Table of Contents

• Mugging Rules/Common Practices
• Finding a Good Mug Target
• Tips and Tricks to Mugging
• Answer These Questions For Me?

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Mugging Guide

Est. time to first Billion: 1-2 months
Risk Factor: 6/10
Difficulty Level: 4/10
Patience Level: 8/10
Minimum Requirements: Know your limits. The higher your stats, the easier this becomes.
Goal for Daily Income: 15-50mil a day depending on your targets

A FEW DISCLAIMERS:

• Make sure you are balancing stat gains with mugging. Don't turn into one of the high level-XP punchbags. That's never fun...I personally only do muggings for about 2-3 months out of the year. The rest of the year i focus on training my stats and go back into trading for money.
• You will likely gain enemies if you cannot successfully stealth your attacks. You will especially earn enemies if you trade mug. To some, this means nothing. It's a game. But to others, this game is their way to socialize with others and would rather not make a name for themselves for being hated or disliked. So if you are the one that would rather be respected and loved, maybe consider trading as an income. lol
• Patience is a virtue. There will be some days that you dont even come close to hitting your daily income goal. Just keep at it.

Mugging Rules/Common Practices

• Never mug a player within 15 hours of your previous mug. You do not want to mug a target on a frequent basis due to a "mugging reduction" rule. When you go to mug someone, you gain a certain percentage of what the target has on hand. The percentage you will mug decreases the more money the player has on hand. I'll dive more into this later, just as a rule of thumb, avoid mugging a target on a frequent basis to avoid the muggers reduction rule.
• Use 55 merits to upgrade your mugging effectiveness. You can obtain up to twice as much per mug if your merit effectiveness on "Masterful Looting" is increased to 10/10.
• Try to avoid hopping on a mugging chain. Back when mugging reduction wasn't a thing, mugging chains were very common. Muggers would be watching the hospital for anyone that was constantly being mugged. That showed people that they had money on hand and that they should jump on mugging them in hopes to get a payday. This is NO LONGER the case, in fact you want to avoid "sharing" your mug targets with anyone!
• Organizing/updating your target list (aka, blacklist) is essential. As a mugger, your goal is to obtain as much money as you can in a day. Organizing your blacklist to where you know which target will "yield" more money will be very important when you're trying to decide who to spend the last of your E on. Also, once your target stops yielding a certain amount of money (designated by you), remove them from your blacklist to make room for someone else. Everyone will be different here, so I can't advise you what you should maintain.
• Maintain a healthy mug list. The majority of your mugging should be geared towards "farming" off a set list of players. You can mug constantly and peek effectiveness by having 15 players on your mug list. I like to hold onto 30 people so the mug pool doesn't grow stagnant and I have options for mugging.
• Don't give up. Know all the ways into how to find mug targets, and mix things up if things get stagnant. If you find that a certain method works best for you, stick to that method. But as soon as things start to slow down, don't get discouraged and give up, try new methods. There are a plethora of ways to find targets. I will go into detail on how to find each one of them in this tutorial.

Finding a Good Mug Target

There are several good ways to find a target. I've listed a few of the best strategies to finding a target that I have found most fruitful:

Networth HOF/Inactive's

The majority of the players that are in the high rankings of the HOF typically earn their money from bookies/stock market/and trading. This isnt all that new of a tactic seeing as there are plenty of people that do this to find a good mug target, so you'll have to refine your search a little better. This is what I look for:

• Networth above 5bil. There are currently 9,450 players with 5bil or greater networth, so dont just search in the top 1000 players like everyone else does.
• Inactive Window of 2 days-12 days. If the target is carrying alot of cash, most muggers will find this target within a few weeks. We want slightly inactive players, but not players that have abandoned the game.
• Age/Level. From what I've learned over the years of mugging, higher levels with low amount of age tend to have the most cash on hand. So if you're trying to pick a target and only have one attack left, pick the one with a higher level or significantly less age. (Use this formula to calculate your target: 1 Level = 100 days). Obviously this is opinion based, so up to you if you use this as a search
• Can you beat them? Look at their xanax taken, defends lost/won, time played and energy refills used. If they all are higher than yours, maybe you pass this target for the next one.....no need to waste the energy on a potential loss especially if there are other targets out there.

https://www.torn.com/halloffame.php#/type=networth&page=####

The last number in the url above will display the page in the networth HOF. Simply edit that to jump to a specific page and run through all the players to see if they fit the criteria above. Once you find a good target, attempt to mug them first. If they yield above your minimum, add them to your mug list.

Sniping for Money

Yes, yes yes, its a slimy and dirty thing to do. Then again, so is mugging in general, so if your afraid of gaining enemies, maybe mugging isn't for you. Anyway! The goal behind this strategy is to mug someone when you know for 100% certainty that they will have cash on hand. The most common form of sniping for money is trade mugging or poker mugs. Some traders do this to try and get a better deal for something they are selling/buying. There a few ways you can successfully snipe someone of their money.

