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Find out what happened to the Item Market during September and how things might change over the course of the next month in our latest Market Report.
Elimination has had a huge effect on item market prices over the past few months, but it wasn't the only event to influence the price of products. Tourism Day arrived at the end of September, and player purchases were also driven by the imminent arrival of CaffeineCon, Halloween, and Diabetes Day in the coming months.
Without further ado, let's find out what's going on in the item market and why in this month's Market Report.
MEDICAL ITEMS
The Elimination competition always produces a price rise for certain items, and sometimes these temporary spikes result in a permanently higher value. This is what seems to have happened with First Aid Kits, with both varieties peaking on the 11th but settling down at a higher price than pre-Elimination.
Small First Aid Kits were going for $4,166 on the 1st of August, peaked at $7,118 on the 11th of September, and are now valued at around $5,000. Likewise, First Aid Kits were priced at $6,613 on August 1st, hit a max of $10,823 on September 11th, and are now valued at roughly $7,600. These two items often enjoy another rise during October ahead of Dog Tags and Halloween, but this may be slightly subdued this year due to the rescheduling of the former to May 2022.
Pictured: First Aid Kit three-year price graph.
A similar trend has been witnessed in the price of Morphine, whose pre-Elimination value of around $12,500 has been pushed above $14,000 at the time of writing. Bloods are a different matter entirely, with the likes of A+ and O+ both lower than they were in August, and B+ and A- slightly higher. AB+ had a much more gradual spike and is now also higher than it was before the tournament began.
B- was different in that its price spiked higher in late July than it did in September, rising to a high of nearly $50k on the 26th of July but only going as high as $30k in mid-September. AB- was subject to price gouging on two separate occasions, but sustained spikes weren't seen as this blood type stayed between $23-24k for much of the past few months - although it has now risen to $27k.
The most dramatic pattern was seen in the price of O-, the universal blood type, which enjoyed two spikes and has now levelled off at $20,000 per pouch.
Pictured: O- Blood six-month price graph.
TEMPORARIES
Several hundred Concussion Grenades were used during Elimination, and demand for this item caused their price to rise from $2.3 million to $4.1 million as the tournament began. Concussions have retained some of this value and are now priced at $3.25 million.
Smoke Grenades were a more popular choice among Eliminators due to their much lower price. Roughly 80,000 of these enter circulation each month, but their numbers dropped by over 50,000 during Elimination, leading us to believe that well over 100,000 were used during the tournament. Despite this, smokes have dropped in value from a high of $100k on September 10th to $91k today - their pre-Elimination value typically ranged from $92-94k.
Pictured: Smoke Grenades three-month price graph.
Similar trends were seen in the price of Molotovs, Tear Gas, and Flash Grenades, all of which peaked during mid-September before dropping down over the course of the month. Molotovs have kept $10k of their pre-Elimination value, but Tear Gas and Flashes are now much cheaper than they were before the event.
FEATHERY HOTEL COUPONS
Feathery Hotel Coupons typically begin to fall in price at around this time, and while it does vary year on year as to whether this decline is rapid or prolonged, their sustained recovery rarely kicks in until February at the earliest. If you're holding onto a collection of FHCs as an investment, it might soon be the right time to sell.
Pictured: FHC six-month price graph.
FHCs were worth around $12 million in spring, but have pushed close to $14 million in the months since. Aside from a few brief growth periods, I don't see their prices going anywhere but down as we approach the holiday season - unless huge numbers of people suddenly sell their Feathery Hotel Group stock. However, I wouldn't pull the trigger just yet, as we first have CaffeineCon to contend with.
CAFFEINECON
FHC and can prices have a tendency to affect each other, and since the CaffeineCon event begins in just a few days' time, Feathery sellers should wait until this event is only a few days away before dropping their FHCs on the market. CaffeineCon sees all Energy Drink effects doubled for 48 hours beginning at noon on the 14th of October. A quick glance at the yearly X-MASS graph shows you how much this event affects the price of cans.
Pictured: X-MASS three-year price graph.
If you don't have a stash of cans already, I wouldn't go stocking up now unless you're desperate to participate, as prices are only going to increase in the lead-up to the event. Once CaffeineCon is done you will be able to find better value, but trends show that the best time to buy up cans in bulk is between January and March when the market is flooded in the aftermath of Christmas Town.
