Arasaka Academy Cyberpunk Cyberware Guide: Z/X/C Usage and the Apogee Sandevistan

Cyberware in Arasaka Academy Cyberpunk is your character's implanted combat tech: abilities you trigger in a fight with the Z, X, and C keys, which the developer's control list groups under a single action — "Cyberware Usage". Exactly one Cyberware item is confirmed so far: the legendary Apogee Sandevistan, a speed-focused combat effect you chase through an in-game currency roll that redeemed codes fund. No official source yet maps each key to a specific ability, names where the roll happens, or lists usage limits — so this guide sticks to what is verified and tells you exactly where the documentation runs out.

What Cyberware is

Cyberware is an equipped-ability system, not a passive stat line. The game's own control scheme proves this: it dedicates an entire input row to "Cyberware Usage" alongside actions like Dash (Q) and Grip (B), and a usage action only makes sense once something is equipped to use. In practice, that splits working with Cyberware into two halves — obtaining and equipping an implant, then triggering it mid-combat with the dedicated keys.

Cyberware controls: Z, X, and C

The developer's published control list binds the three keys as one line: "Z/X/C- Cyberware Usage". The identical line appears on the game's official Roblox page and in the developer's own listings elsewhere, word for word, so this is the intended control scheme rather than a typo.

What that line does not say is just as important: no listing assigns Z, X, or C individually to a slot or a specific equipped ability. The label covers all three keys collectively, so don't assume the game has three Cyberware slots just because there are three keys — that mapping simply isn't published. Treat Z, X, and C as the Cyberware inputs and test which one fires what once you have something equipped. For every other binding in the game, see the full controls reference.

The one confirmed Cyberware: Apogee Sandevistan

Only one Cyberware item is named in any available documentation, and it sets the tier bar high:

That speed spike is the whole sell: as the Destructoid codes guide puts it, the Sandevistan lets you "turn your character into a high-speed combat machine". Other Cyberware options may exist in the game, but none are confirmed by current sources, so this table is the full verified list.

How to get Cyberware

The documented acquisition model is a roll paid with in-game currency. The codes guide frames code redemption as the shortcut: redeeming codes lets you "secure enough currency to finally roll for that legendary Apogee Sandevistan", upgrading your build "without spending hours grinding" — which implies grinding as the other currency source, though no specific grind activity or rate is described anywhere.

One honest limit before you plan around this: no current source names the menu, NPC, or interface where the roll is performed, what the roll costs, or its odds, and none explains how the Sandevistan is equipped once you win it. So the practical picture is: stockpile currency first, then locate the roll in-game. The fastest documented way to build that currency pile is code redemption — the codes page keeps the current list and rewards.

Using Cyberware in combat

Once Cyberware is equipped, press Z, X, or C in a fight to trigger it. For the Apogee Sandevistan, that means unleashing its high-speed combat effect at the moment it matters — closing a gap, escaping a bad trade, or overwhelming an opponent before they can react.

No cooldown, energy cost, or usage restriction on Cyberware activation is documented in any available source, so treat those limits as unknown rather than assuming the keys are free or limited. Pair the Sandevistan's speed with the fundamentals in the combat guide, and keep the controls page handy for everything outside the Z/X/C row.