Cyberpunk 2077: I Walk the Line walkthrough Cyberpunk 2077 guide, walkthrough
Last update: 28 January 2021
On this page of the Cyberpunk 2077 game guide you will find a detailed walkthrough of the I Walk the Line quest.
Before V can meet with Brigitte and talk about the Relic, they must first do a job for the Voodoo Boys. You need to reach the nearby GIM shopping mall, uncover the identity of the mysterious netrunner messing with the Pacifica network and reveal their motives.
Reward for the quest: XP, Street Cred.
- Meet with Placide's people
- Enter the mall
- Find the van in the lobby - Optional
- Find the agent in the cinema
- Confront the agent
- Head to Batty's Hotel
Meet with Placide's people
Leave the hotel and go to the location marked on the world map, by the GIM, to meet Placide's people. You will find out that you can get into the mall through an underground garage at the back of the building.
Enter the mall
The entrance to the garage is guarded by three Animals, but you don't need to fight them - you can sneak your way towards the entrance, keeping on the left side and finding cover behind objects such as containers, cars and walls.
When you reach the parking lot, first stick to the left side to get to the center of the location. Then look to the left - you will notice 3 thugs. Walk through the middle of the parking lot straight to the garage and you will not be noticed.
Once you are inside, jump on the chests to the left to reach the upper floor. When you reach the upstairs, immediately crouch, because there may be an opponent in the room on the left.
Find the van in the lobby - Optional
In the next room you will find a guard and a camera. You can try to sneak through, but it will be safer to hack the monitoring system and simply turn it off.
You can safely eliminate the guard before he can move away. If you want to spare him, wait a moment and he will leave to sit on a stool in the gym and will not trouble you.
After entering the gym, crouch and, sticking to the right side of the room, sneak towards the atrium - the entrance is to the right. Pay attention to the Animal walking in the same direction as you. If you want to eliminate him, remember to do it on the atrium and hide the body in one of the containers.
The van mentioned by Placide is located at the end of the atrium. Stick to the left side and spend some time waiting under the stairs. One of the opponents will go downstairs and head towards the van, but you don't have to kill him - after a moment he will turn right and will not bother you.
There are three bandits standing by the van, but it is worth waiting before you approach them. Quickly enter the room to the left, because the Animals will split up and only one will stay near the van while the other two will start walking in your direction.
Get your opponent from the side, eliminate him and hide his body in the previous room.
Approach the side of the car and connect to it. It turns out that it was NetWatch who brought their equipment here to monitor Pacifica's network. Apparently they want to turn it off or collect some valuable information.
Find the agent in the cinema
The agent will detect your presence and cut off some of the entrances in the mall, and Animals will overrun the area. Keeping close to the left wall and moving out of sight of patrolling opponents, get to the elevator shaft.
Before you jump up, be aware of the two opponents you will encounter. One is standing right next to the shaft and the other is on the opposite side.
Hide and then eliminate the closer opponent while the other one is looking in another direction.
Then go to the opposite side and eliminate the last opponent.
Walking along the corridor to the left you will encounter Sasquatch, one of the bosses in Cyberpunk 2077. You can either fight or bypass her and go straight to the cinema. A detailed description of Sasquatch's boss fight and all possible scenarios can be found on a separate page of our guide, in the Bosses section.
Confront the agent
The agent cut communication in Pacifica to have a calm conversation with you. The man knows that Placide saw everything you were doing and gave you instructions. Nevertheless, the agent wants to strike a deal.
- If you agree: the agent will tell you that the netrunners wanted to use you. He will help you delete the virus uploaded by the Voodoo Boys and you will be able to leave the building safely and without a fight. Moreover, he will release Brigitte and Ti Neptune from the LOD if you let him keep the data he previously collected. Later on, this decision will have disastrous consequences for Brigitte and her people, making the whole Voodoo Boys gang hostile towards V;
- You refuse: this decision will have serious consequences for the NetWatch agent. You knock him out and connect with the personal link. The Voodoo Boys kill all of the located agents. V loses consciousness and you will get a system reset cutscene - the agent was right, they wanted to use and kill you.
Head to Batty's Hotel
In front of the entrance to the mall, Placide's people are waiting and are very surprised to see you - apparently they were well aware of how this mission was supposed to end. They will offer you a ride to the hotel, which is useful to get there straight away.
If you took the side of the Voodoo Boys, Placide will of course deny that they tried to dispose of V and blame the NetWatch agent. However, if you made an agreement with the agent, Placide will be angry and openly express his dissatisfaction.
Brigitte will interrupt the conversation, wanting to check the state of V's biochip. Agree (you don't have a choice) and you will automatically progress to the next main job -Transmission.