Escape from Tarkov has released update 0.14.9.1 which brings new loot crates filled with items such as weapons, armor, and valuable barter items. You can unlock these crates by completing daily and weekly tasks in the Arena and accessing them at the Workbench in the Hideout. There are also adjustments to the ballistic plate colliders for more consistent protection across different plate formats. Read the full patch notes below.
Escape from Tarkov Update 0.14.9.1 Patch Notes:
List of changes:
Added new loot crates with various useful items:
- Equipment crate:
- The crate can contain various chest rigs, armor, helmets, helmet attachments, ballistic plates, headsets, and masks.
- Weapon crate:
- The crate can contain various weapons including pistols and melee weapons, weapon attachments, grenades, and ammo.
- Supply crate:
- The crate can contain various barter items required for crafting and upgrading the Hideout, as well as medicine, stimulants, food, and water.
- Valuables crate:
- The crate can contain various valuables and expensive barter items, keys, keycards, and info items.
Loot crates are initially locked and are obtained for completing daily and weekly operational tasks in Escape from Tarkov: Arena.
The crates can be unlocked at the Workbench (Level 2) zone in the Hideout.
Adjusted the ballistic plate colliders:
- All ballistic plate colliders in the same zone are now the same size: various ballistic plate formats (Granit, SAPI, Granit 4 or Korund) will protect the identical surface on the thorax.
- Increased the ballistic plate protection area:
- Front ballistic plate collider: increased width and height. Added collider covering the collarbone area. Added colliders covering the armpit area at chest level;
- Back ballistic plate collider: increased width and height;
- Side ballistic plate collider: increased width and height.
All effects of Mark of the Unheard now work only in PvE mode.
Edition bonuses
- Reduced the insurance return time by 30% for Edge of Darkness Edition owners, as well as for those who upgraded from Edge of Darkness to The Unheard Edition;
- Added a unique PMC upper clothing, the Cultist Jacket, for The Unheard Edition owners;
- Added a unique PMC dogtag appearance for Edge of Darkness and The Unheard Edition owners.
Source: Escape from Tarkov
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