Cyberpunk 2077 braindance guide: Disasterpiece BD walkthrough (2024)

During Cyberpunk 2077’s “Disasterpiece” Main Job, you’ll meet your pal Judy in a van, strap on a headset, and head into a braindance.

It’s still a new concept at this point, so in this Cyberpunk 2077 guide, we’ll walk you through the BD, showing you everything scannable, including the few items that you must scan, some optional scannable items, and some straight up hidden things.

Note: With various patches changing numerous aspects of Cyberpunk 2077 since release, the advice on this page is likely out of date. If you were wondering what’s changed since launch, read our Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty review, which also covers the 2.0 update.

Watch the whole braindance in Playback Mode first

Before interacting with anything, watch the whole braindance first in Playback Mode — the first-person perspective of the netrunner whose brain you’re dancing around in.

This is our advice for every BD, because it familiarizes you with the events you’ll be investigating while filling up your Visual, Audio, and Thermal track timelines with bold sections — the places during which you can find scannable clues later.

Analyze the braindance and find out where it was recorded.

Restart the braindance, and you’ll have three bold sections of the Visual Layer to scan for clues. We’ll take them from left to right.

Visual Layer leftmost bold section

Rewind to the leftmost bold section of the yellow Visual Layer, and stop the video at about 0:10. You can scan four things from here.

  • Slice of pizza. This is to the left as the netrunner’s getting dragged in.
  • Netrunner. The “poor fucker” whose point of view you see this horror show of a BD.
  • Scav woman. The person not dragging the netrunner to the chair. Judy says it’s a woman during some dialogue. On-screen details say she’s “a scav specializing in braindance editing,” so that’s how we’ll refer to her.
  • Cardboard box. It’s a cardboard box.

That’ll clear the leftmost yellow bold section of the Visual Layer.

Bonus scav scan

This is weird because it’s scannable after you clear the leftmost area but before the middle area is on your timeline. Just go with it.

Image: CD Projekt Red via Polygon

Pause at 0:16, and keep your eye on the person who’s dragging the netrunner. Before the next yellow area of interest, you’ll be able to scan them.

  • Scav. The person with the obscured face. Details say that this person is “a scav on steroids,” so that’s how we’ll refer to them.

Visual Layer middle bold section

There’s only one thing to scan here. Pause at 0:23, within the next bold yellow area of interest.

Image: CD Projekt Red via Polygon

Just as the scav on steroids is strapping the netrunner into the chair, look behind the scav specializing in braindance editing to find the next scannable item.

  • Electric Corp patch. It’s on the coveralls that look to be hanging on a pole.

And that’ll clear the hold yellow area of interest in the middle of the Visual Layer.

Visual Layer rightmost bold section

Pause at 0:37, and look at the braindance specialist scav.

On the table she’s facing, scan the coffee cup. (You’ll have to zoom in closer than we are in our screenshot, which we picked because it lets you see where to go in relation to netrunner and two scavs.)

  • Paper coffee cup from Buck-A-Slice. You’ll get some information about this in dialogue.

Those are your clues. Coffee + pizza + patch means that you and Jill can pinpoint the location of this torturous BD.

Exit the braindance when ready.

At this point, you can exit the braindance, or continue reading (listening?) to find two optional scans.

Optional Audio Layer sounds

Everything you’ve done above has been in service of solving the “Disasterpiece” braindance puzzle, but there’s more to scan if you’re so inclined. It’s optional — so optional, in fact, that it doesn’t even appear on your timeline — but the descriptions of the audio that you can discover add a bit of (horrifying) flavor to this (hellish) corner of Cyberpunk 2077’s Night City.

Image: CD Projekt Red via Polygon

In the screenshot above, we have the Audio Layer active, and we’re floating back in the corner of the room, near where the braindance begins. Fly to the green concentric circles pulsing in the corners to the left and right of our Cyberpunk 2077 screenshot, and you can hear and read some flavor text.

