Happiness bar
What TornLife's research has established about Happiness bar, and the questions players asked about it.
What TornLife has verified
- The Sweet Shop company's Job Specials table lists two additional happy-adjacent specials beyond Sweet Tooth, Gluttony and Voracious: a 3-star 'Sugar Rush' special (2 job points) that grants a Bag of candy, and a 7-star 'Energy Rush' special (15 job points) that grants a Can of (premium) Energy Drink. (documented; Company/Company List › Sweet Shop (1/2), )
- Big Box of Chocolate Bars gives 35 happy and 30 minutes booster cooldown. Its availability has dropped because most players moved to Crimes 2.0, so 50-happy candy such as Bag of Candy Kisses is generally more effective in a jump. (documented; Big Box of Chocolate Bars › Usage, )
- Book: Yes Please Diabetes doubles candy effects for 31 days. Book: Ignorance Is Bliss lets happiness regenerate above maximum for 31 days. (documented; Happy › Related Books, )
- Base happy regenerates 5 per 15 minutes. Happy can exceed maximum, but resets to maximum at xx:00, xx:15, xx:30 and xx:45. The temporary ceiling is 99999, with an award on first reaching it. (documented; Happy, )
- Other happy sources on the wiki: Box of Tissues (5 to 20 happy, up to 20% of max), Strippogram Voucher (+2,500 to a target), Poison Mistletoe (takes 25% of a target's happiness and adds it to yours), Pink Mac-10 with Emasculate (15%/16% of base max happy on a finishing hit), Torn Anniversary click (500 happy, 15 min cooldown, 10 uses), and Trick or Treat exchange with Save Your Tears (+500 per treat). (documented; Happy › Obtaining Happy — table, )
- Several 1-star company job-point specials each give a flat 50 happiness for 1 job point: Candle Shop (Warming Therapy), Farm (Fullfillment), Music Store (Ambience), Sweet Shop (Sweet Tooth), Toy Shop (Memory Lane), Zoo (Fulfillment), Gents Strip Club (Happy Ending) and Ladies Strip Club (Hot Flush); a 3* Property Broker special (Job Satisfaction) also gives 50 happiness for 1 job point. (documented; Happy › Company Specials — table, )
- Company perks relevant to happy-stacking: a Fitness Center company gives a passive 50% reduction of happiness loss in the gym (also +3% gym gains); a Game Shop or Toy Shop company at 5 stars gives a passive 100% bonus to happiness from Game Consoles, effectively doubling that happy-conversion item's output. (documented; Happy › Company Specials — table, )
- The wiki's Weapon Bonus table confirms the Pink MAC-10's 'Emasculate' unique bonus: a finishing hit with the weapon grants the user 15-16% of their maximum happy, classified as a Happy Bonus type weapon special. (documented; Weapon Bonus › Bonus List › Unique Bonuses — Unique Bonuses (rows 2/2), )
- The wiki's candy table lists happy gains from 25 (Lollipop, Box of Sweet Hearts, Bag of Bon Bons, etc.) through 35 (Big Box of Chocolate Bars), 50 (Bag of Candy Kisses, Chocolate Egg), 75, 100, 150 (Bag of Sherbet, Jawbreaker, Pixie Sticks, Bag of Humbugs) to 250 (Birthday Cupcake). (documented; Happy › Candies — table, )
- Bag of Sherbet gives +150 happiness and 30 minutes booster cooldown. (documented; Bag of Sherbet (infobox), )
- Faction Voracity candy upgrades raise happy from candy by 5% per level up to 50% at level X (10000 bags of candy used). (documented; Faction Challenges › Voracity — Candy, )
- The wiki's Obtaining Happy table lists Feathery Hotel Coupon at 500 happy with a 6 hour booster cooldown, Erotic DVD at 2500 (5000 when working at 10* Adult Novelties), and Yellow Easter Egg at 10000 happy (untradeable, Easter event). (documented; Happy › Obtaining Happy — table, )
- The Feathery Hotel Coupon refills energy, gives 500 happiness and 6 hours of booster cooldown. It comes from FHG's Benefit Block and subscriber rewards. (documented; Feathery Hotel Coupon › Effect, )
- Game Console, Television, CD Player and MP3 Player (property items) convert 1, 3 or 5 energy into happiness. Game Shop or Toy Shop specials double Game Console gains. The Toy Shop perk is listed as +100% console happiness. (documented; Happy › Obtaining Happy — table, )
