Crackheads

Crackheads: the first thing you will progress to after orphans. These crank-addicted lunatics wander the halls of the Crack Mansion. They are armed only with their fists, and they aren't very good with their fists, so hack/slash/stab/bash/punch away. Occasionally, a crackhead will attack you out of nowhere, so be prepared. Sometimes, if you get an unlucky crackhead to low health, they will ask you to spare their life. It will look something like this.

The crackhead [to you]: Please, spare me! I'll give you $250, it's all I have!

[ To accept the offer of the crackhead, type 'spare crackhead' ]

In fact, that is exactly what you should do. If you spare a crackhead, you will be given all their money (250 bux, but that is a filthy LIE! They have more). The crackhead will also be replenished to full health, which is great if you're grinding something on them.

Crackheads have a contract payout of $90 per crackhead.

Crackfiends

A slightly more powerful variation of the crackheads are the crackfiends, found at the Crackhouse (ch) in Gangland. Crackfiends wield and drop rebar swords, are more aggressive, have higher dodge, and never ask to be spared. The count as crackheads for the crackhead contract.

Both crackheads and crackfiends make excellent targets for scamming..