Escape from Tarkov - Items
The item economy of Escape from Tarkov, grouped by the categories players actually trade in. Almost everything found in a raid has a use: ammunition and armour decide fights, medical items keep a character alive, hideout materials feed base construction, keys open the best rooms, and the high-value...
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· updated 2026-09-15
| Name | Type | Description | Stats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Consumable / Loot | Cartridges are the single most important purchase in the game. | Main Calibres: 9x18mm, 9x19mm, 5.45x39mm, 7.62x39mm, 5.56x45mm, 7.62x51mm, 7.62x54mmR, 9x39mm, 4.6x30mm, 5.7x28mm, 12 gauge Trade Route: Traders, flea market and loot crates Note: Penetration and damage values matter more than the weapon firing them | Ammunition boxes, loot crates, trader stock and player corpses |
| Body Armour and Plates | Protective Gear | Armour is classed by protection level and by which body zones it covers, and heavier carriers trade mobility for survivability. | Classes: Level 1 through Level 6 protection Coverage: Thorax, stomach, arms and side plates depending on model Notable Models: Zhuk-6a, Korund, Gzhel, Slick and Zabralo-style heavy carriers | Traders at higher loyalty, Ragman stock, boss bodies and rare loot spawns |
| Helmets and Face Shields | Protective Gear | Helmets come in three practical flavours: light helmets that stop pistol rounds and fragmentation, mid-tier combat helmets with mounts for night vision and headsets, and the heavy assault helmets with armoured visors that can absorb rifle fire. | Types: Light, combat and heavy assault helmets Notable Models: Altyn, Rys-T, FAST MT, Airframe and industrial welding masks Note: Visor armour usually covers the head but restricts peripheral vision | Ragman and high-loyalty traders, boss bodies and rare crates |
| Secure Containers | Utility / Progression | A secure container holds a few item slots that survive death, so quest items, keys and small valuables can be carried without any risk of losing them. | Tiers: Alpha, Beta, Epsilon, Gamma and Kappa Trade Route: Earned through task chains; some tiers ship with editions Note: Items placed inside are kept on death, but not items that were picked up mid-raid in some restricted categories | Task rewards, edition bonuses and the endgame collection quest |
| Keys, Keycards and Locked Rooms | Utility / Loot | The best loot rooms in the game are locked. | Types: Physical keys, mechanical key sets and electronic keycards Notable Keys: Dormitory marked room key, TerraGroup Labs access keycards, extract keys and boss-area keys Trade Route: Flea market, traders, scavenger and boss loot | Jackets, drawers, scavenger pockets and boss loot |
| Medical Supplies | Consumable | Healing in Tarkov is a hierarchy: bandages and splints for specific injuries, first aid kits that restore hit points, hemostatic applicators and tourniquets for heavy bleeds, and surgical kits that restore a blacked-out limb. | Categories: First aid kits, splints, hemostatics, tourniquets and surgical kits Notable Items: Salewa, IFAK, Grizzly, Surv12, CALOK-B and aluminium splints Trade Route: Therapist stock, health resort loot and medical crates | Therapist, medical loot on Shoreline and every raid's medical spawns |
| Stimulators (Stims) | Consumable | Injectors apply timed buffs or instant effects and are the standard tool for surviving a fight or crossing a map. | Notable Items: Propital, eTG-change, SJ6 TGLabs, Meldonin, Zagustin, Adrenaline Effects: Healing over time, stamina, strength, recoil control and pain suppression Trade Route: Therapist and flea market; crafted in the hideout medstation | Loot spawns, trader stock and hideout medical station crafting |
| Food and Water | Consumable | Hunger and hydration drain over a long raid and eventually drain health, so food and drink are real raid supplies rather than flavour. | Notable Items: Tushonka canned meat, crackers, water bottles, juice and energy drinks Effects: Restores hunger, hydration and sometimes adds buffs Trade Route: Therapist, Jaeger and the flea market | Kitchen spawns, fridges and trader stock |
| Hideout Building Materials | Barter / Crafting | Hideout modules are constructed from scavenged junk: screws, nuts, bolts, wires, power cords, hoses, pipes, batteries, fuel, circuit boards and computer parts. | Notable Items: Screws, bolts, wires, power cords, metal fuel tanks, car batteries, printed circuit boards and CPUs Use: Hideout construction and upgrade requirements Trade Route: Traders, flea market and barter trades | Toolboxes, warehouses, technical crates and industrial loot spawns |
| Backpacks and Chest Rigs | Carry Gear | Storage capacity decides how much a raid is worth. | Categories: Chest rigs, plate carriers and raid backpacks Notable Items: Blackjack, Tri-Zip, large raid backpacks and MK3-style rigs Trade Route: Ragman stock and trader loyalty levels | Ragman, trader stock and loot from corpses |
| High-Value Loot | Loot / Currency | A short list of items is worth more than most weapons: medical scanners, graphics cards, physical bitcoins, advanced electronics and intelligence documents. | Notable Items: LEDX skin transilluminator, graphics card, physical bitcoin, military cable, Virtex processor, AESA and intelligence folders Use: Sale, barter trades and quest turn-ins Trade Route: Flea market and trader barters | Rare loot spawns, safes, tech stores and boss bodies |
| Grenades and Explosives | Consumable / Weapon | Fragmentation grenades are the standard tool for forcing a player out of cover, with the classic F-1 and RGD-5 on the Russian side and the M67 for NATO loadouts. | Notable Items: F-1, RGD-5, RGN, RGO, M67, Zarya stun grenades and flashbangs Use: Room clearing, area denial and breaking camped positions Trade Route: Prapor, Peacekeeper, flea market and loot crates | Traders, ammunition crates, scavengers and grenade boxes |
| Dogtags | Loot / Collectible | Every player character carries a dogtag that can be taken from the body, recording the killed player's name and level. | Use: Quest turn-ins and barter trades Note: Value scales with the killed player's level Trade Route: Traders and player barter | Retrieved from fallen player PMCs |
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