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Cultist markings
Cultists are a faction and a type of Bosses in Escape from Tarkov.
Notes
- Cultist's footsteps have reduced volume.
- Cultists are cold blooded and can hardly be spotted with thermal vision devices.
- Killing Cultists as a Scav does not carry any penalties towards your Scav karma.
- The Cultist priest and his 2-4 followers have different health values than PMCs and Scavs.
| Cultist Priest's Health | Stats |
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Head: 50
Thorax: 200 Stomach: 200 Arms: 100 each Legs: 100 each Total: 850 |
| Cultist Warrior's Health | Stats |
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Head: 50
Thorax: 220 Stomach: 180 Arms: 100 each Legs: 100 each Total: 850 |
- Instead of the typical 4 single slot pockets, the Cultist priest has 5 double slot pockets, bringing their total space to 10 slots.
Quests
- 1 Cultist priest needs to be killed for the quest Broadcast - Part 5.
- 3 Cultists need to be killed for the quest Hell on Earth - Part 2.
- 1 cultist knife needs to be found for the quest Broadcast - Part 5.
- 4 cultist knives needs to be found for the quest Small Business - Part 3.
- 12 cultist knives need to be found in raid for the quest Night Sweep.
Location
Cultists appear between 22:00 and 7:00. They can be found on the following locations:
Night Factory
Cultist priest with 2-3 warriors: Due to the small size of the location they have to be expected everywhere.
Customs
Cultist priest with 4 warriors: At the Scav base (ZB-013 extraction) building with the numerous mounted weapons.
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Location marked on map
Woods
Cultist priest with 4 warriors:
- At the dilapidated village in the north
- Near the wooden cabin west of the sawmill
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Locations marked on map
Shoreline
Cultist priest with 3-4 warriors:
- At the health resort
- At the roadblock northeast of the swamp village
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Locations marked on map
Ground Zero (Level 21+)
- Cultist priest with 3-4 warriors: Has to be expected everywhere
Behavior
Cultists lurk in the shadows in groups of 3-5, 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 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.
Cultist warriors will ignore scavs, scav guards, bosses, and scav players, but may shoot scav players on sight if aggravated. Cultist priests will attempt to run to cover whenever a scav player comes too close to their current location, and may shoot on sight if also aggravated.
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 and 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 knife, players will be inflicted with the Unknown toxin debuff, which deals gradual damage over time (140 HP/minute) and causes pain. The toxin can be cured by the xTG-12 or Perfotoran injectors. Otherwise, the player must extract from the raid or they will run out of medication and die.
When it's time for them to disappear, they stand up from their ambush spots and despawn. Dead Cultists remain in their locations.
Priest Equipment
Note that the primary weapons can have numerous mod variations and those shown below are examples.
Armor
| Icon | Name | Armor Class |
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Atomic Defense CQCM up armored ballistic mask (Black) | 4 |
Vanity
| Icon | Face cover |
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Faceless mask |
The Cultist priest can spawn with any key or keycard in his pockets.
| Icon | Item |
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Secure Flash drive |
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SAS drive |
Warrior Equipment
Armor
| Icon | Name | Armor Class |
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Atomic Defense CQCM up armored ballistic mask (Black) | 4 |
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Shattered lightweight armored mask | 1 |
Vanity
| Icon | Name |
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Slender mask |
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Misha Mayorov mask |
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Ghoul mask |
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Pestily plague mask |
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GP-5 gas mask |
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GP-7 gas mask |
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Respirator |
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Lower half-mask |
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Balaclava |
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Cold Fear infrared balaclava |
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Ghost balaclava |
| Icon | Backpack |
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Oakley Mechanism heavy duty backpack (Black) |
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LBT-8005A Day Pack backpack (MultiCam Black) |
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VKBO army bag |
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Transformer Bag |
Cultist warriors can spawn with any key or keycard in their pockets.
Gallery
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Cultist warrior
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Cultist warrior attacking with a Cultist knife
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Ritual circle from the 2023 Halloween event
Trivia
- The cultist priest's name is always Zhrets (| zhrɛts |) which, in Russian, denotes a priest that performs sacrifices and doesn't serve the Christian God.
- Cultist warrior names are hidden, instead appearing as "Sektant", a loose translation of "Cultist" to Russian.
- Zryachiy's followers also show up as "Sektant" in the kill list, but are not the exact same AI type as regular Cultists, and therefore do not count for Cultist related quests or achievements.
See also
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