

Saying this, as a new player you should be using your Scav every single time they are available. You normally spawn with subpar equipment and weapons, meaning that you are at the mercy of the Tarkov gods as to how well you can defend yourself. There is a downside to playing as a Scav, though. If you attack another Scav, player or AI, all the Scavs in that area will turn on you. From there you operate the same as a normal PMC, except other AI-controlled Scavs won’t attack you - beware other player Scavs though, they can and will shoot you for your loot. You will be spawned into a level of your choice with random equipment and weapons. They are AI-controlled for the most part, and they wander around levels saying creepy Russian phrases and giggling however, some Scavs are player-controlled.Įvery twenty minutes, you can select to play as a Scav from the main menu. “Scav” is short for the word “scavenger,” and refers to the people who are left in the war-torn Tarkov region. These extractions are always on the opposite side of the map to where you spawn, meaning that players inevitably cross paths. There are multiple on each map, and when you first load in the game tells you which extractions you can escape from. You get out by reaching an extraction point. This is usually approximately forty-five minutes, give or take.

You equip items, load into a raid on one of the various maps in the game, and have a set amount of time to get out.

The aim of the game is to get more money, buy more containers which expand your stash size so that you can horde even more loot, and eventually escape from Tarkov (coming in a later update). Like most looter-shooters, you have a stash to store your loot, and a flea market to sell it. This is the faction your PMC will fight for. Upon starting the game, the player selects either BEAR (a Russian-sponsored PMC group) or USEC (a Western one). Following a conflict in the area, its borders were sealed off, leaving scavengers and members of private military companies (PMCs) to duke it out. A looter-shooter at heart, Escape from Tarkov is all about, well, escaping from Tarkov - a fictional region and city of Russia.
