Cyberpunk 2077 Actors — Everything Around the Game

The material around Cyberpunk 2077 has grown large enough that knowing what exists is half the question.

Assets circulated online are often ripped rather than released, which affects what you can legally do with them. Adaptations take liberties, and the interesting ones take them deliberately. Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds.

What is fan-made

Fan work is frequently better than official work and is not the same thing. Official art books contain material that never appears in the game itself. If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over. Release order and chronological order are different, and both have their advocates.

Canon status is decided by the developers rather than by the adaptation's writers. Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep. Licensed soundtracks are the most likely part to be missing from a re-release.

Where to find it legitimately

It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different. Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration.

• Credit fan artists if you reuse their work.
• Buy from the publisher's own store where one exists.
• Give a method one honest attempt before deciding it does not work.
• Check whether something is official before treating it as canon.
• Look for an official assets page before downloading anything.

Whether it is worth your time

None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional. Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters. Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts.

The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice. If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about. There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing.

Where it fits with the game

What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it. If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over.

The awkward part is rarely the step itself, it is knowing which step comes first. Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you.

What exists officially

A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work. The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why.

Where people go wrong

• Skipping the prerequisite because it looked optional in someone else's summary.
• Changing five things at once and then not knowing which one helped.
• Assuming a guide from an older season still describes the current version.
• Downloading a helper tool for something the game already does in its own menu.

Cyberpunk FAQ

Is it canon?

Where the developers have said so, yes. Adaptations produced under licence are frequently their own continuity.

Do I need it to understand the game?

No. It adds background rather than filling gaps the game leaves open.

How long does this take?

Minutes if it goes cleanly, an evening if you hit the edge case in the caveats list. Neither is unusual.

Is this still accurate after the latest Cyberpunk 2077 update?

The method is; individual numbers may not be. If a value on your screen differs, trust the screen and keep the sequence.

Bookmark it if you like, but honestly, once you have done it once you will not need to come back.