The latest Escape from Tarkov patch has brought snow back for the first time in almost a year. The next time you load Escape from Tarkov, you’ll be prompted to install an update, and this is the winter update that brings crunchy, crispy snow back to Norvinsk.
In addition, multiple fixes were issued for some critical bugs plaguing Escape from Tarkov players. Get the full list below.
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
As the festive window approaches, snow has started falling in Escape from Tarkov, blanketing the game in a layer of crisp white that makes almost all outfits useless, strips foliage from every map, and deafens players using loud headsets.
The team at Battlestate Games rolled out the latest patch earlier today, which includes snow, along with a bunch of bug fixes and changes:
- Fixed the loading wheel icon showing throughout the starting mission;
- Fixed the camera lock and character movement lock that occurred when using consumable items before the second cutscene on Terminal
- Fixed the inability to complete a specific task in the Batya story chapter in PvE mode
- Fixed the lock for weapon operations and looting that occurred after looting a character that got killed while using a stationary weapon
- Fixed the abrupt interruption of consumable item animations in certain cases
- Fixed the incorrect spawn points for Zryachiy and his guards on Lighthouse
- Fixed the audio artifacts when quickly skipping trader dialogue lines
- Fixed the item icon display issues when trading while using active filters
- Smoothed out the BTR movement
- Fixed the incorrect message layout in the Messages tab
- Fixed several localization errors
- Fixed several visual geometry bugs across all locations
- Fixed several interface issues
Battlestate Games has been firefighting a little since Escape from Tarkov’s 1.0 update was released on November 15. The supersized overhaul introduced a string of issues that are slowly being addressed, but it’s often like fighting a hydra. As soon as they patch another bug, two more pop up.
Such is life.
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