Beat on the Brat: The Glen

Beat on the Brat: The Glen is a side quest in Cyberpunk 2077.

Walkthrough
V must take on César Diego Ruiz, a Valentinos member and boxing champion of The Glen who has a girlfriend, Micaela, with a baby on the way. In lieu of betting money, Ruiz will stake his ride, the Villefort Alvarado "Vato" (if scanned before engaging Ruiz in conversation, it will be labeled "Villefort Alvarado V4FC 580 Playboy"). V must stake 4,000.

This match may seem difficult at first, especially if challenging him at a lower level. Ruiz has a large health pool, and his signature attack can knock V out in as few as two hits. Fortunately, his signature attack has an extremely obvious tell. Back away from him a good distance, making sure to leave ample room to move on the right. Ruiz will put up his fists and step with a blur effect toward V before jumping and throwing a punch. Simply circle to the right of him when he begins to blur or before he jumps and his attack will be completely avoided, leaving him wide open for a few seconds. Punch Ruiz's head a few times before he turns around, then back off and wait for V's stamina to recover. Rinse and repeat until he goes down.

The match can also be "rigged" to give V a slight advantage. V can litter recovery items on the ground of the court and pick them up during the fight to avoid the prohibition on recovery items. V can do the same with non-lethal melee weapons, which will not necessarily inflict greater damage on Ruiz but can give V more attack range. Also, recovery implants and the Gorilla Arms implant can be freely used if V has them installed.

When Ruiz is defeated, he will concede the money and car as promised, but V is given some options:


 * 1) Take both the money and the car
 * 2) Take the car, but leave Ruiz the money
 * 3) Take the money, but leave Ruiz the car
 * 4) Decline both the money and car

The options only affect V's final reward and the discussion Ruiz and Micaela have afterwards. Ruiz and Micaela have the same reaction for options 2, 3 and 4.

Journal Entry

 * Time for another rumble - this time in the Glen. I'd put money on their champ being a Valentino. Yeah, I can see him now: two golden fists and a machete across his back... y'know, in case things get diecy and take a turn for the unsportsmanlike.