beginners-assistance

[true osprey]

Don't swap

[fiery moat]

alr ill keep this gun for another raid

[peak hound]

hey guys i am trying to do some tax evasion here. I have tarkov bought on steam. Can i buy tarkov arena from epic games and link it with the steam account of tarkov?

[hidden seal]

humans buy things in epic store?

[peak hound]

I mean it's cheaper...

[latent cipher]

unlikely

you could save yourself alot of money and not buy arena

[peak hound]

maybe but i need to learn to aim for the head better and arena seems the way to play with the recoil and get the most encounters. Tired of seeing 600 damage absorbed by armour while i die to a headhsot :))

[hidden seal]

With I could have bought unheard without arena and saved that money

[fiery moat]

why even risk it? also arena is literally the BEST expansion you could get, its just 1000x more worth for the money compared to other expansions

u will probably have to launch arena from the same launcher as eft, doubt u could make it work with steam/epic difference, just buy arena normally i guess

[latent cipher]

or just dont buy it

its a scam of barely working CoD wannabe

[fiery moat]

he wants to buy something and u just force him not to?

[hidden seal]

that is taste debatale.. I had some 250h of fun in PVE.. I had zero seconds of fun in arena 😛

[peak hound]

my friend somehow paid 50 euro well my friend managed to buy arena for 50$ after vat ... don't know how he managed that

on epic it's like 32 euros with vat included

[hidden seal]

there are regional prices

[peak hound]

we are from the same country :))

[crude tinsel]

How come it says 2069 usd is 240k but then it shows those listings between 330k and 330k ?

[fiery moat]

i barely had a moment in arena that i didn't enjoy, also the rewards from arena to eft just surpasses every other expansion

[hidden seal]

as I said, taste related

[fiery moat]

yea but the benefits are NOT debatable

[hidden seal]

Arena for me feels the worst game ever made. tried to do the reef quests but decided better not to

I prefer to work in real life

[fiery moat]

ref quests are very easy except the 2 quests where u have to actually go to normal tarkov

[hidden seal]

Literally I find finding cancer in radiology images easier than killing anythign on arena

I die then the shooter appear on the corner.. anfter I am already falling

[fiery moat]

u said before that u had ping issues on arena

i constantly stay at 1 kd 0.5 winrate its all good for me, did the "to great heights" questline(do this do that in arena) in a single day, and got theta just the day after

dudes in arena play better and sweatier than those in tarkov yes but still not impossible

[hidden seal]

but why in tarkov works perfectly? the game should not have completely different network behavior

[fiery moat]

idk dude it doesnt happen for me, doesnt happen for my friends, its my first time hearing that issue

[hidden seal]

If network and movement worked like in tarkov I think I woudl be able to kill a few.. not great but some.

[peak hound]

did you try and set regions in the game settings? When i had the trial i always got put is high ping servers until i only selected my region in the game settings, all the quests were easy after that

[hidden seal]

yes. I even got a connection router improver. made no differenc eon arena

liek on same region that on tarkov I get 130ms ping, I get 195 on arena sometimes 210

[peak hound]

hmm strange. So yeah anyway arena if i am to buy it from eft directly i have to pay 47 euro, from epic it's 32

[hidden seal]

link your bsg accoutn to epic before you buy

if there is somethign blocking that probably the buy option will be blocked then

[short bay]

my headphones died, and i had 2 spare ones (one no name and Red Dragon Acer). I completely lost positional audiot, in Hunt Showdown and Tarkov, Dark and Darker works somehow yet? Also the bass is HUGE, everything is like shooting a cannon. Is buying new headphones the only solution?. I had some very old Pantronic ones and they were PERFECT.

[hidden seal]

doubt you probably need to fix some setup on windows regardign your audio device

good headsets usually have stronger bass than cheap ones. cheap office headsets cut out a lot of the bass range

[short bay]

i dont want any bass

i just want pure clear sound which is what i had so far

now i have hangar cannons

i am currently using an equalizer app to get it somehow acceptable

until i figure out and decide what to do

[fiery moat]

i suggest buying a new pair of headphones, u can buy a pair of budget ones and keep them until u can afford good ones if ur budget is tight right now

i assume ur current headphones are just faulty

[short bay]

one completely broke, rest 2 sound just weird

and the red dragon one is brand new out of the box

[hidden seal]

that shoudl be working ok if 2 headsets are workign like that than is more likely tha tyour previos one was the weird oen.. or that your windows has somethign configured wrong

it is not an amazing headset but shoudl work on on tarkov

[short bay]

i moved my old headphones between computers so i knew they were ok

but the noname one sound is meh weird and ares is huge bass annoying

[hidden seal]

but is a polluted bass or a clean bass? Clean bass is usually not found in cheap end stuff.. on the contrary

if it is a polluted bass.. your problem might be in your sound jack on your computer... that also explain why your older headset having problems

test that red dragon one on other computer

to see if it also sounds weird there

[short bay]

tested. weird bass. I wouldnt know what is polluted or not because i never had bass on my old headphones to begin with

it was just pure clean sound. every gunshot, every step i could hear everything and know from where

here it just shellshock

[slender plover]

where are the machien gunners on shoreline

[minor mural]

for a second I thought we were talking sushi like on the main chat

[minor mural]

what do you mean. Sanitar? Shoreline doesn't have bots that man heavy weapons as their job

[high oasis]

how do i get pm pistols for punsiher 5

[minor mural]

so the FIR guns have nothing to do with the cosplay. Just check scavs using pistols and your own pscav

you'll have more success grinding up scavs because their loot table for possible weapons is way smaller than a weapon crate, pmc body, or hidden stash

[dawn fractal]

I found it on customs

It's now in ma stash did it break

[jolly crater]

why when i load some maps it kicks me from the game ?

[muted owl]

was just gonna ask a similar question, im having an issue where im trying to get into labrys in practice mode on pve but no matter what i do it just sends me back to the main menu... ive tried local and on bsg servers but nothing works

[sharp parcel]

Out of curiosity, how many of you have the game on Steam?

[jolly crater]

i do

is that a bad thing

[sharp parcel]

no ofc not

i do too

I am just curious

[hidden seal]

probably ping above 220

[warped acorn]

I do

[toxic lake]

ME

[fiery moat]

dude omg the path to lighthouse extraction is SO HORRIBLE

i spawned next to it, legit tried to avoid it for 12 minutes

i think its impossible to avoid

i accidentally extracted

like its impossible to go to village without extracting, unless you want to go inside health resort and die

who tf thought like "lets make the extraction zone 4 times the size of the entire map of factory"

spent 22 minutes loading into the raid, 12 minutes trying to avoid extract, wasted 40 minutes without being able to do anything

[hidden seal]

somethign wrong there You need just to reach the litte wall east of the extract then go south

that one on top right.. as soon as you get there you cannot ever by accident cross the exfil by going south

[sly jolt]

any settings that might help with the lag when I scope in?

[sweet whale]

if i spawn blue, whats the best path i should take to fight people that spawn red?

or is it even worth chasing them down?

[midnight ingot]

nice pfp tsoi zhiv

[grand pelican]

unless they take their time you wont be able to catch them there

unless they loot big red you likely wont see them

[coarse shuttle]

spt bro

[sweet whale]

should i just run straight across to crackhouse then?

[grand pelican]

if you're looking for pvp yes

run there and then to stronghold

[rigid stratus]

Looking to duo up w someone to knock out tasks on reserve and possibly shoreline. I am on columbia servers

[cunning perch]

Has anyone escaped with doing debtor ending need a question answered if possible

[manic sable]

nah but you should just like ask ur question

[cunning perch]

actually after searching through about like 100 videos I found it lmao

just got the u-turn achievement lol

[proud chasm]

can someone please help me survive and extract customs task please

[hidden seal]

best help anyone can give you (on this super early stage) is to say get into practice mode and run it 10 times to know the map. No one playing alongside with you will be able to keep you alive if you are still bumbling around unsure of where you are

open a map of the area on your cell phone and keep it open.

[weary sky]

if you are EU i can run some raids

[cloud basin]

@manic sable took a while for a new key but i got it

got rbvo yesterday too but i had it already so i dont count it

[mossy cobalt]

I've got some BTR quest questions if anyone might know 🙏

• Does completing the "The Price of Independence" immediately fail "The Higher They Fly" and the rest of the quests in the Skier line - "Route Deviation", "Hindsight 20/20", "Key Partner", "Killer Argument"?
• Do I need to to complete any of the above quests to get to "The Price of Independence" (BTR side)?
• Is it possible not to accept "Choose Your Friends Wisely" or does it get accepted immediately when I accept "The Price of Independence" provided I've met all the prerequisites?

