Education courses
What TornLife's research has established about Education courses, and the questions players asked about it.
What TornLife has verified
- The wiki (captured 2023-12-18) says enrolling costs money that varies by course, some courses need a prerequisite course, and owning the IST Benefit Block waives fees. Drug use can kick a player out, and the course then restarts from the beginning. (documented; Education › Information, )
- Business Management perks cover company advertising effectiveness, employee working stat, company size / staff room, +10% company productivity, +12% employee effectiveness and 15% perceived product value (BUS2900 & BUS2700). Maths gives +25% ammo conservation (MTH2310 & MTH3330) and +1% company productivity that stacks with the Business Management perk. (documented; Perks › Personal Perks › Education (1/2), )
- Other perks: Psychology gives +10% awareness, +10% passive crime XP and Scamming response range indicators. Law gives jail escape and bust bonuses (+65% Busting skill, -57.25% bail cost), and 5% estate agent discount. Sports Science gives +1% gym gains per stat and +1% overall, needle effectiveness +10%, and a sports shop. Self Defense gives kick attack and +100% fist damage. (documented; Perks › Personal Perks › Education (2/2), )
- The wiki (captured 2025-05-24) lists education perks by category. Common perks: +5% Strength, +13% Speed, +19% Dexterity, +11% Defense. The wiki states a maximum of 69 education perks. (documented; Perks › Personal Perks › Education (1/2), )
- Biology courses give a 1% damage bonus to all weapons, +10% neck hit damage, +3% critical hit chance, +20% medical item effectiveness (BIO2360 & BIO2370), blood withdrawal and delivery, and the ability to equip steroids in the temporary slot. (documented; Perks › Personal Perks › Education (1/2), )
- Computer Science perks unlock coding Simple, Polymorphic, Tunneling, Armored and Stealth viruses, the Cracking crime, anonymous mail and cash, websites for Bootlegging and Scamming, email extraction and scrapers for Scamming, and rig overclocking up to 50%. CMT2580 & CMT2600 give -30% virus coding time. (documented; Perks › Personal Perks › Education (1/2), )
- General Studies gives a 10% working stat increase bonus for all future educations completed, plus driving crimes access (Crimes 1.0), temporary weapon bonuses and a 15% hunting bonus. This supports taking it early. (documented; Perks › Personal Perks › Education (2/2), )
- Patch changes: Anatomy lowered from +5% (+3.5% actual) to +3% in 2021-02; Master of Self Defense renamed Bachelor of Self Defense in 2021-03; Sports Medicine's 10% temporary booster bonus fixed in 2021-06; Self Defence bachelor bonus moved to final fist damage in 2019-07. (confirmed by Torn; Patch list #196 : 15/06/21 — changes to Education (2021-06-15), )
Questions about Education courses
- How does education work in Torn, and which courses should be taken first?
Education is a set of timed courses that cost money, sometimes need a prerequisite, and give working stats and perks. No current source names a first…