UPDATE: July 13th 2026 - De-saltpetrification, other updates.

INTRODUCTION
This guide aims to cover most of everything related to Arson, the 13th crime in Torn's Crimes 2.0.
This crime is by far the most complex to date (yes even more than Scamming), with a lot of nuance and interlinked mechanisms that made making this guide a massive pain but also a lot of fun.

If you already know the basics just skip ahead, I'll try and keep everything organized for clarity's sake.
If you're just looking for advice on this crime, skip to the "Points Of Interest" section.

This is the fourteenth of my series of guides on Crimes 2.0, my other guides being
[Crimes 2.0] A Criminal Primer
[Crimes 2.0] Search For Cash: An In-Depth Guide
[Crimes 2.0] Bootlegging: An In-Depth Guide
[Crimes 2.0] Graffiti: An In-Depth Guide
[Crimes 2.0] Shoplifting: An In-Depth Guide
[Crimes 2.0] Pickpocketing: An In-Depth Guide
[Crimes 2.0] Card Skimming: An In-Depth Guide
[Crimes 2.0] Burglary: An In-Depth Guide
[Crimes 2.0] Hustling: An In-Depth Guide
[Crimes 2.0] Disposal: An In-Depth Guide
[Crimes 2.0] Cracking: An In-Depth Guide
[Crimes 2.0] Forgery: An In-Depth Guide
[Crimes 2.0] Scamming: An In-Depth Guide
Any and all feedback, corrections and new information is appreciated.

GLOSSARY:
CS = Crime Skill, your skill at doing the crime, shown at the top of the crime page.
Unique = Unique find, marked with a star under the "ATTEMPT" button, can only be found once.
Crit = Critical failure, leads to loss of CS and sometimes items, sometimes life, sometimes prison time.
Target = An arson job, defined by location and story. Affects flammability and rurality.
Area = Each flame on an arson target.
Accelerant = A combustible or comburent used for starting or strengthening a fire.
Saltpetre = Potassium Nitrate. Changed it in most of the guide but some images may still display the old name.

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FIRST STEPS (What you need to start)
Similar to Disposal and Forgery, Arson has a vast array of material components available, 15 in total, as well as a number of miscellaneous items used for particular jobs. You should aim to get a pair of each tool, and a couple hundred of each material (as long as it’s affordable)

ENHANCER
It increases CE & CS gains.


The Windproof Lighter is the enhancer for this crime. It increases CE & CS gains by 5%. It also replaces the standard Lighter, for the purposes of igniting and stoking. It is theorized to increase success rate in actions involving the Lighter, but this remains unconfirmed. It may be lost upon a critical failure.
Obtaining: Burglarize the Secluded Cabin (unique) 

TOOLS AND MATERIALS
There’s a total of 15 tools and materials available for Arson, as well as a bunch of random supplies used for a particular job requirement.

A spreadsheet with all of them and their sources can be found here.

ARSON 101 (The firestarter's cookbook)

(The arson interface with all the important components)

Arson is quite simple. You get a job, break into the target property, carefully place various accelerants, then light them up in a fiery blaze. The goal is fulfilling the client’s requests (which usually boil down to “just raze it entirely”) by starting a fire and tinkering with it over a small window of time. 

The crime is very reactive, so make sure you have at least 2-3 minutes of spare time and enough nerve to clear a job come hell or high water (I suggest 40+ until you know what you’re doing).

THE ACTIONS
There’s seven actions a player can perform during arson, most will be covered in separate sections but for a brief rundown:
– INQUIRE: Presents the lore for the target. This costs 0 nerve and only serves to preserve a target (more under “The Jobs”)
– BREACH: Access the target. This costs 3 nerve and may fail sometimes.
– PLANT EVIDENCE: Some jobs may have a “Plant Evidence” requirement which will prompt this action which costs 5 nerve and require a miscellaneous item (more under “The Jobs”).
– PLACE: Add starter fuels before ignition. This must be done at least once before ignition, costs 5N per attempt, and can be done repeatedly (more under “Starters”).
– IGNITE: Starts the fire, increasing intensity and momentum based on the starters placed. Costs 5 nerve and may fail depending on the accelerants placed and their amounts.
– STOKE: Adds fuel to the fire. Costs 5 nerve, with its failure rate varying depending on the accelerant used (more under “Stoking”).
– DAMPEN: Smothers the fire, reducing intensity and momentum. Costs 5 nerve, with its failure rate varying depending on the dampener used (more under “Dampening”).
– COLLECT: If the job is successful, you’ll get the option to collect your reward. Costs 2 nerve.

