Practice Makes Perfect is the 2nd / 3rd mission in Cyberpunk 2077 (CP77). This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives, paths, dialogues, choices and endings of the Practice Makes Perfect Side Job.
Area: Training Simulation
Quest Giver: Jackie
Requirement: Choose to do the tutorial in the 2nd Main Story mission The Rescue
Reward: None
Mission Info: Better to be prepared than dead. The street can be brutally unforgiving, so a quick brush-up on combat skills certainly couldn’t hurt.
Objectives:
- Talk to the drill sergeant
- Complete all training modules [0/4]
- Pick up the weapon
- Shoot all the targets
- Wait for the next round of targets
- Shoot all the targets
- Pick up the weapon
- Eliminate all enemies
- Take the inhaler
- Use the inhaler to regain Health
- Enter the training area
- Eliminate all enemies
- Step onto the platform
- Complete all training modules [1/4]
- Approach the window
- Open your scanner
- Scan two objects highlighted gold [0/2]
- Approach the window
- Use the TV screen to distract your enemies
- Sneak up to the guard
- Eliminate the guard
- Pick up the body
- Hide the body
- Sneak up on the guard
- Take down the guard and hide the body
- Enter the training area
- Take control of the camera
- Use the breach protocol on one of the guards
- Hack one of the guards and use the “Detonate Grenade” quickhack
- Exit camera view
- Step onto the platform
- Use the door to exit the simulation [Optional]
- Complete all training modules [2/4]
- Go to the window
- Tag all the guards
- Enter the training area
- Hide from the guards
- Sneak to the exit
- Enter the next training area
- Tag the camera
- Reach the exit without being detected by the camera
- Step onto the platform
- Complete all training modules [3/4]
- Enter the arena
- Sneak up on the enemy
- Grapple the enemy
- Wait for instructions
- Hit the enemy 3 times with Fast Attacks [0/3]
- Hit the enemy with a combo attack
- Hit the enemy witha strong attack
- Hit the blocking enemy 3 times with Fast Attacks [0/3]
- Break the enemy’s blocking stance with a Strong Attack
- Block 3 enemy attacks [0/3]
- Block 2 Strong Attacks [0/2]
- Counter an enemy attack 2 times [0/2]
- Dodge 3 enemy attacks [0/2]
- Defeat the enemy
- Take the katana
- Defeat the enemy
- Step into the training area to continue
- Defeat all enemies
- Step onto the platform
- Use the door to exit the simulation
Talk to the drill sergeant
This mission is an entirely optional side mission you can do at the start of the main mission The Rescue. This is basically just a combat tutorial, going over the basic shooting, stealth, and melee combat.
Complete all training modules [0/4]
Pick up the weapon
First tutorial goes over basic aiming and shooting. Pick up the pistol off the ledge to start.
Shoot all the targets
Shoot the first set of three static targets, then the next set of three moving targets.
Pick up the weapon
The room will be reset, then you can grab an assault rifle off the ledge.
Eliminate all enemies
This time there will be an enemy in front of you that will start firing, and the game prompts you on how to crouch behind cover. Take out this first enemy.
Take the inhaler
The enemy will have shot you and reduced your health. Grab the inhaler off the ledge.
Use the inhaler to regain health
Consumables in your quickslot are used by pressing 
, which you should do here.
Enter the training area
The ledge in front drops away, then you can walk forward to the marker to start the next training section.
Eliminate all enemies
This time it spawns a group of three enemies for you to take out, two below and one on the platform higher up behind them.
Step onto the platform
Once all three enemies are defeated, step on the marked area to return to the first room of the training area.
Complete all training modules [1/4]
The next training objective goes over using your hacking abilities. Interact with the module to begin.
Approach the window
Go up to the window to start the tutorial.
Open your scanner
You use your scanner by holding 
/ 
, then aiming at different objects.
Scan two objects highlighted gold [0/2]
While your scanner is open, look at the two gold objects to see information on them; the server to the right, and the computer the enemy is using.
Approach the window
Go up to the window again.
Use the TV screen to distract your enemies
Pull up your scanner again, then look at the large TV behind the enemy in the room. You can then use / 
to make a selection in the quickhack menu, then press 
/ 
to initiate the quickhack.
Sneak up on the guard
While the guard is distracted by the TV, crouch and sneak up behind them.
Eliminate the guard
While behind the guard, press / to grab then, then either of the options for either a kill or non-lethal takedown.
Pick up the body
Dead or unconscious enemies can be picked up and moved around. Grab the body off the ground.
Hide the body
Then place it in the bin on the left side to hide it.
Sneak up on the guard / Take down the guard and hide the body
When enemies are close enough to bins or other places bodies can be hidden, you can take them down and hide them in one action.