Of course, you don't necessarily have to buy cans to acquire them. If you work in a Grocery Store or a Sweet Shop and you have a stash of job points burning a hole in your pocket, now would be a good time to splurge on cans to sell at a premium. Trends show that a second peak in prices sometimes happens in early November, but the biggest spike always comes around CaffeineCon.
HALLOWEEN
Another reason you should sell up those cans quickly is the imminent arrival of Halloween. The Trick or Treat event is now in its second year, and as players level up their baskets and pay for more upgrades we will see a greater number of items paid out when treats are exchanged. Over time, more items will enter the market during and immediately after Halloween, which in turn may cause Energy Drinks, Candies, Alcohol, and other items to price drop harder and for longer in the months that follow.
Of course, this prediction depends on players exchanging their treats for items, as opposed to spending them on upgrades for a longer-term gain. As more players progress their baskets we'll see them start to make treat for item exchanges as they finally look to receive a return on their investment. But those who need some spare cash urgently may act sooner.
Players in a perilous financial position may want to check their treat baskets to see if there's anything left from 2020. You can exchange treats for items and upgrades at any point during the year, so if you need a quick item or cash boost, now would be a good time to do that, depending on what you'll receive. Check out Andyman's guide for some insightful analysis on which upgrades are worth your time.
If you have any of the upgrades which provide high-tier items upon exchanging treats, you need to check the item market graphs to see if now is a good time to sell. Players whose basket has reached Horrifying status can unlock Tier 4 upgrades, including Deal With The Devil, which gives you a chance of receiving Erotic DVDs, FHCs, BCTs, and Casino Passes. We've already seen that FHCs are quite high now, but that will likely have changed by the time Halloween arrives.
Far more people will have unlocked the upgrades which provide top-tier cans or candies. As we've already discussed, the CaffeineCon effect makes this an ideal time to sell Energy Drinks, but with Diabetes Day also roughly one month away, high-tier candies will command a high price for the next few weeks too. If you have a stash of treats and a cashflow problem, it may be worth the gamble to exchange them now.
DIABETES DAY
Triple the usual candy effects will be provided from November the 13th to the 15th, and as you might expect, candy prices have already risen in anticipation. Many players use Diabetes Day to achieve a Happy Jump, and some go one step further by mixing their candy with Ecstasy to take a shot at achieving the Ecstatic honor.
Whatever you choose to use Diabetes Day for, it seems that the 150 Happy candies offer the best balance between price, happiness, and ease of use. Pixie Sticks, Bags of Sherbet, and Jawbreakers all provide this amount of happy, but for some reason the latter are currently priced around $30k higher than their counterparts.
Pictured: Jawbreaker three-month price graph.
As you can see from the graph, 150 happy candies like these have been growing since late summer, and are now more expensive by $100k or higher than they were. Jawbreakers are currently priced at $400k, but in 2020 they rose to more than double that as we approached Diabetes Day. It's worth pointing out that this pales in comparison with 2019's spike, when a single Jawbreaker would cost you $1.5 million in mid-November.
The price of candies obviously drops hugely from this point onwards and then tends to flatline or drop further until bazaar owners start pumping them up again the following summer. But as we've already mentioned, the impact of the Trick or Treat event hasn't yet been truly felt. When players start to exchange treats en masse for items, some of these items will be candies, and eventually, this will impact the pre-Diabetes Day price hike that typically takes place.
I don't expect that to happen to a great extent this year, but in future years, it may very well do so.
TORN ANNIVERSARY
Strippograms and Birthday Cupcakes will once more be given out for free via the City Map during Torn's 24-hour anniversary celebrations on the 15th of November. Last year, exactly 2,400 Strippograms and 9,600 Birthday Cupcakes spawned around the Red Light District and Sally's Sweet Shop, but not all of these items were discovered.
Only around 1,500 Strippograms were picked up, but this was enough to drop their price from around $14 million to $12 million once the event had finished. Strips are currently priced at $21.9 million, and there are now fewer in circulation than there were before last year's event.
