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Shooting Range

Shooting Range is a small named location on Anderson Street in Vista del Rey, Heywood.

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Key takeaways

  • The location is in Vista del Rey, Heywood, on or near Anderson Street.
  • Its in-game fast-travel name is Shooting Range; “Recce Shooting Range” is the fuller named-location form used by reference material.
  • It lies near the Vista del Rey–The Glen boundary, but it is not part of The Glen.
  • Its confirmed functional feature is a Fast Travel dataterm.
  • The visible compound contains two connected buildings, a parking area and Slaught-O-Matic vending machines.
  • It is a useful starting point for finding Skippy, which lies in a nearby Vista del Rey alley, but Skippy is not inside the range itself.
  • It is not the location of Shoot to Thrill and does not replace Wilson’s range.

About this guide

Scope: Base game, Cyberpunk 2077. Status: This guide treats Shooting Range as the named fast-travel location in Vista del Rey, Heywood, also identified in reference material as Recce Shooting Range. It does not merge the location with Wilson’s indoor range in Little China, the Gun’O’Rama range beneath Kabuki Market, or other unused and mission-specific firing-range interiors.

Overview

Shooting Range is a small named location on Anderson Street in Vista del Rey, Heywood. Despite its fast-travel name and the visible range-like structures, it is not the venue for the game’s timed shooting competitions. The location functions primarily as an outdoor environmental landmark and Fast Travel dataterm. Its compound consists of two connected structures, a parking area, vending machines and the dataterm itself. The site sits close to the boundary between Vista del Rey and The Glen, making it useful as a navigation point for nearby streets and alleys.

The place is easy to confuse with several other shooting-related locations:

Location and boundaries

District and subdistrict

Shooting Range belongs to Heywood, one of Night City’s central districts. More specifically, it is within Vista del Rey, rather than The Glen. Vista del Rey’s named points of interest include Delamain Corp HQ, Mercado Sonora, Brain Wash, La Catrina, Advocet Hotel, 2nd Amendment and Recce Shooting Range.

The site is positioned close to the border with The Glen. This matters when using the location as a navigation reference: travelling away from the compound can quickly take V into a different Heywood subdistrict, but the range itself remains a Vista del Rey location. The border should not be treated as expanding the range’s boundaries.

Physical compound

The compound is a modest roadside facility rather than a large public complex. The confirmed environmental components are:

No independently named interior rooms, firing bays, employees, range officer, shop counter or purchasable property are confirmed for the location. The visible architecture establishes the site as a shooting-range facility, but the base game does not present it as a full player-facing shooting activity.

Named directory: location and subareas

There are no verified separately named child areas within the compound. The parking area, covered connection and buildings are environmental components rather than named sublocations.

Access and routes

Fast Travel

The most reliable way to reach the site is through the Shooting Range Fast Travel dataterm. Vista del Rey has several other dataterms, including College St, Skyline East, Metro: Congress & MLK, Republic & Vine and Delamain HQ. The Shooting Range dataterm is listed as a distinct Vista del Rey fast-travel point.

As with other Fast Travel points, V must approach and discover the dataterm before it becomes available for remote travel. Fast Travel locations are available for normal open-world movement rather than being tied to a special quest state.

Suggested exploration route

The precise order is flexible. The important point is to keep the nearby alley, College St point and other Vista del Rey landmarks separate from the Shooting Range compound itself.

Practical arrival route

  1. 01
    Open the Night City map and select the Shooting Range Fast Travel point in Heywood.
  2. 02
    On arrival, inspect the compound rather than assuming the name marks an active challenge.
  3. 03
    Check the surrounding roads and alleys if you are using the location as a starting point for nearby Vista del Rey exploration.
  4. 04
    For Skippy, leave the immediate range compound and search the nearby alley network. The pistol is associated with an alley near the Shooting Range and College St fast-travel points, not with the range building itself.

Suggested exploration route: A compact Vista del Rey route is

  1. 01
    Start at Shooting Range.
  2. 02
    Search the nearby streets and alleys for the Skippy pickup area.
  3. 03
    Continue towards College St if you are checking the adjacent fast-travel network.
  4. 04
    Travel north or east through Vista del Rey towards the district’s other named landmarks, including Mercado Sonora, Brain Wash and Delamain Corp HQ.
  5. 05
    Use Republic & Vine, Skyline East or Metro: Congress & MLK as alternative return points.

Facilities and services

Fast Travel dataterm

The Shooting Range dataterm is the location’s principal confirmed gameplay service. Once discovered, it allows V to travel to and from other discovered Fast Travel points.

It is not a mission terminal, shop terminal or range-control interface. No confirmed inventory, job board, vehicle service, property purchase or crafting station is attached to it.

Slaught-O-Matic vending machines

The compound includes Slaught-O-Matic vending machines. These are environmental vending machines associated with Night City’s cheap, heavily marketed food culture. Their presence helps establish the site’s commercial surroundings, but it should not be treated as evidence that the range offers a general food service or staffed shop. The source identifying the location confirms the vending machines, but does not establish a separate business, named vendor or unique inventory at the site.

