beginners-assistance

[bold kernel]

I had a blast playing with ya yesterday meevo

[cosmic tinsel]

me too!

[bold kernel]

Thanks for being patient with me 😛

lmao there are some spawns i didnt know about thats really good

[cosmic tinsel]

pfft you were clickin heads left and right

and imo only the north side of the road is worth grabbing the spawns for

good combination of space to avoid people and high stash density

[bleak minnow]

aight well i guess ill just continue with tasks until the pain of deleting it goes away

[bold kernel]

I'm all aim no brain bro

Still getting the hang of this game haha

[cosmic tinsel]

thats the best move dakoad

[bold kernel]

good luck man

i hope you find another

[cosmic tinsel]

if it makes you feel any better, i accidentally listed bolts for 670000 yesterday

[bleak minnow]

is there an lfg on this server? im tired of playing solo i literally have only a 35% extraction rate

lol

[cosmic tinsel]

and it cost me nearly a half milion in market fees

[bleak minnow]

rip

[bold kernel]

yep

its one of the chats

very active

[rain steeple]

35% isent too bad

[bleak minnow]

really?

[cosmic tinsel]

yeah

[rain steeple]

Nah, not really, the best players out there i think are about like 45%-50% ish i think

[bold kernel]

yeah 35% is alright lmao

no one has over like 70

or even 60

[rain steeple]

Well, thats like at the end of the wipe

[cosmic tinsel]

tbh i kinda feel like SR% is a garbage metric

[bold kernel]

yeah you can be amazing but get unlucky towards the end of raids

[rain steeple]

yeah, id say measure ur success in how much of the goal you had in the raid you went into you accomplished

[cosmic tinsel]

exactly orgini

[rain steeple]

Like questing, or looting

[bold kernel]

and if you get unlucky, its just tough luck, there are some scenarios where there is nothing you could've done

[cosmic tinsel]

theres times where i'm like "my kit isnt worth anything, im gonna roll the dice at dorms"

[bleak minnow]

i just kinda go in to get whatever i can done, i hagve a bunch of tasks but fighting always stops that

[rain steeple]

Sure, if you get spawn rushed, that sucks, but dying after completing a quest isent a bad thing

[agile raft]

HAAHAA So funny BSG! You remove cans of delicious beef stew as soon as one of my characters joins the raid! haha so cool! Definitely havent done 50+ raids looking for that stupid can !! :)))))

[rain steeple]

@agile raft are you trying to get the big or small ones?

[agile raft]

the big ones

[cosmic tinsel]

craft em fam

[rain steeple]

ahh, thats unfortunate

[agile raft]

you cant craft those

[rain steeple]

Cant u only make the small ones if you have the big ones?

[bleak minnow]

ok also, how do i farm xp? i need so much shit from the flee market like a new docs case

[rain steeple]

at lv1 nutrition at least

[bold kernel]

learn factory

[cosmic tinsel]

OH THEY REMOVED THE CRAFT?

[bold kernel]

probs

[agile raft]

i have nutrition 2

doesnt have the can of delicious beef stew

[bleak minnow]

oh yeah i heard you should just go in with a shotgun and hold w+m1

[agile raft]

so unless it's 3

you cant craft them

[bold kernel]

i hate factory so much but its close combat and lots of scavs

i never go unless i have a task

[cosmic tinsel]

i might just be dumb

[bold kernel]

but yeah

I spawned in with a labs keycard with my scav, should I just run to exfil aap?

[rain steeple]

leveling, if you havent done gunsmith, its easy XP

[cosmic tinsel]

i would - you're gonna need 2 found in raid for a quest

[bleak minnow]

i would do gunshmith but i have none of the parts lol

you need like the pistol grip and a laser and stuff

and since i dont have the market i have to find it, which i havent

[rain steeple]

there are a couple of videos on youtube that show alternative builds for the early gunsmith quests, so you wont have to go out of pocket for the parts the wiki page inflates

[bleak minnow]

i guess

but i dont even have the shotgun rn because ive had to give 3 for other quests

[bold kernel]

i waited till market for them

[rain steeple]

the laser u can get the blue laser from skier lv1 for like 9k i think

jaeger sells the shotty u need im pretty sure

and the pistol grip is about 13k on the flea atm i think

[bleak minnow]

dont have him or the market

[rain steeple]

ahh

[bleak minnow]

im lvl 5 but i have just over 1 mill so ill just wait for that quest

[rain steeple]

you should go unlock jaeger asap tho

[bold kernel]

as soon as you can go get jaeger yeah

[bleak minnow]

oh ok

ill just go in naked

[rain steeple]

jaeger quest you start with now

[cosmic tinsel]

quest is called "introduction"

[rain steeple]

you can go do it immideatley

[bold kernel]

bring an SMG to woods

[rain steeple]

on a fresh account

[bold kernel]

if you're doing it naked yeah

[bleak minnow]

pfft itll be my first time on woods i dont want to sink an smg

[bold kernel]

if you run into a sniper they cant do much

[bold kernel]

i wouldnt go with no gun, pistol at least

[cosmic tinsel]

yeah dude just bring a pm for scav blasting and avoid fights

[bold kernel]

yeah

if you get the quest but die cause you have no gun

its a waster

[rain steeple]

it reccomend taking at least a paca so you dont get magnumed from across the map by a scav

[bold kernel]

waste

[cosmic tinsel]

is tagged and cursed still a thing?

[bold kernel]

bring something

[bold kernel]

yep

[shrewd crystal]

so can anyone tell me what kind of guns/scopes i should be using from lv5-lv10? i feel like im doing something wrong. i heard maybe a SKS and lv4 rig? should i just do either full kitted out or pistol runs? ive been kinda like halfway-gearing but i dont think its helping me much

[cosmic tinsel]

iron sights

[rain steeple]

shotguns @shrewd crystal got me through the earlygame

[cosmic tinsel]

cobra ekps if your gun can support em

im a huge SKS fan, i just run em with irons

[rain steeple]

if you have workstation lv1 you can craft 120 magnum shells at a time, which work magic right now since not too many people are kitted yet

[shrewd crystal]

i usually end up with mosins, pp19s and stuff like that

[cosmic tinsel]

... i cant believe i didnt think of that prior to levelling up jaeger

[rain steeple]

u need one matchbox and one blue gunpowder

[shrewd crystal]

and saiag 9s and stuff

[rain steeple]

you just aim in the general direction of ur target and they die

most things anyways

[bold kernel]

nah but you can take a fully geared PMC with two legshots

[bleak minnow]

if im just bringing a pistol and nades should i take armour?