DESTRUCTION

(The destruction gauge progressing after ignition. Source: CloudJumper)

The main purpose of arson is causing damage to properties, the amount of damage caused is represented by the destruction gauge, showing a drawing of the property increasingly damaged as destruction increases, and a red bar that indicates progress to 100% destruction.

Destruction increases at a variable rate defined by the fire’s current intensity across all areas as well as the target’s flammability rating (more under “The Jobs”). Destruction will only increase until it meets intensity, at which point more fuel will need to be added for destruction to increase further.

Destruction rate will increase as intensity increases up to a cap based on the target’s flammability. To increase this cap, Thermite must be used as a starter or while stoking.

The amount of destruction required to clear a job will depend on the job’s specific requirements. Unless the job states otherwise, any amount of destruction will be considered a successful job, with the final payout varying according to the amount of destruction caused.

THE JOBS

(The components of a job, enumerated)

A job is composed of:
1) A location
2) A story
3) The current status of first responders
4) The destruction caused
5) The job’s specific requirements
6) The number of areas

Each day at new day TCT (00:00), a new batch of jobs will be generated. These jobs are synchronized for all players, meaning every player will have the same jobs available. However, some jobs will only be shown if your skill level is high enough, so players with lower skill may find themselves one or a few jobs short compared to someone with high skill.

Jobs not done within the day will time out, so it's strongly advised to do all jobs available every day.
Once all jobs for the day are finished, no more jobs will spawn until the next day, making this crime extremely time-gated by limiting the amount of crimes you can do every day.

PRESERVING JOBS
Jobs can be ‘preserved’ by interacting with them at least once, simply inquiring about them will prevent a job from despawning once the day ends. Any jobs preserved will carry over to the next day and will remain available until completed.

BEWARE: While you can preserve jobs and jobs preserved won’t stop new jobs from spawning, if a duplicate of a preserved job was to spawn that day, it’ll be completely blocked from spawning. Keep this in mind and try to clear preserved jobs as soon as possible.

There are hundreds of different jobs differentiated by their location and story. A job’s location will define flammability and rurality of the target as well as the number of areas, while a job’s story will define specific requirements and payout ranges.

FLAMMABILITY
A location’s flammability will affect the rate at which intensity and momentum grow, both when the fire is ignited and whenever you stoke it, as well as the maximum rate at which destruction increases. Flammability can be separated into five levels (what I refer to as ‘Flammability Rating’), with the lowest flammability targets taking as long as four minutes to fully destroy.

Flammability is quite easy to guess: Wooden, older buildings are more flammable than buildings made of concrete or metal.

RURALITY
A location’s rurality will affect both how long it takes for the fire to be reported, and how long it takes first responders to arrive once notified (I’ll refer to this time as ‘response time’ hereafter). More rural locations give you plenty of time to tweak and play around before you’re forcefully stopped, while less rural locations will force you to act quickly and/or use materials that attract less attention.

Same as with flammability, rurality can be assessed by intuition: Places with lots of people or business centers are less rural than remote or industrial places.

Paying attention to both of these metrics is important for some jobs where a high destruction percentage is desired. If response time is too low, some jobs that require total destruction might be impossible without the right combination of accelerants. A catalog of all known locations and their flammability/rurality can be found under "The Numbers".

AREAS

(Different area sizes and their priority order / enumeration)

As can be expected, some locations are bigger than others. This is represented by the flames shown to the side as depicted, with each flame representing an area. While flammability and rurality are more important when determining job difficulty, the number of areas can also make jobs harder to complete, needing additional accelerants.

Each area tracks destruction caused independently, so for total destruction all areas must reach maximum intensity and stay there long enough for destruction to catch up. A more detailed explanation on destruction can be found in the previous section.

