CURRENT VERSION: BUSTR v2.23.1
[ INSTALL - BUSTR: JAIL BUST ASSISTANT ]
SUPPORTS PDA ✔
TL;DR: See your real odds and bust the best target in a tap, the sharpest busting script you can run. Real odds on every captive, the best bust one tap away: smarter and faster than anything else out there.
A fork of BUSTR v1.0.11 by Adobi [2443510] & Ironhydedragon [2428902], posted with their blessing. They built the original hardness score and penalty tracker; this build keeps those and adds a success % model on top. Credit where it's due, and thanks to Ironhydedragon [2428902] for the go-ahead.
You click Bust, you get jailed, and you never really knew the odds. The original BUSTR told you how many busts you had left. This one also tells you your chance on each individual prisoner, and the number is fitted against real bust outcomes rather than guessed.
Small settings panel, its own button in the nav bar with your live numbers on it. Works on desktop and on the Torn PDA.
What it does
- Success % on every prisoner in the jail list, next to their hardness score.
- Hardness score and easiest-first sorting, from the original BUSTR.
- Bust budget - tracks Torn's hidden penalty and estimates how many busts you have left before failure gets likely.
- Live penalty % on the nav button, coloured green/orange/red at a glance.
- Learns from your own results over time, if you leave self-calibration on.
- Every setting has a "?" that explains what it actually does.
- One-click scoped API key - no Full Access key needed.
- Optional Quick Bust / Quick Bail (off by default): relabels your own bust/bail link so your single click skips Torn's "are you sure?" step.
- Optional Easy Bust / Easy Bail (off by default, behind a consent prompt): a one-tap button on the jail header that sends one request for the single best shown target - bust picks the highest odds, bail the cheapest. Strictly one tap = one request; see the rules note below.
- In-place jail list refresh that reloads just the captive list, no full page reload.
Why the numbers are different
The success model is built from the community Advanced Jail Bust Guide, then fitted and cross-validated against real logged bust outcomes: first 81 of my own, and since refined against 1,200+ pooled outcomes from other players running the script. Two things came out of that:
- Penalty hurts about twice as much as the guide's formula says. Confirmed on two separate batches of outcomes that agreed independently.
- It will never show you 100%. In the pooled outcome data even the best-looking targets succeed only around two-thirds of the time. So the displayed range is roughly 27% to 67%, because an honest 67% is worth more than a flattering 100%. If a number looks lower than you expected, that's the point.
Not a bot, and within the rules
BUSTR never automates: no loops, no timers, no walking the target list, and it never acts on its own. By default it is read-only - it reads your own official API data (with a key you create yourself), reads the jail page already in front of you, shows its own numbers in its own panel, and logs outcomes only by watching clicks you make. It also has opt-in helpers, off by default, that act only when you tell them to: Quick Bust relabels your own click to skip Torn's confirm step, and Easy Bust (behind a one-time consent prompt) sends one bust request for one target each time you tap its button. Both stay strictly one deliberate tap = one request, to the same jail page - never a loop, never more than one per tap. You are always the one deciding to act.
API Terms of Service
Your API key never leaves your device: it is used only for Torn's own API. By default everything BUSTR stores stays in your own browser. There is one optional extra, cloud sync, which is off unless you turn it on (see below).
| Data Storage |
Data Sharing |
Purpose of Use |
Key Storage & Sharing |
Key Access Level |
| Locally by default; bust history also stored in the cloud if you turn on cloud sync |
Nobody by default; bust history shared with the maintainer only if you turn on cloud sync |
Assistive use, plus improving BUSTR and restoring your history across your devices |
Stored locally; never shared |
Custom (see below) |
(Cloud sync is opt-in and off by default; see the "Optional cloud sync" note below.)
Optional cloud sync (off by default): BUSTR can optionally back up your bust history so it follows you across devices. It is opt-in, defaults to off, and asks for explicit consent the first time you switch it on. When it is on, only your bust history (the same data behind the debug export) is stored in the maintainer's database, keyed to your Torn player ID; your API key is never uploaded. You can turn it off and delete your cloud copy at any time from the settings panel. Leave it off and BUSTR behaves exactly as before, fully local. When it is on it is deliberately lightweight - a whole busting session saves as a single upload and it only checks your other devices about once an hour - so it adds no noticeable overhead.
Selections used: `user` -> `basic` (your level), `perks` (your bust perks), `log` (your own bust history). Nothing else is requested. **You do NOT need to give BUSTR a Full Access key** - use the custom key link below, or the "Create a key for BUSTR" button inside the settings panel, which opens the same thing with the boxes already ticked:
[ Custom BUSTR API KEY ]
https://www.torn.com/preferences.php#tab=api?step=addNewKey&title=BUSTR&user=basic,log,perks
Install
Desktop: install Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey, then open BUSTR: Jail Bust Assistant + PDA (Baron) and click Install.
Torn PDA: Settings > User scripts > add the same link. If the PDA's own key doesn't work, the settings panel has an API key box you can paste your own into - it takes priority.
Bugs and feedback
Settings has a "Copy debug export" button - it copies a snapshot with your API key stripped out (source and length only, never the key itself). Send it, or any suggestions, to The_Baron [1467784].
Free, open source, MIT licensed. Original by Adobi [2443510] & Ironhydedragon [2428902]. Happy busting.




Help improve BUSTR: enable cloud sync to share your busting data. Every perk setup counts, whether you are fully perked, lightly perked, or running no busting perks at all. The more variety we get across company and faction perks, the better BUSTR works for everyone. Cheers!