Character skills

Escape from Tarkov features five skill categories that are trained through active use. In short, the more you use a skill, the better you get at it. Every skill can be leveled up to level 51 (elite level), this level provides an extra ability linked to the skill.

Notes

Since the 0.12.1.5413 update (24 Dec 2019), while leveling skills, the character will now have "exhaustion” of skill per raid, this means that skill will be leveled more slowly during the raid after every repeat. If you do not level a certain skill for a while (a few minutes), the character will recover and will be able to level this skill with normal speed again. This change is directed against skills abuse (targeted and consecutive leveling of the same skill).

Each skill has several stages of progression speed:
1. 129% progression speed: At the beginning of a raid, skills progress at a rate of 129% (denoted by a blue arrow ) until a first threshold unique to each skill is reached.
2. 100% progression speed: Upon reaching the first threshold, the skill will level at its usual rate (denoted by the lack of an arrow). This behavior remains true until a second threshold is reached.
3. 50% progression speed: Once the second threshold is reached, the skill will receive a 50% penalty in leveling speed (denoted by a red arrow ).
4. 75% progression speed: After 3 minutes of not leveling a skill, the progression speed penalty is lessened to 25%.
5. 100% progression speed: If a skill is not leveled for 16 minutes, the skill progression speed goes back to normal. Any further leveling of the skill past this stage will re-apply the 50% penalty within a smaller period of time.

Hideout

Constructing the Air Filtering Unit in the Hideout grants a 40% experience boost to the Physical skills group however this module also requires a FP-100 filter absorber in order to run.
Constructing the Library in the Hideout grants a 30% experience boost to the Practical skills group and an additional 15% boost to experience earned in raid.

Physical

Mental

Combat

Practical

Special

Special skills are unique abilities that can only be unlocked by members of a specific faction.

BEAR

Bear AK Systems
Bear Assault Operations
Bear Authority
Bear Heavy Caliber
Bear Raw Power

USEC

Experience

Almost all actions in Escape from Tarkov grant the player experience. For example killing, looting or quest completions. The table below shows the EXP required to level up and a cumulative total.

Level	From Previous Level	Cumulative Total
1	0	0
2	1,000	1,000
3	2,743	3,743
4	3,999	7,742
5	5,256	12,998
6	6,494	19,492
7	7,658	27,150
8	8,851	36,001
9	10,025	46,026
10	11,098	57,124
11	12,226	69,350
12	13,336	82,686
13	16,814	99,500
14	19,924	119,424
15	23,053	142,477
16	26,283	168,760
17	29,219	197,979
18	32,045	230,024
19	34,466	264,490
20	37,044	301,534
21	39,162	340,696
22	41,492	382,188
23	44,002	426,190
24	46,900	473,090
25	51,490	524,580
26	56,080	580,660
27	60,670	641,330
28	65,260	706,590
29	69,850	776,440
30	74,440	850,840
31	79,030	929,870
32	83,620	1,013,490
33	90,964	1,104,454
34	98,308	1,202,762
35	105,652	1,308,414
36	112,996	1,421,410
37	120,340	1,541,750
38	127,684	1,669,434
39	135,028	1,804,462
40	142,372	1,946,834
41	149,716	2,096,550
42	157,060	2,253,610
43	167,158	2,420,768
44	177,256	2,598,024
45	187,354	2,785,378
46	197,452	2,982,830
47	207,550	3,190,380
48	217,648	3,408,028
49	227,746	3,635,774
50	237,844	3,873,618
51	247,942	4,121,560
52	258,040	4,379,600
53	271,810	4,651,410
54	285,580	4,936,990
55	299,350	5,236,340
56	313,120	5,549,460
57	323,450	5,872,910
58	362,111	6,235,021
59	369,536	6,604,557
60	386,978	6,991,535
61	407,174	7,398,709
62	430,124	7,828,833
63	457,664	8,286,497
64	494,384	8,780,881
65	549,464	9,330,345
66	622,904	9,953,249
67	760,604	10,713,853
68	1,036,004	11,749,857
69	1,449,104	13,198,961
70	10,000,000	23,198,961
71	-	-
72	-	-
73	-	-
74	-	-
75	-	-
76	-	-
77	-	-
78	-	-
79	-	-
80	-	-