pve-chat

[jaunty rock]

was like this b4 the 33%? like, no scavs on factory always means cultist? even without the 33%?

prob “scav players”

but u prob will find the cultist before they spawn

just got 8 markets from 1 raid

how many poison knifes i need for that one quest?

[timid tendon]

the scenario was quite weird, i was in there for 20 out of the 25 minutes and I found two warriors yet no priest, but I killed a scav and a pmc within the same raid

[timid tendon]

12 FIR

https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/Night_Sweep

[jaunty rock]

welp, i got 7, not gonna farm anymore already got 2 doc full of markets

[jaunty rock]

i just need the level for that lol

[timid tendon]

i am 9 out of 12 personally, will keep farming night factory until i finish
quite tedious but fast at least

[fervent peak]

Cmon, at least two more sets of cultists...

[tidal egret]

I might have to give up for the night

[jaunty rock]

didnt know about cultist have thermal scopes

[toxic patio]

i know cultists replace all enemies in a certain vicinity of their spawn, so maybe factory is just so small they replace all scavs

[jaunty rock]

im level 40 so i have time for get the other knifes

[jaunty rock]

they do

everytime cultist spawn (atleast rn idk b4)

the lobby only has pmc and cultist

[timid tendon]

understandable, just note that cultists don't always have the knife - good time if ever to farm them 🙂 but have fun of course

[jaunty rock]

that saved me

i got stab 2 times in one raid by cultist and thank god they had no knife

plus, i still need to kill the goons 🥀 (do they spawn on night customs?)

[timid tendon]

might have to check the wiki I saw some info (some time ago) about boss spawns and cultist spawns blocking each other based on proximity, but do not take that as gospel

[sleek cobalt]

There's a light in medical area that goes out Everytime they spawn that's how u know if they are there or not

I check that light and leave

[timid tendon]

hey can you please elaborate a bit more on this? is that for goons on customs? I haven't heard of this 😮

[sleek cobalt]

Cultists on factory

[timid tendon]

oh, interesting - and that's near med tent?

[west mist]

the cultists keep hitting my armor and not actually poisoning me

[toxic patio]

fr? no fuckin way

[sleek cobalt]

One of the lights in the ceiling goes dark yes, there's 2 there I believe and one of them won't have light

[west mist]

also i finally experienced the priest nading himself in a panic

[toxic patio]

screenshots

[timid tendon]

is it a contact nade?

[manic pewter]

100% cultists on factory?

[sleek cobalt]

Don't have any on me? Just the way I been playing for years just passing some info

[tough pawn]

33%

[manic pewter]

damn

[toxic patio]

i mean shit if there's any time to get some to confirm it's now lol

[tough pawn]

lab or med tent?

[forest patio]

omg now that i know tag isnt in factory im so much happier

[sleek cobalt]

In front of med tent on the ceiling

[sleek cobalt]

Sorry to say Google isn't being good for screenshots.
But trust me Everytime I've seen that light go out I go farming

[toxic patio]

#screenshots this isn't true lmao

[timid tendon]

I think I am approaching 20-25 or so raids and have only seen them 3 times; I don't know if the 33% is accurate (for pve?) though I know where you are pulling it from so I suppose I have to trust it

[sleek cobalt]

Did you not read what I said?

[toxic patio]

and both lights above the tent are off too

[sleek cobalt]

I'ma just go to bed. No point trying to help

[toxic patio]

i mean you didn't actually clarify what light very well

above med tent there's 2, in that entire room there's 6

[tidal egret]

I would love to have seen them in 3/25 raids

[tough pawn]

i went eight raids without seeing them then i saw them four times in a row

[timid tendon]

whoa nice

[west mist]

i've seen them 5x, survived 4x

[tough pawn]

it's all luck truly

why does the priest literally never shoot at people

[west mist]

one time i got domed through a wall by a ai pmc

priest is a chicken, often nades himself

[tough pawn]

he just hides in a corner and lets his gang of misfits do all the work

[toxic patio]

yeah the dude going off about the lights over med tent was full of shit

[tough pawn]

yeah the lights over med were just on and i merked the cultists

[toxic patio]

yeah lmao they were off and the MF's werent there

dude just made shit up

[tough pawn]

appearantly if scavs spawn cultist's won't spawn

[toxic patio]

yes because cultists replace the spawns around them and factory is very very small

[fervent peak]

Can confirm, whatever he's saying is just doo doo

[fleet loom]

0/7

[toxic patio]

it's around every 10 rounds or so

[timid tendon]

complaining works, they're in this raid 😄

[tough pawn]

if you kill every scav can they spawn?

[timid tendon]

there are scavs + PMCs in this raid, too

[toxic patio]

no, if scavs spawn off rip, then the cultists didn't spawn period

[fervent peak]

Last one, we pray

[toxic patio]

scavs CAN spawn later, but not off rip.

[tough pawn]

cause thinking back on it a friend and i were hunting cultist today, we killed a few scavs, but then cultists spawne later on in raid

[fleet loom]

how long is later

[tough pawn]

ah okay

[toxic patio]

when did the scavs spawn? i've been doing my laps but i rarely see them spawn off rip when the cultists spawn (actually never)

[timid tendon]

i spawned near lab, went upstairs - two ran up the stairs behind me so must have spawned

[toxic patio]

yes but when

[timid tendon]

1 scav appeared near the water ramp near med tent, and there are 1-2 PMCs in the back area behind me towards the gate

[toxic patio]

did you get rushed by cultists or scavs

[timid tendon]

cultists

[toxic patio]

i'm trying to narrow down info so i'm not misinforming people- it seems like if you spawn near gate 2, they rush you if they also spawn in, and then a few minutes later, scavs will start spawning

but cultists will never spawn on round start WITH scavs

[tough pawn]

is it actually 33% cause wiki says that but there's no way

[tidal egret]

I’d love to know what I’m doing wrong. I’m literally 50+ raids with no cultists. Every single time it’s just instant scavs.

[silk hull]

run around anyways

[alpine vigil]

what guns are you guys running on reserve?

[silk hull]

i find them with pmcs and scavs and by them selfs

[maiden garnet]

cant wait for them to nerf the key drops tommorow

[winter kayak]

Which map yall farming the smugglers on?

[maiden garnet]

interchange is the fastest in and out method

[winter kayak]

Is there a best spot on interchange?

[maiden garnet]

they spawn at bear camp or power station

both next to exfils

[fervent peak]

Guess I'll count my lucky stars I got em even once

[timid tendon]

would you like a copy of the footage of my run? i can save it via shadowplay and upload to yt

[toxic patio]

throw it i'll watch it between loads to see what i notice

[timid tendon]

essentially the priest was at medtent, the two cultists near me, and pmcs + scavs all around

[toxic patio]

i have noticed they seem to only spawn on the edges of the map

never found them anywhere else myself

[timid tendon]

oh my god instant replay was off wth
i can post a screenshot in #screenshots at least :/ damn it nvidia wth

edit: posted

[maiden garnet]

every map has 100% smuggler spawn chance you just need to go to where they spawn

[tough pawn]

where is this little hooded freak i already killed all 3 of his guards

[maiden garnet]

the locked pistol cases are almost 100% spawn on factory in 6 spots very easy to find

[timid tendon]

but recapping:

-i spawned ground floor of labs, went to the top walkway and camped / scouted
-two cultists must've spawned near me because they rushed up there quite fast
-two pmcs spawned at gate 2 i killed them
-1 cultist priest spawned / camped med tent, killed him
-4+ pmcs spawned opposite med tent towards office and i killed them

[maiden garnet]

the only hard thing to get are the weapon cases

[timid tendon]

also all the lights seemed to be on at med tent lol

[slate rampart]

Scavs can spawn with priests

I killed 3 scavs and was about to extract till a priest ran into me

[silk hull]

and pmcs as well

[timid tendon]

yeah I have a screenshot from night factory in #screenshots showing it can happen

[gusty seal]

hey guys im new to the game and am on the tour chapter of the main quest line
ive gotten all the build mayterials for Skier and cant seam to turn them in
when i go to traders tasks and then look at Skiers tasks i dont have the option to turn in the suplies like i did with the therapist
ive checked each item and they are build suplies
and ive even gotten some without my secure container
what should i do?

