Why the Sun Ending in Cyberpunk 2077 Isn’t an End – But a Beginning

Cyberpunk 2077 didn’t just tell us the story of V, we became V. We felt, we suffered, we loved, we lost and we fought. Every choice we made shaped our story, making Cyberpunk not just a game, but a personal journey.

It’s an immersive experience like no other, a narrative powerhouse that pulls you in and refuses to let go.

In my first full playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty, I ended up with the Sun ending. Or as I’d rather call it: the new beginning. And it hasn’t left my mind since.

🌇 The Sun Ending: Overview

⚠️ Major Spoiler Warning ⚠️

In this ending, just as Johnny promised, he sacrifices himself so we get to live. He leaves with Alt Cunningham, most likely merging into a digital symbiosis.

When the screen fades back from black, we wake up in a luxurious penthouse suite. Our bed, our Penthouse. On the nightstand, the iconic bullet necklace, a symbol of what we’ve endured and survived.

You’re prompted to take a shower, where your partner (in my case, Panam) is waiting. In the shower, V coughs up blood, a stark reminder of the price paid and the warning Alt gave: the body is rejecting the engram. Without a cure, death is inevitable.

Afterwards, you put on high-end custom-made cyberpunk fashion and walk into the main living area where Panam is making coffee. Ask if she’s okay and she storms out onto the balcony, it’s clearly not okay.

At this point, I took the time to look around our new place. It’s filled with relics and memories of your journey, trinkets and trophies like the Scorpion statue. The weapons room is especially rich: a Peralez campaign poster, a Lizzy Wizzy promo, Misty’s dreamcatcher and even Johnny’s replica jacket from Rogue, yours to wear.

Your personal PC is also open and filled with intriguing emails. Tenants of the luxury complex, VIP invitations to Clouds and an ongoing gig discussion with “Mr. B” (Mister Blue Eyes). Emmerick also confirms everything’s in place, the gig is ready.

❤️‍🩹 The Goodbye

Once you step outside, you get a powerful conversation with Panam. You try to hold onto each other, but you both have your duties.
Panam to her clan, and you… you’ve got vital business to finish.

You part ways with a vow to reunite. Then you board a luxury Delamain air taxi headed for the Afterlife. En route, we learn that Arasaka is all but defeated, the Mikoshi heist cost them nearly everything. We’re now the number one legend in Night City. The streets are quiet and whispers of a massive gig backed by influential political and financial forces circulate.

Depending on how you reply to Delamain, it becomes crystal clear: this gig has a real shot at success.

🕴️ Arriving at the Afterlife & Meeting Mr. B

At the Afterlife, after some small talk, our mysterious fixer, Mr. Blue Eyes (Mr. B) awaits, the same one who sent the messages. And here’s where it gets interesting.

In conversation with Mr. B, we learn key info:

• You’ll do anything for even the smallest chance at survival.
  
• If anyone can pull this off, it’s you.
  
• “I never forget a promise”
  
• We’ve been chosen to carry out what could well be the biggest gig in Cyberpunk’s history: raiding Crystal Palace.
  

Mr. B assures us during the shuttle ride:
“but if this works, you’ll gain more than you ever imagined”

We’re suited in Arasaka space suits with a pistol, headed to Crystal Palace to retrieve critical data for Mr. B. (In my case, my pistol/revolver build fits perfectly)

🧠 Who Is Mr. Blue Eyes?

Mr. B is a mysterious figure in Cyberpunk 2077. He appears at key narrative moments and if you’re not looking closely, you’ll miss him entirely.

He’s likely a rogue AI one that escaped or is operating through the Blackwall. Two major confirmations support this:

1. Johnny Silverhand hints at it in the Peralez “Dream On” quest. During that scene, the mysterious blackout call is likely from a rogue AI. You can actually see Mr. B opposite V and the mayor-to-be on the balcony. Scanning him installs him as “wanted,” named “Mr. Blue Eyes,” with the reason for being wanted listed as “classified”.
   
2. In Phantom Liberty, Songbird explains that a man with blue eyes funded her journey. She describes him as a Corpo “everyman” and refers to him as a Proxy, suggesting a connection between his body and an AI, just like Mr. B connects an AI to us. Mr. B literally becomes visible during the mission sending Songbird to the moon where he watches us from afar.
   

Plus, his eyes glow blue. In Cyberpunk, glowing blue eyes symbolize ongoing data transfers.

☀️ Why the Sun Ending Feels Like a New Beginning

After Mikoshi, we’re still ill, but better than when the biochip nearly flatlined us. We still cough blood, but physically and mentally, we’re hanging on.

If you get the sun ending with Judy or River we can mentions to them that the job to infiltrate the Crystal Palace has been in the making for “a few months” now, implying that months have passed since Nocturne Op55N1 and that Jonnys sacrifice has given us time to act.