[rain steeple]

terminator scavs with t4 armour are terrifying

[bold kernel]

paca

for scavs

and a bandana

[rain steeple]

always take armour

[bold kernel]

ur head is easy to see for snipers

always take a bandana too

[bleak minnow]

why a bandana

[bold kernel]

ur head is so visible its a big thing

anyone can see it

[rain steeple]

you should always have at least a paca on

[bold kernel]

bandanas are essential imo

for any raid i ever do

[bleak minnow]

ill take this bright blue piece of shit armour and a balaclava

[bold kernel]

yes

[bleak minnow]

dont have a bandana

[bold kernel]

2 k

ragman

[bleak minnow]

would a balaclava do? its basically the same

and full face

[bold kernel]

oh yeah that

i meant any i didnt mean specifically a bandan

bandana

its super cheap and it can save ur life

[rain steeple]

I always run paca and penis helmet

protects you from about half the scavs u meet

[bold kernel]

kolpack?

[bleak minnow]

whats the penis helmet lol

[bold kernel]

Bandana has good camo too for the green areas

[bold kernel]

yep i would recommend it for every raid

[rain steeple]

this, cause it looks like it

when ur wearing it

[cosmic tinsel]

kolpak and djeta are not worth wearing imo

[bold kernel]

that one is a really good helmet yeah

[cosmic tinsel]

the resistance is not worth the muffling your ears

[bold kernel]

a kolpak wont save you from anything literally

but the SSh will deflect a lotta bullets scavs use

[polar roost]

a kolpak saved me from a makarov to the dome

never forget

[bold kernel]

lmaooo fair fair

[bleak minnow]

wait a kolpak makes you deaf?

[polar roost]

yeah

[cosmic tinsel]

yeah

[bleak minnow]

pfft im selling that shit rn

[bold kernel]

yep

[polar roost]

haha

[bold kernel]

kolpak is practically useless

[cosmic tinsel]

next time you spawn w one as scav, throw it on the ground and pay attention to sound

(and then dont pick it back up)

[polar roost]

thats the biggest noob trap i see in this game. people having rows of kolpaks for every raid haha

[rain steeple]

never wear the kolpak

ur virtuallt deaf with it on

[bleak minnow]

yeah dude i thought "wow visor = op" and i have an entire row of them from scavs

lmao

[cosmic tinsel]

hahaha

[polar roost]

idk if u hate ur ears then go for it

lv 2 face shield could probably stop pst or buckshot

[cosmic tinsel]

its just training for wearing an altyn 😉

not pst, but crappier 9mm

[polar roost]

ah

[cosmic tinsel]

pst got 20 pen 54 dmg

[bold kernel]

60 pen?? really??

damn lmao

i underestimate pst

[cosmic tinsel]

NO

20

[bold kernel]

ok ok lmao you really confused me

i thought it was full on sniper ammo for a sec

[cosmic tinsel]

i was looking at the ballistics chart and just wrote what i was reading lol

[bleak minnow]

this look like an aight thing to take in?

[onyx rose]

I've been going in Customs with just a pistol no armor and a bag, it's been working out fine

[cosmic tinsel]

i mean skip the crackers but yes

[onyx rose]

Very little risk with high reward

[bleak minnow]

eh i have no space in my stash at all for them

[bold kernel]

customs is the best map for new players

even now i almost exclusively play customs because i love it

so pistoling customs is great to get money yeah

interchange is probs better for scavs but idk

[bleak minnow]

i play it but ive died TWICE literally 10 seconds from spawn by some dude prone in the middle of the road at big red

[paper trail]

speaking of noob gear, is the GSSh headset any good? it sounds so weird when its on

[agile raft]

alright now im done

threw away 3 million looking in goshan for a stupid can of delicious beef stew

[bold kernel]

whenever i spawn in the big red i just lie in wait honestly, i hate spawning there

[agile raft]

jaeger can suck my dick

[bold kernel]

i hate that area lmao i love the other side of the river

[bold kernel]

worth it

[short hare]

my 7th win in a row, is there anything good?

[agile raft]

nah i didnt get it yet even

im giving up

dont care anymore

[bold kernel]

fair enough

I'm finally starting to spend my money on my hideout

and this sucks lmao

keep the PSU

and the VSS mag

Just keep everything and sell it to the dealer lol.

yeah acc keep everything

and an SSD??

nice raid dude lmao

the helmet isnt that good but everything else

[short hare]

wait is that good?

lol

[bold kernel]

the SSD is really good

and its found in raid

7 wins in a row is GREAT man

do not sell it

[short hare]

aight aight thanks

[bold kernel]

the SSD is very useful its acc quite rare

and the guns are good

[short hare]

dude it's so easy when u know where to go

I love customs

[bold kernel]

lmao what map

Clearly I don't 😛

yep knew it

customs is bae

anyways the purple mag is also really good

I love customs too but it wrecks me every time

customs is easy to avoid people

if you know how to hide basically

[short hare]

but I gotta sell a lot of stuff

my stash is full

and I have a backpack that has like 12 backpacks inside it

[bold kernel]

oof, the purple mag, PSU and SSD are essential honestly

If you run your scav, stack your PMC with as much gear as possible

sell the backpacks lol

i'd try to keep the ADAR and AK

no no dont sell the backpacks

why sell them?