[serene spade]

any specific reason im getting server connection lost everyday couple times a day it's so annoying im losing way too much money and just also lost my first ever sr 25 kit

can't be my internet im 8 ping 2.5gb speed

[true osprey]

When you say 8 ping is that on the tarkov server?

[serene spade]

just in general not in tarkov

can i enable ping in tarkov?

[true osprey]

If you have above 100 or so it shows on top right

While in raid

[serene spade]

yea i get them red ones sometimes too

[true osprey]

If you reach 210 you get dced

[serene spade]

this guy?

[true osprey]

Or if you got high packet loss

That's packet loss

Happens randomly aswell, which is when you go back in time like 1-2s every now and then

[light pagoda]

select regions that have low ping at the launcher

[serene spade]

i only have northern europe on which is under 10 ping for me

[true osprey]

Are you using vpn

[serene spade]

nope

[true osprey]

If you try different servers and still get the same thing it might be a routing issue or smth

But that icons means packet loss l

If you also don't have high ping then there is a problem

[serene spade]

i only see that packet loss icon like every few minutes but no ping icons if it's diffrent

[true osprey]

Open console and run a ping to google

With -p if I remember correctly so it doesn't stop

Check for packet loss or random high pings

Also I'm Gona assume you are not using WiFi to connect

[serene spade]

ethernet

was it ping 8.8.8.8?

[true osprey]

Sure do that

[serene spade]

0% loss time 7ms

[true osprey]

Keep it open xd

Add -t at the end

[serene spade]

no fluctuations but not in raid atm

[true osprey]

Might be tarkov related then

Or router flagging something

[south valley]

??codes

[red thistle]

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[hollow pawn]

who else struggled with Tarkov Shooter 3? im on my 26th raid (1PMC kills below 25 meters, the rest were above 25meters). using MXLR like the guides, factory - any tips that helped you welcome

need 2 more kills.

[hidden seal]

ping "in general" does not exist

ping is always from point A to point B

[hidden seal]

ping 8.8.8.8 is just pinging the google DNS server closest to you

it is the most useless ping measurement in universe besides ping 127.0.0.1

[arctic beacon]

😂

[scarlet sparrow]

hey I'm starting late this wipe, I'm out of m882 ammo, gonna be using a pp-19 from prapor with PSO ammo now, should I be going for legs or face?

[weary sky]

face

always

[scarlet sparrow]

I've never really understood leg meta and never like used it, is it just too early in the wipe for it to be worth it now or is pso just a bad leg meta round?

is it only for like rip rounds or sth

[weary sky]

its just too little damage

why shoot leg when face 1 tap

[scarlet sparrow]

yeah got it

well pso wont penetrate a lvl 2 face mask

except after like 10 bullets i guess?

idk how common lvl 2 face masks are tho

unless it does I really don't know I'm only guessing, I'm pretty new

[weary sky]

just hit fave

it "might" pen

thats what you gotta hope for

[scarlet sparrow]

yeah

can always pray

plus anyways I rarely see masked players

if they are there they are probably the type to shoot me before I even noticed them

[restive moth]

Hello, anyone willing to jump in comms and help a returning player?

[inland marlin]

.45 RIP has one of the shortest TTK in this game

its sometimes easier to shoot the legs than a helmet or mask, and sometimes vice versa

but leg meta even for high level pvp is very viable

[fathom kernel]

Everytime you transit you get an XP multiplier?

[vast hedge]

do i get eft arena or just eft?

[turbid pine]

The Ak12 on test drive 3 you can’t put grip and such on it?

Like I left the attachment that were on it but put grips and lamp on it

I remember I could customize the mp5 from test drive 2 abit and it still counted

@young ledge

[compact tundra]

Looking for someone to play with regularly, who can guide me through maps since it's my first wipe, we can also do whatever you want as long as it isn't too sweaty since I'm only level 20 and not that good. I play Duo only, DM me if you're down (EU and 21yo+)

[pulsar edge]

so is anyone willing to give "AK-74 5.45x39 6L31 60-round magazine" in raid? it's 15k or something i can pay up ;p

[safe elk]

Arena is pretty buns outside of it giving you shit that’s pretty meta in main game. Get eft, play it for a while and if you enjoy it enough, pick up arena on a discount

[hidden seal]

craft it in toilet on hideout

[vast hedge]

alr, is there a way to refund anything if i dont fw it?

[safe elk]

I believe you are able to refund only if you buy the game on steam under their usual refund policies

Buying through the website you cannot

[vast hedge]

nice lmao

[fiery moat]

no

its way less than 10 bullets

ah nevermind PSO is only 10 pen i thought it was a bit more

i think 6 bullets would do enough damage

to break a death shadow

then 7th one would kill

7 face hits, its very very hard, still go for the face but hope that ur enemy is not wearing a death shadow, if they are wearing one, ur cooked

i recommend green tracers from mechanic lvl1

its a tracer which is a disadvantage,but hey it can be the difference between winning and losing the fight so

[scarlet sparrow]

honestly good shout I never considered, they have better recoil too

[fiery moat]

focus on getting mechanic or prapor to LL2 and u wont have an issue with 9mm

pst is enough to onetap death shadow

[vital hinge]

are the major evidences supposed to be here ?

cant find my major evidence that I survived with here

only in the handbook

[scarlet sparrow]

Should I use tagilla's stuff in my next raid?

the rpk and his armor

[vital hinge]

yeah

[scarlet sparrow]

is it difficult to use at all?

which map is good for it

prolly better off taking into something other than woods right?

which is where I am questing atm

[vital hinge]

dosent really matter

having a good scope would be nice though for woods

[scarlet sparrow]

sadly no access to scopes as I'm pre 15

[proud chasm]

whats the best way to progress/get better stuff as a level 5?
sometimes my brother whos like lv 22 helps me in raids but thats kinda just killing people

[astral glen]

Do your side tasks

Tour story chapter will unlock your traders and locations

[proud chasm]

okay

[astral glen]

Side tasks will give you XP and trader reputation

[proud chasm]

i completed a side task and it says complete but i dont know how to collect the stuff from it

[astral glen]

Click the complete button in the trader tasks screen and the rewards are sent via in game mail

[proud chasm]

ohh ok found it thank you sm

[dark vigil]

Hey, I'm new to the game and have basically lost everything. What am I expected to do at this point while I wait for scav runs?

[torn rapids]

Play Clash of Clans on your phone?

Or you could try do a zero to hero run if you really need to

But if you're at the point where you lost everything, there isn't much else you can do

[cinder coral]

I'd recommend looking up stuff you're confused about, discord wiki or the sherpas usually help pretty effectively

[dark vigil]

I have looked up some stuff but I keep getting killed and haven't gotten a successful extract yet. I'll probably just do zero to hero runs lol

[hidden seal]

generally do not wait till you lose everythign to run scavs

run always alternate with PMC until you start to survive several pmc runs in a row

[dark vigil]

I didn't I die as a scav too unfortunately

[harsh kayak]

anyone needing help with shoreline ? im 9k hours and main shoreline

[thin oracle]

i have like 300 hours but dont t ouch labs, can anyone help me just get it unlocked and complete the one therapist task for transit. or i have to do a labyrinth run also

[narrow ivy]

im trying to go to labs from factory and its setting me into a forever loading screen with the starting local game anyone know why?

[harsh kayak]

any newer players needing help can play eu or na hmu

[harsh kayak]

you need help ?

[viral leaf]

Whats the use case for trimidol? For overweight or for wanting to run far?

[safe grove]

Mainly run far, mix it with meldonin and you'll basically never run out of stamina. Can just run laps of a map on a single bar

[viral leaf]

Basically an upgraded SJ6 then?

[astral glen]

With Trimadol and SJ6 your stamina regenerates faster than you lose it while sprinting

[rigid stratus]

Was hoping i can have someone help me on some reserve tasks. I keep getting clapped.

[viral leaf]

If I have limited stim space, would you run an SJ and Trim? Or would 2 trims be better. If money isnt an issue

[safe grove]

I dont think therell ever be a case where you realistically need both

just know trimadol destroys your thirst and hunger, so bring food and/or pack a sj12

[viral leaf]

Yeah I usually run Meldonin for immunity/stam, I usually bring food.