[glossy hound]

how do you unlock the case? i have a key

[timid tendon]

workbench

[silk hull]

you also gotta watch out ive had them spawn in gate 3 exfill

[glossy hound]

do you have to do the quests?

[bronze saddle]

Yo i cant find ANY smugglers. Literally i found 0 so far

[west bone]

you gotta go and talk to him in person to turn them in

[gusty seal]

problem solved
thanks for the help all

[covert blaze]

what are chances for cultists on factory?

[timid tendon]

i am not sure, sorry - might be on the wiki for the past quests (it's an old rerun event)

[glossy hound]

okay np

[tidal egret]

Oh my god finally found them

[timid tendon]

why is tp-200 tnt skyrocketing in price? lol

it was like 80k a day ago now it's 300+

[vagrant folio]

Go train yard lighthouse. Been there 4 raids in a row

[bronze saddle]

I sell mine 40K each, cause im not an animal

[vagrant folio]

Gotta get 500 million somehow.

[bronze saddle]

I have 600M

[vagrant folio]

Go you. I have 14 🙂

[bronze saddle]

"COUGH" WHA? Lvl?

[vagrant folio]

38. I'm not really trying to make money. Maxing hideout is expensive

[bronze saddle]

I dont either... i hoard most of my loot. I made the money passively

[vagrant folio]

Again, go you.

[bronze saddle]

I have like 20 hoodlums thermos

Fastest and safest rubles grind is Night Factory. Youll be making 500-1250K per raid

[brittle merlin]

I noticed the AI has gotten way better the past week, anyone experiencing the same?

[bronze saddle]

They eat too much ass. One acav with a Saiga12 took 4 of my limbs in 3 shots, blud is cheating

[fathom tendon]

bro i just wiped my account on accident

fml

i was only lv 19

[bronze saddle]

Ask for support to help you

[drowsy juniper]

are local raids still giving backend error or is that fixed now?

[fathom tendon]

its cool idgaf

vruh cant post cartmen monk gif

[brittle merlin]

the gif holds too much power

[fathom tendon]

nah fr

[bronze saddle]

Ill be home to look for the smugglers in uuuuh... 10 hours, cause im to be at work at 6 and its 8

12 hours DAILY shifts suck

[brittle merlin]

atleast you're leveling up your stress resistance. max level soon

[tough pawn]

do cultists still spawn at any point in the raid?

[forest patio]

are smugglers not on factory

[bronze saddle]

Found some yesterday

[toxic patio]

idk if they do or not

[bronze saddle]

Used to

[tough pawn]

maybe i'll try waiting a bit and then looking for them

[mossy blade]

Ehrmmmmm rn you can earn like safely 5+ Mil if cultists zpawn

[toxic patio]

90% of the time if i find the cultists its because they sprint on my ass right off spawn

[bronze saddle]

You shoulda seen the keys i got from them yesterday. A 314 and 2 Chek13s

[drowsy juniper]

where are you all finding the locked cases?

[bronze saddle]

Also does the poison not work anymore? I got stabbed twice by the cultist priest twice before i killed him with MY knife and i wasnt poisoned

[bronze saddle]

Duffles

[stone harbor]

also there are spawn points that you can check, more than 5 in Factory

[tough pawn]

i mostly find mine in factory whilst hunting cultists since they'll have them in their bags too

[drowsy juniper]

interesting, ty]

[stone harbor]

but for weapon cases, that's abit harder to get

[tough pawn]

marked rooms

[drowsy juniper]

i get a ton from marked rooms

[tough pawn]

i haven't turned any in because as far as i know there's not some special reward or anything

[stone harbor]

for ppl that dont have an abundant of 314, it is abit hard to get sure XD

[tough pawn]

cultists got buffed, i've farmed like 30 marked keys in maybe 5 raids

[drowsy juniper]

thats why cultist spawn increased ig

[stone harbor]

no achievement, no incentive to complete the event quest chain sadly

[tough pawn]

the weapon crates are really good, i have 6 thousand rounds of m993

[stone harbor]

Just wanna farm weapon case for easy 7N40, MAI AP, and other great ammo boxes heheh

oh I got 300 MAI AP rounds already, I'm bringing them into Laby tonight!!!

[forest patio]

i def want that too but im not doing that alone lol

[tough pawn]

they always have really good ammo but i have to fight through the scav gang to get to any of the marked rooms on reserve

[stone harbor]

then it's cultist hunting time! i just burned my last 314

[toxic patio]

i only hit VO if i spawn at it otherwise i just rail bunker

[stone harbor]

wait rail bunker? what's this place?

[tough pawn]

i really do hope the spawn chance changes for cultists are permanent, just because hunting them on customs gets so old

[lunar harbor]

do cultits always spawn at the beginning of the raid?

[glossy hound]

anyone have a list of all the bosses on reserve?

[tough pawn]

reshala, tagilla, killa, glukhar, sanitar, reshala, shturman, kaban, and kollontay

[odd oak]

All of them are on reserve

[glossy hound]

damn two reshalas? :P

[tough pawn]

💔 💔

[odd oak]

Holy shit

[tough pawn]

mate i have been getting the most shit luck with cultists

[glossy hound]

they act a little differently now it seems

before this if you killed one of them on like customs, the rest would rush you

but now on factory they prefer to kinda sit in their corners and wait

did one just a few min ago where i didnt find the priest until like 6min left in the raid, he had been chilling in the center of the map the whole time

he also immediately pulls out a nade as soon as he detects you lol

[tough pawn]

problem is people here keep saying that if you hear a scav that means cultists didn't spawn

[glossy hound]

that has been my experience yes

[tough pawn]

i found them four times in a row and now i've gone 14 raids without seeing them

[glossy hound]

idk

[silk hull]

10 marked room keys from this run wtf

[peak silo]

yes , they don't spawn

[tough pawn]

there's no way the spawn chance is 33%

but then again i wouldn't be surprised with my luck xd

[silk hull]

not true

[glossy hound]

anyone know if the locked cases are worth opening?

[tough pawn]

either super good or just mid

[vocal pike]

do PMC's and culstists spawn same time factory?

[glossy hound]

yes

[silk hull]

yes

[vocal pike]

cool thnaks

[peak silo]

yes

[subtle valve]

GM

Any info how long will the reserve bonanza be active?

And cultists buff?

[glossy hound]

can anyone give me a quick rundown of where the bosses like to spawn

[subtle valve]

On Reserve? All spawns at random. Most of it is near hemetic / train station and near workshops

[glossy hound]

oh lovely

[forest patio]

i just realized how lovely grenadier quest is on factory lmao. find pmcs in the pit and lob grenades in there cause there pathing freaks out lol

[quartz storm]

I got grenadier done by the simple expedient of lobbing grenades in the rough direction of English voicelines

[forest patio]

well they know when grenades hit so they run from grenades. ive never had one kill until factory because they run a mile away from every grenade i throw

[silk hull]

i got that quest with 1 grenade lol

[quartz storm]

I got mine on woods and lighthouse, but I feel ya on the running away bit

[mossy blade]

Easy, use impacts

[velvet vine]

??codes

[quasi apex]

Redeem your goodies → https://www.escapefromtarkov.com/promo/activate (Or launcher → your name → activate code)
SBEUKOMAR | SCAVYBOI | GOONSQUAD | LIGHTSOUT | PAY2WIN | ELVISVISTA | INEEDSPACE|SPECIALDEAL

[trim kettle]

Nikita is Russian Kojima btw

[lethal garnet]

interesting

[tough pawn]

how long is this event going to last because i can NOT get 10 of those damn crates tonight

[peak silo]

probably It will remain until Monday

[subtle valve]

M67 also works well cuz its longer fuse and their AI is stunned by it

[timid tendon]

what is everyone's preference for a 7.62x51 with decent ergo?