Eh, I guess you're right but I don't see why you'd need so many.

lmao things are going well for them rn, but when times go bad as they do in tarkov, you're gonna want them for raids

cause you'll start to lose them

so you lose nothing from having them tbh

[bold kernel]

oh god

[short hare]

I spend like 1 hour after every raid to see how to org my stash

[bold kernel]

ok so for the rifles, take of the pistol grips

Out if curiosity what's your stash value at? @short hare

[short hare]

how would i know

[bold kernel]

take of the pistol grips and put them somewhere else

In your overall, it says it

of the rifles

Take the magazines and pistol grip off the rifles and they only take one horizontal slot

[short hare]

5 mil

[bold kernel]

That's awesome bro

lmao damn

[short hare]

like my level

level 5

lol

[short hare]

aight aight

[bold kernel]

@short hare what's your route dude?

[floral rose]

im on all day if anyone needs a hand send me a dm ill check back in here inbetween raids

[rugged yacht]

This is my first longer range gun build is it okay?

svds

[floral rose]

yeah decent set up but expensive

[rugged yacht]

yeah it was pretty expensive

but

[bold kernel]

what map are you taking it

[rugged yacht]

im using the SNB ammo

its not very expensive

and with my math its cheaper than a 45acp vector build and has same killing potential

im plannning to use it on woods

and shorline

[short hare]

idk I just play scav all the time, I kill a couple of people 3-5 kills, loot them, then hide cuz I know someone for sure is gonna come loot, kill him then start going to the extract through the woods usually

[bold kernel]

yeah it looks pre good

Ah, my scav runs look a little differently.

[rugged yacht]

i testted it out in offline mode

[floral rose]

take the bullet out the chamber though as its onlt y45m

t45m

[bold kernel]

I spawned in dorms just now, ran downstairs to the trees and got sniped 2 minutes after the raid started.

amazing.

[rugged yacht]

and the bullet went right through rashalas altyin

[short hare]

never went to dorms lol

[bold kernel]

lmao honestly

if you have that much gear

[rugged yacht]

im level 12 btw

just saying

[bold kernel]

start running to two story dorms as pcm

either you get really good loot or you die

[short hare]

I only played pmc like twice

[bold kernel]

but you cant just keep getting the same tier loot cause you wont progress

[rugged yacht]

yeah

[short hare]

I play scav and by the time I sell stuff and shit my 20 mins is over

and I can play again

[rugged yacht]

i usually do stash runs or interchange

[bold kernel]

I'm just running Scavs today to learn until some more experienced people login./

[rugged yacht]

my money method isnt the best

[bold kernel]

because my survival rate is like 19 % right now lmao

scavs customs is a lot easier than scavs interchange

and can usually make more profit imo

[rugged yacht]

mhm

well

i only loot Olli computor rooms

the 3 of them

and usually make from 100k to a possible 2m+

depending on if i get graphics cards or nto

[bold kernel]

fair fair, i just prefer customs cause people usually go less geared

[rugged yacht]

yep

thats what i might do

[short hare]

what's the hardest map

[rugged yacht]

woods prob

the landmines

[bold kernel]

well hardest is labs lmao

[rugged yacht]

well yeah

but like

[bold kernel]

nah reserve is probs hardest but idk

[floral rose]

if you run customs you can sit at the top of big red and snipe over to ruaf

[rugged yacht]

reserve isnt hard

[bold kernel]

its completely ur opinion

[floral rose]

fog dependant

[bold kernel]

i personally dont like reserve too much so im biased

[short hare]

I lost all my starting gear when when I played woods

[floral rose]

225m drop off if you wanna adjust your ranging

[short hare]

I kept dying to mines lol

almost uninstalled the game

[bold kernel]

yeah you need to know the boundaries of the map

otherwise you just die

go into searching for group and someone will just teach you

with the new expansion its the easiest way to do it

[rugged yacht]

yeah

[bold kernel]

zero, have you got jaeger yet?

[rugged yacht]

on shorline

you can

loot all the stashes and leave

with little to no contact with anything

[bold kernel]

yeah but pvp is so fun as a scav

[rugged yacht]

or

[bold kernel]

nothing to lose

[rugged yacht]

when u spawn arch

pop a stim

then book it to tape key room

[short hare]

nope

[rugged yacht]

then leave

[short hare]

should I ?

[bold kernel]

yeah so introduction is a mechanic quest, and its one of the first you should do

absolutely

[ancient falcon]

these quests are giving me a brain haemorrhage

[spiral hazel]

Does anyone want to link up?

[bold kernel]

lmao you have to find jaegers shack, its by a crashed airplane

ask someone for help with jaegers quest

and they will show you

[rugged yacht]

I still have to do jaeger

[ancient falcon]

where are the damn scavs in woods?

[short hare]

I can just open a youtube vid

and the map

[ancient falcon]

I only found 1 in sawmill and scav house

[rugged yacht]

and die to a lnadmine

[bold kernel]

uh well with the new expansion update, it'll be hard

cause the videos are outdated

and you have to extract

[ancient falcon]

I got hit with 2 land mines just now

woods at night is cancer

[gloomy glade]

RIP

[short hare]

I can have map open on 1 monitor, have a vid open on another, and this discord server on another

[floral rose]

https://escapefromtarkov.gamepedia.com/Introduction

[bold kernel]

aight nw try it out

[short hare]

when I first started customs I kept screenshotting here so people tell me where to go exactly lol

[floral rose]

thats your quest guide

[icy lion]

what level for gunsmith 13?

[bold kernel]

tbh yeah that'll work lmao

[floral rose]

lvl 25

[short hare]

also playing this game on stretched 1440x1080 is so good

with lowest graphics and custom colors I can see everyone easily

[bold kernel]

lmao idk i just have one monitor, and i can barely run tarkov

8 gb of ram

[short hare]

what res do u play on

[bold kernel]

my friend helped me build it i do not know computers

uhhhh

low?

lmao uh low res

if thats resolution

[short hare]

no I meant resolution

like 1920x1080

or whatever u play on

[bold kernel]

oh no uh its like the third lowest one

i genuinely dont know sorry

[short hare]

I play fullscreen but just have it as windowed atm

u can see the res on top left

[rugged yacht]

why is SNB cheaper than the 45 ACP ammo

[bold kernel]

cause tarkov is broken

[rugged yacht]

that makes no sense

[bold kernel]

lemme open tarkov, it'll take a minute

[rugged yacht]

i can get these SVD mage

with 10 less bullets than the 45 acp vector mags

for 1/5 of the price

thats so wierd

[floral rose]

snb ig a great ammo but you have limited mag size

[rugged yacht]

im using 20 round mags with a SVDS

[rain steeple]

SNB is cheap mainly cause u find it all over reserve

[shrewd crystal]

what lv r u

[floral rose]

yeah but normaly people only run a mosin or something like that

[short hare]

this is satisfying af https://gph.is/g/ZYpNPmn

[bold kernel]

1920

x something lmao

[short hare]

yeah prob 1920x1080

[bold kernel]

backpack stacks are the shit

[short hare]

I play at a lower res

1440x1080

[bold kernel]

also @short hare dude take of the pistol grips

[floral rose]

anything smaller than a day pack id get rid of

[bold kernel]

and the magazines of your rifles

[short hare]

It makes people look wider

it's so easy to hit

[bold kernel]

bit broken lmaoo

[short hare]

does that make a difference in space?

[bold kernel]

the guns only take one row

its super useful

for ur rifles

[rain steeple]

I sell everything thats smaller than a berkut to ragman

[bold kernel]

@short hare just try it

unload one of ur rifles magazines, take it of

and put the pistol grip somewhere else

[floral rose]

thats the way

[bold kernel]

you'll save 2-3 squares of space each time

[short hare]

but then I fear that I won't remember how to put it back together

lol

[bold kernel]

yeah thats fair enough, i usually put the grip right beneath the gun

its ur choice, it will help but it can be confusing

you dont have to tho

[floral rose]

you can always go into edit preset and do it that way

[short hare]

nah I'll do it now

thx

[rain steeple]

pistol grips are cheap

you can always just buy another one that fits if you forget where you put the original one

[bold kernel]

yep

[burnt grail]

Where can i look up budget gun builds? Also good budget armor etc? When it comes to deciding what to bring in on budget runs i really never really know what to bring in

[short hare]

but yeah like I told u 1440x1080 res gives u higher fps, and makes it easier to hit enemies @bold kernel

[bold kernel]

aight ill give it a go

i dont play much tarkov rn cause i want to upgrade my ram

it barely runs

ive put over 600 hours into it but i can barely play

[short hare]

it also doesn't run well on my decent pc

[bold kernel]

i honestly prefer helping out other people

[short hare]

it's beta

[bold kernel]

lmao no no i meant like

my computer can barely run it, it doesnt have the recommended ram

i just want 50 FPS

[rain steeple]

prapor lv2 sells pp-91, which is a great budget smg

[short hare]

yeah yeah I get that

[bold kernel]

once i get 50 FPS ill play so much more

[rain steeple]

pp-19*

[short hare]

I get ur struggle

[bold kernel]

but i average 30 nowadays yeeah lmao

[short hare]

I used to play games at 20-30 fps

[bold kernel]

yeah dude its tough

[crimson shoal]

does sombody wanne help me with operation aqaurius or/and delivery from the past i am not level 10 yet so i cant buy the keys

[rain steeple]

Ragman lv 2 sells a T4 armoured rig for 50k, which is a great overall armour

[bold kernel]

go to looking for group chat

that's where people will help more likely

[burnt grail]

The 6B3TM-01?

[bold kernel]

that one is probs the best budget one its the armoured rig yeah

[rain steeple]

yes

[bold kernel]

running that with an sks with PS ammo

is the meta atm

really?

[burnt grail]

ahkhhh thats why ive seen so many people running it. okay.

[bold kernel]

I just run an AK I find with a scav lmao

i cant stand Sks's

yeah that too idk

i dont get people who only use the sks but

its what ive been told so idk

[rain steeple]

sks' without a sight is a pain to aim with ye

[bold kernel]

the ironsights are painful

[steel sparrow]

anyone got any advice on how to traverse through the resort without getting killed and how to get into the resort without dying

[floral rose]

ps ammo why no bp

[bold kernel]

cheaper

[rain steeple]

Rule of thumb there is to only use OP-sks's, since regular ones cant have the dovetail mount to mount sights on

[bold kernel]

yeah sorry i meant OP my bad

bp is obviously so much better

but its for a budget run

[short hare]

is this fine ?

if I take pistol stocks it's still the same space

[bold kernel]

yeah you should save quite a bit of space from doing that

[rain steeple]

I've only been running shotguns, so i still have like 800 BP left lmao

[bold kernel]

lmaoo i lost the free gun sadly

with a lot of the free BP

[rain steeple]

Alot of those guns are foldable @short hare

[bold kernel]

but still i almost exclusively use shotguns ye

[rain steeple]

middle mouse on them to fold/unfold

[bold kernel]

oh yeah orgini is right

thats an easy way to save space

[short hare]

I already did that

[bold kernel]

can the AK-103 not fold??

at the bottomright ish

[rain steeple]

The pp-91 and ak-103 can still fold

[short hare]

no

[bold kernel]

hm thats a little odd

You gotta remove the buttpad then you can fold

[floral rose]

get in the fast like straight away avoid the big money rooms listen carefully footsteps are golden in here and use your creeping to get where you need to be know what rooms you can get in via what floor stuff liker that

[rain steeple]

take off the butt end of the stock, and u should be able to fold it

folding it kinda weird atm

is*

alot of strange things make u unable to fold certain guns, like having dovetail sights on some guns make them un-foldable

[short hare]

LOL I took the stock out then folder and put it back on

what

[bold kernel]

big brain dude

[short hare]

now it's smaller

[bold kernel]

lmao

[short hare]

lol

[rain steeple]

but just take it off, and u can fold, then but back on after its folded

yeah

[bold kernel]

but you need to take it off

[rain steeple]

its weird atm

[bold kernel]

then unfold

then put it back

[rugged yacht]

ok this is so annoying

[bold kernel]

to have it back to full size when you wanna use it

[rugged yacht]

i go in offline mode

to try and learn customs stashes

ive found 2 slicks and a gas analyser already

[bold kernel]

oh yeah dude

im 90% sure the loot in offline mode is rigged

[rugged yacht]

theres just no way

[rain steeple]

gas analyser isent that rare, but slicks are pretty freaking rare, lmao

[rugged yacht]

ive never

ever

[bold kernel]

like fr

[rugged yacht]

gotten this much stuff

[short hare]

pp91 I can't @rain steeple

[rugged yacht]

im actually kinda mad

[bold kernel]

i've got so much loot from offline modes always

[short hare]

nvm i'm stupid

[bold kernel]

like so much better loot

[rugged yacht]

ist supposed

to be the other way around

its supposed to have less loot

[floral rose]

i dont bother looting in offline just treat it like cod and run and gun

[bold kernel]

lmao idk but the spawns seem so much better in offline

eh you can use offline to loot and find the runs you wanna do

like learn the maps

[rugged yacht]

opening them and remembering that they have loot hleps me remember them

it sounds wierd but it helps me so yeah

[floral rose]

ok fair enough when you have a mapp up get one that shows you the spots also good as many can be forgotten like customs has like 19 stashes

[rugged yacht]

where is this

like on the map

[bold kernel]

uh you're kinda near old gas

turn left and you should be able to jump over a gate

[floral rose]

thats usec building

[rugged yacht]

yep

[burnt grail]

Right in front of flash drive van

[steel sparrow]

that looks like the flash drive van spot tho

[crimson radish]

what is the big red building at customs? i can never place myself on the map there. is it warehouse 17?

[bold kernel]

no no

big red is on the west side of the river

[rain steeple]

Its the big warehouse all the way west on the map

[burnt grail]

Its called "big red" or "customs" on maps

[floral rose]

no its the other side of the river the only bug building there

[crimson radish]

ahhhhhh that explains it

[floral rose]

big*

[bold kernel]

yeah it almost looks like a massive barn lmao

[floral rose]

towards crossroads extract

[bold kernel]

half the spawns on customs (PMC) spawns, are near big red

[rugged yacht]

where on the map is flashdrive van

[bold kernel]

not half but like a couple

[rugged yacht]

im at flashdrive van

[crimson radish]

lol i could not for the life of me orient myself

[rain steeple]

Its here

[rugged yacht]

im not at big red

[bold kernel]

thats big red

show him where flashdrive van is, idk how to edit lmao sorry

oh i see it

its that red dot

uh the red dot on the right of

ZB-1021

[rain steeple]

Flashdrive van

[bold kernel]

1012

yeah thats it

[burnt grail]

Theres a stash there? Or that is the stash?

[rain steeple]

Its a van with 2 computers in the back that people usually check for USB sticks

[bold kernel]

the van opens

two computers i

its great yeah

[rain steeple]

Since you need 2 of them for a quest that locks u out of the peacekeeper questline

[crimson radish]

is there a better map site than mapgenie.io?
i realized their woods map is not up to date with the expansion.

[rain steeple]

I just use the wiki usually

[bold kernel]

mapgenie is great but they havent updated it yet which is why im scared of woods

[floral rose]

https://escapefromtarkov.gamepedia.com/Escape_from_Tarkov_Wiki

[rain steeple]

if i need to look something up on a map

[floral rose]

most up to date map of woods with correct compass orientation

[bold kernel]

that is- very useful

thank you

[floral rose]

https://tenor.com/view/hat-tip-gif-11048773

[rugged yacht]

wait

i thought sniper scavs didnt shoot other scavs?

[bold kernel]

they dont??

[rugged yacht]

um this one did

and it was not a player scav

i didnt fire 1 bullet in this raid

[bold kernel]

maybe there's a play sniping who shot it

[rugged yacht]

idk why he shotted ne

[rain steeple]

im pretty sure theyve removed the slot that shows if it was a player scav

[bold kernel]

oh they killed you

[torpid zinc]

does ifak stop heavy and light bleeds?

[bold kernel]

yeah they 100% removed it

[rain steeple]

Only light

[rugged yacht]

you can report player scavs but not real scavs

[bold kernel]

you cant see the pouch place anymore

oh wait a sniper scav killed yo

you

[rugged yacht]

yep

[floral rose]

no only salewa or grizzly

[rain steeple]

Oh yeah, i figured if you killed one

[rugged yacht]

and it was a AI not a player

[floral rose]

ifak only light

[rain steeple]

and looked at their body u couldent tell anymore

[torpid zinc]

aight thanks!

[bold kernel]

yeah you cant tell anymore

[onyx rose]

Isn't there sniper scavs who shoot anyone regardless like an out of bounds spot?

[rugged yacht]

Ifak stops light bleeds

[floral rose]

correct

[torpid zinc]

ye gotchu

[rain steeple]

yeah, but thats just an out of bounds measure, there isent actually a scav you can shoot back at

[onyx rose]

Yeah

[rugged yacht]

YES

thats what it was

[bold kernel]

ahhh

[rugged yacht]

i was going to the out of bounds spot

and it shotted me

[onyx rose]

I've died multiple times to that in Customs and I was so damn confused, I thought it was a player every time until I learn what it was LOL

[rugged yacht]

mhm

[floral rose]

the out of bounds sniper scav works just like landmines you go out goodluck

[ancient falcon]

I'm starting to hate this game again lol

keep getting 1 shotted out of nowhere

[rain steeple]

well there are like 5 sniper scavs on customs, so

[ancient falcon]

can't even see them even though i'm trying so hard to scan 24/7 for players

its just impossibe

[onyx rose]

I never end up running into sniper scavs on Customs, only the out of bounds one I've ever died to

[rain steeple]

Alot of Tarkov is learning player traffic, as opposed to scanning for players

[floral rose]

knowing the most common foot paths is better than seeing them

[ancient falcon]

true

[rain steeple]

So, say you spawn somewhere, you eventually learn where the other spawns are, and where those players will run, instead of just panicing scanning all around you trying to spot someone

[ancient falcon]

but this was in the bushes

[floral rose]

as you will have the knowledge of where they will be before you see them

[ancient falcon]

or trees in woods

but yeah in general

[rain steeple]

Tarkov taketh, Tarkov giveth

[bold kernel]

the words of our god

[floral rose]

https://tenor.com/view/the-departed-drama-jack-nicholson-rat-hate-gif-13690738

[rain steeple]

Im a proud honeybadger, im a rat with too much confidence

[floral rose]

im a wanna be chad i push the fight and die lol

still nothing quite as enjoyable as taking a long range snipe and watching the body drop with 1 shot

dont forget with bolt actions to hold left clicj so you can see your bullet land before you re chamber your gun

[rain steeple]

Sitting with a DVL on top of dome on reserve, and hitting cross-map shots is so satisfying

[floral rose]

dome risky everyone looks there now

im thinking more like big red and sniping over to stronghold and ruaf and construction lol #

350m to stronghold

250m to ruaf

[ancient falcon]

whats the best place for tushankas?

