here has walked this one in game, so take it as a strong lead rather than a promise. Cross-checked against CD PROJEKT RED patch notes, VULKK, and the Cyberpunk Wiki, for patch 2.31 with Phantom Liberty.