Crime tool items
What TornLife's research has established about Crime tool items, and the questions players asked about it.
What TornLife has verified
- In Crimes 2.0, Duct Tape is the Crime Enhancer for Card Skimming. The Perks page says it improves Card Skimming crime exp and skill gains by 5%. It is not a tool that boosts success chance. (documented; Perks › Personal Perks › Enhancers (2/2), )
- Perks from Crime 1.0 and Crime 2.0 do not stack. Enhancers from each system are active only in that system. This is the only stacking statement in these sources, and it does not address multiple copies of one item. (documented; Perks › Personal Perks › Enhancers (2/2), )
- Each Crimes 2.0 crime has its own enhancer giving +5% CE and CS. Listed examples include Cut-Throat Razor (Pickpocketing), Flashlight (Burglary), Glasses (Search for Cash) and Latex Gloves (Disposal). The perks list shows a maximum of 13 crime 2.0 enhancer perks. The page does not list a Crowbar as an enhancer. (documented; Perks › Personal Perks › Enhancers (2/2), )
- Duct Tape was the Crimes 1.0 enhancer for Bombings, improving success rate. Crime 1.0 enhancers are active only for players still on Crime 1.0. (documented; Perks › Personal Perks › Enhancers (2/2), )
- The wiki wording is that having the item in inventory gives the bonus. The excerpts do not say whether extra copies add more. Bonuses from different sources are combined additively. (documented; Duct Tape › Effect / Obtaining, )
- Melee weapons such as the Crowbar do not stack in inventory, so each must be bought one by one. (documented; Crowbar › Obtaining, )
- Card Skimming needs a Card Skimmer and Spy Camera from inventory. Install costs six nerve and recover four nerve. Both items are returned on a successful recovery. A critical failure on recovery permanently loses them. A skimmer can be found by authorities and disabled at random. (documented; Card Skimming › Install Card Skimmer, )
- As a pattern example from another crime, the Flashlight item (a unique reward from Shoplifting's 'Bits 'n' Bobs' and Burglary's 'tool shed') gives +5% Burglary crime experience and +5% extra overall crime skill gain when doing Burglary crimes while held in inventory, showing enhancer-type items can directly boost CE/CS gain per crime under Crimes 2.0. (documented; Flashlight › Effect, )
- The Crowbar is a Melee Clubbing weapon (damage 20-25, accuracy 52-57), not a crime enhancer. It is sold at Big Al's Gun Shop and dropped by several crimes. (documented; Crowbar, )
- Duct Tape was the Bombing enhancer under the old system, in the Fraud crimes list (Bombings need a Stick of Dynamite, 17 Nerve). In the 2023 wiki capture and a 2014 player list it is tied to Bombing. TornLife's data still carries an older effect line about Bombing success rate beside the current Card Skimming line. (older information; Duct Tape: effect, )
- Duct Tape is obtained from Shoplifting at Bits 'n' Bobs (quantity 1, unique). (documented; Duct Tape › Effect / Obtaining, )
- Players can initially only use their Computer or Laptop for cracking; the first of three rig chassis becomes available at level 25. Chassis take CPU and cooling components to raise MIPS, which increases brute-forcing strength and the characters revealed per cycle. PSUs are needed to power components. (confirmed by Torn; Crimes 2.0 : Cracking, )
- Players start building a rig once they reach 25 skill in cracking, confirmed directly by Torn staff in response to a player question about when the rig feature becomes available. (confirmed by Torn; Rigs, )
Questions about Crime tool items
- Do crime booster items stack if several are used at once?
The Crowbar is a Melee weapon, not a crime enhancer, so there is nothing to stack between it and Duct Tape. Duct Tape is the Crimes 2.0 enhancer for …
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