Everything We Know About The Story of Tarkov ... So Far | Lore Roundup Ep. 1 

Imagine an open-world single-player game with Tarkov's mechanics and lore. It's what I've been dreaming of ever since I played it for the first time 4 years ago.

Hmm... about Cultists, they can very well be the test subjects of TerraGroup that somehow escaped from their captors and while on the way out, they grabbed the hypothermia-inducing drugs to lower their own body temperature to escape from TerraGroup's thermal imaging devices

You wanted to up the production of the dealer series?! Wow. I already thought that it was hands down the best tarkov lore videos around. We are very excited!

Watched everyone of these vids in one sitting you’re fucking killing it bro keep it up 🤝

I think sanitar was therapist's husband or extremely close friend and she has decided to become a medic to make up for what sanitar/terragroup overall has done. She used to work at terragroup and her research was used for evil. Idk it's just my theory.

I’d really like to see Tarkov lean into lore/ single player story based missions

Thank you EUL. I've been playing tarkov for years, and the lore is actually now an interest to me thanks to your channel! You explain everything really well.

You deserve sooo much more for these amazing lore videos. Crazy production!

This man deserves way bigger audience. Thx for all the content man

Amazing video man, love it so much.

Can't wait to see the new lore vids from you with the new artist! Keep up the excellent content brother!

Good work dude this has some hard work put into it and I can tell

DUDE hands down best tarkoc content out man... KEEP IT UP I LOVE IT

I would have my own theory that would explain the wipe, or "The theory of waves". And a theory that jumped into my head while playing The Division, that is, every time a wipe happens, a new group of PMCs are sent, from both sides, in order to complete their objectives. This would explain why our character is inexperienced every time, why the stash is empty, etc ... It's an idiotic theory, but it still jumped into my head

this video was amazing, thanks for the fantastic content! i cant wait to see what else is coming

Stunning content as always, well done gents👏

Man even though tarkov lore is very short, it's got me interested for more.

I feel that tagilla is trying to build up a stronghold in the factory and run it since he may know much about what was going on in there, and whatever they were making in the factory he plans to sell to the scavs, and since he holds the only place that is making said item, he sets and controls the price of it

great video!

Just throwing a comment for the algorithm. I subbed at 2k where you still make quality videos like a big creator. This channel should be up with the top tarkov channels. I love the world building and theory crafting of EFT. Also this might be useless information, but to me there’s plenty of little things that I’ve never seen people talk about (it might not be worth talking about) but for example the white board by the level 3 intel station of the hideout has interesting things on it in both English and Russian. Like terragroup and tarbank in classic conspiracy board fashion. But what if there’s information and potential use from little sticky notes by computers as an example. If I had time I think it’d be worth documenting and archiving everything in case there’s things to be taken from it. Maybe Easter eggs maybe a future code to a door or mechanic in the future. Who knows. Just been fun for me to think about. Anyway love your channel and I’m rooting for you to find all the success on here.

I highly appreciate your great work. Thanks for your time.

Great Video!

Nice work, love it

i love the lore of tarkov, sets up a very interesting story

this channel is a hidden gem

Amazing video, I play this game every day and didn't know 95% of this stuff

Imagine a 4 hour raid, where you pick your map, and you can travel to any of the other maps from that location. Each map has most of its original extract locations. This would be insane

This is excellent.

I'm soo hyped for the future of Tarkov

Comment for the algorithm plus this is just genuinely great content

Another banger EUL video, appreciate the captivating Tarkov content! Re. The Black Division; 10:14 ; I wonder now If the Black Division member checking the USEC's body is possibly a subtle hint? Or, simply checking if they're dead/alive due to being facedown?? .... Confirmation basis? Maybe. But I'm hooked regardless

