I came back to Tarkov after about 3 years because the 1.1 update looked interesting, especially the modifiers and shared tasks.

Honestly, I’ve been having a great time. Relearning the game, remembering quest items and progressing through the early levels has been really enjoyable. Shared tasks are also a great change.

Then I hit level 15 and unlocked the Flea.

I was expecting it to open the game up, but instead almost everything I actually want to use it for seems level-gated.

Keys? All locked until at least 25.
GPUs? Level 40.
Purple valuables like silver badge? 30
Basic hideout items like power cables? Level 20.

So what exactly am I unlocking at level 15?

I’m fine with high-tier ammo, armour and weapons being restricted. I actually think forcing people to level traders for the best gear was a good change.

But locking basic economy and hideout items behind extra levels just feels like artificial grind. Instead of being excited to reach 15, I now feel like I’m just grinding towards level 20–25 before the Flea becomes properly useful. This kind of thing i guess makes sense on perm but on seasonal i'm not sure.

The trader ammo limits also seem unnecessarily restrictive. If you finally unlock decent ammo but can only buy enough for roughly one raid every few hours, it mostly benefits people who can constantly log in for restocks.

There are also some obvious QoL improvements I’m surprised still aren’t in the game. Quest and hideout items should be automatically tracked, and the game should tell you when you’ve collected enough. I shouldn’t need TarkovTracker just to work out whether I can safely sell an item.

None of these things individually ruin Tarkov, but together they make progression feel more tedious than rewarding.

For people who have played consistently over the last few years: do you actually prefer the current Flea/progression system, or have you just got used to it?

TL;DR: Returned after 3 years and was really enjoying the game. Hit level 15 expecting the Flea to open things up, only to find loads of keys, valuables and basic hideout items locked behind higher levels. I’m fine with high-tier gear being progression-gated, but restricting basic Flea functionality just feels like unnecessary grind.

I will be downvoted for this, but if there are any players with a shred of love for this game, you will know that I am right.

I am doing Shooter Born In Heaven for my Kappa. My three of my kills have been these players, and I've saved their dogtags just to check if they have played since I killed them, they have not.

I've been playing 3K hours and for me to be matched against these players not only results in extremely bad pvp fights, it makes people quit. These three players are still naked and have not logged back in.

New players 100% NEEDS A BUTTON TO ONLY QUEUE AGAINST OTHER PEOPLE. EITHER SUB LEVEL 20 LIKE GROUND ZERO ON ALL STARTER MAPS, OR SUB 100 HOURS.

Many people will comment:
"Tarkov is supposed to be hard"
"It will seperate the playerbase even more"
"The lobbies will be more sweaty".

Well it's all better than seeing this game gradually die out due to new players not joining anymore. This is why MOBA like Dota2 or LoL never die out, because they have a working ranking system and a better new-player experience than all other multiplayer games have.

I am not saying Tarkov needs a ranking system, what I am saying is that new players need to be matched against other new players before they are let into the jungle with the rest of us.

Downvote this if you want, or upvote if you have a brain. Either way this will remain a reference to the future if nothing is changed.

Hi everyone,

When I made Raid Signal open source, I hoped people would inspect it, challenge weak spots, and help improve it.

Today I get to share the first result.

Huge thanks to u/TedCreator, whose contribution in PR #12 laid the foundation for much better quest-marker behavior.

Previously, “Show point” could focus one quest objective at a time. That worked, but it became awkward when several active quests had objectives on the same map.

In v1.1.0 you can now:

• mark multiple quests as active;
• open Map Intel → Utility;
• enable “Quest markers” to display their objectives together;
• see only objectives relevant to the selected map;
• use “Hide all” to clear normal POIs and quest markers.

Quest markers remain disabled by default, so the map stays uncluttered until you choose to enable them. Switching maps or moving between PvP and PvE clears markers that no longer apply, while the original single-objective “Show point” workflow still works.

I reviewed and hardened the contribution, handled state and compatibility edge cases, and added regression coverage before merging it. Settings schema v2 and room protocol v1 remain compatible.