Pictured: Strippogram one-year circulation graph.
My prediction is that Strippograms will rise slightly over the next few weeks, because these items can be used to provide a target with 2,500 happiness with zero cooldown, and that will prove incredibly useful to anyone trying to happy jump during Diabetes Day. This means that if only 2,400 Strippograms are given out on Torn's Anniversary, their price might not fall much below $20 million.
Birthday Cupcakes will also prove useful to those who find them, but their high price makes them a luxury commodity during Diabetes Day. This will change as time goes on, as very few Cupcakes are used throughout the year - less than 500 since January 1st - but their circulation will increase every time the anniversary comes around.
Pictured: Birthday Cupcake one-year price graph.
Their current value of $2 million therefore makes them unsuitable for regular usage. Last year, Cupcakes dropped hard to just $1.1 million post anniversary, having gone for closer to $3 million before it. Their value recovered gradually over the year, but I think we may see Cupcakes crash even harder this time around. Nevertheless, they will still recover as the year goes on, and as their price lowers, Cupcakes will become useful to a broader range of people.
TOURISM DAY
You may have missed this event in the busy aftermath of Elimination, but the Tourism Day double travel capacity event came and went towards the end of September. The inevitable result of this boost to import allowances was a huge circulation increase in plushies and flowers.
Pictured: Orchid one-month circulation graph.
Over 150,000 more Camel Plushies entered circulation between the 26th and 28th of September, whereas only 20,000 typically do so during a regular two-day period. Of the plushies obtained through flying, the Chamois was the least popular this Tourism Day, with 80,000 more added to their numbers. At the top end, Wolverines were the most popular, with 177,000 added.
The most popular flower brought into Torn was the Heather, whose circulation rose by 134,000. At the bottom end, only 41,000 Edelweiss were imported during Tourism Day. This had no detrimental effect on the value of Edelweiss whatsoever, and its price actually grew significantly in early October. A few small drops were seen in some flower prices, but many of these were already falling, and most have gained value since.
It's a similar situation with the plushies, and these observations fall in line with last month's prediction that we wouldn't see huge price drops due to Tourism Day-driven circulation increases. The biggest effects will be felt in May when these items are exchanged during Museum Day.
Pictured: Camel Plushie one-year price graph.
Based on these figures, we can make an educated guess now as to how big next year's Museum Day will be. In 2020, Camel Plushies averaged a circulation increase of 10,000 over two days, compared to 20,000 a day this year. During 2020's World Tourism Day we saw 130,000 imported, compared to 150,000 this year. This means that we've seen an 8% rise on the impact of Tourism Day for this particular item. Will this result in a similar increase in the number of exchanges made in May? We shall see.
RANKED WARRING
The imminent testing of Ranked Warring puts us on a path that should hopefully see this much-anticipated faction feature rolled out before Christmas. If this happens, many factions will be keen to use this warring mechanic for the first time since 2017, and that fact alone will have an obvious impact on the price of items.
Many are predicting that temps, Xanax, medkits, and other war-related items will rise in price when Ranked Warring is released in full to the public. If this prediction comes to pass, factions would be advised to be smart about their bulk purchases over the rest of 2021, and consider stocking up soon before the warring landscape changes.
DRUGS
Xanax peaked at $839k as Elimination began but is now averaging around $830.5k a pill. Love Juice continues to slowly creep up with Valentine's Day just four months away. The drug has gained $700k this month, having added a total of $2.5 million to its value during the past quarter.
A significant quantity of Speed was used towards the end of Elimination. This drug is valued at $168k, which is roughly the same as it was in early September. However, two significant peaks of $190k and $180k were noticed over the past month.
Opium went up by $4k as Elimination started, and has kept over half of these gains to sit on a healthy price of $78k. Ecstasy has been falling for months now, but a slight gain has been seen in the past few days, and we expect a little more growth between now and Diabetes Day.
Vicodin has suddenly become extremely pricey, as having fallen to $1,700 a pop in late September, the drug now goes for $2.5k.
NOTABLE OTHERS
The price of Neumune has fallen consistently since the summer, aside from a brief spike in September when rumours of an Elimination Dirty Bomb began to spread. These rumours proved unfounded, and Neumune is now valued at $1.34 million, which is its cheapest consistent price of all time.
