Territory Wars

Territories are blocks on the city map that factions own for daily respect (and sometimes a racket). Fighting over them is a territory war: one shared wall both sides contest. This is not the same system as a ranked war.

• New presence starts on the outskirts (sector 7). From there factions claim / assault adjacent blocks.
• With no territories yet, you can start only one assault (on a sector 7 block).
• You need at least 10 members, and free room in faction Territory upgrades (control cap scales with upgrades, up to 17 territories).
• Held territories pay daily respect. Racket territories also pay a daily resource.
• Lose or abandon your last territory → 72 hours before claiming sector 7 again. Lose a war on a block → 72 hours before you can assault that same block again. Extra 90-day / 72-hour rules apply on the live map.

When a territory is assaulted, one shared wall appears (5-30 slots depending on the territory). Both factions fight over the same slots.

• Every second a member spends on the wall scores 1 for their faction.
• Assault pushes that score toward 50,000 × slots (so 250,000-1,500,000) within 72 hours.
• Defend spends time on the wall to pull the score back toward 0 and run out the clock.
• Join an empty slot for 5 energy. Fastest theoretical win cited on the wiki: 14 hours (full wall scoring nonstop).
• War starts with strongest available defenders auto-joined onto the wall.

• Members who joined the faction after the war started cannot join that wall.
• Hitting someone on the wall is a war hit → 2× respect (Chaining).
• Assaults can end early with a peace treaty (trade between members with territory permissions).
• Empty slots score for nobody. A weak body on the wall still costs a full attack (~25e) to clear and still ticks score.

There is no coded Alliance system. When players say alliance, neighbor, or NAP, they mean an informal deal between faction leaders.

• Common deals: leave each other’s owned blocks alone, or run a friendly / fake wall for farming and early-discharge use.
• Ranked war opponents are matchmade after you enlist - alliances do not pick your RW opponent.
• A fake wall uses the same score rules as a real war. Follow faction rules for who sits and who clears.
• Removing someone from a territory wall is a war-related attack and pays 2× respect.

Short checklist. Full rules: Outside Hit / Hospital.

1. Confirm your faction is in a Territory or Ranked war (ED only matters then).
2. Know the difference: hits from your war opponent are inside hits (no ED). Hits from everyone else can be outside hits.
3. Outside hit = Leave/Mug/Hospitalize from someone interfering in a war they are not part of (Arrest does not count).
4. After excessive outside hits in the last 24 hours - at least as many outside hits as you have members, minimum 20 (Fallen excluded) - mitigation turns on.
5. Then an outside hosp lets a non-recruit leave hospital for free from the hospital page (no med item, no revive, no medical cooldown). Icon changes when eligible.
6. Life returns to whatever it was before that outside hit.

1. Read Discord / chat: which territory, assault or defend, real vs farm, and any hit/clear rules.
2. Join an Available slot if ordered (5e for an empty slot).
3. Stay available to rejoin after clears. Do not travel off the wall unless told.
4. Clear enemy wallers when ordered; leave farm-wall partners alone unless the farm script says otherwise.
5. If ED is available after an outside hosp, use it instead of burning meds.
6. Self-hosp / turtle still applies when holding cash - Blood bags.

Factions often run both in the same week. Chain detail: Faction chaining. Ranked prep: Ranked wars for beginners.

1. Confirm real vs farm and assault vs defend.
2. Join a wall slot (5e empty) and stay ready to rejoin.
3. Clear only on orders; know 2× wall respect and chain holds if your faction is chaining.
4. If outside-hit into hosp with ED up, use the hospital free leave.
5. Ask before you hit another faction’s wallers “for fun.”

• Torn wiki - Territory
• Torn wiki - Outside Hit
• Torn wiki - Hospital
• Torn wiki - Chain