[rotund comet]

any suggestions on gun and ammo to snipe bosses from reserve dome?

[silk hull]

well got a rbk key plus 6 mopre marked

[forest patio]

g28 is superb with 7.62

[silk hull]

umm mk18

[mossy blade]

I use the MK17 on par with an AK-308

[subtle valve]

.338 FMJ

Or M80A1 or better 7.62 nato

[rotund comet]

and do the boss kill counts such as kill shturman with m700 from 40m away count?

[mossy blade]

pm makarov

[tough pawn]

x-17 is really good

[tough pawn]

yes they do

[rotund comet]

great thanks

[mossy blade]

im waiting for someone to level out Reserve with nothing but a makarov

[timid tendon]

where do you sit with barrel and etc for regular pve use? like I find myself always wanting to build bigger barrel setups and such but feel like since the rework the ergo is a bit harder to do in that case

[tough pawn]

dude i'm so tilted i haven't gotten cultists in forever

[tough pawn]

really depends on where i'm going, i take the x-17 to labyrinth a lot so i run short barrel

[timid tendon]

makes sense, yeah I'll go play around with the x17 builds then
cheers all

[forest patio]

just got bitcoin for the first time. its only .26 though lol

[odd oak]

That’s a whole

[regal valve]

every airdrop i buy from ref has been 3-4 of the larger weapon cases, wheres people been farming the cases? GZ?

[sage marsh]

they are always only .2

[forest patio]

oh lmao

do i need it for anything at level 20

[subtle valve]

In mark rooms there are always one per room

RB-BK + PKPM -> D2
Easy

[forest patio]

it was just factory safe

[sage marsh]

eh. not really. just the money really

[forest patio]

i cant afford those keys so i dont go there

[regal valve]

if you are not sure on a item if you should hold onto it, just check it on the wiki and it will tell you how many of one item is needed for the quests

click on the quest it will usually say the level requirement

[subtle valve]

It's the great time to run night factory and grind some free keys from cultists

[sage marsh]

bitcoins are super dependent on what edition you have

[forest patio]

i also dont have any night equipment like nvg lol

[subtle valve]

Lolz, RFIDR barter? 70k per GPNVG

[odd oak]

Tank helmet and nvg

[forest patio]

i literally just got my ronin resperator back in insurance and bought peackeepers nvg and mount

[proud oak]

does firework work as a red flare?

[subtle valve]

No, not anymore

[orchid raptor]

any specific spots i should look for the cultists in in factory?

[forest patio]

wait are the keys only on smugglers

[silk hull]

no just run around

[orchid raptor]

thanks

[odd oak]

Want one I have a extra

[forest patio]

ive been having fun running around factory with three mags and an rpd

[ashen anchor]

I saw a picture of a tarkov event where 8 bosses have 100% spawn chance in reserves…. Wtf is this true? And is it live now?

[pale veldt]

So this event is fun and all - but the questline does not give you skill levels nor an achievement. So why bother? Its a LOT to grind.

[forest patio]

no they are for sale on flea i just was wondering if there were other places to look too

[sage marsh]

wahh

just do it

[subtle valve]

Loot the two locked cases, run around and retry if they not there

[forest patio]

but you get the levels by... playing the game anyway

[sage marsh]

this event is a perfect reason to get Snowball

[orchid raptor]

locked cases?

[tough pawn]

DUDE I'M SO PISSED OFF CULTISTS SPAWNED AND I GOT HEAD JAWS BY A PMC

[subtle valve]

Yup, there are always two on factory 😄

[tough pawn]

I'M GONNA KMS

[sage marsh]

where

[forest patio]

i only go to the easy locked case lol

[tough pawn]

3 in first floor office, two in medical lab from what i know

[subtle valve]

lower office and medical room on 1F

[fathom marten]

oh so are they not on smugglers at all? i just got on did two raids 6 kills 3 keys no cases

[subtle valve]

Same spots as last year basically? All locked case static spawns are known cuz these are the same, just look up locked case in wiki

[pale veldt]

U make a good point tbf.

[subtle valve]

Smugglers carry the keys to open them, so you need to hunt smugglers anyway

[sage marsh]

just buy the keys

[orchid raptor]

i havent touched shoreline at all ever since the event ngl

[sage marsh]

why not

[orchid raptor]

i do not wanna bother, is it worth doing?

[sage marsh]

what are you scared of?

[orchid raptor]

nothing

[subtle valve]

You need to kill 25 smugglers for the 3rd quest anyway

[forest patio]

everytime i went since event goons were there

only reason i know is because there were a million distant explosions

[left locust]

why people keep saying cultius is 100% on factory...

[orchid raptor]

needless to say id probably need a metric shit ton of ammo to go through reserve right

[left locust]

its not

[orchid raptor]

i meant reserve earlier oops, i still confuse the 2 for some odd reason, theyre nothing alike

[odd oak]

Multiplayer factory is

[forest patio]

nobody has said that

[subtle valve]

It is 12% by the most reliable info source I have

[west mist]

look at my post in screenshots for a real laugh guys

[subtle valve]

Common thing, where haha

[left locust]

so for pvp its 100% for us pve 12% ^^

[west mist]

33% from what i've been told and experienced

[tough pawn]

i feel like i'm going through a humilation ritual everytime i have to put on a new kit

[subtle valve]

Cuz for PvE PMC AI also take up AI slots

[left locust]

I tho factory is 12% and shorline/custome is 33% or all 33%

[pale veldt]

Think positive - while assembling a new kit you are hydrating, energizing and healing FOR FREE! 📈📈📈

[tough pawn]

i love getting thorax throat by 5.56x45 rrlp

[glossy hound]

well hey, i got four bosses, my brother got one, and we got out. thankfully kaban just decided to walk backwards out onto the rooftop where we were and never look at us

[wheat bough]

i havent seen cultists in like 5 raids on nighttime factory 33% my ass

[tough pawn]

i almost got all the bosses but i couldn't find glukhar and reshala

[silk hull]

best place for flares?

[tough pawn]

marked room

[silk hull]

what ones

[left locust]

Arena

[silk hull]

no not doing arena

[left locust]

u looking for red I geuss

[silk hull]

yes

[subtle valve]

Cuz it is 12%, 33% is fake info

[left locust]

Ref is only one sells it so rip

[pale veldt]

what is 1 tarkov hour irl?

[subtle valve]

Then go arena, 34GP from ref per flare

[wheat bough]

same for other maps 12% or do i have better luck going customs or smth

[sage marsh]

Its not 12%

[subtle valve]

Nope, wood 66, other maps 33, NF 12

[raw nest]

I think 7min

[subtle valve]

The most reliable tarkov dataminer posted this info on x 🙂

[tough pawn]

i'm not running around for 30 minutes just for the cultists to not be there

woods sucks lowk

[sage marsh]

well out of 5 matches i ran on NF i got cultists 3 times. so that doesnt quite seem like 12%

[subtle valve]

For me it's cultists 3 times in 17 raids 🙂

And yes, I wipe and run around whole map

[tough pawn]

i saw the cultists four times in a row whilst playing with a friend

[sage marsh]

i also wouldnt take game info from a twitter post

[subtle valve]

X post from MOST RELIABLE DATA MINER

[pale veldt]

I got 1/10 so chill.

[tough pawn]

yeah uhh i wouldn't trust people on twitter

really depends on the person ig

[pale veldt]

ok 1/8

[tough pawn]

i've ran like 19 and got cultists maybe once so far

[sage marsh]

which is like saying hes the most believable person thats ever lied to me

putting it in caps doesnt change anything lmao

not to mention, the math changes depending on if you have no friends or some friends

[pale veldt]

You really live up to your username lol. Get a life.

