Flesh And Chrome

Immersive fatigue and energy system

Night City is relentless.

From rooftop chases to firefights in dark alleys, you constantly push your body to the limit.

Flesh & Chrome introduces a deeper stamina and recovery system that makes those moments feel more grounded while staying fully integrated with the game’s existing mechanics. Expanding the role of stamina and ties it to a broader daily energy cycle.

Your actions throughout the day now matter:

Push harder, fight longer, and exhaustion will eventually catch up with you.

But with proper rest, good meals, and a little chrome, you can keep going.

Flesh & Chrome introduces a layered endurance system built around two resources:

Energy -> Stamina -> Physical actions

Energy represents your overall physical reserves for the day.

Stamina represents short-term exertion during activity.

This creates a natural rhythm to gameplay where movement, combat, rest, and recovery all play a role.

The stamina pool has been significantly expanded to represent long-term endurance rather than a short sprint meter.

Physical actions gradually consume stamina, including:

• []sprinting[/]

  []being in combat[/]

  []jumping and climbing[/]

  []sustained movement[/]

  []shooting[/]

  []swinging swords[/]

  []boxing[/]

Stamina recovery now depends on how much you have exerted yourself.

Light activity allows quick recovery, while heavy exhaustion requires time before regeneration begins. A fully depleted stamina bar may take several in-game minutes before recovery starts, with full restoration taking longer.

Your body needs time to recover.

You can also light up a smoke - providing quicker short-term stamina recovery, but slowing the overall regeneration rate for a longer period afterward.

Behind the scenes, stamina recovery draws from a Energy pool.

This pool can be seen in the inventory and in the weapon wheel, but while there's no additional HUD element the stamina bar will slowly turn red as the pool depletes over the day.

Energy represents how much recovery your body can sustain throughout the day.

Energy is restored primarily through: