pve-chat

[magic yacht]

The rng is kinda weird though, last 6 cultists ive killed all had cultist knives but the only key ive gotten was RB-PSP1

[jolly hazel]

they killa pmc and yoink it?

[magic yacht]

Those are Smugglers, not scavs

[vivid wagon]

the fuck

[magic yacht]

Check out Peacekeeper, he has a new task

[jolly hazel]

if they have case key on them its def smugglers

[vivid wagon]

they sound the same as scavs

[marsh wing]

russians but with raider gear basically

[vivid wagon]

and they tank 22 BULLETS OF SSA AP

[magic yacht]

Well yes they use scav voicelines but Case key isnt guaranteed, smugglers always have Mint condition guns though

[vivid wagon]

its kinda dumb asf

[viral zodiac]

Has anyone had any luck getting PMCs to spawn in factory office?

[vivid wagon]

its fully luck

that they go in there

[viral zodiac]

dam

[magic yacht]

Well that's what you get for using SSA AP lol

[marsh wing]

remember, it can be all 3 levels of the office

[magic yacht]

Low Damage Round>High health Enemy

[viral zodiac]

Yeah, so far its been pretty unlucky for me

[jolly hazel]

very rarely, sometimes you can get them to push in from gate 3 by spamming nades, or from gate 0 side. but they do sometimes spawn in the gate3 side office stairwell

[orchid raptor]

THE DOPAMINE I GET FROM GETTING THESE KEYS IS LIKE CRACK HOLY SHIT THIS EVENT IS AWESOME

[vivid wagon]

t6 pen 38 damage and 22 bullets to a smuggler

[cobalt depot]

i found a weapon case sealed and blank rfid in dorm 314, not cool at all

i spent 10m for the dorm and i feel like im regreting it yall

[vivid wagon]

i did 544 damage to ONE and have him not die

[cobalt depot]

i dont really know how to farm cultists tbh i never fought them either, im pretty new to the game still

[orchid raptor]

theyre really really really easy

[marsh wing]

found my first smugglers

[orchid raptor]

theyre basically just PMCs with no helmet and really good loot (great ammo most of the time)

[marsh wing]

was a group of like 6. They fucked me up

NO FUCKING PARTY MAN SHOWED UP AND DROPPED ME

fuck you partyman

first kit of the day :(

[silk hull]

dont worrie i got fcked up by kolly lol

[bright sand]

they have big bags too

[ashen anchor]

bro i can confirm they spawn during the raid lol

[orchid raptor]

on a scale from scav to raider how busted are they

[marsh wing]

i saw a scav with pilgrim, took a shot, next thing i knew i was surrounded from literally every direction. I was hiding behind a chem tote

[ashen anchor]

just got 3 marked room keys

[marsh wing]

they are certainly stronger than scavs

[mystic berry]

anyone knows what the last quest of the smuggler questline gives? anything worth?

[heavy rampart]

Anybody able to find cultist anywhere? I have done 5 factory, 5 custom, 4 shoreline night time and not even once seen them.

[marsh wing]

do NOT take them lightly

[orchid raptor]

just keep running factory

take advantage of this event while its here its fucking great

[jolly hazel]

Seems a good way to tell is if there are like 0 scavs then prob cultists

[ashen anchor]

i have found them in factory 3 times today so far 2 of them they spawned in after like ~7 minutes

[orchid raptor]

though make sure that once you kill everybody run laps around the map cuz they like spawning late raid too

[cobalt depot]

anyone knows how to set DLSS to performance? I can only set it to balanced

[heavy rampart]

I want to take advantage but they fucking dont spawn for me for some reason

[jolly hazel]

rgr

[simple briar]

Note to myself, if you want to snipe bosses on Reserve from dome do it only at night. Killa laserbeamed me from White Horse car park while I was at the dome

[orchid raptor]

check gates and the lab transit

[orchid raptor]

just keeeeeep running factory forget about customs and the other maps

[vale atlas]

Just bad luck, i ran 20 raids yesterday and got 1 batch of cultists. Earlier this morning i ran factory twice and got cultists both times. Just average tarkov luck

You can flip heads 20 times in a row, just unlikely lol

[marsh wing]

THIS GAME IS A GAMBLE. DONT FORGET THAT

[orchid raptor]

holy shit am i seeing that right... 9 minutes and 30 seconds for a customs raid on bsg servers

[jolly hazel]

bro if only partisan was part of the reserve boss event. I was on a 150 streak and killed everyone but kolontay, kaban and zirachy but then the server crashed and everyone got dc'd and a scav killed me. Now I got all the bosses except sani and partisan for snowball

[orchid raptor]

what the fuck is this queue??

[vale atlas]

Possibly just a scuffed display? but then people are farming hard right now because of the keys lol

[marsh wing]

still cant believe i went 20minutes in woods without seeing him, then ambushes me with some smugglers

[orchid raptor]

cant even cancel the queue 🥹

[grizzled yoke]

where to farm red flares? I'm having trouble finding sealed weapon cases due to lack of red flares

[orchid raptor]

i didnt even realize it was that long bruh im still waiting, its at 7 minutes 40 seconds

[cobalt depot]

okay i just opened my first weapon case sealed got two AXMC's and bunch of Lapua magnums, i love it already

[vale atlas]

lmao, thats rough, i'd alt f4 myself

[marsh wing]

yeah, weapon cases are cracked af

[marsh wing]

marked rooms

[cobalt depot]

freaking 60 bullets of AP Lapua, this is crazy

[grizzled yoke]

thanks

[vale atlas]

God i need to clear out my stash so i can actually get all this loot

[silk hull]

50m nades still; happening lmao

[crude fable]

Lmao wiped the cultists and they had zero keys on em

[jolly hazel]

RIP

[orchid raptor]

if this queue passes 10 minutes im alt f4ing

[ashen anchor]

how many Cultists spawn on Factory? sometimes i found 3 sometimes i found 4

[orchid raptor]

#screenshots message

[ashen anchor]

i wonder if i missed some

[orchid raptor]

2-3 lackies and 1 priest

[jolly hazel]

when I see em its usually 3 and the priest

[jagged girder]

??codes

[quasi apex]

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[subtle valve]

Lolz.. at 2 minutes I am getting annoyed, only once it reached 5 minutes for me

[marsh wing]

shit i forgot ear plugs

[jolly hazel]

lmao rusted bloody off a fac scav

[marsh wing]

its only for the event. I doubt it lasts until monday

[livid oxide]

yea I got one from a scav the other day

[gusty whale]

Doubt it, bsg often do events like this for 1week+

[golden widget]

so i went cultist hunting on night factory last night. 5 marked keys off priest

[orchid raptor]

i really hope they keep the marked room drops

[subtle valve]

Good, then they will nerf mark room loot to balance stuff xD

[trim kettle]

Nikita is Russian Kojima btw

[marsh wing]

yeah, ive been getting 8 keys per raid almost

[scarlet violet]

my guys im back, i ended up doing 25-30 raids and never got cult, always scav in the first 5 mins

is the event still going or nah?

[scarlet violet]

smooth operator

[gusty whale]

Last cultist event dorms marked dropped from >60 million to <10 mil, so wouldn't worry too much, they always go back up anyways

[golden widget]

can someone tell me how in the blood soaked protestant hell i got stabbed with a cultist knife and did not take toxin damage? and no my immunity is not that high

[subtle valve]

He already used his charges earlier

[ashen anchor]

is Tagilla a 0% spawn on factory night? I've been hunting Cultists and i havent seen him in like 10 raids lol

[subtle valve]

So you were stabbed with 0/2 kknife

[golden widget]

he had just spawned..

