Trojan horse

[Moist Cat]

when the hell will this side quest pop up? I've played for 50 hours and that side quest never popped up even though I pre-ordered the game?

[Xiane]

Probably not in the game yet. Is like signing up for the evilgenius 2 site for it's loot reward, took over a week before the actual object was available for download.

[Commander Hitman2b]

Originally posted by Xiane:

Probably not in the game yet. Is like signing up for the evilgenius 2 site for it's loot reward, took over a week before the actual object was available for download.

i have the trojan horse quest

[Commander Hitman2b]

Originally posted by Crying Cat:

when the hell will this side quest pop up? I've played for 50 hours and that side quest never popped up even though I pre-ordered the game?

probably later check you quest it as a particular name

[brooklyncontrivance]

Originally posted by Crying Cat:

when the hell will this side quest pop up? I've played for 50 hours and that side quest never popped up even though I pre-ordered the game?

Every single game I've played so far, it's been one of the earliest loot items to spawn it's mission. I'd guess you missed your window to do it.

Don't feel too bad; I made a serious attempt to do the "get all loot items in a single game" achievement and despite always prioritizing loot item side quests and having 23 of the things in my lair now, I'm closing in on the end game with no sign of four remaining. Probably going to table future attempts to get it until there's a wikli listing all of their unlock conditions.

[Nahui Ollin]

Trojan horse is finicky to show up and takes RNG, and its reward is very bad considering you can't do missions with it till level 2 because it gives 90 heat for 96K.

But its missions pay out the least and give the most heat of any lvl 2 mission. By the time you got lvl 2 outposts, its already obsolete.

Its quest is also like pulling teeth and has a nasty ending to boot.

[Sasparillafizz]

I'm not sure how the loot system works. It feels like its RNG for what loot quests appear to pick from when you first unlock them. One campaign I definitely did NOT have Trojan horse until mid-game, I was looking for it and wondering when the hell it would appear. Second campaign it was one of the first ones to appear on side mission list. I still haven't seen the aurora borealis loot mission despite finishing one campaign and up to recruiting hitmen in second.

Edit: According to the wiki you need to get to objective #5 of the main campaign, but NOT complete it yet. I guess it disappears if you progress to far in campaign?
https://evilgenius.fandom.com/wiki/Loot_(EG2)

[tzeneth]

Originally posted by brooklyncontrivance:

Originally posted by Crying Cat:

when the hell will this side quest pop up? I've played for 50 hours and that side quest never popped up even though I pre-ordered the game?

Every single game I've played so far, it's been one of the earliest loot items to spawn it's mission. I'd guess you missed your window to do it.

Don't feel too bad; I made a serious attempt to do the "get all loot items in a single game" achievement and despite always prioritizing loot item side quests and having 23 of the things in my lair now, I'm closing in on the end game with no sign of four remaining. Probably going to table future attempts to get it until there's a wikli listing all of their unlock conditions.

Some also seem to potentially be henchman dependent which makes things even more complicated.

[Magni]

Originally posted by Murder Mountain:

But its missions pay out the least and give the most heat of any lvl 2 mission. By the time you got lvl 2 outposts, its already obsolete.

Um, what? This completely ignores that the missions spawned by the horse take only like a minute. Yeah, 96k is less than what a long level 2 money scheme produces... in an hour. Bit of a difference there.

[Bastila Shan]

Why would you want it? You realise whats going to happen when you put it in your lair right?

[Moist Cat]

Originally posted by Hoboslayer:

Why would you want it? You realise whats going to happen when you put it in your lair right?

What will happen?

[Shakajolt]

When you start a new game there's an option to enable/disable special loot; start a new game and see if the option for the horse is there. If not, something's gone wrong and you don't have the preorder bonus.
I believe it shows up after the 2nd set of main missions, *before* you get the ones tasking you with carving out the cavern. And if you progress past a certain point, it vanishes permanently. No idea if scouting different places help, but on my 2nd playthrough I've had most of the globe scouted since early on.

[Bastila Shan]

Originally posted by Crying Cat:

Originally posted by Hoboslayer:

Why would you want it? You realise whats going to happen when you put it in your lair right?

What will happen?

You might have some uninvited guests

[Shakajolt]

Originally posted by Hoboslayer:

You might have some uninvited guests

Don't be silly and mislead people. I'm sure the Trojan Horse is an entirely trustworthy device. After all, it's famous for being named after that one brand of condoms, right? :P

[YesMan]

Originally posted by Hoboslayer:

Originally posted by Crying Cat:

What will happen?

You might have some uninvited guests

That's part of the quest actually.

[Darth Glorious]

Trojan horse will spawn a group of soldier nearby when built in your base