Several hundred Irradiated Blood Bags were used during Elimination, a trend which saw their circulation numbers drop slightly. This has pushed their price up from $17,700 in late July to $28,800 today.
Four Nerve Booze has dropped in price. Stinky Swamp fell from $420k to $405k over September, and Mistletoe Madness dropped to $397k from $407k. Three Nerve Booze did the opposite, adding $20k to the price of Christmas Cocktail, Minty Mayhem, and Wicked Witch. The value of a Six Pack of Alcohol has fallen by over $100k this month.
The price of a Business Class Ticket rose by around $300k ahead of Tourism Day after roughly 800 were used during the event. These items have kept some of that rise and are now going for $7.1 million apiece.
Good news for fans of pornography. Erotic DVDs are now $120k cheaper! PRN stock prices have dropped recently, so this may explain the fall in price of their product.
Speaking of blowing yourself...up, about 1,000 Small Explosive Devices were used during Elimination. Their price peaked at $4.2 million in early September, but they've now dropped to $2.27 million.
Lawyer Business Cards have increased by $85k over September, and this is despite their circulation numbers consistently rising. We've also seen the end of self-jailing during an attack this month, and the value of the LAG stock fall, so their price rise doesn't make sense. Or does it?
"The LBCs did hit an annual low in the previous month so value may just be stabilizing again." - SpeedSkateR
"Price increase might have been due to Elimination and players using Arrests to try and keep opposition out of play for longer times... Just checked the 3 month Circulation graph for them, flatter than usual between Sept 8 and Sept 23." - SinCitySinner
And finally, the return of the Trick or Treat even has seen two new melee weapons introduced to Torn in the form of the Cleaver and the Meat Hook. Both of these items will be classified as Scary, which means they will increase your treat chances when equipped during an attack if you have the relevant basket upgrade unlocked.
These items have a % chance of being spawned for all players in the Church Graveyard area of the City Map. If you want to buy one, the Cleaver is being sold for between $750m-$1.1b, and the Meat Hook is on sale for $1.2-$1.9b. These prices are far in excess of the item's true worth, and you'd be better off checking the city map every day instead, as you have a chance of spawning one of these until the 31st of October.
Without further ado, let's find out what's going on in the item market and why in this month's Market Report.
MEDICAL ITEMS
The Elimination competition always produces a price rise for certain items, and sometimes these temporary spikes result in a permanently higher value. This is what seems to have happened with First Aid Kits, with both varieties peaking on the 11th but settling down at a higher price than pre-Elimination.
Small First Aid Kits were going for $4,166 on the 1st of August, peaked at $7,118 on the 11th of September, and are now valued at around $5,000. Likewise, First Aid Kits were priced at $6,613 on August 1st, hit a max of $10,823 on September 11th, and are now valued at roughly $7,600. These two items often enjoy another rise during October ahead of Dog Tags and Halloween, but this may be slightly subdued this year due to the rescheduling of the former to May 2022.
Pictured: First Aid Kit three-year price graph.
A similar trend has been witnessed in the price of Morphine, whose pre-Elimination value of around $12,500 has been pushed above $14,000 at the time of writing. Bloods are a different matter entirely, with the likes of A+ and O+ both lower than they were in August, and B+ and A- slightly higher. AB+ had a much more gradual spike and is now also higher than it was before the tournament began.
B- was different in that its price spiked higher in late July than it did in September, rising to a high of nearly $50k on the 26th of July but only going as high as $30k in mid-September. AB- was subject to price gouging on two separate occasions, but sustained spikes weren't seen as this blood type stayed between $23-24k for much of the past few months - although it has now risen to $27k.
The most dramatic pattern was seen in the price of O-, the universal blood type, which enjoyed two spikes and has now levelled off at $20,000 per pouch.
Pictured: O- Blood six-month price graph.
TEMPORARIES
Several hundred Concussion Grenades were used during Elimination, and demand for this item caused their price to rise from $2.3 million to $4.1 million as the tournament began. Concussions have retained some of this value and are now priced at $3.25 million.
