r/EscapefromTarkov

03 July 2026

12:14 PM EDT

Items-related changes:

• Added new attributes isPlateSlot and isPatronSlot. isPatronSlot is related to the presence of a round in the chamber. isPlateSlot is related to the presence of a space for the plates.

>I think they just separate attributes of modifications for weapon from plates for armor. Looks like fixing the problem with visual replacing of build-up plates in some armors.

Customization-related changes:

• Added new voice for Expansion Hub Usec_09_Tony
• Added URLs for every item in the Expansion Hub.

>FYI: they added URLs for every customization for hideout and menu, gestures and clothes. They gonna sell Orange paint for walls, CyberTark menu and OK sign for TarCoins?

Settings-related changes:

• Added new attributes KeepAliveStaticInterval and set it to 1

Global-related changes:

• Changed global attribute MaxStashRows from 100 to 80

Localization-related changes:

• Added lots of string with new texts for Expansion Hub and next updates, I'll highlight some that interest me personally:
  • This objective progress counts for all group members
  • Tarcoins will be sold in 6 packs with bonuses: 500, 1000+100, 2000+300, 5000+1000, 10000+2500 and 20000+5250
  • Special 1000+1000 TC offer. This special offer is limited to one purchase per game account.
  • Save more when purchasing the full outfit set
  • The ultimate bundle for a PMC operator. Includes the USEC and BEAR veteran clothing collection, access to PvE mode, the maximum stash line count of 80/80, and the PMC Voice Pack Nikita

Achievements-related changes:

• Added new attribute isNotGroupProgress for all achievements and set it to 0, except of Snowball, Marathon, Now There Are Three of Them!, Traveler and Long Live the King!

>Now you can do Snowball in party - it will count kills of your buddy, and not gonna fail if he died and you continue!

05 July 2026

03:00 AM EDT

• Removed survey about Hideout

02:40 PM EDT

• Added lots of string with new texts for Expansion Hub and next updates, I'll highlight some that interest me personally:
  • Maximum 80 stash lines per account.
  • The final price is calculated based on the selected payment method and your account region.
  • Changed line from Please restart the game to Profile will be updated

There is some prices too:

• 500 TarCoins - $4.99
• 1 100 TarCoins - $9.99
• 2 300 TarCoins - $19.99
• 6 000 TarCoins - $49.99
• 12 500 TarCoins - $99.99
• 20 250 TarCoins - $149.99
• 2 000 TarCoins - $9.99
• Standard → Left Behind Upgrade - $32
• Standard → Prepare for Escape Upgrade - $60
• Standard → The Unheard Edition Upgrade - $200
• Left Behind → Prepare for Escape Upgrade - $28
• Left Behind → The Unheard Edition Upgrade - $168
• Prepare for Escape → The Unheard Edition Upgrade - $140
• Edge of Darkness → The Unheard Edition Upgrade - $50
• (Steam) Standard → Left Behind Upgrade - $32
• (Steam) Standard → Prepare for Escape Upgrade - $60
• (Steam) Standard → The Unheard Steam Edition Upgrade - $134.99
• (Steam) Left Behind → Prepare for Escape Upgrade - $28
• (Steam) Left Behind → The Unheard Steam Edition Upgrade - $102.99
• (Steam) Prepare for Escape → The Unheard Steam Edition Upgrade - $74.99

>So 1 Tarcoin on the flea costs like 300'000 rubles
20250 Tarcoins costs $150
USB-RUB today is 78.07
That means 1 IRL-ruble costs 518'765 Tarkov-rubles

That's all, folks! Good luck and have fun!

And remember you still can buy and sell Tarcoins on the flea!

I've given it 3 attempts and every time I get gooned on in the engine room. I've only gone solo since I have no friends and the 2 times I tried to wait at the hovercraft, someone/s shows up and kills me right away even if im shouting friendly and doing a wiggle.

Submissions over! We have them! We got 10 qualifying ones, and the 10th spot was a tough one with simultaneous submissions.

The 11th to 20th spot will get honorable mentions.

EDIT: omfg you guys are getting way faster submissions than I anticipated!

EDIT2: PLEASE LEAVE THE VIDEO LINKS WORKING. I will make a highlight reel or collection post later.