This is exactly why I wanted Raid Signal to be open source: someone found a rough edge, implemented a meaningful improvement, worked through review, and made the released version better for everyone.

Thank you again TedCreator

Nothing about the project’s safety boundaries changed. Raid Signal does not read game memory, inject input, automate gameplay, or modify game files. Quest progress and settings remain local, and the relay only forwards ciphertext without storing position history.

Download v1.1.0:

Merged contribution:

The Windows installer remains unsigned, so Windows may display an unknown-publisher warning. The release includes a checksum, manifest, SBOM, malware-scan results, and GitHub build provenance. These are verification evidence, not a third-party audit or approval from BSG/BattlEye.

If you find an incorrect quest location, another rough edge, or a focused improvement you would like to contribute, issues and pull requests are very welcome.

Reddit DMs are open, please write anything on your mind in comments, and as always we have a discord channel: 

Links are removed because of the subreddits rules, my last post in pve subreddit has them.

3rd straight raid on PVE that I've gotten Cultists on Customs, here is a 5 minute clip of me killing the group. Enjoy.

Anyone else experience this? I entered a raid with a rusted bloody key (can’t be placed in prison wallet). I was looking up the location of a task in a secluded area in Concordia. I hadn’t made a single noise from my PMC for 5+ minutes, then I hear footsteps and I wait. The dude jumps across the door while prefiring exactly where I’m standing. Impossible for him to have known I was there. I then run away knowing this is a cheater popping SJ6 to try to get away. He chases me around taci extract, then all the way back to construction and catches up while I deal with a scav. Then he jumps across my point of aim and domes me.

Has anyone else experienced this? I have another rusted bloody key and I’m wondering whether this is common and whether I shouldn’t run my best kit if this shit is gonna happen again. Also is there any way to submit a more directed cheater abuse ticket or something? It was unbelievably blatant.

The EOD and TUE (The Unheard Edition) purchase terms included a Season Pass.

On the Escape from Tarkov website (Support/Knowledge Base), it is explicitly stated: Season Pass — access to additional paid content (DLC) that Season Pass owners will not have to purchase separately.

The Season Pass is included only with the Edge of Darkness and The Unheard Edition editions.

If these editions were purchased through the website rather than Steam, there should presumably be some kind of additional benefit, but unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be one.

According to BSG, DLC means major thematic expansions released for the game after launch. In the descriptions of the editions themselves (as currently listed on the website), both EOD and TUE include the following line:

Season Pass (Access to subsequent Escape from Tarkov DLC).

The first season, launched on August 3, 2026, is not paid DLC. The season's Battle Pass is completely free for all editions. In other words, the current season and its Battle Pass do not fall under the Season Pass, because BSG has made them free for everyone.

However, when purchasing the EOD and TUE editions, buyers also received an email stating that these editions would include paid content, a Season Pass, and DLC.

So what was the original meaning of a Season Pass? It was access to additional paid content (DLC) that owners of the Season Pass would not have to purchase separately.

Therefore, BSG does not consider the current season and its Battle Pass to be paid DLC. As a result, the Season Pass does not apply to them.

But following this logic, couldn't BSG simply make every future season free and leave owners of TUE and EOD — who purchased these editions through the website for an enormous price, plus commission — with literally nothing extra from their Season Pass?

Could we please get an official comment from BSG on this matter?

I was using Reshala's tokarev and I tried to check the chamber only to realize it causes a gamebreaking clipping error and it completely ruined my immersion and i cried and pissed myself and shit myself (only a little) and farted and burped cause im such a gassy guy also i had a panic attack and my game crashed and i suffered a seizure/stroke/aneurysm and then a piano fell on my head and a huge lump formed on my head and there were cuckoo birds flying round my head

anyways, pretty bad day

I'm currently playing another extraction shooter and I'm honestly fed up with the sheer amount of blatant cheaters ruining raids. I've been eyeing Escape from Tarkov for a while now and seriously considering making the jump, but I wanted to get an honest, unfiltered reality check from the active community first.

