New balancing changes to Escape from Tarkov:
● Most items will be examined by default;
● Removed the ability to place barter offers on the Flea Market;
● Active barter offers will be available until the offer timer expires;
● Offers that require weapons as barter will not be available for trade and will be returned to players after the offer timer expires;
● Adjusted base prices of some items;
● Reduced offer fee on the Flea Market.

We have installed a technical client update. The game will not stop. Please download the update via the launcher.

Since March 5 with the support of BattlEye anti-cheat nearly 2000 cheaters have been banned in Escape from Tarkov.

Adjusted the following quests:

● No Place for Renegades - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 8500 to 15300.

● Best Job In The World - Changed the objective: the progress of the quest now counts for killing any enemy, not only Scavs.

● Test Drive. Part 2 - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 20000 to 28000.

● Decontamination Service - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 7400 to 30500.

● Friend From The West. Part 1 - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 7400 to 10000.

● Long Road - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 8300 to 15300.

● Humanitarian Supplies - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 6700 to 11500.

● Overpopulation - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 8500 to 12000.

● Worst Job In The World - Changed the objective: the progress of the quest now counts for killing any enemy, not only Scavs.

● Textile. Part 1- Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 0 to 32000.

● Textile. Part 2 - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 0 to 34800.

● The Huntsman Path. Secured Perimeter - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 5900 to 9800.

● The Huntsman Path. Evil Watchman - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 6000 to 10000.

● The Huntsman Path. Trophy - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 7100 to 15300.

● The Huntsman Path. Justice - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: 7200 to 12300.

● The Huntsman Path. Sellout - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 7200 to 18000.

● The Huntsman Path. Woods Keeper - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 7200 to 18000.

● The Huntsman Path. Eraser. Part 1 - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 8900 to 18300.

● Stray Dogs - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 12000 to 30500.

● Pest Control - Changed the amount of experience gained for completing the quest: from 7400 to 15300.

● Increased the number of Sniper Scavs on Streets of Tarkov location.
● Increased the minimum time from the start of a raid for Player Scavs to spawn on Lighthouse location.

Adjusted the following quests:
https://www.escapefromtarkov.com/news/id/249

Since March 10 with the support of BattlEye anti-cheat more than 3500 cheaters have been banned in Escape from Tarkov.

Since March 4 more than 300 RMT sellers have been banned in Escape from Tarkov.

Fence reputation bonuses have been improved if you have higher reputation:
● At max LL, Fence now restocks items more frequently and prioritizes higher quality items;
● Scav-PMC extracts now give more reputation;
● Vehicle extract discounts are increased;
● Fence now pays more for items sold to him;
● Scav characters will now have higher chance of getting better equipment;
● Scav character cooldown is reduced;
● Scav box timer is reduced;
● Amount of available Scav extracts is increased.

An estimated plan of the changes, fixes, and improvements that will be included in the upcoming technical updates:

● Improvements to Oculus Audio on Reserve, Interchange, and Shoreline;
● New version of DLSS;
● Visual corrections to remove fog inside rooms, basements, bunkers on Reserve and Interchange;
● Notification system for banned cheaters based on player's reports;
● Geometry and lighting fixes for Streets of Tarkov;
● Networking fixes aimed at improving connection stability and reducing the number of disconnects while loading into a raid;
● Improvements to UI for putting offers on the Flea Market based on the previous balancing changes;
● Bug fixes in the group system and AI;
● Transition to Unity 2021.

At this moment players may experience issues with accessing the game. We are working on resolving these issues.

The technical issues have been resolved.

Since March 17 with the support of BattlEye anti-cheat more than 5700 cheaters have been banned in Escape from Tarkov.

New balancing changes to Escape from Tarkov:
● Changed the ammo crafting recipes:
- 5.7x28 SS190;
- .45 ACP AP;
- 9x21 BT;
- 9x39 SPP;
- 12.7x55 PS12B;
- 4.6x30 AP SX;
● Changed the TerraGroup Labs keycard (Violet) crafting recipe;
● Increased the limit of TerraGroup Labs access keycards sold by Therapist to 2 per restock.

Spring discounts on Escape from Tarkov pre-orders.

From March 30 to April 2, 2023, discounts on all types of pre-orders and package upgrades of Escape from Tarkov will be available on the official website.

Permanent discount for the purchase of several pre-orders as a gift will not be summed with the holiday discounts.

Discounts start on March 30 at 22:01 BST and last until April 2, 21:59 BST.

See you in Tarkov!

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