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Megabuilding H6

Megabuilding H6 is a residential megabuilding in Arroyo, Santo Domingo, on Santa Rosa Street.

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Key takeaways

  • Location Megabuilding H6 stands in Arroyo, within Santo Domingo, rather than in Heywood or Watson.
  • Street address The building carries the marking AR226, generally read as “Arroyo 226”.
  • Normal accessible area The ground floor contains the main entrance, a food vendor and the elevator serving the playable interior.
  • Main mission area The 19th floor contains a 6th Street hideout, not a normal public residential floor during the gig.
  • Primary activity Hacking the Hacker, a Muamar “El Capitan” Reyes gig, asks V to upload a virus to a 6th Street computer and optionally eliminate Lucius Thoran.
  • Gang presence 6th Street occupies the mission interior. H6 is not presented as a general 6th Street headquarters for the district, so it should not be confused with the gang’s other bases and activities elsewhere in Santo Domingo.

About this guide

Scope: Cyberpunk 2077 base game, including the post-launch 2.0-era game world where relevant. Phantom Liberty-only locations and mechanics are not included. Status: Research-based guide, with a small number of unresolved gaps noted at the end. Megabuilding H6 has a very limited playable interior compared with locations such as H10 or H8, so this guide distinguishes the building’s visible structure from the areas the game actually lets V enter.

Overview

Megabuilding H6 is a residential megabuilding in Arroyo, Santo Domingo, on Santa Rosa Street. Its exterior is marked with the designation “AR226”, apparently identifying it as Arroyo 226. In ordinary exploration, H6 is primarily a street-level landmark and gig entrance rather than a fully explorable megabuilding. Its most substantial playable interior is the 6th Street hideout on the 19th floor, visited during the gig Hacking the Hacker.

H6 is easy to overlook because it does not function like V’s Megabuilding H10 apartment block. There is no ordinary player apartment here, no publicly accessible shopping floor comparable with H10’s service level, and no broad collection of side activities spread throughout the tower. Its importance comes from the contrast between its mundane residential façade and the hostile gang base hidden high above the entrance.

Where H6 is located

Megabuilding H6 is in Arroyo, the industrial sub-district of Santo Domingo. It belongs to the same broad district as Megabuildings H4 and H7, but those buildings are separate locations and should not be treated as parts of H6. H6 is also distinct from the former Megabuilding H6 Construction Site, an earlier Cyberpunk setting associated with a different planned location in New Westbrook. The construction site and the completed 2077 building are separate entries and separate continuity states.

The surrounding Arroyo streets, nearby industrial buildings, roads, gang encounters and independent points of interest are not part of Megabuilding H6 merely because they are close to it.

The most useful practical boundary is

  1. 01
    Exterior approach and entrance plaza
  2. 02
    Ground-floor lobby
  3. 03
    Elevator route
  4. 04
    Mission-only or mission-associated upper-floor space, principally floor 19
  5. 05
    The 6th Street hideout occupying the far side of the upper level

H6 within Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo is one of Night City’s major districts and is presented as an industrial, working-class area with substantial gang activity and large-scale housing. Arroyo in particular is associated with factories, infrastructure and residential buildings intended for workers. H6 fits that setting: it is a large residential structure inserted into a heavily industrial part of the city rather than a luxury tower in City Center or Westbrook.

The building’s designation is visually important. “AR226” appears above the entrance and on the sides of the structure, giving H6 an address-like identity and tying it specifically to Arroyo rather than presenting it as an abstract numbered tower.

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Ground floor

The ground floor is the ordinary public-facing part of H6. It contains:

The ground floor is not a large commercial concourse. Unlike Megabuilding H10, there is no verified cluster of weapon vendors, apartment corridors, fighting facilities or other public services here. The available evidence identifies only a food vendor and the elevator as notable ground-floor functions.

Ground-floor directory

The food vendor should be treated as a food service point, not as a general shop or a confirmed crafting, clothing or medical facility. No reliable source found for this guide verifies a named vendor, unique menu, special item or permanent quest reward attached to it.

Upper floors

The game presents H6 as a tall residential megabuilding, but the playable interior is sharply restricted. The principal documented upper-floor area is floor 19, which becomes the 6th Street hideout during Hacking the Hacker. The mission layout includes apartments or abandoned rooms, exterior walkways, cameras, ladders, a large breach in the building and the rooms used by Lucius Thoran and the 6th Street netrunner.