I'll try out trim over SJ, thanks

[compact cosmos]

I do trim and 3btg and bring food

[astral glen]

You should copy the wiki build

https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/Gunsmith_-_Part_4

[subtle stirrup]

the only thin gdifferent is the suppressor

n i cant buy the other one

[rigid stratus]

Was hoping i can have someone help me on some reserve tasks. I keep getting clapped.

[twilit python]

can i get a coustoms extract map that isent 14 years old please?

neverfucking mind, this game is so shit holy fuck

[astral glen]

??maps

[red thistle]

Need help learning a map? Try the wiki’s interactive maps! https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/Special:AllMaps

[twilit python]

nevermind i killed myself, game forced me to trasit at a normal extract point

like fix your game bsg, cuz its fucking ass

[astral glen]

No it didn’t do that, there are some transits that are near extractions, but you have to choose to interact with it to take it

[twilit python]

every time i come on this game, its a new issue i have to deal with or solve with either A. this shit ass servers B. The game being completely unstable and unoptimized

[twilit python]

and i walked inside the extract and it dident work, and told me to interact with something

[astral glen]

Then you’re in the transit, not an extraction

[twilit python]

like jsut ohhh idk, DONT BE A MORON IN THE BSG CREW, and put a trasit next to an extract?

[astral glen]

You can double tap “O” to see your available extractions

[twilit python]

yeah, and it was right were the fucking trasit was, the normal extract poped up when i got there

[astral glen]

There are some that are close to each other, but if you don’t want to transit you simply just have to not interact with the transit

[twilit python]

yeah, and i dident and no timer started to extract me

[astral glen]

It doesn’t force you to do anything, you have to actually hold the interact key down for a few seconds to activate the transit

[twilit python]

im done, idc anymore, bottom line is they need to fix way more shit in this game than they are

[astral glen]

I agree there’s lots they need to fix but you’re not talking about one of those things

[twilit python]

how expensive is this game again? can we all remind our selfs that?

[twilit python]

umm yeah i am, there soulent be something like that RIGHT next to a normal extract, its fucking confuzeing as fuck and this is the bullshit that happens becasue of it, if it WASENT a thing they should work on... well i wouldent be here would i?

[astral glen]

If you didn’t want to take the transit then all you had to do was not take it

You not knowing where to go on the map isn’t an issue with the game, it’s something you need to learn

For example; this is the trailer park extraction, next to it is the transit to interchange

If you don’t want to transit to interchange, then just don’t interact with the transit

[winter niche]

Anybody know how to get the unknown key for the extortionist? Watched a video that said I could pick it up on the flee market but an unknown key doesn’t appear in the list.

[analog lodge]

static spawn on body in bushes near RUAF

[winter niche]

What is ruaf?

Sorry I’m semi-new

[analog lodge]

one of the exfils

[winter niche]

on ground zero right

Or wait

[analog lodge]

on customs

[winter niche]

Customs mb lol

[winter niche]

Is that the “messengers body” that the quest talks about?

[astral glen]

It’s right there

[analog lodge]

yep

[astral glen]

Where the arrow is pointing

[winter niche]

Ohhhhh ok gotcha

[coarse dove]

Need someone to group up with and do Prapors pocket watch quest

i got 3 keys

NA

level 16

@analog lodge we can do it

I need to do that too

Ping me

[analog lodge]

you pvp or pve?

[dire hawk]

how do i do tgh pt3 im getting slaughtered

[coarse dove]

@analog lodge pvp

whats tgh

@dire hawk

[analog lodge]

can't help ya, i'm afraid.

[coarse dove]

awweee

good luck my friend

[dire hawk]

the great hights

like how do i win arena

just get good?

[analog lodge]

you shoot the other guys before they shoot you

and play the obj

[dire hawk]

some of these dude are insanced

is there sbmm

like will i play other bums at some point

[analog lodge]

there's always a chance

[dire hawk]

What’s the weapon meta what should I be trying to do?

I have a 556 MDR included with M995 and I still can’t kill anybody

I feel like all the bullets I’m shooting just stop existing the second they leave the barrel

Can people have level six armor?

[winter niche]

Does customs flare extract need green or yellow?

Not sure if the colors matter but I wanna play it safe lol

[dire hawk]

Green and it does matter

[midnight ingot]

stay on top of the hill on the train rails, if you go down to the sides the sniper will shoot at you as you extract

[analog lodge]

flare exfil always green

yellow used for a couple quests

[slender plover]

I ended up just doing sr2m. The preset is pretty decent

[cinder coral]

I'd recommend not looking for a meta and just using guns that you're comfortable with lol

That usally goes farther than a regular meta build taken off a streamer's page

[teal prism]

whats the best way to do "saving the mole"?

[hidden seal]

just enter there and get the hard drive

[manic sable]

preferably you wanna do what the quest does

[hidden seal]

sit menancingly on a table and stare you back until completion?

[manic sable]

holy fuck my brain isnt braining today

i meant what the quest wants you to do

[signal ferry]

prepare money and use car extract after got the harddrive

if you got block at stair u can use painkiller and jumpdown from window in the next room

[teal prism]

alr ty

[signal ferry]

depend on yours spawn point and exit point too

see gunfire and situation sometimes car exit more dangerous than go emercom

sometimes better run through street to Mira Ave exit instead

[teal prism]

alr alr tysm

[signal ferry]

goodluck in raid

oh and you can play as scav to take the key beforehand too

so yours pmc can rush to the obj room instead waste time to search key from dead staff body

[teal prism]

might try that instead

[glass atlas]

helping ppl, dm me

[hidden seal]

tbh that building is the only one from which I would not try to reach Mira.

[signal ferry]

situational though

[hidden seal]

Low level GZ almost everyone is scared, so as long as you avoid the open ground it is rather easy to survive

[signal ferry]

sometimes everyone avoid open so the open area is safest

[hidden seal]

but people usually keep eye on it

[signal ferry]

in high level yes

in low level people tend to go around corner of the map

[hidden seal]

tunnels usually safest bet for new player scared. if needed hide in a cargo pen

[signal ferry]

depend though most of time i met other players underground

sometimes newbies sometimes rat

[hidden seal]

I rarely find anyone there after 2 min

seems new playrs are scared of the dark

[signal ferry]

still

[hidden seal]

and try to leave asap

[signal ferry]

fastest way is Taxi

[hidden seal]

if it spawns yes

[signal ferry]

its 100%

[glass atlas]

guaranteed spawn on GZ

[signal ferry]

on GZ

[hidden seal]

ok I have a total of 6 quests in customs that I need to extract after gettign something. will start a stupid challenge of doing all or nothing in one go

[echo cradle]

Is there like a specific spawns for marked rooms keys on PvE or do they spawn in the same Places as normal keys?

[hidden seal]

spawns are in the same places

[undone drum]

Spawns as normal keys and sometimes on scavs too. The spawn rate for keys on the map where the room is, increased

[echo cradle]

Ah thanks

% chance is around how big?

[kindred grotto]

cultist priests

[undone drum]

no hard numbers sadly

[echo cradle]

Ow

[mint badger]

who wanna help me reach lv 15 .Im curently lv 12

[light pagoda]

??lfg

[red thistle]

If you're looking for people to play with, you can find them over in #pvp-lfg or #pve-lfg.
If you are new to the game, check out #sherpa-info. Happy raiding!
Looking for Arena battle buddies? Head over to the Arena discord! https://discord.gg/tarkovarena

[subtle stirrup]

is there anything i can sell or do i have to keep all this, im level 22

[undone drum]

its rare that someone goes through the list for you
Do you know where to look up, what you need yourself?

