Cyberpunk 2077: How to Get Johnny’s Relationship to 70%

Becoming the friend of an anarchist rockerboy terrorist isn’t exactly going to be easy, especially if he’s sharing the same headspace as V. Yet, in Cyberpunk 2077 it’s possible, but not exactly simple. Metamorphosis with Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077 is inevitable, but players can make sure that they and Johnny are best buds depending on the dialogue options that they select during specific missions across main jobs and in Phantom Liberty.

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Without Phantom Liberty, players can achieve a 70% relationship with Johnny Silverhand, and with it, they can achieve a total of 85%. It’s not possible to obtain a 100% relationship with Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077 unless players commit to a specific ending. However, every mission that affects Johnny’s relationship, and the correct dialogue, is listed below.

The secret ending in Cyberpunk 2077 is not dependent on the relationship percentage, but instead, the dialogue chosen in Chippin' In.

Spoilers ahead for Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty.

How to Get 70% Relationship with Johnny Silverhand

For players with the base game of Cyberpunk 2077, their affinity with Johnny Silverhand can rise to a total of 70%. This change begins with Act Two throughout some of the main jobs and is dependent on what players say to Johnny during pivotal conversations within specific missions. Within each of these main missions listed below, players have an interlude with Tapeworm in which it’s one-on-one with Johnny, and saying the right thing is essential to growing a relationship. However, only dialogue in the Chippin In’ mission impacts the secret ending, which is also found below:

Automatic Love

After investigating the whereabouts of Evelyn Parker at Clouds, Johnny and V will have their first serious conversation about how they are going to work together in a shared brain. This will break the ice between the two and grant 10% affinity:

You don’t care if I live.
Asked you – What the hell do you want?
For some ideal? Or to square a grudge?
Mikoshi – what’s that, exactly?
Following.
Me and Mikoshi – how’re we linked at all?
Arasaka – how you plan to destroy it this time?

The dialogue between Johnny and V is interchangeable depending on whether players completed Transmission or Life During Wartime first.

Life During Wartime

Panam Palmer aids V in chasing down the crashing Kang Tao AV that holds Arasaka’s leading bioengineer, Anders Hellman. Upon a conversation with the man, the relationship between Johnny and V grows an additional 5%:

Wanna talk about the biochip.
Got a problem. You’re gonna help me kick it.
Got Silverhand’s construct in my head.
You gotta remove the biochip from my system.
How’s that different from the normal one?
Your tech works, congratulations. Now get it out.
[Let Hellman examine biochip] OK.
I see him, I talk to him.
What do you mean?
At least Johnny never made a whore of himself.
Right, enough of this.
Forget about Kang Tao.

After leaving the motel, players can again speak to Johnny, but this conversation will not raise their relationship percentage. However, it’s an important moment between the two, so the correct dialogue options are as follows:

Why’re we talkin’ about this?
[Sit] Seem to know a lot about my past.
Scared I’ll lose myself, stop being me.
Got a clear goal. Like I do.
Man, do you go around in circles…
Yeah.
Damn straight.
[Stand] (Wait for Johnny’s speech to finish)

Transmission

After dealing with the Voodoo Boys in any way V sees fit, and discovering the fate of Alt Cunningham, Johnny’s old output, and earns another 5% to continue their metamorphosis and their quest for Mikoshi:

[Stand] Third trimester cramping.
[Smoke] Prolly not wrong.
Don’t even know where I’m going.
Maybe.
When you died – What was it like?
Guess I understand why you hate Mikoshi.
They can change you into somebody else.
[Stand] Enough. Let’s go.

Search and Destroy

The final mission of Act Two involves Johnny and V escaping an abandoned apartment building that has been infiltrated by Arasaka. Regardless of whether players save Goro Takemura or not, V and Johnny will retreat to the Sunset Motel where a proxy for Hanako arrives. After a conversation with the proxy, Johnny’s relationship raises 5%. However, after the conversation, another conversation with Johnny begins:

[Stand] Almost got flatlined.
[Step away] Why bring me here?
[Stand] Thanks for helping.
I’ll, uh, get you back someday.
[Stand] Think I’m gonna die soon.
Why you givin’ them to me?
Yes.
I’d do the same for you.
Got a better idea?
[Stand] Understood.
So I tell Rogue everything?
Tell me what you’re planning.
OK. I’ll give you control.

