Torn Burglary Guide: All 34 Targets, Casing Counts and Tools

Scout to find a target

Costs 4 nerve and grants a consistent but small amount of skill, roughly a fifth of a successful burglary. There is no known limit on how many targets you can hold, but scouted targets vanish after 72 hours if untouched.

Case it to build confidence

Each target has a confidence gauge, and casing raises it by a random amount that depends on the target. Higher confidence means a higher chance of a successful burglary. Some targets fill almost completely in one attempt, others crawl.

Never burgle at zero confidence. Case at least once or twice regardless of the target.

Burgle it

The payoff step. Your recommended tool for that target unlocks additional outcomes, including every unique.

Scouting gives a fifth of a burglary's skill

For 4 nerve, that is poor value. The only way to make it back is to rob each scouted target using as few attempts as possible, which means choosing targets that need one or two casings rather than six.

A safe target beats a valuable one while levelling

A Tool Shed cased once and robbed is far better value than a Funeral Directors cased six times. Save the expensive targets for when you actually want their loot.

The Apartment is the worst early target in the game

It unlocks at CS 14, sits among easy residential targets, and needs four to six casings. Newer players scout it expecting another Cottage and burn their nerve. Skip it.

Industrial gets easier as it goes

The Shipyard and Printing Works unlock at CS 50 and 52 and need eight or more casings. The Truckyard at CS 68 and the Slaughterhouse at CS 84 need one or two. If you unlock industrial and immediately try the first target available, you will conclude the whole category is miserable. Wait for the Truckyard.

Industrial is the only location type where the recommended play is to ignore everything until CS 68.

Commercial has three genuinely cheap targets

The Cleaning Agency, Barbershop and Dentists Office are all rated safe at one to two casings, and commercial loot is far better than residential. They are the best value in the mid game.

Too dangerous locks you out

A failed casing attempt can flip the target to Too dangerous, blocking both casing and burglary for 20 to 60 minutes. This is the hidden cost of the high-casing targets: more attempts means more chances to lock yourself out.

All clear is a guaranteed success

Rarely, a casing attempt sets the status to All clear, which guarantees your next burglary within the time window. If you see it, burgle immediately rather than casing further.

Confidence gain improves with skill

Casing raises confidence more as your crime skill rises, so targets rated unsafe at low skill become genuinely manageable later. The table reflects mid-range skill.

Level on the CS 1 residential targets

Tool Shed, Beach Hut and Mobile Home are all one-casing targets available immediately. Scout residential, take these, and skip the Apartment when it appears.

Collect tools as they appear

The Tool Shed alone can yield lockpicks, rope and, with lockpicks in hand, the flashlight. Getting the tools early opens unique outcomes everywhere else.

Move to commercial around CS 45

Head for the Barbershop, Dentists Office and Cleaning Agency specifically. Better loot for the same casing cost as easy residential targets.

Ignore industrial until CS 68

The category unlocks at CS 50, but its first three targets are the most expensive in the game. The Truckyard at CS 68 is where industrial becomes worth doing.