Most accelerants are applied to the “main area”, normally the left-centermost area, with some intensity and momentum being applied to secondary and ternary areas based on the accelerant’s spread. Gaseous accelerants have the highest spread, while solid ones have the lowest.

Accelerants placed as starter materials will receive a 25% boost to their spread.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
While most jobs won’t have any requirements, some will. The requirements can range from “keep damage below this amount” to “make sure everyone in the city can see this blaze”. For successful completion, all requirements must be fulfilled. Failing any of the requirements will fail the job, preventing you from collecting a reward.

Icon	Requirement	Details
	Insurance claim	Suspicion must be kept low, use low suspicion accelerants like Oxygen, Potassium Nitrate and Kerosene, or use Methane to remove suspicion.
	Total destruction	Destruction must reach 100%
	Minimum damage / More than X% damage	Destruction must go past X% (reaching X% is fine)
	Maximum damage / Less than X% damage	Destruction must NOT go past X% (reaching X% is fine)
	Damage range	Destruction must be between X% and Y% (both %s are inclusive)
	Plant evidence	A miscellaneous item must be placed in advance. This will vary depending on the job.
	Specific accelerant	Accelerants of a type different from the one specified will fail the job. If the requirement is “Specific accelerant : Gaseous”, then only Oxygen, Methane, and Hydrogen may be used. Igniters and dampeners are allowed regardless.
	Accidental cause	Same as insurance but less strict, keep suspicion low by using Oxygen, Potassium Nitrate, etc.
	Highly suspicious	Opposite of accidental cause, suspicion must be high. Using Gasoline and Magnesium is recommended.
	High visibility	Visibility must be high. Using Magnesium and Diesel is recommended.

Jobs will also have a motive. Currently it is not known if these have any bearing on the job in any capacity, but it's theorized they're only for flavor.

THE FIRE
The main mechanic of arson is the fire. You want this to grow big and strong, and as such you want to feed it all the necessary nutrients for it.

The fire is composed of two main stats: Intensity, and Momentum, as well as two secondary stats: Suspicion, and Visibility.

INTENSITY

(Intensity, from 0 (unignited) to 11 (max intensity), from left to right)
Intensity represents how strongly the flames are burning and how much of the target they cover. It limits how much damage the target can sustain, and at high intensity will affect how fast emergency services will be dispatched as well as the potential of accidents while stoking/dampening.

Intensity increases at a linear rate based on any existing momentum, and decays at a fixed rate of 0.2 per second when no momentum remains. Stoking the fire with any accelerant or igniter will increase intensity, with different accelerants increasing it differently.

The target’s average intensity is represented by the background color of the fire, with yellow being the lowest, and red being maximum intensity. It is strongly advised not to stoke or dampen a fire at red intensity, since this is very likely to result in a crit.

Different areas will track intensity independently, with a max of 100 for each. If one area reaches max intensity, any excess intensity applied to it will spill over to adjacent areas. Similarly, if you find your fire struggling to reach 100% destruction, it usually means that one of the areas is struggling to reach max intensity. Gaseous accelerants and the Molotov Cocktail can be useful for such situations.

MOMENTUM
Momentum represents unburned fuel. It is consumed at a linear rate depending on the target’s flammability, and only increases when stoking. Liquid accelerants give the most momentum, followed closely by solid accelerants, while gaseous accelerants give the least momentum.

Momentum is represented by the movement of the flames, the more they jump around, the more momentum there is. It is recommended to wait for momentum to die down before stoking a fire since any remaining momentum can lead to accidents (picture this: you run in with a gas can, pour it out to stoke the fire, and accidentally ignite a puddle of gas you’re inadvertently standing on, this is Not Good™).

Like intensity, each area tracks momentum independently, with liquid accelerants applying a bit everywhere, solid ones applying a lot to the main area, and gaseous ones applying a little to the main area. Secondary areas will often struggle to gain momentum, so accelerants like Diesel and the Molotov Cocktail can be helpful in targets with a lot of areas that are struggling to light up.