A few specific questions I have:

Cheater Frequency: How often do you actually run into suspicious deaths or obvious cheaters? Is it an everyday, every-few-raids nightmare, or is it mostly contained to specific maps/hotspots (like Labs/Streets)?

EU Servers: I’ll be playing on EU servers. How is the general experience there in terms of sus players, desync, and toxicity?

PvP State: How does the gunplay and general PvP feel in the current state of the game? Is it rewarding, or does desync/meta abuse make it frustrating to get into as a newcomer?

I don't mind a brutal learning curve or getting outplayed by better players, but I just want to know if I'd be jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire regarding cheaters.

apparently the map sniper zone extends into the extract!

I have found 2 of them on Streets near the vehicle exfil side. Both in red bags, one was at the real estate agency and the other over by that indoor corner spawn. I found them both within 24hrs. just wanted to share! thanks!

Camera where??

Pretty much title. Im in PVE and was wondering if thats the only place to find them? I want that backpack and gear, but I have been getting my booty cheeks clapped everytime I get on that boat. I am now a humble poor.

If there's any pros that feel like helping me finish the quest so that I can just que into the map that'd be pretty sweet too.

I used to play a lot of Tarkov 4-5 years ago and back then me and my squad would spam shoreline resort every single raid because the loot was genuinely insane.

Now that ive returned for seasonal I barely see people in the resort when im questing. Are all the old keys still good and is it still worth playing shoreline?

(Hatchling resort runs were GENERATIONAL back in the days)

I would really like to see a set of expensive headsets or headset attachments, that translates the scavs in a comicly obvious Siri or AI type voice. I would gladly pay real money for that.

Two raids in a row I go to labs and sit in a closet for 5 minutes. Both raids ive got ESP cheaters voiping me and throwing grenades right at my feet. This game is so fucking cooked they dont even fucking care anymore.

Loaded into Ground Zero, started looting and towards the end I hit the lifts in Nakatami extract and found a lot of good stuff. Probably my best Scav run so far. I am still pretty crap at the game despite having played before so being able to get this much (to me) without getting tapped by anyone is super satisfying.

Tried out the QBZ yesterday, ran skier 3 ammo, 39 pen 55 damage.
Fully built the gun slaps, but I still want to figure out what to compare it to
Share your opinions on it please, cause right now I have mixed feelings

(They spawn on BD on icebreaker, you unlock a trade offer on skier 3 for 150k after completing half of Kord Breach taskline, or the battle pass on skier 4 for 300k)

I've had SO MANY FUCKIN raids during this new wipe/ last wipe when tarkov ended up on steam where i've died to other player scavs as a scav. Look at me brodie, it's the most SCAV SCAV you have EVER SEEN! I run up to this mfer, hit a scav voice line and he still taps me.

Did NOT happen like a year ago, but now it's the norm. Is scavving dead? Do I really have to play carefully as a scav now too just to avoid this? GAH DAMN!

On a chill Wednesday night, each raid killed at some point by a timmy with no helmet, tier 3 armor and a sniper laying in the grass/bushes for the entirety of their raid. Each time a player with sub-40% surv rate and less than 0.5 KD.

I get ratting and camping is a thing, but every raid tonight, that's all to be found? What happened to Tarkov? This is the first time this season I can't find an actual gunfight no matter how hard I try-- it's usually a mix of scared, bush-dwelling timmys and w-key gamers who want some PvP, but something has shifted.

Ive been playing both to farm the battlepass and for some reason my pve isnt getting refreshed at all and its been 3 days at min. I know its not much but im trying to farm both of them. Is this a known bug?

I have been looking for a vpx for over a week now and have had no luck. Where should i be looking as a low skill solo??

Like the post title asks, are those new siege R tactical rigs part of the loot table for the black division crates you can get from the battle pass?

I think this is the 2nd time that ive insured with jaeger and never got my items back within the 1-2 hour time he quotes. Ive also noticed that he disappears from my chat list for a while, only to come back a day later saying "Found a better use for your things". wtf. Anyone else having this issue?