V now has:

• Unimaginable wealth
  
• The throne of the Afterlife
  
• Status as a living legend
  
• A powerful network of friends and allies
  

…yet there’s little left in Night City that piques V’s interest, except fading into retirement with the Aldecaldos, living peacefully or to enjoy our throne and rightful place in the afterlife, just like Rouge did. We have money, power, Arasaka’s defeated and no more demons to chase.

But one thing still matters: survival. That’s the most likely part of the deal Mr. B gave, ensuring our life continues.

We know Mr. Blue Eyes has interest and influence, he is a political puppeteer and sent Songbird to the moon (where she probably got healed), manipulates the Peralez family’s brain and body. I personally believe Mr. B is a Proxy, a remotely controlled body for a rogue AI. The blue eyes signal constant data exchange and Songbird directly calls him a proxy.

Our engram is alive inside our body. Mr. Blue Eyes can influence others’ bodies and brains, he literally programs minds and as an AI like the Neural Matrix from Phantom Liberty, he probably has the ability to help us on the engram level.

🛠️ The Blackwall & Crafting AI Items

If you get the Reed Ending in Phantom Liberty, you have the option to craft one of two Blackwall AI items. These items are described as life-extending, only if we craft them and imply a deeper exchange between power and data of the real world…
If we delay, the AI texts, confused why we’d refuse the a deal with no catch.
Those items use Blackwall energy to eliminate threats. The MK6 even breaches a temporary hole in the Blackwall, implying its fragility and hinting at the growing power of AI outside of it, reinforcing the Proxy/Mr. B theory. And it proves the AI are willing to trade powerful tech for human-world data.

With everything hiding in Crystal Palace, it makes sense Mr. B would pay hugely for it.

🤔 Why Mr. B Won’t Betray Us

Mister B comes across as the kind of man who can definitely improve our situation, if not solve our problem for good. And in exchange for that, he wants the data from the Crystal Palace.

Why doesn’t he heal us before the gig?
Because if he did, we wouldn’t be risking our lives for such a difficult and dangerous gig. This way, we’ve got nothing to lose on this job and everything to gain. Everything we desire.

So why doesn’t Mister Blue Eyes lie to us or betray us?

1. He needs the data
As an AI or AI-controlled entity, his mission is most likely to break the Blackwall and the intel from Crystal Palace is essential. He didn’t just send Songbird to the moon for nothing, he traded healing for knowledge (Like us, she was suffering from a similar and equally fatal condition).
Mister B offered this opportunity to Songbird in exchange for data she had on the NUSA, the Blackwall and President Myers. Information only she knew.

Remember the Blackwall AI item?
The fact that the AIs behind the Blackwall are primarily interested in collecting data from our world becomes evident in the Phantom Liberty ending with Reed. In this ending, we take a souvenir from Cynosure, the Behavioral System Component, which we loot from the AI-possessed Militech Cerberus.
Taking this item doesn’t go unnoticed and we receive a message from an unknown number. We’re told not only that we can keep the item, but that a Netrunner has already been hired and paid to decrypt it for us. We’re assured there’s no catch, they simply want to help us, in exchange for collecting data from our world.

If we go ahead and have the chip decrypted, but then don’t craft any of the AI-related items for an extended period, the unknown number contacts us again, expressing confusion as to why we would reject such an offer, one that comes at no cost and with no strings attached.

Clearly, they’re ready and willing to trade high-level tech in exchange for data. So obviously, Mr. B would pay big for what’s in Crystal Palace.

2. If he wanted V dead, he could’ve waited (not send us on a one way mission trap).

He has the power to fry brains from a distance (as hinted in Dream On). If he feared us, he’d eliminate us from the shadows, or wait for our body to just give up, not give us the keys to a galaxy-sized gig.
Also, Mayor Peralez offers us a job in the credits, controlled by Mr. Blue Eyes. If Mr. B wanted us dead, he’d never let Peralez keep his memory of us or offer us that partnership.

Mister B also mentions, as we exit the space shuttle, a point of no return, that he’ll see us again down on bottom.

This implies that the success probability calculated by the AI is favorable.

3. He reveals himself publicly
Mr. Blue Eyes always stays in the shadows, until now. Suddenly stepping into the Afterlife, witnessed by clients and staff, suggests confidence in our partnership not a betrayal.
That’s not the move of someone sending us to die. That’s the move of someone making a pact.

4. He can sever us mentally anytime
Brain-KO’ing us remotely would be easier and safer than a grand scheme of suicide.

5. We’re backed by top-tier allies
We’re not alone. Mercs and netrunners, the Aldecaldos, Panam, Misty, Kerry, River, Vik all are on our side. If he double-crosses us, they’ll protect the data. Mr. B knows that.

📩 The Messages in the Credits

The messages in the credits clearly take place after the heist.
The heist goes down the same day we meet with Mr. Blue Eyes, during that meeting, we promise to have the data in his hands by tomorrow.

The heist has been carried out and we are not worse off aboard the Space Tanker.
Before the meeting, the Aldecaldos and Panam were still in Night City, but in the credits, they are already far out in the Badlands and have even gained new members.
Kerry Eurodyne has already been on an entire tour with the Us Cracks. So, as Misty and Vik say, time has clearly passed and we apparently survived the heist as expected.
Otherwise, at least one of our friends and companions would know that we never returned. They are still in active contact with us.