The Thermal Layer

We should also point out that, if you switch to the Thermal Layer during the “Disasterpiece” braindance, it’s entirely bold for the entire duration fo the BD. We can’t really say why.

As far as we can tell, there’s nothing specific to scan. Nothing at any location turns into a magnifying glass and allows for more clues. It just seems to be an indication that there are heat signatures present throughout the BD.

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FAQs

Can you miss Disasterpiece Cyberpunk? ›

If you have already completed the Disasterpiece mission and missed the weapon, you have a couple of options for getting Errata. Players who own the Phantom Liberty expansion can head over to the Black Market vendor in Dogtown Stadium who sells various iconic weapons and items.

Can you skip the braindance tutorial cyberpunk? ›

A Reddit user named _Dangernoodle_ posted a video showing how players can now skip the initial braindance tutorial with Judy Alvarez. While the player still has to watch the full braindance, they don't have to go through the process of re-learning the mechanics every single time they go to replay Cyberpunk 2077.

Can you actually get a braindance in cyberpunk? ›

You can purchase numerous braindances from vendors throughout Night City.

How to find Evelyn cyberpunk disasterpiece? ›

After going through this door, just go directly through the hallway, watching for guards that might spot you, turning right, and then finding Evelyn through the first door at the end of the hall.

Is Disasterpiece a main mission? ›

This is the walkthrough for Disasterpiece, a Main Job in Cyberpunk's Automatic Love questline.

What is the rarest ending in Cyberpunk 2077? ›

The secret ending to Cyberpunk 2077 involves Johnny Silverhand going on a solo mission in V's body to tear Arasaka Tower to the ground. It's a difficult ending to earn and has specific prerequisites.

Can you save Evelyn in Cyberpunk? ›

Evelyn's story unfortunately has a sad ending. Sometime after the Double Life job is completed, Judy will call V to ask for a meeting - it will be a new side mission Both Sides, Now. When you get to Judy's apartment, you will learn that Evelyn committed suicide.

Can you play as Lucy in cyberpunk? ›

If you want to play as her in the videogame, you can focus on building upon the two primary parts of her kit that we see her use in the anime, Quickhacking, and the Monowire weapon. This build has all the elements Lucy used in the anime as well as a few extras to make it stand out.

Should I sit on the bed with Evelyn? ›

You can approach and sit beside Evelyn, but she simply lies on the bed without any reply. Afterwards, you can visit Judy's editing room, and Judy will show you the two BDs extracted from Evelyn.

What is the iconic weapon in Disasterpiece? ›

You can find the iconic katana Errata at the forge in the sub-levels of the Scavengers den.

How to get sandevistan during Disasterpiece? ›

You can also find an Apogee Sandevistan in certain loot pools (like a random box in the main building featured during the 'Disasterpiece' main mission), but these loot pools are random, and if you aren't character Level 40 and Street Creed Level 50, you won't get the Tier 5 Iconic variant of the Apogee Sandevistan even ...

Are there any missable missions in Cyberpunk 2077? ›

Missable Cyberpunk Quest: Bullets

"Bullets" is a completely missable hidden quest in Cyberpunk depending on whether the player is an avid clothing shopper or not. To trigger the quest, V must speak to Zane Jagger, the clothing vendor of Jinguji in downtown Night City, a second time.

Can you miss weapons in Cyberpunk? ›

There are plenty of easily missable weapons in Cyberpunk 2077, and players could potentially be missing out on some of the best weapons in the game.

Is Errata missable? ›

Since the Errata katana is an Iconic weapon, it means you should be able to buy it from the Black Market Vendor called Herold found in the Dogtown Stadium. This vendor sells all sorts of weapons, including Iconic weapons that you've missed and are now unobtainable or at least hard to get without specific requirements.

Are endings missable in cyberpunk? ›

This means no ending, aside from the secret Cyberpunk 2077 ending or new Phantom Liberty ending, are missable - useful if you want to 100% Cyberpunk 2077's achievements or trophies.

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