The way momentum spreads is the most interesting: If momentum is at 4 or below, adjacent areas will maintain their momentum, with only the main area going down. If momentum is above 4, adjacent areas will see their momentum increase proportionally to the momentum in the main area. Using accelerants like Kerosene to reach very high momentum can make all areas in a target hit maximum momentum very quickly, at which point you can keep the fire topped up with just Hydrogen.

Using this trick can let you clear total destruction jobs with ease when paired with a bit of Magnesium, so keep it in mind.

SUSPICION
Suspicion reflects how likely people are to believe this fire was done intentionally. All accelerants except Methane will increase suspicion by different amounts.

Suspicion is only relevant for “Accidental cause”, “Insurance claim”, and “Suspicious fire” jobs, the first two needing low suspicion and the last one, high suspicion.

For each accelerant’s suspicion increase, refer to the following image.

(Suspicion increase by material used)

Be aware that the 'suspicion limit' will vary according to location and job requirement. Insurance claim jobs have the lowest suspicion limit, while accidental cause jobs have more lenient caps. Likewise, the limit varies according to target size, with bigger targets having a higher suspicion cap.

Generally, if doing insurance claim jobs, it's safe to assume that the suspicion limit will be 3 times the number of areas, with a few exceptions.

VISIBILITY
Visibility is straightforward: How visible is the fire. The more visible it is, emergency services will be dispatched sooner. Bear in mind this is the time before they start approaching the target, and NOT their response time.

Outside of its effect on firefighters, visibility is only relevant for the “High visibility” requirement.

Currently, only Diesel, Magnesium Shavings and the Flamethrower increase visibility. There is no known way of reducing visibility.

To successfully clear a “High visibility” job, at least four of any of the previously mentioned accelerants must be used. Dropping three cans of Diesel then igniting with a Flamethrower is the easiest way, but you can also just stoke multiple times with the flamethrower.

FIRESTARTING (I’m a fire starter, twisted fire starter)
Right, you’ve picked a job, you’ve inquired about it and breached the target. This is where the fun begins.

Firestarting consists of two stages: Placing starter fuels, and igniting them. Simple enough.

STARTERS
There’s nine accelerants that can be used as starters, though early on only Gasoline will be available. While every accelerant has a “safety rating” stated in its description, when used as starters these vary wildly.

All accelerants placed as starters receive a 25% increase to their spread. This is useful for targets with many areas, and especially relevant for liquid accelerants like Gasoline and Diesel.

LIQUID STARTERS
— Liquid starters are usually the best, lowest risk option. They increase momentum across all areas, helping the fire reach high intensity early on, and don’t often crit unless using a lot or paired with other starters.
— Liquid starters can be paired with each other for specific targets, or with solid starters to make the best use of intensity overflow. Diesel works particularly well on this front since it lowers crit rate on ignition.
— It is recommended to use plenty of liquid starters for most fires, up to the number of areas + 1 to a maximum of 5. Anything higher than that will start increasing crit rate (except Diesel).

SOLID STARTERS
— Solid starters are a solid option (heh) for small targets with 3 areas or less. They pair excellently with liquid starters, making the most of intensity overflow to help all areas reach maximum intensity quickly.
— It’s recommended to avoid using solid starters on their own, or paired with gaseous starters, since both lead to increased risk of critical failures.
— You should avoid using more than one solid accelerant unless paired with Diesel. Two solids on their own or paired with anything other than Diesel increase crit rate dramatically.
— Target size matters a lot for solid starters, being a very poor choice for size 1 targets, but remarkably safe for size 4-5 ones.

GASEOUS STARTERS
— Gaseous accelerants are usually not a great option. They have a high spread by default, so the extra spread from being a starter serves little purpose.
— For small and big targets, using 2 gaseous starters will usually lead to intermediate intensity in all areas, and using 3 will lead to maximum intensity in all areas. That said, using 2 or more will increase crit rate accordingly.
— If used as a starter, it’s recommended to save Methane for last since it removes accumulated suspicion.
— Gaseous starters don’t play particularly well with anything else except Diesel. It’s better to use them for stoking instead. Hydrogen is the only exception to this, being best employed as a starter.

The amount of starters used and their types will determine the fire’s initial intensity and momentum upon ignition, as well as ignition’s crit rate. It’s generally recommended to avoid using more than 5 starters at once.

