Escape from Tarkov dev reveals patch 12.6 full wipe coming \u201cvery soon\u201d Battlestate GamesBattlestate Games lead developer Nikita Buyanov has revealed Escape from Tarkov\u2019s highly-anticipated full server wipe, now locked for Patch 12.6, could be closer than fans originally thought \u2014 it could even drop as early as mid-May. Server wipes are Escape from Tarkov\u2019s biggest moments. For much of the time, the hardcore FPS is based around stockpiling loot and weapons. The man with the biggest armory, and so the biggest arsenal, reigns supreme in Tarkov. Every so often, however, Battlestate Games tips the entire ecosystem on its head. Because the title is still in a \u201cbeta\u201d state, they introduce server resets to bring everyone back to square one. These are deployed at random intervals. Usually, Tarkov players have a vague idea of when the next wipe is coming, and the mid-2020 overhaul is no different. The devs have said 12.6 will send the title back to its out-of-the-box state, but no clear timeframe had been penned in. Brace yourselves though Tarkov fans \u2014 it\u2019s much sooner than expected. According to Nikita, who spoke to famed Australian Tarkov streamer Pestily in a livestream while Patch 12.5 was deploying to live servers, it will be \u201cvery soon.\u201d Tarkov\u2019s full Patch 12.6 wipe is fast approaching Escape from Tarkov players can expect the highly-anticipated 12.6 patch, along with its big server overhaul, to arrive sometime in mid-May, Buyanov revealed. This is far earlier than the theorized late-June date many had been expecting. \u201cI saw somebody said that it (the server wipe) will be months after 12.5. That is just not true,\u201d Nikita said. \u201c12.6 is ready. We\u2019re doing primary testing. We just have a few issues to fix. It will not be months\u2026 it may even be less than a month.\u201d The Battlestate Games helmsman went on to reveal Tarkov\u2019s developers had already entered a \u201cfreeze period\u201d for Patch 12.6. What that means, he explained, is when the patch is ready to ship, they stop all work on it and run hundreds of tests. \u201cThe content is done,\u201d he continued, and added once they hit the freeze period there\u2019s \u201conly a small amount of time before it lands on live servers\u201d for players. \u201cRight now, 12.6\u2019s testing is underway. It\u2019s on the way\u2026 very soon.\u201d What else is coming to Tarkov in Patch 12.6? Buyanov also confirmed a few other 12.6 details outside the headlining server wipe, which includes damage and penetration buffs for 9mm and .366 ammo, the AS VAL and VSS will both be nerfed, and Jager quests will \u201cbecome easier.\u201d He also confirmed players would have access to \u201ctwo or three more lines in their stash,\u201d a change that will play a big role post-wipe. He also teased \u201csignificant changes\u201d coming to player hideouts, and small economy tweaks. Finally, Nikita revealed Escape from Tarkov would be getting opt-in testing servers, to give Battlestate access to more post-patch data in terms of what is working, and what is causing major bugs in the game\u2019s live state. For now, Patch 12.6 is still on the horizon though. BSG recently dropped Patch 12.5, which included a new-look Therapist service to heal your PMC directly after raids, zoom mechanics tweaks, and more. Read the full patch notes here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Escape from Tarkov dev reveals patch 12.6 full wipe coming \u201cvery soon\u201d Battlestate GamesBattlestate Games lead developer Nikita Buyanov has revealed Escape from Tarkov\u2019s highly-anticipated full server wipe, now locked for Patch 12.6, could be closer than fans originally thought \u2014 it could even drop as early as mid-May. Server wipes are Escape from Tarkov\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}