Smoke Grenades were a more popular choice among Eliminators due to their much lower price. Roughly 80,000 of these enter circulation each month, but their numbers dropped by over 50,000 during Elimination, leading us to believe that well over 100,000 were used during the tournament. Despite this, smokes have dropped in value from a high of $100k on September 10th to $91k today - their pre-Elimination value typically ranged from $92-94k.
Pictured: Smoke Grenades three-month price graph.
Similar trends were seen in the price of Molotovs, Tear Gas, and Flash Grenades, all of which peaked during mid-September before dropping down over the course of the month. Molotovs have kept $10k of their pre-Elimination value, but Tear Gas and Flashes are now much cheaper than they were before the event.
FEATHERY HOTEL COUPONS
Feathery Hotel Coupons typically begin to fall in price at around this time, and while it does vary year on year as to whether this decline is rapid or prolonged, their sustained recovery rarely kicks in until February at the earliest. If you're holding onto a collection of FHCs as an investment, it might soon be the right time to sell.
Pictured: FHC six-month price graph.
FHCs were worth around $12 million in spring, but have pushed close to $14 million in the months since. Aside from a few brief growth periods, I don't see their prices going anywhere but down as we approach the holiday season - unless huge numbers of people suddenly sell their Feathery Hotel Group stock. However, I wouldn't pull the trigger just yet, as we first have CaffeineCon to contend with.
CAFFEINECON
FHC and can prices have a tendency to affect each other, and since the CaffeineCon event begins in just a few days' time, Feathery sellers should wait until this event is only a few days away before dropping their FHCs on the market. CaffeineCon sees all Energy Drink effects doubled for 48 hours beginning at noon on the 14th of October. A quick glance at the yearly X-MASS graph shows you how much this event affects the price of cans.
Pictured: X-MASS three-year price graph.
If you don't have a stash of cans already, I wouldn't go stocking up now unless you're desperate to participate, as prices are only going to increase in the lead-up to the event. Once CaffeineCon is done you will be able to find better value, but trends show that the best time to buy up cans in bulk is between January and March when the market is flooded in the aftermath of Christmas Town.
Of course, you don't necessarily have to buy cans to acquire them. If you work in a Grocery Store or a Sweet Shop and you have a stash of job points burning a hole in your pocket, now would be a good time to splurge on cans to sell at a premium. Trends show that a second peak in prices sometimes happens in early November, but the biggest spike always comes around CaffeineCon.
HALLOWEEN
Another reason you should sell up those cans quickly is the imminent arrival of Halloween. The Trick or Treat event is now in its second year, and as players level up their baskets and pay for more upgrades we will see a greater number of items paid out when treats are exchanged. Over time, more items will enter the market during and immediately after Halloween, which in turn may cause Energy Drinks, Candies, Alcohol, and other items to price drop harder and for longer in the months that follow.
Of course, this prediction depends on players exchanging their treats for items, as opposed to spending them on upgrades for a longer-term gain. As more players progress their baskets we'll see them start to make treat for item exchanges as they finally look to receive a return on their investment. But those who need some spare cash urgently may act sooner.
Players in a perilous financial position may want to check their treat baskets to see if there's anything left from 2020. You can exchange treats for items and upgrades at any point during the year, so if you need a quick item or cash boost, now would be a good time to do that, depending on what you'll receive. Check out Andyman's guide for some insightful analysis on which upgrades are worth your time.
If you have any of the upgrades which provide high-tier items upon exchanging treats, you need to check the item market graphs to see if now is a good time to sell. Players whose basket has reached Horrifying status can unlock Tier 4 upgrades, including Deal With The Devil, which gives you a chance of receiving Erotic DVDs, FHCs, BCTs, and Casino Passes. We've already seen that FHCs are quite high now, but that will likely have changed by the time Halloween arrives.
Far more people will have unlocked the upgrades which provide top-tier cans or candies. As we've already discussed, the CaffeineCon effect makes this an ideal time to sell Energy Drinks, but with Diabetes Day also roughly one month away, high-tier candies will command a high price for the next few weeks too. If you have a stash of treats and a cashflow problem, it may be worth the gamble to exchange them now.