IGNITION
Once at least one starter is placed, you’ll have the option to ignite the target. There’s exactly three options for ignition:
– The Lighter is the simplest option, with its crit rate depending on the number of accelerants used. It doesn't have a significant effect on intensity or momentum.
– The Molotov Cocktail is an option unlocked at CS30, with a base chance of critting. It’s less dependent on the number of accelerants employed. Igniting with a Molotov will cause the initial momentum to be higher, akin to an extra Gasoline.
– The Flamethrower is the third option for ignition. It's riskier and quite volatile, adding a random amount of intensity and momentum when employed. Very good for High Visibility jobs.

If ignition succeeds, the fire will start and you’ll be able to start managing it. Ignition can lead to a soft fail (failing to start the fire) when a small amount of fuel is used, and a crit fail (which starts the fire regardless) when too much fuel is used.

FIRE MANAGEMENT (It’s burning, now what?)
Once you get the fire going, you’ll want to keep it going, or maybe even stomp it out in some cases. For that, you’ll have the options to stoke and dampen the fire.

STOKING
Once the fire has started, you’ll have the option to stoke the target, adding additional fuel or igniting smaller areas. While most accelerants are safe as starters, they can become extremely dangerous when stoking, so exercising caution is strongly advised.

The following illustration depicts each of the 9 accelerants and their impact on intensity and momentum, as well as other useful information.

Things to note:
– The intensity percentage shown is the base intensity increase for an accelerant applied while stoking a fire in the main area before other effects like flammability or Potassium Nitrate/Oxygen’s specials are applied. When used as starters, lower intensity by 20% and increase spread by 25%.
– The spread percentage shows how much of the intensity applied will also be applied to secondary areas if any are present. Ternary areas will receive even less, so keep this in mind for size 4-5 targets.
– While liquids and solids have about the same momentum, liquids having higher spread will also apply momentum to secondary/ternary areas, whereas solids will only apply momentum to the main area.

One may also stoke with igniters like the Lighter or Molotov Cocktail. 

The Lighter will provide a very small increase in intensity (2.5%) and momentum, making it great for fine-tuning small fires while trying to reach a specific intensity value.

The Molotov Cocktail will provide a moderately high increase in intensity (17.5%) and momentum to the area with the lowest intensity. That said, intensity and momentum will only increase as high as whatever the intensity/momentum in the main area are. If there’s no momentum, then no additional momentum will be added.

Finally, the Flamethrower will provide a random increase in intensity and momentum across all areas, but is also the riskiest choice. If you have to, use it early on when the fire is still small.

DAMPENING
While for most jobs you want to destroy everything, some require a more controlled approach. For this, you have three options to dampen the fire, reducing its intensity and momentum.

The Blanket is the cheapest method available (since it’s not lost upon use), but also the most dangerous. It’ll lower intensity by about 25% regardless of the target’s flammability, and will crit very often at low skill. Expect one crit roughly every 5 attempts, improving as your skill goes up.

Sand is the second option available unlocked at CS60. Twice as effective and half as risky as the Blanket, one of my friends likes it so it seems pretty good.

(Picture of a nondescript goose appreciating sand)

The Fire Extinguisher is the last dampener available, unlocked at CS90. It seems about as effective as Sand but safer to use (and triple the cost).

Worthy of note is that all dampeners seem to provide "negative momentum", so once momentum dies down and intensity starts decaying, it'll decay faster than usual and increasingly faster as time passes. This might come in handy if you're in a hurry and can't be bothered to wait for first responders to arrive. Speaking of which...

FIRST RESPONDERS

(Animation showing first responders en route at different progress levels)

The main limiting factor in arson isn’t just the nerve cost or the accelerants available to you, but rather the time constraint imposed by first responders.

Once the fire is ignited, after a random amount of time affected by rurality and visibility, first responders will be dispatched. Depending on the location’s rurality, they’ll take more or less time to arrive. The siren icon in the middle represents the current first responders status, blinking faster the closer they get to the target.

First responders’ response has five levels, highlighted by the light beams around the siren, going up at every 20% mark of the total response time. The higher the response level, the higher the risk to be jailed when stoking/dampening.

