The Thin Blue Line
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #53 of 476 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
- Introduction -
In vanilla you can kill however many cops you want and they will just keep coming unless you hide and let the stars fall off one by one. So. Boooooring.
This mod changes that, now you can actually out-gun them. If you kill enough NCPD but they'll back off. How many depends on where, who you are, what you've done and if your mama likes you. And if you push drugs. For real, yo!
Once they've retreated there'll be a cooldown before they'll come after you again - but watch out because they'll come twice as hard next time!
In Night City you break the NCPD. Except for Maxtac - they break you!
TL;DR: NCPD has body bags to fill. Fill enough and they go home. ( -_-)>--- pewpew
- The Loop -
1. Heat appears (any source - your crimes, false alarms, MA tagging, whatever).
2. NCPD spawns and engages.
3. You kill cops and each kill increments a chase counter.
4. If the counter hits the district threshold NCPD will try to retreat.
5. Heat blinks off and the spawned NCPD despawn or wander off.
6. Cooldown timer starts.
7. If you do more crimes after cooldown they'll come back, but twice as hard, or worse.
If MaxTac is on the field (heat 4+) then retreat is never called. You're doomed, choom!
- District Thresholds -
How many cops you have to kill before NCPD pulls back depends on where you are.
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[]City Center / Corpo Plaza / Downtown - 12 kills[/]
[]Heywood / Westbrook / Wellsprings / Glen - 8 kills[/]
[]Watson / Kabuki / Santo Domingo / Northside / Arroyo - 6 kills[/]
[]Pacifica / Badlands / Coastview - 3 kills[/]
[]Dogtown - No NCPD here choom and the Barghest don't back down.[/]
All thresholds are configurable.
- Dynamic Cooldown -
After NCPD retreats, they don't come back for a while. How long depends on three multipliers stacked on the district base:
Cooldown = baseDistrict x NCRPopulationMult x StreetCredMult x KnownTargetMult
Base hours per district (in-game time):
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[]City Center: 8h[/]
[]Heywood: 16h[/]
[]Watson: 24h[/]
[]Pacifica: 48h[/]
NCR population multiplier (only if Night City Remembers is installed):
[]Full Strength: 0. 5x[/]
[]Operational: 0. 75x[/]
[]Strained: 1. 0x[/]
[]Depleted: 1. 5x[/]
[]Fractured: 2. 0x[/]
[]Remnants: 3. 0x[/]
[]Last Stand: 5. 0x[/]
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[]City Center: 8h[/]
A small gameplay mod that makes police in the game less aggressive, giving players more freedom to cause chaos without immediate consequences. With 124 endorsements and 7,489 downloads, it's a niche choice for players who want a more relaxed law enforcement experience.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Decent community support with 124 endorsements
- Over 7,400 downloads show it's being used
- Straightforward concept – cops leave you alone, perfect for chaos runs
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated August 2026 – might not be compatible with future game patches
- Small mod with limited scope – only affects police behavior, nothing else
For players who want to cause mayhem without the cops breathing down their neck. If you're tired of getting busted for every little thing, this mod gives you breathing room. Skip if you want a full overhaul – this is a simple tweak.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure to check if the mod requires a mod manager or manual installation – the description doesn't specify, so read any included readme.
- If you're using other gameplay mods, test for conflicts – police behavior mods can clash with other law enforcement tweaks.
- Since the mod is simple, you can easily remove it if you change your mind – just delete the files.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Cyberpunk 2077 Mods
- Author
- DigitalVixen
- Version
- 1.3.1
- Downloads
- 7,489
- Endorsements
- 124
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 4/28/2026
- Updated
- 8/5/2026
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