Following the River
Following the River[T 1] is a Side Job in Cyberpunk 2077.
Walkthrough
River will invite V for dinner at Joss'. Upon arriving in the evening, one will find River preparing jambalaya outside, and the two can talk about Randy. V can ask about the revenge on Peter Pan, River avoids the subject and instead tells them to get the rice. While doing so, V will run into Joss, with whom the player can converse with further. Upon returning to River with the rice, the pair finishes up the dish before sitting down at the patio for a drink. V can ask River about his past, whereby he can reveal the traumatic deaths of his parents (there is an option to halt this discussion, resulting in River being grateful not to discuss it.
The pair is then approached by River's niece and nephew want to play a AR game, which V has the option of let the kids win. After finishing, V and River join his family at the table to eat.[T 2]
If V has a feminine voice and body:
- Joss will openly admit that River likes her, much to his embarrassment.
During this embarassing moment, River invites V to go to the nearby water tower. The pair climb to the top, enjoy the view, and River gifts his revolver to V in gratitude to for their help, claiming he has held it for too long. They then have a drink, and V (if female) can decide to whether to romance River or just stay friends. If V chooses the former a romance scene will play out, and they next morning the pair will wake up to discuss their relationship further. If V is male or elected to remain friends, the pair proceed to have more drinks into the night, waking up the next morning in the trailer with hangovers. River then heads out to take Joss to see Randy in the hospital, telling V to take their time to recover from their night.[N 1][N 2]
Journal Entry
- The Peter Pan case is done and closed, so you do know you never have to see this badge again... right? OK, fine, I get it, you crawled through shit and fire together, and now you wanna kick back and celebrate your victory. But a family dinner? Fuckin' seriously? Can't just find a decent dive to grab a tequila or ten? Smash the bottle over some corpocunt's face? You're getting soft, V.
Objectives
- Head over to River.
- Wait for River by the barrels.
- Head over to River.
- Stir the soy meat.
- Find rice in the kitchen.
- Take the rice.
- Talk to Joss. [Optional]
- Take the rice to River.
- Add rice to pot.
- Sit with River.
- Talk to River.
- Grab the AR game gear.
- Talk to River and the kids.
- Go to the starting position for a new round.
- Eliminate all targets in the AR combat area.
- Confront El Chamuco Endiablado and his goons.
- Talk to River about the AR game.
- Join Joss at the table.
- Follow River.
- Find a way through the fence.
- Open the gate.
- Climb up the tower with River.
- Sit with River.
- See what River's up to.
- Talk to River.
Notes
- ↑ Completing of this job will unlock the Kutcher's Home as an apartment for V.
- ↑ Some time after completion, Joss will send V a message thanking them, and attaching a picture of the family in the hospital, with Randy in recovery. The image was changed in Update 2.0.
Trivia
- ↑ The job is named after the Rolling Stones song "Following the River" from the 2010 album "Exile on Main St.." The song was originally recorded in 1972, but re-recorded and added to the album on the 2010 bonus disc.
- ↑ The names that the kids take in the AR Game, Joan McClane and Henry Callahan, are references to John McClane from Die Hard and Harry Callahan from Dirty Harry, respectively. The name of the game itself, Big Trouble in Heywood, is also a reference to the 1986 film Big Trouble in Little China.
Gallery
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Kutcher Family and River Ward photo prior to Update 2.0 -
Updated family photo after Update 2.0
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