This comes up often enough in Cyberpunk 2077 that it deserves a straight answer rather than a thread to scroll through.

Short answer

In most cases the straightforward approach works. The exceptions are specific and listed below.

The accepted community answer is broadly right and wrong in a specific way that matters here. Testing this yourself takes a few minutes and settles it definitively. Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds.

What to do instead

Edge cases are genuinely rare, which is why the simple answer is usually the correct one. It is worth separating what the game does from what players have concluded it does. A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. Most of the disagreement online comes from people describing different versions of Cyberpunk 2077.

The mechanic behind it is simpler than the discussion around it suggests. Everything below is framed around the current state of Cyberpunk 2077 rather than a launch-week impression. Nothing here depends on a setting you are unlikely to have.

Why it works this way

Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep. If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about. If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over.

  • Revisit after a major patch if the behaviour changes.
  • Do not build a routine around an edge case.
  • Write down what you changed, so you can undo exactly one thing if it goes sideways.
  • Check which version any conflicting advice was written for.

When the usual advice fails

There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing. The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration.

Cyberpunk 2077 is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look. The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time. It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different.

Worth knowing alongside this

If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on. Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional. Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work.

What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you. The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice.

The practical answer

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. Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters.

Where people go wrong

  • Grinding a method that was patched months ago because a thread still ranks well.
  • Skipping the prerequisite because it looked optional in someone else's summary.
  • Downloading a helper tool for something the game already does in its own menu.
  • Assuming a guide from an older season still describes the current version.

Cyberpunk FAQ

Does this change between platforms?

The behaviour does not. Where menu paths or prompts differ, that is noted above.

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.

Does this work the same on console and PC?

The logic is identical. Menu paths and button prompts differ, and any real difference is flagged above.

Is there a faster method?

Sometimes, at the cost of reliability. Where that trade exists it is described rather than recommended blindly.

Work through it in the order above and i walk the line stops being a question you have to look up again.