The Agency

The Agency

The Agency is an elite adversary with a unique mechanic: sticky targeting. Once it selects a target, it maintains that target for its entire awake session. No amount of stamp shuffling will shake it off.

Stats

Property	Value
Max HP	32
Wake Condition	Any player with 50,000+ stamps OR 500,000+ money
Sleep Duration	6,480h (270 days)
Check Interval	72h (3 days)
Attack Interval	108h (4.5 days)
Attacks Per Cycle	1
Target Selection	Richest player by money, sticky (non-whitelisted)
Kill Rewards	50 stamps + 30,000 money

Attack Pool

Spell	Level	Effect	SI Damage
BIOS Exploit	3	Inject net_bios_exploit (128 HDD + 68 RAM drain)	8
System Breach	2	Cancel ALL running threads	7
Trojan	2	Inject net_trojan (10 HDD + 102 RAM drain)	5
Contracted Support	2	Destroy 1 random hardware permanent	10
Buffer Overflow	3	Destroy ALL non-malware software permanents	20

This is the most dangerous attack pool of any adversary — two Level 3 spells (BIOS Exploit + Buffer Overflow) plus System Breach. Buffer Overflow alone deals 20 SI — one-fifth of your max health.

Sticky Targeting

Unlike other adversaries that re-evaluate targets each cycle, The Agency locks onto one player for the entire awake session:

• First attack selects the richest non-whitelisted player
• All subsequent attacks hit the same player
• Only resets when The Agency is killed and goes to sleep
• Dropping your stamp count won’t redirect it

This makes The Agency the most personally threatening adversary — if you’re targeted, you’re dealing with every attack until it’s dead or sleeps.

Kill Strategy

HP: 32 — requires 4 Level 3 spells (36 damage, 4 overkill).

Method	Spells Needed
Level 3 spells	4 (36 damage)
3 L3 + 2 L2	5 (35 damage)
Level 2 spells	8 (32 damage, exact)

Should You Kill or Whitelist?

Strongly consider whitelisting:

Whitelist because:

• 32 HP is expensive (4 Level 3 spells)
• Sticky targeting means sustained, unavoidable pressure
• Buffer Overflow can wipe your entire software infrastructure
• BIOS Exploit stacks malware
• If you’re the richest player, you WILL be targeted

Kill because:

• 50 stamps + 30,000 money is an excellent reward
• 270-day sleep (9 months!) — kill once per year
• 108h attack interval is slow — only ~2 attacks per week
• If you have a strong L3 pipeline, 4 spells is manageable

Tips

• If targeted, act fast — sticky targeting means every attack is coming your way (~2.2 SI/day)
• Buffer Overflow is catastrophic — destroys ALL software permanents AND deals 20 SI damage
• 270-day sleep — the second-longest sleep in the game. A kill lasts most of a year. 50 XP reward
• 108h interval is slow — despite being elite, The Agency gives you nearly 5 days between attacks, keeping SI drain manageable
• Whitelist priority — after Darknet Collective, The Agency is the next best whitelist candidate if you can’t kill it
• SI per attack is high — average ~10 SI per hit, but the slow 108h interval means only ~2.2 SI/day total