[subtle stirrup]

yea im just tryna see if theres something useless im hoarding

can i sell the animals if i alr have docs

[turbid oriole]

I mean what is the duct tape for

[torn rapids]

you can sell everything except the drilld and car battery

[serene spade]

im very early in the game, i dont wanna buy scav boxes everyday so is there stuff i should just sell to get more space since im running out

[torn rapids]

keep lion, horses, ravens and cats

[torn rapids]

keep sledgehammer, drills, lion, cat and sell the rest

[serene spade]

ight will do

[torn rapids]

and keep tank battery

oh and gpu

keep that too

[serene spade]

should i save ram sticks im pretty early game like lvl 14

[torn rapids]

no

just sell

you'll find more

if you have a ledx, keep that too

i couldn't see it

[serene spade]

its somewhere there xD

[torn rapids]

rest is just hideout shit you can just rebuy when you need it or craft

unless there's something glaringly obvious i missed

oh

[torn rapids]

did you sell it all yet

[undone drum]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/escapefromtarkov_gamepedia/images/1/19/QuestItemRequirements.png/revision/latest?cb=20250730162205

[elder sequoia]

“Hey all, I’ve got around 60 hours in Tarkov, on and off, so I didn’t do great before. I’m trying to get back into it because it’s fun, but I’m still lost with maps, extractions, and early tasks. I’m doing PVP, so if anyone around EU time zones could help me out, I’d really appreciate it!”

[undone drum]

why is it in quotes?

Are you EU or NA?

[elder sequoia]

EU

[torn rapids]

They're quoting someone probably

[torn rapids]

this needs to be a ?? honestly

[undone drum]

Mhmm

[undone drum]

Here is a person, who searches for active EU newbies, message them!
#pvp-lfg message

[elder sequoia]

ok thx you

[warped acorn]

lots of stull for sell here, anything that you don't need for the hideout and early quests, toothpaste, toilet paper, soap, jars of cumbers, jars of coffee, filter, metal scrap, etc.

for early game, 2-3 scav boxes is usually enough, keep 1 for high-tier loot (check on tarkov market) and another boxes for construction and misc loot (e.g., gas canisters)

[barren stump]

Is the AK 74U the best to use with level 1 traders?

[safe elk]

Don’t stress what’s best at ll1 traders, just use whatever

It takes very little time to get them higher and get access to more stuff

[subtle stirrup]

thx

[shrewd python]

I really liked the pp-19 from prapor
easy to throw an ekp on (also from prapor), cheap, low recoil, easy to spray for face and head tap scavs with
I use that until I got PK to ll2

74u is good if you can find good ammo

[soft palm]

has anyone done the survivor ending i need help looking for the terragroup evidence folder (report)?

[warped acorn]

what good wep builds can I do at lvl 20 and ll2 traders

[arctic linden]

how long do i have to wait till kerman contacts fence?

[safe elk]

Abt a day

[shrewd python]

mpx is fun

[vernal shoal]

how to use bi pod tarkov after you prone and you use keybind it does nothing on m60 for some reaseon say 80% but it not fell anydifrence and bipod is on does there like more steps to it?

[analog lodge]

You have to deploy it, then mount a compatible surface

[echo cradle]

ummm
idk why it got into my stash ngl
after one raid i clicked next on the after raid screen and alt tabbed when it was loading in then i saw it on sort table

[minor mural]

@young ledge is there any way to turn this picture into a ?? tag? It gets referenced a lot here

[minor mural]

I like this AKMS. It always comes back in insurance because the chad stock doesn't fit on it

Doesn't need mechanic 2, but it does need peacekeeper 2

feel free to swap the brake for a suppressor and upgrade the optic and foregrip as you loot stuff

[prisma idol]

Hi folks, started playing PvE tarkov 2 days ago [Not extracted once 🫠 ]. On the map interchange, I died 2 times on the path from "Transit to Customs" to "Railway Exfil", both times I got hit once by a sniper and then I panic ran into a mine of some sort and I died. Are there some specific zones which are insta kills?

[dapper epoch]

For the btr quest Protect the Sky, do I have to extract and go back into another woods raid to find the item or will it spawn when I accept the quest

[worldly igloo]

Extract and come back in

[dapper epoch]

Yes, look around for the red paint around the borders of the map

[dapper epoch]

Gross. Alright

[worldly igloo]

All of them are like that except for the rank battery one I think

[dapper epoch]

Can I accept Discombobulate in the same raid?

[worldly igloo]

If I remember correctly

[worldly igloo]

Don’t think so

[dapper epoch]

Grosssss lol I hate that they made btr driver required for this ending

[worldly igloo]

Yeah

Good luck on his last quest

[dapper epoch]

Its all thats stopping me

I have EoD so I heard I wont have to do price of independence

Since i did sensory analysis etc

[worldly igloo]

I’m just cultist hunting and that’s all that’s stopping me

[dapper epoch]

Customs night time on dead servers trust

[worldly igloo]

I did price of independence just to make sure I’d have it

I don’t swap servers, too much work tbh

And honestly I’ve found better luck on shoreline than customs

[prisma idol]

Ah ok, I was trying to hug the edge of the map to avoid attention, but that explains it. Thank you for the help. 🙂

[dapper epoch]

Well still customs night time. Other maps have two spawns customs is only Fortress

I say dead servers cause everyone and their mother is going night customs for priests

[worldly igloo]

I almost had them last night but priest hid in a corner with a guard and got a lucky headshot

[dapper epoch]

Lemme get you the vid of how i got my second priest

[worldly igloo]

Ik customs has fortress but I just go to shoreline instead

[dapper epoch]

https://medal.tv/games/escape-from-tarkov/clips/m2rQ0I5cpDsiEkP6h?invite=cr-MSxUdjUsNTI0MDMzNjUy&v=16

[worldly igloo]

Easier and less chance of running into people

[dapper epoch]

Check this bullshit out lol after a whole night of hunting them this happens

[echo cradle]

is it possible to do all of them somehow? and also what happens if i fail it do i just need to repeat it later or will i have some other quest after?

[tidal lagoon]

u choose 1 and u get missions to regain rep with othersd after

check wiki and itll tell u everything

[upper knot]

Do y'all scav for FIR items or to loot kits from bodies?

[upper knot]

IIRC Prapor will ask for grenades (not sure bout this one), Therapist will ask for a few keys, and Skier will want 1M rubles I believe

This is only if you fail the quest, so if you give Skier the quest, you will need to give Prapor grenades and Therapist keys

[echo cradle]

what kind of keys? some rare ones?

[upper knot]

Not really

Wiki states:
Dorm 303
ZB-014
Military Checkpoint
Gas station storage room

These are very cheap, on PvE at least

Like dirt cheap on PvE so should be cheap on PvP too

[echo cradle]

i am playing on PvE thanks
i already have 3 of them i think just from looting

[upper knot]

Aye:DD

If you can't buy keys yet I can give you the missing one(s)

[echo cradle]

i am on SPT PvE lol but thanks for trying to help

[upper knot]

Ah

Any time:D

[echo cradle]

i love this mask that i found in a random bag on factory lol

[upper edge]

Which helmet is better SSh-68 or 6B47 EMR cover?

[cloud basin]

yh man thx for this

14 hr btw

worth?

[tidal lagoon]

probably yea

[echo cradle]

i would use those cards until they are on 1 durability and then give it
unless the quest requires full durability (i haven't got that part yet)

[cloud basin]

labs access cards are one use

either they have 100% durability or they dont exist

[cloud basin]

ill take it for 0.67 lvls

[tidal lagoon]

its 500k so u dont pay much

[echo cradle]

oh

[cloud basin]

i get 491k back anyways
and i have an abundance of access cards so the stash space is a benefit too

[cloud basin]

yh thats not a labs access card

thats a colored card

[echo cradle]

wait so there are two version?

[echo cradle]

ah

mb then

[cloud basin]

access is the one u need to use to access labs

hence the name

[upper knot]

Anyone got 'safe' areas that are low traffic? Any map

[cloud basin]

really worth since i can buy a labs card for 14 gp coins

i forgot bout that

[tame violet]

guys i havent played tarkov in a while i am doing the quest chemicals part 4 or big customer or something idk forgot for therapist all the same quest who should i give it to skier thera or prapor ????

[brave plover]

Would this be the right chat to help with error in downloading? 141gb free on my ssd. Tarkov downloads to 100% and then says not enough room on disk. However, i can click the play button which won't launch the game. Repair feature is about 80% done.

[cursive prawn]

look at the wiki it will tell you exactly what you get for both

!wiki chemical part 4

[broken quail]

https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/Chemical_-_Part_4
Not the correct result? Use !wiki page chemical part 4 for a direct link or !wiki search chemical part 4 for a list of all hits.

Escape from Tarkov Wiki

Chemical - Part 4

Chemical - Part 4 is a Quest in Escape from Tarkov.

