Worn and Torn Newbie

Description

After learning 15 miserable years of his life as a failed gamer was one long nightmare, Lee Eojin is glad to be a newbie again.

Vowing not to repeat the same mistakes, Eojin starts anew as the hotshot, Old-timer. He’s conquering monsters, getting sweet gear, and making enough dough to set himself up for life.

Loved by fans and hated by foes, both old and new, will Eojin break the game and triumph, or will the game break him once again?

Original Novel:
KakaoPage, Naver Series, Ridibooks, Tocsoda, BookCube, MrBlue, Joara, Onestory

Original Webtoon:
KakaoPage, Daum

Official Translations:
English, Japanese, S.Chinese, Thai, T.Chinese, Indonesian, Russian, French

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

A Newbie Who's Nobody's Fool

Battle Scarred Newbie

Battle-Scarred Newbie

Dalko Dareun Newbie

Nolife — the OverPowered Noob

The Worn and Torn Newbie

Самый опытный новичок

تازه کار فلک زده

元ガチ勢、初心者に生まれ変わる

全裸菜鸟在异世界被摩擦

骨灰級菜鳥玩家

닳고 닳은 뉴비

닳고닳은 뉴비

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Latest Release(s)

c.216-220 by Rezoscans 7 months ago

c.215 by Rezoscans 9 months ago

c.214 by Rezoscans 10 months ago

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Status in Country of Origin

242 Chapters + Prologue + Special Chapters (Ongoing)

S1: 86 Chapters (1~86)
S2: 64 Chapters (87~150)
S3: 70 Chapters (151~220)
S4: 22 Chapters (221~242) Special Chapters: TBA

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

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User Rating

Average: 7 / 10.0 (130 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.86 / 10.0

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Last Updated

October 25th, 2025 7:42am PDT - 3 weeks ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Comedy Shounen
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Category Recommendations

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Recommendations

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Author(s)

Bonui [Add]

Artist(s)

Redice Studio

Year

2020

Original Publisher

Daum

Kakao

REDICE STUDIO

Serialized In (magazine)

Kakaopage (Kakao)

Kakao Webtoon (Daum)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tapas

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #727

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Monthly Pos #1306

(-312)

3 Month Pos #2203

(-811)

6 Month Pos #3696

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Year Pos #2038

(+917)

List Stats

On 955 reading lists

On 162 wish lists

On 29 completed lists

On 59 unfinished lists

On 163 custom lists

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It's fun

by BepsRose
11 months ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

It meets expectations perfectly. Great fight scenes, a variety of dynamic characters that get decent amount of development, interesting antagonists, a little mystery, unexpected depth to game lore....

This isn't a story to make you think. It's for easy entertainment. There's enough plot (including sub plots) to keep me interested. The characters are dynamic enough to make me care--even the annoying ones (tsundere female...).

I guess some people tire of MC running around nekkid, but I don't mind. Over 100 Chapters in and it's still a funny shtick to me.

The high rating is because, for me, it's really good at being what it is: easy entertainment.

I do keep getting it confused with Ranker's Return (2021) though.

... Last updated 11 months ago

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On the fence

by DhariaCole
2 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

This story has it good points and it’s bad ones, along with some questionable choices (the MC running around like a naked pervert for example).
But the rl serial killer stalking the games rankers is too much.
Not sure I’ll bother continuing this series.

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Great comedy series

by pandor18
3 years ago

Rating: 8.2 / 10.0

Wonderful series that got me laughing out loud every 2 or 3 chapters, the protagonist is basically making a "Let me solo her" speedrun of a Full-Dive VR. The action scenes are epic but it takes some time until he finds competent challegens because he has a lot of knowledge and experience from his past live.

The dramatic tension, I think, is a really good slow burn, introducing characters and taking its time to get to known them and evolved them. Contrasting the point of view of a reclusive 35 years old, with the more ongoing popular life style that now MC has.

