Cyberpunk 2077 Chippin’ In Walkthrough: All Dialogue Choices & Rewards

Chippin’ In becomes available at the start of Act Three, after completing the main job Search and Destroy. To unlock it, you need to pass through the Tapeworm quest dialogue at the abandoned Pacifica hotel and agree to give Johnny control of your body — specifically by selecting “OK. I’ll give you control.” From there, the mission runs through five distinct phases: a night out with Johnny, a 24-hour wait, the Northside shipyard assault, the Ebunike confrontation with Grayson, and finally the Oil Fields conversation that determines whether you unlock the secret (Don’t Fear) The Reaper ending. Johnny’s Porsche 911, the Malorian Arms 3516, and his iconic jacket are all collectible within this single mission.

Every dialogue choice that matters is listed below in the exact order you’ll encounter it.

How to Unlock Chippin’ In in Act Three

After Search and Destroy wraps, talk to Johnny. V suffers a Relic malfunction and wakes up in an abandoned hotel in Pacifica — this kicks off the final segment of the Tapeworm quest. Johnny offers his dog tags, and you’ll get a string of dialogue options. Most of them don’t matter. Four of them do.

Select these in order:

• [Stand] Understood.
• So I tell Rogue everything?
• Tell me what you’re planning.
• OK. I’ll give you control.

That last line is the trigger. V agrees to hand Johnny temporary control to approach Rogue at the Afterlife. Skip any of these and the quest chain won’t activate properly — you can still get to the Afterlife, but the full dialogue tree that opens the secret ending won’t be available later.

Head down to the Afterlife. Johnny will check in before you go inside. Respond with:

• [Take Misty’s pills] Ready.

Trigger the Quest: Correct Dialogue at the Afterlife

This step is deceptively low-stakes on the surface — and that’s where players lose the secret ending without realising it. The Afterlife interaction is the gateway, and the pill choice is what hands Johnny full control. Without “[Take Misty’s pills] Ready.” specifically, the subsequent A Cool Metal Fire sequence plays out differently and your relationship stat with Johnny won’t be where it needs to be for the Oil Fields finale.

Once you’re inside and Johnny takes over, you’ll move into an interactive cutscene. Nothing in the next section carries mechanical consequences — but the Afterlife handoff does.

A Cool Metal Fire: Nothing Here Breaks Your Playthrough

Johnny’s wild night out across Night City is essentially a breather. What drink he orders, which pill he takes, whether he gets V a “billy goat” tattoo or the love heart that reads “V + Johnny” — none of it matters for quest outcomes or endings. Pick whatever seems fun. The scene exists to flesh out Johnny’s character and it does the job well.

Rogue wakes V up when it’s over. Now you wait.

Open the in-game menu, use Skip Time, and jump forward exactly 24 hours. Rogue calls shortly after. Meet her at the Afterlife — she’ll have a gift in her car trunk: Johnny’s jacket. No stat bonuses, but it completes the aesthetic and it’s free. Sit in the passenger seat and let Rogue drive to the Northside shipyard docks.

Navigate the Northside Shipyard and Ebunike

The docks are controlled by Maelstrom. Rogue may take damage during the approach — this has no effect on mission completion or any later outcomes, so don’t stress about keeping her alive through every firefight.

Your objective is the dataterm. You can gun through every enemy between the entrance and the terminal, or you can ghost the entire section using Breach Protocol to kill cameras and distract patrols. Neither method is objectively better here — stealth saves resources, combat is faster if you’re well-equipped. The docks have roughly 15–20 Maelstrom enemies spread across the area, with two camera clusters near the terminal approach.

At the dataterm:

1. Access the terminal
2. Open Messages
3. Select Ebunike

This activates the next objective and marks the Ebunike on your map. Head up the gangway.

One thing worth noting: the stealth window closes permanently once you board the Ebunike. The game triggers a detection event at the top of the stairs regardless of approach. Don’t waste Quickhacks trying to stay hidden at that point — save them for the fight ahead.

Defeat Jeremiah Grayson and Claim Johnny’s Gun

Maelstrom pours out when you reach the Ebunike’s upper deck, and Jeremiah Grayson is in the middle of it. Clear the enemies first. Grayson goes down without much resistance once his backup is gone — he’s not a particularly dangerous boss fight on normal difficulty, though on Very Hard his damage output and armour make the surrounding Maelstrom enemies a bigger threat than he is.

Talk to the wounded Grayson. The game prompts you to take Johnny’s Malorian Arms 3516 — do it. This legendary weapon is the primary reward from Grayson and can’t be acquired anywhere else in the game.

After taking the gun, you have two choices for Grayson’s fate:

Killing him and looting the Old Access Card is the more reliable route. The process: go back down the Ebunike stairs, climb the ladder on the left, activate the terminal to lower a shipping container. Head to the container at dock level, use the Old Access Card to unlock it — inside is Johnny Silverhand’s Porsche 911 Turbo (930). It’s now permanently added to your garage.

Both choices get you the car. The kill route just doesn’t require you to follow a separate waypoint.

Oil Fields Finale: Dialogue for Secret Ending vs. Standard Completion

This is the section that separates a clean Chippin’ In completion from one that actually matters long-term. The Oil Fields conversation with Johnny determines whether your relationship reaches the threshold needed to unlock (Don’t Fear) The Reaper — the secret ending where V assaults Arasaka Tower solo, without Rogue or Panam.

Johnny is standing over where his body was buried. The conversation is introspective and heavy. To hit the relationship requirement for the secret ending, you need to select this exact dialogue chain:

1. [Sit] D’ya expect a headstone?
2. [Inscribe Johnny’s initials] Let’s do something about that.
3. “The Guy who Saved My Life.”
4. Nah, f***ed that up too.
5. What do you want from me?
6. OK. But as second chances go, this is your last.
7. You were a real d*** in the beginning.
8. When you said you let down your friends…
9. Smasher biz really got to her.
10. Yeah, I’ll call Rogue.

All ten. In order. Missing any one of them doesn’t fail the mission — but it drops your relationship stat below the threshold that Point of No Return checks before presenting the secret ending option.

The relationship meter in Cyberpunk 2077 isn’t displayed as a visible bar, which is exactly why players miss this. Community testing confirms the secret ending requires the Chippin’ In dialogue chain above plus at least 60% of optional Johnny conversations throughout the game to be completed with positive responses. The Oil Fields choices are the single biggest contributor to that score.

If the secret ending isn’t your goal — maybe you’re going for a Panam or Rogue ending — any dialogue at the Oil Fields still completes Chippin’ In and secures all the physical rewards: the gun, jacket, and Porsche are yours either way.

Completing the full chain with the correct choices also unlocks the next Johnny relationship quest: Blistering Love, which continues the Rogue storyline and is required for the Rogue-assisted ending at Arasaka Tower.

All Rewards from Chippin’ In at a Glance

One practical note on timing: Chippin’ In becomes available right at the Act Three threshold, but the game doesn’t force you into it. You can complete side gigs, NCPD scanner hustles, or other main jobs before starting the wait for Rogue’s call. Nothing in Night City despawns or locks out because Chippin’ In is active. Take your time — the 24-hour skip is always available when you’re ready.

After the Oil Fields, V and Rogue part ways with an understanding. The mission ends, your inventory has three iconic pieces of Johnny Silverhand’s legacy, and depending on which dialogue you chose, a path to either Blistering Love or a clean break from the Johnny storyline opens up. The secret ending — and everything it demands of V — is now on the table, assuming the conversation at that oil drum went exactly as it needed to.