[subtle valve]

No idea then, must be immunity skill rng

[orchid raptor]

i still wonder what this event is building up for

[scarlet violet]

he is 0% rn from what i saw last night here

[livid oxide]

one day cultists will spawn for me on factory

[raw nest]

He in fact now spawns on Reserve

[tacit mesa]

Man i'm so sick of the goons

[gusty whale]

Been events orders of magnitude worse than this for high loot drops. Boosted marked room gave you 7-10 labs cards per open for one event for like 2 weeks

[scarlet violet]

same

[drowsy juniper]

icebreaker 100% thats how they smuggle stuff in

[golden widget]

yeah no bosses spawn on any maps except for reserve now

[ashen anchor]

yea ive killed all on reserves earlier was pretty fun but i didnt have time to loot shit and somehow missed Rashala

[gusty whale]

Yeah that one was fucking dumb

[plush panther]

where do the bosses usually spawn on reserve? I so far saw Sanitar and Shturman only spawn on white knight and kaban on black knight

[golden widget]

train depot, barracks and tank depot

[gusty whale]

Labs cards went from 10mil+ to like 1mil tops xD

[golden widget]

buy em up while you can

the loot pools are deffo wild tho. i hit double black last night on labs and walked out with 4 bitcoins and a black

[ashen anchor]

I cant see shit when PMCs have a flashlight YET they can see me clearly nice game

im talking about night time factory

[golden widget]

i mean, thats kinda how flashlights work lol

[ashen anchor]

i have my flashlight on xD

[gusty whale]

Was on about another event. I did indeed buy them up, over 200 of each colour

[drowsy juniper]

anyone hit shared bedroom? does the sealed weapon case also spawn in there?

[golden widget]

use the Klesch-2P

[golden widget]

yes it does

[drowsy juniper]

sweet

[golden widget]

my next run through, im not givingthe case to prapor. fucking doing lightkeeper tasks lol

[timid locust]

Where have yall found the smugglers?

[jolly hazel]

smugglers/scav base on shoreline

[drowsy juniper]

i find em consitently around construction on customs

[golden widget]

Ground Zero is the easiest

they spawn by Kyspersky

[timid locust]

Thank you

[marsh wing]

i just went into crackhouse for tools case, heard a ding, a few seconds later there was an explosion off in the opposite corner of the room

did i manage to get partyman 2 raids in a row and not find him in this one?

[round orbit]

might've been Priest offing himself

[marsh wing]

no it was daytime

like, 9am i think

[cobalt depot]

guys what is case key used for?

[gentle pulsar]

a case !

[cobalt depot]

i killed like 5 smugglers rn on customs and got two keys

[vale atlas]

Workbench, it opens new event case things

[cobalt depot]

Which case

[vale atlas]

The square ones

[willow tinsel]

Locked case , event case, find them

[vale atlas]

Just search "Case" in workshop, you'll see it

Workbench even

[latent void]

I think this is the first time i ran into 3 Cultist guards and no priest on factory

[marsh wing]

they need the recipe from the questline

[scarlet violet]

how funny, yesterday 25+ runs 0 cult, today first run cult

[glossy hound]

priest is probably just chilling somewhere waiting to nade himself

[elder tartan]

What is the go to way of obtaining Red flares for the event if you do not have Ref?

[golden widget]

priest just stared at me menacingly last night

[golden widget]

marked rooms and scavs

[orchid raptor]

what should be more of a priority, farming cultists in factory or hitting marked keys

[elder tartan]

Thank you! Are they dropping more often now ?

[gentle pulsar]

gonna try wiping cultists with 30rnder five-seven

[scarlet violet]

farm

[marsh wing]

yeah, fuck reserve. Go farm as many keys as you can while you can

[orchid raptor]

thanks bro

[latent void]

I swear i checked every nook and cranny

[scarlet violet]

ñp

[golden widget]

bosses on reserve are dropping marked keys and cards from what ive seen

[glossy hound]

i had one where we only found him at 6min in the center by the silos

[willow tinsel]

There was a guy in here that was like "tHe sPaWn ChaNce InCrEaSEd fOr cUlTiST"

[glossy hound]

lies

[scarlet violet]

xD

[vale atlas]

It is people just get unlucky lol. People aren't great at naturally understanding odds, its why casinos do so well

[scarlet violet]

don't remember that one, just remember the other two lads that where unlucky

[gentle scaffold]

are the goons on reserve as well? and do they fight other bosses just curious

[golden widget]

watched a buddy live stream hitting all the bosses and he walked off with 3 black, 2 314 keys, 1 Chek and 2 purple

[scarlet violet]

one's name look like nami from LoL and the other had few words liek yours

"liek"

[vale atlas]

I was the guy that got 1 set of cultists in 20 raids

I embody murphys law

[livid oxide]

finally cultists

[scarlet violet]

yesterday i was the unlcuky incarnated bro

[vale atlas]

I feel your pain, looking forwards to more suffering today

I just want to get the 12 knives i need for that quest now rather than later lol

[golden widget]

Murphy is a bitch

[vale atlas]

Dont care much about the keys, let the grinders grind, i'll just... buy them cheap

[random cave]

what are the spawns for the locked pistol case for smugglers quest on shoreline

[vale atlas]

Probably easier to check the wiki/google. "Go left at the staircase, run down the hall to the third door, rub the lamp, out the window and down the hill..."

[supple dagger]

camp

[vale atlas]

Directions for specific things aren't the most accurate thing in discord lol

[latent void]

Found him, he was hiding at the transit to labs lol

[glossy hound]

xd

[gentle pulsar]

im honestly doing it just to get a shit ton of keys then resell them in 6 months when rooms might be better

[glossy hound]

tbf rooms are good again

[gentle pulsar]

*some rooms

[drowsy juniper]

bro there is something up with my game, everytime i exfil streets it takes like 10 mins of freezing to get main menu back, the raid plays fine but ever since 1.0 it freezes always on exfil

[glossy hound]

i got 2 red rebels, a taiga, and a docs case from abandoned factory earlier

[gentle pulsar]

thats one of the good rooms, yes

dorms marked room is utterly pointless and if it was changed that only increases the value of the key

reserve marked is also goated from what i hear, weapon cases almost every time and the weapon cases are loaded

(but i have yet to hit the rooms)

[drowsy juniper]

every marked room spawns sealed weapon cases atm

[wintry cobalt]

me when my factory raids were 3 minutes and the loading back to main menu took 5

[cerulean jasper]

I think I found 3 KS-23s in one reserve marked room in one raid

[wintry cobalt]

is it not guaranteed anymore?

the weapons cases i mean

[buoyant roost]

Haven't farmed cultists before... So if I see any scavs on night factory, that means no cultists?

[drowsy juniper]

they are

[wintry cobalt]

thank god

[vale atlas]

They could still spawn later but its faster to just reset if you see scavs

[crude fable]

If you see a lot of scavs probably means no cultists but i've found a few cultists in maps with a few

[celest crane]

Wait, how come a scav on Customs has a Rusted Bloody key?

[signal vine]

anyidea what this new event is?

[gentle pulsar]

oh i wasnt sure if it wasnt guranteed or not, i didnt wanna say it was for sure since i havent been to any of the marked rooms yet

[livid oxide]

i found one on a scav in factory the other day

[worthy otter]

Because scavs can spawn with keys

[vale atlas]

People are talking about them as if they're guaranteed, so likely reliable enough to be worth opening

[gentle pulsar]

yeah prob

[celest crane]

But a Streets-specific key? Interesting..

[versed dock]

Anybody know where the smugglers spawn on streets besides cinema? Haven’t been able find their other spawn yet

[viral zodiac]

Do raiders or any bosses spawn at the cenima on streets?

ran into a pack of heavily geared AI using scav voices as a player scav, I opened up on them but decided to back off and not kill any in case they were somehow a boss guard

[magic yacht]

They can spawn with just about every key

2 days ago I found a scav with Key 03 in his backpack

[viral zodiac]

Oh...did I run into smugglers?

[gentle pulsar]

if they're wearing neon green yeah

or like blue

[viral zodiac]

Yeah blue

[magic yacht]

If they have big backpacks, 2x5 pockets and mint condition weapons theyre smugglers

[viral zodiac]

Good thing i didn't kill them

[silver idol]

So if cultists are on factory, there won’t be scavs around or maybe only a few? Never done factory cultist farm lol

[magic yacht]

Wdym good thing

[viral zodiac]

My scav rep likely would have tanked

[celest crane]

Which maps has the airdrops for "Accept Delivery" quest?