​

Quest data

Location

Customs

Given by

Skier

Required for Kappa container

No, but a subsequent quest Yes

​

Related quests

Previous\: Chemical - Part 3

Leads to:
No Offence
Trust Regain
Safe Corridor

[upper knot]

It could be trying to extract compressed files it downloaded, so even though it only takes up 75GB, it may need quiote a bit more during installation. Can you try freeing up around 10 GB?

[dire hawk]

i do therapist if u have pk ll3 u can buy the grinades for prapor and then just pay skiier

[brave plover]

I've been trying to find extra space. The remaining space is essentially windows files and backups for windows. It's only 256gb. Could I change the bsg launcher to my hdd to save space but still keep the game downloading to my ssd?

[upper knot]

You could try to download it on the HDD then move the files to the SSD, but that may be slow

But if you can't free up SSD space might as well give it a try:D

The launcher allows you to 'locate the game' so if you move it, you should still be able to tell the launcher where it is

[upper edge]

Thats good right?

[manic sable]

no

use proflex

and death shadow if possible

[lethal hatch]

Hey guys, I bought the Prepare for Escape version through steam thinking I would get the PVE version. I can't figure out how to upgrade to the Unheard version. Is that even possible. It looks like Tarkov is suggesting I refund through steam and buy through the website.

[warped acorn]

just get the pve dlc on steam?

[warped acorn]

if u buy on Tarkov website, u don't get the Steam version

something to keep in mind

[fallen pike]

should you do superwater if you dont have the power on?=

[brave plover]

I feel like ilI might be able to send the initial files before they unpack to my hdd and then have actual install location on my ssd. We'll test it out. Thank you

[upper knot]

Best of luck!:D

[thin oracle]

Would anyone be willing to help me on labs and or labyrinth later. Ive played labs like twice and the other never. Have quests I wanna get done for the xp and main story line

[fallen pike]

should you do superwater if you dont have the power on?

[lethal hatch]

I bought the most amount of DLC I could on Steam.

[lethal hatch]

I mean if I get teh Unheard version I think I'm okay?

[weary sky]

aslong as its for your account

dont buy a new account

[lethal hatch]

I'm super frustrated. I bought it because I thought I could do the PVE version. Turns out I can't and I also can't upgrade and Steam's customer service is literally non-existant

[hidden seal]

steam costumer service is simply the best of all onlien stores.. thign is.. versiosn of EFT are BSG to handle not steam Steam cannot upgrade as that is what BSG decided woudl be the model

[hidden seal]

the is only 1 DLC on steam PVE

there are 3 different game EDITIONS

[manic sable]

steam is hit or miss

either they are extremely helpful but usually for me they arent

ive been constantly trying to refund a game that refuses to launch at all since multiple yearas

but they refuse to

the developer doesnt respond either

[hidden seal]

I never had a bad experience that was their fault. Only when the studio had rules that tied steam hands

liek rockstar

[manic sable]

steams refund policies could be slightly better but otherwise they are good

[hidden seal]

rockstar is a pain to deal with and steam cannot help with ANYTHING due to agreements with rockstar

[manic sable]

but im still slightly dissappointed that they didnt wish me a merry christmas too when i wished them one >:(

they just said "i appreciate what you have said to us"

not even a you too

[hidden seal]

They will enver refund somethign that was bought in the previous fiscal year

or logner

[manic sable]

They should do that though if it does not launch at all.

[hidden seal]

because they already paid taxes for that to govenrment so refunding would put them on negative

[manic sable]

atleast imo

[hidden seal]

It laucnhed when you bought?

[manic sable]

was able to play for like 10 hours and then randomly some sort of unity error

it wasnt a big amount of money im just petty lol

[hidden seal]

yeah if you played for more than 2 hours they consider the game works

[manic sable]

4.7 hours and since then it doesnt work at all

even after reinstalling, resetting pc etc

told steam support allat too but they dont do anything

[hidden seal]

what the game btw?

[manic sable]

some random simulator i forgot

i played that shit like 4 years ago

[hidden seal]

yeah over 1 fiscal year never gonna happen.

You have no idea how much hassle a company needs to solve to refund something of a previous fiscal year

[manic sable]

i think they should still atleast take it off the store or something tho

many other people ahve the same issue in the reviews

[hidden seal]

that is a more valid complain

[manic sable]

but yeah steam support is usually great

[hidden seal]

I had to return a payment on the US branch of my company. an overpayment of 300 usd. It costed me almost 2000 usd in accounting retification and the lawyer checkign things up.

[manic sable]

damn

[tawny field]

I deadass just had my armor disappear off my body when I opened the pier door on Terminal, is this an intended thing?

[vocal mist]

no lol

[fathom kernel]

Yo @vocal mist

[cursive prawn]

what do you want

[fathom kernel]

?

[cursive prawn]

i’m asking

[fathom kernel]

ask him a question

[cursive prawn]

ask it

[fathom kernel]

am I allowed to ask questions...?

[cursive prawn]

yes of course

it’s why it says @ him

[fathom kernel]

How much time does your game take to load into a raid?

[cursive prawn]

you literally just asked that question and it was answered in other chats. it’s also kind of ambiguous, what part of the game? when you start it? when you load into raid?

[fathom kernel]

Answered joking

[cursive prawn]

it usually takes as long as the timer says

that’s the answer

[fathom kernel]

Guh

[cursive prawn]

sometimes it’s 3 minutes sometimes it’s 10

depends region, depends PC, depends how many ppl are on etc

there’s no way to really answer that precisely there’s far too many variables

and it’s why i asked you what you wanted to spare ency the trouble

[fathom kernel]

ok

[cursive prawn]

if you have a way to elaborate on what exactly you mean, and/or what exactly is happening to you it would make it easier to answer that question. but as it is, it’s far too ambiguous

[fathom kernel]

Loading into a raid

It usually takes like 9 min or something for me

[cursive prawn]

what servers are you playing on

[fathom kernel]

SA and NA

[cursive prawn]

computer specs

[fathom kernel]

ryzen 7 5800x
rx 6700 xt
32 gb ram

[cursive prawn]

@astral glen take over i’m tapping out

[vocal mist]

what's up?

[fathom kernel]

Someone else already intercepted me...

[astral glen]

Is he spawning late or is he just playing on a dead server

[cursive prawn]

just read everything

idk

[fathom kernel]

Not late, the servers are dry asf but shouldn't be? If I'm playing in NA too

[astral glen]

Just select more servers

[fathom kernel]

I have 5

[cursive prawn]

auto is good

[fathom kernel]

You sure?

[cursive prawn]

it’ll get you connected quickest i think

[fathom kernel]

I'll try auto I guess

[cursive prawn]

won’t hurt to try, check 10 raids and see if the avg is down

[fathom kernel]

Hopefully will see more people or something

It feels like playing PVE if PVE didn't had AI PMC

[vague orchid]

why are bitty prices down?

[astral glen]

Because the price is tied to the price in real life

📉

[vague orchid]

ah major oof.

[warped acorn]

BTC is down

[vague orchid]

time to save BTCs then

[vague orchid]

I just dropped 11 mill on a dorms marked key hopefully I get my money back

[vague orchid]

is this a good pull from dorms?

[manic idol]

Sorta, dumbbell is a kappa item and violet key is good and blank is good, but the rest is not amazing and sells for a little bit of money

[vague orchid]

oh damn I just had the worst dorms run, MP7, FN5-7, cat statue and a golden skill that I lost

[dapper epoch]

Is there any strat to getting price of independence done or is it just luck

[kindred grotto]

just play slow

I did it twice in a row bcs it bugged out on
e

[dapper epoch]

Im just worried about lighthouse

[kindred grotto]

i just wait untill like 15 mins lol and do it

you can run on lefthand shore untill you reach train, no one there

[slender plover]

Might be a lot of pscavs with rogue gear at that point

[ashen meteor]

does anyone know why the “extract from interchange” task hasn’t completed for me ? i’ve extracted a few times from there already i’m sure

[upper knot]

Are you sure you're using your PMC? That's the only reason I could think of

[ashen meteor]

i could’ve sworn i’ve extracted as a pmc before, but ever since the first day i haven’t been able to from interchange. i get killed before i can get anywhere

[slender plover]

are na servers fucked

[alpine python]

update

[glass atlas]

sit at spawn for 5-10 mins for everyone to head inside mall then go to extract from outside avoiding the north and south camps

[slender plover]

oh lol i was wondering why i was stuck at looking for server

kinda goofy it doesnt just kick you out

[ashen meteor]

thank you, i’ll give this a try later today, does it matter also if i had been exiting through the railway ?

