Tutorial

The game is currently in early access and undergoing intensive development. To get a quicker grip on interface and controls, please consider taking this brief training course.

General Stats
This is your main character. Here, it shows your level, the number of raids and kills, your efficiency and other stats.

Info from all tabs is available both in the Character section of the main menu and by pressing Tab in the raid.

Health
Health tab displays the state of your health by body parts, current indicators of hydration and energy, and other characteristics.

You can also track the state of each body part separately. For example, if you received a bleeding wound to the leg, it will be reflected with the appropriate status icon. By dressing the wound, you’ll be able to stop bleeding and losing hit points.

Thoroughly prepare for raids beforehand, making reserves of essential medicines. And don't forget about the painkillers!

Gear
The Gear tab contains your character’s equipment interface.

Each slot is allocated for a specific type of equipment. Everything you take with you into the raid can be removed from your body by other players in case of your death.

You can indemnify your losses by using the Insurance. In this case, if the item you insured wasn’t looted off the location, you will get it back.

Chest rig / tactical vest
It’s best to put loaded mags, ammo and grenades into chest rig or pockets to enable quick reload with R button. In other words, it’s only magazines (or grenades) that are in the chest rig that count.

Also, unlike the backpack, items from chest rig and pockets are available for quick access in the raid through keys 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, if you assign them by moving into the appropriate slot.

Pouch
The pouch holds a protected container. Items from this container cannot be removed from your body after death. We recommend to store particularly valuable items there, such as money, rare medicines, keys, etc.

Stash
Stash is storage place for trophies from the raids and purchased items. Its size is limited, so we advise to arrange items compactly. The stash size can be indirectly increased by using specialized item containers, which are available from traders. Also, in the future, you will be able to increase the size of the stash in the Hideout. Owners of the Edge of Darkness Edition already have the maximum stash size from the start.

To rotate the object, press the R key while dragging it.

Object info
Double clicking on any object will display info about it. Here you can see the weapon characteristics, its parts and mods, and a brief description.

Some items may not be known in advance. In this case their icons are blacked out and name is replaced with question marks. Such items should be examined. The examining takes some time, but after that, the item can be used.

The game allows customization of weapons, which can be accessed by clicking the gear icon or from the right-click menu.

Customization
The game features highly detailed and realistic weapon models and behavior, hence, any changes will affect the performance characteristics and ergonomics.

In order to install another detail or device you just need to select it in the dropdown list in the respective slot.

Please note that installing various modules also changes the dimensions of the weapon. Make sure you have enough inventory space to customize the weapon.

Loading magazines
To load the magazine, drag the ammo onto it, but check if they are compatible first.

To eject the magazine from the weapon, please select the respective line in the shortcut menu. The magazine will be moved to the first empty stash slot or to the tactical vest, if the weapon was equipped. You can also interact with objects by drag-and-dropping them to the desired slot.

Use Ctrl + click to quickly put on or take off items. The ability to search and loot quickly extremely important in combat conditions.

Are you ready to escape?
In order to adapt more quickly, try different tactics and experiment more. Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore shooter and therefore its main core is you, your knowledge and experience, and how you use them in combat.

We also suggest you to examine the Controls section in the game settings to remember the main combat commands.

Are you ready to escape?

Traders
Here you can see the list of traders. All of them are based in Tarkov, just like you, and have their own interests. Every one of them has his or her own needs and specifics in the range of items for purchase or on sale.

Traders have several levels of loyalty, every next level gives access to new products. Loyalty depends on your reputation with a trader, your level and the amount of money spent.

Let’s move on to the example of Prapor.

Purchase from trader
To purchase an item, select it from the shop, press the <font color="#00ffba">Fill items button at the bottom of the screen to pay for supplies, and then <font color="#00ffba">DEAL at the top of the screen to confirm the transaction.

Some things cannot be bought for money, and you will need to obtain the necessary barter items first.

Selling to trader
To sell an item, open the <font color="#00ffba">Sell tab, and then drag the items you want sold to the area in the middle of the screen. Then, click <font color="#00ffba">DEAL.

Different traders can offer different price for the same goods. Some items can only be of interest to specific traders.

Trader quests
The best way to increase the trader loyalty level is to run errands and carry out tasks. Be careful, however, some of them may ask you to do things that will hurt your reputation with others.

<font color="#00ffba">Let's take the first quest.

Character selection
<font color="#00ffba">As Scav you don't risk your gear, but if you survive the raid, all gear and loot can be transferred to the main character’s stash. Moreover, other AI-controlled NPC will consider you as one of their own, as long as you don't kill or insult anyone of them.

However, in this case, the main character will <font color="#00ffba">not receive experience or upgrade skills.

Playing as a local scum is limited by a cooldown time. It's a good way to get familiar with the game without risking valuable equipment.

Map selection
You can choose one of the available maps. Each of them has its own characteristics -- such as raid duration and number of players -- and features a certain part of Tarkov. If you linger and don’t extract until the end of the raid, your character will be considered missing in action.

By choosing <font color="#00ffba">time of the day, you will be spawned in the respective lighting conditions. Also, please mind the current weather conditions.

A number of maps are still in development and therefore not available yet.

Infiltration point
Taking a raid area map with you will allow you to choose the point of entry and see the possible exit locations. To see currently available exits during the raid, hit the "<font color="#00ffba">O " key twice. <font color="#00ffba">Exits can be both permanent and temporary. Temporary exits get closed if somebody has already fulfilled specified conditions, for example, if someone has already used the car as a way out, the car leaves and cannot be activated again.

If the character doesn't have a map with him, the entry point will be chosen randomly.

Test mode
Check the Offline mode box to test and try anything without having to worry about your gear in case of death. All features will be available, including AI enemies, if you enable PvE.

However, no other players, naturally.

Insurance
<font color="#00ffba">Here you can insure your items.

In case of your death, if these items were not picked up and carried out by another player, they will get back to you over insurance return.