And is particularly great that neither the mangaka nor the protagonist forget that he is a lot older and has a lot more life experience in particular niches. He´s labeled as a pervert but even with a lot of teenagers and young women throwing themselves to him... he just can´t see them as a potential sex partner, he is just to mature... and prefers milfs

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It's Not That Bad, Don't be Fooled by Other Comments

by SilencedAsian
4 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

The other comments completely trash it but they're from a long time ago, so here's an updated rating:
It's just a fun read. It's not something for people who really want to get into a manga. The plot isn't bad and here's my reply to some complaints(Minor spoiler at the 1st one and somewhat major on 4th one):
"Why doesn't he work?" He's a loser in his first life. No confidence, probably made it only past high school, and his debt is most likely not that small. So, with no work experience, he just plays, hoping he can pay back the money(Not to mention that the debtors actually force people to play the game to earn back money).
"Why are people scared of dying in the game?" In VR games like this, you can get robbed, lose experience points, and lose loot if you were hunting a monster/boss. Considering, after the snap back to the past, the game is popular. losing items or experience is detrimental.
"Why does he not do something different?" This is actually just braindead. You have a literal duck that lays golden eggs in front of you, and you ask "Why don't you cook it?"
"How come the MC got to go back to the past when he's not that great?" ||Spoiler Alert****Spoiler Alert|| Because he lived life as a loser and got taken advantage of many times, got lost into debt and his greed. When he gets back, he even helps someone that's in a bad place. He effects history and creates 2 new legendary characters. I'm guessing it's what he does in his 2nd time that redeems his past self and allows for a new life.
And the last one to answer; "How would that sword even sell?" I'm guessing that the game isn't completely dead, and a +7 or +8 would still go for a really high amount. Also, as I said in the first reason, the debtors make him play(future chap shows the debtors forcing people in the 2nd life), meaning that he was probably playing for a long time to pay back the loan.
It's not a GREAT read, but a decent one.

... Last updated 4 years ago

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Unrealistic

by Helbrassen
5 years ago

Rating: N/A

The manga is basen in a game world, he is playing a game at home in a pod and so is everyone else. So if he's at home and so is everyone else tell my why the people playing the game are afraid of the main character... as if dying in a game has any real life consequences... its also a very old game at the beginning before he goes back in time. For some reason even though the game is dead as the author says you can still sell items at the value of an apartment... that's the real fantasy right there. it's just overall a bad game world where logic is non-existent and therefor the manga is bad.

If you're a gamer you'll hate it, if you've never played an MMO game you'll have an average time reading it.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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another vr game obsessed author

by Joese
5 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

after I read this comment on another series it really made me remember about this:

"The MC is using the game as a way to get rich (which is a pretty stupid gamble). Why doesn't he work? When he needed money so badly, he spent all his time playing video games. This stupid MC actually spent a year (inths case 15 years) training to play a video game. What the actual fuck.

During the first few chapters where the manhwa is trying so hard to make you feel bad for the MC and the debt, I just couldn't help but laugh. The plot is just so fucking dumb. It's like the author spent 5 minutes coming up with it and didn't think about it ever again.

It's easier to digest if you just forget all about the debt situation and pretend it's not supposed to be a video game. At least then you have a reason why all these adults are acting like the game is their whole life."

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Another VR game player that goes to the past.

by PZcolo
5 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

Really? the second life of a waste, that after 15 years playing a game non stop doesn't even have a +7 sword, is riddled with debts and he's supposed to sell his sword to who knows who since there are no more players in the game. Hi miraculously gets a +8 and throws it down the drain in a 0.000000012% chance gamble and apparently dies (not clear).
Oh goodie, god's such a good kinded fella that he gives this fellow a second life... it used to be great figures or people that suffered great injustices or people that had what it took to change history that got a second shot, now it happens to guys playing video games... how lame is that? And there are so many similar manhwas too...
Well ok... the what does this guy do with this new chance to life you ask? Make money with his knowledge? try a new thing? get a woman? travel? Of course not, it's obviously playing the game again, what did you expect, he's a cheat player who know all secrets and the future after all and he probably somehow even remembers the date of each update and expansion too, as if that makes sense.
When by ch4 the MC started to go around naked in the city for no reason, my expectations hit rock buttom.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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