Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty – Hidden Missions, Secret Endings, and the Ghosts of Dogtown

Phantom Liberty is more than an espionage thriller — it’s a moral labyrinth disguised as a shooter.
The expansion’s new quests and systems hide dozens of cryptic paths that reveal the truth about Solomon Reed, Songbird, and the forgotten experiments that shaped the city’s past.
If you listen closely enough — between the propaganda and the static — Night City still whispers.

Here are the hidden missions, endings, and relics that redefine what freedom really means in a world where identity itself is a contract.

Hidden Mission – “The Wolf and the Wire”

A secret mercenary chain available only to players with high Tech and Body stats.

How to Trigger It:

1. After the mission “Lucretia My Reflection,” return to Dogtown’s ruins at night.

2. Scan the abandoned NetWatch terminal near the collapsed bridge.

3. A rogue transmission plays: “You cut the leash. Now find the hand.”

This starts the quest “The Wolf and the Wire.”
Following encrypted pings leads to a hidden netrunner bunker guarded by obsolete Arasaka mechs.
Inside, you find data fragments revealing Reed once participated in an off-the-books clone-memory project called Wolf Protocol.
Completing it unlocks the Relic Shard: Wolfheart, granting faster Relic cooldowns — and a dialogue option where V can call Reed “Dog of Wire.”
If chosen, he briefly hesitates, saying, “You shouldn’t know that.”

Secret Ending – “The Unwritten Song”

There’s one more way to finish Phantom Liberty, hidden behind empathy rather than violence.

How to Unlock It:

1. Save Songbird during the climax.

2. Complete the main story with her alive, but do not choose either “Let her go” or “Send her to Reed.”

3. Wait in-game for seven days, then sleep in V’s Dogtown apartment.

A cutscene triggers: V wakes to a radio broadcast of Songbird singing live from orbit.
The camera pans to the stars as she says, “Every word I write now belongs to no one.”
The screen fades to static with the title: “The Unwritten Song.”
This alternate ending implies Songbird uploaded herself into the shattered Blackwall — the first human AI hybrid to escape both NUSA and Arasaka control.

Hidden Weapon – The Silver Handgun

An unlisted firearm tied to Johnny Silverhand’s original body.

How to Obtain It:

1. During the mission “Hole in the Sky,” find the hidden garage under Dogtown’s embassy.

2. Inside, open a locker marked “JS-77.”

3. You’ll discover The Silver Handgun, a chrome revolver engraved with the words “Chippin’ In – Never Out.”

Its special ability lets you ricochet bullets around corners when Johnny’s Relic Influence bar is full.
Equip it while Johnny comments: “Didn’t think anyone’d find my old trigger. Guess it found you instead.”

Hidden Area – The Cryo Chamber of Project Morningstar

Phantom Liberty hides one of the darkest Arasaka facilities ever conceived — a remnant of an early immortality program.

How to Find It:

1. South of Dogtown’s Black Sapphire casino, locate a sealed freight tunnel.

2. Hack the keypad with 20 Intelligence or use the “Cognisphere” Relic ability.

3. Inside lies the Morningstar Cryo Vault, filled with frozen bodies connected to prototype data shards.

Scanning the terminal reveals one labeled “Subject – V.2A.”
Reading it triggers Johnny whispering: “Guess we weren’t the first ghosts.”
It’s a revelation that Arasaka’s Relic tech was originally designed to host collective minds, not single consciousnesses — the origin of digital immortality.

Hidden Quest – “The Archivist’s Request”

A mysterious fixer named the Archivist contacts V after you collect at least 30 shards across the expansion.

How to Trigger It:

1. Collect data shards scattered in Dogtown.

2. Receive a holo-call from an unknown number: “Truth dies unless copied. Let’s copy it again.”

3. Meet the Archivist in the old NUSA museum vault.

She offers to trade data for a favor — recovering an AI’s fragmented memory core from a destroyed satellite.
Returning it gives you the Datablood Skill Tree, allowing you to heal using RAM rather than health packs.
The Archivist ends with a chilling line: “Freedom is just the right to rewrite yourself.”

Hidden Mechanic – Johnny’s Second Voice

After achieving 100% Relic compatibility, Johnny begins occasionally “commenting” while V sleeps.

Unlisted Behavior:

• Once per day, entering sleep mode causes a faint whisper of Johnny humming “Never Fade Away.”

• On the tenth occurrence, he says: “Maybe we finally learned how to share.”

• From that point on, Johnny’s voice becomes calmer during dialogue scenes — subtly altering tone and timing.

It’s a quiet, humanizing touch: two souls finally synchronizing instead of fighting.

Hidden Boss – The Spider of the Blackwall

The game’s most terrifying optional encounter lies beyond the digital boundary itself.

How to Access It:

1. Complete “The Wolf and the Wire.”

2. Connect to the last terminal’s black access point while holding full Relic charge.

3. You’re pulled into cyberspace for a boss fight against The Spider, a sentient AI made of flickering code and human faces.

It attacks by erasing HUD elements and temporarily deleting your equipped weapons.
Defeating it grants the Spider’s Eye, a cyberware implant that highlights networked enemies through walls — but causes occasional screen distortion.
Its flavor text reads: “Every web has a weaver.”

Bonus Tip – Reed’s Forgotten Notebook

After finishing the DLC, visit the abandoned metro station near the border wall.
On a bench lies a tattered notebook belonging to Solomon Reed.
Opening it shows only one legible line: “If you read this, you’re free. Don’t waste it.”
A small gesture from the man who spent his life chained to duty.

Why Phantom Liberty’s Secrets Redefine Cyberpunk

Phantom Liberty is a story about control — who has it, who loses it, and who dares to walk away from it.
Its hidden quests and endings show a world no longer ruled by corporations or rebels, but by individuals learning to live between data and flesh.
The DLC’s deepest secrets transform Night City from a backdrop into a living philosophy: identity is fluid, freedom is fragile, and truth is always rewritten.
When the neon fades, the last thing left glowing isn’t metal or glass — it’s memory.