Perks
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Details
Perks are additional bonuses that provide extra benefits to a player. Some of them are permanent (I.e. Education perks), and some are in effect as long as you fulfil certain requirements (I.e. stock benefit blocks).
There are 3 perk related Honor bars:
- "Buffed": having 50 Personal Perks at the same time
- "Web of Perks": having 100 Personal Perks at the same time
- "OP": having 150 Personal Perks at the same time
Personal Perks
Books
Note: These perks can only be obtained by reading the specific book and are only in effect for the duration. For more details on Books, see here.
- Book: + Increases strength by 5% up to 10m upon completion
- Book: + Increases speed by 5% up to 10m upon completion
- Book: + Increases defense by 5% up to 10m upon completion
- Book: + Increases dexterity by 5% up to 10m upon completion
- Book: + Increases all working stats by 5% up to 2,500 each upon completion
- Book: + Increases blacklist & friend list capacity by 100 upon completion
- Book: + Provides a free merit reset upon completion
- Book: + Removes a substantial amount of drug addiction upon completion
- Book: + Provides a passive 25% bonus to all stats for 31 days
- Book: + Provides a passive 100% bonus to Strength for 31 days
- Book: + Provides a passive 100% bonus to Defense for 31 days
- Book: + Provides a passive 100% bonus to Speed for 31 days
- Book: + Provides a passive 100% bonus to Dexterity for 31 days
- Book: + Increases all gym gains by 20% for 31 days
- Book: + Increases Strength gym gains by 30% for 31 days
- Book: + Increases Defense gym gains by 30% for 31 days
- Book: + Increases Speed gym gains by 30% for 31 days
- Book: + Increases Dexterity gym gains by 30% for 31 days
- Book: + Increases crime skill & crime experience gain by 25% for 31 days
- Book: + Increases all EXP gain by 25% for 31 days
- Book: + Decreases all hospital times by 50% for 31 days
- Book: + Decreases all jail times by 50% for 31 days
- Book: + Decreases all travel times by 25% for 31 days
- Book: + Increases travel items by 10 for 31 days
- Book: + Guaranteed stealth for the next 31 days
- Book: + Large jail bust & escape boost for the next 31 days
- Book: + Happiness can regenerate above maximum for 31 days
- Book: + Doubles contract credit and money rewards for 31 days
- Book: + Drastically increases city item spawns for 31 days
- Book: + Gain no drug addiction 31 days
- Book: + Provides +20% energy regeneration for 31 days
- Book: + Doubles nerve regeneration for 31 days
- Book: + Doubles happiness regeneration for 31 days
- Book: + Doubles life regeneration for 31 days
- Book: + Duke will occasionally retaliate against your attackers for 31 days
- Book: + Decreases all consumable cooldowns by 50% for 31 days
- Book: + Decreases all medical cooldowns by 50% for 31 days
- Book: + Doubles alcohol effects for 31 days
- Book: + Doubles energy drink effects for 31 days
- Book: + Doubles candy effects for 31 days
- Book: + Increases maximum energy and energy refills by 100 for 31 days
- Book: + Takes the same effect from the last used book for 31 days
- Book: + Maximum personal employee effectiveness for 31 days
- Book: + Guaranteed escape attempt success for 31 days
Maximum book perks: 1 (only one book can be read at a time)
Faction
Details on the Faction specials
Toleration
- Faction: + Reduces drug addiction gain by x% (up to 50%)
- Faction: + Reduces passive negatives from drugs and addiction by x% (up to 30%)
- Faction: + Reduces overdose chance by x% (up to 30%)
Steadfast
- Faction: + Increases strength gym gains by x%
- Faction: + Increases speed gym gains by x%
- Faction: + Increases defense gym gains by x%
- Faction: + Increases dexterity gym gains by x%
Criminality
- Faction: + Provides a x% passive crime skill & exp boost
- Faction: + Decreases all jail time by x%
- Faction: + Increases maximum nerve by x
- Faction: + Increase bust success chance by x%
- Faction: + Decreases bust nerve cost by x
Fortitude
- Faction: + Reduces all hospital time by x%
