The "Knights" quick and easy tutorial to 40 nerve.

Reminder: Being as active as you can be makes this tutorial move so much faster. If you are on for a large portion of the day you can do this quite quick. If you only log in once or twice a day it can still take you forever.

Reminder: This will require a drivers license and a gas can so start the drivers license class as your 3rd class at the least and either scour the points market getting cheap points, buy 2 DPs for points or have a friend lend you a gas can when the time comes.

Reminder: "At least" in all of these means... For everyone 1 you fail add 5 more. If I say do "at least" 50 of something and you fail one, do 55 of them. The 50 plus the 5 more because you failed one. Or the 60 for the 50 and the 2 you failed. You get the idea. Fail means red. A brown does not count as doing one but does not count as a fail. Also giving money to the hobo does count as a fail. If you have to pay him, you have to do 5 more.

Reminder: Bust at least 3 people per day, with success, not 3 fails, 3 busted. Aim for people in that are your level or lower and in for the time of a failed bust, 1 hour 40 minutes, or less.

(Crime total 0 - Welcome to a world of crime)
2 Nerve crimes.
Do about 50 2 nerve crimes.

(Crime total 50 - Now for something with a little risk)
3 Nerve crimes.
Do at least 50 3 nerve crimes, you can stick to just rock CDs, thats fine.

(Crime total 100 - Now it is time for your first visit to jail. Did you remember your soap on a rope.)
4 Nerve crimes.
Note: You will most likely visit the jail for the first time while doing these. Don't worry it is not the end of the world, we are all criminals here.
Steal at least 20 Chocolates.
Move up a level.
Steal at least 20 Bon Bons.
Move up a level.
Steal at least 20 Extra Strong Mints.
Move up a level.
Steal at least 20 Music CDs.
Move up a level.
Steal at least 20 CD Players.
Move up a level.
Steal at least 20 DVD Players.
Move up a level.
Steal at least 20 Blank CDs.
Move up a level.
Steal at least 20 Hard Drives.
Move up a level.
Steal at least 20 Tank tops.
Move up a level.
Steal at least 20 Trainers.
Move up a level.
Steal at least 20 Jackets.
Time to move up a level again as you will NOT be visiting the jewelry shop. To hard right now.

(Crimes total 320 - Now to mug some people that really don't need their money anyway.)
5 Nerve crimes.
Mug the bum 30 times.
Move up a level.
Mug the kid 50 times.
Move up a level.
Mug the old lady 50 times.
Move up a level.
Mug the business man 150 times.
Move up a level.
We are skipping the lawyer because he is out defense lawyer and you do not mug the guy that defends you.
Mug Tim the loan shark over and over because he is a criminal too. At least 500 time for Tim.

(Crime total 1100 - You are a pro now. Get a gun and lets get moving.)
7 Nerve crimes.
Note: We skipped the 6 nerve ones but don't worry you are ready for armed robberies as long as you have a gun.
Rob the Swift Sweetshop at least 200 times.
Move up a level.
Rob the Thorough Sweetshop at least 1300 times. Yes, 1300 times. This is your bread & butter when it comes to nerve.

Note: When you are done with that you should have at the very worst a 30 nerve bar and if you have been doing some nice bust maybe even a 35. Either way, your 30 will be close to 35.

Note: The next crime we will be skipping again. With that in mind... NEVER do the 8 nerve crime unless you are going back for them to get the easy merits. I lost my 40 nerve bar dozens of times when I went back to get the merits. 8 Nerve crimes are a killer for nerve.

(Crime total 2600 - Now you have that newly minted 2500 thefts merit to go with your gun so get a stealth virus and have some fun.)

Note: From here on we are no longer playing by numbers we are playing by a feel. Your next crime on the way up is going to be stealth virus and your crime after that is going to be warehouse arson so if you do not have your gas can and drivers license already make sure you get it while doing your stealth virus crimes so you are ready when the time comes.

9 Nerve crimes.
Stealth virus is all that matters and should be the only one you are doing. It has no red at all but plenty of browns. Now we are playing by feel here and no longer by numbers. If you are not hitting at least 3 out of 4 stealth go back to thorough warehouse for another 250 then try again. When you are getting them at a rate of at least 9 out of 10 with success for 2 days it is time to try the next move. (I went until I had 500 stealth. I had also tried 1 of each of the others, but that is not needed.)

(Crime total 3100 - Lets burn some shit down, its fun.)

Note: We are skipping again, this time assassinations get the pass, they are good, but not needed if you have done everything right.

Note: Get a nice stash of morphines and make sure you always have them on you. This baby puts you in the hospital not jail so no one is going to bust you out, you have to morph your own way out.

11 Nerve crimes.
Go right for the warehouse, that baby burns great. If you are failing anything more then 1 per 15 go back to thorough robberies for another 250 or stealth virus for 250. Once you have your grove on you should be doing them at a clip of 1 fail per 30 at worst.

Welcome to the world of the 40 nerve bar. I got mine after 500 arsons. 531 to be exact.


Here are my crime stats when I was working my way up to that, you should have a quicker time as I played around some while doing it to make money and test out other crimes. My playing helped me formulate this patten that will get you there quick. More then a few friends started and went by it and had their 40s before I did.

