Cultists

	Cultists
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	General data Location Woods, Customs, Shoreline Additional data Spawn chance Woods, Shoreline: 28% Customs: 20%

Cultists are a faction in Escape from Tarkov.

Notes

Shturman and his 2 followers have different health values than PMCs and Scavs.

Cultist Priest	Stats	Cultist Warrior	Stats
	Head: 50 Thorax: 200 Stomach: 200 Arms: 100 each Legs: 100 each Total: 650		Head: 50 Thorax: 220 Stomach: 180 Arms: 100 each Legs: 100 each Total: 850

• A group of cultists is formed by a Priest and Warriors.
• Instead of the typical 4x single slot pockets, the cultist priest has 5 double slot pockets, bringing their total space to 10 slots.

Location

Cultists can be found on Shoreline between the power station and gas station as well as north of swamp village, Woods around their specifically marked ritual places, and Customs around ZB-013.
They spawn between 23:00 and 6:00, even if the raid has already started.

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  Cultist ritual spot on Woods

Behavior

Cultists lurk in the shadows in groups of 3-6, waiting for a player to approach. They silently approach their enemies and stab them using either normal knives or, in case of the priests, the poisoned Cultist's knife. If fired upon, the Cultists will return fire using firearms and grenades. After they attack a player with their knife, they may choose to run off into the woods again and attempt to attack the player(s) from the shadows once again. Some Cultists have been seen to prone in the grass or hide in bushes while their companions engage the player(s) with weapons, then attack with their knives when it's least expected.

As the Cultists prefer to ambush players and are extremely well hidden, they almost always have the initiative. Thus, it is important for players to quickly determine exactly where the Cultists are and attempt to regain the initiative. Cultists appear to always have suppressors and stick to cover, so players must be able to quickly spot them in the trees, especially at night. On Woods, players should be especially careful when traveling through either of the Marked Circles on the map. Additionally, Cultists have been seen to stalk players and open fire on them unprovoked, even if they must travel away from the Marked Circles. Players should be extremely cautious as the Cultists use ammo with high-penetrative power, yet rarely spawn with grenades. Cultists may spawn with a variety of armor, ranging from no protection to class 6 armor, however, they rarely, if at all, use headgear, so headshots are certainly a viable option.

If stabbed by the Cultist's knife, players will be inflicted by the Unknown toxin debuff, which deals gradual damage over time and causes pain. The toxin can be cured only by the Antidote xTG-12, otherwise, the player must extract from the raid or they will run out of medication and die.

Priest Loot

Note that the primary weapons can have numerous mod variations and those shown below are examples.

• Weapons
• Items

Icon	Weapon	Ammunition	Mods
	PP-91-01 Kedr-B 9x18PM SMG		-
	MP5		MP5 TL-99 Aluminum handguard AAC Illusion 9 9x19mm silencer X Products X-5 MP5 50-round 9x19 magazine
File:Vector45 fir unloaded icon.png	TDI KRISS Vector Gen.2 .45 ACP submachinegun		Magex G30 magazine for Glock .45 ACP Direct Thread Mount adapter for Silencerco Omega 45k with SilencerCo Omega 45k .45 ACP sound suppressor BCM MOD.3 Tactical grip KRISS Vector non folding stock adapter with Kriss Vector Pistol Sling Adapter
	9x21 Serdyukov automatic pistol SR1MP Gyurza		SR1MP silencer 9x21 SR1MP silencer mount SR1MP quad rail mount
	Cultist's knife
	F-1 Grenade

Icon	Item
	Lab. Red keycard
	Lab. Yellow keycard
	Object 21WS keycard
	Secure Flash drive

Warrior Loot

• Weapons
• Face cover
• Body armor
• Chest rigs
• Backpacks
• Items

Icon	Weapon	Ammunition	Mods
	AS VAL		Cobra EKP-8-02 reflex sight
	SVDS 7.62x54 Sniper rifle		NSPU-M night Scope Rotor 43 7.62x54 muzzle brake Izhmash modern handguard for SVD
	SR-25		SI Viper Mod.1 Stock URX-4 handguard for AR-10 and compatible Vulcan MG night scope 3.5x NcStar MPR45 Backup mount with a Leupold DeltaPoint Reflex Sight AAC 762 SDN-6 7.62x51 Sound Suppressor AN/PEQ-2 tactical device Fortis Shift tactical grip Skeletonized AR-15 pistol grip
	Simonov Semi-Automatic Carbine SKS 7.62x39		Tapco INTRAFUSE Stock for SKS High Standard M4SS Stock Hexagon SKS 7.62x39 sound suppressor ProMag AALVX 35 7.62x39 35-round SKS magazine.
	AKM 7.62x39 assault rifle		Rotor 43 7.62x39 muzzle brake Molot 6P2.Sb-11 7.62x39 magazine for AK and compatibles, 40-round capacity
	AKMN 7.62x39 assault rifle		PBS-1 7.62x39 silencer NSPU-M night Scope
	AK-105 5.45x39 assault rifle		Hexagon AK-74 5.45x39 sound suppressor
	RPK-16 5.45x39 light machine gun		TGP-A 5.45x39 muzzle device/suppressor 60-round 6L31 5.45x39 magazine for AK-74 and compatibles
	Submachinegun PP-19-01 Vityaz-SN 9x19		Vityaz 9x19 sound suppressing device
	SIG MPX 9x19 Submachine gun		MPX-SD 9x19 Integrated silencer MPX with TTI Base pad +11 41-round 9x19 magazine
	RGD-5 hand grenade
	Cultist's knife
	6h5 Bayonet
	Bars A-2607- Damascus

Armor

Icon	Name	Armor Class
	Light armored Shattered mask	1

Vanity

Icon	Name
	Pestily plague mask
	GP-5 gasmask
	Respirator
	Lower half-mask
	Balaclava
	Cold Fear Infrared balaclava

Icon	Body armor	Armor Class
	5.11 Hexgrid plate carrier	6
	BNTI Korund-VM armor	5
	FORT Defender-2 body armor	5
	FORT Redut-M body armor	5
	6B13 assault armor	4
	MF-UNTAR armor vest	3
	PACA Soft Armor	2

Icon	Chest rig	Armor Class
	Wartech MK3 chest rig (TV-104)	-
	Gear Craft GC-BSS-MK1 rig	-
	Haley Strategic D3CRX Chest Harness	-
	LBT-1961A Load Bearing Chest Vest	-
	Triton M43-A Chest Harness	-
	Spiritus Systems Bank Robber Chest Rig	-
	SOE Micro Rig	-

Icon	Backpack
	LBT-8005A Day Pack backpack
	Transformer Bag

Icon	Item
	Lab. Blue keycard
	Lab. Black keycard
	Marked key
File:EMERCOM Key icone.png	Key to EMERCOM medical unit

Trivia

• Cultist warrior names are hidden, instead appearing as "Sektant", a loose translation of "Cultist" to Russian.
• The cultist priest's name is always Zhrec (| zhrɛts |) which, in Russian, denotes a priest that performs sacrifices and doesn't serve a Christian god.

See also

• Factions
  • USEC
  • BEAR
  • Scav Raiders