[magic yacht]

If scavs spawned in intitially, no cultists

[magic yacht]

Iirc they dont apply scav penalty, they only aggro other scavs on you if you kill them

[drowsy juniper]

this isnt true, can still be cultists, will just be less scavs, not always none

[magic yacht]

I havent seen a single scav while cultists were on the map

[silver idol]

Okay mint thank you! I’ll do a quick run around and if none just extract lol

[worthy otter]

False

[drowsy juniper]

i have

Cultists will take scav spawns, but there can still be scavs, usually less of them

[viral zodiac]

So do smugglers have nice loot or just good guns and a bit of armor

[subtle valve]

Since whenn cultists can be at ruaf roadbloc extract?

[rain bloom]

a long time

[silk hull]

i have 39 keys to sell lol

[magic yacht]

Ive not seen a single scav when the cultists spawned on Night Factory, only PMCs

[sturdy grove]

i killed plenty of culstist but i managed to kill one priest
i need one more for they are already hered

[ashen anchor]

just went from 60 mil to 111 mil in 1.5 hours best event ever

[magic yacht]

And I was running around the entire map looking for the priest

[drowsy juniper]

again, i have

[gentle pulsar]

single pmc in factory wtfff

[ashen anchor]

did you check above the scav bunker? Thats where my priest was after i looked for him for 10 minutes lol

[orchid raptor]

cultist just tried stabbing me with a normal ass knife 😭 😭

[ashen anchor]

i have but they spawned during the raid not right away

[rain bloom]

these events, does the bosses still spawn on their maps or are they only on reserve rn?

[vale atlas]

Got my 12 fir cultist knives now i can fuck that grind off ❤️

[marble bronze]

Only Reserve

Zryachiy doesn't count, of course

[vale atlas]

God damnit i have quests to do on reserve and i need to be able to move across ground

[mortal lodge]

what about partisan?

[sinful oyster]

no partisan

[marble bronze]

Unknown, but I'd guess he doesn't count either

[mortal lodge]

so he's still on his own maps?

[sinful oyster]

no spawns ive seen, tarkov . dev has his spawn rate at 20%

[drowsy juniper]

dont talk about it here, breaks TOS

[celest crane]

Oh my lord.. 10 minutes to load into a Reserve raid 💀

[past breach]

Why? Lol

[last silo]

Good GOD the all bosses on Reserve event is broken as fuck.

[celest crane]

Who knows, ask Nitika

[past breach]

Had him on Customs twice today

[last silo]

I've been lasered by Sanitar through buildings twice, Kaban is fucking invisibile and a sniper, and half of the others just don't exist.

[silk hull]

i got 3 of every key for my self now trying to make it 6

[faint sparrow]

finally done with punisher

[past breach]

Well ai isn't made to run on maps besides where they spawn so its not fun mess

[mortal lodge]

cool. thx

[subtle valve]

Nice... twice in a row I had customs with squad of smugglers and cultists

[past breach]

Also do airdrops happen on reserves without needing for flare? I only run reserves once and didn't had it

[past breach]

Ages ago I had goons, reshala and cultists

[little willow]

is it easy to farm cultists on customs?

[past breach]

Its not easy but possible

[celest crane]

Since when did the AI learn how to use the grenade launcher on Reserve?

[trail jackal]

where do u guys mostly find cultists on factory? been doing some night raids but seems like i am not encountering them

[past breach]

They did ages ago but its rare for them to use it

[lethal garnet]

run around and you’ll find them, sometimes underneath, sometimes rafters, sometimes in rooms, sometimes in the open

they hide a lot remember

[little heron]

anyone seen cultists lately?

[silk hull]

killing them right noiw

[lethal garnet]

also we’ve even found them in sewer in the labs tranist

[little heron]

alr

[lethal garnet]

alr

[vale atlas]

Do the red flare cartridges work or does it have to be signal flare

You'd think they both do the same thing but common sense isn't always

[silk hull]

i think they nerfed this key drops

[marble bronze]

Work for what? Summoning an air drop?

[worthy otter]

They do the same thing but one requires a flare gun, the other does not

[vale atlas]

Yup just wanted to be sure, got a bunch of the red cartridges for my flare gun but never bothered to take it out lol

[marble bronze]

Yeah they work

[subtle valve]

If you get used to it, know how to fight their AI then yes, it is easy. Still need to be supper focused on not doing dumb moves cuz they can drop you easily

[vale atlas]

Better question, do the flares out of this damage people?

😂

[toxic patio]

There’s no reason to not just do a quick lap around map

But if I know cultists didn’t spawn im just gonn leave I have no reason to be on factory otherwise

[marsh wing]

i mean, you can, but ive had no issue playing the map

[vale atlas]

its like 40 seconds to maybe aggro and earn a few million

Small map, no biggie

[marsh wing]

I hit safes and locked case spawns

[toxic patio]

Literally every time they’ve been on map they HAVE Aggroed me

[tacit mesa]

Of course the goons have to be on shoreline

[toxic patio]

Hitting the valuables is 100% the way to go

I do that and then make a quick sprint to the nooks and crannies of the map

[tacit mesa]

So fun getting my kneecaps blown off by birdeye from weather station

[toxic patio]

If they haven’t run at me by then it’s easy to murk a PMC or two to restock meds and then leave

[marsh wing]

Yeah, my runs consist of hitting safes, tasks, locked cases, kill anything along the way. If i havent found Cultists, i do a quick lap and check hidey holes, then i leave

my runs usually take 10-15minutes and ive been carrying out guns and gear to sell

[toxic patio]

This is the way

I just carry out nice rigs/backpacks from PMC’s

Guns are bad dura 99%

[marsh wing]

yeah, i still need LBT gear for drip out

i have been taking low dura guns out to repair for intellect

[tacit mesa]

Whats the best place to find smugglers now that goons are staining shoreline?

[marsh wing]

literally any map, just run around

[split rapids]

there is a reason not to. you see a scav you leave

[marsh wing]

god sj6 are pricey

[split rapids]

just craft them?

[drowsy juniper]

mules too, like 300k earlier

[marsh wing]

ive been playing woods and big maps for tasks. Ive been going through SJ6 faster than i can craft lol

i went through 4 SJ6 last woods raid

[split rapids]

shouldvve had elite stamina

[marsh wing]

bro, smwd

[vale atlas]

I am haemmoraghing money to sj6's lol

Once i started with them i cannot stop. Why run slow when can run fast

[marsh wing]

but honestly, 1 marked key is like 30 or so SJ6

[split rapids]

so youre telling me now is the time for me to sell my 4 med boxes of them

[vale atlas]

Wait until you combine it with a propital

[marsh wing]

oh ive been using prop when i get in big fights

[vale atlas]

Then combine sj6 prop and mule

Infinite zoom

[split rapids]

why pop mules doe

just get obd 2s

[marsh wing]

i usually use 1-2 prop, then 2-3 sj6 depending on my fights and maps

[vale atlas]

I distrust the obds because obd1 kept murdering me

obd2 is not to be trusted

[split rapids]

obd 2 is literally just better in every way than mule

[vale atlas]

I know what it wants really

[split rapids]

plus cheaper

[last silo]

The spawn areas for the bosses on Reserve is backasswards.

[vale atlas]

(Yeah but i have a fucktonne of mules already, no need for them)

[marble bronze]

Cuz I can craft em

[vale atlas]

i was just sat on them for the longest time and now i'm popping them like candy lol

[split rapids]

yeah for a stupid not worth it price lmao

[marsh wing]

I DONT WANNA RUN WOODS ANYMORE DAMNIT

[scarlet violet]

i refuse to believe that cult on factory isn't 3%

[marsh wing]

i wanna farm more cultists :(

[vale atlas]

Take a look at that screenshot and you'll see why i dont care lol

[marsh wing]

i got like 3 spawns in a row yesterday...

