The lead developer of Escape from Tarkov, Nikita Buyanov, has confirmed on Twitter that “the wipe is near” and the community was quick to start investigating when exactly that will happen.
At the moment, the official removal date is unknown and it could happen on December 29 or earlier but definitely not after that, so there is a high probability that the official removal date is still December 26. .
How Often Do Tarkov Wipes Occur?
Date | Patch Version |
Days Since Previous Wipe
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29 June, 2022 | 12.12.30 | 200 Days |
12 December 2021 | 12.12 | 165 Days |
30 June 2021 | 12.11 | 188 Days |
24 December 2020 | 12.9 | 210 Days |
28 May 2020 | 12.6 | 214 Days |
27 October 2019 | 12 | 201 Days |
9 April 2019 | 11.7 | 152 Days |
8 November 2018 | 10.5 | 112 Days |
19 July 2018 | 9 | 91 Days |
19 April 2018 | 8 | 114 Days |
26 December 2017 | 5 | 60 Days |
27 October 2017 | 4 | N/A |
What Happens During An EFT Wipe?
In Escape From Tarkov, A wipe is an event that occurs after a major patch release in which all of the player’s progress is reset to zero. This means that players’ inventories, quest progress, levels and character development are all deleted Your stash and gear are erased and replaced with the default loadout, which varies based on the game edition. Simply put, Wipe is a new start in the game.
This mechanism would be a barrier to all players in other games. In Escape From Tarkov, however, a wipe is quite desirable because it keeps the shooter feeling fresh and prevent veteran players from acquiring a huge advantage over other players by storing enormous sums of wealth. It also allows new players to join the game without fear of being destroyed by veterans.
It will be interesting to see how the new Escape From Tarkov patches and wipes fit into the latest spin-off projects. We will let you know if there are any changes, so please look forward to it.
Escape from Tarkov wiki :
Developer(s) | Battlestate Games |
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Publisher(s) | Battlestate Games |
Designer(s) | Nikita Buyanov |
Composer(s) | Nikita Buyanov |
Engine | Unity |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
Release | 27 July 2017 (Closed beta) |
Genre(s) | Action role-playing First-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |