For example, you can learn the maps in offline mode. So let’s take out a few variables real quick. I’ve got hundreds upon hundreds of hours in this game and I’m still figuring things out, learning new ways to play and find new spots on the maps.īut without a basic understanding of what the game is about, you’ll unnecessarily put yourself at a disadvantage. Escape From Tarkov has one of the biggest learning curves in gaming history but that’s a great thing. Now it’s time to start raiding right? Wrong! If you load into a map completely unprepared you’ll inevitably die. You and a fellow Scav scouring Factory for juicy loot Into the fray Learning the maps
Still, starting out I recommend always doing Scav runs whenever you can to get some free stuff. But they also don’t give you any player XP and you won’t be able to level up the traders doing quests. Scav runs are a great way to get some gear, risk-free. Whatever you escape with as a Scav, you can transfer to your main stash and if you die, you did not lose a thing. If you decide to pop a fellow scavenger in the back of the head though, you’re ‘compromised’ all Scavs will then shoot you on sight. Scavs on the map are friendly to you and you can work together with them to hunt down players. If you die, you lose everything you took in (unless you insured it or put it in your secured container, but more on that later).Īs a Scav, you are assigned a random set of gear, mostly low grade items. If you survive the raid, you take out whatever you have on your person, including all the juicy loot that you gathered along the way. You load into a session – a raid – with either your main character (PMC) or a scavenger (Scav). Your PMC is equipped with whatever you give him from your offline stash.
Also, when you find valuable stuff (besides weapons, cases and armor), you can chuck it in there to insure you end the raid with a profit dead or alive.Ī scav with a pea shooter and you with half the U.S. It’s best to put some medical supplies in the Alpha container so that you don’t have to buy new ones every time you perish. In this guide we dive deeper in what guns to choose early on. Eventually, more guns will be available to you. You will also start with a secure Alpha container everything in the container is safe from being lost when you die. You can find out what ammo a weapon takes by double clicking on a weapon (or right click and inspect). Load up some Makarovs with a few mags, and put some of the appropriate ammo in them. At the start of a new ‘season’, you will get a long way with a simple pistol.Īnd that’s all you basically start with. As of writing it’s been a while since the game has been wiped, so you’ll see a lot of enemies that will completely outgun you. On a meta-level, the game is being wiped every once in a while (for development purposes). Prepare to escape Setting up your loadoutīefore you load into your first raid, there’s a couple of concepts that you have to understand. Be sure to read Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal before you go on there, because you can make some big bucks selling late game items to other players. Lastly, items can be traded through the player driven economy called the Fleamarket.
Furthermore, bits and bobs are also used to upgrade your Hideout, an offline ‘hiding place’ that grants you bonuses. Most items can also be bartered for other items. Of course, there’s a monetary value tied to every item, depending on to which of the eight distinct traders you sell to. And like the famous Abba song says, it’s all about the roubles, roubles, roubles.Įvery item in the game (and there’s a lot) has a variety of value. But there’s a lot of reasons to even put yourself in a potentially deadly situation in the first place. Your main goal in a typical game of Tarkov is to survive.
What’s is Escape From Tarkov?Įscape From Tarkov, or EFT for short, is a Russian-made hardcore shooter with survival and military simulator elements. But before we start, a small disclaimer: EFT is still in beta so even the most fundamental gameplay mechanics may be subject to change.
In this Escape From Tarkov guide series we will take you through your first hours in this game. But picking up this hardcore shooter is a daunting task for even the most dedicated gamers. Escape From Tarkov is one of our favorite games out there and we recommend most shooter fans to give this a try.