[scarlet violet]

yesterday

[split rapids]

was not responding to you

[marble bronze]

Money means nothing in this game

[vale atlas]

Ah gotcha

[little heron]

istg the spawnrate was higher yesterday

[marsh wing]

looks like spawns havent changed

[scarlet violet]

indeed

[marsh wing]

@drowsy juniper 's crystal ball hasnt changed any

[drowsy juniper]

the spawns havent changed at all

[scarlet violet]

shit spawns still ffs, back to 0% i go

[drowsy juniper]

33% doesnt mean you find them once in every 3 raids, its rng, its 33 chance every raid you enter, just bad luck

[vale atlas]

think of it like a coinflip that hates you

[drowsy juniper]

^

[marsh wing]

once again, THIS GAME IS SKILL AND LUCK

OPENING TARKOV IS LIKE SITTING DOWN TO PLAY POKER

[scarlet violet]

i mean, yesterday i failed 25+ coin flips

[marsh wing]

no one seems to grasp that

[vale atlas]

Specifically zynga poker where the ai cheats

[tidal egret]

Are cultists still buffed loot wise I keep seeing mixed answers

[marsh wing]

try reseating your ram

[marsh wing]

yes, 3-5 keys per

[drowsy juniper]

yes

[scarlet violet]

now it's gonna be nice since i have been playing blackjack and trying cultists and i have more luck in blackjack than this shit

[tidal egret]

Copy, I saw some people saying they killed 8-10 and only got 1 key

[warm sentinel]

Not even Tagilla wants to spawn on Factory for me atm lol

[tidal egret]

He’s on reserve

[vale atlas]

Its the self confirmation effect "I just got bad loot 3x in a row they must have lowered loot rates" its that Tarkov rng again lol

[knotty sage]

So wait cultists spawns buffed? Just ran a customs at 2am and didnt have any

[vale atlas]

Confirmation bias is the term i was looking for, its early

Cultists still dropping keys and ammo for days

[tidal egret]

Yeah I was doing the same thing last night I convinced myself the spawn rate went back down even though people were still getting them every few raids.

[warm sentinel]

sounds like fun tbh

[vale atlas]

I'd have been on your side too lol, 20 raids one batch of cultists

I've had better luck today, but i know thats exactly what it is, just the luck lol

[buoyant roost]

All bosses are on Reserve atm

[scarlet violet]

it is fun

[drowsy juniper]

defibs back up to 500k+ hmmm

[scarlet violet]

why tf defib back up?

[light root]

rb-vo is absolutely loaded atm

[drowsy juniper]

I assume less people farming necrus/ultra med and doing the event instead

[scarlet violet]

i bought a 10/10 key for vo so that i can farm black keycard when this even is gone

[light root]

just go farm them lol

mega easy to get right now

[scarlet violet]

i got 2 ultra meds from the bloody key xD

[scarlet violet]

AS IF I AM NOT ALREADY TRYING TO

[vale atlas]

Sigh, off to reserve now to see if i can get a 40m angle on shturman

[scarlet violet]

tbh that was a 0/10 ragebait from you blud

[cosmic patrol]

bro what. I found a SCAV with 300k in his wallet but I cannot find a smuggler for shit

[scarlet violet]

lol

[worthy otter]

Well where are you looking?

[scarlet violet]

man, with these raids being 1-2 mins i swear i will go to 50 raids

[cosmic patrol]

Done did a run on Customs just now, ran around the map. Did a run before that on shoreline, ran from terminal spawn to the depot area and got the SCAV with 300k

[fervent drift]

Anyone got any tips for Return the Favor? I just finished capturing outposts yesterday this game is something else

[worthy otter]

Go to the Smugglers Base on Shoreline

[livid sleet]

ground zero for me has worked nearly every time, they always spawn in the underground or the open plaza area in the middle of the map

[wintry cobalt]

another cultist spawn baby

only 3 keys this time tho

[cosmic patrol]

Sir yes sir

[scarlet violet]

now u getting luck?

[wintry cobalt]

also i killed a cultist with the rshg but no achievement

[scarlet violet]

if nami gets luck too i swear to god

[wintry cobalt]

maybe they want me to direct impact the cultist?

[light root]

mine spawn ingroups in the back right and get stuck sometimes, respect them they'll gun ya down throguh a bush

[scarlet violet]

seems i was right

[vast fossil]

oh so thats not allowed?

[scarlet violet]

thanks chek

[plush panther]

afaik this achievement does not exist in pve, as in it's unobtainable

[vast fossil]

does anyone know an efficient way to farm red flares then

[vale atlas]

Where should i be looking for shturman? i cant even hear him shooting lol

[light root]

markedrooms

[uncut pebble]

Has anyone else had the smugglers randomly spawn in right in front of you on top of the roof at chalet on lighthouse and absolutetly beam you?

[scarlet violet]

basicly marked

[livid sleet]

beaming yes

they are roasting me more then bosses or any pmcs would ever

[uncut pebble]

Honestly man

[scarlet violet]

well they are buffed raiders xD

[light root]

twice now I have found shturman
in the bushes between train depot and black knight

[vast fossil]

well thanks guys, marked rooms was what i knew already but i guess i have to burn some keys then^^

[livid sleet]

its lowkey irritating me xD

[scarlet violet]

yup! gl with it!

[vale atlas]

Nice one ty

[livid sleet]

its my first time experiencing them so i wasnt sure how they'd be

[vast fossil]

ty

[scarlet violet]

if it was not at this time of the event i would recommend reserve

[light root]

he ishard to see and roams, i've also fought tagilla over there lol

[scarlet violet]

but rn reserve is not the pick

[golden widget]

yeah raiders are cracked right now

[vale shuttle]

is partisan still roaming or is he also on reserve?

[light root]

the raiders are all boss guardslol

[livid sleet]

just killed him on customs

[light root]

partisan is still roaming i believe

[scarlet violet]

ye they kinda cracked xD

[vale shuttle]

copy, ty

[uncut pebble]

does partizan roam like the goons? i thought he always had a chance to just spawn in on certain maps

[scarlet violet]

oh so i got in that raide 7/8 bosses cause gluckar was hiding from me

[vale shuttle]

i think you are right, but for the sake of the event, I didnt know

[scarlet violet]

interessting to know that

[uncut pebble]

gotcha

[livid sleet]

tbh hes so random, i didnt even know he could spawn by dorms and he does, and he also followed me to the woods bunker. . creepo

[light root]

he likes dorms 3 story 2nd floor and woods bunker a LOT

[wintry cobalt]

BRO

[livid sleet]

LOL

[uncut pebble]

Had him lock onto me from below on 3 story dorms and sprint up while i was opening marked

[wintry cobalt]

WHY

[uncut pebble]

though that was a bit ago

[vale atlas]

lmfao i just spotted him exactly where you said, in time to watch him get killed by something else

[livid sleet]

have any of you guys seen air drops without flares?

[uncut pebble]

not in a long while

[light root]

hope that's not pvp only

[gentle pulsar]

they dont exist without flares unless its an event

[scarlet violet]

nope

[cosmic patrol]

Found em, ty mr chek!

[livid sleet]

yeah im not having luck, and im not level for weapon cases (marked rooms) kinda stuck currently

[wintry cobalt]

from what ive read in this chat, someone said that airdrops do naturally drop on reserve only

[light root]

farm the marked rooms

[uncut pebble]

had so much luck with marked keys on scavs recently

[wintry cobalt]

farm cultists

[uncut pebble]

found a dorm marked key on a scav 2 days in a row

[livid sleet]

havent actually done a night raid yet

[gentle pulsar]

what?
level doesn't mean shit, get a decent kit go to factory a handful of times until you get rb-vo or abandoned factory, then you can get crates easily

[light root]

guys gorun night factory, super high scultist spawn rates

it's part of the event

they all have multiple marked keys on them

[scarlet violet]

farm what kralj said, just have in mind if you have shit luck you are welcome to trash talk with me here :D

[marble aurora]

12 raids, nothing

[scarlet violet]

no lol, they can have just 1

[livid sleet]

okay woah, relax i just said i cant BUY them, and im not having luck finding any

[light root]

I literally pulled 3 out of the pocket of 1 lol

[gentle pulsar]

no ive ran into ones that have up to 4

[scarlet violet]

and? doesn't garante that for every single cultist

[uncut pebble]

do the locked crates spawn in marked rooms now cause of the event?