[floral rose]

or225 to be precise

[ancient falcon]

can't finda ny

[floral rose]

customs

[ancient falcon]

I'm looking at those big wooden crates in woods and customs

[floral rose]

go into stronghold and loot the ration boxes on top floor

[rain steeple]

nah, imma let you guys in on a secret for ration loot

On reserve, under drop-down building

in the corridors

[ancient falcon]

stronghold?

[floral rose]

or craft it in hideout

[rain steeple]

there are like 5 ration crates

[ancient falcon]

the construction area?

[rain steeple]

the big ones

on reserve, not customs

[floral rose]

need a key

not cheap

i believe

and reserver can be a hard map for some people

raiders are rough

[ancient falcon]

which key?

[rain steeple]

nope

its free

in the arrow

[floral rose]

sorry i thought you ment under hermetic

[ancient falcon]

oh that place true

[rain steeple]

there are 2 ration boxes in the big long room, then there are a couple more in the room behind it, along with a bunch of toolboxes and loose loot, also, alot of ration loot in the kitchen up above

[short hare]

what about the locked ones

how can I unlock them?

[floral rose]

keys

[rain steeple]

with keys

that are crazy expensive

most of them anyways

[short hare]

I forgot to type maps

[rain steeple]

one of them is like 70k

[short hare]

locked maps

[rain steeple]

but that has medical crates

[short hare]

like town

[floral rose]

dlc not available yet

[shrewd crystal]

Fuel conditioner and Geiger Counter, Rec Battery? Any of these things worth keeping?

[short hare]

oh it's dlc

lol

[rain steeple]

unreleased maps

[short hare]

I thought I needed a certain level

[floral rose]

rec battery for quest if fir or give t skier for an adar

[rain steeple]

fuel conditioner, keep, rec battery could be worth for crafting and bartering

[shrewd crystal]

im only lv5

[rain steeple]

geiger i think isent too valuable

[shrewd crystal]

what fuel conditioner for

quest

?

[short hare]

is factory a decent map ?

[shrewd crystal]

NO

lol

[floral rose]

yes but not alone

[rain steeple]

You need 4 found in raid fuel conditioners for a quest

also, 10 fuel conditioners are needed to barter for the red rebel ice pic

[shrewd crystal]

oh yeah and i found a slim Diary

[floral rose]

good for pmc kill quests

[paper trail]

so if I am trying to just level up to 10, is my best bet trying to get some scav kills on customs? I'm playing solo so everything is extremely hard low level

[short hare]

where exactly is jaeger camp on this map?

[floral rose]

either run your quests or go for alot of kills

but survive is ket as gete an extra 50% xp peer raid

[floral rose]

camp next to zb 16

[paper trail]

I've been trying to do quests, but the woods one seem impossible as a solo right now

[short hare]

thanksss

so I just go to him and that's it?

also can I do it as a scav?

[rain steeple]

there is a letter there

you cannot quest as a scav

[floral rose]

yeah can be hard eithere rush it or wait out the time

[short hare]

ok thanks

[rain steeple]

you go there, pick up a letter, and get out

[floral rose]

only quest you can do as a scav if finding stuff and having it found in raid

once you have thee letter you have to extract and survive

a runthrough will count

[shrewd crystal]

i still gotta find the camp in Woods also, so we prolly got the same quests, ill run them with u sometime today if u want help

[steel sparrow]

when enabling scav boss does he spawn 100% of the time?

[floral rose]

no

[steel sparrow]

he doesnt?

[paper trail]

sure, I am working right now so can't really commit to any long plays at the moment though

[floral rose]

nope tried this with reshala and not a 100% span

[steel sparrow]

bruh i had multiple people tell me it is but i guess not

[floral rose]

i wish it was i checked all his locations and nothing

[shrewd crystal]

yeah me either, ill be only doing short runs thru-out the day but later tonight i will be able to do longer missions

[shrewd crystal]

dont scavs spawn at random times???

[paper trail]

yep me too, sounds good

[floral rose]

bosses no scavs yes

[steel sparrow]

yeah im trying to find killa but ive dont like 3 raids where boss is on and i havnt found him

[rain steeple]

scavs spawn in waves im pretty sure

but if scav boss is in the raid, they spawn within the first 2 min or something

[floral rose]

raiders are random also

bot boss guards

[rain steeple]

not entirely

[floral rose]

ypu can trigger raiders aswell on certain maps

[rain steeple]

Depending on which scav boss, there will spawn different amounts of guards

[floral rose]

yeah they have a % of amount like sanitar has either 2 or 5

[rugged yacht]

sandoftar

[rain steeple]

like rashalla will almost always have 4 guards, shturman will have 2, killa will have none, glihar will have 5-7

[white lynx]

guys im i dump or extractions dont work in offline mode ??

[rugged yacht]

cant guards spawn with liek altyns

[rain steeple]

they can

[floral rose]

35% to spawn with two guards

[rain steeple]

different guards have different loot though

[floral rose]

theydo work on offline

[rain steeple]

like shturman guards have a high likleyhood of spawning with snipers

[floral rose]

possible guns sanitar has and guards

shturman guards

[bronze copper]

Anyone knows a good lone star build ?

