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Borderlands 2 Game of the Year eGuide Optional Missions

A Real Boy: Clothes Make the Man

Mission Briefing

A malfunctioning Hyperion loader has asked you to help him become human. For some reason, the loader believes that clothes, rather than blood, a soul, or independent thought, are all that stands between him and true humanity.

Availability: Speak to Mal while visiting Eridium Blight after “Where Angels Fear to Tread.”

Unlocks: A Real Boy: Face Time

Mission Reward: Mal

Level Money XP Gear

27

$479

6548

Sniper Rifle (Green) or Shield (Green)

Eridium Blight

Mal, short for Malfunction, lives just outside the gate to Ore Chasm and yearns to be like a human. He has a somewhat narrow vision of what defines humanity, and he has convinced himself that he’d be a human if only he had some proper clothes. He’d like you to retrieve clothes for him from the local bandit population. Of course, this involves a lot of killing.

Return to the northern part of Eridium Blight and head across the main bridge, past the entrance to Sawtooth Cauldron, and continue as if heading to the Lover’s Leap area. The clothes you need are currently being worn by the Caustic Goliaths at the bandit camp in Mount Hellsfont. Leave your vehicle on the near side of the bridge and continue on foot across the narrow pedestrian bridge. Locate the Goliaths and shoot their masks off to start the battle. Move to the outer edge of the camp to avoid the Caustic Goliath’s toxic spew attack and to let them feast on the lesser enemies in the area. Be on the lookout for a Loot Goon Goliath, which (though rare) may also be in possession of a piece of clothing.

Watch the battle from the periphery and try to inflict the killing blow before the Goliaths do. Use your Action Skill to bring down the Goliaths and claim the shirt, pants, and hat that Mal desires. Return the way you came, and give the clothes to Mal.