[light root]

you are guaranteed to get at least 4 marked keys per run, that's a fact lol

[scarlet violet]

they CAN, not all of them have

[gentle pulsar]

night time factory, walk around for a bit and keep an ear out for sounds of PRONE
they like to catch you off guard in prone. i usually look around for five minutes, then dip

[scarlet violet]

nope

[azure rivet]

Ugh.. Just got through Reserve just to realize I forgot to pick up my bag 🥲

[gentle pulsar]

ive ran it 10 times and only got 6 cultists, just be patient

[light root]

Ignore this guy, just go farm the cultists lol

[vale atlas]

#screenshots message Anyone noticed this before? lmao

[wintry cobalt]

my last set of cultists had 1 marked key each, but ive had better luck

[scarlet violet]

when i got today it was just 1 marked dorm

and the guard had nothing

[cosmic patrol]

Its the legendary one 😂 The dreamt of

[livid sleet]

alright ill try a night raid, first time kinda nervy

[scarlet violet]

gl and fly high

[uncut pebble]

doesnt tossing nades whilly nilly cause the cultists to scatter or am i remembering wrong

[scarlet violet]

just correcting something that happened to me

[light root]

fairenough, it is innacurate info on my part

[scarlet violet]

no problem

[light root]

finally, a case key

[marsh wing]

waiting for filters to hit 1/100 sucks

[faint sparrow]

i got 2 but cant find a case

[scarlet violet]

xD

[light root]

they have spawn points on factory

[gloomy creek]

yea like 6 spawns

[faint sparrow]

thats cool, gotta hit factory for test drive

but man tagilla will be a problem

not too good at taking him down lol

[marsh wing]

AND MY FUCKING GAME PUSHED AN ERROR AND THE 1/100 IS GONE NOW

[drowsy juniper]

he isnt on factory atm

[livid sleet]

ground zero bring utillity key they in there, or the top floor of the tarbank building

[light root]

well my game crashed rip the key

[scarlet violet]

xDDD

[faint sparrow]

oh hell yes

[light root]

Factory spawns are way faster to farm

[faint sparrow]

i thought theyre on their maps and on reserve

[drowsy juniper]

na only reserve

[faint sparrow]

im in

queueing up factory rn

[livid sleet]

gun/ammo rec for cultist?

[golden widget]

high RPM or max pen

[marble aurora]

lmao mp7 with subsonic, aim for the head

[golden widget]

im using a SPEAR right now

[light root]

cangoons still be anywhere?

[marsh wing]

i was using a MK47 with PS yesterday

[gentle pulsar]

im literally using Five-Seven with L191, it wont take much just make sure not to miss.

[grave swift]

So right now Tagilla is not on Factory or Interchange?

[light root]

go for headshots, they will be wearing fort armor sometimes lol

[gusty reef]

It really doesn't matter I've been running an AK105 with PS and haven't died the entire event

[willow tinsel]

you guys farm locked cases from cultists?

[livid sleet]

oki ty sorry for the silly questions

[gusty reef]

Just make sure you can hit headshots and you're fine running literally anything

[light root]

farm them in factory, check wiki they have spawns

[vast fossil]

you can get 1-2 each factory raid, check the wiki for locations

[gusty reef]

Each?? I got one from the entire duration of my runs last night

[uneven vapor]

Yeah tarkov is cool and all. But you know whats cooler?

[gusty reef]

I just got hella marked keys

[light root]

you checked all the spawns?

[vast fossil]

i mean locked cases from spawnpoints, nothing related to cultists

[uneven vapor]

Not quite. My kiddo was born this morning 🔥

Thanks homie

[grave swift]

Hell yeah! Congrats man! Fist one?

[scarlet violet]

how many guards should appear?

[short flume]

ok surely theyre not intended to dorp this many marked keys

surely bsg will patch it right????

[willow tinsel]

pls dont

[scarlet violet]

guys pls how many guards should appear?

[cosmic patrol]

Welp, i found the goons

[uneven vapor]

Second, but long gap in between. About 7 years

[light root]

rip

[short flume]

at this rate everyone is going to be hoarding 100s of millions of roubles worth of marked keys

[scarlet violet]

guys pls 😭

[willow tinsel]

And let us

[short flume]

might as well just rebuff loot at that point cause it's clearly unintended

[grave swift]

Good stuff! At least your oldest is at an age where they can help, lol

[silk hull]

i have 60 marked room keys

[uneven vapor]

Yep and shes super excited to help

[light root]

i think it's intended, toget the locked weaponscases

[scarlet violet]

@light root, how many guards should appear?

[willow tinsel]

yea

[vast fossil]

share please, i hate hunting cultists XD

[light root]

SOfar the least I've encountered has been 3

[silk hull]

lol

[short flume]

getting 5-8 marked rooms keys from one cultist run surely isnt intended

[scarlet violet]

i got finally priest and 1 guard

[subtle valve]

I had around 30 even before the event xD
Now sth like 70

[scarlet violet]

don't know if there is more

[golden thorn]

where can i get contraband boxes

[light root]

could possibly be a single guard, the rest will push you

[willow tinsel]

If they want you to go into marked rooms, its intended

[scarlet violet]

no one is pushing...

[light root]

you can also throw grenades once they're aggro'd, they'll run away

[silk hull]

i had 0 have 59 left sold 40

[short flume]

are the cases worth it

[subtle valve]

From the 2x2 locked boxes, open them in workshop craft

Yes, totally worth it

[orchid raptor]

been hunting the cultists so much ive run out of 5.45 BT

[willow tinsel]

best ammo in the game

[golden thorn]

ahhh alr i wont do my fence quest then

[orchid raptor]

fuuuuuck

[short flume]

well anecdotally then the question is has anyone been doing cultists on maps other than nf?

[golden thorn]

wait nvm it gives 2 locked boxes

[short flume]

are you getting giga keys on customs etc?

[orchid raptor]

alright what caliber should i move to while i painstakingly slowly start hoarding BT again

[golden thorn]

my buddy had good luck yesterday

[subtle valve]

Yup, I am running customs to also hunt smugglers for quest. For now I had 3 times cultists in a row

[marsh wing]

bru smugglers are actually scary

[short flume]

are the cultists in customs also dropping giga keys

[subtle valve]

7.62x51 TWC SP

[golden thorn]

50/50 ive had them be blind and also act like the goons

[light root]

tbh factory is just 50x easier to farm them on

[subtle valve]

Yup, they drop same as on factory

[orchid raptor]

oooo i do still have that sr25 from the christmas gift, might as well use it

[short flume]

gadam guess it's intended then lol

[marsh wing]

they dropped me last raid, almost did it again this one

[wintry cobalt]

how did this scav just tank an m80 to the head

[subtle valve]

Wrong, you're supposed to take M60E6 xD

[marsh wing]

about 4 spawn at scav bunker on woods up north

[short flume]

worth going for marked rooms for the cases or should i just hoard a bazillion roubles worht of keys

[wintry cobalt]

like theres no way it hit his neck, the bullet hole on the wall and blood splatter are the height of the top of his head

[wintry cobalt]

hoard always

[gentle pulsar]

the marked rooms have weapon cases in them, otherwise hoard

[wintry cobalt]

bro i have way too many of these cases now

im gonna go buy a thicc case rq

[light root]

the rb-vo have been absolutely stacked for me, I'd hit that one

hard to get to rb-vo, though

every single boss in thegame guarding it

[rare birch]

cultist still on factory 33%?

[wintry cobalt]

altyn, thor, spare plate and face shields

oh my nevermind

[marsh wing]

nah

[wintry cobalt]

thicc case items are WAYYYYYYY more expensive rn

[short flume]

in 2 hours i think me and my friend farmed 150-170m worth of keys based on last night's price

[marsh wing]

serious? Glad i bought mine last night then

[short flume]

iunno if the prices droped even more

[scarlet violet]

found the 3, they were hidding

[vale atlas]

Bro sanitar just lasered me down from train station, i was on top of dome

Someone take away that mans meth

[scarlet violet]

1 in the sewer and other in the big things with 2 dead scavs in prone

[light root]

yeah dome isnt safe lol

[wintry cobalt]

1.6 mill for a ledx

[scarlet violet]

6 keys and 1 polkim

[vale atlas]

I'm just trying to get that 40m shturman headshot lol. Not prepared to run around looking for him

[marsh wing]

how much is booze?