[tough pawn]

it's just tarkov i'm afraid it's not that deep

[forest patio]

well i lost my ronin on what was going to be my last day time raid and ended up being a pmc aimbot shit fest

fuck this game

[tough pawn]

bear pmc's are cracked

i got 360'd on lighthouse by an svd with lps the other day

[forest patio]

wasnt a bear, it was like 8 in total though

[sage marsh]

brother...you are just getting started

[forest patio]

ok

[tough pawn]

alright 24th factory raid of the night

[raw nest]

damn first raid nf and got them must be lucky

[forest patio]

idk whaty makes you say that ive spent 10 hours on this game today alone non stop losing shit to bullshit aimbot ai

[tough pawn]

i got them on my first and 3rd raid and then i've only seen them once since then

[orchid raptor]

is there supposed to be a lot of tripmines in the smuggler camp in shoreline

or is this partizan shenanigans

[tough pawn]

it's partizan

[left locust]

loading screen after raid is longer than match now

[silk hull]

im holding onto my keys and waiting for the price to go up lol

[orchid raptor]

no good

[sage marsh]

they likely wont

[pale veldt]

perfectly balanced. Downside is - if u die u have more time to be angry 🙁

[sage marsh]

the loot was already shit in them. now they are everywhere like shitty 5.45 ammo

[orchid raptor]

on a scale of scav to raider, how is smuggler ai?

[ashen anchor]

Is there an event now where 7 bosses spawn on reserve? Or is what i saw just bs?

[sage marsh]

somewhere between pmc and raider

[raw nest]

Yes

[orchid raptor]

thank you

[sage marsh]

every scav boss spawns on reserves rn

[orchid raptor]

ugh where is this mf partizan

[sage marsh]

in a bush

[ashen anchor]

Damn i better hop on! For how long?

[sage marsh]

no one knows

[tough pawn]

genuinely where tf is reshala on reserve i haven't seen that mf today

[tidal yacht]

are these airdrops automatic or do you have to spawn in with red flare?

[sage marsh]

they seem to be random

[left locust]

I find him in Train station always

[tough pawn]

i'll have to check there, one of my last for snowball

[sage marsh]

ive seen him at Knights too

[raw nest]

Misinfo from me ignore

[fathom marten]

says k buildings on eftboss

idk if they roam or not havent been on yet

[sage marsh]

they do

[forest patio]

280k in my secure container just from the past 30 minutes of factory safes and a bunch of goodies earlier from my locked cases. too bad im ending the night waiting for 6 insurance claims

[fathom marten]

oh great

[sage marsh]

people say tagilla spawns in D2 but hes always at Knights for me

[fathom marten]

this will be fun for snowball at least though

[sage marsh]

except for goons and partizan and zyr

Dome sniping is real fun

[fathom marten]

yeh ima prob do zy last i havent killed him in months n months his guards are annoying id have to watch a vid on the angles again

[forest patio]

is the dome on shoreline supposed to be reserve

[fathom marten]

rarely see partizan tho so idk about that part

[sage marsh]

it is in fact

[royal barn]

yes

[sage marsh]

you can see some of reserves if you get up that cliff and vice versa

[forest patio]

seems kinda weird theres an extract there

[sage marsh]

not really

[forest patio]

shouldnt it be a transit not an extract?

[sage marsh]

no

[royal barn]

it ties into the cliffside exit from reserve. uses the red rebel and paracord just like that one.

[sage marsh]

^

[west mist]

i got 8 mp7 mags, 2 mp7a2's a caloc a alu splint 2 surv 12's a handfull of stims and 10 AP SX 40 packs from a weapon case

[sage marsh]

plus you can see Shoreline/Lighthouse at the transits/extracts

[pale veldt]

Damn i was measuring the time, and it was more like 9 min. But Im not 100% sure either

[silk hull]

r weapon cases also in marked rooms

[tough pawn]

pretty sure you can see the mall from customs

[sage marsh]

seem to be

[raw nest]

yup

[silk hull]

ok

[raw nest]

Chek confrimed

[tidal yacht]

how did you get an airdrop? Random or called in therough airdrop?

[sage marsh]

you can see the white towers on customs from inside factory

[west mist]

i got the weapon case from a marked room, dorms, my first time hitting it since the update

[forest patio]

i wanna hit dorms, i had some good experiences there with sherpas when i just started but never got keys

[sage marsh]

dorms is my favorite key to hit

[west mist]

i have 4x keys for it, same for my friend who was runnin culties with me

[tough pawn]

cultists are really good right now if you can manage to find them

[sage marsh]

just spam factory

[tough pawn]

raid 31 without cultists

[sage marsh]

get cases and cultists all at once

[west mist]

i've not found any cases on factory, where they be?

[forest patio]

oh no im done for the night i lost the last of my gear, just expressing a relevent opinion about how much i like dorms

[west mist]

or do you mean locked case

[sage marsh]

ive yet to see tagilla on factory since update

[forest patio]

because he isnt

[tough pawn]

am i doing something wrong with cultist hunting because i genuinely haven't found these mf's in forever

[west mist]

the bosses wont show on their normal spawns until the event is done

[forest patio]

on factory

[sage marsh]

oh nice

[forest patio]

as stated earlier lol

[sage marsh]

wasnt sure if they did that or not

[west mist]

so golden, you just runnin into factory and checking for scavs?

if scavs, no culties, you got unlucky, if no scavs, culties, you just didnt find them

[tough pawn]

i've been getting scavs for the past 14 raids, i had one time without scavs but got shot in my throat by a bear with lps

[west mist]

they can be prone in the water next to lab transit ._.

imagine my suprise when i hear a noise down there, go to check it out and a bunch of fuggin cultists pop out of the water as if they werent busy drowning

[sage marsh]

i wish i could prone in water

[west mist]

you can in that tunnel i think maybe

[sage marsh]

this is just misinformation xD

[west mist]

unless its just cultists since they love to prone, also i found the priest just, laying with his head tucked under a tractor

[sage marsh]

scavs and cultists will 100% be on factory together

[west mist]

elaborate, because this rule has been 100% true for me since i started playing today 14h and 40 some odd runs ago

[subtle valve]

PvP mindset, that Customs spot to kill from inside river was nasty

[west mist]

i have not once seen cultists with scavs on pve

[sage marsh]

ive had scavs pmcs and cultists

like a regular lobby

[west mist]

well

[edgy cipher]

cultists will stab scavs but scavs can't see them until after they have been attacked

[sage marsh]

my cultists are usually hiding in one of the extract doors tho

[west mist]

gimme some proof of it and i'll take your word on it, everyone else has not found scavs + cultists that i know of

[edgy cipher]

I watched the ai intereaction sitting up in the forestress for a about 20 mins

[sage marsh]

had one team that chased PMC's to top office and stabbed them both

[subtle valve]

I did many times, wtf?

[sage marsh]

people just be making up shit

[west mist]

well, every time i have run into cultists on factory there were 0 scavs on the map

and every time i have run into scavs on factory there were 0 cultists

[orchid raptor]

apparently i killed partizan with a vog i dont even remember throwing and i couldnt for the life of me find his body

they need to make that mf look more identifiable man i swear, most of the time i encounter him he just looks like a scav

[sage marsh]

this seems hard to believe and would love to know your dataset or this

[tough pawn]

it's true, if scavs spawn, cultists won't, because on night-time factory cultists spawn in the same location as scavs

[sage marsh]

hes a skinny santa

[sage marsh]

are you both smoking the same crack?

[orchid raptor]

i missed out on free loot

[west mist]

uhh, my 40 or so runs on factory where if i find cultists i have to run 3 laps of the map to find the priest and run into nobody else, and my runs where i find scavs, and no cultists

[edgy cipher]

Cultists and scavs do exist together, the scavs won't last long though. Same agression ai as they do with the player, they run out and stab the target, then retreat giggling to themselves.

