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[@Gigabeef]

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[@GS-el8ll]

its worth noting, you can use the old press vest plate to craft an entire new vest in the lavatory level 2 then repeat the process of upgrading the plate and crafting with the old discarded plate, really nice recycling that makes the whole thing cost peanuts

[@1990alone]

Yeah, you can even forego the Lv4 back plate (since you can't change them) and end up with a 40k Lv4 armor that always comes back in insurance.

[@anthonyorosco1850]

@@1990aloneyou can change it tho

[@SledTillDead]

Isnt the press vest totally bugged?

[@g205aldiputraperdana5]

Apparently it was fixed ​@@SledTillDead

[@SleepyxD117]

@@SledTillDeadIt was but has since been fixed!

[@christianc1769]

Dont underestimate fence this wipe. You can regularly buy 7.62x51 BCP fmj, 5.45 ps, and 7.62x54 T45 for really cheap

[@FuckGoogle2]

The dump all on Fence function has only made Fence fishing more viable.

[@ReeferSmoker]

flesh ammo is meta rn so does it really matter

[@SBImNotWritingMyNameHere]

I got 2.01 rep There's 7.62 PS, mosin ammo t46, 5.45 pp regularly as well

[@evanboland1220]

​@@ReeferSmoker it definitely is not bro 💀

[@ReeferSmoker]

@@evanboland1220 learn basic math and armor coverage

[@BlinchixOfRivia]

osprey mk4 fron the flea, throw in class 4 plates (no need for sideplates). The sheer drippyness will save you from any bullet

[@mightygingercles6481]

Soon as I unlocked flea and remembered that almost all carriers were available to purchase, this has been my go-to. Fashion over function, always.

[@Konstantin_.]

@@mightygingercles6481might as well look drippy before dying

[@mvahonk]

6:45 "these have a 300 second use time" now i'm imagining the PMC just sitting there lubing up his whole body for 5 minutes :D

[@1990alone]

.366 EKO goes in the VPO-209 and VPO-215 (not 136). Just clearing that up! Great video, Mr. Beef.

[@jakeogroton]

Which is a shame that it's been moved to Jager 2 as it now competing with apm instead of fmj

[@benallmon5613]

Also look at fence for bags. Can usually get a daypack or scav backpack for pretty cheap. Also, there are static spawns of backpacks on some of the maps. Like on customs, I've seen a scav backpack spawn resting up against the tent on 2 story side of dorms spawn point, by the fence. It doesn't spawn every time, but I've see it once every couple of raids

[@rubberduck57]

Wow, as a newer player trying to get into the game for the fourth wipe withou success, it's the first time I see a guide which not only explains the what, but the why of a budget loadout. Thanks for the tips, love your approach! Hopefully this time's the charm for me :)

[@Gigabeef]

Good luck!

[@HaychD]

Look up how to make a tapco sks. Has mounts for sights and foregrips. with the new recoil changes + 20rnd mags, this is prolly the best early gun imo if you have decent 762x39 ammo lying around (PS and up). Can be fully built with just lvl 1 traders and the total cost to build is around 45-50k roubles.

[@luckybandit6583]

Mosin ammo is something you can find pretty often on fence. Just buy some LPS off of him every now and then if you wanna use a mosin.

[@Triplechomending]

Rather than the SKS at level 1, I've been using the VPO-209 from Skier 1 because even without having Jaeger 1 yet you can still buy .366 FMJ rounds pretty regularly from Fence. This gives your level 1 gun A. The same 20+ pen as your SKS but also B. High enough flesh damage to 1-hit thorax when you're hitting a different hitbox besides the plates of staple armors. It can be used with 10-round 1x1 mags from Skier 1 in pockets if you bring no vest, 20-round mags from Skier 1 for a fraction of what 20-round SKS mags cost, or the 30-round mags regularly available from Fence at level 1 which at 4.2k are still less expensive than the SKS 20-round mags. Replace the stock gas tube + handguard with AK UltiMAK M1-B from Skier 1 for 2578 (less after selling back the stock one) for an ergo+recoil upgrade and ability to mount a red dot optic for much cheaper than the Bastion dust cover. The recoil re-work this patch allows the gun (even being single-fire) to be spammable in close-range encounters.

[@Triplechomending]

Adding to this: You can also get .366 Geska from Fence at level 1 when you don't have Jaeger yet, but that's not worth it tbh since then you don't get 20+ pen anymore. Only worth it when Fence has .366 FMJ or once you do unlock Jaeger.