[scarlet violet]

im happy, don't need to farm more

[short flume]

that's crazy wtf

[light root]

me with 38 ledx in my stash....

[short flume]

interchange no killa rn... necrus/ultra med is free atm

[scarlet violet]

MY CURSE IS LIFTED AT LAST!

[vale atlas]

I'm gonna miss all my stuff if we ever get prestige

[wintry cobalt]

moonshine is 500k rn but usually ive been getting it all day for 380-400

[edgy notch]

on top of black knight on reserve is where I've seen him repeatedly, or just outside it

[scarlet violet]

well i am not going to prestige xD

[wintry cobalt]

wtf do i do with my gamma btw

[scarlet violet]

destroy?

[gentle pulsar]

keep it for rare shit hidden away

[marsh wing]

GUESS IM DOING GOONS

[wintry cobalt]

me when prestige comes out and im just gonna hoard all my valuable shit

can you send keys through prestige?

[marsh wing]

NOT GOONS, MORE SMUGGLERS OR GOATED PMCS

4 sleeveless guys posted up at convoy on woods

shooting me across the water while im next to usec camp

[cobalt depot]

sniping bosses from reserve dome is lowkey fun

[light root]

lol ran into smugglers on a bridge, the one in the back killed the other 2 in front of him

[wintry cobalt]

i just want some more cultists and ill be satisfied

like 2 more spawns and ill stop

(lie)

[pallid hornet]

what are the % customs and factory for the cultists ? i doubt its still 33% on factory even tho websites say so

[celest crane]

Of course Killa shoots me in the throat within 0.4 seconds of spotting him through my T5/T6 armor lol

with a single BT round

What an amazing hitbox that adds so much value to the game /s

[cobalt depot]

my friend got beamed by sanitar using SP6 my friend was wearing Rys-T

[celest crane]

I'm wearing the same helmet + T6 plates and Gen4 Assault armor which has T2 neck protection, but clearly not enough to stop anything anyway

[celest crane]

Getting beamed by AI is still way better than instantly falling over to a single bullet to the neck though

[cobalt depot]

yeah but my friend just like peeked over the dome on reserve and he got obligerated

[rare birch]

when you keep getting the keys you wont wanna stop

[cobalt depot]

im still lowkey not recovered after Tagilla tanked lapua AP in the back of the head

[little willow]

im saying like, do they hang around fortress?

my main problem with cultists is that they could be literally anywhere

[light root]

do them on factory\

literally 0 reason to do them on customs atm

[gentle pulsar]

god they need to make cultist footsteps silent again
they're so easy to hear

[wintry cobalt]

its more "if" rather than when

[marsh wing]

cultists can spawn on factory?

[gentle pulsar]

omg taco.

[marsh wing]

thank you for not falling for it

[light root]

great goons are hunting me

[marsh wing]

your next factory run might be blessed with cultists now

[ruby sky]

So why are we all farming cultists now?

Did they increase the spawn rate or something?

[marsh wing]

increased spawn chance on night factory and 3+ keys per cultists

[forest patio]

loot rate it seems

[golden thorn]

i havent seen them yet

[light root]

guaranteed marked keys atm with mega increased factory spawn rates, allegedly 33% but seems like less

[ruby sky]

What was the rate increases to? And does tagilla still spawn?

[marsh wing]

33% and no tagilla

[forest patio]

i just started first raid no cult but... why are yall using nvgs? lol

[gentle pulsar]

no tagilla cus hes on reserve.

[ruby sky]

Good enough for me, I imagine marked keys are basically selling at vendor price currently?

[marsh wing]

still 5mil plus per key

[ruby sky]

Did they re increase loose loot spawn for pve? Because labs seems to have Hella ledex and bit coins now. And ive found a bunch of lab cards in labs since the update

[light root]

idk but i hope so, gotta get bitcoins for my pocket upgrades

[ruby sky]

Alright, cultist farming on factory it is

[light root]

lol came for smugglers, left with 300 m80 rounds

ty goons

[ruby sky]

Anyone know a good place to get 5.56 mk 318 mod 0? Other than crafting and ref

[light root]

kill pmcs tbh

[sharp bluff]

are these smuggler cases not a 100% spawn? im on customs, checked the building by 1011, checked the ruaf roadblock car and tyres, currently in big red, checked the office and the building itself nothing

[ruby sky]

Haven't found much on them, they have tons of the other flesh rounds though

[light root]

They are not, and farm them on factory

way faster farming

[sharp bluff]

i dont need to farm them i need 1 for the 2nd quest

[light root]

oh wait yes actualyl that's mega rare on PMCs, ignore me

[light root]

okay so sounds like you need to farm them for the quest, so go to factory lol

need to farm at least one lol

[pallid hornet]

cultists spawn still at 33% ? cause in solo didnt find them for 3 hours on factory and 2 games with friends 2 times cultists.. i dont get it

[ruby sky]

Uhhh one of my daily has a Cd named with a bazillion numbers????

As a reward*

[light root]

post in screenshots?

[ruby sky]

One second

[snow rampart]

Man been kinda unlucky on the cultist department in factory. Is there a better map to farm them?

[haughty prism]

customs

[ruby sky]

posted

[light root]

weird wtf is that

[snow rampart]

They spawn around stronghold, right?

[sharp bluff]

i killed the ones i needed on customs by the fortress

[haughty prism]

correct

[ruby sky]

idk but im gonna go kill sanitar now

[haughty prism]

actually around and inside

and near crackhouse too

[snow rampart]

And smugglers spawn where on that map? Or is that random.

[marsh wing]

i forgot how shitty woods timer is

[sharp bluff]

if u gonna fight them around stronghold I suggest you come from the back, through the blue building where the goons spawn, much easier to fight them there

[light root]

mod said "game CD is from an old event"

[sharp bluff]

I killed smugglers in the big red yard, thought they might be guarding a case there

[marsh wing]

probably a targrade tale disk

[snow rampart]

You mean camera?

[knotty sage]

4th raid on customs no cultists : (

[ruby sky]

So useless then

[light root]

yeah, unusable

but cool collectible

[golden widget]

im on number 7 on Factory and no cultists yet

[sharp bluff]

yea, where u put them cameras for Ref, that building, in it I killed Priest and several guards

otherwise they run around and its annoying if u fight them out in the open

[knotty sage]

I heard someone say theyve only buffed the spawns on BSG servers, solo factory you cant play on BSG servers

[golden widget]

last night i found them 6 times on solo

[knotty sage]

Oh idk then

I cant find them i found them more before they buffed the spawns lmao

[light root]

They're def buffed, but it's def not 33% or the keys woul;d be like 500k each by now

[marsh wing]

ALL I NEEDED TO DO. WAS GET A BLOOD SAMPLE. AND GIVE THERA 400K. AND NOW I HAVE A FUCKING THICC ITEM CASE

WHY DID I NEVER DO THIS SHIT

@distant obsidian you suck for not telling me i needed to do tasks

[knotty sage]

Im just trying to farm cultists and stack up on the keys for when the price goes back up

[orchid raptor]

backend error twice in a row W

[marsh wing]

i was doing some thera tasks to unlock another factory quest, now i have the quest an another thicc item case

[orchid raptor]

and the game crashed

that puts an end to my cultist grinding

that was 5 and a half hours straight

[golden widget]

they love using the catacombs and catwalks.

just got headeyed by one of them after i killed 2 of his buddies

[inland elk]

do we know the spawn rate/locations of the smugglers?

[ruby sky]

So if theres scavs theres no cultists right? Do they spawn in a specific location on factory?

[median arrow]

??event

[quasi apex]

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

[forest patio]

feels like im in purgatory seeing the same thing said every hour

[little willow]

#screenshots message do you guys know

[ruby sky]

I mean i saw people arguing about it earlier, I was just wondering if anyone came to an answer

[wintry cobalt]

ive seen cultists 8 times now(?) and scavs have never been on the map on the first wave if the cultists spawned

[ruby sky]

Thank you

[knotty sage]

What map?

