Most of the frustration around how many endings comes from missing a prerequisite rather than from the fight itself.

Short answer

Do the optional preparation. It converts a difficult sequence into a routine one.

A save immediately before the decision point costs nothing and occasionally saves hours. Optional preparation is what separates a ten-minute attempt from a two-hour one. Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds.

The part people get stuck on

Difficulty settings change numbers here, not the sequence. A failed attempt usually leaves the world in a state you can still recover from. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you. Reading ahead spoils some of it; going in blind costs some of it. Pick which you mind less.

Some outcomes are locked behind an earlier conversation rather than behind performance. What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it. The game signals the requirement once, quietly, and never mentions it again.

Before you start

Cyberpunk 2077 is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over. If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over.

  • Complete the optional preparation — it is the actual difficulty setting.
  • Check your inventory against what the section demands.
  • Stop and reassess after two failed attempts rather than repeating the third.
  • Talk to everyone once before triggering the sequence.
  • Do not sell anything you picked up here until it is finished.
  • Keep a save or backup from before you start — it costs nothing and occasionally saves an evening.

If it goes wrong

If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on. Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration. None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of.

The awkward part is rarely the step itself, it is knowing which step comes first. Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see. Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows.

Choices that matter later

The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time. There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing. 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. A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work.

Working through it

If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about. Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters. It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different.

Where people go wrong

  • Trusting a video thumbnail that promises a result the video never actually shows.
  • Grinding a method that was patched months ago because a thread still ranks well.
  • Rushing the last step, which is usually the one with the actual requirement in it.

Cyberpunk FAQ

Can I come back to this later?

Sometimes. Where a section closes permanently, that is flagged above — and it is the single most common way people lose access to content.

What if none of this works for me?

Then something in your setup differs from the assumption — version, region or platform. Check those three before anything else.

Do I need any mods or third-party tools for this?

No. Everything described here works with the base game on any supported platform.

Does difficulty change the outcome?

It changes the numbers, not the route. The steps described work at every setting.

Work through it in the order above and how many endings stops being a question you have to look up again.