Welcome to the first, and maybe last competition I hold here in awhile.

I'd like to preface this with saying that I really really would like the spirit to remain good. I know it is a challenge, and I most certainly would not be capable of succeeding in it. However, I strongly believe we do have people capable of doing it.

Ten first videos win.

These keys will be provided by BSG, I'm in contact with them about this.

The rules are relatively simple:

- Valid in Escape from Tarkov PvE or PvP.

- The target must be a Boss or a Goon.

- The killing blow must be with a melee weapon.

- Any Tarkov melee weapon is allowed.

- The full video must be uploaded to a reputable video hosting platform (e.g. YouTube, Twitch VOD, Medal, Streamable).

- The video must include at least 30 seconds of uninterrupted footage before and 30 seconds after the melee kill. If you die, we don't have to stare at your death screen though.

- No cuts or edits during this period.

- Help from teammates/partners is allowed, but the final killing blow must be melee. If your teammates shoot, you must show melee kill log death screen.

-No Poison Green flare. The boss behaviour should look natural. This will be judged by us mods.

Reward: 10× Unheard Edition keys, one per video.

The video MUST be a top-level comment in this thread. Please state your username in the comment since your gamertag likely isn't your reddit acco, and have it hosted with your account. Please ensure it is a fresh video as well just in case some crazy lad did this a long time ago.

Once we have clearly established your attempt as valid, we shall contact you via the DM on the account that posted the attempt. When we do so, establish good care to make sure it is actually my nickname and not someone trying to scam you please. If you are in doubt, you can modmail us back, but by just clicking the sender's profile you should be able to correlate it to me.

Rules lawyer at your own peril. The rules above are pretty clear in what my intent is, and if you make some sort of game breaking gimmick or something that my rules don't cover, I probably won't view it as valid. There's no appeal authority here, it's just me. I'll give you a fair shot, I just want your shot to be fair as well!

If you do have a valid attempt, post the video into the subreddit as your own post too once we confirm you as winner for that karma.

I went there 2 times - first time i got G Checked in the engine room, 2nd time I extracted but spent like 15mins in the engine room lmao.

I need some tips for fighting BD from expirienced farmers. Mostly how BD behave and how to approah them. Should i treat them like a Rogues with aimbot or are they more complicated, you know... will they push me, nade me etc. Every piece of info is appreciated.

I dont plan going for the Wedge yet, i want to unlock direct access to the map first.

Thanks

I have a 5070ti , 9800x3d and 64g ddr5.

What’s everyone running for nvidia and in game settings to get the max performance out of tarkov?

So I was on shoreline i killed a pmc looted him killed a cultist went on the roof killed another pmc shot a cultist in the head, and this is when it got weird, so the cultist just went nonresponsive kept shooting him blood coming out but he didn't move.

I then rotated around the outside of resort ending up fighting what i thought was a cultist shot him in the head 35-40 times, i died, could still hear everything happening around me including me getting looted, eventually alt f4'd.

I boot the game back up and it says I'm still in raid, when i finish loading in my character is naked and on the other side of the map by path to lighthouse coughing up a lung since i have no chest. I cant use any meds or drop any items from my character. I make my way back to my body and im able to loot whatever is left on my pmcs body, i then loot one of the pmcs i killed and extract at the paracord extract and get the survived status and a 41 minute raid time.

My damage taken break down just says "Previous damage" which i personally have never seen before and i have all the loot i grabbed after loading back into raid for the 2nd time.

BSG... seriously what in the fuck are you thinking forcing players to share their terminal experience with strangers. the community is fucked, you're time-gating the attempts with an expensive craft, you have to work hard to get to terminal, and you're allowing inevitable greifing in what is clearly designed to be a STORY experience that speaks to you specifically.

terminal is not supposed to be a game of among us, icebreaker queues just fine as a solo, and you already have to go through the danger of bringing your best gear into shoreline and potentially fighting players to get there.

I'm sure I'll have terminal done long before BSG actually does anything about this, but it is one of the most garbage choices I've seen in what is supposed to be the absolute climax of your experience.

The game is named escape from tarkov, and you're finally escaping.

I'm done ranting now, I think 1.0 is great and I've been enjoying getting back into it but seriously, just fix that shit.

