Following The River Quest Walkthrough and Rewards | How to Romance River Ward | Cyberpunk 2077

This is a walkthrough for Following The River, a Side Quest in Cyberpunk 2077. Read on to learn all the available choices in Following The River, how to get the best possible result, tips and strategies for the Quest, and all available rewards.

Following The River Basic Information

How to Unlock Following The River

Complete The Hunt and wait for a few days until River calls you and invites you over.

Following The River Rewards

Following The River Walkthrough

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	Objectives
1	Wait for River. Wait for River by the barrels in front of Joss's house.
2	Enlarge Help River make the Jambalaya then have a drink with him. You'll have to stir the bowl and enter the house to get the rice. There's a lot of dialogue options here to further explore River's character.
3	Enlarge Play the AR game with the children. Simply shoot the targets to score points. Optional: Let the children win by not shooting as many targets as them. This should be easy as it requires you to simply shoot less. You will see their score compared to yours at the left of the screen.
4	Enlarge Have dinner with River's family.
5	Follow River to the top of the water tower. River will lead you to the gate of the water tower, where you have to interact with him to climb up past the gate. Afterwards, climb up to the top of the water tower.
6	Enlarge Have a conversation with river atop the water tower.
7	Talk with River when you wake up. Talk to River before leaving to end the quest.

Obtainable Items

This list contains only rare Items and those which have a high chance of appearing.

Obtainable Items

This list contains only rare Items and those which have a high chance of appearing.

Item	How to Get
River's Tank Top (Rare)	Romance River
Crash (Epic)	During the quest, while on the water tower, River will give you this weapon.

Following The River Choices and Best Choice

There are no meaningful choices this mission.

Tips and Strategies

Romance Guide - River

For the full walkthrough, check out our guide down below.

River Ward: Romance Guide

Respond to River's Text

When River eventually texts you, respond with How about a new record? then continue the conversation. Regardless of your responses, flirty or not, he will call you after some more time passes with the quest.

Accept His Invite

This goes without saying, but when River call accept the invite to start the quest and choose the dialogue options that make you seem more interested.

Kiss the Boy

You'll have some opportunities during this quest to give River a smooch. If you're looking to romance him then do it. Keep choosing the choices that show you're interested and after the second kiss you'll be in a relationship with River.

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