Cyberpunk 2077 Quest Walkthrough – Automatic Love: How to Talk Your Way Past Woodman

Whether you’re struggling to win the fight against Woodman, or just doing a non-lethal playthrough, we’ve got a way for you to get past the Clouds boss without a fight.

One of the first tough enemies you’ll face in Cyberpunk 2077 is Oswald Forrest, AKA Woodman. He’s essentially a pimp for the dolls that work at Clouds, which is where you end up in the Automatic Love quest when trying to locate Evelyn, after the heist goes sideways.

Woodman can be a challenging enemy (at least on higher difficulties), and it might seem like there’s no way to get him to tell you what you know without it coming to blows. However, there is at least one dialogue path in which Woodman tells you what you want to know. Here is how to get past Woodman without fighting him:

1. Say “Looking for Evelyn Parker.”
2. Say “You look like a reasonable man — let’s make a deal.”
3. Say “Sorry, done playing nice.”
4. Say “Let’s not make this harder than it has to be.“
5. Say “One way or another, I’ll find out…”

If you follow the above steps, Woodman will explain to you where Evelyn went, and you’ll get your next quest marker in “Automatic Love”.

Note that if you selected the Corpo lifepath, or if your Intelligence is high enough, there are other ways to talk your way past Woodman.

If you do want to kill him — and we wouldn’t blame you if you do — it might be tough, since you left your weapons at the door, remember? There is a weapon you can find to help you, however. Outside of Woodman’s office there’s a security room, around the corner.

Head inside and you’ll see the knife just to your left in a weapon crate. It’s Epic rarity, so just look for the purple loot icon.

If you end up killing or incapacitating Woodman, you can find the information you need to progress the quest on his computer. Either way, your next stop will be the ripper-doc named Fingers on Jig-Jig Street.

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