100 Escape from Tarkov Tips & Tricks - Key Binds & Tactics to Improve your Gameplay this Wipe 12.9 

Tip 101: there's always one more.

Tip one : He’s not dead until you’re in his inventory Tip two : Yes he saw you Tip Three : There’s always one more Tip Four : there’s always one more Tip five : there’s *always* one more

*Tip 101:* The best and cheapest way to level Strength is by sprinting while overweight. Strength is one of the best skills in the game. Start your raids already overweight by only 0.1 kg; best way to do that is invest in buying a document case and filling it with SAS Drives which you will put into your secure container. If you’re a couple of kilo’s off, fill your backpack with stacks of Buckshot. As you loot, just discard the buckshot, as it’s cheap and weighs a lot. Alternatively, if you’re running a heavy gear setup and going into a high loot map - since SAS Drives weigh a ton and are ~40-60k each, remove a few SAS and just take more buckshot, that way you can discard more buckshot and easier avoid the issue of being extremely overweight. *Tip 102:* The best way to level Endurance is by doing hatchet runs(Particularly on Interchange, as you can try and rush the two tech. stores ASAP. If you spawn far from there, run around the map hitting the hidden stashes. Don’t worry about dying either, it’s expected - the profit yielded by selling items to dealers covers the cost of meds and more usually. Also a great way to level stress resistance, gain dealer rep. and also learn the maps without the fear of losing lots of ₽) *Tip 103:* The best way to get the most exp. out of a raid is to not apply heal after raid. Instead, heal in your hideout using: AI-2 kits, bandages, esmarch tourniquets, and single use splints. Do not use any other meds, as they are much more expensive. Yet even going cheap, it may cost slightly more, but it’s roughly ~500 exp. per death. Over 10 deaths, that is enough PMC exp. to count as a highly successful raid. *Tip 104:* Buy a pistol, get the best/2nd to best ammo for it, stack 2 loaded clips in your secure container, and go in with nothing but that. It’s a low investment, higher chance of death. Especially with the other clips in your secure, you’ve gotta be fast, extra careful, and try to avoid some fights; but every scav/PMC kill you’ve already made a profit and you will move much faster then most players because of this. The bullets should be able to take out most players via headshot, or a few body taps as well. Not only that, but it makes you a better and more aware player overall: You’ll become used to working with little, using every resource you come across to your advantage. It will also allow you to play without much of a gear fear aspect. These IRL skills transfer over to your big boy gear runs. *Tip 105:* Pack a Golden Star in your secure container each raid. It’s a long lasting painkiller, but also spendy.. so if you’re not rich, just carry it around for the added bonus of giving you +5/+5, energy/hydration over 5 seconds with each application. This item has personally saved me countless times from starving or becoming dehydrated which I only use it for this purpose if I’m early in the wipe and low on consistent ₽ income. *Tip 106:* Do Scav runs in Reserve to acquire the most profit. For several reasons: It’s packed to the brim with high end loot. Also for this reason, your chance of coming across piles of dead PMC’s with end game loot is much higher. The map is the smallest consistent high end loot map, so it’s more likely to find bodies of PMC’s then others. And there’s also a ton of Scavs already on the map too, which will draw aggro towards PMC’s and (slightly) discourage player Scavs from killing you (don’t count on it much however, this reason is very situational) *Tip 107:* Don’t sprint everywhere if you don’t know the maps well. Sprinting during a firefight is in some ways technically safer then doing so when not, considering the enemy already knows where you’re at and there’s a good chance you know too, are avoiding shots, etc... Sprinting audible surface noise goes from loudest - quietest: metal, wood, puddles, glass, concrete, bushes, gravel/sand, and grass. Try using grass routes when sprinting over all of them, because the difference is massive to the next lowest sound audible/gravel/sand - however, I avoid metal, wood, and puddles at all costs unless I absolutely have to/am quite sure there is no danger present.. even if, be prepared to lure murderers after you’ve done so, get to a safe spot and just stay still for a hot minute in a spot with good cover, on the defense. “Sprinting and gambling” is one of, if not *thee*, most likely way to die without firing a single shot in EFT. *Tip 108:* Only sell SSD drives to Fence for highest profit, even more so then flea market. *Tip 109:* Bullet drop in Tarkov is much more brutal then almost any other shooter. The spread is nasty too. Remember, the ‘dot’ on your sights is only an estimation. An estimation which should be taken into account which gun type you’re using. And further broken down into which exact gun you’re using. Practice fully kitted guns you’ve never used in Offline mode first to avoid a huge disappointment. It will actually end up saving you time in the long run. *Tip 110:* Never, ever ever *ever* try and fight anybody that is manning a mounted machine gun and they already have you in their sights; or, if you took a few shots at them and they missed. Take cover *immediately.