Also, in the penthouse, we hadn’t received the messages yet, even though we were still using our phone, for example, to message Emmerick.

Vik also talks about whether the docs at the Afterlife are taking good care of us.

Conclusion: We survived.

🃏 Tarot Readings: Signs of a New Dawn

Now the tarot cards that Misty laid for us are of the utmost importance:

These tarot cards are different in each ending.

On the one hand, laying the tarot cards assumes that we are still alive, on the other hand, tarot cards show the future, not the present or the past.

We receive the following 3 cards with the message:
“The world’s gonna hear about you” to V, implying positivity.

These 3 cards were laid for us:

1. Strength

Strength is the card of resilience. It is associated with determination, bravery and internal struggle. One must have dedication in order to overcome obstacles and reach one’s goal. Strength is about physical prowess and spiritual fortitude – the power that must be unleashed to achieve the impossible.

— Tarot Card Journal

2. The Emperor

The Emperor represents patriarchal control and is pleased with the authority and power he possesses to shape the future. The Emperor makes the rules and enforces them for the common good. But prestige has its dark sides – the Emperor is dominating and ruthless and will climb over a mountain of bodies to achieve his aim.

 — Tarot Card Journal

3. The World

The World lies at the end of The Fool’s long and winding journey. Wiser and more world-weary than he started out, the Fool faces a moment of reckoning. Some of us accept where our journey has led us to, while others embark on a new challenge. One thing in this World is certain – you can’t have it all.

 — Tarot Card Journal

These cards speak volumes:

Strength

This is about our willpower, our determination and our strength, the strength needed to reach our goal, along with physical prowess and spiritual fortitude. It means we are still both physically strong enough and receptive to spiritual happiness, possessing the power that must be unleashed to achieve the impossible.

Our goal = healing (since we’re already a living legend, it’s no longer really a goal)
Impossible = Crystal Palace

The Emperor:

This speaks of authority and power that can change the future. We are in a position to make a difference, our destiny. We make the rules and enforce them for the common good, we haven’t sold our souls.

The last part, about going over bodies to reach our goal, clearly shows that we haven’t given up and do not accept our current state as final.

The World

Misty clearly says that Jonny and V are the Fool, so it’s us together.

This means our shared path has ended. V is wiser and can only choose one of two things: to accept things as they are or to embark on another challenge. The Sun Ending clearly shows that V and we have not given up on ourselves but have embarked on another challenge and continue to fight.
She also doesn’t say everyone already knows my name, but will come to know it, which also points to moving forward.

Judgment

Depending on the decisions you make during Nocturne OP55N1, you can unlock an additional Tarot card that cannot be found before the Point of No Return. According to Misty, these cards are The Devil and Judgment.
After defeating Adam Smasher, we receive the Judgment card shortly before entering Mikoshi, which reveals the following to us:

Judgement is the card of renewal. The angel blowing into the horn heralds resurrection and liberation. This card foretells an important change that will result in healing or fulfillment. It is also a symbol of self-worth.

 — Tarot Card Journal

This card foretells an important change that can unfold in one of two possible scenarios:

Healing:
Johnny lets us keep our body and we receive our cure.

Fulfillment:
The warnings we’ve received and the condition we’ve been in since the biochip incident come to a conclusion, they are fulfilled. Johnny takes over the body and lives on.

Here, in connection with the Arasaka raid and the subsequent Sun ending, a form of healing is clearly foretold.

These tarot cards, which always hold true, clearly foreshadow that we will achieve the impossible, survive and complete the Crystal Palace heist to secure our healing.

Every ending in Cyberpunk 2077 and its associated achievement is named after a tarot card from the game. Thus, our final, fifth tarot card, which describes our ending, is the Sun card. It can be found in Night City before the point of no return at our future apartment unlocked in the Sun Ending and conveys the following:

The Sun

The Sun symbolizes success. It is a card of freedom, renewal and a bright future that lies ahead. The Sun also represents truth, for its light will always pull back the curtain of shadow that hides the world’s secrets. It is also represents greatness and splendor.

 — Tarot Card Journal

It is made abundantly clear to us once again that we have succeeded, we are free. It speaks of renewal and a radiant, bright future that still lies ahead of us. It is the truth, so probably canonical and our light will unveil the secrets of the world. It also represents greatness and splendor.

Final Words

The Sun Ending isn’t the end of V’s story, it’s the start of something bigger. V still walks a razor’s edge, but thanks to Mr. B and the unfolding path behind the Blue Eyes, there’s hope. Not just for survival, but transcendence.

All the small details and pieces of information, especially the tarot card, point to our future and it looks bright for us.

I’m excited to experience more of V in the upcoming and already-in-development Cyberpunk 2. Until then, take care of yourselves, chooms, keep running on the edge and always follow your own path, because through our stories, we Never Fade Away.

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