Noone wants it.

https://x.com/nikgeneburn/status/1948395724741267830?s=20

The facts are super mega siiiimple. TL:DR:

The Division launched the full modern extraction loop in late 2015 and early 2016.  Tarkov did nott start close alpha until August 2016.

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What the Dark Zone actually delivered at launch

• High-value contaminated loot that you could not just carry out.
• PvE enemies mixed with other players who could go rogue and attack you.
• Extraction points where you fired a flare to call a helicopter.
• A timed defense window (roughly 90 seconds for arrival plus load time) while NPCs and potential ads pushed the zone.
• Permanent loss of the contaminated gear if you died or the extraction failed.
• Safe extraction gaves you persistent rewards in your stash.
• This was live, tested, and played by millions before Tarkov even had an alpha build.

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Timeline proof

December 9 -12, 2015: Closed Alpha on Xbox One. Dark Zone mechanics were in and playable.  

January 28 - February 2, 2016: Closed Beta on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.

February 18 - 22, 2016: Open Beta. Over 6.4 million players experienced the flare call, defense, and extraction tension. At this point it's laughably obvious.

March 8, 2016: Full game launch with Dark Zone fully operational.

August 4, 2016: Tarkov closed alpha begins.  

https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/Release\_dates  

Division had extraction running in public tests for months before Tarkov players got their first build.

Contemporary sources that describe the exact loop....

PC Gamer Dark Zone guide, March 11 2016 (days after launch): "Gear you acquire in the Dark Zone can't simply be carried back... call for a chopper by visiting an extraction zone... hold down the F key, which fires a flare. Then you've got 90 seconds to wait for the chopper to arrive... defend your position."  

https://www.pcgamer.com/dark-zone-guide-the-division/

E3 2015 official Dark Zone multiplayer gameplay trailer (shows the contested zone, rogue risk, and extraction setup before any beta).  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feUhNo1CDp8 

Direct statements from later coverage calling it the earliest

IGN Extraction Shooters Explained: "The Division's Dark Zone is the earliest example of an extraction shooter." Describes rogue PvP, top-tier gear, flare extraction, and chopper.  

  https://www.ign.com/articles/extraction-shooters-explained

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Community threads that reached the same conclusion

Resetera thread on extraction looters: Multiple users state the Division Dark Zone was the first or the granddaddy.  

 https://www.resetera.com/threads/when-talking-extraction-looters%E2%80%A6is-the-divisions-%E2%80%98dark-zone%E2%80%99-forgotten-about.788514/

Another Resetera thread: "they literally created this genre with the original dark zone in the first game."  

 https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-you-think-ubisoft-will-expand-the-dark-zone-in-the-division-3-to-be-a-fully-developed-extraction-shooter-mode.1461736/

Reddit threads in r/thedivision and r/EscapefromTarkov regularly surface the same timeline and mechanics comparison.

Leaked alpha footage and beta streams from December 2015 through February 2016 show players calling flares, defending LZs, and losing gear to rogues or death.

The Division was not a pure extraction game. Its Dark Zone still delivers every core pillar of the modern extraction formula first: contested high-value loot zone, PvPvE, flare-called helicopter extraction with defense timer, and real permanent loss risk. Tarkov took that loop, made it the entire game, added deeper hardcore systems, and scaled it. Credit to Battlestate for execution and popularizing the full package. The blueprint and public proof came from Ubisoft's Dark Zone in late 2015.

Dates do not lie...mechanics match pretty much tit for tat. Multiple outlets and players from the time confirm it...so yeah.

Sorry lads, this is random. I'm bored. Don't hate on me lads, I'm just sharing my small frustration on this.

Tarkov is still king. Nikita has a massive...car collection. We'll all be fine.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. 

Looking to pull the trigger this weekend and play my first run tonight. What has you coming back to this game over and over compared to other multiplayer games out there?

How is the progression/replayability?

I played Arc Raiders and each run felt kinda... bleh ?

Edit: the very nice and quick engagement on this post. i decided to buy the game, downloading right now, excited to play!

Im at lvl 34 and it feels I have to do 30 quests to pass 1 lvl, lvl 42 for ragman feels like a runescape grind