[sage marsh]

watching the ai stab other ai is really fucking funny to me

[tough pawn]

i've ran about 30 runs tonight, every time i had scavs, cultists didn't spawn, i looped around the entire map, i also checked downstairs and outside too

[west mist]

no scav corpses, no scav spawn waves

[orchid raptor]

eh partizan loot aint that good anyway, doesnt matter

[west mist]

i've seen cultists stab bears, which sound like scavs?

[sage marsh]

he can have nice ammo for his avt

[sage marsh]

no they dont

[odd oak]

Where have you found cases for this event I have found the weapon boxes

[west mist]

source) you made it up

[sage marsh]

pmc voicelines and scav voicelines are very different

[west mist]

you are right, bears sound notably more angry

[sage marsh]

and they use more proper russian

[edgy cipher]

The real interesting thing is watching the other AI characters be 100% blind to the cultists. The Scavs will walk over the top of a prone cultists and the cultist runs him down swinging

[sage marsh]

plus the pmcs dont ramble on like the scavs do

[tiny axle]

Reserve is like a playground now

[sage marsh]

its great

[rotund comet]

I just killed shturman from 170m with m700 and tac-30 scope but it didnt count, unless I'm using the wrong m700?

[sage marsh]

it only counts on woods im pretty sure

[edgy cipher]

If you want to observe cultist behavior, sneak up onto second floor of custom fortress and just watch from above. The cultists won't shoot at you until you shoot them.

[west mist]

anyone able to confirm or deny whether tagilla spawns in the underground section below the train depot?

[edgy cipher]

or if they are directly under you

[rotund comet]

oh, sad then

[west mist]

on reserve, i was told he shows up down there, and it scares me

[sage marsh]

ive seen him pretty much everywhere except the basement at this point

[tough pawn]

which variant though?

[subtle valve]

They should make it a weekly event xD

[tiny axle]

I'm enjoying it so much, ez 2-3 bosses minimum each run. Sanitar and shturman like to hang out in the same building. I'm trying to get to Dome to see how many I can take out from there

[edgy cipher]

There's a video of Tagilla running through the train platforms

[sage marsh]

shooting kaban is like therapy to me with him bein in the open

[tough pawn]

do bosses fight eachother? because i saw sanitar kill shturman

[sage marsh]

they will if they get shot by accident

[rotund comet]

the big one, I'll try with the normal one next

[tough pawn]

free red rebel ig

[sage marsh]

otherwise they will kinda ignore each other

Kaban and Kollontay seem to travel together tho

[tough pawn]

sanitar just sat in the same spot when my friend and i were on reserve earlier

[sage marsh]

same with the brothers

[tough pawn]

i killed tagilla first then killa rushed me after i killed kaban, they're in like a similar area but not roaming together

[west mist]

so what i'm hearing is its time to hit reserve with a mag or three of igolnik

[edgy cipher]

👨‍🔧 🧑‍🔧

[sage marsh]

better bring more than that. they all have thier respective gaurds

[raw nest]

RR, grenades, h is bag and kill for snowball

[west mist]

imagine if zryachiy decided to show up X_X

[subtle valve]

Lolz.. with Igolnik you need to hit each boss 3-4 times to the head to kill them, most bosses have over 70HP on head

[raw nest]

Bring rpd or m60 let that baby rip

[raw nest]

also this

[sage marsh]

#screenshots message
this was my first attempt at reserves

[edgy cipher]

You bring 2 mags with BS or Igolnik. 1 for Killa, 1 for Tagilla. Then all your other mags should be BP

[raw nest]

Acid green?

[sage marsh]

ye

[tough pawn]

where tf are u finding those things

[raw nest]

I better start using mine

[sage marsh]

i never wiped

[tough pawn]

ah

[sage marsh]

so i have half a box of em

[raw nest]

#screenshots message
My stash of them

[tough pawn]

can u still find them or nah?

[sage marsh]

no

at least not that ive ever seen

they only come out for those events then go away

[tough pawn]

what's the point of completing the event if there's no achievement or anything

[sage marsh]

fun

the smugglers should honestly be a permenant faction

[rain hare]

where do smuggler spawn gz?

[tough pawn]

definitely

[subtle valve]

https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/Chop_the_Thieving_Hand

[tough pawn]

if they were to make it permanent they'd need to nerf the weapon cases and all that

[rain hare]

perfect ty

[slow cloud]

anyone on debtor can tell me if the cultist amulets from the marked rooms for lightkeeper can be lost? say i get all of them load into lighthouse die, would i have to get them all again?

[tough pawn]

yes you have to get them all again

[slow cloud]

ok word thx ill probably do 2 at a time

[tiny axle]

All I saw was a big bald head and I knew. I took all 300 of his PS ammo it felt good

[silk hull]

check that one too

[tough pawn]

what am i doing wrong hunting these hooded freaks

[sage marsh]

dont link datamining sites here

[tiny axle]

Night factory. Run the perimeter then dip if they aren't there. I know it sucks but when it hits it hits good

Or try any other night map lol whichever you prefer

[slow cloud]

i could plant them in the lighthouse on seperate raids doesnt have to be all in one rite?

[tough pawn]

i think so

[tiny axle]

First raid tonight got 3 of them and like 5 marked keys. I could have stopped playing right then

[raw nest]

don't stop

[tough pawn]

is it true that they can only spawn if scavs don't spawn?

everybody is saying something different i genuinely have no idea what's going on

[gloomy creek]

hi guys where can i find the smugglers?

[edgy cipher]

I think i'm on about 55 marked keys now

[sage marsh]

its not been my experience

[tiny axle]

I took a break from them and did a lil of PK quest with the smugglers. Then I went reserve a few times. I'm hoping it runs all weekend

[tough pawn]

all bosses has been really fun, i think tommorow i wanna go for all of them in one run

that's if it's still up

[tiny axle]

Check for Smuggler on the wiki, it shows where they usually are on every map. They can roam a bit if a PMC aggros them

[silk hull]

its a fan made site

not dataminded

[gloomy creek]

aight tysm

[subtle valve]

Unlikely, some will die to PMCs

[tiny axle]

For sure if I can get Tagilla then the rest will be ez

[sage marsh]

tagilla dies to like shots 3 of BT

[tough pawn]

killa is the only one i'm worried about just because i recently wiped and don't have amazing ammo

[subtle valve]

Nikita still thinks it's cheating since official fandom tarkov wiki is cheating

[silk hull]

oh well

[last skiff]

Do you need flare for the event airdrop or is just random ?

[cursive summit]

You need the flare for pve

[sage marsh]

you understand where those sites get thier info from right? and it even has a link to the main datamining site in the header xD

[raw nest]

@sage marsh yea you were right with cultist spawns

[sage marsh]

they spawn with scavs?

[tough pawn]

GULP THEY CAN SPAWN WITH SCAVS

[subtle valve]

Just the normal red flare. Or just go into mark rooms

[tough pawn]

CULTIST JUMPSCARE GOOD GOD

i didn't even shoot them and they started opening fire

i'm gonna actually kms

i love getting head eyes

[cursive summit]

Thought they spawned where scavs can spawn, not with scavs

[sage marsh]

they can spawn anywhere they want really

[west mist]

found an M60 that must be above my paygrade

cause i cant see four parts of it

[raw nest]

lamo

[sage marsh]

they take up a boss slot. not the scav slot

[cursive summit]

Its just different colored parts

[silk hull]

im 6/6 with factory

[west mist]

despite that they often overcrowd scav spawns, leading to me running factory and getting cultists but no scavs many times in a row

[fathom marten]

so are the contraband boxes only for the quests? no other use?

