All Cyberpunk 2077 Endings — How to Unlock Every Ending

Cyberpunk 2077 has 7 endings total: 5 base-game endings, 1 secret ending, and 1 Phantom Liberty ending (Tower). The ending you get depends on your choices throughout the game, especially your relationship with Johnny Silverhand and which allies you call for help during Nocturne Op55N1. The Phantom Liberty Tower ending requires completing the expansion with specific outcomes (both Reed and Songbird must survive). All endings return you to Night City just before Nocturne Op55N1 if you choose to continue playing.

V leaves Night City with Panam and the Aldecaldos clan, seeking a new life beyond the city. This is widely considered the most hopeful ending.

V leads a raid on Arasaka Tower with Rogue Amendiares and becomes a legend of the Afterlife. V chooses to return to Night City as a mercenary rather than leave.

V gives their body to Johnny Silverhand. V's consciousness remains in cyberspace with Alt Cunningham. Johnny takes over V's body and leaves Night City for good.

V sides with Arasaka and Hanako. The Relic is removed but V's body is too damaged. V signs a contract to have their consciousness stored by Arasaka, or chooses to return to Earth knowing death is imminent.

The secret ending lets V storm Arasaka Tower completely alone, without calling any allies. It is considered the most badass combat ending but requires specific Johnny affinity conditions.

The new ending added by Phantom Liberty. Available only after completing PL with King of Swords or King of Pentacles paths (both Reed AND Songbird survive). V is cured but everything changes.

There is no canon ending — CD Projekt Red has never declared one, and every path is written to be a valid conclusion to V's story. Rankings below reflect the community consensus that has settled across Reddit polls and guide sites since launch, weighing emotional payoff, what V actually gains, and who survives the ride.

The secret ending is flagged by the oil fields conversation in Chippin' In, not by raw affinity. Complete Tapeworm, Chippin' In and Blistering Love before you enter Embers to meet Hanako, then pick these options at Johnny's grave in order (full quest walkthrough in Chippin' In):

• "Let's do something about that." — then inscribe Johnny's initials when prompted.
• "The guy who saved my life." — what V would carve on his real grave.
• "Nah, fucked that up too."
• "What do you want from me?"
• "OK. But as second chances go, this is your last."
• "You were a real dick in the beginning."
• "When you said you let down your friends..."
• "Yeah, I'll call Rogue." — completes the sequence and starts Blistering Love.

There is no in-game meter for Johnny affinity — the "70%" in guides is shorthand for a hidden counter. Testing since launch (GameSpot and others) confirms the oil fields dialogue above is what sets the secret-ending flag; if you flub that conversation, you fall back on needing roughly 70% friendship by the rooftop, which is very hard to recover that late.

• Get the oil fields sequence right and the flag is set regardless of your overall percentage.
• Supportive, honest answers with Johnny across the campaign nudge the counter up; dismissive ones drag it down.
• Agreeing to call Rogue for the date (Blistering Love) is part of the correct sequence, not an optional extra.
• There is no way to view the number — the practical check is whether Johnny proposes the solo plan after the rooftop wait.
• Affinity gates nothing else: The Star, The Sun and The Devil depend on ally questlines, not a friendship score.

Most dialogue in Cyberpunk 2077 is flavor, but a handful of decisions carry real consequences that surface hours later — in the finale, in epilogue calls, or in your achievement log. These are the ones worth knowing before you make them (quest context on the quests page):

Your rooftop pick in Nocturne Op55N1 locks one chain. Pill note: the omega-blockers keep V in control; the pseudoendotrizine hands the body to Johnny for the Rogue call.

The Star, Sun and Reaper paths all end at Mikoshi, where Alt separates V and Johnny. Whoever enters the well returns to V's body; whoever crosses the bridge joins Alt beyond the Blackwall. The framing shifts by route — the Rogue chain presents the choice as Johnny's — but the rule never changes.

• Send Johnny across the bridge and enter the well as V → you keep the body: The Star or The Sun.
• Cross the bridge as V (letting Johnny take the well) → Johnny keeps the body: Temperance.
• The Devil path never reaches this choice — it ends on the Arasaka orbital station instead.

The Devil has two layers most players miss: Takemura's rescue, and the contract that closes the story.

• Takemura is saved in Search and Destroy, not in the finale: when Johnny says to leave him behind, ignore the objective, head back up to Room 303, clear the Arasaka soldiers and carry him out.
• Saving Takemura is required for The Devil achievement — if he dies, Anders Hellman appears in the epilogue instead and the achievement will not unlock.
• Oda shows up in the finale only if you spared him in Play It Safe and Takemura survived.
• "[Sign Contract] I want to live" → Arasaka stores V's consciousness in their Secure Your Soul program.
• "[Refuse to Sign] I'm going back to Earth" → V goes home to die within months — the only Devil branch where River or Kerry can spend that time with V.
• Refuse, and Hanako calls after the credits offering V work for their final six months.
• The rescue does not commit you to Arasaka — you can save Takemura and still take the Star, Sun or Reaper ending.

Two hard rules: Panam and Judy always leave Night City in the endgame, River and Kerry always stay. Romance requirements are on the characters page.

All four Phantom Liberty endings split on two choices — Firestarter (escape with Songbird or help Reed capture her) and the late call in Killing Moon or Somewhat Damaged. Only the two where Reed and Songbird both survive open The Tower. Full walkthrough on the Phantom Liberty page.

• Finish Phantom Liberty with King of Swords or King of Pentacles.
• Complete the follow-up jobs Through Pain to Heaven and Who Wants to Live Forever.
• In Things Done Changed, confirm with Reed that the surgeons are ready.
• At Nocturne Op55N1, take Misty's rooftop and choose the option to call Reed — that locks in The Tower.

A quick reference table for all ending unlock conditions.

Every named ending path carries its own achievement/trophy, and you can only earn one per playthrough — the rooftop choice decides which. The secret ending is the exception: it has no achievement of its own and inherits The Sun or Temperance from your Mikoshi choice. Phantom Liberty adds the four King achievements, one per expansion ending.

• Make manual saves before Nocturne Op55N1 — this is the Point of No Return. You can try different endings from this save.
• Complete ALL side content before the Point of No Return. You cannot return to unfinished quests after choosing an ending.
• Chippin' In is critical for the secret ending. Do it early and choose supportive dialogue at the oil fields.
• For The Tower ending, you MUST complete Phantom Liberty with both Reed and Songbird surviving. Plan your PL choices accordingly.
• There is no "canon" ending — each tells a different truth about V's character and choices.
• Johnny's affinity is tracked throughout the game. Blue dialogue options with him generally increase it.
• Romance outcomes vary by ending — some love interests leave with V, others move on.
• After any ending (except suicide), the game returns you to just before Nocturne Op55N1 with ending-specific rewards.
• The secret ending combat is extremely difficult. Make sure your build is endgame-ready before attempting it.
• You can experience all endings across multiple playthroughs — the game is designed for replayability.

The most-asked endings questions, answered directly. 7 endings total: The Devil, The Star, The Sun, Temperance, the secret (Don't Fear) The Reaper, the tragic suicide option, and The Tower from Phantom Liberty. For the full unlock matrix see the tables above.