Cyberpunk 2077: What Should You Do With Royce?

Should you shoot or pay Royce?

When you meet Royce and his minions, the conversation always ends with a tense standoff. You will have several dialogue options, but they all lead in the same direction. Finally, two options will be offered to you:

• [Draw Weapon]
• [Take down Royce] Requires six body points

Either of these options will set you up for the big decision to pay or shoot Royce, so it doesn't matter which one you choose. If you don't have enough Body attribute points, you will be forced to draw your weapon. From there, you can make three main decisions.

Pay with the Militech chip

If you encounter Meredith Stout earlier in the mission, you may receive a chip containing a virus. You can then give this chip to Royce as payment, but if you haven't removed the virus, the Maelstrom gang will turn hostile and you will have to fight Royce. Defeating him earns you a cool weapon called the Chaos Tech Pistol as well as a Maelstrom Jacket and Eurodollars.

If you choose to remove the virus from the chip before handing it over to Royce, he accepts payment and tells V to take the Flathead bot and leave. Before you can get out of All Foods, Militech Guards will appear and you will still have a shootout on your hands. The Militech chip option always leads to some sort of shootout, although the hostile faction changes based on your decision with the virus.

Shoot Royce

If you didn't get Meredith Stout's Militech chip, shooting Royce is another route you can take. There are no surprises with this pick, and it turns out pretty much as you'd expect. V shoots and kills Royce, then the remaining members of the Maelstrom gang become hostile. After a shootout with the gang, you can loot Royce's Chaos Tech pistol and collect materials from other Malestrom bodies before leaving All Foods.

Pay with your own money

This is another fairly straightforward option, but it's one that you probably won't be able to choose early on in the game due to its steep price. Royce wants 10 Eurodollars for the Flathead bot, and since this mission takes place in the early hours of the game, you're very unlikely to have that many in your bank account. If you manage to get the money back before you meet Royce, you can pay it off and get out of the situation bloodless.

cyberpunk 2077 is out now on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Google Stadia. A Next Generation Version of the Game is Currently in Development for PS5 and Xbox Series X | S.