Your videos are great

Theory on Sanitar: He worked at the Resort/Sanitarium primarily and it seems he was offered by TerraGroup after they moved into the region. Sanitar was then given free reign to develop stimulants and drugs, probably because he was legitimately amazing at his job. However, it seems he exported his own testing to the Resort residents either because TerraGroup wouldn't give clearance or he was suspect of TerraGroup and wanted to keep control of his own creations. If Jaeger is simply harsh on Sanitar (heck Jaeger even seems to hate everyone BUT Mechanic you included) or if Sanitar is an amoral monster, the therapist wants access to whatever Sanitar can give, and that's likely a metric ton of medical equipment and supplies, plus his expertise regarding surgery and (bio)chemistry. Sanitar in turn wants his documents and notes that got left behind, likely as part bargaining chip to get out, and to make medical headlines and money. I mean we had an event where Obdolbos made you a god (or killed you) so he's probably really close to a kind of wonder drug that makes the body just "work" at peak for sometime; 30 minutes ingame is like 3-4 hours real time so his challenge is slowing drug metabolization while lowering the dose to prevent the truly nasty side effect and make it a "take twice a day". For most people, just getting up to move around, stop experiencing pain constantly or have more control of their mind and body is enough, they don't need to be super human. Shturman theory: He and his guards are former dock workers based on their names, with Shturman possibly being once in charge of a shipping boat himself; the other option is former Navy since Jaeger mentions they shoot well. Dude is probably very aware of what Terragroup is up to and their not at the Saw Mill for something as simple as cornering the lumber market in a small area there are 3 Violet Keycard spawns and he sits right on top of one, and TerraGroup may have another buried secret their as well; for instance Skier has you plant a camera there and spots "fat rats", on Interchange this is explained by Kiba, on Customs by it being a dorms route. On Woods though, it's pointed at open water so I feel this leads to the possibility of Shturman and goons moving things from Woods to another location, possibly in exchange for supplies. So whatever it is Shturman has a trusted outsider buyer for whatever he's selling, and he got enough of it that merely smuggling himself out isn't yet worth it; and the man is persistent, ingame the only boss to canonically to flip the bird at your attempt at killing him.

Jaeger actually says that Reshala's guards are former policeman who turned to crime when everything fell apart. When you accept the quest to take out his bodyguards he criticizes them for still wearing their police uniforms.

Well, there is no better one telling the story of tarkov then you, just straight facts, showed almost everyone i know who is down with tarkov your videos and all of them just think these stuff is stunning, but bro where the hell you got the background instrumental from? searching it now for weeks.

That bear pmc's screaming suuuuuuka in the movie always gets me lmao

makes me want a lore focused way to play tarkov

Loved the Dealer series already. Cant wait to see the next Episode. Are the Books good to read? Havent touched one in a decade and reading Lore would be nice.

Black Division where before RAID, they already existed in Contract Wars, probably some elite PMC group that took people from BEAR and USEC since you can become "Black Division" in CW by unlocking all the skills i think

yeeeeeeeeesssssssssss finally another lore vid yessssssssss

HYPEEEE

I think by the end of the story, when things get fleshed out for a sort of questline and ending, it will come to head with Black Division along possibly with who we are as a PMC and our choices. I think a pivotal moment will be who we end up siding with in the Chemical Questline, Therapist, Skier, or Prapor. Further down the line, we'll likely be told to brave the bowls of Terra Labs and pull some information, then we either go after Black Division or get hunted by them and then have to turn the tables. I think Fence will be important, his eyes and ears seem everywhere with the scavs, and we really don't know a thing about the man, he may just point us toward Black Divison, and after gaining his trust tell us who their boss may be. I've little doubt our target is this mysterious item they seemed so determined to retrieve, and it will be our job to pry it from the bastard's cold dead hands. From there, the importance of our previous decision comes into play as well as who we are, possibly for a BEAR you need to go to Prapor to secure a means of extraction or if USEC to go to Peacekeeper, then it is on who we are as a person, if we've been trying to be more helpful such as giving aid to Therapist with the supplies and the chemicals, our end goal is to get this item out to independent media to show the world what Terra Group was doing. If taking this path, our PMC has to get Fence to help them disappear, and by the end, with a new identity and off radar, we see that Terra Group is under extensive investigation and shakeups from government officials and public outrage. On the other hand, if we are helping Skier, gave him the chemicals and we out for ourselves, he is the one helping us, we still need Fence, but Skier wants us to ice Black Division as well as get some info from Terra Lab to contact Terra Group HQ and let them know their lethal Black Division has a bullet in its brain, though they should thank him for not having to pay such a pathetic man who couldn't even protect himself, much less company secrets, and that whatever money they were wasting down the drain on Black Division to do the job should instead go to him, and to Us, promising their package along with further cooperation, possibly if we are USEC this allows us to get Terra Group to think of us as a replacement of sorts, and by the end, we get a handsome pay and are moved back to the west away from Tarkov, living with considerable luxury and in service to the company, as with their data, their name in the clear with all evidence destroyed, and possibly the chemicals from the lab, things are looking quite bright for them.