Chippin’ In

Chippin’ In is only unlocked after the correct dialogue options are taken above from the final Tapeworm segment. The beginning of Chippin In’ is more of an interactive cutscene where Johnny’s choices do not matter, as players will still earn a 5% relationship bonus. However, in the actual Chippin’ In mission where Johnny and V go to the Oil Fields, these dialogue options do in fact matter for the (Don’t Fear) The Reaper secret ending, and a further 10% to the relationship:

[Sit] D’ya expect a headstone?
[Inscribe Johnny’s initials] Let’s do something about that.
“The Guy who Saved My Life.”
Nah, f####ed that up too.
What do you want from me?
OK. But as second chances go, this is your last.
You were a real d### in the beginning.
When you said you let down your friends…
Smasher biz really got to her.
Yeah, I’ll call Rogue.

Blistering Love

johnny silverhand and rogue's date in 2077

Taking Rogue out on a date to a drive-thru at the movies and letting Johnny take control sees an additional 10% to the relationship, but she can also be romanced:

How’d you imagine this date going?
I like the Rogue of 2077.
Do anything not to lose you.
Only thing that matters is I came back to you.
[Kiss] More than I expected.

Holdin’ On

Agreeing with Johnny to help his old Samurai friend Kerry Eurodyne will further grow the relationship by 10%:

OK. Wanna know what to expect, though.
[Take Pills] OK.
You wanna bring Samurai back?
OK. Let’s do it.

A Like Supreme

johnny asks kerry for an encore in cyberpunk 2077

After Kerry and Johnny agree to get Samurai back together, players must complete the next side job, Second Conflict. No decisions affect Johnny’s relationship, and neither does it matter if V decides to take Denny or Henry, so feel free to choose either one. Either way, after the band gets back together, players have one dialogue option to choose from, and then Johnny and V’s relationship status should be at a solid 70%:

Wanna do an encore gig?

How to Get 85% Relationship with Johnny Silverhand

Players can achieve a total of 85% relationship with Johnny if they have the Phantom Liberty expansion installed. Considering Phantom Liberty acts as its own starting point for players, there are ways to raise their base relationship from the minimum, but those who already have 70% will only see an increase of 15%, no matter the options they select. Some players may also have 85% already from the moment they started Phantom Liberty, but these particular quests and these specific actions/dialogue will ensure the maximum relationship percentage with Johnny:

Lucretia My Relfection

Reject President Myers’s request to take the FIA Oath by selecting: [Take coin] Yeah, no… Let’s skip the oath. This will earn players a 10% boost to their relationship with Johnny.

The Damned

After exiting Alex’s bar, talk to Johnny at the Tree of the Lost. The dialogue options here don’t matter, as players will always receive a 10% boost, but it’s better to play it safe and select the friendly options:

You deserve a candle too, Johnny.
Share a bond, those two. True friends.
Friendship and duty – not mutually exclusive.
Valid question, you might be right…

Players can only pick one of the two options with Firestarter, which will lead to The Killing Moon or Somewhat Damaged.

The Killing Moon

johnny watches songbird's rocket fly off

The Killing Moon is only available to players who decided to betray Reed during the Firestarter mission. With this mission active, players must kill Solomon Reed and place Songbird onto the ship. This will boost V’s relationship with Johnny by 10%.

Somewhat Damaged

johnny and v head down to songbird's lair

Somewhat Damaged is exclusive to players who decided to betray Songbird during the Firestarter main job. In order to get an extra 10% with Johnny during Somewhat Damaged, players must select the following option: [Kill So Mi] Fine.

How to Get 100% Relationship with Johnny Silverhand

The only way to obtain 100% relationship with Johnny Silverhand is to enter Nocturne Op55N1 and complete the Temperance ending. Whether players go with Panam, Rogue, or the suicide mission of (Don’t Fear) The Reaper, players will want to select the following options once they enter Mikoshi with Alt Cunningham:

Body’s Johnny’s. I’ll go.
Cross the bridge and enter Cyberspace forever.

Doing so will see V surrender their body to Johnny, leaving to go beyond the Blackwall to become one with Alt, while Johnny gets a second chance at life and begins the Temperance ending with V’s body now his own.

While in the Temperance ending, Johnny’s relationship will be at a solid 100%, since there is no V in the way anymore, thus the Relic has succeeded in creating a metamorphosis by rewriting V’s mind to be that of Johnny. Upon completing the Temperance mission, players are returned to Embers before the start of Nocturne Op55N1, so it’s not possible to continue the game with a 100% relationship with Johnny.

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