[@klulessdood4327]

And you can suppress it lv1

[@carsonj4031]

The uley is what i used for all of my close range mosin kills and my pistol kills. Its really great for stuff like that. At the time they were 40k on the flea and literally 700 rubles to insure of something insane like that.

[@weechy_specialttv2780]

Another tip is EOD starts with a grizzly and that repairs everything except blacked limbs and fit in your container with cms with 3 extra slots for ammo or an item in raid.

[@oxyyygen]

Amazing info mate. Thanks for the tip. This helped me loose my "Gear ANxiety" of loosing my good gear that I've got after several scav runs (Doing them to learn map layout is helping me a lot!)

[@LuxmasterCZ]

Amazing work. Love the "meat only" approach mixed with useful tips. Serves as amazing first-timer tutorial.

[@FuckGoogle2]

I so want to get in there now when anyting goes really but I can't get sucked in or I'll think about Tarkov all through my vacation and resent it for it. Looking forward to seeing what late wipe looks like with these changes.

[@kalrex6615]

YES! I was looking at the cheap load outs video for 13.5 last night thinking “damn… hope the 14.0 one comes out soon”

[@Kerrator]

Gigabeef, I really like the video for introducing new players. One thing that is missing for slightly more advanced is the use of Fence, it can be a great source of ammo/bags/class3-4 armour that is unavailable till later. For example fence can sell 7.62x54mm R T-46M gzh, in large quantities this is a 41 pen round not available till the flee market for more $. Same for 545 Ps for cheaper than flee, AP-M , and 9x18 top teir ammo. Class 3 DRD red packa for around 50k I think how to use fence is really not talked about in the community very much.

[@IosifStalinsendsyoutoGulag]

Sshhhh, stop spreading information, competition is gonna increase!

[@klulessdood4327]

The DRD is usually under 40k on the flea tho

[@jonw7214]

One thing to consider is buying the M32s early on helps more because its hard to spend money on Skiier, so it's an easy way to pump the money spent on that Trader until you unlock better things.

[@robicaa6654]

if you're more of a mosin man early wipe, fence has pretty good ammo for early wipe like the t-46m or fmj

[@drewowen6528]

Great vid mr beef! Very useful for people who haven't played in a few wipes

[@daubytheelf2105]

Another thing to note with m-32 headset over gssh, it spends rubles with skier which is pretty nice

[@LeonSteelpaw]

My concern with the M32 is that it is more restrictive on what helmets you can use it with. Another is when topping off the SKS, unless you swap to your melee, your actually LOSING one round each time (cause you have to OPEN the action which ejects a round)

[@StephAnie902]

Wait how does swapping to melee help?

[@LeonSteelpaw]

@@StephAnie902 You skip the animation of loading the SKS, and you do not LOSE a bullet while doing so either.

[@Avke92]

Not budget but vpo-209 with tkm fmj rocked for me on my way to lvl2/flee. Once done with gunsmith 2 it´s can be a really nice kit with foregrip, suppressor, lazer and picatinny rail dust cover

[@Magswap]

1:46 why doesn't the damage and pen still not show on the info window? Lol, they even implemented it into Arena.

[@EssenceOfTheVoid]

Agreed

[@Schimml0rd]

Biggest joke in recent history tbh 😂 Mind-boggling to say the least

[@IVIDK1987]

Uley with 4 less slots is worth the 4 armor everywhere and the neck, also condors are like 20k and can ricochet any round, more tanky and costs less. Also Aug A3 is 42 recoil and you can put any sight on it.

[@thedirtydews]

I use all of these

[@cameronlamb1869]

got penned thru condors with m80 this wipe :(

[@IVIDK1987]

@cameronlamb1869 yeah it's not commen but it saves you from time to time.

[@PapaBuLLeT73]

Thank You for Info

[@Tonytaru]

Just got my pc fixed and started up tarkov for the first time. This is exactly the video i needed. Ty

[@austinatyahoo]

I recommend always using tactical sport headsets as a budget option. Sordins if it's heavy rain and wind and you personally like cutting that ambient noise more than hearing distance.

[@sethington719]

11:44 I hear USECs have lots and lots and lots of M855!!! Kidding aside, loved the video! Finally getting back into Tarkov after many skipped wipes and your videos have been helping me out a lot!