The real question revolves around this Jeff character at EUL Gaming group. I believe he has ulterior motives in the inner workings of Tarkov. Why spend all this extra money out of pocket to produce new videos you might wonder? He is prying. The community might have answers to his theory crafting and honestly this makes him the most dangerous of all the dealers. Yes. I do believe Jeff is our lore and intel dealer. He operates somewhere outside of Tarkov but sends us in to gather information. Perhaps he is hired by the Russian military in the way Black division was hired by USEC. But this is all conjecture. His main goal seems to be uncovering the identity of Black Division and for now we should remain careful in providing this character with any certain confirmation of such facts and factions. Ok no seriously … great video dude. Can’t wait to see the new and improved series moving forward.

“Skier is a huge degenerate” 😂

0:55 he got bars doe

Fantastic video!

Guessing shturman and gang are sawmill workers / guards and/or runs the checkpoints on woods - sawmill perhaps more than it seems (lot of cultist stuff in the area, 2 circles and a bunker)

I wanted to comment a few things but then you said you are reading the books right now so ill just shut my mouth and wait. Nice vid!

Black division is absolutely ex deltas and SAS. Its little tidbits of info ive gleaned from their tactics that give it away. Stuff like how they dumped their 24hr bags outside the breach before entering the objective

Yesssss

6:07 id say most PMC operators would also only care about themselves in that situation

For real Jeff, I’m gonna bust

The black division sounds to have a British Accent but my theory is that they are the counterpart to the Russian government creating their pmc group. They might be very well a British or American copy of the bears. Their orders are to research and extract the norvinsk region with highly sensitive information about terragrroup or current overall Tarkov and work as a shadow black ops group.

i want to learn more about the landmines and snipers at woods and other extract watchers.

My guess is the black div is who we see getting out of the apc in the streets trailer.

I wish that there was a story mode singleplayer mode, and a singleplayer mode to play with friend but you can actually the loot you take, but of course in a different mode or version so you cant use the loot in online

Tarkov comic, yup. Definitely see myself throwing money on that

I love the idea that the Russian fed would launch an investigation into corruption

If you read jaegers quest text he says reshalas boys were cops that turned when the chaos emerged.

Hmmm. Its probably impossible. But id like to see you team up with MatPat from Game theory 😂

After listening to kleans podcasts with Nikita Shturman (navigator) is likey a military trained "Jeager" similar to park ranger or game warden in the states. As for why he's hostile and has sibling guards idk.

I’m guessing sanitar has had some exposure to the chemical and wants something to deal with it

I wouldn't be too surprised if, when the Black Division is added, whatever maps they spawn on become actual warzones, with Russian and UN forces also spawning and basically catching scavs and PMC's in the crossfire, hired by Terragroup to effectively wipe Tarkov, and Terragroup's presence in it, off the face of the earth. With more urban maps, denser firefights, and more organized npc forces, it wont be long until npc wars are commonplace.