• Set up a trade where you're buying something valuable. You should have a second window open focused on your target ready to attack them. You can even go as far as going into the attack window (just dont start the attack). Have them accept the trade first, that way there is less time for them to bank or store the money from the trade. When the money is exchanged, you at about 1-3 seconds to mug them (if they are smart players), because they'll likely store the money after the trade. Afterwards, you can then either sell the high-valued item, or try the next technique!
• You could also offer to sell a high priced item. You want to line a buyer of the product you want to sell. Once they add money into the trade, simply cancel the trade and try and steal the money that was returned to them from the canceled trade.
• Points Market. Either you can watch the points market for someone with a lot of points on sale to be sold, or you can buy the points yourself. In either instance, the goal here to mug them once the points sell and they have that large amount of cash on hand.
• Another way to snipe money is to follow the poker tables. This strategy is more time consuming because you have to watch the table for your target to "leave" the table. Typically, this method is less common because people dont generally want to wait for their target to leave the table because they have no idea when they'll be leaving. Still though, this is an effective strategy if you can manage to pull it off.
• Russian Roulette sniping. RR is a little more complicated cause most of the time, you'll want to play the other person so you know when you need to mug them. Of coarse, you'll have to morph out
• Estate agents selling market is a pretty good venue to farm. The sellers have to let their item be up for sale for long periods of time forcing them to not "pay close attention" when their property sells. You're looking for players that have been inactive for a while (even if their property up for sale is higher than market value).
• The auction house is pretty close to the same situation as the estate agents, except there is a definite end date of the auction. However, the sellers dont typically plan to stay online and bank their earnings which is what you're counting on. Either participate and buy the items, or watch the auctions expire and mug them afterwards.

Sniping your mugs can be very lucrative form of mugging, but generally is frowned upon and will likely result in a lot of enemies later on down the road. Not to mention, there are so many ways the target can protect themselves from trade muggings, it almost makes this strategy not worth it. This guy goes into much more detail into trade muggings if your interested in this strategy: Link

Hospital Visit

LOL, unfortunately my targets get picked off like this and i sometimes have to share a mug target. What people do with this strategy is they watch the hospital for any mugged target. I dont usually do this, but i have done it in the past with some lucky success. To make this strategy work, you have to be patient and stay vigilant with mugging before the other person mugs them. If you're going to try this strategy, make sure you mug the target 8-10 hours after they are released from the hospital. at 8-10 hours after the last mug, you'll still get 60-70% of the optimum mug amount BUT more importantly you will disrupt the other muggers routine. Now, either 1 of 2 things will happen once the other mugger notices his target isnt yielding what they normally do. 1) they either remove them as a routine target or 2) they figure out that they are sharing a mug target and try to disrupt your routine so that you back off. It all really depends on how much the mugged target yields that makes this strategy worth it.

Mugging Abroad

There are a few good spots to sit and wait for unsuspecting victims. (Flower/Plushie runners.....look away....)

Cayman Islands - The off shore banking system here yields some pretty high value mugs. Whether the target is there wanting to put money in or take money out, you could potentially get some money off them.If you pay attention to the player list and notice someone new show up, chances are good that they will have some money on them. Also, active people like be taking money out, and you have a chance at taking their hard earn "interest money". Patience is a virtue.

Switzerland - This is a pretty decent place to get some good mugs in. Most of the people here are for the rehab center, and the cost rehab isnt cheap. Those that land in Switz and havent had a chance to rehab yet, are the best targets to try for for 2 reasons. 1) they still have their rehab money on them and 2) they havent rehabbed yet meaning their stats are not at 100%. You might be able to take on more difficult players here, possibly yielding to better mugs.

South Africa - Hunting is profitable, not only for the people hunting, but for the muggers too! Most of the people that are staying in SA are there for 2 main reasons. 1) Xanax running or 2) hunting. If they are drug running, they will likely have 20mil+ on them ready for you to mug. If they are staying there to hunt, they could have good amount of steady cash on them from hunting. typically, those that there to hunt only are working towards merits (which isnt worth it imo, but some people want the award). They dont typically leave to bank their earnings, and each 150e hunt yields about 300-400k. It adds up over time, and you can mug it from them. Double Dipping! You can double dip with your money. Once you mug enough money to buy a xanax, do it! Once you hit your item limit, come back to TC and resell the xanax you "mugged for" and earn another 100k for each xanax you bought.

Forum Lurker

Another good strategy is to rummage through the forums (more specifically, the trading post/stock market forums) and look for potential targets. I have had some success with looking at threads where the target is wanting to buy items as opposed to selling them. I'd say its about a 10% of the time i make a good mug off people's buying threads.

