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Shadow Broker achievement in XCOM 2

Shadow Broker

Sell goods worth 1000 supplies to the Black Market (Can span multiple games)

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How to unlock the Shadow Broker achievement

  • Lt DavoLt Davo
    06 Oct 2016 06 Oct 2016 06 Oct 2016
    The Black Market becomes available in the early part of the game, but it isn't available from the very start. It will appear as a permanent scanning location on your map that you can visit with the Avenger anytime you want. So, if you're an XCOM: Enemy Unknown or Enemy Within player playing XCOM 2 for the first time and you're saying, "Where is the black market on my menu? I can't find it! Help!" stop panicking. I give you strength.

    Once you have the black market, there are a few things you can do to help this achievement along. You'll want to make it a fairly high priority to earn the "Under the Table" continent bonus if it is out there. With it, the value of all items you sell goes up by 50 percent. The continent bonuses are random for each playthrough. There are 11 possible bonuses, and 6 continents, so there's a 54 percent chance you'll have Under the Table somewhere on your map. To earn it, make contact with every region in the continent and build a radio relay in at least half of them.

    Next, you want to visit the black market every time you have your monthly talk with the Spokesman about what a great job you've been doing. The black market will always have three items that it is very interested in and will pay you more than usual for. Usually they want corpses. They typically pay well for items you build on the Avenger. I once sold a Wraith suit I had built in the proving grounds for 381 supplies. Cha-ching!

    Once you're close to 1000, if you want to rush the achievement, you can make a save before going to the black market, dump everything in you inventory, and then reload your game.

    Last but not least, this achievement spans playthroughs, so if you play XCOM 2 enough, you'll unlock the achievement eventually without even trying.

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    HolyHalfDeadSince this is cumulative, you could even buy back the items you sold and sell them again and again.
    Posted by HolyHalfDead on 16 Dec 18 at 22:29
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  • DhaiseDhaise
    05 Oct 2016 05 Oct 2016 06 Oct 2016
    Pretty self explanatory. Take a game that you're not going to win and dump your inventory at the black market. Even cleaning out a modest inventory should make this pop in a game or two.

    EDIT: The black market opens up within the first month or two of gameplay. You'll recieve a prompt to investigate it.
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    bryan dot exeI got this by dumping my inventory in mid June of my first game. Netted 1300 from that sale alone.
    Posted by bryan dot exe on 06 Oct 16 at 15:09
    bryan dot exeYou might want to tell people how to get access to the shadow broker. It was an overworld map encounter I grabbed in the first few weeks of the in game timer. I don't recall what the encounter was named.
    Posted by bryan dot exe on 06 Oct 16 at 15:10
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