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Cultists
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General data
LocationWoods, Shoreline, Customs, Night Factory
Additional data
Spawn chanceNight Factory: 2%
Shoreline: 5%
Customs: 5%
Woods: 5%

Cultists are a faction and a type of Bosses in Escape from Tarkov.

Notes

The cultist priest and his 2-4 followers have different health values than PMCs and Scavs.

Cultist Priest's Health Stats Cultist Warrior's Health Stats
Health Cultist Priest Head: 50

Thorax: 200

Stomach: 200

Arms: 100 each

Legs: 100 each

Total: 850

Health Cultist Warrior Head: 50

Thorax: 220

Stomach: 180

Arms: 100 each

Legs: 100 each

Total: 850

  • A group of cultists is formed by a cultist priest and warriors.
  • Cultists are cold blooded and can't be spotted with thermal vision devices.
  • Killing cultists as a Scav does not carry any penalties towards your karma.
  • Instead of the typical 4x single slot pockets, the cultist priest has 5 double slot pockets, bringing their total space to 10 slots.

Location

They spawn between 22:00 and 6:00, even if the raid has already started. Keep in mind that they can wander quite far away from their initial spawn locations.

  • Night Factory with 2 Cultist warriors
  • Shoreline with 3-4 Cultist warriors: Western of the river between the power station and gas station, as well as north-east of the swamp village and at the health resort.
    Note: It is rare, but possible that they appear in the health resort and at one of the other two locations in the same raid.
    • Customs with 4 Cultist warriors: Scav base (ZB-013 extraction)
    • Woods with 4 Cultist warriors: Near their ritual places western of the sawmill and at the dilapidated village in the north.
  • 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, 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 knife, players will be inflicted by the Unknown toxin debuff, which deals gradual damage over time and causes pain. The toxin can be cured by the xTG-12 antidote injector or Augmentin antibiotic pills 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.

    Warrior Loot

    Icon Weapon Ammunition Mods
    Cultist VAL AS VAL 9x39 special assault rifle 7n9icon Axion Kobra EKP-8-02 reflex sight (dovetail)
    Cultist SVDS SVDS 7.62x54R sniper rifle SNBICON NSPU-M night vision scope
    Rotor 43 7.62x54R muzzle brake-compensator
    SVD modernization kit handguard
    Cultist SR-25 SR-25 M62ICON Strike Industries Viper Mod 1 stock
    AR-10 KAC "URX 4" 14.5 inch handguard
    Armasight Vulcan MG 3.5x Bravo night vision scope
    NcSTAR MPR45 Backup mount with a Leupold DeltaPoint Reflex Sight
    AAC 762-SDN-6 multi-caliber sound suppressor
    AN/PEQ-2 tactical device
    Fortis Shift tactical foregrip
    AR-15 Tactical Dynamics Skeletonized pistol grip
    Cultist SKS Simonov SKS 7.62x39 carbine 7.62x39BP SKS TAPCO Intrafuse stock
    High Standard M4SS Stock
    SKS Hexagon 7.62x39 sound suppressor
    SKS 7.62x39 ProMag AALVX 35-round magazine
    Cultist AKM Kalashnikov AKM 7.62x39 assault rifle 7.62x39BP Rotor 43 7.62x39 muzzle brake-compensator
    AK 7.62x39 Molot 40-round magazine (6P2.Sb-11)
    Cultist AKMN Kalashnikov AKMN 7.62x39 assault rifle 7.62x39BP AKM PBS-1 7.62x39 sound suppressor
    NSPU-M night vision scope
    Cultist 105 Kalashnikov AK-105 5.45x39 assault rifle 74BPICON 7n39icon AK-74 Hexagon 5.45x39 sound suppressor
    Cultist RPK RPK-16 5.45x39 light machine gun 74TICON 74BPICON 7n39icon AK-74 TGP-A 5.45x39 sound suppressor
    AK-74 5.45x39 6L31 60-round magazine
    Cultist Vityaz PP-19-01 "Vityaz" 9x19 submachine gun 7N31Icon 9x19cgi 9x19ap PP-19-01 "Vityaz" 9x19 sound suppressor
    Cultist MPX SIG MPX 9x19 submachine gun QuakerMakerIcon 9x19ripicon MPX-SD 9x19 integrated sound suppressor
    MPX 9x19 TTI "Base Pad +11" 41-round magazine
    Cultist MP9 B&T MP9 9x19 submachine gun QuakerMakerIcon MP9 9x19 sound suppressor
    MP9 9x19 sound suppressor mount
    Zenit Klesch-2U tactical flashlight
    LaRue LT101 QD Tactical Picatinny Riser mount with a NcSTAR ADO P4 Sniper 3-9x42 riflescope
    TangoDown Stubby BGV-MK46K foregrip
    AN/PEQ-15 tactical device
    RGD-5 grenade icon RGD-5 hand grenade
    Cultist Knife icon Cultist knife
    6h5bayoneticon 6Kh5 Bayonet
    Damascusknifeicon Bars A-2607 Damascus knife
    UVSR Taiga-1 icon UVSR Taiga-1 survival machete

    Armor

    Icon Name Armor Class
    Shattered icon "Shattered" lightweight armored mask 1

    Vanity

    Icon Name
    Plague mask icon Pestily plague mask
    GP-5 Icon GP-5 gas mask
    Respirator icon Respirator
    Lower half-mask icon Lower half-mask
    Balaclava icon Balaclava
    Cold fear infrared balaclava icon Cold Fear infrared balaclava

    Icon Body armor Armor Class
    Slick LBT-6094A Slick Plate Carrier 6
    FORT armor icon 6B43 6A "Zabralo-Sh" body armor 6
    5.11 Hexgrid plate carrier 5.11 Tactical Hexgrid plate carrier 6
    KORUNDIcon NPP KlASS "Korund-VM" body armor 5
    Defender-2 Icon FORT "Defender-2" body armor 5
    FORT Redut-M body armor icon FORT "Redut-M" body armor 5
    6B13 assault armor icon 6B13 assault armor 4
    Zhuk-3 Press armor BNTI "Zhuk-3" body armor (Press) 3
    UNTARArmorIcon MF-UNTAR body armor 3
    PACA icon PACA Soft Armor 2

    Icon Chest rig Armor Class
    Mk3 WARTECH MK3 TV-104 chest rig -
    Gc-bss-mk1 Gear Craft GC-BSS-MK1 chest rig -
    D3CRX Icon Haley Strategic D3CRX Chest Harness -
    LBT 1961 Icon LBT-1961A Load Bearing chest rig -
    Triton M43-A Chest Harness icon Dynaforce Triton M43-A chest harness -
    Bank Robber icon Spiritus Systems Bank Robber chest rig -
    SOEicon SOE Micro Rig -

    Icon Backpack
    Day pack icon LBT-8005A Day Pack backpack
    T-Bag icon Transformer Bag

    Bosses can hold any key or keycard in their pockets.

    Sektants can hold any item in their backpacks.

    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 the Christian God.

    See also

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