CD Player
CD Player is an Electronics item that can be acquired through shoplifting and is tied with the Pack of Blank CDs : 100 for the least expensive item (by sell price) that can be obtained from Market Stall shoplifting. It can be sold to (but not purchased at) the Super Store.
The CD Player was one of the items available at the official launch of Torn on 15 November 2004, having been introduced during the Torn City Beta. [1]
Obtaining
The CD Player can be obtained through the "Electronics Stall" shoplifting crime at any crime experience level, but is most common when a player's Crime Experience is lower. It can also be found as a result of the "Search the Junkyard" Search For Cash subcrime and through city finds.
Usage
Listening to a CD player converts energy to happiness. There is no usage cooldown and there are three different options for how much energy is to be used.
| CD Player Usage [2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Action | Energy Used | Happiness Gained |
| Listen to a Song | 1 energy | 12-18 Happiness |
| Listen to an Album | 3 Energy | 42-63 Happiness |
| Listen to an Audio Book | 5 Energy | 80-120 Happiness |
The CD Player is an option to spend extra energy that is not divisible by five or ten which would otherwise be unused. These bits of energy can be obtained from drinking energy drinks while in a faction that has the energy drink perk in the Voracity branch, use of Book : Higher Daddy, Higher!, or from using the one or three energy options on an MP3 Player, CD Player, Television, or Game Console.
Using the CD Player is optimal only for players with extremely low battle stats. If a player uses the CD Player, the 5 energy "Listen to an Audio Book" gives the most happiness per energy spent.
Related Awards
| CD Player related Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Image | Name | Requirements |
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Candy Man | Achieve 1,000 theft crime |
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Smile, You're On Camera | Achieve 2,500 theft crimes |
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Smokin' Barrels | Achieve 5,000 theft crimes |
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Breaking And Entering | Achieve 7,500 theft crimes |
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Stroke Bringer | Achieve 10,000 theft crimes |
Historical Notes
Prior to an update in June 2021 that changed several Electronics items, the CD Player had no use.
The CD Player's description referred to the item as a "Sony Discman" until 30 May 2019, when the description was updated [3] to refer to the item as a "home stereo system," which matched the item image.
In the past there was a Market Stall shoplift crime explicitly for CD Players. It was consolidated into the Electronics Stall shoplift crime.
Image History
| Pack of Music CDs Image History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Years Used | Image | |
| ??? to July 2012 [4] | 
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| July 2012 to present [5] | 
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There is one earlier image for the CD Player, but it is currently considered lost to time. [6]
Patch History
- Added listening to CD Players and MP3 Players to convert energy to happiness
References
- ↑ TornCityHistoryMuseum, Electronics Items (With Citations) (28/05/23)
- ↑ Damaster, Brief Look at Electronic Happiness items 04/09/22
- ↑ Torn Stats, https://beta.tornstats.com/updates
- ↑ TornCityHistoryMuseum, Electronics Items (With Citations) (29/01/23)
- ↑ Chedburn, Patch: Fixes and Updates 19/07/12 (19/07/12)
- ↑ TornCityHistoryMuseum, Electronics Items (With Citations) (29/01/23)
| Shoplifting | |
| Sweet Shop |  Bag of Bon Bons ·  Big Box of Chocolate Bars
|
|---|---|
| Market Stall |  CD Player ·  DVD Player ·  Hard Drive ·  MP3 Player
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| Clothes Shop |  Jacket ·  Tank Top ·  Trainers
|
| Jewelry Store |  Diamond Ring ·  Gold Necklace ·  Gold Ring
|
| Electronic Items | |
| With Effect | CD Player ·  Game Console ·  Gold Laptop
|
|---|---|
| Without Effect | DVD Player · Hard Drive ·  Microwave
|
| Unreleased |  Card Skimmer ·  Cell Phone ·  Clippers
|
| Retired |  Xbox ·  Xbox 360
|
