Cyberpunk 2077 offers a wide variety of character customization options. Learn all the available settings for your character's appearance, and how aspects like male and female gender and your character's Lifepath affect the game.

Character Creation and Customization

Like other role-playing games, Cyberpunk 2077 allows you to customize your character's appearance in many ways. But unlike other games, some of your choices might affect some parts of the game, like how your "gender" affects your romance options.

To start making a new playthrough and a new character, select New Game in the main menu.

Difficulty

There Are Four Difficulty Settings

The first thing you'll get to customize is your playthrough's difficulty settings. Cyberpunk 2077 has four difficulty settings:

• Easy - Good for either first-time FPS players or those who just want to become more immersed in the story.
• Normal - A bit more difficult than Easy mode. Normal mode will feature tougher bosses.
• Hard - Here is where the real challenge begins. Enemies have more health and will give you more of a challenge.
• Very Hard - Possibly the way Cyberpunk 2077 was made to be played, Very Hard mode will make your enemies stronger, and will attempt to throw grenades at you and hack you more often.

You Can Change Difficulty Settings In-Game

Your choice of difficulty will affect the quality of your playthrough. If you're finding it too difficult to play on Very Hard, then maybe turn it down a notch to 'Normal'.

You can do this by going to Settings in the Pause Menu and adjusting the Game Difficulty setting under the Gameplay tab.

Difficulty Settings and How to Change Difficulty

Lifepaths

Next up is deciding on the backstory of your character. This unlocks special options when you reach certain story checkpoints. The game has three Lifepaths you can choose from.

Lifepath	Background
Street Kid	Born and raised in Night City, you know the ins and outs of its streets, especially how to survive them.
Nomad	You were a member of a nomadic tribe, traveling through the Badlands desert as a family. You left that family and decided to head to Night City.
Corpo	You climbed up the corporate ladder of the Arasaka corporation to get to where you are. Experienced in the cutthroat business world, you will stop at nothing to get to the top.

Lifepaths and Best Lifepath to Choose

Appearance Customization

Body Type

Here, you will choose whether V will have a male or female body. Remember that this is not where you choose V's gender. That comes up later in the Appearance Customization menu through the "Voice Tone" setting.

Facial Appearance

Like many RPGs, you can choose your gender (body type), and fully customize how your character looks, right down to their facial hair, eye color, and more.

The following is a complete list of the customizable features of your character:

Gender

Your choice of gender for V will depend on the "Voice Tone" setting in the Appearance Customization menu, not the "Body Type" setting.

If players choose the Masculine voice option, other characters will refer to them with he/him pronouns, and male-oriented terms like "choomba".

If players choose the Feminine voice option, other characters will refer to them with she/her pronouns and female-oriented terms. For instance, Jackie seems to prefer "chica" and "hermana."

Remember that your gender will change the behavior of some characters toward V, especially in terms of romance.

Differences Between Gender

Available Hairstyles and Settings

Male Character Creation	Female Character Creation

The settings available during character creation also vary by gender. The set of hairstyles available to Male and Female characters is completely different, and settings related to Beards are exclusive to Male characters.

List of Hairstyles

Attributes

After choosing what V looks like, you have to choose Attributes next. These stats determine V's skill with various gameplay features both in and out of battle like shooting, hacking, and melee combat.

Below is a list of attributes in Cyberpunk 2077:

• Body
• Reflexes
• Intelligence
• Technical Ability
• Cool

Explanation of Each Attribute

Choose Attributes Based on Your Playstyle

Attributes will determine what Perks your character can learn, so choose Attributes that match your favorite playstyle! There is no way to change Attributes that have already been set, so be sure to pick your starting Attributes carefully.

Best Starting Attributes

You Can't Change Body Type, Lifepath, Tattoos

Note that as of the 1.6 version of the game, aside from Attributes, you also cannot change V's body type, tattoos, and Lifepath once you've started your playthrough. If you want to change these, you need to start a new save file, so double-check these before finalizing your own V.

Patch 1.6: Edgerunners Update

How to Change and Edit Character

Interact With a Mirror

As of Patch 1.5, you can customize V's appearance by interacting with a mirror in their apartment or safehouse and selecting Change Appearance.

You can change several of V's features like their hairstyle and color, but you won't be able to change anything related to their voice, skin, and permanent body parts such as the eye, nose, and mouth type.

Visit a Ripperdoc

A new feature added by Cyberpunk 2077's Patch 1.6 update is the ability to change your character's physical features at ripperdocs around Night City.

V's skin, facial, and body features can now be adjusted and changed at ripperdocs. You can also change V's hairstyle and makeup here.

Cyberpunk 2077 Related Guides

Tips and Tricks Guides

All Tips and Tricks Guides

2.0 and Phantom Liberty Guides

• How to Get Vehicles for Free
• All Phantom Liberty Endings
• How to Get the Tower Ending
• How to Get the King of Swords Ending
• How to Get the King of Wands Ending
• How to Get the King of Pentacles Ending
• How to Get the King of Cups Ending
• How to Purchase Vehicles
• How to Get Capacity Shards
• How to Play Trauma Drama and Rewards
• Should You Help Songbird or Reed?
• How Long To Wait for Songbird

Character Building

• Character Creation Guide
• Best Starting Attributes
• Best Perks by Playstyle
• How to Get Perk Points Quickly
• How to Level Up Fast
• Weapon Customization Guide
• How to Respec
• Which Gender to Choose?

Gameplay Guides

• Beginner's Guide
• Battle System and How to Fight
• How to Get Money (Eddies) Fast
• How to Raise Street Cred
• Missables and Unrepeatable Events
• Stealth Guide
• Hacking and Breach Protocol Guide
• List of Free Cars and Locations
• How to Drive Cars and Bikes
• How to Escape the Police
• How to Avoid Being Hacked
• How to Store Items
• Double Jump or Super Jump?
• Ripperdoc Locations and Cyberware List
• List of Tarot Cards and Locations
• How to Increase Carrying Capacity
• How to One-Shot Every Enemy
• Where To Find Skill Shards
• Where To Find Perk Shards
• How To Duplicate Items
• Which Weapons and Clothing to Keep?
• Bounty Hunting
• List of Radio Stations
• Skill Progression Tier List
• Is Dual Wielding Possible?
• List of Missable Quests and Side Gigs
• All Missable Weapons
• How to Get Carrying Capacity Shards

Best Gear Guides

• Best Quickhacks
• Best Cars and Vehicles

Story Completion

• How to Start the Phantom Liberty DLC
• All Game Endings and How to Unlock
• How to Get The Devil Ending
• How to Get The Temperance Ending
• How to Get The Star Ending
• How to Get The Sun Ending
• How to Get the Secret Ending
• Romance Guide
• How to Get 100% Clear
• Best Side Jobs to Complete
• How to Get All Johnny Clothes
• All Choices and Effects

Just for Fun

• How to Play the Doom Easter Egg
• List of Hairstyles
• Easter Eggs and Cameos
• Console Commands and Cheats
• The Sixth Attribute
• Joytoy Locations
• New Apartment Locations and How to Unlock
• Slang Explained: Dictionary of Night City Street Talk
• How to Get Nibbles the Cat Pet
• All Binocular Locations

All Cyberpunk 2077 Guides