# Cyberpunk 2077 expansion’s Chimera boss fight took two years to develop

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/it-took-cd-projekt-two-years-to-design-phantom-libertys-chimera-tank-boss-fight-we-were-iterating-over-and-over/
- Published: 2026-09-26T17:00:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-26T23:21:58+00:00
- Original publisher: PC Gamer
- Original article: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/it-took-cd-projekt-two-years-to-design-phantom-libertys-chimera-tank-boss-fight-we-were-iterating-over-and-over/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Gaming, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Chimera’s boss fight took two years to develop.
- The encounter was redesigned approximately four times.
- The tank became one of CD Projekt’s costliest art assets.

## Summary

CD Projekt Red spent two years developing the Chimera tank boss fight in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, redesigning it roughly four times before completion. The extensive process highlights the challenge of making the expansion’s opening encounter work simultaneously as a compelling gameplay sequence and a polished narrative set piece.

On the official AnsweRED podcast, game director Gabe Amatangelo and creative director Igor Sarzyński explained that gameplay, story, art and world-building all had to align. Developer Paweł Mielniczuk said the Chimera’s equipment and weapons were repeatedly revised, while the tank became one of the studio’s most expensive art assets, though no exact cost was disclosed.

## Coverage

- [PC Gamer: Cyberpunk 2077 expansion’s Chimera boss fight took two years to develop](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/it-took-cd-projekt-two-years-to-design-phantom-libertys-chimera-tank-boss-fight-we-were-iterating-over-and-over/)
- [Rock Paper Shotgun: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty's Chimera tank boss fight was apparently so complex it took two years of "reiterating over and over" to get it right](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-libertys-chimera-tank-boss-fight-was-apparently-so-complex-it-took-two-years-of-reiterating-over-and-over-to-get-it-right)

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