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How do Duke's missions work, and what should you do if one seems stuck or bugged?

Duke gives randomly generated, mostly attack-based contracts that pay mission credits, and cash rewards appear in player posts. He unlocks through Anonymous at level 5, and difficulty rises as you complete them[1][2][3]. For a stuck mission, the sources show only players posting in Bugs & Issues, with no documented fix[4][5].

How it works

  • To unlock Duke, speak with Anonymous on the missions page. Anonymous unlocks at level 5, and his only mission is an intro to Duke needing 10 contracts, paying an honor bar and 100 mission credits.[1][2]
  • Contracts are randomly generated, mostly attack-focused tasks. At launch in 2015 Duke offered 67 contracts, most of them repeatable, with one new contract per day at midnight and up to three available or in progress at once.[1]
  • Everyone starts on Easy. The five difficulties are Easy, Medium, Hard, Very hard and Expert. Standing rises with completions and falls with failing or declining contracts. Expert contracts may need help from others.[1]
  • A higher difficulty needs a special Duke contract first. The wiki lists Hobgoblin (defeat any player 5 times) for Hard and Cut Them Down to Size (defeat a player your level or higher) for Very Hard.[6][7][8]

Credits and rewards

Mission credits come from missions and contracts, or from trading job points at a 10 star Private Security Firm. The shop shows six random rewards, a bought one is replaced, and unbought ones are replaced every 7 days.[9] High quality weapons or armour bought with credits are the best of 100 generated variants.[9] One 2016 player post shows a contract paying $30,000 and 21 mission credits.[3]

If a mission seems stuck

Likely causes first, all from player reports rather than current documentation:

  • Reward not collected: in 2019 a player suggested a mission is only marked complete when you collect the reward from Duke, and that it may time out before then. This is a player's description, not confirmed current mechanics.[10]
  • Target too strong: in 2015 a player could not damage a target, so an objective to injure a leg never registered and the mission stayed open.[11]
  • Target too high a level: players in 2016 and 2019 complained of targets far above their level, especially on Hard.[12][13]
  • Wrong objective setup: Inside Job needs at least one of the sent items in your inventory, and the temporary weapon need not be equipped.[14]
  • Reporting: players posted in Bugs & Issues with details or attack logs for a mission that never appeared, a Hobgoblin count that did not display, a defeat-Duke group attack that did not register, and a target showing 'This person has not been playing recently'. In 2019 Kayla told one player it might be a bug and to post there. This is not presented as official procedure, and no outcome is recorded.[4][15][5][16]

No source gives a documented fix or an official current procedure for stuck missions. S9 mentions timeouts, but no source gives current rules on time limits, expiry or abandoning. The bug reports date from 2015 to 2020, and the mechanics may have changed since.

Sources 16
  1. Developer Missions system released — Chedburn ·
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    Duke will provide one contract per day, at midnight. You can have up to three available or in-progress contracts at a time.
    There are 5 levels of difficulty: Easy, Medium, Hard, Very hard and Expert.
  2. Torn Wiki Mission › Details › George / Anonymous / Duke ·
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    Anonymous is unlocked once reaching level 5.
  3. Forum Duke Mission Help — m00nkat ·
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    Duke Mission Help | Questions & Answers | started by m00nkat [1983850] on 2016-04-21 | 4 replies I posted this in missions already, but nobody ever sees things there. What am I expected to do to complete this mission? I am so confused. Here is the exact text: "Torn aint what it used to be. …
  4. Forum Duke's Mission won't appear — hexalen ·
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    she said that it might be a bug so posting it here will help me fix it.
  5. Forum Mission — Chronasseur ·
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    Mission | Bugs & Issues | started by Chronasseur [1935006] on 2019-11-16 | 3 replies Hi, Pretty sure I accepted mission and then joined attack on Duke, however mission is still not complete. Mission: Defeat Duke, on your own or as part of a group attack. …
  6. Developer Missions system released — Chedburn ·
    Why TornLife says this
    Six random rewards will spawn here at a time. When one is purchased, it will be replaced by another one.
  7. Torn Wiki List of Duke Missions › List of Duke Missions › Hobgoblin ·
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    Objective: Defeat ANY player of your choice 5 times Requirement to Unlock Hard Missions.
  8. Torn Wiki List of Duke Missions › List of Duke Missions › Cut Them Down to Size ·
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    Objective: Defeat ANY Player your level or higher Requirement to Unlock Very Hard Missions Note: A friend can help by unequipping, dropping to 1 hp and/or turning all defending actions to 0%.
  9. Torn Wiki Mission › Introduction › Mission credits ·
    Why TornLife says this
    Six random rewards will spawn here at a time. When one is purchased, it will be replaced by another one.
    system generates 100 variants of it. The one with the highest quality out of those hundred will then be credited to you
  10. Forum [100R+]-Auto Complete Duke Missions — RandomCC ·
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    [100R+]-Auto Complete Duke Missions | Bugs & Issues | started by RandomCC [2219650] on 2019-03-23 | 5 replies A suggestion regarding how mission completion works. Currently the mission is only complete when you collect your rewards from Duke, but Duke knows you have completed your mission before you report to him. …
  11. Forum Help (another missions thread) — CharbelAD ·
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    Help (another missions thread) | Questions & Answers | started by CharbelAD [1638539] on 2015-12-19 | 12 replies Hi guys, So like most of torn I've been experimenting the missions and the first contract from Duke that I tried to do (other than first 3) told me to injure a player's leg. …
  12. Forum First Duke Mission — rodrigozeba ·
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    But the guy he pointed is a level 16 character. The gap between us is HUGE.
  13. Forum Is Duke Missions Opponent Based on Player Networth — Jumali-Bocorz ·
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    Is Duke Missions Opponent Based on Player Networth | Questions & Answers | started by Jumali-Bocorz [2196569] on 2019-02-17 | 3 replies Usually I've made the easy and medium missions, and now the Hard missions. …
  14. Torn Wiki List of Duke Missions › List of Duke Missions › Inside Job ·
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    Objective: Attack ANY Player and secrete the Item into or onto them Note: Duke sends you an Item. You need to attack any player and use the Secrete option that will show up next to Hospitalize button, just ensure that you have at least one of the sent items in your inventory to complete the mission. …
  15. Forum Duke Hobgoblin Mission not displaying results — phoenixsuns ·
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    Duke Hobgoblin Mission not displaying results | Bugs & Issues | started by phoenixsuns [2444844] on 2020-02-10 | 1 reply I accepted this mission. Attacked someone and left them. Came back to the mission page and refreshed, but it does not say 1/5 attacks. Is is supposed to? …
  16. Forum Dukes Mission — VentoFortunato ·
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    Dukes Mission | Bugs & Issues | started by VentoFortunato [1886319] on 2016-05-20 | 2 replies I got a mission from Duke to do a "hit" on Vercex in South Africa. I went there and attacked him, but received the message, "This person has not been playing recently." Of course, you can message staff, but not receive mail …

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