Once first responders arrive, they’ll start putting out the fire, blocking all further actions. Destruction may keep increasing until intensity/momentum are decreased enough.

First responders will increase the natural decay rate of intensity from 0.2%/second to 1%/second. Using Magnesium Shavings will halve this decay rate, stacking multiplicatively for every unit of Magnesium used. This can be useful for low rurality targets that require total destruction.

Using multiple units of Magnesium and keeping momentum high when firefighters arrive can let the fire remain at max intensity for a very long time.

COLLECTING
Finally, once the fire’s put out, whether it’s by firefighters or by natural decay, you’ll know the job’s status.

If all requirements are fulfilled, you’ll be able to collect your reward. The payout will vary according to the exact job requirements and the destruction caused, with destruction acting as a direct multiplier on the final reward. A 10% variance will be applied to the final reward, so don’t be surprised if you get less money than your friend even with a bit more destruction.

There's a few simple rules that determine the payout based on the job's requirements:
— 'Maximum Damage' jobs' payout is directly proportional to the damage done. If the target is 25% and you did 22%, you'll receive 88% of the top reward.
— 'Minimum Damage' jobs will always pay out the maximum reward regardless of damage done.
— 'Damage Range' and 'Total Destruction' jobs will, likewise, pay out the full reward upon completion.
— Jobs with no damage requirements will see their payout multiplied by the destruction caused. 90% destruction = 90% payout.
And, like stated before, these values will then be increased/decreased by another 10% randomly.

POINTS OF INTEREST
CRIME SKILL GAIN
Each of arson’s actions gives a different amount of CS when performed. Knowing these multipliers will let you maximize your daily CS gain.

Note, that the actions for placing fuel, stoking and dampening suffer diminishing returns in terms of CS gain. This is to prevent people from grinding CS by repeatedly stoking/dampening a fire or placing an endless amount of fuel in the same job without igniting.

Overall, you don’t want to do the same action more than 3 times if you can help it. Starting with a small fire and then stoking/dampening a couple of times will usually lead to faster CS gain.

Something to note is that due to these diminishing returns, the CS lost upon a crit will go down accordingly. This is useful to know if you intend on using arson for self-hospitalization purposes. To minimize CS loss, it’s recommended to repeatedly stoke the fire with low intensity accelerants, and once the fire is at max, start throwing risky accelerants like Gasoline. Note that at max skill, crits rarely happen, so don't be too reliant on arson for that.

THE EFFICIENT PATH
This approach minimizes nerve cost but takes longer due to the daily nature of this crime.

Start the fire with plenty of accelerant, I like to do 1 Gasoline/Diesel per area + 1 solid depending on the exact target. For more efficiency, use exactly one accelerant rather than multiple. Outside of certain job requirements, this fully maximizes nerve efficiency.

If you have to stoke, only do so if the job requires it. For insurance jobs, stoking with Methane at the end usually makes the job succeed, especially if you used Kerosene+Potassium Nitrate as starter. For total destruction jobs, if the target’s size 3 or lower, stoking with Potassium Nitrate near the end usually is enough to reach total destruction, while for size 4 and above, you may be forced to throw some Diesel, Oxygen, or Molotovs.

You want to limit the amount of actions you take as much as possible, placing fewer starters and stoking/dampening sparingly. This is because collecting gives the most CS, so your goal here is getting to collect the payout while using as little nerve as possible.

This approach is recommended if you’re not willing to drink premium alcohol, don’t work for a company that provides nerve, and/or you're working on other crimes while doing arson.

For even more efficiency, skip jobs that demand multiple accelerants altogether. Things like total destruction, high suspicion/visibility, and minimum damage jobs can force you to use multiple accelerants for a successful clear. Skipping them will save you some nerve and optimize CS gain per nerve spent.

THE FAST PATH
This approach focuses on daily CS gain, but consumes far more nerve.

Start the fire with just a little accelerant, a single can of liquid fuel. You can use more if the job demands it, like adding a solid or extra fuel for total destruction jobs.

You want to stoke and dampen as much as possible while considering diminishing returns. 3-6 stokes and dampens per target is your goal. 

