Jailed workers can be released through a worker bust attempt. You can target your own jailed worker or a worker belonging to another player.
Each valid attempt costs 25 Energy and 10 Nerve. The worker must still have an active jail sentence and be paused because it is jailed. Confirm the specific worker and remaining sentence before spending resources.
Success depends on your Bust skill and the remaining share of the worker's sentence. A relevant active event can alter the outcome. Waiting changes the difficulty, but the worker loses working time while jailed.
Energy and Nerve are spent even when an attempt fails. Worker jail is separate from the owner's own jail status. A release does not purchase extra contract time.
Related: Jail, Workers, Worker Contracts and Pausing.
Last verified: 18 September 2026.