Selling illegal products 58
Theft 3779
Auto theft 371
Drug deals 8
Computer crimes 639
Murder 383
Fraud crimes 531
Other 496
Total 6265

People busted: 566

If done to the best it can be done, this will get you your 40 nerve is as little as 88 days. That is based on perfect math. Not failing anything and adding more busts can lower that number but in reality knowing that you will fail sometimes you can figure about double that time to be on the safe side. 176 days should be reasonable. I got mine in a little over 200, but you can see I played with other crimes as well so getting it in under 200 or even under 150 is very reasonable.

Note: Why do I want the 40 nerve bar you might ask? Well I can do all the crimes no problem with mine. With that in mind, I can make over 3M per day with my 40 if I get lucky and over 1M per day even on a bad day. Isn't it worth the effort to get to that point?

Hope this helps some people with at least the idea behind building nerve. I will update it when I can if I have more info.

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Steps

1. Go to www.TornCity.com and then create an account.
2. Join Woody's Work Out Club, located under Local Gym in the newspaper.
3. Visit the Job list in the newspaper and get a job at a Casino. Change your profession to Medical, once your working stats are enough. After you become a brain surgeon, you can quit and get a job in the army where you can then spy on other players.
4. Train your stats at 55% speed 25% dex 20% strength. (For help, visit the personal trainer)
5. Search for money under the bridge, 30 times successfully.
6. Do 100 of each crime, before you move to the next one.
7. Join a faction with a good amount of respect, which shows how active the members are, with high chains which shows that they're organised for war and provide weapons and good pay.
8. Buy a Donator pack for a 150 energy bar, to increase your battle stats faster.
9. Do the missions located in the city to earn more money.

Factions, Warring & Attacking

1. Remember to include your battle stats when joining a faction or your application will be declined.
2. Join a good faction and be very active in Organised Crimes/OCs.
3. If the surrender fee is insane, bargain carefullym if not abandon the faction & create a new one after a week.
4. Hospitalising a targeted faction only increases your faction's respect.
5. The 'faction war base' (which is coloured red) is located above faction announcements.
6. It's best not to attack other players until you're Level 5.
7. Do not attack other players in stronger factions or your faction will be chained.
8. Do not create a faction too early as you cant manage it, get experience in other factions.

Equipments

1. Buy a chainsaw as your first piece of equipment, and there is no point in buying armour if you do not train your defence..

Jobs & Educations

1. Choose Casino as your first job, then Medical second once you have enough Intelligence for maximum cash.
2. Later, you can choose to join the Army later to spy on enemy battle stats.
3. Do not race until you have a 'driving license' or you'll crash.

Buying & Selling

1. Be careful when buying at the Item Market. Some things are way overpriced.
2. Xanax is a profitable item to sell. Can be obtained overseas.

Cars like the BMW Z8 and GT40 are hot in demand due to the new racing feature. They can be sold at auctions for a high price.

3. Once you have completed the necessary education courses you can program a virus and sell it for cash. Stealth virus is most wanted and requires 100 days of programming. Just steal or buy a personal computer and choose to 'Turn On'.
4. Hard to get items like gas can and Yasukuni swords can be sold for millions!
5. Remember to check info to see its original price to prevent getting cheated.

Getting Cash

1. Complete all missions for a lot of cash (Guides & cheats to the mission are at [1]).
2. You can bust players out of jail for cash.
3. You can find free items if you visit the City often enough.
4. Join a well-paying company. You will gain less working stats doing this.
5. Hunting in Africa is a waste of time. You get lots of cash but your stats will be neglected in the process.
6. Morphines are very sought after in the game so put them up in auctions for a high price.
7. You can sell points for cash unless you want to use it at the points building.
8. Never use merits to get cash, it isn't worth it.

Points & Merits

1. NEVER use a single merit without thinking twice or you'll regret it.
2. ALWAYS vote twice a week to obtain 'points' which could be later sold or used.
3. Points can be used to refill energy bars or get other stuff at the Points Building.
4. Slap yourself hard if you used merits for cash, buyable items or to increase life.

Marriage

1. You can find a gold ring in Cars or Apartments when doing larceny or buy it from an auction. You can then propose to someone to be your lifelong partner.
2. Get married early with an active player to gain merits periodically.
3. Get married so that you can share the cost for the house.
4. You will lose the house if you file for divorce (unless you marry yourself, divorce away!)

Training, Crimes & Job

1. The power of your weapons must correspond with your level or you'll miss hitting the target.
2. There is an invisible XP bar so keep in mind that failing an attack or being jailed will lower your experience.

Levels aren't important

1. Only your stats reflect how strong you are.
2. The higher the 'nerve bar', the more difficult the crime you can do.
3. Do a crime too difficult and you'll be jailed or hospitalised.
4. Change gyms when you're Level 10.
5. Donator packs provide multiple benefits.
6. Always take part in 'education courses' for a quick increase in stats.

Net Etiquette

1. The new rules mean that the only curse words you are allowed to use are 'ass' 'damn' and 'hell'.
2. Do not use l33t or txt lingo as it pisses people off & you might get attacked.

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