The Cyberpunk 2077 Suspicious Traveler could be one of the countless Cyberpunk 2077 easter eggs in Night City, or perhaps something much more important. Given that they appear very late in Phantom Liberty, and only in one of the ending paths, there's very little to know about them, so I certainly don't have all the answers on this elusive figure in Cyberpunk 2077. Although I can explain what I do know, which is where I've seen him pop up throughout the expansion. Here's what I've been able to deduce about the Suspicious Traveller in Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty.
There are some spoilers for one of the ending paths that leads into two of the four Phantom Liberty endings, so tread carefully if you haven't finished the expansion yet.
Recent updates
At the time of updating this article on December 21, 2023, it doesn't appear as though much more has been learned about the Suspicious Traveler(s) and it remains somewhat mysterious.
We've now seen that another of these travelers appears in the terminal, which means there are multiple Suspicious Travelers, and it seems likely that they're undercover NUSA agents searching for V and Songbird - hence why they're a bit suspicious.
That explains why they're seen with President Myers later in the mission, but still doesn't explain why one of them watches V and Songbird head to the shuttle via the train. Is that Suspicious Traveler different in some way or is it just a blink-and-you'll-miss-it Half Life easter egg?
Cyberpunk 2077 Suspicious Traveler locations
The first time I saw the Suspicious Traveler comes during the mission 'The Killing Moon'. This isn't a mission everybody will play as you only encounter it if you choose the Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty help Songbird path during the mission 'Firestarter'.
'The Killing Moon' involves getting both V and Songbird onto a space shuttle to travel to the Moon and, around two thirds of the way into the mission, V and Songbird will be sneaking through some vents on the spaceport roof when President Myers and Reed turn up - when your objective is to hide from the guards, you can pause here and eavesdrop on them for a while, but if you equip your scanner and point it at one of the chaps who gets off the aircraft before President Myers, you'll see he is known simply as 'Suspicious Traveler'. He is standing at the foot of the stairs President Myers is walking down, with Solomon Reed standing opposite him. There's not much else to go off, as your scan reckons his affiliation is unknown, and he has no name.
Who is the man with the umbrella in Cyberpunk 2077?
Later on in 'The Killing Moon', once V and Songbird have made it to the train, you can look outside the window of the train and, if you look closely, you will spot a man standing on a walkway with an umbrella, watching the two of you head off into the distance - another Suspicious Traveler.
This is ominous for a couple of reasons. Firstly, immediately before this, V and Songbird killed everyone. Countless FIA soldiers and security forces were trying to kill the pair of them, but V obliterated all of them with Songbird's Blackwall powers. Nobody should've survived.
Secondly, he is very reminiscent of G-Man, from the Half-Life series. G-Man can famously be spotted throughout the games, watching the player but never engaging. He also often has an umbrella.
Is the Suspicious Traveler an easter egg? Can he be found elsewhere throughout Phantom Liberty and he simply hasn't been found yet? Given that the Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 update and Cyberpunk 2077 2.1 update are the last major patches the game will receive, it's unlikely that there will be any concrete answers either.
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