Summary
An extremely patientCyberpunk 2077player managed to pull off the incredible feat of reaching the level cap before starting “The Heist” mission. Despite having a notoriously rough launch,Cyberpunk 2077has established itself as one of the best action RPGs of its generation, as players continue to sing praise both for the base game and its expansion pack,Phantom Liberty.Cyberpunk 2077continues to be popular across all platforms, and the game enjoys extremely positive user ratings on Steam.
This enduring popularity has produced some unorthodox playthroughs over the years, andmods forCyberpunk 2077have only further enhanced the experience. While the gameplay overhaul for Update 2.0 made a pacifist playthrough significantly harder (if not impossible), it also built a completely new leveling and perk system from the ground up.
A player named uO___Ou managed toreach the level cap inCyberpunk 2077by never progressing past “The Heist” mission, effectively completing all the skill progression before the opening credits even rolled. It should be noted that the level cap was only achieved for the base game, asPhantom Libertyextends the number of levels to 60. Given how little content is available to players in Watson before the rest of Night City opens up, uO___Ou needed to get rather creative to achieve their goal.
Cyberpunk 2077 Player Reaches Level Cap Before “The Heist”
The most important strategy of this playthrough lay in endlessly farming enemies for experience, resting up after every hour, and switching through different weapons. The accomplishment took 40 hours, but uO___Ou mentioned that it could theoretically be done in 35 hours with more efficient farming. While players cannot leave Watson before completing “The Heist” mission, there is a way to glitch out of the zone and thus access the rest ofNight City inCyberpunk 2077. This was an important step in the process, as uO___Ou elected to farm experience at Batty’s Hotel in Pacifica, which is considered to be one of the best farming spots in the entire game.
Sadly, even a fully-leveled V cannot change the outcome of “The Heist” inCyberpunk 2077. That being said, this doesn’t diminish uO___Ou’s achievement of reaching the level cap duringCyberpunk 2077’s prologue. While there is no accolade for accomplishing the feat, it has certainly given uO___Ou some cred in theCyberpunk 2077community.