[rain steeple]

lone star?

[bronze copper]

TX-15

[slow sleet]

Lonestar is so gud

Last year I made a 1.1mil rouble lonestar

Good shit. To bad i was gear feared back then

[bronze copper]

Yeah I got two of them

[slow sleet]

Damn lucky

[bronze copper]

I wanna take out 1 and I got money to build it

But idk any good builds

[slow sleet]

U got workstation in the hideout?

[bronze copper]

Work bench ?

[slow sleet]

Yea

[bronze copper]

Yeah

[slow sleet]

I spent hours making mine lol

[bronze copper]

Yeah lmao

Idk what to go for honestly

[slow sleet]

I went for recoil reduction and well alot of fancy shit aswell

[bronze copper]

Yeah

[short hare]

for the gunsmith task can I get the first one without having jeager?

also skier doesn't have the third one

[bold kernel]

I can throw some on fence

[floral rose]

with the market yes and level 2 he will

[short hare]

wait so can I do this

[granite bronze]

I'm trying to do the intro Mechanic quest in woods to get to Jaegers camp (I know where it is I've done offline a few times to learn the map). What sort of load out should I be taking for woods or do you think I should just run with a pistol ?

[bold kernel]

You can yeah. You can find those parts in raid

[floral rose]

sks

witha red dot

or nothing but pistol

depends if you can afford to lose stuff or just hatchet it

[plush imp]

Anyone want to help me out on my first Raid? Dm me

[rugged yacht]

ok dude these stashes are something special

[shrewd crystal]

what about Analo g Thermometer? is it worth keeping?

[bold kernel]

found in raid?

[rugged yacht]

it feels like rashala has a 100% chance

ive seen him every raid

[azure garnet]

how to tell whos a scav and whos not?

[bold kernel]

you learn it through time with movement and all

players have dogtags once they are killed and scavs dont

[rugged yacht]

ok customs might be my main mop

map

[shrewd crystal]

yeah

[bold kernel]

i can later if you haven't done it yet,

[rugged yacht]

i just killed rashala and all 4 guards from like 200M

[bold kernel]

then probably yeah they do sell

[floral rose]

type of gear, locations, movement, how they look, language they speak stuff like that

[sacred venture]

should i run west wing 301 on shoreline or just sell the key on the flea?

[azure garnet]

gone into factory like 5 times and have been slaughterd

pain

almost got out but got exit camped

is this the part where i cry

[gloomy glade]

went into factory loaded in and was shot by another player scav in about 0.2 seconds

lmao funny tho

[rain steeple]

I reccomend checking out this video for those of you that are trying to do gunsmith early on without having to spend all ur money on parts on the flea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbfvE3JKyKE

[short hare]

where am I on the woods map, am I far from jaegers camp?

[bold kernel]

lmao trying for that introduction

good luck man

gonna destroy snipers with that makerov (i can't spell)

[polar anvil]

is the M4A1 good

[rugged yacht]

I think

i found out why loot is better in offline mode

[bold kernel]

why?

im acc interested lmao

[rugged yacht]

cause the loot nerf

might not have applied to it

[short hare]

I got attacked by 4 people

guess I'll only keep playing customs fuck that

[rugged yacht]

is ceramic a good material?

for body armor

[bold kernel]

@short hare Your on south end of map...

[bold kernel]

lmaooo im sorry dude

do you wanna run sometime later?

[short hare]

maybe but not today

I have a headache

[bold kernel]

yeah tarkov does do that

nw man another time

[slender vapor]

@rugged yacht kinda, tanky but hard to fix

[bold kernel]

yeah it fixes terriobn;y

[slender vapor]

I’d just use it if I get it off a scav raid or something

It’s a one and done armor

[bold kernel]

dont take it out if it have under 20 durability imo

[bronze copper]

You can repair it

[bold kernel]

yeah but it takes so much of its durability

[marble pumice]

are you guys still trying the introduction task?

[bronze copper]

DOESNT really matter if u don’t use it just takes space for no reason

[marble pumice]

i'm gonna try it again

[bronze copper]

If u not gonna use it sell it

Otherwise ur shit is gonna end up looking like this till you get crates

[crimson radish]

LMAO that is a mood

[agile raft]

From a beginner to another beginner, let me give y'all a tip on looting - Loot everything and learn what's not good - the end

[harsh nebula]

I feel attacked

[crimson radish]

also - i am assuming scavs cannot complete tasks for dealers. is that true?

[agile raft]

oops i didnt scroll down and responded to something said years ago

woops

[bronze copper]

Yep

[inland wigeon]

im looking for a coach or mentor if anybodys interested. Im paying not looking for charity work lol dm me

[crimson radish]

Thanks!

[polar anvil]

this game is too confusing at times

[honest field]

Cant really teach tarkov, you have to learn from experience

[fiery star]

Anyone able to help me out do delivery from the past part 1?

got the worst luck with this quest

[polar anvil]

is a 4x32 good riflwscope worth anything

[rain steeple]

depends on which one

[polar anvil]

VOMZ pilad

[rain steeple]

nah, dont think so

[polar anvil]

is it worth like npthing on flea

i havent unlocked flea yet

[rain steeple]

yeah, thats the 25mm vpo scope

[polar anvil]

so idk

[rain steeple]

u can use this to check https://tarkov-market.com/

[polar anvil]

thanks

[polar current]

Guys if something doesnt sell on the flea market do I get it back

[hot tree]

yes

you get it from ragman i think back

[polar current]

ok

[proud stream]

after it expires you get it back but not the fee you paid

[hot tree]

^

[polar current]

ah ok

[agile raft]

i dont see how a bitcoin farm can make you more money than just playing the game a lot

It's so expensive to get to the bitcoin farm, and then you have to keep putting graphics card in to make it go faster

[crimson radish]

well like .2 bitcoin is like 500k

[agile raft]

yeah but you need 40 graphics card for max efficiency

20mil to get there

and then neverminding the cost to get your hideout there

[crimson radish]

plus you can trade it for things.
probably a late/end game way to make money or stuff for trade.