[junior plank]

how do i find partisan ? except for dropping my karma on purpose

[sage marsh]

you can open them

[fathom marten]

oh wtf

[sage marsh]

they have random loot in them

[cursive summit]

Just sucks sealed boxes are only through air drops, and not even a guarantee

[subtle valve]

Mark rooms, each mark has one each time

[sage marsh]

marked rooms too

[west mist]

well, i hauled them all the way home, is the rd-704 any good compared to its peers?

[cursive summit]

Now I just gotta find a marked room key since I haven't seen one throught my entire time owning this game

[subtle valve]

Go reserve BK and PKPM, 2 sealed each time + a lot of other goodies

[west mist]

just kill cultists on factory

[subtle valve]

Hunt cultists, ideal time

[proud oak]

and kill all bosses too

[west mist]

i have more marked keys than i know what to do with

[cursive summit]

Gimmie

[raw nest]

Yup run nNF

[proud oak]

what is the spawn rate for cutlists?

[subtle valve]

If you kill bosses you will not have space / weight to haul also the sealed cases

[sage marsh]

depends on map

[subtle valve]

NF 12%, other maps 33%, woods 66%

[raw nest]

Cultist can have locked cases nihil novi

[subtle valve]

But the small ones or big ones?

[raw nest]

2x2

[subtle valve]

Small ones are easy, there are two each time on factory, I have like 30 of them already xD

[tough pawn]

nf is 33%

[proud oak]

where are they on factory?

[sage marsh]

anywhere they want

[cursive summit]

The big sealed cases are 10 slots

[raw nest]

bing chilling

[subtle valve]

No, it is 12%, I trust my info more than this chat keeps telling me. It also aligns with my current runs. It's 3/20 now for cultists

[sage marsh]

You have to excuse Poma. He cant handle being wrong

[subtle valve]

Yes

[west mist]

i am approximately 12/40

[silk hull]

no but cultist can spawn with event crap

[fathom marten]

first floor office, 2nd floor med area across map

seems to be 100% spawn, each has 3 positions in those rooms

[subtle valve]

Because I am sure I am not 🙂
It aligns with what I see running my own raids. With 33% chances it would be more than 3/20

[sage marsh]

Priest tried to ambush me in bathrooms

[proud oak]

what is in the small boxes?

[sage marsh]

he was laying in the floor by the hole

[sage marsh]

random loot like last time

[proud oak]

i saw the weapon boxes have some good parts

[west mist]

i will not consider anyone's priest experience scarrier than mine, since bro was prone with all his warriors in the water at lab transit ._,

[fathom marten]

guess its night factory time havent fought cultists in a while

[raw nest]

10 marked keys from one run

[sage marsh]

ive gotten roughly 400rds of 993 from the sealed cases

[raw nest]

That's really good

[sage marsh]

plus a bunch of SSA and AP SX

[raw nest]

AP sx is a funny round

[proud oak]

Nato bases in Finland

in the task description

[fathom marten]

is there only priest + 2 cultists on factory?

[tough pawn]

2-3

[edgy cipher]

from my last 6 hours, it's 2-3 Sektents

[fathom marten]

lowkey not bad

[sage marsh]

yea they run anywhere from 4-6 in total

[proud oak]

are the small boxes contraband boxes?

i cant give it to PK

[sage marsh]

open pistol crate. contraband inside

[rotund comet]

ok it works with the base variant

[fathom marten]

contraband boxes can be in the locked cases

[proud oak]

do i have to open it

[sage marsh]

yes

[fathom marten]

yeah idk the odds tho, i got like 5-6 out of 5 locked cases

[sage marsh]

im glad i had keys from last year

[edgy cipher]

haven't opened any crates but I've gotten contraband off the cultists. 2 contraband in about 25 cultists

[west mist]

whatchu guys think about my weapon case loot over in screenies?

[proud oak]

every smuggler seems to have a key though

[subtle valve]

I've got 2x mjolnir from the sealed weapon case xxD

[west mist]

keep hittin them marked rooms, get more cases, tell us what ye get

[sage marsh]

i farm the cases in factory

[fathom marten]

have you seen both scavs and cultists in same run? i saw discussion a bit ago some saying only one or the other spawns

for factory, i usually do customs so idk abt factory

[proud oak]

it seems to give 2 weapons and attachemtns to them

and ammo

[sage marsh]

i keep getting the sr25 case

[tough pawn]

where's the priest i killed all 3 of his little boy-toys now i just need to find him

[sage marsh]

laying in a corner holding a grenade for you

[spring wigeon]

anyone know how long this event is gonna last?

[sage marsh]

no one knows. its unannounced

[edgy cipher]

Anyone had cultists in the last hour? The farm was going good but I've just had no luck in about 9 runs

[tough pawn]

he'll be around the same area as the warriors, right?

[spring wigeon]

Yea i thought as much lol

[edgy cipher]

Maybe they dropped the spawn rate

[sage marsh]

no. he picks his own hiding spot

[tough pawn]

nvm he was on the other side of the map at gate 1

[sage marsh]

he changes up once he loses his followers

[tough pawn]

mf tried pulling a nade when i jumped around the corner

[sage marsh]

Yea

[silk hull]

i let him

[marble aurora]

wait so factory is now worth it for cultists? i was thinking to go woods

[sage marsh]

He plays the mutual destruction card

[tough pawn]

4 marked keys and a red

[silk hull]

then loot him

[tough pawn]

less time consuming, on woods you'll probably have to run across the map

[edgy cipher]

I am thinking of going woods when my buddy gets online. Factory is 33% but woods is 66%, so statistically I would have a have a higher hit rate of spawns, but I'll have to cover more ground. We may have to split the loot, but there will be double the loot statistically and more occurances of loot.

[marble aurora]

you are right, firtst raid and i already found em, fighting em rn

[timid tendon]

#screenshots message

[cursive summit]

I feel like customs is still the best

[tough pawn]

scavs and cultists can infact spawn in the same run, just happened to me

[tough pawn]

i just can't stomach doing another customs raid

[edgy cipher]

Woods in a duo is the way to go

[cursive summit]

Damn

[fathom marten]

ok i thought so yea thx just wasnt 100% with ppl saying both

[wintry cobalt]

Yes but if cultists spawn at start on factory then scavs shouldn't

[marble aurora]

alright fellas, 1st raid on factory, 8 marked keys and 1 polkhim

[wintry cobalt]

Scavs should down after a few minutes tho

[sage marsh]

what...

[wintry cobalt]

Good for you

[wintry cobalt]

Something something spawn waves

[sage marsh]

Yall just say wild shit to say

[wintry cobalt]

The two times cultists spawned for me the map was dead

Like completely

[sage marsh]

cool. thats pure luck of chance

[wintry cobalt]

Yeah ok man whatever

[sage marsh]

and also...2 lobbies means nothing

[wintry cobalt]

29 raids of factory being swarmed and the two I get cultists nothing else on the map

[sage marsh]

29 is also..a rather small testing size

if you arent playing solo, youd need 100s of matches

[wintry cobalt]

Yeah ok dude I forget people here are all graduates from math school and know statistics down to a T

[sage marsh]

I mean, you dont need to be to understand basic statistics xD

[west mist]

ahhh, a good ol tarkov crash from lobby

[wintry cobalt]

What basic statistics, 31 is a small sample size? For what dawg????????

[sage marsh]

Are you playing solo?

[wintry cobalt]

Yes

Like factory was fully packed in 29/31 raids when cultists weren't there for me

[sage marsh]

Ok so say NF is 12% spawn rate for cultists. that means in theory you should see them pretty much exactly 12/100 raids.

