The Survivalist Path - Zhivchik

 is a Quest in Escape from Tarkov.

Dialogue
"Hello there, warrior! The hunt went as planned. You know, the water you prepared for me did really come in handy. By the way, how good are you at handling dehydration? Show me how long PMCs can stay without water."

Objectives

 * Survive for 5 minutes while suffering from complete dehydration (Excluding Factory)
 * Survive and extract from the location

Rewards
"No way you can survive for so long! Impressive. Here you go, drink this, regain your strength."
 * +5,700 EXP
 * Jaeger Rep +0.02
 * 30,000 Roubles
 * 31,500 Roubles with Intelligence Center Level 1
 * 34,500 Roubles with Intelligence Center Level 2
 * 2× Aquamari water bottle with filter
 * 2× Water filter

Guide
You can consume certain items that decrease your hydration to quickly get into the dehydration state. For example, a Jar of DevilDog mayo gives -99, a Can of condensed milk -65 and each use of Analgin painkillers -19 hydration.

Alternatively, if you play with friends, you can ask them to shoot you in the stomach, which will get you into the dehydration state too. Keep in mind that this will also decrease your energy rapidly.

Don't forget to bring enough Meds or a Propital regenerative stimulant injector to outheal the damage, and enough Drinks to continue the raid afterwards.

If you extract from the raid with a "Run Through" status, you will not fail the quest, but the "Survive and extract" objective will not be completed. To avoid the "Run Through" status, gain at least 200 EXP in raid (by killing or looting) or be in raid for at least 7 minutes before extracting. If you happen to get a run through, you can survive and extract from any raid, on any location to complete the quest.

If you have the gym module in your hideout, you can use it to drain energy and hydration before starting a raid.

Trivia
Zhivchik (живчик) translates roughly to "lively" or "peppy".

Cesta přeživšího - Zhivchik Pfad des Überlebenskünstler - Zhivchik La voie du survivaliste - Zhivchik Путь выживальщика. Живчик