[rugged yacht]

or

you can just buy the bitcoin?

way eeser

[rain steeple]

you can do lootruns to get GPU's, by the time ur looking to get a farm, u probably will have a couple of GPUS

[proud stream]

bitcoin farm is for passive cash production

[shell hare]

Hey im relatively new anyone want to hop in a voice call and you know help me escape from tarkov. Pm me if you do.

[rain steeple]

you only need a few to get it started, then you can expand it as you earn more money from it

[proud stream]

the hideout is always worth it imo

[rain steeple]

except for some stuff in the start

[proud stream]

lot of quests you can do with it

[rain steeple]

like right now im not sure if id hang onto ur bolts

theyre like 60-70k a pop

in like 2 weeks theyll be down to 15k

[proud stream]

i already have hideout as high as i can get it right now

but yea screws are a lot of money

[burnt grail]

Do yall keep keys you think youll prolly never use just because they have good spawns? I got a key worth 225k that has a ledx and blue keycard spawn. But its in shoreline resort, which i quite literally never go there.....

[rain steeple]

if you dont plan on going there, id sell it

but its gonna be a long wipe

so im hanging on to most of my keys, unless i know i dont need it

like there are a lot of useless dorm keys

only keep the ones i need for quests, of the ones i know have safes in them

[burnt grail]

hmm that is a good point. I do have some quests i guess i can check for the spawns when i go there.

ahhh but then if i bring it in i cant sell it later..... lol. not used to the FIR only economy yet.

BLUE KEYCARDS GOING FOR ALMOST 10 MIL

im keepin this thing 🤣

[stable hollow]

finished Chemical - Part 3 there are paths now right ?
Which path should i go and why ?

[polar anvil]

is san.306 key good

like what can i get from running the room

[rain steeple]

west or east?

theres a 306 west and a 306 east

[polar anvil]

west

[bronze copper]

Guys for the shoreline keys look up on YouTube there’s a video that explains all the good keys with possible loot spawns

[burnt grail]

ill look that up, thanks @bronze copper !

@rain steeple isnt that key for a quest too? Or is that the east

[bronze copper]

That key is pretty good there’s Rolex and stuff there

[polar anvil]

nice

i almost sold it to therapist for 20k lol

[shell hare]

Anyone know where i can get a factory key @ ?

[burnt grail]

If youre going to sell a key always look at the flea market first. Sometimes theres not much there but early wipe the key will be worth a lot because it is a quest location @polar anvil

[polar anvil]

sweet im going to keep it until i can do the quest then sell it probably

[burnt grail]

If you take it into a raid, it loses the FIR status and you cant sell it anymore

[polar anvil]

also i got factory key and isnt that used for the other two exits on factory

[burnt grail]

Jsut FYI

[ancient falcon]

anyone know an official OCE tarkov server?

[burnt grail]

Yes, also a door on customs i think @polar anvil

[polar anvil]

ive gotten pretty lucky with keys i think

[ancient falcon]

I spawned with 2 500k keys once as a scav today

got 1 shotted out of nowhere

[polar anvil]

like I just got RB-AO key and a SAn-306 west key

[ancient falcon]

i got reserve marked key and rb mp13

[polar anvil]

where should i spawn as scav to try to get lucky with keys

[stable hollow]

finished Chemical - Part 3 there are paths now right ?
Which path should i go and why ?

[floral rose]

@stable hollow give it to skier

as you will have to pay less for the next quests you get

[stable hollow]

so chemical p4 and vitamits quest chain right ?

[polar anvil]

basically what i get from that chart is to spawn labs with scav and hope to get lucky and spawn with a keycard

[steep veldt]

cant scav labs

[polar anvil]

thats gay

[floral rose]

customs @polar anvil if you give it to anyone else skier will ask for a million roubles

prapor wants 10 m67 grenades

and theerapist wants some keys worth about 300k total

no that chart shows what are the best keeys to be taking into what maps

[stable hollow]

ty for the information btw

[floral rose]

no worries

if you take a look at the wiki it will show you everything you need but you always able to jump in here

https://escapefromtarkov.gamepedia.com/Escape_from_Tarkov_Wiki

[spare robin]

need some help how to exfill from reserve

[floral rose]

take no backpack and use sewer manhole

or wait out for train

[stable hollow]

yea i already was level 38 last whipe 😄
but i acutally wasnt quite sure about the real "best way"

[floral rose]

yeah if you choose theerapist yes she gives you a meds case but you lose money overall

[stable hollow]

i did that last whipe yea

[bold kernel]

can some help me with getting the first control board on farming part 1 I know that spot is dangerous and i dont wanna do it alone cause i suck at pvp

[floral rose]

you can sell the grenade case from skier use that to buy a meds case and still save money once you complete the other 2 quests

[rain steeple]

just stick it in ur prison wallet and hope noone kills u

and do it over 2 raids

[bold kernel]

oh

[floral rose]

pepper ill jump in with ya

[bold kernel]

ok

[river ruin]

Is it worth modding the adar for ergo or recoil?

[naive harness]

Lfg customs pmc/ scav runs need help getting basics of game

[floral rose]

depends do you single fire or srpay that shit

[river ruin]

Semi recoil isn't really an issue

Better to mod an m4 so there's an option of full auto instead?

[floral rose]

not always then your talking about alot of money at stake

adar in my eyes is underrated

best gun for price

[river ruin]

Close quarters abit weak

[torpid zinc]

should i sell eagle gunpowder

[floral rose]

depends on ammo

[rain steeple]

id say keep it

[river ruin]

Running 995

[floral rose]

m855a1 best then m995 then the others

[rain steeple]

Some really good ammo types can be made with eagle, that can sell for much more once you craft it

[torpid zinc]

ah got it ty ty

[floral rose]

995 is overkill you tend to go through them with bullets you want some richoect chance which the 855a1 has and does moree damage to flesh

[bold kernel]

856a1 is a little more budget i think and overall i prefer it

but idk, 995 is only better against tier 6 and the absolute best armour

[floral rose]

i keep 995 for if im raider hunting or going labs

[bold kernel]

Need friends who play this game lmao