Should you betray Dex in the Cyberpunk 2077 Heist mission?

Jackie and Dex sat on a sofa in Cyberpunk 2077.
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Evelyn Parker gives you the choice to betray Dex and cut him out during Cyberpunk 2077, as part of a mission called The Heist. Thing is, do you really want to do wrong by a fixer like Dex? It seems like a big choice because he's someone capable of ruining your reputation, but you actually don't need to worry too much. That's because this decision, despite seeming quite important, has the same outcome no matter what you choose. Here's the rundown on whether you should cut Dex out and betray him during The Heist in Cyberpunk 2077.

Should you agree to work for Evelyn Parker and cut Dex out in Cyberpunk 2077?

Evelyn in Cyberpunk 2077 with her hands on her hips.

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Betraying Dex in Cyberpunk 2077 comes up when you first speak to Evelyn Parker, after the braindance in a mission called The Information. (This is when you review the braindance to case out the robbery location for Dex.) When you're done and about to leave she'll raise the idea of cutting Dex out, so you and her can split the money. Not messing with fixers is pretty much the only rule in Night City that people stick to which technically makes it a bad idea. Conversation options then let you say you'll think about it, or you're not interested. At this point it doesn't really matter what you say as it won't make any difference either way to how things play out for now.

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Should you tell Dex that Evelyn wanted to cut him out? 

Dex and Jackie sat on a sofa in Cyberpunk 2077 with the dialogue option to tell him Evelyn wants to cut him loose.

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The crunch time for whether to betray Dex and cut him out or not comes when you meet him before the big robbery in the Heist mission. You, Jackie and T-bug will all meet to go over plans before you start. As you go over the details a conversation option appears to let you tell Dex about Evelyn Parker. If you ignore it, nothing happens - Dex doesn't know and you carry on with the mission as normal. If you choose to tell him instead about what she was scheming, he'll brush it off with barely a mention - because that sort of thing happens all the time apparently - and then increase your job payout to 40% for being honest. 

However, for reasons we won't give away here you won't actually get paid and you don't have to worry about Dex at all long term in the story. So it's all a bit of decoy decision that feels like it has an impact but ultimately has no real effect whatsoever. Whatever you say things will play out in exactly the same way and you'll reach the same point later, so don't lose sleep over this one.

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