Neuralware - Chipware Expansion

⭐ ⭐⭐ (1,697 endorsements) 📥 539,096 downloads 📌 v1.2.1 📅 3/10/2025
🟠 Updated over a year ago

By Phoenicia · Gameplay

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods 📅 Updated: 8/23/2025 📅 Created: 3/10/2025
⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
1🛠️ Cyber Engine Tweaks — Cyber Engine Tweaks (CET) Download ↗
2🛠️ RED4ext — RED4ext (native plugin loader) Download ↗
3🛠️ redscript — redscript (scripting framework) Download ↗
4🧩 ArchiveXL — ArchiveXL (archive loader) Download ↗
5🧩 TweakXL — TweakXL (tweak framework) Download ↗
6🧩 Codeware — Codeware (UI framework) Download ↗

Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
  • 🏆 #186 of 457 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

Overview

Get in on the black market's hottest new trend! Chipware, plug-and-play neural software that pushes cyberware way beyond manufacturer specs.

This mod adds a new chipware system - extra items, that can be slotted in, to grant player extra abilities or passive bonuses. It also introduces system that serves as limiter to how many times player can use operation systems during Combat (Sandevistan / Berserk / Overclock of Cyberdecks).

- 40+ New Chipware Items - Reflex chips, Memory Chips, and Software chips

- Neural Capacity System - Manage a new resource that limits cyberware usage in combat

- Neural Processors - Choose between different processors with unique specializations

- Techniques - Unlock powerful combat maneuvers with Reflex chips

- Progressive Mastery - Memory chips grow stronger with use, with hidden abilities to discover

- Cracking System - Crack software chips to bypass license limitations

Neural Capacity

Resource that represents your neural system health. It's main source is Neural Processor, and it can be reduced by several other nervous system cyberware.

Activating cyberware, such as Sandevistan or Berserk as well as Reflex Chipware, will drain your Neural Capacity, making you unable to use your cyberware again until your neural capacity recovers.

It is balanced around being able to recover it fully, within few minutes, and speed of recovery is doubled outside of combat.

Neural Processors

Your Neural Processor is the heart of your neural system. When loading first time with this mod, it will be automatically added, in new cyberware slot next to your face cyberware.

It's the primary source of Neural Capacity, and upgrading it, will expand your neural capacity. The green number on it's tooltip indicates the amount of Neural Capacity it provides.

It can be slotted with numerous chips, that provide a range of benefits to enhance your combat prowess, like activatable abilities or passive bonuses.

Available Processors:

Zetatech: Default processor. Focused more on Memory Chips, but generally should work in any build.

Code for testing:

Arasaka: Perfect for a netrunner. Offers the most RAM, and extra ram on kill. It also gives you one more chip slot.

Code for testing:

Dynalar: Designed for heavy use of Reflex Chipware.

Code for testing:

Miltech: Allows you to go ove

🤖 AI-enhanced — based on mod data

Neuralware - Chipware Expansion adds 40+ new implants, devastating techniques, and a neural capacity resource to deepen cyberware choices. A popular gameplay mod with 1,697 endorsements and 539,096 downloads, last updated August 2025.

✨ Key Features

Adds 40+ new implants to enhance your neural system.
Unlocks devastating techniques for combat and utility.
Introduces a new neural capacity resource that adds depth to cyberware choices.

📊 Pros & Cons

✅ Pros

  • Huge community trust: 1,697 endorsements and over half a million downloads.
  • Fresh resource management adds strategic depth to cyberware builds.
  • Regularly updated (August 2025) — likely compatible with current game version.

⚠️ Cons

  • May require balancing tweaks if you use other cyberware mods.
  • Resource management might feel restrictive for players who prefer pure power fantasy.
🎯 Is This For You?
For Cyberpunk 2077 players who want more build variety and strategic cyberware management. Perfect for veterans who've maxed out the base game and crave new toys. Skip if you prefer simple, plug-and-play mods without extra resource tracking.
📦 Install:Easy· Under 1 minute

💡 Beginner Tips

  • Check the mod's page for any required dependencies or load order notes before installing.
  • If you use other cyberware mods, test for conflicts by enabling this mod last in your load order.
  • Experiment with the new neural capacity resource — it might change how you prioritize implants.

📊 Mod Details

Game
Cyberpunk 2077 Mods
Author
Phoenicia
Version
1.2.1
Downloads
539,096
Endorsements
1,697
Category
Gameplay
Created
3/10/2025
Updated
8/23/2025

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