BY NEIL BRANQUINHO
achievements achievements and loot boxes and loot boxes
APRIL 2023
Writing and Design by James Hutt, J Gray, and Cody Pondsmith•Editing by J Gray
Art Direction by Jaye Kovach•Business Management by Lisa Pondsmith
Layout and Badge Design by J Gray
Copyright © 2023 by R. Talsorian Games, Inc., Cyberpunk is a registered trademark of CD Projekt Red S.A. All rights reserved under the Universal Copyrights Convention. All situations, governments, and people herein are fictional. Any similarities portrayed herein without satiric intent are strictly coincidental.
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND LOOT BOXES
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Is your life unrewarding? Do you need some excitement? Mr A-MAAAAAAZE here with the solution to your life troubles. Your problem is that you just aren’t reward- ing yourself enough, friend! You are the one doing the work, after all! You deserve so much more than what you are giving yourself.
It’s clear to me that you have got to treat yourself better. No, not by going to therapy. Give yourself something you really need! Material goods that will keep you smiling even on rainy days. Ah, but therein lies the real problem, choomba.
When you try to buy yourself a well-de- served reward, you always know exactly what you’re gonna get. Where is the sur- prise, the excitement of the unknown, the thrill, in that? I’ll tell you where. It’s in one of my A-MAAAAAA-ZING Mystery Boxes. Inside each of my bespoke hand-packed upcycled biodegradable plastic mystery cubes you’ll find a delightful object to keep those expensive trips to the therapist to a minimum.
Best of all, when you sign up for my M.R.A.M.A.Z.E. Program, we’ll give you one whenever you deserve it, just like magic. So come on down to Dock 13 in sunny South Night City, and celebrate all your future achievements the right way - with surprise mechanics!
Mr. Amaze Your Friendly South Night City Fixer
What is This?
Achievements and Loot Boxes is an optional new subsystem to enhance your Cyberpunk RED campaign by intro- ducing a quirky combination of surprise mechanics and luck to what can sometimes be an overly grimdark cyberfuture.
Heck, we just released a book with the word Black in the title. It’s time to swing that pendulum back, party people.
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How Do I Use It?
Using Achievements and Loot Boxes is easy! Achievements are earned by your Crew as a one-time currency the first time a Player Characters (or occasion- ally the Player themself) meets one of the Achievement’s requirements, as arbitrated and decided upon by the GM. Each Achievement can only be earned once per Crew.
Once an Achievement is earned, it can be traded in anytime, without an Action, via a unanimous group decision for one of the following two effects:
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Reroll a single d10 rolled by one of the Players after the die has been cast and keep the higher outcome of the two rolls. This must be done before the GM announces the outcome and cannot be used on Death Saves.
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Receive one of Mr. Amaze’s Mystery Boxes. When redeemed, roll 1d10 on The Table of Mystery to deter- mine which box the Crew receives. Then, when the box is opened as an Action, roll 1d6 on that box’s table to determine its contents. Weapons that come fully loaded are loaded with whatever ammunition the GM desires. Mr. Amaze’s Mystery Boxes instantly appear within 10 m/yards of one of the Edgerunners in a location no member of the Crew is currently observing. The appearance of a Mystery Box makes no sound and they can appear any- where, even in the vacuum of space. If you get an item marked with an asterisk, don’t panic, it’s from Black Chrome, our awesome new tech and style guide for Cyberpunk RED. If you don’t have Black Chrome, just replace it with an item of equivalent value. We’ve also included plenty of items from the Free DLCs always available on our website in the downloads section, so keep your Agent handy.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND LOOT BOXES
The Achievements
15 Minutes of Fame
Flatlined
Reach Reputation level 7.
Have a funeral for a dead Player Character.
Bad Day
Gamer
Survive a combat in which the Crew receives three or more Critical Injuries. All Crew members must survive the fight.
Complete a dungeon in Elflines Online without any elf in your party dying.
Chamber 36
Going Dark
Defeat an enemy with a Martial Arts Skill Base of 18 or higher in single combat using only the Brawling, Evasion, Melee Weapon, and Martial Arts Skills.
Complete a Typical or Dangerous job without engaging in a single Round of combat.
Chippin’ In
Ground Zero
Install cyberware with Humanity Loss in a Player Character without any cyberware. This must be their first cyberware.
Stand in the ruins of Arasaka Towers.
Clotheshorse
The Happiest Place
Collect a piece of fashion from every fashion style in the core rulebook.
Ride the roller coaster at Playland by the Sea and survive.
Dirty Duck
High Life
Bathe in a bathtub filled with at least 100,000eb in cash.
Have every member of your party pur- chase a Fresh Food Lifestyle in the same month.
Double Kill
Inner Peace
Kill more than one enemy with a single explosive device.
Recover at least 14 points of Humanity via Therapy over one or more sessions.
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND LOOT BOXES
Input/Output
Road Warrior
Go on a date in Night City.
Survive a mission in the Badlands outside Night City.
Investment
Self-Improvement
Buy a Luxury or Super Luxury item from a Night Market or Midnight Market.
Take or audit a course at Night City University.
Longshot
Strange Weather
Kill an enemy with a headshot fired from a sniper rifle at a distance of 800 m/yds.
Survive an outdoor combat taking place during a Strange Weather event such as Blood Rain, Acid Rain, or a Sandstorm.
Night City Legend
The Edge
Reach Level 10 in a Skill, Rank 10 in a Role Ability, or in Reputation.