* 1 round of those will instantly kill anybody at all upon impact, even with the highest armor/helmet.. it will still delete anything once it hits. *Tip 111:* Pack an injector in your secure container for added safety. There’s 15 different kinds, I suggest reading up on them and use the one that best suits you - they cover a multitude of situations. I usually just put a Zagustin in my rig, as it’s only ~15-20k, so it’s not a huge loss; I use it for the purpose of instantly removing all bleeds and preventing new bloods for 1.40 mins - very effective in firefights, has saved me numerous times. I keep a Regenerative eTG in secure however, as it’s about 40k, and gives a massive boost to fighting against more then 1 player at a time, and I use it when I’ve already taken a lot damage, but also have a foreseeable chance of winning. It soaks down your hydration/energy once the negative effects kick in, but the Golden Star renews that for me; which I apply when they effects wear off. *Tip 112:* Do the quests! They’re meant to teach you the game just as much as they reward you highly by the time you hit level 30. You’ll be able to purchase end game loot for something like 50% off in most cases, and each death becomes less and less of a worry. When you level your Hideout as well, you’ll be making a sustainable income which also contributes towards less impact from dying as well. *Tip 113:* The hideout is never really there to just hand you ₽ for nothing until much, much later on (Bitcoin farm level 3). It’s more so used for XP bonuses towards skills later on. However, knowing which items to craft in it bought off the flea market that yield any profit whatsoever should be made anytime you get the chance. As it’s important to level up your crafting/hideout management for later on. Even with the Bitcoin farm, that pretty much alone just covers the cost of Air Filters each day along with *maybe* 1 - 1/2 of a full gear load out. Instead, you’ll be granted the alternative when finding items during a raid to combine/collect certain items to put together to yield a larger profit. Also, it’s beneficial as the items it yields via crafting are considered ‘found in raid.’ Try to always be crafting something to level it up. Salewa materials can be bought from Therapist and sold on the flea to pretty much break even - however, they can be handy for raids as well; but mostly, you’ll be crafting those to gain a huge chunk of that XP overtime. *Final and biggest tip:* No weapon/armor in this game is *EVER* 100% yours. You’re going to lose it someday, and that’s what it’s there for - to contribute to the games economy. It’s a baseline factor, and applies to all degree of player, whether it be a Godlike gamer, or the noobiest of noob. *Do everything in your power to erase gear fear:* Insure your load outs. Learn the maps offline mode/hatchet/pistol runs - learn multiple routes for each destination. Turn your volume lower, but still high enough to hear everything; as to not get startled as best as humanly possible when being shot randomly out of nowhere. But still be able to hear everything with ease. It gets better as time goes on and you level your dealers/hideout more. Have fun, and always try to see the bright side in dying!! Learning in this game is going to always yield the most success. This game teaches, enlightens, and strictly focuses on the aspect: *Through failure, comes learning.* In the sense(example): Maybe you saw a dead body outside of a building, heard gunshots indoors from that direction, and have a great suspicion somebody is in there. You go in there, with no other implications that somebody is there, just a few hints. You end up dying. You should pat yourself on the back, because even though he killed you - you were right, he was in there. It’s the small things in this game that will ultimately build up to the bigger picture. And I absolutely promise you, once you get the grasp to mastering this game - you’ll excel at almost any other game fast paced shooter you’ll ever cross paths with. Because not even the most dedicated pros are invincible here.. and for this reason, not 1 single person has *ever* Escaped From Tarkov. fin

Tip 102: when receiving back insurance items, pressing Alt+Click on an item in the insurance tab will auto-equip it to your PMC. Useful for when your stash is full and you cant put any insurance items back into it.

