Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077

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To Protect and Serve

To Protect and Serve

Complete River Ward's storyline.

15 XP

4.0%

How to unlock the To Protect and Serve achievement in Cyberpunk 2077 - Definitive Guide

Complete main storyline quest Life During Wartime.

After an unknown amount of time you'll receive a phone call from Elizabeth Peralez starting up the side quest quest "I Fought The Law".

Complete this side quest where upon you will meet River and help him with a case.

After 24 in-game hours River will call V resulting in the side mission "the hunt" which is the first in the official River Ward questline.

After a few days in-game you will receive another call and the next quest titled "Following the river"

Complete this quest and you'll receive the achievement.
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18 Dec 2020 07:57

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River never called me either. So I called him and that started the "I fought the law" quest.
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By ChickenDroppins on 30 Dec 2023 09:23
Very straight forward as of 03 March 2024, popped instantly on completion.
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By Captain Heroic on 04 Mar 2024 06:01
This one glitched for me and I don't know how I'm going to get the achievement. I finished the whole quest line and never received it.
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By THR3E Xi on 03 Jan 2021 07:23
I completed all the rivers storyline and didnt get the achievement...
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By CrazyNomad on 24 Jan 2021 12:24
Just finished quest...no achievement.

Update: 2/4/2021
Sorry folks, I jumped the gun and reported before completely finishing the quests. It had another story to follow and popped as soon as I was done.
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By RayzaRamoc on 03 Feb 2021 15:13
Can u Skip Time to get this achievement ?
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By Hinnyforlife on 31 Mar 2021 21:13
Is the last part the dinner party?
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By beastman rules on 20 Apr 2021 22:04
If you guys have any issues with River not calling you back, simply save and restart the game and once you are back drive around the badlands and he should call you right away, I noticed from other threads on Steam site alot of people were having issues where certain NPCs don't call you depending on where you are located which is odd but worked for me with all NPCs.
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By DreamBoyDead on 22 Jul 2021 07:27
Yes it pops after you meet river for barbecue at the trailer park.
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By Lord Darkfung on 01 Apr 2022 16:42
Why is this achivement (and some of the other side quest ones) marked missable? Will they not pop up if I do specific things?
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By Platinumstyx on 19 Sep 2022 02:34
The achievement is missable if you fail to scan any clues during the 2nd quest of the storyline (The Hunt)
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By SuzyRedd on 22 May 2023 19:51
Crap, failed to pop for me also
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By BUFFMASTER on 11 Jul 2023 22:41
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Will NOT pop after you save the boys in the barn, River will call you and invite you to dinner later and that will start a little epilogue mnission, after that you will sit and drink with River in a watertower, you will have chance to romance him and also to get his gun.
After this it will pop.
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24 Mar 2023 00:00

River Ward is not a character you will meet during the main story. To access this storyline, as you progress through Act 2, you will eventually get a phone call from Jefferson, triggering the side job 'I Fought The Law.' This side job is the first in a string of side jobs required to be completed to unlock this achievement. They are listed below.
 
  1. I Fought The Law (received by phone call during Act 2)
  2. The Hunt (River Ward will finally contact you multiple days after the previous job)
  3. Following The River (River will text you a few days after the previous job)
Upon completing the side job 'Following The River,' this achievement will unlock.
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To unlock River Ward side missions, you first need to complete the I Fought the Law side mission. This will be automatically unlocked after finishing the main mission Life During Wartime. After that, keep skipping time and driving around (or do other stuff if you want) until Ward calls you. You need to do that between pretty much all the side missions but if it feels like it takes a while try to close your game and restart it.

The missions related to River Ward are:
  • The Hunt
  • Following the River
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The line starts with the mission “Guardians of Disorder”, which will be given by Padre. Start the mission in the city center, you need to talk to Elizabeth Parales.

There are three quests in total, all of which require the second level of “Orders”:
1. Guardians of Disorder
2. Hunting the hunter
3. Boy with a gun
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24 Dec 2020 09:45

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River is natural, if that's important to anyone.
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By FDurst on 28 Aug 2021 02:01
If the problem is that the call does not arrive:
I noticed such a thing that they will call you only from 12:00 to 20:00 in-game time.
Also, if the call does not come, you can “trigger” it if you leave the apartment, or from a bar, or from a store, etc. (you are not allowed to call in these locations)
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By Ray69North on 10 Jul 2022 00:44
To complete the last task in the line, you must have reputation level 38
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20 Dec 2020 16:16