[haughty prism]

it unlocks sanitar room near green, needed for a task and you could find stims

[wintry cobalt]

factory

[little willow]

so could i use that as a cue for me to extract early, if scavs spawn in?

[little willow]

ill keep it until i get that task then lol

[vale atlas]

its reasonable to yeah, if you dont find scavs cultists are likely around

If there are scavs cultists could still spawn but you'd be waiting around longer than it takes to just leave and load in again

[ruby sky]

Do they just spawn anywhere or in a specific spot

[wintry cobalt]

well you can wait for another wave for them to spawn

[ruby sky]

On factory*

[haughty prism]

it's neither expensive or rare tbh, you can get it on flea for 50k

[sharp bluff]

if I transit to Interchange and then back to customs will it reset the case spawn in big red?

[fervent peak]

Brother, while I know that is in a joking sense, not his fault for you not checking the wiki xD

[little willow]

it looks rare oo scary scribbled labs card
and then its lowkey js sanitar's dorm room 💔

[wintry cobalt]

idk theyre like fucking everywhere, but if you find one theyre generally in a group

near gate 3, med tents, somewhere underground, around offices overall

[candid quiver]

ngl i thought reserve boss rush would be fire, then i remembered kollontay exists

[tidal egret]

Did your luck get any better with cultists last night?

[light root]

Wiki doesnt have smuggler spawn rates, but i've seen them somewhere...

[fervent peak]

PFT no, I'll try again tonight

[haughty prism]

the magic wand that jams your gun

[scarlet pier]

anyone found locked cases on interchange?

[silk hull]

there 100%

[candid quiver]

yuh, makes the entire event dogshit imo

[little willow]

lardass that shoots through walls and gun malfunction merchant

ruining all the fun in the boss rush 💔

ALWAYS the damn streets bosses 💔

[forest patio]

whoever said theres always 2 locked cases on factory is a crackhead

[tidal egret]

I finally ran into them after too many raids to count, had another raid without them, then on the next I saw one’s legs and I was so focused I didn’t notice a PMC to my right and got beamed. I turned it off after that.

[light root]

Fun fact: Never had my gun jam once killing him

[wintry cobalt]

not always 2, theres always at least 1

[forest patio]

havent found 1 in 2 raids

[wintry cobalt]

youre not looking at all the spawns

[little willow]

doesnt he behave like evil tagilla where he pulls out his melee at a certain range except he makes your gun jam if he gets too close

[fervent peak]

Check the breach room office, the one that requires jumping through a couple windows

[little willow]

i say evil tagilla because this guy just jams your gun and tagilla doesnt

[light root]

Allegedly, but i've killed him pretty close range a lot

[forest patio]

also no culty

[wintry cobalt]

join the club buddy

[candid quiver]

happend to me first time today

[wintry cobalt]

but the case spawns at least once a raid on factory

[forest patio]

do i have to complete a task first

[candid quiver]

then i stabbed him once in the face and then i couldnt melee anymore either,

[wintry cobalt]

it has three spawns in offices and three in lab, one can spawn in each location, so two at most and one at least

[candid quiver]

like he is not a difficult boss, its just this random ass mechanic that makes his annoying

[mossy blade]

priest dropped Chek 13, Dorm 314 and Abanonded Factory LOL

[lethal garnet]

ya they’re packing

W loot

interesting

[short flume]

check warrior pockets too they also have giga keys

[forest patio]

so are nvgs really necessary

[marsh wing]

i had no idea i could have gotten a thicc so long ago :(

[vale atlas]

Sanitar is far too cracked out on reserve lol

Everyone else no issue, that man is a cross map laser

[marsh wing]

nah, shturman is

[mossy blade]

my friends looted them, 1x RB-VO

[vale atlas]

I fuckin wish, i've only found him there once

[marsh wing]

he can rest on top of knight and snipe you while you are at dome

[vale atlas]

andd then someone else killed him

THat is exactly where i want him, i need a 40m headshot on him and he doesn't spawn on woods right now

sweaty lil asshole lol

[marsh wing]

thats probably actually easier to do on woods lol

[vale atlas]

It is, but he isn't on woods atm

[marsh wing]

id just wait for him to go back

[vale atlas]

I refuse.

I will bash my head against this until its done, no matter the cost

[vast fossil]

does anyone know the cultist spawn rate for customs rn?

[marsh wing]

33%

[vast fossil]

Thanks!

[fervent peak]

For the future, you can always check the item on the wiki, and it'll show you if you'll get it in a task

[marsh wing]

Please remember that the number provided is a percent chance. Your experience will or will not match those around you

[fervent peak]

Give a THICC weapons case a try

[marsh wing]

i know that. I just never had a reason to check wiki for thicc item

[marsh wing]

i got 3, so im good right now

[fervent peak]

You know now

[vast fossil]

yeah no worries i like grinding much more than crying after 3 raids 😄

[marsh wing]

3 weapon and 2 item

[fervent peak]

slaps sticker of approval on your forehead

[marsh wing]

im cleaning up my stash so i can go farm the fuck out of cultists again and just depot after each run

[marsh wing]

(they are also 33% on factory at night with tagilla not spawning)

[fervent peak]

Tilt them sideways for additional storage, but watch yourself seethe as you have one additional row empty

[light root]

Y'all are doing cultists, meanwhile I'm tryna do the damn questline

[marsh wing]

crap, i forgot i needed to start that

[marsh wing]

what

fuck you mean tilt them sideways for more storage

[fervent peak]

Rotate them lmao

[marsh wing]

is that supposed to save me space or something? You acting like i dont know about item rotation

i feel like im missing something

[vast fossil]

good to know, ty

[vale atlas]

Maybe he's just better at tetris

[fervent peak]

I'm just memeing, lmao. If you want to only store stuff at the very top, you'd rotate the cases to fit 3 cases at the top

[marsh wing]

ohhh, yeah i keep 6 scav boxes at top of stash

[fervent peak]

But your OCD (if you have any of it) will hate that there is one extra row left over

Since THICCs are 3x5, which on their side is 3, but the stash itself is a 10 column

And yes, I tetris

[marsh wing]

so thicc is same inside as junk box, but 1 less outside?

[fervent peak]

Correct

[marsh wing]

brb, gonna go sell keys and buy 4 more thicc's /s

[fervent peak]

And has more storing options, while scav junkbox is only meant for 'junk' items

I did that before beta, I just loved organizing stuff

[marsh wing]

i am buying a 4th keycase tho

bro i spent way too much time in stash

[fervent peak]

I had a dedicated thicc case with key cases, with keytools and keycard holders in them holding their appropriate stuff

I had a row holding only yellow keycards, in keycard holders, with a single card on the far left to tell me what card is in that row

[silk hull]

ive made 150 million so im happyu

[marsh wing]

what do you use for meds?

[gusty reef]

Sometimes I feel like some people need to wipe their accounts 😭😭

[golden widget]

did they already nerf the drop rate for the keys? just killed 3 cultists plus Priest and only got 1 key

[marsh wing]

ill wipe once prestige

[gusty reef]

Prestige is never coming

[silk hull]

yea im sure they did

[forest patio]

is labs not the med tent extract

[golden widget]

Nikita already announced it on twitte in Q3 of this year

[marsh wing]

labs is underground

[gusty reef]

I wouldn't be surprised
good thing I got 40 last night 😝

[mossy blade]

cultists again LOL

[fervent peak]

2x AFAK, 1x Propital, 1x CALOK, 1x Mil bandage, 1x Surv12
Injectors case with
3x Prop, 2x eTg, 1x BlueBlood, 1x Trim + SJ6, 1x SJ12

[marsh wing]

icebreaker si never coming

[marsh wing]

no i mean in stash bozo

[mossy blade]

prob a grizzly

[marsh wing]

you take 2 afak?

you use med cases or backpacks?

