Operation: Hot Sauce was the third in the operations series in which penguins are sent on missions involving the Elite Penguin Force and their criminal adversaries (Herbert P. Bear and Klutzy). It began on April 5, 2013 and ended on April 18, 2013. Information was released regarding the mission in the form of a sketch, however there was no release date until Issue #388 of the Club Penguin Times where the Cove was shown with stains of hot sauce.
Possibly upset about his defeat during Operation: Blackout, Herbert attacked the Pizza Parlor, vandalized it and stole the large bottle of Hot Sauce which he later stored in his newly built lair what he secured by building several defensive mechanisms such as invisible entrance at the shores of The Beach. At the same time, Rookie was hosting a Pizza Party at the Cove, but it was cancelled due to lack of pizza.[1]
Herbert was sure his lair could not be found, but the EPF Agent used the TraceTracker 3000 or the TraceTracker 100 to find the secret entrance. The agent fooled Klutzy by throwing a pizza on the "Flood" switch of Herbert's new invention. Klutzy, who was hungry jumped on the switch, and Herbert's lair flooded. The giant hot sauce was found and brought back to the Pizza Parlor. The Pizza Party went back on, and everyone was happy. It is still unknown what Herbert was actually building, but he used parts of the Solar Laser. After that, Club Penguin Island was safe once again.[1]
Herbert was working on a machine using parts taken from the failed Solar Laser.
Herbert has a base at the shores of the Beach.
Glitches
When you complete a mission, it will load forever and never finish. This glitch was fixed.
When the operation was first released on April 5, the EPF Command Room appeared blank, except the penguins.
(This is a rare glitch) It is possible that after you defeat Herbert, you will end up back at the beach, and you can defeat Herbert again till you end up on the cove.
Click on the hot sauce on the table next to the Pizzatron 3000 (but any hot sauce in the room will do). You will put the hot sauce in your EPF briefcase.
Click on the fur on where the big hot sauce bottle used to be. Again, it will be put in the briefcase.
MEMBERS: Open your EPF Spy Phone and click on gadgets. Place the hot sauce and the fur into the part that comes out. NON-MEMBERS: Go to the EPF Command Room, place the evidence inside the machine near the main screen, and wait for six hours.