Faction Chaining

A chain is a shared faction attack counter. Land successful hits close enough together and the counter climbs. Longer chains apply a respect multiplier and pay flat bonus hits at milestones. That respect funds faction upgrades. In ranked wars, chaining is also how most war score gets made.

1. Warm-up: 10 successful attacks within 5 minutes.
2. Once the chain reaches 10, each later hit must land within a 5-minute window. A successful hit resets that timer and adds one to the counter.
3. If nobody hits for five minutes, the chain breaks and enters cooldown.
4. Cooldown rate (wiki): 6 seconds per hit already made. Example: break at 100 → 600 seconds (10 minutes) to fully cool. Attacks during cooldown do not extend or restart that chain.

• A successful attack on anyone not in your own faction counts (Leave, Mug, Hospitalize, etc.).
• Only full members contribute. Mid-chain joins wait out 72-hour Recruit status first.

There are 13 designated bonuses. Each pays a flat respect amount. FF, war, retal, Warlord, and similar multipliers do not apply on these hits. Your faction must unlock each tier with permanent respect before that bonus is available (full unlock table under Reference).

• Leadership usually calls who takes the bonus. Do not hospitalize the designated victim early.
• In ranked wars, the bonus hit generally must land inside the enemy faction or the milestone is wasted for war scoring.

Every successful hit on a non-faction target earns respect. Normal hits combine the factors below. Bonus hits ignore these and pay only the flat amount.

Fair Fight (FF) is one of those factors: a 1× to 3× multiplier from relative battle stats. Roughly ~75%+ of your total stats vs the target → full 3×. Weaker targets → closer to 1×. Anyone above the 1000th-highest battle-stat score also grants full 3×. Aim for FF 3.0 when you can land the hit reliably.

• Goal: highest respect per energy you can land reliably. Check faction chain / recent attacks for FF and respect per hit.
• Build a hit list before a long chain. Rank by how hard they are for you.
• Mission targets you can beat are often excellent FF sources.
• Faction spy notes and FFScouter help filter range, activity, hospital, and travel.
• Stay in your range. Farming down enemies meant for weaker teammates steals their targets unless leadership clears it.

Serious chains and wars expect a full 1,000 energy stack when ordered. Same Xanax ladder as war prep: ~1.5-2 days / 4× Xanax to ~1000e. Detail: Ranked wars and Rehab.

1. Start from empty (or nearly empty) energy.
2. Xanax (+250 energy) → wait drug cooldown (random 6-8 hours; faction perks do not shorten drug CD) → repeat.
3. Four clean doses from empty → 1,000 if you spend nothing between.
4. Plan ~1.5-2 days so an OD (~day-long drug CD) does not erase go-time.
5. Optional: Vicodin on leadership’s clock shortly before start - only if they want it (+25% all battle stats while active).

• Always check faction chat / Discord before dumping energy.
• Hold - stop and wait. Usually when near a bonus.
• Call hits - members announce / leadership assigns order; the chain leader assigns the bonus.
• Hitting through a Hold can waste a bonus. If the timer is about to die and chat is silent, ping a watcher - do not guess.

• If leadership calls inside only, outside hits waste energy.
• Do not take a bonus outside. Check the target’s faction near a milestone.
• Full war prep: Ranked wars for beginners.
• Territory wars can chain too; wiki war 2× only applies if the opponent is on their wall.

Full bonus respect table and faction unlock costs from the Chain wiki. Unlocking mid-chain does not break the active chain.

1. Read faction chain / war orders for today.
2. Confirm you are past Recruit status if you just joined.
3. Stack if ordered (~1.5-2 days / 4× Xanax to ~1000e); clear drug CD before go-time.
4. Have a target list; check chat for Hold / Call hits before every dump.
5. Leave by default; hosp / mug only on call. Near bonuses, wait for the assigned hitter.
6. If AFK: turtle / self-hosp so you do not leak respect.

• Torn wiki - Chain
• Pasta-Man - WAR & Chaining Guide