DIABETES DAY
Triple the usual candy effects will be provided from November the 13th to the 15th, and as you might expect, candy prices have already risen in anticipation. Many players use Diabetes Day to achieve a Happy Jump, and some go one step further by mixing their candy with Ecstasy to take a shot at achieving the Ecstatic honor.
Whatever you choose to use Diabetes Day for, it seems that the 150 Happy candies offer the best balance between price, happiness, and ease of use. Pixie Sticks, Bags of Sherbet, and Jawbreakers all provide this amount of happy, but for some reason the latter are currently priced around $30k higher than their counterparts.
Pictured: Jawbreaker three-month price graph.
As you can see from the graph, 150 happy candies like these have been growing since late summer, and are now more expensive by $100k or higher than they were. Jawbreakers are currently priced at $400k, but in 2020 they rose to more than double that as we approached Diabetes Day. It's worth pointing out that this pales in comparison with 2019's spike, when a single Jawbreaker would cost you $1.5 million in mid-November.
The price of candies obviously drops hugely from this point onwards and then tends to flatline or drop further until bazaar owners start pumping them up again the following summer. But as we've already mentioned, the impact of the Trick or Treat event hasn't yet been truly felt. When players start to exchange treats en masse for items, some of these items will be candies, and eventually, this will impact the pre-Diabetes Day price hike that typically takes place.
I don't expect that to happen to a great extent this year, but in future years, it may very well do so.
TORN ANNIVERSARY
Strippograms and Birthday Cupcakes will once more be given out for free via the City Map during Torn's 24-hour anniversary celebrations on the 15th of November. Last year, exactly 2,400 Strippograms and 9,600 Birthday Cupcakes spawned around the Red Light District and Sally's Sweet Shop, but not all of these items were discovered.
Only around 1,500 Strippograms were picked up, but this was enough to drop their price from around $14 million to $12 million once the event had finished. Strips are currently priced at $21.9 million, and there are now fewer in circulation than there were before last year's event.
Pictured: Strippogram one-year circulation graph.
My prediction is that Strippograms will rise slightly over the next few weeks, because these items can be used to provide a target with 2,500 happiness with zero cooldown, and that will prove incredibly useful to anyone trying to happy jump during Diabetes Day. This means that if only 2,400 Strippograms are given out on Torn's Anniversary, their price might not fall much below $20 million.
Birthday Cupcakes will also prove useful to those who find them, but their high price makes them a luxury commodity during Diabetes Day. This will change as time goes on, as very few Cupcakes are used throughout the year - less than 500 since January 1st - but their circulation will increase every time the anniversary comes around.
Pictured: Birthday Cupcake one-year price graph.
Their current value of $2 million therefore makes them unsuitable for regular usage. Last year, Cupcakes dropped hard to just $1.1 million post anniversary, having gone for closer to $3 million before it. Their value recovered gradually over the year, but I think we may see Cupcakes crash even harder this time around. Nevertheless, they will still recover as the year goes on, and as their price lowers, Cupcakes will become useful to a broader range of people.
TOURISM DAY
You may have missed this event in the busy aftermath of Elimination, but the Tourism Day double travel capacity event came and went towards the end of September. The inevitable result of this boost to import allowances was a huge circulation increase in plushies and flowers.
Pictured: Orchid one-month circulation graph.
Over 150,000 more Camel Plushies entered circulation between the 26th and 28th of September, whereas only 20,000 typically do so during a regular two-day period. Of the plushies obtained through flying, the Chamois was the least popular this Tourism Day, with 80,000 more added to their numbers. At the top end, Wolverines were the most popular, with 177,000 added.
The most popular flower brought into Torn was the Heather, whose circulation rose by 134,000. At the bottom end, only 41,000 Edelweiss were imported during Tourism Day. This had no detrimental effect on the value of Edelweiss whatsoever, and its price actually grew significantly in early October. A few small drops were seen in some flower prices, but many of these were already falling, and most have gained value since.
It's a similar situation with the plushies, and these observations fall in line with last month's prediction that we wouldn't see huge price drops due to Tourism Day-driven circulation increases. The biggest effects will be felt in May when these items are exchanged during Museum Day.
Pictured: Camel Plushie one-year price graph.