Parking area

A parking area forms part of the visible compound. It is useful as a landmark when approaching by road and helps distinguish the range from the nearby urban businesses and alleys. No unique vehicle, garage, purchasable parking or special interaction is confirmed there.

Residents, visitors and security

No named resident, proprietor, instructor, mission character or faction headquarters is confirmed inside Shooting Range.

The location should also be distinguished from nearby Vista del Rey encounters. A random civilian group or passing NPC may appear in the surrounding streets, but such traffic does not establish permanent residents of the range. Similarly, nearby NCPD activity or hostile encounters should not automatically be assigned to the compound without a quest or map marker placing them there.

No dedicated law-enforcement checkpoint, gang-controlled gate or scripted security system is confirmed for the range itself. Players should nevertheless treat gunfire in public areas cautiously. The fact that a location visually resembles a firing facility does not guarantee that surrounding NPCs will ignore combat or that the area is exempt from ordinary police response.

Missions and activities

No dedicated Shooting Range mission

The Vista del Rey Shooting Range is not the start point for Shoot to Thrill. That side job takes place at Wilson’s gun shop and indoor range in Little China. The objective requires V to enter the range, use a pistol and compete against other participants by shooting targets.

This distinction is important because the similar names can produce misleading route instructions:

Nearby Skippy pickup

The most notable practical reason to visit this part of Vista del Rey is the nearby Skippy pickup. Skippy is an iconic smart pistol found in an alley in Vista del Rey. Guides place the alley near the Shooting Range and College St fast-travel points.

Skippy route

The pickup is an open-world discovery rather than a reward from a Shooting Range mission. It is therefore possible to visit the range without obtaining Skippy, and possible to obtain Skippy without treating the range as a quest location.

No dedicated Shooting Range mission

LocationAreaMain use
Shooting Range / Recce Shooting RangeVista del Rey, HeywoodFast Travel landmark and environmental compound
Wilson’s shooting rangeMegabuilding H10, Little ChinaShoot to Thrill competition
Gun’O’Rama basement rangeKabuki Market, WatsonInformal weapon testing and target shooting
Other gun-shop range interiorsVarious districtsSome are inaccessible, unfinished or mission-related

Skippy route

  1. 01
    Travel to Shooting Range.
  2. 02
    Leave the compound and look through the surrounding alleyways rather than searching inside the range.
  3. 03
    Move towards the area between the Shooting Range and College St points.
  4. 04
    Search around the dumpsters and alley clutter for the weapon.
  5. 05
    Pick up Skippy to begin its dialogue and associated quest sequence.

Items and collectibles

Confirmed associated item

The range itself has no verified unique weapon, shard, cyberware, skill shard, tarot card or hidden stash assigned to it by the sources consulted. This should not be read as proof that no ordinary loot can ever appear nearby. It means that no location-specific collectible has been reliably established for the compound itself.

Acquisition notes for Skippy

Skippy is a fixed-world pickup rather than a random drop. It is not purchased from the range, and there is no confirmed level requirement for reaching the alley. The weapon’s dialogue presents a choice of targeting behaviour, so players who want to preserve a preferred mode should read the conversation carefully before selecting an option. The available sources confirm the weapon’s location and broad targeting modes, but detailed progression outcomes can vary by game version and quest handling.

Nearby landmarks and connections

The broader Vista del Rey area contains more content than the small Shooting Range compound. Relevant nearby named locations include:

These are Vista del Rey locations, not subareas of Shooting Range. Vista del Rey also connects directly to The Glen, while Heywood as a whole extends south towards Wellsprings.

Nearby named-directory status

Within the Shooting Range compound

Nearby, but not part of the compound

Neighbouring subdistrict

The distinction between “within the compound” and “nearby” is essential. In particular, Skippy’s alley and the surrounding businesses should not be listed as internal rooms or facilities of the Shooting Range.

Nearby landmarks and connections

Nearby named-directory status

Nearby named-directory status

Nearby named-directory status

What the location is not

Not Wilson’s range

Wilson’s range is attached to the 2nd Amendment shop in V’s apartment megabuilding. It becomes relevant through Shoot to Thrill, which is a timed shooting contest requiring pistol use and target scoring.

Not Gun’O’Rama

Gun’O’Rama at Kabuki Roundabout has a basement firing range that players can use for informal testing. Reports describe entering the range through the weapon shop and using the bays to fire at static targets. This is a separate Watson location and should not be merged with the Heywood fast-travel point.

Not a confirmed full shooting minigame

The Vista del Rey location does not have reliable evidence of a repeatable score challenge, target counter, prize table, range clerk or weapon-testing interface. It is best documented as a named environmental location with a Fast Travel dataterm, rather than as a functioning shooting minigame.

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