into the night is one of those Cyberpunk 2077 questions where the accepted answer is nearly right and the gap matters.

Short answer

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

The mechanic behind it is simpler than the discussion around it suggests. It is worth separating what the game does from what players have concluded it does. The awkward part is rarely the step itself, it is knowing which step comes first.

The practical answer

Nothing here depends on a setting you are unlikely to have. Edge cases are genuinely rare, which is why the simple answer is usually the correct one. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over. Most of the disagreement online comes from people describing different versions of Cyberpunk 2077.

Testing this yourself takes a few minutes and settles it definitively. What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it. The accepted community answer is broadly right and wrong in a specific way that matters here.

Why it works this way

The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice. Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work. Everything below is framed around the current state of Cyberpunk 2077 rather than a launch-week impression.

  • Revisit after a major patch if the behaviour changes.
  • Do not build a routine around an edge case.
  • Expect one number in every guide to be out of date; the method is what matters.
  • Note the exception cases — they are specific rather than vague.

What to do instead

A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time. None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on.

Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts. If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you.

Worth knowing alongside this

Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration. Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds. Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see.

Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional. Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows. Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep.

When the usual advice fails

Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters. If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over. Cyberpunk 2077 is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look.

Where people go wrong

  • Ignoring the platform-specific note and then wondering why the steps do not line up.
  • Copying a setup wholesale from a streamer without understanding what each part does.
  • Downloading a helper tool for something the game already does in its own menu.
  • Skipping the prerequisite because it looked optional in someone else's summary.

Cyberpunk FAQ

What is the short answer?

It is the paragraph near the top. Everything after it exists for the cases where that paragraph does not quite fit.

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.

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.

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