[lusty vine]

its 4:52am and ppl are arguing in the tarkov pve chat , its 2026 what we doing

[wintry cobalt]

I KNEW IT ISN'T 33%

[silk hull]

it is 33

[wintry cobalt]

Scammers on the discord I swear

[odd oak]

Pve

[tough pawn]

it is 33 but they can spawn at any point during the raid

[wintry cobalt]

It's 9:53

[tough pawn]

time zones big dawg

[sage marsh]

If you arent playing solo that same 12% would get spread out across all active lobbies of that map

which means youd see them less

even though they are still following the same spawn rate

Nothing about that math requires a degree

now as for scavs not spawning..i have no idea why or how

ive seen them both spawn. ive seen them both not spawn

[wintry cobalt]

Yes but that guy said it's 4:53 and people are arguing I'm pointing out that it's not 5am fit everyone

[wintry cobalt]

I've never seen an empty factory

[sage marsh]

I get it alot.

itll be like 2 scavs and a pmc

[wintry cobalt]

Because I always hear something from a grenade check

[silk hull]

i just killed all 4 of them where transfer to labs is in tunnel

[sage marsh]

they seem to like that tunnel

will be throwing impacts down there alot more now

[heavy wyvern]

are cultist spawn rates still buffed?

[prime trellis]

what is this dogshit

[subtle valve]

Why are smugglers on customs aways near big red

[limber folio]

can some one help with something if they had the same issue? i get this from steam and its really screwing me (Your Steam account is already linked to another BSG account. Click Sign in with Steam on the Authorization form.)

[prime trellis]

i find a code on reserve and it's the fucking shoreline code

-_-

fucking cost me a run after killing the bosses

[ashen anchor]

Do the bosses on reserves also spawn in with their gaurds? Like Kaban, Kollontay and Rashal for example

[junior plank]

yup

[ashen anchor]

damn im about to get rekt im scared

[sage marsh]

youre only gonna find the reserves code on the reserves boss lmao

[wintry cobalt]

why are ronin respirators so expensive rn?

[peak swallow]

i didnt knew and i got 3 codes and tried to go secret extract and blew

[drowsy juniper]

anyone found cases on the smugglers themselves?

[ashen anchor]

Bro ETG was 260k 💀

[ashen anchor]

Ik this is a crazy long questline but what do we even get from it?

[prime trellis]

i picked it up off of sanitar

[drowsy juniper]

No idea yet

[junior plank]

armor 4 all over the head an no stupid vision obstructing your screen

[prime trellis]

the code i got offof sanitar on reserve is "heartbeat"

which is the bunker code for shoreline

[junior plank]

bosses drop codes for their maps, not the map you find them on

[prime trellis]

yeah that kinda fucked me lmao

i thought it was the reserve one

[wintry cobalt]

yes it is nice however it was like 250k for the whole last week now its almost 800k

[prime trellis]

oh well, got myself a few boss kills out of it

[junior plank]

price fixing ? possibly even the fact theres every single boss on one map and they head,eyes a lot ?

[wintry cobalt]

oh my god they spawned

and i got 2 marked keys in total from the 3 of them

[toxic patio]

If you didn’t get priest then there’s one more

[silk hull]

i get 7 to 11 keys

[toxic patio]

otherwise the grind continues, been at it all fucking day

[wintry cobalt]

is it guaranteed 3 sektants?

[toxic patio]

Only 4 rounds they spawned in on pit of roughly 75

[wintry cobalt]

cause the other two times i found only two

[toxic patio]

If none have hood, hood man still around

[wintry cobalt]

for now im 3/33 for them spawning

[toxic patio]

As of right now it’s literally horrid odds looking closer to five percent, not 33%

[wintry cobalt]

last night my odds were 6.5% so

[toxic patio]

I seriously doubt that the spawn rate is an effective 33%

Statistically it comes out closer to less than 10%

[wintry cobalt]

yes ive noticed lol

[subtle valve]

12%

[wintry cobalt]

but once again the cultists spawned at start, and nothing else on the map

[subtle valve]

Wtf... Smugglers during day are deadly accurate

They blasted me from 150m with no chance to survive

I only survived 5 seconds cuz of T6 plate and lucky helmet ricochet

[tough pawn]

MATE THE CULTISTS ARE IN THE TRANSIT TO LABS

[subtle valve]

Yup, they can sit there. That's common knowledge

[proud oak]

go close range

i fought 10 of them so far havent died yet

[wintry cobalt]

i havent died to them yet, my friend wearing blueberry kit did tho

[subtle valve]

I died 2/2 of day time encounters with them and killed them no issue like 6 times night time

They are much harder than rouges on day time

[tough pawn]

easier than raiders idk what ur talking abt

[odd oak]

Found the priest sitting there once with a grenade

[subtle valve]

6b45 with T6 plates didn't save me, they just blased few quick bursts to my chest in 1 second after aggro

[tough pawn]

i saw them stand up from out of the water like we were in jaws or something

[prime trellis]

priest loves to hide and explode himself if you kill his guards

[subtle valve]

On day time they are way harder than raiders and even than rouges

[odd oak]

Just toss a grenade in that water

[subtle valve]

They basically blast you without missing a bullet after 1-2s from aggro

[tough pawn]

i've killed 25 today with no issue, idk what ur talking abt

[subtle valve]

Maybe that is my RNG but day time they are insane

Try going GZ on day time, if they are near emercom they will shoot you while you are near the bank

[west mist]

anyone else notice the high sniper on customs seems to not be spawning?

[subtle valve]

And they aggro first without me shooting from that range

[tough pawn]

their ammo isn't exactly amazing so idk how class 6 didn't save you

the best i've found was m80 from a t-5000m

[odd oak]

It’s always the warehouse sniper for me

[west mist]

i usually find all 3 snipers, but i havent seen the high sniper since the event started

[tough pawn]

did cultist ammo get nerfed or do i just have bad luck

[subtle valve]

Blunt 7.62x39 PS, they hit all shots, so if you get hit by 3 of them at once it's like 10-12 bullets hitting you in single moment

[drowsy juniper]

bro i cannot find cultists on factory im losing my mind

getting lots of cases tho atleast

[tough pawn]

hopefully this event stays over the weekend because i don't have time to farm 10 weapons crates today

[drowsy juniper]

Red flares drop a ton

if you have ref, can buy red flare

[tough pawn]

i don't have mules because i just wiped my account like two days ago

[silk hull]

level 4 ref or 3

[tough pawn]

i find them often i just rarely take them because i already run pretty heavy kits

[west mist]

2x blank rfid, an intel, a green keycard, a wz a roler, and a weapon case, not bad for a marked room

[storm sierra]

anyone know why i just ran into every boss in the game on reserve?

[odd oak]

I got a weapon case recently at the tree on customs

[tough pawn]

event

[storm sierra]

ah

[stone harbor]

that's lucky

you got all the loot from all boss hehe

[odd oak]

Event

[marble aurora]

i just got killed by cultists in gate 3, careful guys

[compact folio]

??event

[quasi apex]

A new questline has arrived! Start it by accepting "Bulldogs Under The Rug" from Peacekeeper!

[west mist]

you can also find cultists spawning more often on factory, woods and shoreline, though ppl saying its lower than default spawnrates

[compact folio]

Whats that new event

[west mist]

just copium i say

[odd oak]

I had like. A empty factory back to back like 5 times then after that nothing

[tough pawn]

their spawn rate is 33% but they can spawn at any point, just like how they were before this update

[odd oak]

Only cults and pmcs

[west mist]

empty factory is 100% cultists, you just didnt find them

[odd oak]

Oh I found them each time

[west mist]

or you did, that's good tho

good loot, lots o marked keys :3

[odd oak]

I meant like no scavs and no gilla

[drowsy juniper]

tagilla not on fac atm

[odd oak]

Me my duo split the keys

[drowsy juniper]

just reserve

[odd oak]

Oh is he actually just not here ok

[west mist]

tagilla doesnt spawn there, scavs get crowded out by cultists 90% of the time

[odd oak]

I thought his spawn was also just there not got moved

[subtle valve]

Maybe it is TKPD time for Reserve?