- Faction: + Regenerate up to x% more life per tick
- Faction: + Reduce reviving cost down to x energy
- Faction: + Adds x hours of maximum medical cooldown
- Faction: + Gain up to x% extra medical effectiveness
Aggression
- Faction: + Increase strength passively by x%
- Faction: + Increase speed passively by x%
- Faction: + Increase accuracy by 0.1 (up to 1.0)
- Faction: + Increase all outgoing hospital times by x%
- Faction: + Increase all damage by x%
Suppression
- Faction: + Increase defense passively by x%
- Faction: + Increase dexterity passively by x%
- Faction: + Increase runaway chance by x%
- Faction: + Increase maximum life by x
Voracity
- Faction: + Adds x hours of maximum booster cooldown
- Faction: + Increases energy gain from energy drinks by x%
- Faction: + Increase nerve gain from alcohol by x%
- Faction: + Increase happy gain from candy by x%
Excursion
- Faction: + Increases maximum item capacity while travelling by x
- Faction: + Reduces travelling fees by x%
- Faction: + Increases hunting income by x%
- Faction: + Reduces rehabilitation costs by x%
- Faction: + Increases cayman bank interest by x%
Maximum faction perks: 28 (theoretically if you have the everything from the 4 branches that have 5 perks and two of the ones that have 4)
Company
- Company: + 25% enemy speed reduction
- Company: + 100% bonus to Erotic DVDs
- Company: + 10 maximum nerve
- Company: + 25% epinephrine effect & duration
- Company: + 50% awareness
- Company: + 75% cost discount on car parts
- Company: + No item market fees
- Company: + Escape button always enabled
- Company: + 25% passive dexterity
- Company: + 20% armor mitigation bonus
- Company: + 75% opponent mugging reduction
- Company: + 2 extra travel items
- Company: + 3 extra travel items
- Company: - 50% virus coding time reduction
- Company: + Arrest ability
- Company: + 25% hunting reward
- Company: + 50% awareness
- Company: + 25% flame-thrower damage & accuracy
- Company: - 50% reduction of happiness loss in gym
- Company: + 3% life regeneration per tick
- Company: + 3% gym gains
- Company: + Buy 5 additional special flowers abroad
- Company: + 25% passive strength
- Company: + 100% fist & kick damage
- Company: + 50% virus coding time reduction
- Company: + 100% console happiness
- Company: + 25% passive speed
- Company: + occasional 20% healing during combat
- Company: + 50% reduction in burning damage taken
- Company: + 50% increase to burning damage dealt
- Company: + 25% passive dexterity
- Company: + 50% tyrosine effect & duration
- Company: + 10% dexterity gym gains
- Company: + 1/4 chance to dodge melee attacks
- Company: + 10% consumable cool down reduction
- Company: + 10% consumable boost
- Company: + 20% discount on standard ammo cost
- Company: + Target equipment and ammo is always visible
- Company: + 1 extra clip for guns during combat
- Company: + 10% primary & secondary weapon damage
- Company: + Reduced enemy stealth
- Company: + 20% slashing weapon damage
- Company: + 25% passive defense
- Company: + 50% Serotonin effectiveness & duration
- Company: + 10% defense gym gains
- Company: + 30% reduced damage from incoming melee attacks
- Company: + 50% decreased bail costs
- Company: + Easier to bust more people at once
- Company: + 20% organised crime skill
- Company: + View success chance of potential busts
- Company: + 2 extra travel items
- Company: + 50% speed and dexterity when not wearing armor
- Company: + Waive all property upkeep and staff costs
- Company: + Provides Free Business Class Travel
- Company: + Increases available open contracts from 3 to 5
- Company: + Allows traveling back to Torn from abroad while in hospital
- Company: + 50% reduction in crime experience penalties
- Company: + 10 maximum nerve
- Company: + 25% hunting skill gain
- Company: + 3% life regeneration per tick
- Company: + 75% cost discount on car parts
- Company: + Lose no car parts after crashing
- Company: + 50% driving skill gain
- Company: + 30% alcohol cool down reduction
- Company: + 10% maximum life
