Wipe is almost here!
A new event has been released in Escape From Tarkov that appears to be the first of the real pre wipe events that we have been told to expect before the actual wipe hits. The event, which launched earlier today, makes all hideout upgrades incredibly cheap.
The event was teased on the Escape From Tarkov social media accounts, with an image that showed a couple of PMCs moving some heavy bags around. It initially confused a lot of fans, but as soon as players started to boot up the game they realised that the image was showing that upgrades to your hideout can now be crafted with just Pevko beers. However, it looks like the event is not available in the PvE mode.
Now, all upgrades in the hideout can be crafted with just Pevko beers and they all have instant construction times. This means all you have to do in order to max out your hideout is hand over some booze and you can have all your hideout areas unlocked.
It also appears that skill levels are increasing significantly faster than usual, so you should be able to max out all your skills in a few hours of playing. Sometimes this event just gives you all max skills for free, so having to unlock them is a slightly different way of doing it but should give players more of a reason to stick around for the next few days.
This appears to be the first of the pre wipe events in Tarkov, which we were promised last week. Typically, these events run for a week or two before the wipe, but given some of them have been expanded into larger events in recent weeks, such as the event that unlocked the Labs map, that time frame will likely be reduced.
We are still expecting to have the fire sale event where all items from traders are available for miniscule prices, and likely an event that increases the boss spawn rates on all maps. It could be a case that each of these events launches in the coming days, with each one running for 24 hours or so before the next is added.
This would allow for the next Tarkov wipe to launch as soon as August 15, which has been the speculated date for some time now. However, given recent events have run over weekends to make it easier for more people to play them, it would not be entirely surprising if the wipe did not launch until next week.