[@fredrichnietze]

with the audio changes a lot of the helmets with faceshields that you cant wear headset with are a lot more viable as the hearing distance between the lower tier headset and a full helmet is less then half the distance difference between the higher tier comtac 4 and the lower tier comtac 2 or gssh. the zsh-1-2m becomes available at level 2 with 2x plexi barter for the face shield giving you a level 4 helmet with a level 3 face shield that has a ricochet chance even with high pen bullets and completely covers the head and neck when prone facing a target. and at level 3 you get the 3x plexi barter for the bnti lzhz-2dtm lvl 4 face shield that can give you level 4 everywhere but the neck which is level 5. the helmet generally goes on the flee around 60-70k and with the armor changes it takes a LOT more bullets to get through those face shields now. i have been finding the helmets give more survivability then slightly better hearing range especially against lower level players or scavs who cant pen the helmets or face shields and have to leg meta or go for armor weakspots. multiple shotgun rounds to the face just wont get through and even when it pens you often live if its at a distance or not a high damage rifle round but something like 6.3 ap or L191 with the damage drop. and cost wise the zsh is going to be cheaper then a helmet + headset and lzhz only a bit more it depends on flee pricing at the time. the zsh having two color variants helps you find a cheap low 30k's one almost always. sheefgg has a good video testing hearing ranges with various headsets and no headsets and player weights with patch 14

[@easy7497]

at 5:01, I buy 3 half-masks from fence if he has them. Sometimes has like 40 in stock each like 3300 and you can get a paca from ragman for 10k.

[@xelpad2379]

I think it's worth pointing out that standard accounts start w/o CMS kits, which is bullshit. So analgin it is

[@zzy6642]

You can barter 3 nippers for CMS in Jaeger LL1

[@schibb]

@@zzy6642 i go to crackhouse on customs for cms, found two this week and bring one in my secure pouch 👍👍

[@HewTFisThatGuy]

Great video man!

[@hend0wski]

What we really need is a best kits that also look sick video.

[@davidponder1654]

Im so glad they added armor hitboxes. You dont have to hit someone directly in the nose to kill them at a low level now

[@Judge_OnYouTube]

I ran shotguns early wipe and they were the shit. Basically kept a couple of the semi-autos that i found and used them for a bit. Super fun.

[@Triplechomending]

For meds, Army Bandages are available at level 1 by getting them from Fence. The cost difference from Aseptic Bandage is negligible

[@michealnelsonauthor]

Light bleeds only use 30 points out of your afak or ifac, so for budget, skip the light bleeds? Although I use em if I have em and hold one when found in raid.

[@kalzaeth]

just came back after 2 wipes and I am loving the VPO-209 again. Super budget around 55k with scope or 80k with suppressor.

[@ActualRilwer]

Well now the tc-2000s will go up lol. I’ve been using those for a few days now, amazing helmet. Has saved me from several mosin rounds now lol

[@gervasfuhrmann1506]

With Fence, you can some ammo which isn't available at level 1, such as 7.62x54mmR.

[@deathby1hpgaming485]

Best way to get bags is fence at the start 9 times out of 10 you can get a berkut or t20 or takedown currently.

[@olternaut]

I don't like using the Elcan Spectre along with a backup sight. Doing so forces you to make extra keyboard presses to move from the Spectre, then the built in iron sight, and then finally to your backup sight. The extra time it takes to do so may end up costing you your life.

[@caption0bvious693]

I find it much handier to have both bleed meds on 4 - heavy on press and light on release, 5 for healing. No matter what bleed you have it gets fixed fast and it will fix heavy first if you have one.

[@florianbielawa2919]

i actually got Uley back from insurance, wasnt expecting it

[@Gorlami90]

It’s my first wipe. My scav is my money and barter and my pmc is basically only for tasks. I only stay long enough and loot enough to not get a run through and it’s working really well for me

[@P1DZz]

Gear fear is big with this one 😂

[@laatrommi]

elcan with a canted red dot from the intro is insane lmao. great video for all the new players tho!

[@johndobson2674]

I've been quite fond of the AUG A3 for my mid-tier 5.56 gun. The T4AUG Ranger suppressor is cheaper than many other 5.56 options, slap on your optic of preference and a light/laser and you're off to the races on a budget. 42 vertical recoil was nice last wipe, now this thing is a laser. It's more budget than the G36 and IMO wins out for my efficient kit 5.56 gun.

[@sirmydas9613]

new gigabeef video pog :D

[@TheDarkangelKx]

Love the content, keep it up brother

[@Gigabeef]

Thanks man!

[@GADver]

You can easily buy sport bag from fence at level one. It's better then T-bag for sure.

[@kalzaeth]

for the kedr you buy the kedr remove the 30 round mag, and then convert it to a Klin at level 1 work bench and get another 30 round mag

[@thesrow1056]

I like having at least two heavy bleed heals at all times as they are cheap and you get heavy bleeds way more often then light bleeds and using a medkit to fix one nukes it's healing ability

[@JH-fd9xt]

I just run a kedr with sp7 and any rat rig or similar. Always get it back its all trash but face taps are free and sp7 turns legs into spaggettii.

