Tour

Tutorial chapter - unlock traders and explore Tarkov's maps

Story Context

"During the assault on the TerraGroup office, a massive explosion erupted on top of one of the nearby high-rises. I got left on my own, with no contact with command. Now I need to find my way through Tarkov and establish connections with the local traders."

Required Items

RoublesOptional

×250000

Building materials

×5FIR

Weapon (any)

×2FIR

DollarsOptional

×20000

PMC DogtagOptional

×5

Rewards

Skier unlocked(trader)
Mechanic unlocked(trader)
Prapor unlocked(trader)
Peacekeeper unlocked(trader)
Access to 8 locations(map)
Pathfinder(achievement)

Objectives

0/17 complete

Escape Ground Zero (tutorial raid)
Ground Zero
The tutorial raid. Extract via Klimov Street, behind the Skyside business center. None of the on-screen hints have to be followed.
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The extraction point from the tutorial raid is situated behind the SkySide building and only accessible through a single route designed to walk the player through various situations they might encounter.
Talk to Therapist
Through the trader menu. He is the only trader you start with.
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Talk to therapist by using the "Visit" tab in the top right of your traders screen.
Ensure access to Streets
Streets of Tarkov
Unlocked by the 250,000 roubles to Therapist, so this is the first location you open, not the last.
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Location marked on map
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The top management offices
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Location marked on map
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The server room
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Location marked on map
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One of the doors leading into the sewers
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The escape path at the end of the sewers
Search the top management offices
Search the server room
Locate the escape path through the drainage
Hand over 250,000 Roubles to Therapist for Streets accessOptional
250,000 roubles, handed over through dialogue. Does not need to be found in raid. This is what opens Streets of Tarkov.
Visit Therapist in the menu through the trader screen and hand over 250,000 Roubles when the dialogue option appears.
Ensure access to Interchange
Interchange
Extract with Survived or Run Through, or simply visit three times. Completing it unlocks Skier as a trader and opens Customs.
Survive and extract from Interchange with either the "Survived" or "Run-Through" status.
Ensure access to Customs
Customs
Extract with Survived or Run Through, or visit three times.
Survive and extract from Customs with either the "Survived" or "Run-Through" status.
Hand over 5 Building materials to Skier (found in raid)
Any 5 items from the building materials or tools category, and they must be found in raid. Partial handovers are not accepted, so carry all five at once. Unlocks Mechanic and Factory.
To unlock Customs, hand over 5 found-in-raid building materials to Skier by visiting him from the traders tab.
Ensure access to Factory
Factory
Extract with Survived or Run Through, or visit three times.
Extract from Factory with either the "Survived" or "Run-Through" status.
Hand over 2 Weapons to Mechanic (found in raid)
Any 2 weapons, found in raid. Unlocks Prapor and Woods.
To unlock Factory, hand over 2 found-in-raid weapons to Mechanic by visiting him from the traders tab.
Ensure access to Woods
Woods
Kill any 3 targets on Woods and extract with Survived or Run Through, or visit three times. The kills do not have to happen in the same raid as the extract. Unlocks Peacekeeper and Shoreline.
Kill any 3 enemies on Woods and survive and extract from the map with either the "Survived" or "Run-Through" status.
The kills don't need to be performed in the same raid as the "survive" objective.
Interact with the intercom on Shoreline
Shoreline
South-east corner of Shoreline, at the watchtower in front of the Terminal. Do not approach the Terminal wall and do not shoot the guards, they return fire accurately. Pressing the intercom repeatedly after being told to leave also gets you killed.
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The intercom location marked on a map
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The intercom button
Go to the south-east corner of Shoreline and interact with the intercom. Afterwards you have to survive and extract.
Be careful not to get too close to the Terminal wall from the north-west side, as there are guards that will shoot at anyone.
Interacting with the intercom too many times after being told to leave will also lead to your death by the guards.
Hand over 5 PMC dogtags to Prapor for Reserve accessOptional
Five PMC dogtags handed to Prapor. They do not need to be found in raid and you do not need to have killed the PMC yourself, so looting them off bodies counts. Unlocks Reserve.
To unlock Reserve, hand over 5 dog tags to Prapor by visiting him from the traders tab.
The Dogtags can be obtained by taking them off dead PMCs, the PMCs do not have to be killed by you.
Hand over $20,000 to Mechanic for Lighthouse accessOptional
20,000 dollars, bought from Peacekeeper with roubles if you do not have them. Unlocks Lighthouse.
To unlock Lighthouse, hand over 25,000 USD to Mechanic by visiting him from the traders tab.
Locate and access The Lab facility
The Lab
Reached only by transit, using a TerraGroup Labs access keycard: either the underground entrance in front of Klimova 16A on Streets of Tarkov (the building with the cosmonaut painting), or the sewer tunnel off the flooded underground area on Factory. Transits only open one minute into a raid.
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Map of Factory showing the transit location to The Lab
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Doorway in the flooded basement
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Transit location at the end of the tunnel
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Map of Streets showing the transit location to The Lab
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Doorway to the transit to Streets
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Room to transit to Streets
Use one of the following two transits has to be used to access The Lab: Streets of Tarkov to The Lab or Factory to The Lab
Search the top management offices in The Lab
The Lab
The laboratory manager's office (O21), on the second level.
Search the server room in The Lab
The Lab
On the first level, next to the hangar.
Locate the escape path through the drainage system in The Lab
The Lab
In the basement at the Sewage Conduit extraction. You do not have to activate the extract or survive the raid. Finishing this unlocks The Lab in location selection and the Pathfinder achievement.

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