Escape from Tarkov Beginners Guide

EFT can have a large learning curve before players can be effective and efficient throughout a raid. Without a good knowledge behind the game, you can run around with your head blown off doing nothing.  So, to prevent that, let’s jump into a quick beginners guide to Escape From Tarkov by Battlestate Games.

From the Loading Screen

A great place to start is to head to the Character Screen to see all of the items you start off with.

The first thing you may notice is that many items are blacked out and have ??? instead of the name of the actual item. This indicates that you have yet to find these items in the game. Simply right click (or middle mouse button) to reveal these items. Once you have done that you will see all you start out with.

  • 1 – AKS-74U Assault Rifle
  • 1 – 6L20 Magazine
  • 60 – BP bullets
  • 3 – P226R Pistol
  • 6 – 9×19 P226 Magazine
  • 45 – Pst gzh bullets
  • 3 – PM Pistol
  • 6 – PM 90-93 Magazine
  • 150 – 9 BZT gzh bullets
  • 1 – ER Bayonet
  • 2 – MBSS Backpack
  • 2 – AVS Tactical Rig
  • 300 Roubles (In-game currency)
  • 4 – Tushonka
  • 3 – Water
  • 4 – Bandage
  • 4 – Splint
  • 4 – AI-2 (Cheese)

You may notice when you reveal the blacked out items, you gain a little bit of experience each time. So, one of the best tips I got to boost your XP right away and get a better idea of what items are in the game it is a good idea to go to the Trading screen and reveal all the items from each of the 7 traders. This will also help you loot in-game more efficiently because you have already examined many of the items you will find on enemies, reducing the amount of time you are standing still, looting.