If you’re running a netrunner/quickhack build, extra Tier 2 quickhack components are primarily useful for crafting and upgrading higher-tier quickhacks and making money by selling crafted quickhacks. If you’re not a netrunner, they’re mostly just clutter you can sell or occasionally dismantle for components.

What Tier 2 quickhack components actually do

Tier 2 quickhack components are a crafting material used to:

  • Craft Tier 2–Tier 3 quickhacks (and sometimes higher, depending on the schematic)
  • Upgrade existing quickhacks to higher tiers when you have the right crafting specs.

You don’t “upgrade components” themselves; instead, you combine lower-tier components (like Tier 2) with the appropriate schematic to create or improve quickhacks.

Best uses if you’re a netrunner / quickhack-focused character

1. Build strong Tier 3–Tier 5 quickhacks

If you’re investing in Intelligence, cyberdecks, and quickhack perks:

  • Save Tier 2 components and mix them with any Tier 3+ components you find.
  • Use the crafting specs for quickhacks (purchased from Netrunner vendors like Yoko in Kabuki or the vendor in Japantown) to:
    • Craft new quickhacks at higher tiers.
    • Upgrade existing quickhacks so they do more damage, last longer, or have better effects.

This is normally the best long-term use: your components become powerful hidden weapons in fights rather than just sitting in your inventory.

2. Fill your cyberdeck with diverse quickhacks

Once you have a decent deck:

  • Use components to craft a variety of quickhacks:
    • Damage hacks (e.g., Suicide , 系统工程 variants).
    • Disruption hacks (e.g., Overclock , Short Circuit).
    • Control hacks (e.g., Initiate Overload , Take Control).
  • Keep one copy of each useful quickhack and craft upgrades as you get better components.

Extra Tier 2 components are then just “fuel” for expanding your toolkit.

Options if you’re not a netrunner

If you don’t care about quickhacks:

1. Sell crafted quickhacks for easy cash

Several players use this as a quick money method:

  • Craft quickhacks using your spare components (even if you don’t use them).
  • Sell the crafted quickhacks to vendors.
    • Some high-tier quickhacks (especially iconic ones like Suicide) can sell for ~25k each if you have high Intelligence.

This is slower than finishing gigs or NCPD hustles, but it turns useless components into eddies without much effort.

2. Just sell the components directly

If you don’t want to mess with crafting:

  • You can sell Tier 2 (and other) quickhack components to vendors.
  • The return isn’t huge, but it at least clears space and gives a little extra money.

3. Dismantle for generic components (if still available)

In some versions/builds, you can dismantle certain quickhack items to get back generic crafting components, which can then be used for weapons or cyberware.
If that’s available in your game version, it’s another way to turn “orphan” quickhack loot into something useful.

Practical workflow summary

You can treat your extra Tier 2 components like this:

  1. Decide your build:
    • Netrunner/high-Int: keep and use them for quickhacks.
    • Non-netrunner: consider selling or converting them into cash via crafted quickhacks.
  2. If netrunner:
    • Buy quickhack crafting specs from Netrunner shops.
    • Craft/upgrade quickhacks using Tier 2 + higher-tier components.
    • Keep one of each good quickhack, upgrade as you go.
  3. If not a netrunner:
    • Either:
      • Sell the components directly, or
      • Craft a few high-tier quickhacks and sell them for a bigger profit.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.