CD Player

CD Player #43

This stylish home stereo system was top of the range back in 1994, with its CD player capable of reading even the most scratched up compact discs in your collection.

Effect

Converts 1, 3 or 5 energy into happiness.

Type

Special

Sell Price

$20

Release Date

15 November 2004

CD Player is a Special 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.

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
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.

Obtaining

The CD Player is most commonly obtained through crimes. In crimes 1.0 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 through city finds and can be traded between players.

The CD Player can be found as a result of the following crimes:

Search For Cash:

• "Search the Junkyard" (quantity 1)

Shoplifting:

• "Super Store" (quantity 1)

Burglary:

• Residential:
  • "Apartment" (quantity 1)
  • "Farmhouse" (quantity 1)
  • "Lake House" (quantity 1)

• Commercial:
• "Chiropractor" (quantity 1)
• "Cleaning Agency" (quantity 1)

• Industrial:
• "Brewery" (quantity 1)

Related Awards

CD Player related Awards
Image	Name	Requirements
	Candy Man	Achieve 1,000 theft crime
	Smile, You're On Camera	Achieve 2,500 theft crimes
	Smokin' Barrels	Achieve 5,000 theft crimes
	Breaking And Entering	Achieve 7,500 theft crimes
	Stroke Bringer	Achieve 10,000 theft crimes

Historical Notes

The CD Player used to be classified as an Electronics item before the Electronics category was discontinued on 1 April 2024. 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 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
2011 or earlier to July 2012
July 2012 to 12 September 2023
12 September 2023 to present

There is one earlier image for the CD Player, but it is currently considered lost to time.

The first 3D model of the CD Player was released on 12 September 2023.

Patch History

Released in Patch list #

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Patch list #198 : 29/06/21

• Added listening to CD Players and MP3 Players to convert energy to happiness