Last Updated on by Samuel Franklin
Focus on important Tarkov tasks that maximise your quest rewards and quest tree progress. With hundreds of difficult quests with different requirements it is easy for players to get lost or miss out on the best quest rewards by focusing on the wrong task order.
From unlocking critical items at traders, PMC experience, stash containers or currency there are important quests that should be prioritised. On this page I recommend the best order and general questing tips based on my thousands of raids, multiple wipes and obtaining the Kappa Container reward for completing all Tarkov quests.
Table of Contents:
– Tarkov Best Quest Rewards
– Tarkov Quest Tree Resources
– Tarkov Quest Overview & Tips
Tarkov Best Quest Rewards
These are my recommended most important quests as they offer significant account rewards. Players should also prioritise unlocking key ammunitions for their favourite weapons if not included below. Quests are listed in level order with wiki links.
| Quest | Trader | Level | Key Reward | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanitary Standards – Part 1 | Therapist | 4 | Unlocks purchase of Car First Aid Kit from Therapist Level 1 | Provides an important quality of life medical item as it can heal bleeds and health with a decent durability increase over other medkits. |
| The Huntsman Path – Eraser – Part 1 | Jaeger | 10 | 1x Weapon Case | A container that is available relatively early provided you can eliminate Glukhar to expand your Tarkov stash. |
| Postman Pat – Part 2 | Therapist | 10 | Â Unlocks purchase of Salewa first aid kit from Therapist Level 2 | Another important early game medkit to aim for so you can purchase them without the Flea Market or relying on crafts. |
| Out of Curiosity | Therapist | 11 | 1x Injector Case | Part of the Chemical Part 4 choices this option gives players a useful money making and PvP utility container. |
| Revision – Lighthouse | Peacekeeper | 14 | Unlocks purchase of 7.62x51mm M80 from Peacekeeper Level 3 | A critical ammunition that is used in many of the popular Tarkov weapons. |
| The Punisher Quest Line | Prapor | 17 – 21 |
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An important quest line for Standard Edition accounts in particular as it provides an upgraded secure container. This quest line also provides a documents case and unlocks a staple Tarkov ammo. |
| Ballet Lover | Ragman | 20 | Unlocks purchase of 6B5-15 Zh-86 Uley armoured rig from Ragman Level 2 | Unlocks one of the best budget armours for raids. |
| Health Care Privacy – Part 5 | Therapist | 20 | 1x Medicine Case | A great container to store medical items and give you some extra stash space. |
| Nostalgia | Jaeger | 28 | 1x Documents Case | Gives players a useful container to carry keys into raid and place valuable items or Roubles during raids in your secure container. |
| Private Clinic | Therapist | 35 | 1x THICC Item Case | The best storage container in the game with a dramatic increase in space. |
| Perfect Mediator | Prapor | 35 | 1x THICC Weapon Case | Another important container to increase stash space. |
Tarkov Quest Tree Resources
Quest trees are invaluable Tarkov tools to plan your progression and understand the relationship between different Tarkov quests. I recommend players use the following two regularly updated quest trees to plan the best quest path:
Tarkov Market
Tarkov Market provides a vertical list of all trader quests and includes item visuals to identify what you should be saving from your raids with links invaluable Tarkov wiki on every single quest.
Map Genie
MapGenie.io provides a simple quest flow chart for all traders with detailed information about the objective and rewards. It also integrates with their quest item tracker for pro members of this service to track your own progression.
Tarkov Quest Overview & Tips
There are currently over 300 different quests in Escape From Tarkov to gain reputation, rewards and progress to new quests. These quests serve as the primary gameplay loop and have grown significantly during the game development with each new map providing an influx of quest content. Completing the majority of quests allows players to unlock The Collector from Fence to earn the Kappa Secure Container that serves as the ultimate objective for most players in the community. In addition to the core quests players can also receive daily and weekly operational tasks for random objectives and rewards.
The main types of quests in Tarkov encourage players to explore different maps and weapon types with tasks such as:
- Eliminating Scavs or PMCs with map, weapon or other gear requirements.
- Picking up a special item from a map location or handing over a particular quantity of lootable items.
- Visiting a location and placing something at a location.
- Modifying weapons to meet specific criteria.
My general recommendations for progressing through quests efficiently in Tarkov is:
- Research: For the difficult location based quests that are in high traffic areas (like Dorms on Customs) research before your raid with the Tarkov wiki and content creator videos is key. Offline mode can also be a method for players to visit the location without pressure if you aren’t confident in your map knowledge.
- Stacking: Efficiency in Tarkov questing comes from stacking multiple quests together with players completing two, three or even four quests at once when possible. The best way to identify these opportunities is to look at the maps listed in your PMC task menu. For difficult quests that require extraction with an item though players should focus on only one quest at a time.
- Off-Peak: Utilising off peak times and night raids where possible can be a sneaky method to lower the total PMCs in your raids to make certain map locations safer. Transition times between night and day raids are also generally quieter.
- Store Items: Storing items for future quests is the ultimate efficiency tip for quest progression although it requires the use of quest trees to plan ahead and enough stash space to store them. Having a general awareness of what the quest items required in the future and slowly acquiring them in a raid can remove a lot of quest frustration and can allow you to instantly turn in some quests.
- Squad: When all else fails finding some friends or others in the EFT community to complete quests at the same time can improve your success as you will have protection while reducing the number of hostile PMCs in raid.