Just got into Tarkov and thank you for the amazing tips man.

Captain Price is exploring more than Verdansk this year

Tip 102: there is always a scav that has buckshot aimbot

Always have a goal; Me: ok, let's see if I can get to extract

Sending this to my bro who's just getting into it. Thanks, Dad of Tarkov!

I have over a 1k hour in the game and never noticed that the loot EXP is connected to the loot the Scav has on. There is allways something to learn :D

1:59 best inexpensive bag/inventory expanders are the MPPV and LBV rigs, both provide 2:1 space expansion. The A18 is one internal slot above 2:1 but very expensive for the purpose.

"If you think you heard something, you probably did" Nah, must've been my imagination Aaaaaaaaaaaand I'm building a new kit

The quiet “yeet”s in the background of the nades (~14:45) killed me

"If you don't want to loot a body - Press F on it" kekw Best guide ever

That little hiiiyaaay! when throwing a grenade at 14:35 killed me. Just awesome.!

I'd say a painful tip I learned the hard way is if you're running against the clock to extract but know you won't make it before the raid ends, drop any insured items at the last minute as they will NOT be picked up by whoever you insured them with if they're on your person when the raid ends (and you don't make it out before the timer hits 0) and will be lost completely otherwise.

"Fek off fly" Mmmmmmmm delicious

This man ran a 48 hour stream and also posting videos. Don’t know how he does it...

Your recent guides have completely changed the way I played. From hideout to quests, thank you for the info, it’s nice to have a real reason to play this game!

Been playing tarkov for about 8 days now.saved 3.5 mill and found alot of good loot. I'm getting alot better with killing now and confidence in the game. Gear fear is kinda gone unless I find something super awesome that I want. I am addicted to this game. It's so good. Cant wait until streets comes out man. Looks like it gonna be hella fun

Tarkov is like finding a needle in a haystack, but the haystack is on fire and the needle was already taken.

This would've been so helpful two years ago when I started playing this nightmare of a game that I love.

I respect this man NOT because he plays Tarkov, but because the donates a lot of stream earnings to Charity! There's a man with a purpose! Respect! Keep up the great work and motivation to all!!!

Pest you're the whole reason I could even start my Tarkov experience last wipe, got the game when it was first made available but could never get very far until I found you, cheers mate.

eat everything you find in raid, kinda like my friend who keeps eating the 50k squash spread

Pls get Aqua to watch this

Tarkov can be ruthless. Your streams and videos have made a huge difference in how I play. Thanks Pestily.

This guys quality is just insane. He does a 48 hour stream and I actually watch like 10 hours of it instead of just muting. Oh yeah and all his donos go to charity. What a great guy

A super duper quick and condensed guide, awesome to get newer players up to speed!

One tip I’d give is that recoil is lower when prone or crouched. Awesome video!

Thank you very much on the advices. Especially in the beginning, these are crucial. Two of those, players can't stress enough, again especially in the beginning and for those not too good in FPS games. 1. Learn both some key commands and the maps, especially the maps and exits. 2. Watch food and water at least once per raid and don't be too sparse with drinking/eating. Once you are down to 30/40% Eat, drink up to 100%. a) food and water is not hard to come by. b) in case you get shot, you got that bit longer before you die.

Hey Pestily! (and editors!) For the longest time while playing Tarkov I've been unable to figure out what the particular gun sounds I hear off in the distance are. Many online videos only feature the sounds of weapons as you are holding them, but their sound signature changes quite a bit as you hear them farther off. I'd absolutely adore a guide on these as I always feel unable to figure out exactly what the weapons are in my surroundings. It's not something that's easy to test by myself and I'm sure that unlike the nightmare of balance changes each patch, this is the kind of video we could look back on for years!

Hey, I'm here just to say "Thank you" to Pestily and his editor. Keep up the good work, guys!

I'd like to watch a Boss guide. Hell yea.

