Battlestate Games has published the patch notes for the 0.16.0.0 update, confirming what’s coming in the next major update, which drops today. It’s also bringing in the latest wipe for Tarkov, which means all players (PvP, at least) will have their accounts wiped ready for another six months of action.
It was confirmed in the patch notes that a drastic change is being made and that the Flea Market will be inaccessible for the first two weeks of the wipe.
Paradigm Shift
The Flea Market is the peer-to-peer buying and selling platform inside Escape from Tarkov. If you successfully extract items from a raid, you can sell them at the Flea Market. It’s how most people make their money in Escape from Tarkov.
However, Battlestate Games confirmed in the latest patch notes for 0.16.0.0 that:
Listing offers on the PvP Flea Market will be available two weeks after the end of the Patch 0.16.0.0 installation.
The items that you procure from raids in Escape from Tarkov will therefore need to go on ice before you can sell them at the Flea Market.
Also:
Building and upgrading Hideout zones now requires items with the Found in Raid mark, except for in-game currency.
That means that when the Flea Market does open for business, you won’t be able to use it to acquire mass items to build up your Hideout. They’ll need to be brought out from your raids, which is a drastic change.
Many players will typically save up until they unlock the Flea Market at Level 15, and then use it to bulk buy what’s needed to get their earliest Hideout upgrades. That’s no longer going to be possible.
This will bring about a massive economic shift, with various early-wipe items, such as lightbulbs, screws, bolts, and certain tools now losing their value.
What do you think of this change? Is it a win or a massive L for Escape from Tarkov?
For more GPlayr coverage, check out the full patch notes for Tarkov’s 0.16.0.0 update