Not sure how to start Phantom Liberty in Cyberpunk 2077? There are actually multiple ways you can begin the expansion, whether it's from your existing playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077, or directly from the main menu in a new save. It's actually recommended that you start a whole new playthrough, so you'll reach Phantom Liberty naturally at the intended moment, but that isn't required because that would be one heck of a timesink. Here are all the ways you can start Phantom Liberty in Cyberpunk 2077.
How to start Phantom Liberty
If you start a new game in Cyberpunk 2077, you must play through the main story until you finish the "Transmission" quest to access Phantom Liberty. This occurs during the Pacifica storyline with the Voodoo Boys. It takes place after the "M'ap Tann Pelen" and "I Walk The Line" missions in Act 2, and all three quests are given to you by Soulkiller. After you finish Transmission, you'll receive a call from somebody called Songbird, adding the "Dog Eat Dog" mission to your journal, which is the Phantom Liberty introduction quest.
However, if you're carrying on from an existing Cyberpunk 2077 save file and you've already finished Transmission, Songbird will reach out to you for the Dog Eat Dog mission within the first couple of minutes of you loading in.
Alternatively, you can also start a new game and choose to skip straight to Phantom Liberty. This lets you customize V's appearance like normal and choose their Cyberpunk 2077 lifepath, but also starts you off at level 15 with a good selection of weapons and cyberware, your Perk and Attribute points allocated for you, and any essential main story missions in your journal - however previous missions are autocompleted and cannot be replayed, so you'll miss out on those. You can also freely reallocate your Perk points thanks to the Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 update, and you get a one-time respec for your Attribute points.
Regardless of how you start Phantom Liberty, Songbird will tell you that she can save your life - that is, save V from the relic inside their head that is slowly killing them, but only if you help her. Talk to Songbird and she'll tell you to meet her by the entrance to Dogtown. From here, you'll sneak inside the district, past the Barghest soldiers - the private military firm run by Kurt Hansen, one of the villains of Phantom Liberty.
Dogtown is the all-new region on the Cyberpunk 2077 map, situated by the old stadium in Night City. The region itself isn't particularly big compared to the rest of the game, but it is densely packed with quests and building interiors to explore, and it works well for Phantom Liberty's spy-themed gameplay.
Alongside having a twisting story of its own with plenty of pivotal decisions, Phantom Liberty also adds a brand new Cyberpunk 2077 ending to the main game. No spoilers here, but it's definitely worth checking out.
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