Like most open-world RPGs, Cyberpunk 2077’s in-game currency, “eurodollars” (also known as “eddies”), is an important source of obtaining better equipment, and is even used to occasionally purchase quest items or bribe a non-player character (NPC). While players can find many upgrades by looting defeated enemies or in the game world, there are some weapons, clothing, and cyberware available from vendors fans may want to purchase to expedite V’s arsenal. With that in mind, learning how to acquire eddies quickly can make gamers’ lives easier.
While exploring Night City, fans will come across a multitude of activities that can grant them eddies. From small payments to more lucrative revenue streams, Cyberpunk 2077 offers a variety of missions and gigs for players to undertake. All these activities offer eurodollars as a reward, but when looking to rack up those eddies for big purchases, players can maximize their profits by focusing on specific tasks.
How to Earn Money Fast in Cyberpunk 2077 - Crafting
The most lucrative method of earning quick money in Cyberpunk 2077 is through crafting. For this to work at the most efficient level, players should be sure to acquire the Scrapper perk from the Crafting tree (within the Technical Ability attribute). The Scrapper perk enables V to automatically dismantle junk when looting it in the game world. This saves inventory space and time while simultaneously providing crafting components.
Moreover, acquiring the Pack Mule (Body attribute, Athletics tree), as well as the Mechanic, Workshop (three points), and Cost Optimization (Technical Ability attribute, Crafting tree) perks will make crafting much more efficient. This increases V’s inventory space and improves crafting output through component cost reduction and increasing the rate at which components are gained. Gaining the ability to craft better equipment (such as rare, epic, and legendary) can also be useful, but sticking to uncommon items is efficient enough for quick monetary gains.
While exploring Night City, gamers should loot everything. If it can be picked up, it should make its way into players’ inventory. Junk will automatically be disassembled, granting components, and players can use whatever they pick up that is an upgrade and either disassemble or sell everything else. After accumulating enough components, craft a hoard of weapons or clothing and sell it all to a vendor. Rinse and repeat this process and the eddies will pile up rapidly.
How to Earn Money Fast in Cyberpunk 2077 - Side Quests
Cyberpunk 2077 is full of side quests in which fans can engage. From missions assigned by fixers to assisting the Night City Police Department (NCPD), V has options. These activities are beneficial to the more than completionists, as killing enemies (where applicable) and looting them provides valuable items players can sell. Using the Pack Mule perk (increases carrying capacity by 60), filling up V’s inventory by looting every foe in an area is a great way to acquire a bulk of items to sell to vendors.
Moreover, players can store items in their car, increasing the amount of equipment they can haul to a vendor for profit. However, the loot obtained from opponents can also be disassembled rather than sold, thereby adding to V’s crafting materials to create items that sell for an often-higher chunk of change. The difference, depending on item quality, can sometimes be negligible, and players should weigh their choices accordingly.
During side gigs assigned by fixers, be sure to pay attention to the optional objectives. Completing optional objectives usually results in bonus rewards in the form of more eddies. These tasks typically involve remaining undetected or hacking something for information, so catering one’s approach to these optional objectives can result in milking the fixers’ coffers for all they are worth.
The final loot chest during NCPD events usually contains a valuable item. If the item is not a noteworthy upgrade for the player, consider selling it or disassembling it for higher-quality crafting components. If gamers focus on using crafted items, acquiring a chunk of the perks in the Crafting tree will make weapons and clothing players create themselves better than most items they can loot or buy from vendors, rendering loot acquired from side hustles irrelevant for use and relegating them to crafting material or a revenue source.
How to Earn Money Fast in Cyberpunk 2077 - Hacking
Breach protocols are another potential source of decent eddies. However, players should note that this method of income is unpredictable and, therefore, unreliable. Occasionally, though, breach protocols offer a nice supplement to the income grind, giving fans three tiers of eurodollars for which they can strive, ranging from a small to medium to large payment. It’s possible to achieve all three tiers with one hack in Cyberpunk 2077 but planning out the trajectory of button presses is pivotal to success here.
Mostly, players should not rely on breach protocol hacks to gain money, especially since these small tasks cannot be found on the map and are only seen on the minimap when close to one. While they are not difficult to do, the rewards for the time it takes to do them are not consistent or lucrative enough, in the long run, to make them worthy of going out of one’s way. They can help supplement a steady revenue stream once gamers understand their patterns, but V should not rely on them to get rich quick.
Cyberpunk 2077 is available on PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One, with upgrades for PS5 and Xbox Series X scheduled for 2021.