A brand new Escape from Tarkov patch is on the horizon.
Battlestate Games has detailed replace 0.12.7, coming quickly to Escape from Tarkov. Though the patch doesn’t but have a stable launch date, the developer confirmed the biggest-ticket additions and adjustments arriving with it.
This is not the one which provides the anticipated Streets of Tarkov map, nevertheless. What is dropping with the patch is the promised enlargement to the game’s Customs map. Customs’ industrial space, south of the development web site, is increasing. You’ll not solely discover new locations to loot, a number of the beforehand inaccessible buildings can now even be entered, and there are new spots the place AI boss, Reshala, might spawn.
On the topic of bosses, Shoreline is getting a brand new boss in Sanitar. The former physician is exclusive in that he continually heals himself and his gang, and even carry out surgical procedures within the subject to take away bullets – identical to what gamers can do in the present day.
More attention-grabbing than these new additions is a giant AI behaviour overhaul for Scavs – the enemies that roam Tarkov’s maps. Scavs will now choose up gadgets, together with a second weapon, from our bodies. If you don’t see them looting, you may see them greeting one another, or operating whereas on patrol once they sense hazard.
In a transfer that mimics participant behaviour, Scavs will now purpose at others for a number of seconds to test whether or not or not they’re pleasant. They’ll even be capable to do some fast upkeep on the go, like checking the journal, and consuming/ingesting. And, if all that doesn’t make it exhausting sufficient to differentiate from actual gamers, they’ll even push gamers as a bunch if the scenario requires it.
Alongside these main gameplay tweaks, the replace will introduce two new weapons (FN GL40 Grenade launcher, Mossberg 590A1 Shotgun), and quite a lot of ammo sorts, together with three .45 ACP variants. You’ll additionally discover numerous stims, and tweaks to current quests and the perks earned by levelling up.
Head to the Escape from Tarkov forums for the total change log.