The hideout should not be read as a normal, permanently open apartment floor. It is a hostile mission space with a deliberately staged layout. After the gig, ordinary access to the area is restricted, although players have reported reaching it again through unusual traversal or glitches. Those methods are not part of the supported progression path and should not be treated as standard access.

Upper-level directory

Some guides and player reports refer to additional rooftop or upper-floor traversal. Because the standard game route does not treat those spaces as a normal destination, this guide does not list them as confirmed public subareas.

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About this guide

Major spoilers for the gig follow.

Reaching Megabuilding H6

H6 is approached from the Arroyo street network. If the gig is active, the objective marker leads V to the building entrance. During Hacking the Hacker, enter the lobby and use the elevator. The elevator panel provides the destination 19: Apartments.

The elevator is not an unrestricted shortcut to a fully open building. Its relevant upper-floor destination is tied to the gig’s progression.

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Recommended route

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    Travel to the H6 objective marker in Arroyo.
  2. 02
    Enter through the main ground-floor entrance.
  3. 03
    Use the elevator in the lobby.
  4. 04
    Select 19: Apartments.
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    On arrival, scan the room and nearby enemies before committing to a route.
  6. 06
    Cross towards the 6th Street hideout.
  7. 07
    Upload the virus to the marked computer.
  8. 08
    Deal with Lucius Thoran if pursuing the optional objective.
  9. 09
    Leave the hideout and return to the ground floor.
  10. 10
    Visit the marked drop point to finish the gig.

Mission summary

Hacking the Hacker is a Santo Domingo gig given by Muamar “El Capitan” Reyes. Reyes explains that 6th Street has attacked a Militech transport and is attempting to compromise or repurpose corporate weaponry. V is asked to upload a virus to the gang’s computer system. Reyes also asks V to eliminate Lucius Thoran, the techie responsible for the operation.

The gig becomes available through Santo Domingo progression. One guide lists Street Cred Tier 2 in Santo Domingo as the unlock condition, while another lists a substantially higher Street Cred threshold. These guides appear to disagree, and the game’s progression may have changed between versions or be represented differently by different databases. The reliable point is that the gig is unlocked through Santo Domingo fixer progression rather than a lifepath-specific requirement.

Infiltration routes

The direct route is to fight across the hideout. The area contains 6th Street enemies, surveillance and elevated firing positions. One guide specifically warns about a sniper positioned near the large opening in the building.

A stealth route can be taken through side rooms and the damaged part of the floor. Depending on V’s attributes and the game version, doors, shutters, vents and other obstacles can be bypassed with Body or Technical Ability checks. The documented examples include:

These checks are not all mandatory. They are optional approaches that can shorten the route or create safer angles.

Practical stealth walkthrough

A direct assault is simpler for high-damage builds. Stealth and hacking builds benefit from the side routes, cameras and the option to disable security systems.

Practical stealth walkthrough

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    After reaching floor 19, avoid immediately crossing the most exposed open area.
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    Look for side rooms and abandoned apartments that provide cover.
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    Disable or distract cameras before moving through the exterior section.
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    Use the damaged wall and walkway to approach the far side of the building.
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    Descend towards the hideout using the ladder.
  6. 06
    Tag enemies and identify Lucius before attacking.
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    If possible, isolate Lucius and the nearby guards.
  8. 08
    Upload the virus to the correct computer.
  9. 09
    Confirm the optional Lucius objective before leaving if you want the additional objective completed.
  10. 10
    Return to the elevator and follow the objective to the drop point.

Lucius Thoran

Lucius Thoran is the named 6th Street techie in the hideout. He is the optional assassination target and is located in the same general area as the computer required for the virus upload. The hideout contains several computers or laptops associated with Lucius, but the mission objective is tied to the marked system rather than every computer in the area.

Lucius is not a recurring major character and is not a resident who can be visited in ordinary free roam. His relevance is limited to the gig and to the computer records associated with that operation.

Rewards

One published walkthrough lists the gig’s rewards as:

Rewards can vary in presentation between guides and game versions, so treat these figures as the documented gig reward rather than a guarantee that every interface will display them in exactly the same way.

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Residents

No named civilian resident of Megabuilding H6 has been reliably identified in the available sources. The building is described as residential, but the game does not provide a documented resident directory comparable with locations that have named apartments or recurring occupants.

Verified named residents

This does not mean H6 is empty. It means that no named, persistent resident has been verified for inclusion in this guide.

6th Street

The principal faction inside H6 is 6th Street, occupying the 19th-floor hideout during Hacking the Hacker. The gang’s presence is mission-specific and should not be expanded into a claim that the entire megabuilding is controlled by 6th Street.

