Cyberpunk 2077 Guides - Everything You Need To Explore Night City

Last Updated: September 25, 2023 5:41 PM /

Welcome to our Cyberpunk 2077 Guides Hub - where you'll find every guide we've published for Cyberpunk 2077!

CD Projekt Red's next big RPG has arrived: Cyberpunk 2077. The open-world game has you play as V, who explores Night City, the city of the future. The main story involves you finding a cybernetic implant that could be the key to eternal life, but you'll make plenty of other choices along the way.

There are so many dialogue options, weapons, and skills to choose from. For everything on crafting, collectibles, quests, and more, we've got the answers for you.

Cyberpunk 2077 Guides - Gameplay & Achievements

We're here to help you get started, or just to clarify some aspects of gameplay that aren't always obvious.

Starter Guides

Gameplay Guides

Cyberpunk 2077 Guides - Quest Guides

There are 3 main components to the things you can do in Cyberpunk 2077: Main Jobs, Side Jobs, and Gigs. If you're interested in focusing on the main story of Cyberpunk 2077, chasing immortality, you'll want to handle the Main Jobs that are necessary to that end goal.

If you want to explore some side stories, or just build your street cred, Side Jobs are where you'll want to be. If you just want to hop into some trouble, or to help people with their problems, you can sell your services to the highest bidder.

Main Job Guides

Side Job Guides

Gig Guides

Cyberpunk 2077 Guides - Your Character

We get it, there's a... slider. That said, if you want to really delve into creating the perfect character, or make yourself the most effective, we're exploring each life path, skillset, and option for your characters, and we'll have the guides you want to create an awesome Cyberpunk 2077 build.

Character Guides

Which Cyberpunk 2077 Lifepath is Right For You?

Cyberpunk 2077 Guides - Weapon Guides

You'll need weapons to wreak havoc, or help others, right? We'll help you pick the right weapons, augments, and mods for the build you want.

You can also craft various items in Cyberpunk 2077: weapons, mods, consumables, and even tools to improve your hacking. But to craft these, you'll need the right materials, a diagram of the item, and the technical know-how to do it in game. If you want something that's better than what's available in the shops, you'll definitely want to craft it.

Below are some of the weapons you can get from completing quests.

Weapon Guides

Cyberpunk 2077 Guides - Exploration

What would an open-world game be without a bunch of stuff to collect? Do you like wasting countless hours on getting every possible thing that can be collected?

Big open world, lots of characters, tons of options and things to explore. If you're looking for the best romance options, who to align yourself with, or some places worth checking out, then we've got you covered.

Exploration Guides:

Cyberpunk 2077 Tips and Tricks

Now that we're past the list of guides we've dropped - read on for some of our tips and tricks as you get started in Cyberpunk 2077.

Cyberpunk 2077 comes with tons to explore, big baddies to kill, and much more. Luckily, if you're looking for a way to tackle the neon lights of Night City, you've come to the right place. Here are our best tips for starting Cyberpunk 2077 in both video and written form!

Don't sweat the Lifepath Decision too Much

While the lifepath is important to your character and playthrough, it won't prohibit your actions and choices too much.

Whether you're a Corpo, Nomad, or Street Kid, you will still be able to enjoy the majority of Cyberpunk 2077's story beats. It is worth thinking about what path you want to choose but don't let it stop you from starting. If you want to see some of the differences and a general overview, check out our guide later in the week.

Do Cyberpunk 2077 Gigs Early

It's fair to say that the sheer volume of content available in Cyberpunk 2077 is a little daunting. This is why, when you finally get outside, the amount of dots on the map can be easy to ignore. Don't.

The side quests are an important part of your progression throughout your time, and doing them too late could leave their rewards obsolete and the missions itself undoable. You can fail some missions, purely by waiting too long so make sure to get them done.

Loot Everything

CD Projekt Red have been very generous with the inventory space in Cyberpunk 2077. From the get-go, you will have the ability to carry far more than you ever really need for a simple loadout. It's designed for you to hoover up everything you possibly can.

There's one key reason for this: cold, hard cash. Even if a weapon is far below your current loadout, it's worth picking up just to sell immediately. Added to this, pick up the Pack Mule perk under Athletics to increase your carrying capacity by 60. On top of that, snag the Scrapper perk under the Crafting ability tree to automatically salvage junk, and you'll have a well-oiled money-making machine/cyborg.

Explore Night City

There are a few central reasons why you might want to do this fairly quickly. The first is to get some gear and find some quests. Oftentimes, you will simply stumble upon random events that can lead you to some good gear. Ignoring it might impeded your development early on.

The most important reason to get this done is to find all the fast travel locations—or at least as many as you can. Located around the city are dark blue dots. Finding a bunch of them will save you a lot of hassle later on, especially when you're mopping up the game's many side quests.

Do the Optional Objectives

Both the main story and side missions have tons of ways of solving them and even more ways of ending them. When something pops up as optional, you should always do it.

This can majorly affect certain parts of the story and it can also give you new gear, abilities and—most importantly—experience points.

Don't Overlook Stealth

For a city lit up with the hue of neon, Night City is made much easier in the dark. Stealth is an absolute must if you want an easier time in combat. For both a nice source of EXP and income, you want to use it as much as you can.

The key to stealth is enemies are very unperceptive. You can crouch practically right up to them and still not get caught if you move fast enough. As well as this, stealth takedowns take a manner of seconds and gives you the option to drag corpses to a nearby hiding spot. Methodically make your way through encounters and even the tougher firefights are made very easy.

Don't Waste Your Money

when you have tens of thousands of Eurodollars in your account, it can be easy to be a bit reckless with it. Don't bother spending it on guns and armor till late game.

The setup of progression in Cyberpunk 2077 is very fast. Within a 20-minute span, every single piece of equipment you have can be made obsolete. For this reason, you shouldn't be too quick to spend. Your money is best spent on Cars, quests, and implants. Cars get you around quickly, obviously enough, and all vehicles must be purchased to finish off the Autojock achievement. Implants are important to progression and likely won't become obsolete quickly. Although it is tempting to get a few nice guns early on, it is mostly a waste of your precious money.

That's it for our Cyberpunk 2077 Guides hub!

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