Items bought abroad for profit
What TornLife's research has established about Items bought abroad for profit, and the questions players asked about it.
What TornLife has verified
- Cayman Islands: Banana Orchid can be bought for $4,000 and sold to a player shop for $3,000. Its market value was $8,289 in the August 2025 capture. (documented; Banana Orchid, )
- Cayman Islands: Stingray Plushie can be bought for $400 and sold for $300. (documented; Stingray Plushie, )
- Canada items include Wolverine Plushie ($30 buy), Crocus flower ($600 buy) and drugs with daily-changing prices, including Xanax. Canada's other items are weapons and armor, such as Ithaca 37 at $10,000. (documented; Canada › Items — table, )
- Job company perks stack for extra travel item capacity: the 3* Lingerie Store special adds 2 items; the 3* and 10* Cruise Line Agency specials add 2 and 3 items respectively, and these company bonuses stack with each other. (documented; Travel › Carrying Items, )
- Wiki 2021: Sheep, Teddy Bear and Cat plushies are sold at Bits 'n' Bobs in the city, restocking at 1000 per 15-minute tick. The other plushies are sold in foreign countries and restock at 2500 per tick after clearance. Dong plushies are not sold in NPC stores. (documented; Plushie, )
- Wiki 2021 buy/sell (NPC) prices: Camel 14000/11000, Jaguar 10000/8000, Red Fox 1000/750, Monkey, Panda, Chamois, Lion and Stingray 400/300, Nessie 200/150, Wolverine 30/25. (documented; Plushie — table (rows 1/2), )
- After the Bachelor of History course, one of each plushie (excluding Dong) can be exchanged at the Museum for 10 points. (documented; Panda Plushie › Use, )
- The default number of items a player may carry home from a travel destination is five per visit. Adding an Airstrip and pilot to property, owning a WLT benefit block, or using a Business Class Ticket raises the base amount to 15. (documented; Travel › Carrying Items, )
- Suitcases bought in Hawaii add carrying capacity but do not stack (only the biggest applies): Small $2,000,000 for +2 items, Medium $4,000,000 for +3 items, Large $10,000,000 for +4 items. (documented; Travel › Carrying Items, )
- The Excursion faction special adds 1 item per upgrade, up to a maximum of 10 extra items. The book 'Smuggling For Beginners' increases travel items by 10 for 31 days. (documented; Travel › Carrying Items, )
- Tourism Day, held on 27 September, doubles travel carrying capacity, except that the +5 flower bonus from a 7* Flower Shop and the +5 plushie bonus from a 7* Toy Shop are not doubled by Tourism Day. (documented; Travel › Carrying Items, )
- The overall maximum number of items a player can carry from a trip is 44, rising to 88 on Tourism Day when working a 10* Cruise Line job and having read Book: Smuggling For Beginners. (documented; Travel › Carrying Items, )
- The wiki gives a breakdown table of travel carrying totals by build: Cruise Line 10*+Book = 44 (88 on Tourism Day); Flower/Toy Shop+Book = 44 (83); Book only = 39 (78); Cruise Line 10* alone = 34 (68); Flower or Toy Shop alone = 34 (63); Lingerie Store 3* or Cruise Line 3* = 31 (62); Standard (no upgrades) = 29 (58). (documented; Travel › Carrying Items › Travel Item Capacities and Tourism Day, )
Questions about Items bought abroad for profit
- What are the fastest ways to make money in Torn?
No source measures profit per hour, so no one method can be called the fastest. Player guides agree on an order. Before level 15, buy the 100 items a…
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- How does travelling abroad work, and which items are best to bring back?
From level 15 you fly abroad from the City Center Travel agency, buy stock not sold in Torn, fly back and sell it . Standard one-way flights run from…
Travel ·
- What is the best country to travel to at a low level such as level 15?
Canada or the Cayman Islands, as a 2024 new-player guide advised for plushies . Canada is 41min each way for $9,000 and Cayman 35min for $10,000, sta…
Travel ·