Good to note also... if u lean left ur character sticks more of his body out around the corner giving the enemy more of ur body to shoot at. I think this is because ur character holds the gun right handed and it makes the sight for u to ads different than if u leaned right. I could be wrong I was watching klean stream lastnight and he was talking about that. And also u can blind fire left around the corner just enough so ur close to the wall u can ads and u will be a smaller target. And it u can have it so people will shoot ur arms fist so u dont get head tapped right away then while holding blind fire u can go straight into ads quickly while being a smaller target. He explains so much stuff. All these videos are very helpful

If anyone is trying to get their money spent with Jaeger up, Cyclon Accumulator Batteries were selling for 50k on the flea market and you can also sell them to Jaeger for about 50k

Tip 102: Regarding fast reloads, rebind it to ctrl + r, or the normal reload animation will not start until the game knows if you double click (0.3 sec faster by default). It is also faster to quick reload this way.

Tip 102: You can turn the UI sounds down in your settings to make looting and inventory management silent. This will make it much easier to hear enemy footsteps while you have your head down.

hey pestily idk of you read this but you helped me to keep playing tarkov and keep trying even when it gets rough. your really an idol for me the way you play and the person you are. you work really hard and i wish you all the best!.

I started Tarkov this year and subsequently found your channel too! Great channel and great tips!

I’m surprised you didn’t use the ui menu tip that makes looting sounds in the game world lower. That is a big tip new players should know.

Reload slightly faster, by rebinding your reload to 'press' and fast reload to 'press' 'Alt+R', so the game doesn't wait and calculate whether you are planning a 'double click' reload... saves maybe 0.1 seconds

Pest.. The main man of Tarkov! Best person imaginable to be a Gamer thats a face for a game like EFT no doubt! Deserve all good things coming your way!

I just bought EFT two days ago and you’ve been my main source of info and useful tips and information, thanks brother.

It’d be cool if after using the CMS kit you could find the bullet or fragment on the ground and keep it in your hideout or inventory as a trophy.

11:07 Cultists: Imma bout to end this mans career

15:44 Best tip ever. Can't tell how many times i've died until I became paranoid about noises I may or may not have heard.

For me nothing new but boy do i always enjoy Pestilys videos. The man as a person is a roll model ... legend !

[X] + [Left click] is my bind for discarding stuff. That way I can just hold [X] and click away.

Imagine the game when it's done... with ALL the changes and maps coming... ooohh baby!

props to this editor for putting in all those memes, kept it funny

After months of only being able to watcg tarkov videos of pest or Aqua, I finally got just enough for a setup and its installing as I’m typing. Thanks for all the content and tips for scrubs like myself now! Happy hunting!

My friend and me died multiple times from shrapnel damage, Mr Pestily!

I'd like to know more about building Range Cards

These cache run videos from you and others Pest are upping my KDR and income 10 fold. I consistently get 1-2 kills by deciding to bypass a cache or 2 during a raid. Appreciate it :)

As a new player, something I've found useful. If you have extra buttons on your mouse, bind change optic and toggle device (flashlight etc.) To them. Having all the controls on your weapon on one side of your play area has prevented alot of confusion for me

I would love to see a guide displaying all the different gun sounds from an outside perspective. There are so many and I've got 500 hours under my belt and can't tell what's what.

Here’s a tip: if you do happen to step on a mine and survive, DO NOT BACKTRACK. Each mine can explode as many times as it needs to, and it will need to if it is stepped on again.

Commenting to help the algorithm. Super new to tarkov. Just started in 12.9 your videos have been a great help. I'm not a great pc player so I'm having a hard time with the key binds. I'm jealous on how fluid your movements are. Thanks again for the great videos!

Love the Captain Price look you got going on, Great Vid!!!!!!!

11:27 Isn't it X and not Z? spamming Z might throw your bag on the floor ^^

Now that the 48h stream was cut short by 5 minutes you really have to do it again😀

from all the brand new players, thank you. alot of this wouldnt get to us without folks like yall.

Some amazing tips! Something I just learned about the F1 thing is you dont actually have to shoot to yell, you can double tap F1 to yell.

Franky said he reads all the comments so if you see this a have a good day Franky :)

7:51 So if grenades damage is based only on a blast radius, why do they have stats such as 'fragment count', and 'damage per fragment'? Are individual fragments not actually simulated?

