Phantom Liberty Guide — Dogtown, Songbird & All Endings

Phantom Liberty is the major expansion for Cyberpunk 2077, released alongside Update 2.0. It adds a spy-thriller storyline set in the new district of Dogtown (a lawless enclave in Pacifica controlled by the Barghest militia under Kurt Hansen). New characters include Songbird (So Mi), a highly skilled netrunner, and Solomon Reed (played by Idris Elba), an FIA agent. The expansion introduces the Relic Skill Tree, new weapons, vehicles, cyberware, gigs and activities. It features four main endings that can also unlock a new ending path for the base game. Recommended level is around 15-20+ when starting normally, or use the Skip Ahead option from the main menu.

There are two main ways to begin the expansion.

Phantom Liberty never starts on its own. The trigger is the base-game job Transmission — the finale of the Voodoo Boys storyline in Act 2. Complete it and Songbird calls V, adding the job Dog Eat Dog to your journal. Saves already past that point get the call shortly after loading with the expansion installed. You can start any time between Transmission and Nocturne OP55N1; recommended level is 15-20+, because Dogtown is tuned for a mid-game V.

• Dog Eat Dog: follow Songbird's marker to the Dogtown entrance, work through the garage section, and watch from a rooftop as Space Force One — the NUSA president's plane — is shot down over the district.
• Hole in the Sky: fight your way to the crash site and pull President Rosalind Myers out of the wreckage. This is the rescue that drags V into the spy game.
• Spider and the Fly: dodge the Barghest sweep with Myers and connect with Solomon Reed's FIA network.
• After these three opening jobs the story loosens its grip: Dogtown opens up for gigs, vendors and side content.

Songbird is a highly skilled netrunner and one of the central characters of Phantom Liberty. Her fate is one of the most important decision points in the expansion.

The Phantom Liberty main story follows a branching path. The critical choice happens in the Firestarter mission, which splits the story into two main paths.

Firestarter is the hard fork of the expansion — everything before it is shared, everything after depends on which side you pick at the Neural Matrix. Each branch then funnels into one final dialogue decision that locks your ending.

• King of Wands epilogue: Unfinished Sympathy and From Her to Eternity.
• King of Swords epilogue: Through Pain to Heaven — the route that can continue into the Tower ending chain.
• King of Cups / King of Pentacles epilogue: Leave in Silence (where you hand Songbird over and meet President Myers) → Four Score and Seven (the final conversation with Reed) — only the King of Pentacles variant can continue into the Tower ending chain.
• Run This Town: a Mr. Hands job that calls shortly after Firestarter on either path — with Hansen dead, you help decide whether Bennett or Jago rules Dogtown next.

Near the end of Firestarter, when alone with Songbird extracting the Neural Matrix, you must make the decision that determines the entire second half of the expansion.

There are four main endings, commonly referred to by Tarot names. Two of them unlock a new base-game ending path (Tower ending).

Available only after completing Phantom Liberty with the King of Swords or King of Pentacles ending. This unlocks two additional missions that provide a completely new conclusion to V's story.

The Tower is not just a Phantom Liberty coda — it is a full ending option for the base game, permanently unlocked for that save once Reed and Songbird both survive. When you reach the ending conversation at Nocturne OP55N1, an extra choice sits alongside the standard options in the endings list.

• The option appears at the base game's point of no return: V can take Reed's cure instead of pursuing the standard endings.
• Lockout warning: from the moment you start Who Wants To Live Forever, all unfinished jobs and activities are locked until the credits roll. Clear your log first.
• You can refuse the cure — the standard endings stay open, and some guides count that refusal as a fifth Phantom Liberty outcome.
• It is the only base-game ending that requires owning Phantom Liberty.
• After the credits the game returns you to your pre-ending save, so unlocking or watching the Tower never costs you the other endings on that character.

Dogtown is smaller than any base-game district but far denser, and several of its activities exist nowhere else in the game. For the district's layout and dataterms, see the map guide.

Early in the story Songbird overclocks the Relic in V's head, adding a Relic tab to the character menu. Relic points are their own currency — they never come from leveling up. The story hands you 6 (three when the tree unlocks, three more during Birds With Broken Wings) and the 9 Militech Data Terminals in Dogtown provide the rest: 15 points total, exactly enough to buy every node.

Update 2.0 is free, but the raised level cap is not — base-game players stop at level 50, while Phantom Liberty owners keep going to 60. Those ten levels translate directly into build budget.

• 10 additional attribute points (71 total in the base game, 81 with PL).
• 10 additional perk points (70 total in the base game, 80 with PL).
• Street Cred still caps at 50 and each attribute still caps at 20.
• Attribute and perk respec stays free and unlimited from the character menu.

Most of the expansion's best loot only exists inside Dogtown. Full acquisition lists live in the weapons and cars guides; the short version:

• Make manual saves before Firestarter and before the final decision points in The Killing Moon or Somewhat Damaged.
• Both major paths offer compelling storytelling — there is no single "correct" choice.
• If you want the new base-game ending (Tower), keep both Reed and Songbird alive (King of Swords or King of Pentacles paths).
• Explore Dogtown thoroughly for loot, gigs, Relic points, airdrops and Increased Criminal Activity zones.
• The expansion is designed to be playable mid-game or as a standalone jump-in via the Skip Ahead option.
• Relic Skill Tree points come from Militech Data Terminals scattered throughout Dogtown — collect them all.
• Dogtown has its own Fixer (Mr. Hands), gigs, vendors and activities separate from Night City.
• The Chimera and Kurt Hansen are the main boss encounters — prepare appropriate builds.
• Weaponized vehicles from El Capitan's Vehicle Contracts are Dogtown-exclusive.
• Blackwall Iconic gear (the Erebus SMG or the Militech Canto Mk.6 cyberdeck) is Reed-path only — in Somewhat Damaged you find both blueprints but can only craft one.