Level
What TornLife's research has established about Level, and the questions players asked about it.
What TornLife has verified
- The wiki's rank trigger table (2021) gives thresholds in four categories. Level: 2, 6, 11, 26, 31, 50, 71, 100. Crimes: 100, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, 30,000, 50,000. Networth: 5m, 50m, 500m, 5b, 50b. Total battle stats: 2k-2.5k, 20k-25k, 200k-250k, 2m-2.5m, 20m-35m, 200m-250m. Each threshold reached counts as one trigger toward the next rank. (documented; Rank › Rank Triggers, )
- A title is distinct from a rank. A title reflects your most distinctive attribute compared with players active in the past week, and changes at most once weekly. Rank indicates relative progress in the game. Level, rank, title and age appear together on the profile. (documented; Title › Historical Notes, )
- To train fighting stats (and gain gym experience toward leveling up gyms) a player must first buy and activate a gym membership; Torn has 33 gyms, and training itself gains Gym Experience that unlocks access to new, better gyms, which in turn require their own membership fee. (documented; Back to Basics › Gym, )
- The wiki states leveling in Torn is slower than in most other games and takes time and patience, though there are unspecified ways to speed up the process. (documented; Down To Details › Level and Ranks, )
- The wiki says a player's natural maximum nerve bar grows along with their crime experience (a separate track from player level), and nerve is spent doing Crimes, one of the recognised sources of level XP. (documented; Nerve › Nerve, )
- The wiki notes that leveling up and rank are not linked; a common misconception among new players is that gaining levels also raises their rank, when rank is earned through separate means. (documented; Down To Details › Level and Ranks, )
- The wiki states the energy bar fully refills over five hours: donators regain 5 energy every 10 minutes (up to a 150 cap), non-donators regain 5 energy every 15 minutes (up to a 100 cap). This caps daily attacking, the fastest XP source, limiting levelling speed. (documented; Energy › Obtaining Energy (1/2), )
- The Torn Wiki's pre-RESPO Hall of Fame page describes only top-20 leaderboards for Level and Rank, plus a way to scroll to find your own single placement; it is not a full distribution chart across all levels or ranks. (documented; Old hof › Top Factions / Level / Rank, )
- Leveling can be obtained through attacking other players and selecting the "Leave" option after a successful attack, and by successfully completing crimes; choosing "Leave" after an attack helps a player gain levels faster. (documented; New Player Missions › New to Torn? › Start your Journey here! › Well on your wa…, )
- Most activities in Torn grant experience, and leveling up grants access to more areas of the city and increases a player's life (health). (documented; New Player Missions › New to Torn? › Start your Journey here! › Well on your wa…, )
- A Torn staff member (bogie) answering a new player's leveling question stated that most things done in the game help toward leveling up, citing crimes and gym training as examples, but that the fastest way to gain level experience specifically is to attack and "leave" higher level players; he advised new players to first train in the gym to strengthen themselves before moving to attacking. (confirmed by Torn; Suggestions For Lvl Up Fast, )
- The wiki's historical Current Events page records a community bonus-XP event: in 2018 players received triple experience points for attacking and leaving an opponent on World Population Day, and in 2019 the bonus was reduced to double experience but the qualifying actions were broadened to also include hospitalizations and muggings. (documented; Current Events › Torn's Events › Torn's Community Events › Historical, )
- The job system's Law track includes a Federal Judge position requiring 6000 manual labor, 9000 intelligence, 15000 endurance stats (and other requirements) that grants a passive +5% bonus to crime experience and skill gain. (documented; Job › Job Types › Law — table, )
Questions about Level
- What is significant about reaching level 15 in Torn, and what is the fastest way to get there?
Level 15 is the point where you unlock Travel to other countries and the Fortune Teller in China, and it has its own "Level Fifteen" milestone award;…
- Is there a published breakdown of the Torn playerbase by level and by rank tier?
No. Neither Torn staff nor the current Torn Wiki publishes a full breakdown of the playerbase by level or by rank tier: the wiki's Hall of Fame mater…
- Why is my Torn account level low, and how do Torn character levels increase?
Low level is almost always down to one of a few things: a young account, general inactivity, energy and nerve spent on gym training or crimes rather …
- What causes a player's rank to increase in Torn?
A player's rank rises each time they reach a rank trigger in one of four measures: level, crimes done, networth or total battle stats. Each rank need…