Official Cyberpunk 2077 Build PlannervsNukes & Dragons Cyberpunk 2077 Build Planner

Both are free, no-registration web build planners that cover the full 2.0 system: the 5 attribute trees (Body, Reflexes, Technical Ability, Intelligence, Cool), perks, cyberware, and Phantom Liberty's Relic Skill Tree. Both generate URLs that encode the entire build for sharing on Discord or Reddit. The question isn't which is "better", but whether you care more about always being aligned to the current patch (official) or iterating variants fast on a denser UI (Nukes & Dragons).

Authority and patch updates

The Official Build Planner is maintained by CD Projekt RED at cyberpunk.net/en/build-planner. It's the authoritative source: when a new patch drops (2.3, etc.) it has it day one, and on any discrepancy between what it shows and what happens in-game, the official one wins.

Nukes & Dragons (nukesdragons.com) is community-built, maintained by the Wombat Factory team. When a patch rebalances perks or tweaks cyberware, it can take days or weeks to sync. Check the last-updated date in the footer before trusting it 100%.

UI and iteration

• Official: shows one tree at a time, slightly sluggish UI when loading everything and clicking quickly. Clean to start with, but navigation gets tiring when you test many variants.
• Nukes & Dragons: side-by-side layout of all 5 trees, fluid sliders, available perks update live as you move attributes. Built to iterate fast (right-click or shift-click deselects). In exchange, the dense UI can overwhelm newcomers: there's a 10-15 minute learning curve.

To compare two hypothetical archetypes on the official planner you open two tabs; on Nukes & Dragons you duplicate the tab and compare the two URLs, which also tend to be shorter.

Languages, community and reach

The official planner is multilingual and includes Spanish (language menu is at the bottom). Nukes & Dragons is English-only, so English perk names are an extra obstacle if your level is basic.

Historically, Nukes & Dragons URLs show up a lot in community threads: the tool was popular in the pre-2.0 era (it comes from the Fallout 76 planners) and many creators kept using it, and it also covers Skyrim, Fallout 4/76 and Starfield. Neither includes a damage simulator: both model which perks are available, not how strong the resulting build is.

Which one?

• First playthrough / just installed → Official. Cleaner UI and patch-current data.
• You need to plan in Spanish → Official. It's the only one of the two with localization.
• Iterating 3-4 candidate builds before deciding → Nukes & Dragons. Side-by-side comparison and fast sliders.
• Opening and editing a build someone posted on Reddit/Discord → Nukes & Dragons. Its URLs circulate the most in the community.
• Verifying a build reflects the latest patch → Official. Authoritative from day one.
• Modeling a serious respec before spending a Tarot Card → either; use Nukes & Dragons to shuffle variants, the official to confirm against the patch.

They tend to be complementary: many players start on the official planner to learn the tree and validate against the patch, then use Nukes & Dragons once they understand the mechanics and want to experiment with variants at speed.