“The man who killed Jason Foreman” in the Phantom Liberty expansion to Cyberpunk 2077 is another order that V receives from Mr. Hands. The main character needs to find out what happened in the coastal slums, find the former mercenary Leon Rinder and decide his future fate.
From our guide you will learn: how to find all the evidence at the crime scene, where Rinder is hiding and what future fate to choose for him.
How to start the quest “The Man Who Killed Jason Foreman”
Available order only after completing the story mission “Old Wounds” and is located in the location called “Coastal Slums”.
As soon as you approach the slums, Mr. Hands will call you and give you an introduction: you need meet with the informal head of the slum, Briana, to learn from her the details of the crime.
It is important that you can meet Briana only from 22:00 to 6:00.
At night, you will find Briana downstairs in the “main square” of the slum, she will calm down one of the residents. Wait for the end of the scene and follow Briana to the balcony.
She will talk about herself, and then explain the essence of her request: the residents of the slums want to get justice for Leon Rinder. He committed a mass murder, the victim of which, among other people, was the aspiring fixer Jason Foreman.
Briana will give V the encrypted “sliver”. Hack it and read the archived dialogue. A new goal will appear in the task, and a new point on the map – a motel.
You then have a choice: explore the surrounding area to find evidence, or go straight to the motel where Rinder is hiding.
Walkthrough of the quest “The Man Who Killed Jason Foreman”
Location of evidence
You can look for them in any order. This guide discusses the fastest option for collecting all the evidence.
The first one is under the balcony where you had a conversation with Briana. Jump down and look to the left. There, on the wall, there will be bullet marks. By the way, Johnny will give his opinion on each piece of evidence, which will help to form an idea about Rinder.
You will find the second evidence – a pool of blood – very close, to the left of the wall with holes.
Then turn around and go to the broken car. Here is the third piece of evidence – footprints from army boots.
When searching for evidence, other objects that fell under Rinder's distribution will also be highlighted – the car , near which there are traces of army boots, a broken fence on the roof of a house nearby. Using them, you can reconstruct the approximate chronology of events, but finding them is not necessary.
Go to the motel
Follow the objective marker, which will lead you to the parking lot of the motel where Rinder is hiding.
The entrance is guarded by one bandit. You can silently eliminate him in order to leave yourself the opportunity to pass secretly.
Johnny will appear in the motel lobby and tell you that organ traffickers have settled here. You will have the first moral dilemma in the task: go secretly or eliminate all enemies. Our guide considers the option with shootouts.
Motel walkthrough
First floor
There is a convenient shooting position in the hall – cover behind the counter. Before occupying it, eliminate the bandit behind the counter. From the far hall you will be attacked by three enemies with rifles, and on the right, from the kitchen, two more.
After eliminating all the enemies on the floor, you will have the opportunity to look around. On a table in the back room you can find a machine gun, from which Rinder most likely fired.
Second floor
There will be three enemies in the room to the left of the stairs. Move on and be careful – a bandit with a knife and another with a pistol will be waiting for you in the corridor. Behind them is the door to the third floor of the motel.
В In one of the rooms you will find a mannequin with Rinder's body armor.
Also in a room with an operating table and a woman on it (it is nearby after entering second floor) there is a terminal with messages. They tell the story of Rinder's encounter with organ traffickers.
Third floor
Rinder's room is at the end of the corridor, on the left. There are no opponents on the floor, only unhappy people watching the brain dance. And to the right of Rinder's room is the place where he was “operated on.”
Do not rush into the room, because immediately after opening the door you will be attacked by the miniboss Yakov Ivanov . Look around to better navigate.
Before fighting with him, it is worth remembering:
- Yakov has a decent amount of health points, you will have to shoot a lot.
- Sometimes he goes into invisibility. At the same time, his silhouette is visible.
- Throws poison grenades.
- You can use your deck on it to make the fight easier.
All mission endings
Kill Rinder
After defeating Yakov, go into the room. Here you will have a branch: kill Rinder immediately or enter into a conversation with him.
You can kill him either by shooting at him with your weapon, or by choosing the appropriate line during the dialogue with him. In this case, there will be no continuation of the conversation, and all you have to do is pick up the token and return to the slums to Briana.
Do not kill Rinder
Listen to the conversation with him. Rinder is a former Barghest soldier who worked for the group for several years, and now, as soon as he fell ill, he was abandoned. Leon decided to sell his implants to one fixer – Jason Foreman. But he also wanted to deceive him. Rinder remembers nothing about the massacre.
The main choice of what to do with Rinder occurs at the end of the dialogue with him.
Choose the line: “Death will be salvation for you, not punishment.”
B In this answer, Rinder will silently give you his token. His further fate is unknown, and you can return to Briana for your reward.
Choose a line: “I advise you to choose your words.”
After the line “I advise you to choose your words,” V will put a gun to Rinder’s head and it will open for you one more choice.
Choose: “Give me your token.”
End the dialogue with Rinder and take the token. The former mercenary will disappear from the life of Night City for a while. In a few days, he will send V a message that he wants to help the families who suffered from his atrocity. Regardless of the choice to dissuade him or agree with him, Rinder will still do as he sees fit.
You can find out if he tried to help the families if you come to the slums again. Briana will call you and categorically forbid you from informing the relatives of the victims that Rinder survived, and will ask you not to appear in the slums anymore.
This choice will allow you to save Rinder’s life and open his next quest, “Forsaken,” as a reward for which you will receive the iconic Deserter shotgun.
Choose the line: “Call Regina and ask for help.”
This option is only available if you previously selected “Let me remind you what exactly you did.” V will convince Rinder that he has cyberpsychosis.
Rynder will contact Regina Jones to get him out of here and give V his token. And in a few days he will send V a message with gratitude and the coordinates of his hiding place, after which the task “Forsaken” will begin.
Reward
After any option you choose, collect the token, go back to the slums to Briana and receive your reward. Mr. Hands will call you immediately and close your order.
The fate of Leon Rinder
Leon Rinder is a former Barghest mercenary. For eight years he killed, gave himself combat implants and, apparently, thought that such a life would never end. But at a certain point, illness overtook him. Most likely, cyberpsychosis or some form of amnesia, since he was unable to remain mentally healthy after his actions.
At that moment, the Barghest no longer needed him; he was abandoned. Rinder, desperate to find money, contacted Jason Foreman, an aspiring fixer from the slums. During the deal, Jason, according to Rinder, deceived him. Leon doesn't remember anything, but the fact remains that he committed mass murder.
Rinder then contacted organ dealers, where we found him. Now, without his combat implants, barely alive, Rinder poses no threat. Despite this, Yakov Ivanov was still assigned to his security.
Rinder, as Johnny says, is a victim, another crippled life. He repents for past crimes, but not for the massacre in the slums, since for him such situations were once commonplace.
Leon Rinder alive or not is a difficult choice. But what is clear is that if you order him to call Regina Jones and give him a chance to start over, Rinder will change.
We hope our guide helped you successfully complete this task and understand all its intricacies.
