Point

A point is one form of currency, used to purchase things that unlock various parts of the game that are not immediately available. Points can be used in exchange for a Racing License, Bazaar, Display Cabinet and even more Friends and Enemies space!

You can not trade points but you can exchange points between people via faction armory.

How To Earn Points

There are several ways to earn points in Torn, this can be done by:

Buying points from the market

This is the most common source from which majority of players acquire points. the demand on this market is high and the prices are usually dependent on the Pawn shop exchange price of points. See Points Market below.

Donate to the game

A single donation of $5.00 USD will provide you with a Donator Pack which gives 50 points when used. Multiple donations of this method can yield random extra-bonus points.

Subscribe to the game

Becoming a subscriber will give you 75 points either annually or monthly (Monthly subscription gives 75 points a month, annual gives 900 a year). There is a daily raffle for large amounts of points for subscribers.

Steal points in the Pawn Shop

Succeeding the 13 Nerve Pawn Shop Crime (Side Door only) will give you 3-7 points. If you choose to do this crime, then be warned that if you fail, you will lose an amount of crime experience.

Submitting to the Newspaper

You can submit your Comics and Articles to the Newspaper when level 10. If published, a Comic and Article will each reward you with 250 points per.

Exchanging artifacts and other collectible sets in the Museum

All artifacts as well as complete flower sets and plushie sets can be exchanged in the Museum for points (unlocked after completing the Bachelor of History). The amount of points you can acquire ranges between 10 for a complete plushie/flower set to 10,000 for a single Egyptian amulet. This is the major source of points into the game.

Referring players to the game

If a player signs up using your referral code (found at the bottom of the city page and on the Recruit Citizens page found on the sidebar) you will be awarded with, among other things, 250 points.

Spin the Wheel

Each of the three wheels for Spin The Wheel in the Casino have a chance at winning you Points (1, 5, 25 and 100 respectively)

• Lame has a chance at landing on a single (1) point.
• Mediocrity has a chance at landing on 1 and 5 points.
• Awesome has a chance at landing on 5, 25, and 100 points.

Easter Egg Hunt

Exchanging a set of Easter eggs during the Easter Egg Hunt competition can earn you 20 points.

Points Building

This is where you spend your points. Here are the following things you can spend points on:

Notes:

• If you have free refills you cannot use your daily refill until these have been used.
• When you use a free merit reset it will not increase the cost of your next reset.

Points Building
Refill Energy Bar 25 Points (Once per day, resets at New Day [precisely at 00:00])	Refill Nerve Bar 25 Points (Once per day, resets at New Day [precisely at 00:00])	Refill Casino Tokens 25 Points (Once per day, resets at New Day [precisely at 00:00])
Stock Ticker 25 Points (Can only be bought once and is needed to buy / sell Stocks)	Friend Capacity 25 Points (Can be upgraded an unlimited amount of times)	Enemy Capacity 25 Points (Can be upgraded an unlimited amount of times)
Loadout Capacity 50 Points (This can be upgraded up to 6 / 6 times.)	Racing License 50 Points (Can only be bought once and is needed to use the Race Track)	Display Cabinet 100 Points (Can only be bought once and is used to display items)
Bazaar 250 (Can only be bought once and is used to sell items tax free)	One Merit 250 Points (Can be used to buy Merits up to half your current level. I.e. a level 50 can buy up to 25)	Reset Merits 500-5,000 (Each reset increases the cost by 250 points with a maximum of 5,000 points and unlimited resets)
Big Al's Bunker 2,500 (Unwanted advanced weapons and armor can be exchanged for bunker bucks, which can then be used to purchase fresh weapon and armor caches)

Points Market

This is where you buy and sell points. The Points Market has a cap of $100,000 per point. The average price per point on the Points Market varies according to the demand. When listing points on the Points Market, your own listing is always at the top for you. You also have the ability to remove the listing. Points can also be sold to the Pawn Shop for a calculated price, currently $45,000, but cannot be bought there.

Related Awards

There are 4 available honor bars relating to spending points;

Point related awards

Honor Bar Image	Name	Requirements
	Energize	Use 250 Energy Refills
	You've Got Some Nerve	Use 250 Nerve Refills
	Compulsive	Use 250 Casino Token Refills
	Fresh Start	Reset your merits

• It is possible to earn these honors without spending the points via free refills given through inactivity and/or free merit resets sometimes given as a gift around New Years Day.

Historical Notes

• CityWatch, a desktop application, used to be available for 50 points. The option to purchase CityWatch was removed on February 5th 2019, with all 18,970 purchases refunded.
• You used to be able to buy a Gas Can and Laptop for 100 and 25 points respectively. These were both removed on May, 23rd 2017.
• Donator Packs (In the form of 31 Donator days) used to be available for 100 points, this was removed in November 2010.

Patch History

Released prior to Patch list #1

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Patch list #194 : 01/05/21

• Added Loadout Capacity upgrade to the Points Building to increase loadout slots up to 9.

Patch list #149 : 07/07/20

• Changed the pawnshop point value to be static & manually adjustable (instead of dumb legacy calculation).

Patch list #126 : 28/01/19

• Changed Trades made, Points Sold & Bazaar related personal stats to private (to prevent scripted mug stalking).

Patch list #85 : 12/03/19

• Added maximum point amount validation on the Points market page.
• Added shortcuts to the points input field on the Points market page.

Patch list #81 : 12/02/19

• Added new icons for "Points building" and "Points market" links.

Patch list #80 : 05/02/19

• Removed City Watch from the points building.
• Added "Points building" and "Points market" links to the "Pawn shop" page.
• Removed points market 'top right link' from auction house.

Patch list #77 : 15/01/19

• Added quantity of free refills & free merit resets to Points Building.

Patch list #60 : 11/09/18

• Added a second confirmation before resetting merits.

Patch list #37 : 20/03/18

• Changed points / special refill confirmations to include clarification of effect.

Patch list #6 : 25/07/2017

• Changed points building to make purchases available while in jail or hospital.

Patch list #3 : 04/07/2017

• Added Points market actions to activity log

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