Account bans and enforcement
What TornLife's research has established about Account bans and enforcement, and the questions players asked about it.
What TornLife has verified
- Torn's Scripting Abuse rule (game ban penalty) prohibits software making automated, non-manually-triggered requests to Torn that are not via the official API; any stock-trading bot or script that auto-buys/sells outside API calls the player personally triggers is against the rules, independent of whether the trading strategy itself (e.g. pump-and-dump) is allowed. (confirmed by Torn; New rule addition - Scripting abuse, )
- In 2025 staff introduced formal API Terms of Service Guidelines that all creators of scripts, bots, sheets, extensions and third-party stock/market tools must follow, effective 1 June 2025, as part of the Scripting Abuse rule enforcement framework. (confirmed by Torn; API Terms of Service Guidelines, )
- A 2025 rules update formally added an ABETTING violation covering knowingly collaborating with rule violators for shared gain, including middleman asset transfers between alt/restarted accounts to preserve wealth across bans; this general anti-collusion rule would apply to any coordinated scheme (e.g. a stock manipulation ring) run to help a banned or restarted account retain illicit gains. (confirmed by Torn; Rules update: Abetting, )
Questions about Account bans and enforcement
- How can a player exploit or maximize profit from the Torn stock market, and what stock-market tactics are considered abusive or against the rules?
Under current Torn rules, stocks pay in two legitimate ways: holding benefit blocks and trading on price . No rule TornLife found names stock price m…
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- Is it better to play manually or use automation tools/scripts, and what does Torn allow?
The question as submitted was unclear; taken as manual play versus automation tools/scripts. No source found contains quoted Torn rules text banning …