Started as a tarkov player, became the king of tarkov, then suddenly our Dad is the KING OF TWITCH You are AWESOME!

Was surprised Pestily hadn’t done something like this already! Psycho ghost has his 100 hunt showdown tips. Pestily has Tarkov.. now Blooprint just needs to do 100 tips for Rust.

Got any tips to reduce the PTSD this game gives me?

@15:47 never look directly at the corner that someone is going to push, always lead it a bit... learnt that the hard way today haha

Tip 102: Seperate ammo/money/stacked items quickly by holding 'Right CTRL' and pressing Enter repeatedly while dragging the stack across the inventory Tip 103: You can leave ADS without making noise by tapping 'blind fire' (W+S) Tip 104: Alt+A/D can let you tilt and move freely. However, it's quite slow. A faster way is; while pressing Q/E, press TAB + release Q/E and press TAB again. You'll be in a free-moving tilted stance until you press Q/E again.

He looks like captain price from call of duty right

😂 we had a tk from 130m away due to grenade shrap they definitely throw shrapnel

I just bought Tarkov today and this video is gold. Thank you so much.

Can't believe that after 2000 hours in this game, you still told me something new (alt click will equip :O ). Great summery!

Best tip for Tarkov Players: - Uninstall It is not worth it boisss ;p jk have fun in raids

My friend showed a bunch of your stuff on his discord to help me get started on tarkov and its been a blast sofar

Thanks. My friends and I have been playing Tarkov. I just recently got the game and this really helps.

Just picked up this game today and I have to say thank you. Just thank you.

Pestily ur the real mvp helping us rats and extract campers learn more tricks to make everyones lives harder thx bud

Thank you Capt. Price for the tips!

This just felt genuine compared to other tarkov tips and tricks

I'd be lost in this game without your guides. Thank you!

1.In the stash you can remove pistol grips from guns to reduce their overall size. 2.If your running low on space and you want to do a scav run move some of your items to your pmc inventory in order to make rooms for scav loot. 3.I do believe pistol cases can hold any type of magazine.

Love Pestily. Not even just as a content creator and youtuber but as a guy, and watching his streams is awesome. Keep it up Pestily!

Great video, nothing new to me because I've been watching you for so long you have mentioned most of them. Really looking forward to the raid series this wipe.

Bro idk how you have time for all of this content. Thank you for all the videos pest

Hey Pestily. Great to see you listen to your viewers (new raid series). Sometime in the past year I requested that you be more aggressive in your plays and show us more PvP. Really excited about the new format; the best part is it wouldn't appear as if you're doing a chore if you know what I mean. In your stream the other day you asked us to leave suggestions here so I was hoping you'd incorporate this in to your raid series: Most of the times you go out with iron sights. While it shows how confident you are with your gunplay it leaves us in a predicament. We want to follow suit but when we do, bring shit at aim, we just lose fights. IF there was a way for you to show us how to consistently support our need for good reflex sights would you show it to us in these raid series? Like consistently buying looting sights and reusing them rather than vendoring them?

Love to see the guides coming back

I've played for about 4 wipes now and got to admit all these tips I've already know but still enjoyed the content

Boss Guide would actually be super awesome, great job on the 48 hour stream, was quite fun watching. Cheers!

Quick pro tips of my own: 1. Check magazine and ammo prices for guns before you buy them (for example, ASVAL mags and good 9x39 is about 80k extra ) 2. If your not going to change the stock of an AK, look for its AKS variant. They are ideal when making cheap builds.

Thank you for taking Time to make this video for us 😁

The backpack stacking tip: You CAN have more than one of several backpacks, generally up to 20 slots (Berkut, Scav and Daypack CAN be stacked and have on your player). Good for freeing up space for scav runs.

The subtle "YEET"'s when he's throwing nades are amazing

Played about a thousand hours so far. You think you know everything, I learned a couple things still. Thanks Pesty!

Thanks for sharing Pestily! So much good, helpful stuff in this video.

AMAZING WORDS in the end of the video! I have been having so much fun playing the way I want.

Very helpful for new players. Will you be making an advanced tips video for more seasoned players?

I thought I would've known all of these but some I didn't so that's been a great help to get better at the game, thanks Pestily!