Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty - Should You Help Songbird Or Reed In Firestarter

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You'll need to make a fateful decision in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

By Jason Rodriguez on

Thinking about whether you should help Songbird or Reed in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty? The expansion presents a meaty storyline, with one pivotal dilemma that happens during the Firestarter mission. As such, it's important to consider the ramifications of your choices given that they lead to entirely different finales. Naturally, it goes without saying that this article contains major spoilers.

The Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty help Songbird or Reed in Firestarter dilemma occurs during a climactic moment in the mission. Alex, disguised as Aymaric, is in Kurt Hansen's office. V, meanwhile, is disguised as his twin, Aurore. Just as Songbird is about to activate the device, you're presented with a choice:

Important: We suggest saving manually once the choices appear on your screen. This ensures that you have a backup save if ever you want to try the other finale arc. Likewise, certain iconic weapons can only be obtained depending on the finale arc that you select.

To clarify, we opted to be supportive to Songbird whenever we interacted with her. For instance, we agreed to help her during a mission called You Know My Name. Later, while looking for the tracking station in Birds With Broken Wings, we met with her when prompted. She told us about her plan to escape, and we did not divulge these plans to Reed. However, we're unable to confirm if the option to aid Songbird became available because of our actions, or if it's available by default regardless of what we did.

Then, during the chat with Hansen, we opted to respond in a manner that's based on Aurore's background info. Similar to the above, we can't confirm if these