What was the music in the video? I was jamming so hard

I'm thinking Black Division is TerraGroup's cleanup crew

Fun fact, cultists are wearing OZK costume pants, which is curious

One dealer you missed was Ragman, who has a vested interest in the shopping mall on Interchange and always seems busy. My guess is that like skier, he is a major capitalist/business magnate who has massive connections predating the contract wars and is trying to maintain/reestablish his empire in the wake of everything going to hell. I also have a theory on Killa and Tagilla that Killa was a massive playboy who was always looking to "make it big" and saw the chaos as an easy way to be the superstar he saw himself as. Meanwhile Tagilla was a more honest and hardworking man who has stayed at the factory because he felt that through his labor is where is made his name. Just my 2 theories going off your vid here.

I want movies now

Spec Ops and Special Forces are not the same. USEC might be considered the Spec Ops for Terra while the Black Division is a separate PMC or mercenary group that are considered Special Forces. Special Forces are the guys u mentioned who go behind enemy lines and train local insurgents or in this case strike deals with the local population. Whether it be financially or materially, it isn't farfetched to believe that the Black Division has some dealings going on with the Scavs.

I need to know what the background music for the video is. I have been trying to find it but you didn't link it in the description

I think Sanitar was janitor in labs.

Sanitar being divorced and Therapist wanting to keep Sanitar alive makes me think they were married at some point.

Are rouges part of the black division ?

What are these books that were mentioned?

My money is that Sanitar and Therapist used to be married but due to both having a massive work load and very clearly both having aggressive dominant personalities they divorced before the shit hit the fan. However when things went south both still cared about each other and started to work together behind the scenes. On what is a mystery though. They may even have differing goals hence why they split in the first place. She still clearly cares at least a bit though.

I think Terra Group was trying to make superhumans in order to allow humanity to push through a nuclear fallout. This would explain almost all the scav bosses and cultists resilience as they could have been experiments or they found some special injectors.

I love the lore videos

Jaeger has a quest where he orders you to kill zavodskys (reshalas guards) and he says that they are ex-cops

Imagine escape tarkov with a long term win condition OwO

plot twist cultists are hired by therapist so she can charge you the 40k after raid heal fee

Black Division easily could be MI6 or CIA getting involved in Russian affairs that have become an international incident.

So, you say that Sanitar is divorced and that Therapist knows him very well and is reluctant to tell details. Plus when asked by Jager to kill him, Therapist pleads for his life. Is it possible that Therapist is the one who divorced him or vice versa?

Man after watching this I want to play bear for lore reasons ... but USEC is just too good for the new map and they have a dope new jacket

sturman is maybe tryna hunt in woods and just get a stable life instead of scaving or maybe hes a former marksman allied with the raiders to make sure as little pmcs enter reserve as possible by patrolling the woods

the rogues?

i thought fence was just a name for the general underground of Tarkov? A Fence is just someone a criminal sells stolen things to, like diamonds from a bank heist.

5:50 under her lab coat therapist is wearing a jacket which looks EXACTLY like the blue jackets found in game which are obviously terragroup jackets hmmmm

Judging by the high end gear the black division are the Escape from Tarkov dev team hunting for cheaters

yuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

What if the cultist were the human test subjects of sanitar.

Awwwwwwwwwww yiss

I don’t think sanitar is actually a “scientist” or at least he doesn’t seem to be actually employed as one by tera group. I think he has chemical knowledge like obviously he’s not a tard and knows what he’s doing on some level but the labs quests confirm he’s a janitor for labs if I member correct.

Found as unlisted lets go

Tarkov lore vs tarkov gameplay

Pretty sure therapist is Sanitar's ex-wife?

what if the black division is the American government ?

Black Division member will be able to loot your secured container.

Slow down my guy

Bro just stop 😭

I personally think the black division might actually be CIA special activities division since they have special forces training, use western gear, speak English with a (maybe?) american accent and most importantly they don't seem to mind killing USEC pmcs which would actually put them at more of a disadvantage of not exploiting them as assets who have had time in the field