How to Romance Judy Alvarez in Cyberpunk 2077 (2024)

This is a guide and walkthrough for the Judy Alvarez Romance in Cyberpunk 2077. All steps you need to take to trigger the romantic outcome!

This guide is up-to-date for Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.12

Judy Alvarez is a pivotal character in Cyberpunk 2077. She is the one who helps you through your first Braindance and plays an important role in the Evelyn Parker storyline. Also, it is important to note that Judy Alvarez is a lesbian. So if you are playing as a male and make a move on her, she will swipe left on her dating app faster than you can blink!

Completing the Judy Alvarez story arc is going to award you an Achievement in Cyberpunk 2077. Don’t miss it.

As mentioned Judy Alvarez is a pivotal character appearing in no less than five side jobs storylines and quite a few main quests. Judy can be romanced but only by a female character with a female body type. In the final side quest, you can be intimate with her. The romance will take you to the waterside and be followed up by a steamy romantic scene in the cabin.

Much like the River Ward romance, Judy calls, you answer! And always accept her requests too. Be supportive, be friendly but in this case: do not ever accept any money from her whenever she offers. Pick all the intimate scenes as well for example kiss her when the opportunity arises.

Here is a list of all the missions and dialogues in an order that will lead to the Judy Alvarez romance. All of these picks will lead to Judy and V having a romantic scene in the cabin at the end. So it is well worth reading this guide!

How to complete the “Both Sides, Now” side job

The first Side Job “Both Sides, Now” takes place in Watson.It will trigger only after you did the main story quest “Double Life“, you will have to wait for 24 hours and Judy will give you a call before it will be listed in your quest log.

This is a very emotional quest for both V and Judy. It involves the kidnapping of Evelyn Parker and both ladies have to work together to get Evelyn back. And while they manage to Evelyn back, she is so incredibly traumatized that all she does is lay on the bed in Judy’s tiny apartment.

When Judy goes to the market at some point and comes back home, Evelyn committed suicide and V is the first to get a call from Judy to help out with a lifeless Evelyn. Judy manages to pull out a Braindance that showed that Evelyn was brutally raped by Woodman and that Evelyn was working with the Voodoo Boys.

Whatever dialogue you pick in this side quest, it does not matter for the romance options later. It is merely a good quest that a) fleshes out the main story more; and b) fleshes out both Evelyn and Judy’s characters a little more. Although it does seem that Evelyn is being used as a plot device here to trigger Judy. Judy will go on a quest for revenge.

What to do during the “Ex-Factor” side job

You will get another text message from Judy a few days after “Both sides, now” has ended. The text is named “EV’s Send Off”. Send a reply whenever you have a moment and Judy will give you a call a few hours later. Ofcourse you will choose “Yeah, I’ll help” to start the quest. If you do decline whether by accident or not, don’t worry; you can call back later and still do the quest. However, we do recommend that you choose to accept the quest as soon as possible in order to trigger the romance.

Although none of these dialogues or choices seem to matter for the romance.

What answers to choose during “Talkin’ ’bout a revolution” side job

And again after a few days after “Ex-Factor” you will get a message from Judy again. You can either skip the time with 24 hours OR just quest for 24 hours (ingame 24 hours and not real life 24 hours) and then just play the quest.

Talk to the people in Judy’s apartment and spar with Tom you have to choose “You can count on me” because it is imperative to trigger the next side quest. If you choose to decline or hit decline by accident then you can always call back later, just like in Ex-Factor but you would be better of to accept straightaway because that is what will work for the romance at the end of the Judy Alvarez questline.

Judy will want to pay for your help but politely decline. As mentioned before: you accept the money and you won’t get any love out of it later. So just reply with “Forget about it. It’s passed” then choose “Sure, thanks” and if you do that you will spend the night at her place and she will have breakfast for you bringing you one step closer to winning her over!

Pisces

A few days later after you finish the “Talkin’ ’bout a revolution”, Judy will message you again. It doesn’t matter what you pick so just go ahead and reply with whatever. Either skip time by a day, just like previously or do a few missions to pass the time. When 24 hours have gone by, Judy will call you again and you can start the quest.

Go to the penthouse where the gang bosses are and pick the following dialogues: “Let’s do this” followed by: “Who are the other two?” and then “Do my best. Jack ’em out” followed by “Hold on, think you’ve gone too far” and then “Let’s cut to the quick”, you kill the gang bosses “What?” and you “You tried to cheat us all” Kill Maiko.

Killing Maiko will ensure that you will get the next and last quest, the romance quest.

If you go along with Maiko’s plan or accept her payment, Judy will want nothing to do with you and all your chance of a date with Judy will vanish into thin air.

What you want is for the gang bosses to draw first blood. Finish the mission and when you talk to Judy afterward, it doesn’t matter what you say. Whether it’s a “Sorry” or “Wasn’t my fault”. She will be too shocked but that’s normal and it is what you want in order to win her heart. By not accepting Maiko’s plan or payment you be one step closer to sleeping with her.

What to tell Judy in “The Pyramid Song” side job

A week after Pisces and when you have done some extra questing, Judy will give you a call and the quest will be triggered. She will invite you to go diving and you have to choose “Hell yeah, I am in”. And you can mess it up by declining but no worries, as always you can always give her a call and tell her that you have changed your mind.

Go diving with her at the cabin and doing the optional quests are always fun but not a necessity for the romance. They do add extra dialogue options.

After you are done with the underwater fun then you have to accept Judy’s invite to spend the night at the cabin.

The following dialogue option applies: “[Stand] Why not” and if you refuse then it is all over. Because the other option is “Bad idea, prolly” and you will miss out on the romance.

The bathroom scene is where it’s happening. In order to trigger the romance scene you have to choose “[Sit] We’re still synced” followed by “[Touch] It is ours” and kiss her…from there on out you will hit the third base.

The day after, Judy will wait by the pier and initiate a chat. Pick the dialogue option “the beginning of something amazing” and you will be in a relationship with Judy. You get the keys to her apartment as well. You can also keep it to a one-night stand and tell her that all of this was just one big distraction.

Romancing Judy Alraves Ii you play as a male V

As mentioned several times in this guide, Judy Alvarez is a lesbian. So if you are hitting on her as a male she will reject you. If you go diving with Judy as a male and try to flirt with her by saying that she is looking mighty fine in her bathing suit, she will be repulsed because it is coming to a male V.

And if you look at her butt while swimming behind her, she will get mad and insult you! It’s moments like this, I miss dating a lesbian.

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