Passive Aggressive Sniping

The idea behind this fairly identical to the sniping strategy except for one thing. You find a highly inactive player (doesn't matter how inactive, any of them will work so long as they don't log in a screw things up) that has lots of items up for sale in their bazaar. Simply buy their items and slowly mug all your money back off them all while selling off the items you bought from them to make that money back. There is no real strategy into finding these guys, but what i do is when i try to find targets using the Networth HOF/Inactive's strategy, if they are REALLY inactive (like 100+ days), I'll check out their bazaar. If they have items in there that are fairly close to market value (typically withing a 50% margin), i'll add them to my mug list for when i need to snipe mug people. It works especially well when you can buy about 200mil worth of junk (DP, Xanax, FHCs, ect. ); Stuff that sells really quickly. Of coarse, you'll want to avoid getting trade-mugged yourself when you sell off their items. If you are unfamiliar with ways to prevent people from trade-mugging you, check out this guide.

Tips and Tricks to Mugging

Here are few good tips and tricks to know before getting into mugging:



Make a Day of It

At least once or twice a month, dedicate all of your energy into finding new mug targets. Try to find/maintain 15 to 30 mug targets you mug on a daily basis. Go out scouring Torn for new targets by using some/all of the strategies listed above and get rid of some of your empty targets.

Goal Setting: Setting goals is a good way to figure out if you need to find new targets. For me, I like to earn at least $15,000,000 a day off mugging. If i dip below that, i know its time for me to start looking for fresh meat. And since i keep my blacklist organized, i know which targets to remove and which ones to keep.

Slow and Steady Takes the Cake

Most people think that muggers are those going out mugging the big bucks off a single person.This might happen, but VERY rarely. The average mug i farm (and yes, i said farm) is around 1-4mil per target. Yes, I've mugged someone for 200+mil, but i can tell you right now, that has never happened again. Every once in a while i'll get a mug thats over 20mil, but even thats extremely rare (unless if your sniping for your money).

Blacklist Organization

When your looking for potential mug targets and find a good one, add them to your blacklist with the amount you mugged from them as a description as well as any indicator words. See example below:

Name	Level	Status	Description
Target #1	67	Okay	Mug - 5.6mil mug
Target #2	17	Okay	Mug - 1.2mil mug - 2
Target #3	75	Okay	Mug - 8.4mil mug (tough/active)
Target #4	44	Hospital	Mug - 3.5mil mug (shared)

This is a cut-out from my blacklist. I've made notes in parenthesis about the target. "Tough" to me means they do some damage to me, and I'll hold off on mugging them later on to have more life for other mugs. "Active" to me means that they are active, but are still stupid enough to carry cash on hand. "Shared" to me means that another mugger has found my target and I must either do one of two things, mug them frequently to reduce the amount the other mugs get with respect to "mugging reduction" or if their yield amount isnt worth the time/effort, I just delete them off my blacklist and let the other mugger have them. There is plenty of fish in this sea. and lastly, i make note of how many times i've received less than my minimum limit of money i get from them. As listed above, Target #2 has a "- 2" at the end of their description. This to me means that i've mugged them twice now and didnt receive minimum amount mugged. Once more time, and i remove them from my blacklist and find a replacement.

Its a good idea to update the mug amount in your description every once in a while to keep the list updated. The main reason behind keeping track of how much you mug is help you prioritize you muggings. Of coarse, you'll want to mug the players that yield the most money first, and the ones that yield less at the end.

Set Your Limits

Once you've accumulated enough targets to mug (15-30), set yourself a minimum requirements to keep that target on your mug-list. My limitations are the following: (of coarse your's might be different, since based on what you want to set them at)

• If my last Three mugs were less than 1,000,000 dollars.
• If someone else is mugging the target and I cant snipe the target before my opponent does.
• If i lose a fight to my target more than 3 times. If a target is somewhat difficult to beat, you'll want to look at much your gaining from them. It may be worth while to prioritize your mugs on someone else.

If one of the above limitations have been reached, i simply remove the target from my blacklist and find a replacement.

Your Thoughts?

I want to know your experience/opinions in a response below! Can you answer one of the following questions for me?

• Do you have any questions after reading this guide? I'm not saying I'm a mugging guru, but i'm confident in what i posted above to be effective to those of you that are serious about mugging.
• Do you have any other strategies not outline above? Feel free to share them in this thread or mail me directly. If it's good enough, i can add it to the guide!
• Whats your most common strategy you use when looking for mug targets? I'm curious. [:cool:]
• What are your thoughts on trade mugging? I know this can be somewhat of a controversial topic, so im interested in what you guys think!
• Would you like to see other guides from me? I might be interested in writing a guide for stock market and gambling. but I'd like to do more research before writing anything on that.

Im not by any means an expert at this, but i know my way around enough to give advice i would say. Hope this was helpful to those of you interested in mugging!

~Jorgy



Edit: added a disclaimer and made some grammar edits

Edit: Added passive aggressive sniping strategy