The ‘Escape From Tarkov' Hardcore Wipe Launches Tomorrow
The next Escape From Tarkov wipe is launching tomorrow, July 9, and for the first time it will be a hardcore wipe, which brings some interesting changes for all Tarkov players to deal with.
The hardcore Escape From Tarkov wipe has been teased for a few weeks, but now it has officially been confirmed, with the wipe date revealed as July 9, which is tomorrow. At 8:00 AM BST / 3:00 AM EDT the Escape From Tarkov servers will go down, including those for Escape From Tarkov Arena, and the new wipe will be deployed, alongside patch 0.16.8.0 for the main game and 0.3.2.1 for Arena. The downtime is expected to last for six hours.
That all means that, should the installation go smoothly, the Escape From Tarkov Hardcore wipe will launch around 2:00 PM BST / 9:00 AM EDT on July 9. However, as with most wipe patches there is a good chance the actual launch is later than this, and there is also a chance the servers will be unstable for the first few hours as thousands of players return for a new wipe.
When the hardcore wipe does launch in Tarkov there will be some big changes to how the game is played and the gear you can get. Once again the flea market will be disabled, meaning you can't buy the items you need from other players, and the hideout upgrades will require more items, making them even more difficult to achieve. Rare loot will be less common and you will not be able to craft high tier ammo, then to make that sting even more, you'll get less money for selling to traders and they will have even more limited stock than usual, so this really will be a wipe for budget gear.
There will also be changes when you are in the game, most notably that bosses will have a 100% spawn chance, so will be in every raid, and some locations will only be accessible via map to map transit, so you cannot load straight into them. Exactly which maps will be available as normal have not been revealed, but expect these to be very busy in the opening weeks of the wipe.
You'll also find that AI are stronger than ever, and you'll get reduced XP for killing them. But to combat that you'll get more XP for surviving, so this wipe really is all about playing safe and not dying, otherwise you'll lose gear that is harder to find than ever and come out with basically no rewards.
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There is no news on what other changes will be coming with the patch notes, other than the addition of a new AK-50 rifle to the game, but do not expect this to be a major patch. Initially, there was not going to be a summer wipe this year as the team prepares to launch Escape From Tarkov into its 1.0 form, so even getting this should be seen as a bonus.
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