My friends and I started a new hardcore challenge based loosely on a challenge we’ve seen elsewhere (detailed below), and it’s honestly the most fun I’ve had in Tarkov since the start of this wipe. I just wanted to share this in case anyone else wants to try.
Rules:
The objective is to escape Tarkov by going through each map at least once without dying. The order of maps is Factory>Customs>Woods>Shoreline>Interchange>Reserve>Labs.
First raid you load in to Factory as a scav. Whatever you can walk out with is your starting kit for your PMC.
To get in to labs, you need to find a keycard.
You can repeat or go back a map at any time.
If you die, you start again. New kit, new run.
You can only bring in to the next raid what you walked out of the last raid with (I.e. what you can fit in your back pack and rig).
No pouches allowed.
No flea market and no buying items from traders with roubles, dollars or euros.
Barter trades may be used, so hold on to those barter items. You can trade a bitcoin for a key card, and a tetriz for a bitcoin, opening up a few more options for finishing the challenge.
Items found in raid can be sold to traders, and you can use the roubles to either repair your armour/guns or extract (eg car extracts).
You may do this solo or as a group. If you group, sharing items is allowed and encouraged. Players can solo or group run any map, but they must be up to the same map on their route. You can wait for friends to catch up if they die and start again, or you can work your way back to meet them. Grouping with players not following this challenge is not allowed. This creates the delicious scenario my friends and I had of us sacrificing our lives to save the one guy who had a key card in their bag.
Unfortunately, I can’t credit the original idea as I can’t find it. We added some rules but if anyone can find and credit the original creator of this challenge please do so and I will update.
Tip – ammo becomes a commodity, so take as many mags off bodies as you can to empty after the raid and divvy out with your mates!
The game feels more survival-esque like DayZ, and I’ve never felt more excited to kill a scav and get a scavBP to store some spare mags in.