[glass atlas]

interchange is notorious for having bad extracts, so sadly railway and emercom are prone to being camped. but ive had good luck this wipe, you should be fine. as far as i know the only other realistic options are car (at power station, and requires 20k) or flare (which is at the south camp)

if you find railway or emercom just being camped over and over again, then maybe bring money and a flare and try the others

[upper knot]

They added Killa to Escape from Duckov 🙏 I wonder what we'll get

Whoops wrong chat sorry

[hasty bison]

is there a way to angle my body/camera so tagilla doesn't 1-shot me with his melee attack 🙁

most of the time he 1-shots me with a headshot but a few times he also melees my body and then i can survive for 7 hits

[keen briar]

??codes

[red thistle]

Redeem your goodies → https://www.escapefromtarkov.com/promo/activate (Or launcher → your name → activate code)
SBEUKOMAR | SCAVYBOI | GOONSQUAD | LIGHTSOUT | PAY2WIN | ELVISVISTA | ju20fu2620idfh88

[manic sable]

i think if you turn your arms towards him your arm will tank it

saw someone kill him naked on labyrinth doing that but that was a while ago

[hasty bison]

ill try it, thanks

[worldly pawn]

they fixed the blurry scopesssss

[latent cipher]

thats been fixed

[brave plover]

the repair did "something". Once installed my free space went from 60mb to 80gb.

[upper edge]

just find this in a scav body is this rare and for what i can use it?

[kindred grotto]

sell

[upper edge]

why

[little garden]

does anyone know why pp19 for gunsmith old freind wont work this foto is from wiki but mine has exact same stuff i checked it twice but mine has 1 less ergo idk how

first foto is from the wiki with 57.1 ergo

[shrewd python]

wrong laser

you have the la58

you need the anpeq

[scarlet sparrow]

Is fmj worth using over ps for mosin?

I just had a raid where I hit a pmc in thorax unarmored and it didn't kill him

was close range so he just insta sprayed me after one shot

seems like fmj may be kind of a troll idk

[shrewd python]

def not

[shrewd python]

they have the same damage but PS has 45 pen to FMJ's 36

[scarlet sparrow]

i may have said the wrong ammo

im talking about the lvl1 trader ammo

im talking about 54r

ur talkinga bout some different caliber

wait no sorry

it's 51

no again hold up

im having a moment jesus

im talking about these two rounds

fmj has mroe armor pen but cant one tap thorax

so SP not PS

[noble wave]

U need one for terminal keycard activation in hideout or u just sell it on the flea

[shrewd python]

Oh I see
yea I prefer sp bt

[kindred grotto]

DEF fmj

ur not 1 tapping anyone to thorax if they have any armor on

[scarlet sparrow]

it still one pens class 3 pretty easily though

[kindred grotto]

most ppl running lvl 4 helmets too

[scarlet sparrow]

how many people have lvl 4 thorax armor

[kindred grotto]

no one uses lvl 3 tho anymore

[scarlet sparrow]

ok

[kindred grotto]

id say more ppl have lvl 5 than 4

[scarlet sparrow]

i thought maybe for front/back palate but thorax may just have soft armor

[twilit python]

is the 5 mp5's still the best for the cultist circle??

[signal edge]

do you have PK ll4?

[fallow pebble]

do u have to do story tasks?

[weary sky]

yeah

[tacit thistle]

why can mechanic not buy some weapons?

[weary sky]

broken gun

[tacit thistle]

so first repair then sell?

[weary sky]

nah just fence them

[tacit thistle]

aight ty

[nocturne drift]

what is this

i am suppose to hand over mechanic 20 k usd yet i dont even have that task or quest available xd

or do i just stack the money and when it gets 20 k i deliver him that ammount

[kindred grotto]

yes

[fiery moat]

CURSED trader levels bro, im getting access to 9x19 PBP earlier than AP 6.3

40 pen ammo earlier than 30 pen of the same ammo

xd

[short bay]

I seem to have lost positional audio completely with my new headphones.Now if it were only that one, but i have a pair of 3 different headphones. Compared to my old ones, the sound in them for games like Tarkov and Hunt Showdown specifically seems to be like in "place" for when the enemy (player or AI) does somethign. They can be right next to me and can shoot me with a shotgun i would not understand where. Anyone had this issue any experience on solving it? Its very hard to explain, the audio is there, but the "position" of it based on distance and intensity of the sound is completely gone. Best i know how to explain it in english..

[vital hinge]

sell every attachment to mechanic and what is left you can sell to fence

[twilit python]

no i do not

i have level 2 traders

[signal edge]

Then it will still be 5 mp5s

[twilit python]

okay

[signal edge]

At peacekeeper level 3 you can get a slightly better one with a labs keycard

[twilit python]

oh allright

i have labs cards tho

is it one per cultist circle?

[kindred grotto]

you barter a g28 w the keycard ll3 pk

[twilit python]

oh, nvm

[inland marlin]

get different headphones or set up a custom EQ for those if possible

[upper knot]

Aye!:D

[inland marlin]

not all headphones are equal for this game

perhaps different kind of headphones in game may change things too

[short bay]

i have 3 of them and i tried a 4th one from a different computer. Cant be the headphones, i tested binaurial audio on some websites and youtube also, made me jump, the knocking one

[inland marlin]

and all 4 of them you cannot echolocate accurately?

im not sure thats the correct word for audio locating, i think you need sonar for that..

[upper knot]

You use it to get to Terminal but if you're new to the game it's very far so might as well make money off it then once you're actually able to use it, you'll have enough money to buy it:)

[inland marlin]

regardless, 4 headphones and you cannot sense direction with any of them?

thats crazy, a bit odd

[short bay]

all 4 have the exact same issue

[hidden seal]

the river on customs.. what is on your opinion the least dangerous crossing place?

[short bay]

it feils really weird, but only in the game not on videos for that specific purpose

last thing i am going to try is turn of and on spatial audio for windows

[inland marlin]

thats a pretty complex problem; a lot of guys in the #community-support channel know a lot more about this than i do, try posting there too.

i dont know how to fix that but spatial sound sounds like a good start

[inland marlin]

you should never cross the river at the start of the game

to cross safest from the right i would ride the bushes from the right edge of the map and take the center land bridge, not the one with the cargo container

if that seemed dangerous you can go under the bridge and take the smuggler landbridge from halfway which is quicker and harder to spot

ive never been shot crossing doing all that

if theres a lot of shots main bridge is good too because you can just turn around with cover if they start shooting

[hidden seal]

how long you consider.... start of game.. I was 7 min into the game

[inland marlin]

7 is ok if you havent heard anything, general rule is 10 minutes is the most dangerous part of the match

10 minutes is usually how long it takes for people to rush spawns and hotspots and eliminate the closest spawns.

[hidden seal]

like I died 10 times in a row in customs always in that damn river

now need to get more keys for extortionist

[inland marlin]

lots of people doing SBIH so theres an endless stream of snipers. maybe bad luck

[kindred grotto]

bad luck

[inland marlin]

if you move carefully, move with high stam %, and wait a bit thats really all you can realistically do and if you die its just bad luck

you could also wait longer, like 20 minutes, but that could work against you by putting you in a counter-rotation to people extracting. so thats not always worth it

[kindred grotto]

customs is just shit rn

[inland marlin]

if you're determined to win, wait 25 minutes in a bush and watch for car or zb-013 to turn green meaning somebody left. that way youll statistically have a lesser % to get shot. you gotta do what you gotta do

personally i squadded up for the golden pocketwatch quest, thats another way to put the statistics in your favor,.

hard for ur region though i bet

[hidden seal]

I can play 1 NA server.. East south... but that is it. USed to be able to play any in NA but sicne saturday ping is shitty

[hidden seal]

why? the event?

[coarse dove]

The prospor quest pocket watch,

?

[hidden seal]

no no skier one to get key on the dead body then go to the small cab get a docuemnt under a jacket

and extract

[coarse dove]

OHHHHH

I have to do that too

And the posters

[short bay]

for whatever reason, setting this setting to on seems to have helped a bit

[hidden seal]

I am waitnign to get a doc case to do the posters otherwise I know I will lose them all

[coarse dove]

Are you NA?