Based on these figures, we can make an educated guess now as to how big next year's Museum Day will be. In 2020, Camel Plushies averaged a circulation increase of 10,000 over two days, compared to 20,000 a day this year. During 2020's World Tourism Day we saw 130,000 imported, compared to 150,000 this year. This means that we've seen an 8% rise on the impact of Tourism Day for this particular item. Will this result in a similar increase in the number of exchanges made in May? We shall see.
RANKED WARRING
The imminent testing of Ranked Warring puts us on a path that should hopefully see this much-anticipated faction feature rolled out before Christmas. If this happens, many factions will be keen to use this warring mechanic for the first time since 2017, and that fact alone will have an obvious impact on the price of items.
Many are predicting that temps, Xanax, medkits, and other war-related items will rise in price when Ranked Warring is released in full to the public. If this prediction comes to pass, factions would be advised to be smart about their bulk purchases over the rest of 2021, and consider stocking up soon before the warring landscape changes.
DRUGS
Xanax peaked at $839k as Elimination began but is now averaging around $830.5k a pill. Love Juice continues to slowly creep up with Valentine's Day just four months away. The drug has gained $700k this month, having added a total of $2.5 million to its value during the past quarter.
A significant quantity of Speed was used towards the end of Elimination. This drug is valued at $168k, which is roughly the same as it was in early September. However, two significant peaks of $190k and $180k were noticed over the past month.
Opium went up by $4k as Elimination started, and has kept over half of these gains to sit on a healthy price of $78k. Ecstasy has been falling for months now, but a slight gain has been seen in the past few days, and we expect a little more growth between now and Diabetes Day.
Vicodin has suddenly become extremely pricey, as having fallen to $1,700 a pop in late September, the drug now goes for $2.5k.
NOTABLE OTHERS
The price of Neumune has fallen consistently since the summer, aside from a brief spike in September when rumours of an Elimination Dirty Bomb began to spread. These rumours proved unfounded, and Neumune is now valued at $1.34 million, which is its cheapest consistent price of all time.
Several hundred Irradiated Blood Bags were used during Elimination, a trend which saw their circulation numbers drop slightly. This has pushed their price up from $17,700 in late July to $28,800 today.
Four Nerve Booze has dropped in price. Stinky Swamp fell from $420k to $405k over September, and Mistletoe Madness dropped to $397k from $407k. Three Nerve Booze did the opposite, adding $20k to the price of Christmas Cocktail, Minty Mayhem, and Wicked Witch. The value of a Six Pack of Alcohol has fallen by over $100k this month.
The price of a Business Class Ticket rose by around $300k ahead of Tourism Day after roughly 800 were used during the event. These items have kept some of that rise and are now going for $7.1 million apiece.
Good news for fans of pornography. Erotic DVDs are now $120k cheaper! PRN stock prices have dropped recently, so this may explain the fall in price of their product.
Speaking of blowing yourself...up, about 1,000 Small Explosive Devices were used during Elimination. Their price peaked at $4.2 million in early September, but they've now dropped to $2.27 million.
Lawyer Business Cards have increased by $85k over September, and this is despite their circulation numbers consistently rising. We've also seen the end of self-jailing during an attack this month, and the value of the LAG stock fall, so their price rise doesn't make sense. Or does it?
"The LBCs did hit an annual low in the previous month so value may just be stabilizing again." - SpeedSkateR
"Price increase might have been due to Elimination and players using Arrests to try and keep opposition out of play for longer times... Just checked the 3 month Circulation graph for them, flatter than usual between Sept 8 and Sept 23." - SinCitySinner
And finally, the return of the Trick or Treat even has seen two new melee weapons introduced to Torn in the form of the Cleaver and the Meat Hook. Both of these items will be classified as Scary, which means they will increase your treat chances when equipped during an attack if you have the relevant basket upgrade unlocked.
These items have a % chance of being spawned for all players in the Church Graveyard area of the City Map. If you want to buy one, the Cleaver is being sold for between $750m-$1.1b, and the Meat Hook is on sale for $1.2-$1.9b. These prices are far in excess of the item's true worth, and you'd be better off checking the city map every day instead, as you have a chance of spawning one of these until the 31st of October.
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