Ordinary hostile occupants

The exact enemy composition can differ in placement and behaviour depending on whether V uses stealth, triggers combat or approaches through alternative rooms.

Law enforcement

No permanent NCPD checkpoint, police desk or named law-enforcement facility has been verified inside H6. NCPD does not function as the building’s principal mission faction. The relevant security threat is 6th Street’s own surveillance and defensive setup.

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Confirmed service

The food vendor is the only service directly documented for H6 in the sources consulted. There is no reliable evidence here for:

The gig’s final drop point should not automatically be interpreted as a permanent H6 facility. It is a mission objective and may be located at the building or in the surrounding area depending on the objective marker and quest state.

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Mission computers

The principal interactable item is the 6th Street computer used to upload Reyes’ virus. The hideout also contains laptops or computers associated with Lucius Thoran.

Verified interactables

A source identifies a shard labelled Cargo 400925/MIL as associated with the gig. It is safest to regard this as mission-related evidence rather than a guaranteed collectible that can be catalogued independently of the quest.

Collectible checklist

No permanent iconic weapon, tarot card, cyberpsycho sighting, apartment stash, skill shard collection or unique vehicle reward has been verified as belonging to H6 itself.

Confirmed checklist

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Main hazards

The hideout’s broken architecture is both its defining visual feature and its main tactical hazard. The large opening and exterior walkway create useful stealth angles, but they also expose V to enemies above and across the gap.

Possible post-gig access

Players have found ways to return to or climb around the 19th-floor area after the gig, usually by exploiting traversal, collision or unusual routeing. These methods are not normal progression and may vary by patch, platform and save state. They should not be treated as a supported secret entrance.

No canonical secret room, developer room, hidden apartment or permanent gameplay reward has been verified for H6 from the reliable material consulted.

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Megabuildings are semi-arcological residential structures intended to function as cities within the city. Their broader lore includes housing, commercial services, entertainment spaces, food courts and corporate or contracted security. They are not merely office towers.

H6 has a separate development history in the wider Cyberpunk setting. A proposed H6 construction site was originally associated with New Westbrook, but the project was later relocated to what became Santo Domingo. The completed H6 seen in Cyberpunk 2077 is therefore distinct from the earlier construction-site location.

Appearances

The 2077 playable location should not be conflated with earlier tabletop continuity descriptions or with the construction-site entry.

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Appearances: For a clean first visit

  1. 01
    Approach H6 from the Arroyo street level.
  2. 02
    Walk around the exterior and identify the AR226 marking.
  3. 03
    Enter the lobby and inspect the food vendor.
  4. 04
    If the gig is active, use the elevator and select floor 19.
  5. 05
    Before crossing the hideout, scan cameras, enemies and possible alternate routes.
  6. 06
    Complete the virus objective.
  7. 07
    Search the room containing Lucius and the mission computer for computers and shards.
  8. 08
    Leave by the elevator.
  9. 09
    Collect the gig reward at the marked drop point.
  10. 10
    Do not spend time searching the tower for a normal shopping district or permanent apartment interior, because those areas are not confirmed as playable.

Can V buy an apartment in H6?

No player-purchasable H6 apartment has been verified. V’s known residential access is associated with other megabuildings, most notably H10.

Can I freely visit floor 19 after completing Hacking the Hacker?

Not through the normal supported route. The floor is chiefly a mission space. Unusual traversal methods have been reported, but they may rely on glitches or version-specific behaviour.

Is H6 a 6th Street headquarters?

Not exactly. A 6th Street hideout occupies the mission area on floor 19, but the available evidence does not establish H6 as the gang’s main headquarters or claim that the whole building is under their control.

Is there a weapon shop or ripperdoc inside?

No such service has been reliably verified. The confirmed ground-floor service is a food vendor.

Is H6 in Heywood?

No. It is in Arroyo, Santo Domingo. This confusion may come from the broader history of H6’s planned construction site, which was associated with New Westbrook before the building was relocated.

What is AR226?

It is the building’s visible designation and is generally interpreted as an Arroyo address, “Arroyo 226”.

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The following points could not be confirmed to a standard suitable for asserting completeness:

Accordingly, this guide is substantially researched but not a claim of exhaustive item-level completeness. The stable conclusion is that H6 is a residential Arroyo megabuilding with a ground-floor lobby and food vendor, whose main playable content is the 6th Street hideout used by Hacking the Hacker.

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