When Cyberpunk 2077 came out, folks tried their hardest to suss out the rumored “secret ending.”
As sites started to post their guides, all they had to go on was secondhand information from the official guide, which noted several ways that you “might” get the secret ending: it was inconclusive at best. It turns out there’s a reason for that: CD Project Red actually changed the entire process late in development, and the details never really changed hands. Until now.
A user over on Reddit managed to contact Piggyback.com, the folks responsible for the “official guide.” Since then the outfit has clarified the change with CD Projekt Red, which now involves specific dialogue tree choices with a specific character.
You can find the full statement from Piggyback below, as well as a link to the dialogue tree in the gallery. Note the bolded spoiler buffer!
I contacted Piggyback about the secret ending. This was their response [Reddit]
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