Enter the training area
The next area you go over taking control of other electronics, which you can then initiate other hacks from.
Take control of the camera
On the other side of the window there is a camera on the wall. Scan it and use the “CAMERA CONTROL” quickhack to gain control of it.
Use the Breach Protocol on one of the guards
While controlling the camera, aim at one of the two enemies and initiate the “BREACH PROTOCOL” quickhack. This quickhack takes you to a secondary short minigame, which when successful reduces the RAM cost for other quickhacks on that target.
Hack one of the guards and use the “Detonate Grenade” quickhack
After succeeding with Breach Protocol, scan one of the guards again and select the “DETONATE GRENADE” quickhack to cause one of their grenades to explode, killing the enemies.
Exit camera view
Once finished, you can press 
/ 
to exit out of the camera view.
Step onto the platform
Step on the marked area to return to the first room of the training area.
Use the door to exit the simulation [Optional]
At this point you can now exit the tutorial if you want, or continue and complete the other two tutorial types.
Complete all training modules [2/4]
If you wish to continue with the tutorials, interact with the module to start the Stealth training.
Go up to the window
Go up to and look through the window to start.
Tag all the guards
While you are using the scanner, you can aim at enemies and press 
/ 
to tag enemies so that they have a highlight around them even outside of the scanner view. Do this to all four of the guards.
Enter the training area
Go through the now opened door to the right, then down the stairs and into the lower area. Move over near the marked spot so that one of the enemies starts to spot you.
Hide from the guards / Sneak to the exit
Move back behind the boxes so that the enemy detection goes away, then you can sneak through the right side to reach the marked exit to the area. You can take out the second enemy to the right on the way, then just run up the stairs to trigger the objective in the next area.
Enter the next training area
Continue forward into the next area.
Tag the camera
Pull up your scanner, then tag the marked camera. This causes the camera’s field of view to be highlighted for you.
Reach the exit without being detected by the camera
Now that you can see the camera’s field of view, make your way to the marked exit while staying out of it.
Step onto the platform
Once you have reach the objective, you can step on the marked area to return to the first room of the training area.
Complete all training modules [3/4]
You now have access to the final training module, Advanced Combat, which goes over basics of melee combat.
Enter the arena
In the next area, move forward and drop down.
Sneak up on the enemy / Grapple the enemy
Sneak up behind the enemy and try to grab them. This enemy is higher level than you are and has a skull above its health bar, meaning it can’t normally be grappled.
Hit the enemy 3 times with Fast Attacks [0/3]
A lower level enemy is now spawned for you to try out melee combat on.
First is trying out Fast Attacks, which are done by tapping 
/ 
.
Hit the enemy with a Combo Attack
Combo attacks are performed by tapping the attack button multiple times in a row to perform multiple Fast Attacks.
Hit the enemy with a Strong Attack
Strong Attacks are performed by holding / for a short amount of time, then releasing to deal more damage.
Hit the blocking enemy 3 times with Fast Attacks [0/3]
Try hitting the blocking enemy with Fast Attacks, and you won’t really get anywhere.
Break the enemy’s blocking stance with a Strong Attack
Strong attacks can break and enemy’s block, do that now.
Block 3 enemy attacks [0/3]
You can block enemy attacks by holding 
/ 
. Blocking attacks reduces your stamina.
Block 2 Strong Attacks [0/2]
Blocking Strong Attacks from enemies reduces your stamina faster.
Counter an enemy attack 2 times [0/2]
If you perform a block just before an enemy attack hits you, you will perform a counter attack on the enemy.
Dodge 3 enemy attacks [0/2]
Dodging is done by pressing / to dash in the direction that you are moving. Use this three times to avoid the enemy’s attacks.
Defeat the enemy
Use the melee skills that you’ve now learned to defeat this enemy.
Take the katana
The game spawns a katana for you in the middle of the area, pick it up.
Defeat the enemy
Controls with held melee weapons are the same as when using your fists. Use this knowledge to defeat the enemy.
Step into the training area to continue
You are now given some firearms back, and when you step onto the middle of the area three enemies will be spawned.
Defeat all enemies
There will be three enemies spawned from the side of the room, a heavy enemy with a gun in front, a light enemy with a gun to the left, then a melee enemy from the right. Defeat all three to continue.
Step onto the platform
When all three area defeated, step on the platform to return to the main room.
Use the door to exit the simulation
When finished, use the door at the back of the area to finish this side mission and return to the story.
This finishes Practice Makes Perfect quest in Cyberpunk 2077 (CP77). Now you return to The Rescue main quest.
For all other Quest Walkthroughs, check out the complete Cyberpunk 2077 Walkthrough.
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