The Cyberpunk 2077 landscape is filled with complex side narratives that challenge players both mechanically and philosophically. Among these unique diversions is the mission centered around the mysterious Bartmoss Collective, which introduces a satirical commentary on Night City corporate culture. Navigating this request requires patience, investigative exploration, and a few critical narrative decisions near the end of the journey.
How to Unlock and Start the Side Job
Players typically unlock this unique questline after progressing significantly through the main story chapters in Watson. You will randomly receive unusual, cryptic text messages from an unknown source referencing the Bartmoss Collective group. To officially begin the tracking process, return to V's main apartment located within the Little China district.
Once inside the apartment, interact with the desktop computer terminal and select the Net tab to open the browser. Look for the specific website dedicated to the collective and open the primary thread concerning Swedenborg. Reading through the message board updates your journal objectives and directs you to contact a familiar media ally.
Investigating the Router Coordinates
Your next step involves placing a direct phone call to Nancy Hartley, the prominent Network News 54 journalist. She will share coordinates related to unusual signal patterns scattered across different remote locations in Night City. You must travel to multiple districts to search for hidden routers attached to physical infrastructure.
Finding these transmission points requires active use of your visual scanner to follow power lines and structural cabling. Each location presents a minor climbing puzzle or scanning challenge to reach the physical network box. Once you locate a router, interact with it directly to download data fragments for Nancy's investigation.
The Fortune Teller Discovery and Major Choices
The coordinates eventually lead V to an unexpected destination involving an old automated fortune teller machine. Johnny Silverhand will express immense amusement regarding the true nature of this digital entity. At this point, the narrative forces you to determine the ultimate fate of the machine's programming.
You can choose to leave the automated system fully intact to appease Johnny's sense of philosophical irony. Alternatively, you can hack into the network to modify the algorithm if your attributes meet the requirements. Selecting the intelligence choice allows you to reprogram the machine to output absolute nonsense instead.
Completing the Narrative Thread
After deciding how to handle the machine, use your phone interface to call Nancy one final time. Report your findings regarding the true identity of the Bartmoss Collective presence to conclude the investigation. This action officially closes the side job log entry and awards you experience points along with street cred street cred.