[wintry cobalt]

holy shit this dry streak is crazy

[fervent peak]

Before beta, each stim, AFAK, and painkillers (Vas/Goldenstar), and surv12 kit had it's own case, CALOK/Bandage I just buy

[fervent peak]

It's heavier, but more HP than a salewa in the same slots, and shorter usage time than a grizzly

[gusty reef]

Nerds: AFAK, 4 Prop, CALOK, bandage, ibu, etg, sj6n sj12

Chads: Grizzly, ibuprofen (optional)

[marsh wing]

i just take 1 afak and scavenge off kills

[fervent peak]

Everyone loves grizzly, but I run an MPPV for loot reasons

[marsh wing]

each scav or pmc has stuff

[marsh wing]

im running Alpha and Gen4

[fervent peak]

I replace whatever is lowest as I go, but I rarely get hit, unless it's the bosses

[sharp pumice]

Is this new event with smugglers just pvp?

[elder tartan]

Can smugglers be found at both locations on a map or just one location in a group of 3-4?

[marsh wing]

yes

[forest patio]

ok idk which part of tunnels labs is

[gusty reef]

If it's for loot reasons you'd be able to fit way more in your bag if you took one grizzly instead of 12 of each item 😭😭😭

[sharp pumice]

Ah that kinda sucks

[marsh wing]

there is an iron door in the water section, leads into sewers. Thats labs

[marsh wing]

The dude who said yes lied fyi

[sharp pumice]

You are the dude who said yes

[gusty reef]

And he lied

[marsh wing]

quit lying bro

[sharp pumice]

Simulation stuff right here

Need to escape the matrix rn

[marsh wing]

im watching Ted watch Barbie while i organize stash. Leave me alone and quit blaming me

[sharp pumice]

So smugglers are on pve?

[wintry cobalt]

fuck me i havent seen them in so long

[marsh wing]

yeah, all updates/events are on both modes, but certain percentages slightly different

[wintry cobalt]

an hour and a half ago i got an rshg kill on the cultists and they havent spawned since

[sharp pumice]

Weird, I managed to open the cases I got yesterday without their key, is their key just for pistol case one?

[wintry cobalt]

yes

[tough pawn]

cultists still buffed?

[short flume]

salewa to heal and a grizzly for everything else

[sharp pumice]

Are they on every map @wintry cobalt

[wintry cobalt]

well cultists are just increased spawn rate on their usual maps

[sharp pumice]

I’ve played reserve for all bosses like 6 raids and not seen em

[wintry cobalt]

im going factory because fastest raids

[sharp pumice]

Smugglers or whatever they’re called

[tough pawn]

smuggler's aren't on reserve

[wintry cobalt]

oh the smugglers arent on factory labs or reserve

[sharp pumice]

Are they new? Only just started playing again

[wintry cobalt]

and gz<21 i think

[tough pawn]

event

[sharp pumice]

Ahh fairs

And how do u get the air drops or do they just spawn

[wintry cobalt]

i want the BD siege rig so bad

air drops spawn on reserve apparently, otherwise use red flare or you can find the weapon cases in marked rooms

[sharp pumice]

I’ve seen weapon case air drops on a stream

Have air drops just changed for the event?

[forest patio]

oh i thought there was a place called labs on factory with cases in it

[wintry cobalt]

another raid no cultists

[golden widget]

does anyone else get a little scared turning around in Catacombs and seeing a cultist start charging at you with their Cursed Knife?

cuz i about shit myself

[sturdy beacon]

ive gotten them on other maps

[wintry cobalt]

oh sweet

[sturdy beacon]

shoreline and streets

[fervent peak]

It's also the usage times, I'm not waiting 5 seconds for a light bleed to fix itself from a grizzly
MPPV beats the AVS by 1 slot, and I use 2x1 mags often. A lot of the labs loot are figurines, which fit nicely into MPPVs. It allows for much more efficient tetrising in raid

[sturdy beacon]

i think its every map tho

[wintry cobalt]

i personally have only been on factory for the last 60-odd raids

[sturdy beacon]

hows the luck with cultist?

[wintry cobalt]

Jpc Rig>>>>

[wintry cobalt]

I don't have much

Compared to other people especially

[fervent peak]

That is true, but it's also heavy and lacks drip

[wintry cobalt]

Oh I meant for Tetris

[fervent peak]

LBCR is better

[wintry cobalt]

It's the best storage rig to bring for extra space

I disagree tbh

[fervent peak]

Being able to shove 2 2x2 items in a 3x3 is hilarious

[marsh wing]

I like the Alpha :)

[wintry cobalt]

Yes however you get 24 slots for 12 slots

[fleet loom]

dag nabbit bsg! stop loggin me out of the launcher!

[fervent peak]

Alpha is great for 3x1 mags

[wintry cobalt]

With 2 2x2s

[fleet loom]

mppv if i dont need 2x2s

[marsh wing]

i get 20 for 16 :)

[fleet loom]

shits large

[little willow]

bro i only got 2 keys

[fervent peak]

Napkin math states they are both efficient at 2 slots for 1 used, so it's a draw

[little willow]

killed 3 grunts and the leader

i got 2 locked cases tho

[fleet loom]

last night i didnt get any cultists on factory with 9 games played

was very sad

[little willow]

its definitely easier to farm when you realize that when cultists are around NO SCAVS SPAWN IN

[fervent peak]

Also 2x LBCR fits with a med bag in a couch bag

[little willow]

im profiting from that a lot

[fleet loom]

i know that

i still went and killed any pmc i could find tho for p90 xp

[tough pawn]

not true

[marsh wing]

combat % is up to 14.5 now

[fleet loom]

they can spawn later just not at the start apparently

[little willow]

i just did a raid with cultists in it
that shit was radio silent, no scavs shouting random bullshit whatsoever, just pmcs and cultists

its true for like, the first spawn wave

[tough pawn]

if cultists spawn at the start of raid, scavs can't spawn

[fleet loom]

thats.....

[marsh wing]

oh god, im to the point where gym is only giving 1.6 strength, not 2 anymore

[fleet loom]

what we said right?

[fervent peak]

0.8 after the first go 😛

[slate rampart]

ive seen cultists and scavs at the start

[little willow]

how did i get to that point before you?

[fervent peak]

Must hit 25 Endurance or Strength

[fleet loom]

almosy 40 strength and im feelin pretty happy about it

[marsh wing]

yeah i saw :(

[marsh wing]

what mean

[fervent peak]

After you max one, all the stat points go to the other, so I'd say it's pretty good

[marsh wing]

GUYS I HAVE FUCKING MONEY NOW

IM GONNA GO BUY A POSTER

[fervent peak]

And if you're rushing factory a bunch, strength comes easy

Mans drunk on money, his greed will know no end

[little willow]

bro why do the traders guilt trip me when i try to replace a task

[marsh wing]

ANIME GIRL POSTER FUCK YEAH

[little willow]

you got the killa and tagilla one!?!???

[marsh wing]

JUST DROPPED 7.4MIL ON THAT SHIT

[fleet loom]

BUY BEER INSTEAD

[fervent peak]

Now go find a find in raid one, that' one's priceless

Once you have money, you're not longer held down by this mortal coil, you must find all your items, as you KNOW that tag is worth more than your entire stash

[wintry cobalt]

Just have elite strength duh

[hazy moss]

this event literally made tarkov a sandbox

[marsh wing]

im trying bro

[hazy moss]

infinite money glitch

market is in shambles but everyone is stacked

[marsh wing]

i literally just dropped 7.4mil on a poster without batting an eye

i bought booze for a thicc item last night

[short flume]

fund your tarkov retirement with cultists

lifetime supply of marked keys

[lethal garnet]

it mixes things up, good players will maintain gear and bad players will slowly lose it. if anything it helps even the playing field a little bit

[sturdy beacon]

yeah that is pve tarkov, you already get money back so easy then the event comes around lol

[little willow]

so

[wintry cobalt]

Not for me tho

[little willow]

what do i do with the locked cases

[short flume]

[hazy moss]

well yea but thats not my point, prices have somehow gone up on certain items

[wintry cobalt]

unlock them duh

[sturdy beacon]

because people dont want to take them out of raid?