Other AI scavs will not shoot you unless you shoot them but other player scavs will likely still shoot you. When you spawn in as a scav you are assigned random (usually low quality) gear. When you choose to join a raid you can choose to join as your main character and take in your own gear or spawn in as a scav. Player scavs are real people that have spawned in as a scav. Throughout the entirety of a maps session player scavs can spawn in at any time. Raids in Escape From Tarkov vary in length from around 20-60 minutes. The larger the map the more players there are. Player vs Player vs Environment.ĭepending on the map that you play you will have a different amount of real players to fight off. This is where Escape From Tarkov gets the ‘PvPvE’ name.

They are very fast to lock onto to you and are highly accurate.Īside from dealing with the scavs you also have to contend with players. The scavs are brutal and will mess you up if you are not careful. These are not your typical Call of Duty AI that shoot into thin air. There are AI or ‘scavs’ as they are called which are located all across each map. This is what makes Escape From Tarkov special. If you die in any manner throughout your raid you lose all of your gear that you brought in with you. You must loot and shoot your way through the map and extract at one of the locations assigned to you. These extractions are locations scattered across the map. You have a single life and you spawn on a map of your choice where you are assigned random ‘extractions’. The aim of the game in Escape From Tarkov is to GET OUT. This is not a run and gun game, it is a realistic ‘military simulator’ (although not really military).

If you already know this then feel free to skip this section.īefore you jump in it is worth understanding how unforgivable and hardcore Escape From Tarkov really is. First lets discuss what Escape From Tarkov is all about.

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