- Company: + 30% increased gym experience
- Company: + Reduced enemy stealth
- Company: + 15% passive boost to all stats
- Company: + 50% drug overdose reduction
- Company: + Education is unaffected by drug addiction
- Company: + 10% increase of Cayman Islands interest rate
- Company: + 50% investment banking limit
- Company: + 50% flash grenade intensity
- Company: + 25% full armor set bonus
- Company: + No item market fees
- Company: + 10% property upgrade cost reduction
- Company: + 10% melee weapon damage
- Company: + 50% alcohol boost
- Company: + 15 maximum nerve
- Company: + 10% melee weapon damage
- Company: + 2% life regeneration per tick
- Company: + 25% consumable cool down reduction
- Company: + 50% virus coding time reduction
- Company: + 50% newspaper advertising cost reduction
- Company: + Cannot be targeted by spies
- Company: + Hidden traveling status & destination
- Company: + 100% console happiness
- Company: + 5 extra plushies from abroad
- Company: + 25% hunting reward
- Company: + 70% awareness
- Company: + 3.00 accuracy
Maximum company perks: 4 (when working in a Gas Station, Gun Shop, Law Firm, Lingerie Store, or Meat Warehouse)
Job
- Job: + Ability to Revive
- Job: − 10% Education Time
- Job: + 5% Crime Exp & Skill Gain
Maximum city job perks: 3
Property
- Property: + Access to Airstrip (Airstrip)
- Property: + 1% Life Regeneration (Medical Facility)
- Property: + 2% Damage (Shooting Range)
- Property: + 2% Gym Gains (Swimming Pool)
Maximum property perks: 4
Stocks
Details on Stock Market Block Benefits
- Stock: + 10% Bank Interest Bonus (TCI)
- Stock: + Private Jet Access (WLT)
- Stock: + Advance Firewall (SYS)
- Stock: + Free Education Courses (IST)
- Stock: + 10% Racing Skill Boost (TCM)
- Stock: + Company Sales Boost (TCP)
- Stock: + 10% Home Upgrade Discount (ELT)
- Stock: + Free Classified Advertising (MSG)
- Stock: + 50% Coding Time Reduction (IIL)
- Stock: + Company Advertising Boost (TGP)
- Stock: + 10% Course Time Reduction (WSU)
- Stock: + Free Banner Advertisement (YAZ)
- Stock: + 25% mission reward bonus (LOS)
Maximum stock perks: 12
Merits
You need to have at least 1 merit invested in a certain upgrade to receive the perk.
- Merit: + x Maximum Nerve
- Merit: + x% Critical hit rate
- Merit: + x% life
- Merit: + x% Crime success
- Merit: − Education Length
- Merit: + x% Awareness
- Merit: + Bank interest rate
- Merit: + x% Mug Amount
- Merit: + Stealth
- Merit: + x min Hospitalizing Time
- Merit: + x% Addiction mitigation
- Merit: + x Employee effectiveness
- Merit: + x% Strength
- Merit: + x% Defense
- Merit: + x% Speed
- Merit: + x% Dexterity
- Merit: + Heavy Artillery dmg/acc
- Merit: + Machine Gun dmg/acc
- Merit: + Rifle dmg/acc
- Merit: + SMG dmg/acc
- Merit: + Shotgun dmg/acc
- Merit: + Pistol dmg/acc
- Merit: + Club dmg/acc
- Merit: + Piercing dmg/acc
- Merit: + Slashing dmg/acc
- Merit: + Mechanical dmg/acc
- Merit: + Temporary dmg/acc
Maximum merit perks: 27
Education
For a list of Perks by type see: Education Perks
Common
- Education: + 5% Strength
- Education: + 13% Speed
- Education: + 19% Dexterity
- Education: + 11% Defense
Biology
- Education: + 1% Damage
- Education: + 10% Neck hit damage
- Education: − 25% Opponent stealth
- Education: + 3% Critical hit chance
- Education: + 20% Medical item effectiveness (BIO2360 & BIO2370)
- Education: + Withdraw and deliver blood
- Education: + Medical booster equipping
- Education: + Pharmacy unlocked
Business Management
- Education: + Company advertising effectiveness
- Education: + Employee working stat
- Education: + Company size / staff room unlocked
- Education: + 10% Company productivity
- Education: + 12% Employee effectiveness
- Education: + 15% Increase prices ability
Combat Training
- Education: + 1% Accuracy
- Education: + 5% Machine gun accuracy
- Education: + 5% SMG accuracy
- Education: + 5% Pistol accuracy
- Education: + 5% Rifle accuracy
- Education: + 5% Heavy artillery accuracy
- Education: + 5% Shotgun accuracy
- Education: + Weapon experience unlocked
Computer Science
