How does attacking work in Torn, and how much energy does each attack cost?

Attacking another player costs 25 energy^[1]. The wiki's older capture notes one exception: attacks under Love Juice during the Valentines Event cost 15^[2]. A fight lasts up to 25 turns or five minutes, and the winner then picks Leave, Mug or Hospitalise^[2][3].

Energy cost

• Attacking another player costs 25 energy^[1].
• Love Juice during the Valentines Event made an attack cost 15, per the wiki's 2021 capture^[2].
• For comparison, a gym train costs 5 - 50 energy depending on the gym, and reviving costs 25 - 75^[1].
• Energy refills fully every five hours: 5 every 10 minutes (up to 150) or every 15 minutes (up to 100), depending on donator status. The cap at any moment is 1,000^[4][5].

How a fight runs

• You have 25 turns or five minutes. A turn can be using a weapon or temporary item, reloading, or trying to escape, with a one second cooldown between turns^[2].
• Up to four weapons can be equipped: Primary, Secondary, Melee and Temporary^[6].
• If neither side wins after 25 turns, it is a stalemate: no respect, and the kill streak is kept^[7].
• If five minutes pass first, it counts as an attacker loss and breaks the kill streak^[7].
• A losing attacker goes to hospital for 15 - 30 minutes^[7].
• The defender's weapon choice each turn follows relative weights, not percentages. With Primary 80, Secondary 40, Melee 60 and Temporary 100, a Temporary is used with 35.71% chance^[8][9].
• Against several attackers, Distraction applies. The defender's chance to act against each attacker is 1/(D+1), which is 50% with two attackers^[10].

After you win

The wiki's experience baseline is leave at 100%, mug at 55-60% and hospitalise at 40%^[11]. NPCs are looted immediately, with no Mug or Hospitalise option^[12].

Damage, accuracy and stats

• Strength raises damage, Defense lowers damage taken, Speed raises hit chance, and Dexterity raises dodge^[13].
• There are 14 body parts, and head, throat and heart are critical hits^[14]. Community-derived multipliers are 3.5 for those three, 2 for chest, stomach and groin, 1 for arm and leg, and 0.7 for hand and foot. The wiki says these were not confirmed by developers^[14].
• Since the Damage Revamp of 19/10/21, a weapon's displayed damage is the multiplier used in fights. A 50 damage weapon does 5x the damage of 10-damage fists^[15].
• Armour only counts if the hit visibly lands on it^[16]. Some armour sets apply bonuses only to the area they cover^[17].

Fair fight and respect

Fair fight (FF) ranges from 1x to 3x and depends on the battle stats of both players^[18]. Attacking someone with roughly 75% of your total battle stats or higher gives 3x, and the lower the target's stats, the closer FF tends toward 1x^[18]. FF was introduced on 10/11/17 with Attacking respect and Chaining 2.0^[19].

Restrictions

• A defeated player stays at zero life until the attacker chooses an outcome. While at zero life they cannot travel, attack or be attacked^[20].
• Players who are actively travelling cannot be attacked. Players in the same country can attack each other^[2].
• One 2026 player guide reports a 15-second attack protection window after landing abroad^[21].