If you must fight, use every advantage: cover, grenades, teammates, anything. Fighting other players, or AI, is the worst way to complete Tasks. Fewer servers mean fewer potential enemies. Then, pick one server close to where you live and stick to it. Click the Change Server button over the main Play button in the bottom left. Select which servers Tarkov will choose from in the Battlestate Games launcher. However, if you don’t know where a Scav is, don’t try to fight it. Scavs don’t often come in large enough numbers. You’ll still need to deal with Scavs, the AI enemies scattered around, but you can usually avoid them. If you play during the day or late at night on a weekday, you’ll also likely encounter less human resistance. Nighttime raids are historically less populated with players. However, following these steps will take some of the sting out of the process: If you aren’t familiar with their layouts, finding items and locations can be daunting. Even the smallest maps are huge and overwhelming. Nothing about this game is truly easy if you’re new.

Incorrect camera behavior while aiming with Chiappa Rhino 200DS has been fixed.There are several ways to make Tasks easier in Tarkov.

A new 5.56x45 muzzle brake has been added.

Missing localization of some interface elements while in a raid has been fixed.

Incorrect behavior of the co-op mode settings interface when switching between screens has been fixed.

Incorrect positions of Zryachiy's guards has been fixed.

Incorrect display of objectives for Lightkeeper quests while in a raid has been fixed.

Incorrect spawns for Rogues has been fixed.

Several bugs in the dialogue system when interacting with Lightkeeper have been fixed.

Incorrect skill point calculation when using the gym in the Hideout has been fixed.

Incorrect calculation of the physical skills level bonus from the Air Filtering Unit zone in the Hideout has been fixed.

Softlock that appeared while interacting with some weapons has been fixed.

Incorrectly working D2 exit on the Reserve location has been fixed.

Lack of durability loss when repairing some weapons with repair kits has been fixed.

Incorrect visuals of NVGs and thermals when changing screen resolution and switching to full-screen mode has been fixed.

Incorrect tooltip of unsellable items when switching between screens has been fixed.

Incorrect conditions for Jaeger to buy weapons from players has been fixed.

Incorrect player spawn positions on the Streets of Tarkov location has been fixed.

Several visual artifacts on the Streets of Tarkov location have been fixed.

The inability to level up skills above level 50 has been fixed.

The ability to apply the effects of some consumables without losing them has been fixed.

Incorrect calculation of skills in quest rewards has been fixed.

Incorrect conditions for the unlocking of customization options from Ragman have been fixed.

Incorrect durability of weapons on Rogue bosses has been fixed.

Incorrect weight for several items have been fixed.

Incorrect weapon sounds for Chiappa Rhino, RSh-12, Benelli M3, AI AXMC, SR-2M, M203 underbarrel grenade launcher, GP-25 underbarrel grenade launcher have been fixed.

Incorrect duration of the muscle pain status has been fixed.Incorrect gym behavior in the Hideout with third-party overlays enabled has been fixed.Incorrect volume of footstep sounds during crouched and standing movement has been fixed.Missing bush and container search sounds with binaural audio enabled has been fixed.Missing sounds of weapon interactions when the volume of interface sounds is set to 0 has been fixed.

Missing sounds of airplanes and airdrops in some cases have been fixed.Issues that led to duplication, stuttering, and lack of some sounds with binaural audio enabled have been fixed.Numerous geometry and lighting fixes on the Streets of Tarkov location have been implemented.Adjustments have been made to the server system to reduce the rubberbanding and desync on the Streets of Tarkov location.The following hotfixes for Escape from Tarkov were implemented in-client on January 27th, 2023, as detailed on the Escape from Tarkov website:

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