Oh you are Brazil

[hidden seal]

SA.. but can usually play NA EAST south

[coarse dove]

I am na east

[short bay]

customs river? you literally either cross it immediately if you spawn near or you wait a little bit to see if someone crossses it or not and listen to fight noises nerby. If i am not near, i always cross on the small river to the most left side

[inland marlin]

i use logitech gpros with a custom EQ and voicemeter for soundboosting. thats an example of peak audiowhoring. besides that hopefully you can find some settings that work for you.

[hidden seal]

east north usually is ok but was unstable yesterday

[short bay]

i hope so but the fact was i never needed to do that in the first place before 😄

[coarse dove]

Ah then I can’t be of help I got lucky with a 12,000 hour player not killing me after getting ambushed by knight and did the pocket watch quest

You just have to get super lucky

[hidden seal]

I was almost there last time. died to a timmy level 10 that was lost inside the wagon on top of hill after river

I did not expect anyone to be there

[coarse dove]

Just watch out where the dead body is the goons spawn sometimes

[coarse dove]

LOL

[hidden seal]

I never saw anyone stay more than 1 -2 seconds on that wagon..

[coarse dove]

It’s an extract

[hidden seal]

but that is the danger of timmies.. they do not follow the standard.. so they sometimes are in weird places

[coarse dove]

HAHAHA

[inland marlin]

yeah he could be waiting until the end of the raid and u pathed into him. just tarkov

ive had so many ppl run over me/by me this wipe while i was hiding

[coarse dove]

it’s all about luck bruh most of the time which is ironic because it’s very true to real life

[inland marlin]

pretty crazy how unobservant people can be

[coarse dove]

Yes true

[inland marlin]

literally have had members of 5 man squads kick me walking over me

[coarse dove]

HAHA had a group run by me

[inland marlin]

and 2 chads in factory walked 3 feet from me crouching behind a box

[coarse dove]

AHAHAHAHA

[hidden seal]

when you are approaching an area where you expect someoen to be you tend to hiper focus on the expected places

and that makes you blidn to dumb places

[inland marlin]

every place is a expected place

you should leverage your human abilities to your advantage

[hidden seal]

I am a middle aged man.. I do not have human abilities anymore

[coarse dove]

AHAHAHAHAHA

[inland marlin]

you detect motion the most, so i do wide sweeping looks around and try to catch movement. minimize angles with body positioning, dont expect your eyes to see it

[coarse dove]

holy fuck yall are funny

[inland marlin]

cut off sightlines, use your eyes on open spaces and position yourself that you cant be closed in on w/out audio

thats all you can do

[coarse dove]

^

[hidden seal]

I think I need to sacrifice a duck to some dark god to get a good run

[inland marlin]

and check youer 6 every 30 sed to a minute

when im in a squad i usually follow the squad walking backwards, its crazy how few people think about that too.

[coarse dove]

lol

[hidden seal]

I need to make some money.. gettign low on it due to insurance costs

[inland marlin]

unlock reserve and go there for scavs

[hidden seal]

worst part.. timmy killed me.. so he will want ALl that was on my kit

[inland marlin]

easy 300k minimum, more usually

[hidden seal]

I am out of level 4 armors.. might as well not use armor anymore since l 3 is useless on this stage of wipe

[inland marlin]

level 4 is slightly less useless but still useless

if you want to be pvp ready its minimum level 4 and altyn

level 5*

level 5 is the first level of plate capable of resisting most high tier pvp bullets

level 4 is good for most mid tier players but i wouldnt push and trust the armor

so if you have to wear level 4 or a paca it doesnt matter

if youre leveling id suggest running budget kits like a sub 100k gun, paca and a helmet and headset and if you die youll get it back in insurance.

whole kit is 150k thats 2 kits per scav raid

you shouldnt go broke that way

[hidden seal]

Using AKS-74U and whatever armor I had

[inland marlin]

why aks

theres a lot of equal or better options you could try too

aks is not so good. no rifle is good really stock. you have low character skills which lead to less control of the gun. and you cant make them easy to use without investment

and mp5 comes as good as it can get almost out of the box. the recoil is low so your shitty pmc can handle it, and the only things you have to pay to add is a reticle and a light. both optional. the irons are good.

ppsh is also good. can be used for legs or face. 100 round drum accessible early and it cannot jam

just send a 100 bullet cloud at the head area and if that doesnt work hit the legs they will die by the end of the 100

i could use an aks early but it would be harder for me. but i know how it jumps so with these rifles you gotta do a slight pulldown for recoil and then usually a pull up to recenter it

and when you pay more you dont pull down at initial recoil as much

with submachine guns you dont have to do that at all

[hidden seal]

slightly cheaper than the Mp5. Was using UMp 45 earlier sicne the barteris super cheap

[inland marlin]

this is just my opinion but youre making things harder for yourself that way

the gun doesnt matter the ammo does. if you have to barter theres no way youre getting good ammo

probably having to use subpar pen ammo or leg ammo which is more likely to get you killed

[hidden seal]

I have no good ammy for anything

[inland marlin]

dont use a gun unless you have minimum 30 pen ideally 40 pen

[hidden seal]

already lost all my good ammy

[inland marlin]

so thats why you dont spend more money on this stuff for bad gear

use bad gear till you can get good stuff and stack more rubles

thats just how i play though do anything you want

but since doing that im usually very rich easily

[hidden seal]

well aks is 24k .. cheaper than a saiga

[inland marlin]

if you scav reserve theres 120 round boxes of bp, bt and more too

[hidden seal]

I do not have red rebel (level 17) need 20 to buy. so did nto even bother unlockign reserve yet

[inland marlin]

unlock it for scavs

its one of the best scav maps and always has been

youll also have a chance of finding hideout stuff youll need

itll speed up ur hideout progress more than just scavving the beginner maps

on reserve there are food crates that consistently spawn sugar. theres 6 boxes that are accessible without keys, and more dynamic loot spawns for it

[hidden seal]

I am tryign so much to coimplete extorcionist because give the silencer that you need for gunsmith 4. so I unlock ammo cases .. but in the proccess I lost all the ammo that I needed to store 😛

[inland marlin]

each sugar is 99k for 1 slot so each raid you have a chance for easy 600k atleast and that is not including anything else you find

sometimes i find 1-3 water filters at 133k each that dont spawn on other maps

[plush sundial]

So I have to play maybe 2-3 raids a day, MAXIMUM. Today was a bad Tarkov day. I just started playing streets. Any tips on what the hell I am doing wrong here, or am I just unlucky? The first death I was damaged by one of the guards. I had no idea the player was there before it was to late, obviously.

[inland marlin]

bad positioning. no painkillers to suppress pain audio.

thats all that can be gained from the short clip

once he peeks you you needed to change locations, your location prevented that from being possible

[thorn moon]

I am trying to learn streets as a new player and i found 3 dead pmcs on a building, i looted the hell out of them and i was sitting on this corner literally looking how to extract and this guys comes sprinting on the street, enters at the door and one tap me in the jaw? is this normal at all?

[inland marlin]

as a new player your stealth is probably pretty bad

most new players dont know how bad they are at being sneaky, so possible

he couldve been watching you for a long time as well. theres many many places to observe in streets.

when he rushes you you probably did something he could hear. if you moved at all he probably heard it

[thorn moon]

i was inside a building that is why i feel strange

[inland marlin]

you would be really surprised what a high stat/skil level and experienced pmc can hear

it doesnt matter everything gives audio

if he knows the map layout too he will know what maps to check

if you play a few thousand hours you will gain a different perspective on what seems sus or not

what rooms to check*

[hidden seal]

that said.. there is also the 2-3% chance that was a cheater.. but nothing you can do about those

[inland marlin]

or a teammate. or the killer coming back after healing

just being detected is the worst way to discover a cheater. its almost IMPOSSIBLE to sneak 100% undetected in this game

[thorn moon]

the strange part is that the one tap on the jaw is crazy man, not even a surprise spray

[inland marlin]

just understand that

you can never move quiet enough or slow enough to not be detected unless they are a moron

[hidden seal]

if you were exxactly where he expected he jsut need 1 burst

[inland marlin]

since arena coming out, people are incredibly skilled

him hitting u in the jaw is less likely a cheat, because they typically program to hit eyes.

when u have a squad of 2+ and u all die to eyes, thats a cheater

[thorn moon]

[inland marlin]

its so incredibly unlikely to perfectly hit the eyes multiple times

jaws though is not as crazy

[hidden seal]

aI usually unly suspect cheatign when I see someoen killing 2 person like 30 degrees frome ach other within 1 second.. or absurdities like that

