Cyberpunk 2077is a very different game than it was on release, though there are still plenty of problems to be fixed. That said, the game does offer players plenty to explore and uncover throughout Night City. And, while adventuringaround this open-worlddystopian concrete junglethat CD Projekt Red made, V is going to need some wheels.
And, one of the more emotional and visually distinct options has to be Jackie’s motorcycle that players can obtain inCyberpunk 2077.
Updated December 20th, 2023 by Jacob Buchalter:Nowthat Phantom Liberty has been out for quite some time, a lot of people are starting to get back into Cyberpunk 2077 again (ourselves included). The game, at the time of writing this, just received a massive 2.1 update, anda lot of systems and game mechanicsno longer work as players who experienced the game on release might expect. However, getting Jackie Welles Arch Motorcycle is still exactly the same process. This is because, until players are at least past the Konpeki Plaza ‘tutorial’ mission, they won’t be able to access any of the Phantom Liberty content.
Getting Jackie’s Arch Known As The ‘Arch Nazare’
As Well As How To Attend Jackie’s Funeral
There are two ways to get this motorcycle,even after the 2.1 Update, and both of them are dependent on the choice V makes about where to send Jackie’s body after the absolute mess of a mission that was the Heist of Konpeki Plaza. Granted, most players are reeling from the loss of their friend and aren’t really concerned with ‘min-maxing’ the usage of their body for better rewards, but the two options are still worth keeping in mind.
Option 1
Tell Delamain To Take Jackie Home
This is the result ofsending Jackie’s body home to his familyorleaving it in the Delamain Cab to wait for Vafter the Heist. Shortly thereafter, players will receive a message from Mama Welles AKA Guadalupe Alejandra Welles. If it wasn’t already obvious, Mama Welles is Jackie’s mother, and her message tells V to give her a call. Call her, and she informs the player that she’ll be hosting an ofrenda (essentially a memorial) for Jackie, which the player can attend by visiting El Coyote Cojo, the family’s bar.This is the start of the Side Mission called ‘Heroes’ with Jackie’s Bike as the reward.
After reaching the bar and chatting with her a bit, Mama Welles will give V the key to Jackie’s garage, which is just outside El Coyote Cojo. Sitting outside of the garage, players will find Jackie’s girlfriend, Misty, who they’ll recognize as the one Jackie was head over heels with. Players will then have a heart-to-heart conversation with Misty about Jackie while looking around for the ofrenda offering.
If V returns to the ofrenda table in Mama Welles bar at least a day after the ceremony, they can grab his dual pistols off the ofrenda, the La Chingona Dorada. These are variants of the Tsunami Nue pistol, and while the ‘two’ pistols are only one item and V can only use one of them at a time, they’re Iconic weapons and well worth using.
They can choose to convince Misty to join them in looking through the garage for an offering or not before heading in. There are a lot of sweet moments here to be seen while looking at the person Jackie was through his possessions, but eventually, players will have to make a choice as to what item to choose. Don’t worry, the choice won’t affect V getting Jackie’s Bike or not. Before heading out, V can choose to convince Misty to come to the ofrenda or not, and they can even choose at the ofrenda to stand up for Misty against Mama Welles after speaking (or not) during the ceremony.
Once that’s complete, talk to Mama Welles again.During the conversation, regardless of whether V stands up for Misty or not, she’ll offer you the keys to Jackie’s motorcycle, accept the keys, and players will have the motorcycle at their disposal for the rest of the game.
Option 2
Tell Delamain To Take Jackie To Viktor Vektor
On the other hand, ifV sends Jackie’s body to Viktor Vektor, the end result is the same, Mama Welles texts V, time passes, and then V gets the ARCH, but it’s much less sentimental. There’s no ofrenda, no reminiscing with Misty about Jackie and the things he loves, and no ceremony honoring him. Instead, players just get a text from Mama Welles saying she found something of Jackie’s that he would want them to have, then the bike is just there waiting for them in front of the apartment complex. However,if they then go to Viktor’s Clinic and ask him about Jackie’s body, they’ll find out what actually happened. Apparently, Arasaka followed the cab back, pinned Viktor down, and stole Jackie’s body altogether to ‘interrogate the dead’. Turns out a cyberpunk setting doesn’t just mean cool cyborgs and neon lights.
Then, long after, in the setup for the final mission of the story, players can choose to take Hanako’s help. If they do, they’ll be able to speak with ‘Jackie’ whose mind was uploaded to the Mikoshi after Arasaka took his remains. This conversation is relatively on par with the ofrenda in terms of quality, but it’s a bit more cyberpunk (meaning nihilistic). This version of Jackie in the Net makes it clear in just a couple of lines that he’s not ‘actually’ Jackie, more like a copy of his last memory and some other remaining fragments. It’s tough and depressing, but that’s just Night City.
How To Receive The ‘Tuned’ Version Of The Arch
Now,there’s actually a way to get amodified version of this motorcycleas well, but it has some pretty specific requirements. First, players will need to have picked the ‘Nomad’ lifepath for their character. Then, during ‘The Pickup’ where V meets with Jackie outside the All Food Plant on his Arch, there should be a Nomad-specific dialogue option during their conversation. Pick this option, and then another dialogue option that requires at least 6 points in Technical Ability appears, suggesting that Jackie should make some changes to his bike.
If both of these dialogue choices are selected, then the next time they see Jackie’s bike, regardless of their decision on what to do with his body,it will have four tailpipes instead of two. That said, this is the only difference between the two versions of this bike,even after the massive 2.1 Update.
