Torn Guide for Dummies

Torn can feel confusing at first, but here’s what you need to know to get started and make progress:

Why Level 15 Matters

Reaching level 15 is crucial because it allows you to travel. Traveling is one of the best ways to make money early on. Once you can travel, you can buy items like flowers and plushies from other countries and sell them to players in Torn for a profit. This can earn you $3M–$6M a day if you’re active.

How to Level Up Quickly

1. Train in the Gym:

   • Use most of your energy to train your stats (strength, speed, etc.) early on. These stats will help you win fights.

2. Attack “Leveling Targets”:

   • Some inactive players, known as leveling targets, have low stats for their level. They’re easy to beat. Attack them and leave them in the street to gain the most experience.
   • If you’re losing or taking a lot of damage in fights, train more and try again later.
     
     

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Living Arrangements

• Happiness Matters:

  • Your housing affects your happiness, and higher happiness gives you better gym gains.
  • Rent a mansion or ranch (at least 925 happiness) until you can afford a Private Island (PI).

• Private Island Tips:

  • At level 15, rent a PI with a landing strip. It lets you carry more items when traveling and reduces travel time, making you more money.
  • Look for a PI with at least 2550 happiness, but 3600 happiness is ideal for the best value.

Money Tips for Beginners

• Before level 15, make smaller profits by:

  • Buying and reselling items like lollipops (from Sally’s Sweet Shop) or basic plushies (from Bits N Bobs).
  • You can make $50k–$60k a day doing this.

• Protect your money from muggers:

  • Use faction vaults, ghost trades, or buy items like points to store value.

How to Use Your Energy After Level 15

• Once you hit level 15, focus on training your gym stats instead of leveling up. Higher stats are more important than levels for combat and long-term success.

Maximizing Happiness Gains

• Use lollipops to boost your happiness up to the max for your property.
• For a bigger boost, use ecstasy (costs ~$70,000), which doubles your current happiness.

Merit Points

• Spend merit points on education time reduction first (max it out).
• Then invest in bank interest rate reductions.

Education Classes

• Start with Sports Science courses to boost gym training.
• Alternatively, take Biochemistry and Intravenous Therapy to unlock blood bags, which are helpful later.

Missions

• Early missions are helpful but not urgent. You can delay them until you have better housing for higher happiness. This way, you’ll get better gym gains when spending the energy rewards from missions.

Final Tips

• Once you can travel, focus on building your stats and earning money.
• Check the forums for detailed guides and advice on specific topics.

Good luck, and remember, Torn takes time to master, so stick with it!

Can we stop teaching every noob that they need to travel ASAP? Literally the most boring mechanic on here, and every guide makes it sound like it’s the only viable option…(sorry OP, you fell victim to it too…)

Otherwise: nice guide. Short, sweet and to the point. Maybe link some of the points to other threads with more details on them.

I think it would be disingenuous to suggest otherwise since it's the only mechanism that somewhat hooks people and makes a bit of decent cash. Yeah it sucks but there's really very little else you can do since torn loves to kill every viable mechanism. 

I would love to hear someone's suggestion on other options. I'd be happy trying an alternative approach. Making a little bit of money isn't too hard, but I'm not sure anything competes with the cash flow. 

Thank you for the forum.