If the target is size 2 or bigger, this will be even easier: Once you ignite the target, wait five seconds for momentum to die down and immediately dampen. This will put out the secondary area, repeat for each area but DON’T dampen the main one. Stoke with a liquid afterwards (I personally prefer Diesel for this), and once again, dampen each area except the main one. You want to do this until you’ve dampened 3-6 times.

At this point, you want to keep stoking until the target’s goals are achieved or you’ve stoked 3-6 times.

Dampening a secondary area with low intensity has a low crit rate compared to dampening the main area, this is why you want to do this for bigger targets.

If the target is size 1, avoid dampening altogether — It’ll likely crit you. Instead, stoke a few times with any accelerant, even the Lighter works if the goal requires damage below a certain %. You won’t get as much CS from these, but it’s better than risking a crit.

This approach consumes a lot of nerve, requiring you to be in companies like pubs to make it work. If you’re struggling with nerve but want to use this path, limit yourself to 2 placements, 2 stokes and 2 dampens. The bottom line is doing each action at least a few times to make the most of diminishing returns for every target.

Intentionally failing some uniques so you can keep grinding them for days on end is an option if you intend to follow this approach. It'll let you do more jobs per day than normal, increasing your daily CS gain further. Make sure you only omit accelerants that aren't as important, or bigger jobs, like Molotov, Kerosene, Thermite, and Sand.

THE UNIQUES
There’s a total of 16 uniques, and unlike other crimes, these uniques are focused entirely on progression.

4 uniques will unlock contacts. These contacts will let new, higher paying jobs appear.

12 uniques will unlock materials to be used for arsonism.

Uniques in arson work in a particular way.
They’re received once the associated job is completed. There’s no randomness here, soon as you clear it you get it.

If you happen to fail a unique job, you’ll get to do it on the next respawn cycle. Uniques will keep respawning each day until obtained, being a potential source of additional daily CS for those trying to speedrun arson.

THE MERITS
Just like all other crimes so far, this crime has three honor bars native to it, and all the medals pertaining to its category.

Reaching CS100 will grant one the Hotshot honor bar.

Using all igniters, accelerants and dampeners at least once will grant one the Arsonal honor bar.

Since the last accelerant is unlocked at CS90, you’ll need to reach this skill level before getting it. Other than that, it’s fairly easy to get.

Destroying a size 5 target in 30 seconds or less will grant one the Cooking With Gas honor bar.

 
Due to flammability, one cannot achieve this merit without using Thermite, so the first requirement is reaching CS50.

Once that’s achieved and you find a size 5 target to do, you just need to burn it down. Depending on the target’s flammability you’ll need more or less Thermite, but for most cases 5 will do the trick. Pair that with your accelerant of choice (I suggest Kerosene) and be ready with a Molotov or some Oxygen if intensity in the ternary areas refuses to hit 100%. You’ll receive the merit as soon as the fire dies down, regardless of whether you clear it successfully or not.

THE SCRIPTS
This crime like many others has a lot of userscripts developed by the community to make it easier to tackle and maximize profits. This is a small section to highlight them.

Note: As I'm not the developer, I can't declare these scripts as completely safe. Install them at your own discretion.

Rurality and flammability helper - KingLouisCLXXII [ 2070312 ]

[ LINK ]

Simple script that displays each target's rurality and flammability. Useful if you don't wanna follow a step-by-step guide for each job but could use the QoL of having those values on screen.

Arson Bang for Buck - Para_Thenics [ 2875067 ]

[ ORIGINAL ] [ NETH'S PATCH ]

Provides a guide on how to clear each job and highlights them based on how profitable they are. Good for maximizing income.

The Arsonist's Ledger -  Yukio [ 906148 ] 

[ LINK ]

A fork of the Bang for Buck script made after the original dev went inactive.

THE NUMBERS
Running into some issues with data processing so these parts will remain pending for a while longer sadly.
STARTER RISK BREAKDOWN
Todo

STOKING RISK BREAKDOWN
Todo

TARGET REFERENCE SHEET
Todo: Add payout information.

Quick reference sheet.
Contains location, rurality and flammability.

Full target reference.
Contains all information about specific targets.

ACCELERANT INTENSITY BREAKDOWN
Todo (just missing Flamethrower data atm)