[odd oak]

Yeah

[west mist]

new gun who dis, hk 416a5

[drowsy juniper]

been running HK all day, forgot how fun it is

[weary ice]

Did they patch cultist bug

[subtle valve]

I'm taking TKPD now, that is real fun-cannon

[drowsy juniper]

what bug?

[wintry cobalt]

i need one more set of cultists come on

[weary ice]

The marked keys

[drowsy juniper]

thats not a bug

[wintry cobalt]

3/34

[weary ice]

What is it

[drowsy juniper]

part of the event

[wintry cobalt]

and theres also people whove seen them 3 times in a row

[weary ice]

Ohhhh

[wintry cobalt]

i hate that gun so much

[tough pawn]

they can spawn at any point in raid

[subtle valve]

I love it, just take SP ammo and have fun

[tough pawn]

even if scavs spawn they can still spawn later on

[drowsy juniper]

as marked keys are spawning weapon cases for the event each time i believe, atleast dorms was for me

[burnt panther]

??codes

[quasi apex]

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[silk hull]

i got 2 from streets

[odd oak]

Hey weird question where do u find weapon cases other then marked rooms

[drowsy juniper]

No wonder i cant find cultist on fac, im running around day factory with NVG's on

i am such a moron

[fathom marten]

yet to spawn for me

[little heron]

cultist spawn rate still on?

[drowsy juniper]

yes

[little heron]

okay ty

[west mist]

gawwwwwwwwwd i wish this would last forever

feels so good

[subtle valve]

Umm... Cultist survived 20 hits from 7.62x51 M62 and killed me?

[drowsy juniper]

tbf no, i love this and its fun but if it was forever would get old

[junior plank]

any tips on finding partisan ? hes last one i need for my snowball achievement

[stone harbor]

how is the TKPD? I got like 4 of it's haven't try it yet

[drowsy juniper]

they just need to do these smaller scale events more often

[little heron]

keep running customs.. he usually around ruaf gate extract

[rare birch]

Yeah wait for 100% spawn rotation with the event he will spawn on a few of the maps

[little heron]

soo scavs doesnt spawn with cultists on factory?

[junior plank]

ill die by then , snowball requires killing all bosses w/o dying in between 😄

[rare birch]

Yeah I’m aware

Don’t die take a break

There is so much more to life then Tarkov 😂

[little heron]

trust me.. customs I've met him there 3 raids in a row near ruaf gate

[drowsy juniper]

Just run customs, farm dorms marked for the event crates, usually by the time you get to dorms and loot marked, he will be waiting outside

[wintry cobalt]

not at the same time

[rare birch]

Not true

[wintry cobalt]

or same wave as some people call it

[past breach]

did bsg forget to enable air drops? I don't have enough red flare to do entire event

[west mist]

is now a good time to mention that i've never seen partizan (alive)

[drowsy juniper]

airdrops never been on pve, atleast random ones

can buy red flare from ref

[past breach]

thats what I mean they forget to enable them to pve

[little heron]

there is random drops on reserve

[weary ice]

??codes

[quasi apex]

Redeem your goodies → https://www.escapefromtarkov.com/promo/activate (Or launcher → your name → activate code)
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[drowsy juniper]

Ohhh was not aware of this, not done reserve yet mb

[past breach]

can't do

[fathom marten]

marked rooms only other option ig

[junior plank]

don't think ive ever seen wild airdrop on pve

[little heron]

there is wild drops now on reserve, there were 2 in my raid yesterday

[fathom marten]

one of the events last year had them but thats the only time im pretty sure, and maybe now if theyre on reserve like he said

[west mist]

i just had to mention never having met him

now i have met and killed partizan

[glossy hound]

cultists are only out at night on customs still right?

[drowsy juniper]

22:00 - 07:00 like usual yes

[west mist]

cultists are always night, increased RoS on factory woods and shoreline

[drowsy juniper]

shoreline still 25%

33% ground zero, factory, customs, 66% woods, 25% shoreline

[past breach]

Does bosses spawn with guards on reserve or just them?

[west mist]

praise da lord, parti has vog-25's for me

[glossy hound]

yes they ahve guards

[little heron]

they do spawn with guards but each boss 1-2 guards

[past breach]

fuck

where they spawn?

[drowsy juniper]

does kaban have gus/basmach or normal guards?

[little heron]

normal

[little heron]

everywhere lol, but i noticed sanitar mostly in the middle

[past breach]

yikes

[little heron]

and shturman likes to go on rooftops

[junior plank]

i feel like they have set spawn points

[past breach]

well lets try camp on radar to see airdrops and then try fight

[little heron]

they do have a set area but they do wander

[junior plank]

shturman and the guards gonna lit you up if you camp radar

been there done that

[wintry cobalt]

did i just get shot through the wall by a cultist

[stone harbor]

so what is your strat?

[wintry cobalt]

you are actually kidding me the time they finally spawn again they aggro a different pmc so i get beamed across factory behind cover

[little heron]

just camp buildings and move to the next one when it gets quiet

[drowsy juniper]

ty

[junior plank]

just run around killing them 1 by 1

[stone harbor]

Am I a Rambo? nope, too old and crap for that

[past breach]

not if I sit inside lol

[wintry cobalt]

for fucks sake

[stone harbor]

make sense, ambush them before they ambush you

[junior plank]

run reserve 2-3 times, find out where they are so you can start killing them from distance

[mighty coral]

There’s a Reserve boss event going on right now, right? Does that mean all the bosses actually spawn there, or only certain ones?

[junior plank]

like i said before they usually spawn around the same arena

all bosses except for zryiachi, cultist and goons

[subtle valve]

What... 100/100 MCX SPEAR jammed on first mag

[little heron]

scav bosses only

[junior plank]

yes

[mighty coral]

Ty

[wintry cobalt]

magazine failure to feed?

[drowsy juniper]

Reserve? Maybe Kollontay nearby

[subtle valve]

Nah... JAM

[subtle valve]

GZ, running night to kill smugglers

[drowsy juniper]

no idea then

[wintry cobalt]

for gods sake man 4/38 with cultists and i died in one of the times they spawned

[subtle valve]

Exactly.. I was sure that anything 95+ dura cannot jam

[little heron]

wrong ammo

[subtle valve]

I am not dumb, also, that was halfway mag

[west mist]

got 2x MSGL with 2 full loads of nades from my next weapon case

[little heron]

unlucky ig

[junior plank]

did you by any chance have some 556 in that mag ?

[west mist]

was it against the boss that forces a jam or just a wild jam?

[little heron]

grab glukhar's ash

[drowsy juniper]

damn it can have MSGL? i keep getting .338 AP and Mjolnirs from it

[past breach]

I forgot AI in this game cheat... one tap first nanosecond by follower

[west mist]

i'm startin to think they can spawn with any gun and some random attachments for em

[little heron]

i wasnt prepared for my first reserve raid, so i just kept grabbing each boss gun and killing the next with it.. felt like gungame lol

[west mist]

along with 4x spare mags and enough ammo to fill those four mags, probably

expect in the case of MSGL since they dont have mags

[little heron]

guards have gzhels, korounds

[west mist]

i am happy about my 10x surv-12's tho

[wintry cobalt]

happened to me 3 raids ago...

[silk hull]

so cultist on custom only gave me 4 keys

[west mist]

hitting customs until this 1 key runs out and then i'm flippin back to factory to get more keys

[drowsy juniper]

"only"

[silk hull]

yes only where factory i get 7-11 keys

[drowsy juniper]

still 4 keys lmao

[wintry cobalt]

damn good for you!

4/39

(died once)

[drowsy juniper]

unrelated but did you get smoke yet?

[wintry cobalt]

yes i got it yesterday from cultist circle

[drowsy juniper]

hell yeah

[wintry cobalt]

didnt even get it from the smugglers lmao

[little heron]

guys i cant find them on factory i literally ran like 12 raids