[inland marlin]

i was playing arena,. had a guy in a pincer between my teammate. he frags my teammate headshot, i shoot him, he spins and looks at the ground flicks up and headshots me

[thorn moon]

The thing is this shit almost never happened to me in 100+ scav raids some pcm running and tapping me, only happened the time i was the most juiced

[inland marlin]

even that is not 100% a cheater. he couldve got scared and flicked me. then desync hits and his shots connect first

so its really hard to tell, not worth worrying about unless obvious

[hidden seal]

Like I was once in scav village in woods with 2 other guys.. one duide apepar at far hill and like literally less than a second we all 3 are hit in eyes.. well yeah.. I suspect drealy that back then was a real cheat

[plush sundial]

It was 3 seperate deaths there

[inland marlin]

oh i thought you just let the black run

2nd death

dont hang out in open areas like that too many windows, bad luck

you should snipe from a window way harder to see, glass is fuckd up

if ur in the open and not fighting dont jiggle peak just move to cover which is anywhere not outside

if ur in pvp u start jiggle peeking

your peeking could be better too

you need to use circular movement to stop inertia instead of back and forth which exacerbates inertia

that is commonly known pvp meta right now, you peak with circle movement and leaning.

[hidden seal]

I am thinking about runnign raids with my eyes blindfolded... might improve my situation awareness

[inland marlin]

3rd death he heard you open your inventory

unless he knew u were there before, in which case he just made the safest play to breach the room

[thorn moon]

Isnt that silent?

[inland marlin]

great play by him, no other way to take that room safely\

[inland marlin]

you might be right, i cant remember right now. i often play solo so im not sure

it might be

i looked it up and it seems it can be heard

according to google, had to remind myself

[undone drum]

No

[plush sundial]

Oh damn did not know it made a sound!! I was alt tabbing right before to just check the quest item.

Thanks for the quick analysis! Never thought about pain killers as a way to hide pain sound either.

[inland marlin]

no problem bro

[marble scaffold]

wanna buy some armor on flea and this happends

[inland marlin]

so, that goes back to waht i was saying about how new ppl get detected a lot, glad you could learn a little skill fact like that

beyond that, at high level and in pvp you always want to be on painkillers

thats why getting elite metabolism and other skills is so powerful because you dont worry much about water anymore after that

[undone drum]

Even aiming down side makes noise

[thorn moon]

But grok says people cant hear inventory open

[thorn moon]

yes ik that one

[inland marlin]

when you are pushing into a combat area, pre-painkill so they cant criopple ur legs

and when u get hurt u wont make sound till they wear off

[hidden seal]

btw on you guys opinion.. the reduced snow level already warrant dropping white clothing?

[inland marlin]

i keep a bottle of ibuprofen in my secure case for this, along with a water bottle

[plush sundial]

Died multiple times to this as well, taking my legs first. Thanks again, gonna just eat and drink everything I find all the time now to level up metabolism

[hidden seal]

grok also says my ideas are very smart.. that do not make it true

[undone drum]

Now u know, grok is wrong

[inland marlin]

the only camo imo is green for woods when the snow goes away. snow camo too ineffective due to most player height environmental stuff being not white

[short bay]

literally everything in the game makes a sound except some miscellaneous random stuff you probably never do

[short bay]

grok means oink in my language

[inland marlin]

ai is often wrong, but you wouldnt know that unless you already know about the topic

ai is for morons and is told what to say by the worlds biggest morons and believing it will make you dumber

[undone drum]

For tarky its true

[hidden seal]

It is pretty good but only on fieelds with massive ammount of information

it is horrible for fields with only a dozen or so sources

[inland marlin]

its good for quickly referencing documents but it feeds on peoples opinions so anything that is up to debate is often wrong

i get good use out of it referencing my work rules and regulations but thats about it

[hidden seal]

yes, but for example, if you ask.. give me the mass of the planets of solar system.. it will query foryou quite well

[plush sundial]

Whenever i watch good people play they rarely sneak. They just run around making sound and win the fights that come. I have been very afraid of sound, so i sneak way to much in the beginning, often ending up as an easy target. My survival has gone up a bit after i have stopped the slow movement outside.

[inland marlin]

yeah but thats basically a document. a well known fact. ask it anything that can be debated and it has a 50% chance to pick the correct opinion

[short bay]

some people play like that. And it depends on the situation, if you are trying to ambush obviously you wont run. But if they know where you are sneaking kind of stops making sense

for me, i always die if i run

[inland marlin]

just like grok said it cant be heard, its feeding on peoples opinion it cant be heard. not from the eft game manual or whatever

[short bay]

if i WALK and then sneak i die much much less

[hidden seal]

now if you stop to think.. that is basicallyt he same performance of someone that just got into Uni as well 😛

[undone drum]

Run when u can be seen, walk when u more likely can be heard

[inland marlin]

well as soon as you hit 25 you stop respecting those people lol

i did atleast, its funny how age creates brackets

[hidden seal]

wait until you pass 45

you start seeing everyone as morons except your grandfathers

[inland marlin]

i played like that for a year

i sneaked, then i rushed. heres the gist of it

the people that are running around have so many rubles it doesnt matter when they get ambushed and die.

and their skill is good enough they win 40% of the time or more and profit.

they can do this because they know everything about the maps.

you do this and youll just die learning the same information

better to learn it at a slower pace and then rush when you know it all already

if you cant predict where people are throughout an entire raid, probably shouldnt rush

[hidden seal]

also I think tarkov demands some level of faith.. since it is impossible to look everywhere

[inland marlin]

like if i asked you, where are people at 25 minutes in interchange? you should know

but know stuff like that for every map

[hidden seal]

except timmies, they will be completely lost and surprise you on very dumb places

[plush sundial]

Make sense in the beginning. But mid to late raid nobody should be able to predict where people are.

[inland marlin]

geared skilled players dont think about timmy

ill wipe out whole squads of timmies

because my gear is so superior and you know how to use it. its really imbalanced.

[hidden seal]

no, but they still make middle level players have jump scares 😛

[inland marlin]

thats why i preach to avoid pvp till 40 pen

[plush sundial]

What is 40 pen?

[inland marlin]

in eft, in my opinion, only bullets with 40 pen or higher are viable for pvp.

[hidden seal]

I try to avoid other PMCs unless I see them and noticed they did not see me

because my highest pen is like 20 something

[inland marlin]

40 pen means you guarantee to pen most helmets, and you can pen level 4 which is base level player armor. and you do good damage to level 5. so one mag dump can probably kill somebody in 5.

that is not the case for sub 40 pen

if you click on a bullet and look at its pen value youll see a number from 1 - 100

im talking about bullets with a pen value of 40 or more.

[plush sundial]

Ahh the ammo. I see!

[inland marlin]

yessir

[short bay]

as a solo yes

[short bay]

LEG EM!

[inland marlin]

yep leg shots or very accurate head shots

thats why i like the ppsh so much it can do both

[plush sundial]

I am jump scared every single raid lol. I am 100% a Timmy, even tho i have 500h in the game (spread over 8 years or so). It is such a unique shooter. Been dominating in most fps pvp games i have played over the years, but Tarkov is killing me, brutally

[inland marlin]

at 500 hours you are bambi still so dont worry about it

every experienced player with 5k hours or more has agreed with me, 1-1k hours is the tutorial and you start getting really good at about 5k lol so thats your competition

most people never make it to 5k, you have to really like this shit

[old estuary]

can someone help me learn interchange i just started

[inland marlin]

how fast you get good or not depends on ur shooting skill though, ive trained some ex-pro shooter gamers and they got good at around 1-2k hrs

[plush sundial]

With maximum 3 raids a night Ill be at the old home when I reach those numbers lol

[inland marlin]

its unrealistic for most people dont worry about it

just try to have fun and remember youre playing the most hardcore shooter with the sweatiest gamerbase and dont take it too seriously

especially with all the issues like desync

but like u thought htat guy was sus earlier bro

youd be shocked at what playing this game is like after 5k hours

i used to think things were sus too until i was able to do them

[hidden seal]

or you can use those 5k hours to get an engineerign degree and make some good money 😛

[inland marlin]

then i understood

i can hear a mouse fart and track you across any map. when you step on a piece of glass i know exactly where you are

its nuts