Drug addiction
What TornLife's research has established about Drug addiction, and the questions players asked about it.
What TornLife has verified
- The wiki says addiction effects apply while you hold a level of addiction, not only during a drug cooldown. Every drug adds some addiction (except while reading the Hot Turkey book), even before the brain icon appears. Addiction and the battle stats debuff are not the same thing. (documented; Drug › Addiction Effects (1/2), )
- Other addiction effects: company effectiveness drops from the first drug (not for directors). You are kicked from education at roughly a 6-7% battle stats debuff with maximum Toleration, and occasionally as low as 5%. A 10* Nightclub mitigates the education kick. (documented; Drug › Addiction Effects (1/2), )
- Mitigation raises the addiction needed for each level of negative modifier, so an 8% brain icon becomes a 4% icon with max mitigation. Education and gym lockout thresholds rise by the mitigation percentage, so they occur at the same brain icon levels regardless. Those levels were unconfirmed after the update. (documented; Addiction Mitigation › Mitigation, )
- The Torn Wiki describes the Switzerland rehab center as reducing drug addiction for $250,000 per visit. Many visits may be needed after heavy drug use. It cannot be used if the player has no drug addiction. (documented; Switzerland › Special / Items, )
- Ways to remove addiction other than rehab: 20 points removed naturally each day at 3:30am TCT. Job point specials (R and R, Herbal Cleansing, Suppression) remove 1 point per job point. The Milk Yourself Sober book also removes addiction. (documented; Drug › Addiction Effects (2/2), )
- At very high addiction you lose gym access: visiting sends you to hospital unless under the influence of drugs. Addiction passive modifiers are separate from Xanax's own -35%. (documented; Addiction Mitigation › Addiction, )
- The Hot Turkey book gives no drug addiction for 31 days. It is a book effect that lasts 31 days and can be bought via subscriber monthly rewards. (documented; Books › List — table (rows 3/3), )
- At a certain addiction level a brain icon appears showing the battle stats debuff; the heavier the addiction, the redder the icon. (documented; Drug › Addiction Effects (1/2), )
- Addiction Mitigation reduces addiction effects by up to 50%: 30% from the Side Effects faction special and 20% from the Addiction Mitigation merit upgrade. (documented; Addiction Mitigation › Mitigation, )
Questions about Drug addiction
- How does drug addiction work in Torn, and how long do the addiction debuffs last?
Every drug adds hidden addiction points (Xanax adds 35), and the battle stat debuff lasts as long as you hold addiction. The sources give it no timer…
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- How does rehab work and how is its cost calculated?
Rehab in Switzerland reduces drug addiction, at $250,000 per session per the wiki's December 2023 capture . The bill depends on addiction points, a p…
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