- Education: + Coding of simple virus unlocked
- Education: + Coding of polymorphic and tunneling virus
- Education: + Hacking unlocked
- Education: + Coding of armored and stealth virus
- Education: − 30% Virus coding time (CMT2580 & CMT2600)
- Education: + 10% Hacking success rate
- Education: + Anonymous mailing unlocked
- Education: + Ability to create an online store
General Studies
- Education: + Driving crimes unlocked
- Education: + 5% Temporary weapon accuracy
- Education: + 5% Temporary weapon damage
- Education: + 15% Hunting bonus
- Education: + 10% Working stat education gain
Health & Fitness
- Education: + 25% increase in speed during an opponents escape attempt
History
- Education: + 10% Japanese blade damage
- Education: + 2% Melee damage
- Education: + Ability to find medieval coins
- Education: + Ability to find sculptures and Quran pages
- Education: + Ability to find senet board and amulets
- Education: + Museum unlocked
Law
- Education: + Jail escape chance
- Education: + Self bailing unlocked
- Education: − 5% Estate agent cost
- Education: − Escape jail nerve cost
- Education: + 65% Busting skill
- Education: − 57.25% Bail cost
Maths
- Education: + 25% Ammo conservation (MTH2310 & MTH3330)
- Education: + 1% Company productivity (stacks with Business Management Perk)
Psychology
- Education: + 10% Awareness
- Education: + 10% crime success rate
Self Defense
- Education: + Kick attack unlocked
- Education: + 100% Fist damage
Sports Science
- Education: + 10% Temporary booster effectiveness
- Education: + 1% Strength gym gains
- Education: + 1% Speed gym gains
- Education: + 1% Defense gym gains
- Education: + 1% Dexterity gym gains
- Education: + 1% Gym gains
- Education: + Sports shop unlocked
Maximum education perks: 63
Enhancers
- Enhancer: + Improves success rate for the Transporting Drugs crime. (Advanced Driving Manual)
- Enhancer: + Improves success rate for the Armed Robbery crime. (Balaclava)
- Enhancer: + Improves success rate for the Kidnapping crime. (Chloroform)
- Enhancer: + Improves Pickpocketing crime exp & skill gains by 5%. (Cut-Throat Razor)
- Enhancer: + Improves Card Skimming crime exp & skill gains by 5%. (Duct Tape)
- Enhancer: + Improves success rate for the Planting Computer Viruses crime. (Ergonomic Keyboard)
- Enhancer: + Improves success rate for the Robbing The Pawn Shop crime. (Fanny Pack)
- Enhancer: + Improves Burglary crime exp & skill gains by 5%. (Flashlight)
- Enhancer: + Improves Search for cash crime exp & skill gains by 5%. (Glasses)
- Enhancer: + Improves success rate for the Arms Trafficking crime. (Heavy Duty Padlock)
- Enhancer: + Improves Bootlegging crime exp & skill gains by 5% and copying speed by 100%. (High-Speed Drive)
- Enhancer: + Improves Disposal crime exp & skill gains by 5%. (Latex Gloves)
- Enhancer: + Improves Forgery crime exp & skill gains by 5% (Magnifying Glass)
- Enhancer: + Improves Hustling crime exp & skill gains by 5%. (Megaphone)
- Enhancer: + Improves success rate for the Shoplifting crime. (Mountain Bike)
- Enhancer: + Improves Cracking crime exp & skill gains by 5%. (Office Chair)
- Enhancer: + Improves Graffiti crime exp & skill gains by 5%. (Paint Mask)
- Enhancer: + Increases friends list and enemies list capacity by +500. (Platinum PDA)
- Enhancer: + Boosts the effects of praying in the church by 10%. (Rosary Beads)
- Enhancer: + Improves success rate for the Grand Theft Auto crime. (Screwdriver)
- Enhancer: + Increases speed gains in the gym by 5%. (Sports Sneakers)
- Enhancer: + Improves success rate for the Assassination crime. (Tracking Device)
- Enhancer: + Improves success rate for the Counterfeiting crime. (Tumble Dryer)
- Enhancer: + Improves success rate for the Arson crime. (Wind Proof Lighter)
- Enhancer: + Improves success rate for the Hacking crime. (Wireless Dongle)
- Enhancer: + Increases travel capacity by +2/+3/+4 (Small Suitcase/Medium Suitcase/Large Suitcase)*
Maximum enhancer perks: 26
* Suitcases do not stack with each other. More info about suitcases here.
Overall max perks: 168