How did the Paradigm Shipping icebreaker end up trapped inside Tarkov’s blockade ring? What happened to its crew? Who is behind it all? You’ll uncover the answers by completing a new story chapter during an expedition focused on exploration and PvE gameplay. And if answers alone are not enough, the loot will make it worth your while.
Icebreaker is a separate location for 1-3 players, available in all game modes. There, you will face AI enemies either solo or as part of a group. You will not be matched with random players on Icebreaker.
Added a mechanic that assists players in locating in-raid items required for tasks. Players will now see an expanded directional indicator when approaching the spawn location of a required task item;
Added additional notifications when interacting with signal flare extractions;
Added an experimental graphics setting that shifts the load of certain light sources from the CPU to the GPU. The option is available for higher-end graphics cards;
Increased chance of death after injecting Obdolbos 1 to 33%;
Added several new streamer items.
Added new USEC Gen 4 and BEAR Slavianka customization sets, available for purchase on the official Escape from Tarkov website and on Steam.
Fixed a cause of memory leaks related to the audio system in certain cases;
Optimized the animation system to reduce CPU usage;
Fixed an issue where the limb selection interface for healing could disappear in certain situations;
Fixed visual artifacts when using x2 and x4 resampling while interacting with Traders and the Hideout in certain cases;
Fixed the cause of error 228 that could occur when removing an expiring water filter from the Water Collector zone in the Hideout;
Fixed several visual issues related to geometry and colliders across locations;
Fixed a cause of severe client performance drops when dragging ammo from the inventory over a full magazine in the search window;
Fixed an issue where kills with Saiga-12K 12ga automatic shotgun (Redline) did not count towards progression of the tasks “Silent Caliber” and “Punisher p.4”;
Fixed the incorrect compass behavior after exiting the BTR;
Number of minor fixes to various aspects of the game.