

Many high-level players will have access to armor that can completely mitigate almost half of the ammo types in the game. While a well placed headshot should take out nearly any player, a helmet with a face shield will either need to be penetrated or destroyed before dealing damage to your opponent. The two most important stats to take note of when purchasing ammunition is flesh damage and armor penetration. Some may be more prone to cause bleeding, some have a high likelihood of inducing bone fractures, while others leave tracers as they fly through the air.

There are twenty-two different calibers of bullets, each having a laundry list of different types.ĭifferent varieties of the same caliber have different features. The best way to improve in Tarkov is to learn from your mistakes, analyze your fights, and think about how you could have possibly changed the outcome.Īn aspect of Tarkov that I have yet to fully take advantage of is the plethora of available ammunition. They know the maps, spawns, weapons, and armor like the back of their hand. There are plenty of enemy players that have dedicated the past three years of their lives to perfecting this game. Gear fear will start to wear off as your playtime increases, but you should never feel bad about dying. If you die in a raid, and an item you bought insurance one was not taken by another PMC by the time the raid ends, Prapor or Therapist will return it to you about a day later.

Purchasing insurance is a great way to mitigate some of this gear fear. If you really don't want to lose those guns, you will be better off selling them to vendors and using the roubles earned from those sales to fund more runs. Leaving that gear in a stash will contribute nothing to your gameplay, other than cause frustration when you need to transfer gear into an almost full stash. Many players are tempted to let their fancy starting weapons sit in their stash because of gear fear, the idea that players are nervous to bring good guns and gear into raids because they do not want to die and lose them. One of the most difficult aspects of EFT to come to terms with is the fact that no matter how hard you try or how good you are, you will die and you will lose gear.
