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The Rescue
Cyberpunk 2077

The Rescue

Complete The Rescue main job in cyberpunk 2077's prologue. Use remote deactivation, stealth, or combat to clear the hostile area and rescue your target.

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Complete The Rescue main job in cyberpunk 2077's prologue. Use remote deactivation, stealth, or combat to clear the hostile area and rescue your target.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Exit the car and follow Jackie to an elevator. Answer a call from T-Bug.
  2. 2
    Follow Jackie to a door and scan it by holding **[L1]**, aiming, then pressing **[Square]** to open it using the “Remote Deactivation” quickhack.
  3. 3
    Loot the room and follow Jackie to confirm a corpse on an operating table is not your target.
  4. 4
    Go through the door Jackie is near; enemies are ahead. You can sneak by pressing **[Circle]** and perform a lethal or nonlethal takedown by pressing **[Square]** when close. The choice is for roleplay as there are no bonuses or penalties.
  5. 5
    Grab grenades near the thug you took down. Exit the door, turn left, and note an open doorway with multiple enemies.
  6. 6
    You can go in guns blazing or use stealth. Skills used to dispatch foes grant XP (e.g., handguns grant Handgun XP, stealth takedowns grant Stealth XP).
  7. 7
    Search the area near Jackie for F-GX Frag Grenades.
  8. 8
    Wait for the two thugs near the door to exit into the hallway. Sneak up on one while Jackie handles the other.
  9. 9
    Clear the first room. You can use stealth, grenades, gunfire, or the “Distract Enemies” quickhack.
  10. 10
    Head through a hole in the wall to face a more heavily-armed foe.
  11. 11
    If you engaged in a firefight earlier: Get behind cover (press the cover button to crouch behind walls or objects) (press the cover button to crouch behind walls or objects) and T-Bug will hack shutters. Run through the shutters to flank the brute and shoot through a window while Jackie rushes from your original position.
  12. 12
    If you maintained secrecy: Wait for the brute to move from behind the desk, then approach lockers for an easy stealth takedown.
  13. 13
    Defeat all thugs, then proceed through the brute's doorway and turn right to find bodies in a tub.
  14. 14
    Check the bodies, follow T-Bug’s instructions, confirm your target, and carry the woman outside to a Trauma Team squad.
  15. 15
    Head back inside and follow Jackie to an elevator. Hold **[Down]** on the D-Pad to bring up your phone and call “Wakako Okada”.
  16. 16
    Return to the garage, get in the car, and Jackie will drive you home. You will experience a scripted firefight with pursuers, Jackie will talk to an NCPD Officer, and you will witness a show of force.
  17. 17
    After Jackie drops you off, ride an elevator up to your apartment. T-Bug will call and refer you to a netrunner for a gift, starting the Side Job “The Gift”.
  18. 18
    Check your stash if desired, then go to bed to finish the quest. The next quest, “The Ripperdoc”, will begin when you wake up.
Tips
  • You can use stealth takedowns or lethal force; the game does not penalize or reward either choice for this mission.
  • Pay attention to the XP you gain based on your combat style to level up desired skills.
  • Use the environment and quickhacks like “Distract Enemies” to gain an advantage.
  • Grenades can be useful for clearing groups of enemies.

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