Reach Empathy 1 or less anytime after Character Creation as a result of cyber- ware installation.
One is the Loneliest #
Totaled
Finish a fight with exactly 1 HP remaining.
Destroy a vehicle owned by a member of the Crew or their Nomad family.
Payday
Complete and successfully receive payment for a Dangerous Job.
Trophy Hunter Collect a signature item (badge, coat, mem- bership pin, etc) from each of the following factions: The Bozos, Inquisitors, Maelstrom, Piranhas, Red Chrome Legion, Tyger Claws, NCPD, Trauma Team, and Danger Gal.
Perfect Attendance
Vengeance
Have every Player in your group show up on time for three successive sessions.
Kill a Character directly responsible for a Player Character’s death.
Pub Crawl
VIP
Buy and drink a beverage from a bar in every district in Night City.
Get invited to a Midnight Market.
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND LOOT BOXES
The Loot Boxes
▶ The Table of MysTery
▶ 3. a box dripping WeT WiTh fluid
1d10
Your Mystery Box
1d6
Inside the Box is...
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2
3
4
5
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7
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9
A box bound tightly in rope
A box covered in chipped paint
A box dripping wet with fluid
A box freezing cold to the touch
A box handsomely gift wrapped
A box marked with a lime green X
A box melted out of shape
A box sealed with a lipstick kiss
A box reeking of oil
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A box showing signs of repair
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2
3
4
5
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Can of Smash x5
Airhypo loaded with Black Lace
Bodyweight AutoInjector (Hornet’s Pharmacy DLC)
Everest VentureWare AirWell 50*
Poison Grenade
T-R4 Detonator Fluid*
▶ 4. a box freezing Cold To The TouCh
▶ 1. a box bound TighTly in rope
1d6
Inside the Box is...
1d6
Inside the Box is...
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2
3
4
5
6
Rope x2, each 60 m/yards.
Virtuality Goggles
Grapple Gun
Vial of Poison
Urban Flash Jewelry
Cybermatrix Gang Jazzler (12 Days of Cybermas DLC)
▶ 2. a box Covered in Chipped painT
1d6
Inside the Box is...
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2
3
4
5
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Teargas Grenade
Fully Loaded GunMart Smart Special*
Bicycle (Spinning Your Wheels DLC)
Flare Gun and a Road Flare (Woodchipper’s Garage DLC)
Bulletproof Shield
Fully Loaded Militech Crusher (12 Days of Gunmas DLC)
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2
3
4
5
6
Bohemian Mirrorshades
Street Viper Riding Suit*
Two Sponsored Cybereyes*
SkidRow Trench*
Airhypo loaded with Prime Time (Hornet’s Pharmacy DLC)
Laser Light Street Jacket*
▶ 5. a box handsoMely gifT Wrapped
1d6
Inside the Box is...
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2
3
4
5
6
Binoculars
Light Armorjack Body
Excellent Quality Medium Pistol
Video Camera
NeuTongue (Must Have Cyberware Deals DLC)
Reflex Co-Processor*
Entries marked by an * refer to an item from Black Chrome.
Should you ever find the need to homebrew more Mystery Boxes, you’ll find the prices of their contents follow a rough pattern (50, 100, 100, 100, 100, 500) and all weapons come fully loaded. Mix and match items and try to make your own themes work!
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND LOOT BOXES
Entries marked by an * refer to an item from Black Chrome.
▶ 6. a box Marked WiTh a liMe green x
▶ 9. a box reeking of oil
1d6
Inside the Box is...
1d6
Inside the Box is...
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2
3
4
5
6
A boxed copy of Elflines Online
Two Disposable Cell Phones
Modular Finger Cyberhand*
Leisurewear Jewelry
Agent
Smart Glasses
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fully Loaded GunMart Bubba Buster*
Fully Loaded Overlord Handcannon*
Nomad Leathers Footwear
Fully Loaded Poor Quality Sniper Rifle
Sniping Scope
Smartgun Link
▶ 7. a box MelTed ouT of shape
▶ 10. a box shoWing signs of repair
1d6
Inside the Box is...
1d6
Inside the Box is...
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2
3
4
5
6
Scavenged Armor Body (Black Chrome+ DLC)
Incendiary Grenade
Neo-Soviet Cyberarm*
Fully loaded Stolbovoy ST-5 Assault Rifle (12 Days of Gunmas DLC)
Fully Loaded Everest VentureWare SurvivalMaster (Black Chrome+ DLC)
Fully Loaded Flamethrower
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2
3
4
5
6
Utility Tomahawk*
Holo Projector Palm (Must Have Cyberware Deals DLC)
Techtool
Audio Recorder
Armor Piercing Grenade
Techscanner Cyberware
▶ 8. a box sealed WiTh a lipsTiCk kiss
1d6
Inside the Box is...
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2
3
4
5
6
Light Melee Weapon
Mr. Studd™ Sexual Implant
Shuriken Tornado Grenade*
Asia Pop Footwear
Two Businesswear Tops
White Hornet Tanto*
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Metaphor? ?
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND LOOT BOXES
Achievement badges
Of course you’ll want to give physical copies of these beauties out to your Crew! Here they are, ready for printing, with a few blank badges in case you’re inspired to create some Achievements of your own!
If you happen to own a button press machine, these badges are sized perfectly for creating 1 inch (2.54 cm) buttons.
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