Wipe Guide
Wipe Guide
What Is a Wipe?
A wipe in Escape from Tarkov resets the progress of all players. With a wipe, your character level, inventory, money, hideout, quest progress and trader relations all start over. Wipes return the game to an equal starting point for everyone, refresh the economy and let new content/balance changes be tested on a clean slate.
Key Points
- Reset: level, inventory, roubles/dollars/euros, hideout, quests, trader loyalty.
- Usually kept: your purchased game Edition and its permanent perks.
- A wipe also cleans up an economy distorted by cheating/exploits.
- Each wipe usually brings new content, balance and seasonal events.
- The first days after a wipe are the busiest and most competitive period.