- Rehab in Switzerland costs $250,000 and requires drug addiction. Various candies give 25 to 250 happy and various drugs 50 to 500 happy. (documented; Happy › Obtaining Happy — table, )
- Base happy is 100. Property raises max happy, from Shack 100 to Private Island 5,025 (with staff), for example Detached House 500, Palace 2,550, Castle 3,475. Property's main purpose is to maximise max Happy. (documented; Property, )
- The wiki awards an honor bar called 'Ecstatic' for reaching the maximum of 99,999 happiness for the first time. (documented; Happy › Special Events / Related Awards, )
- Drug happiness gains per the wiki: Ecstasy doubles happiness, Xanax +250, LSD +200 to +500, PCP +250, Shrooms +500, Vicodin +75, Speed +50. (documented; Happy › Drugs, )
- Drug overdose chance is small and varies per drug (e.g. Cannabis extremely low, Ecstasy relatively high); Opium and Love Juice cannot be overdosed on. Addiction level, frequency of use, number taken and time since last OD have no impact on OD chance. (documented; Drug › Overdosing, )
- Cannabis has a 1 in 2500 chance of overdose, rising to 1 in 500 during the Cannabis Day event; no Faction specials that reduce overdose chances affect Cannabis. (documented; Drug › Overdosing, )
- Overdose chance can be reduced by the 'Overdosing' faction upgrade in the Toleration branch, by 3% per upgrade to a maximum of 30%, and separately by 50% in a 7* Nightclub with the 'Toleration' passive special. (documented; Drug › Overdosing, )
- Faction Voracity branch upgrades: main tree gives up to 24h of booster cooldown (1h per upgrade); secondary trees increase alcohol nerve gain up to 50%, candy happy gain up to 50%, and energy drink energy gain up to 50% (5% per upgrade each). Total cost of the branch is 275,581 respect. (documented; Faction › Upgrades Panel › Special Branches › Voracity, )
- The faction Voracity alcohol-nerve branch progresses in 5% increments per upgrade (I through X) up to 50%, unlocked by using increasing numbers of alcohol bottles (100 up to 10,000) at rising respect costs up to 8,941. (documented; Faction Challenges › Voracity — Alcohol, )
- Company specials can provide happiness in various amounts if job points are exchanged for them. (documented; Happy › Candies / Company Specials, )
- Chocolate Egg base happy gains run 53 to 75 depending on which of ten Voracity Candy-effect upgrade tiers are owned; with the Absorption special added, 58 to 83; on World Diabetes Day, 158 to 225; with both World Diabetes Day and Absorption, 173 to 248. (documented; Chocolate Egg › Buffs / Related Awards / Historical Notes, )
- Without any Faction perks a Box of Chocolate Bars, Box of Bon Bons, Bag of Bon Bons and Box of Extra Strong Mints each give 28 happiness with Absorption, 75 on World Diabetes Day, and 83 with both; the larger Big Box of Chocolate Bars gives 39 happiness with Absorption, 105 on World Diabetes Day, and 116 with both. (documented; Bag of Bon Bons › Buffs, )
- Bag of Candy Kisses (item ID 527), obtainable during Trick or Treat / Christmas Town events or from Tin of Treats / Goodie Bag, increases happiness by 50 and booster cooldown by 30 minutes; it can be sold for $20. (documented; Bag of Candy Kisses › Use, )
- Each battle-stat gym train costs happy equal to 40-60% of the energy used for that train, regardless of whether the energy came from natural regen, drugs, energy drinks or refills. (documented; Back to Basics › Happiness, )
- Happiness over the normal maximum resets back to the current maximum at the quarter-hour marks (xx:00, xx:15, xx:30, xx:45); a developer confirmed this reset is meant to be instant when the countdown timer reaches 00:00, and fixed a bug (2019) and a display glitch (2021) around this reset. (confirmed by Torn; Back to Basics › Happiness, )
- Alcohol items raise Nerve, not happiness, and add 60 minutes to the booster cooldown per use; some factions have Voracity upgrades that increase nerve gained per alcohol type. (documented; Alcohol › Key Details / Alcohol, )
Questions about Happiness bar
- What is the best way to reach the maximum happiness value of 99,999 in Torn?
There is no single item that fills happy straight to 99,999 in one step; the practical route is a timed "happy jump" - fill energy with Xanax, then r…