[@laserbidet]

Fence has Tac Sports very often, if you only have access to level 1 traders, and you're willing to spend a little bit more.

[@Tyler-sl6vg]

I wonder why most gurus tend to just go with 3 mags. I have been using 5 or 6 with my ak74 builds using 5.45 ps ammo. I seem to come out with scarily small amounts to bullets left after getting pummels by waves of scavs not infrequently. This was very good video btw.

[@Gigabeef]

Thanks! Typically I'd rather take 3 mags of good ammo stuff (and not more so I don't run out across multiple raids) and repack in the raid between fights. Rarely need 90+ bullets in one engagement

[@Czar1249]

Did they remove ricochet chance from helmets this wipe?

[@Timooooooooooooooooooooooooooo]

Ive put a lvl 6 plate in a Kirasa and I’ve gotten it back from insurance 6 times already

[@blackthorn357]

I like the 74U up to lvl15 because of the recoil and the fast that 5.45 is EVERYWHERE! lol

[@H8terNo1]

In order to be able to play the Uley permanently you do not have to complete the quest. The rig is available on the Flea for around 50-60k with 100% durability. In my opinion it is the best budget. Yes, it's heavy and doesn't have a lot of space, but for the price it's by far the best protection you can get. Edit: The Thor is great armor. But you don't have to buy them from the Flea. There is a barter for 2 SDiarys from Ragman 2. SDiarys are around 35-40k on the Flea. That means without side plates but with front and back plates the armor costs 70-80k. In most cases, however, this is still far cheaper than buying it from the Flea and put new plates in it.

[@carsonj4031]

You should definitely try and snipe some 7.62 t46 or fmj off of fence if you dont have the flea market. imo I'm not comfortable using sp, its just not good.

[@spacemonkey037]

It's pew pew time!

[@chudgrease]

I'm new to the game so I don't know how often he'll have it but, if Fence has half-masks for sale you can buy them and do the barter with Ragman for PACAs. I don't remember how much it was but I wanna say around half-price, maybe less though.

[@mattiasnystrom5292]

I basically run scav-kits

[@Dassick89]

I died more times than any other wipe in .14. but I have yet to have an armor that actually needed to be repaired/plate. Not sure if I'm just only getting shot in the legs and face or what. But it's been a rough wipe. Stuck on colleagues pt1.... Tried about 10 runs last night and day before.

[@reactionn_gaming]

I'm in a similar boat, I'm near insta deleted headshot in most encounters, so no time to react to whats going on. I'm running similar gear to this vid. It has been rough, but I'm also having a great time since i missed the last wipe and just getting back into it.

[@williamcase426]

O yea it's gigabeef here

[@ogmike6444]

is the press armor not bugged anymore? werent bullets going thru the front and not registerring the plate?

[@Gigabeef]

Correct it's fixed

[@mysterioushomoguy]

I choose bear this wipe solely because the 90rd 5.45 BP bear provide

[@frenchjoke6315]

the best armor right now in my opinion is the FORT REDUT-M. it got a coverage of everything with soft plates LVL 3. a bit expensive but neck protection is too important this wipe. it's around 90-130K on flea market. I don't take armor with soft plates LVL 2 anymore because they are absolutely useless even against shotguns.

[@Schimml0rd]

I've been running the mmac, tbh I can't really believe it makes much difference so I might as well die in style 😎

[@thesrow1056]

Having the painkiller blurt really showed who the hackers are amongst the streamers as they all had the blurr turned off and thought no one would notice 😆 Half the major streamer Shar no painkiller visual effects 😅

[@glorbin]

LOOK AT FENCE FOR BAGS AT THE BEGINNING 👍

[@TheAnton024]

Lowkey this is a good video but the way I play, is that my system is that I use what i find in raid so I never really thought about creating loadouts

[@MrBboy95]

366 FMJ is my go to until I hit lvl 15, other ammo lacks penetration I would love to use 74U but 5.45x39 is sold out constantly and will not use PRS

[@oCaRRiEDx]

Just have to pick it up in raid. I have thousands of rounds of PP-BT-BS-BP. And I have sold almost 2k rounds of PS at a very high price.

[@TinnWard]

Watching guides knowing damn well I won't be booting up tarkov again

[@RevanBartus]

I really like Umka :)

[@thesrow1056]

Shotguns feel fairly redundant now which isn't terrible as they feel like scav weapons

[@dagnaldblumbf1882]

Is the press armor still bugged?

[@FeralKobold]

I've been going in with just a pistol, a med kit, a bandage and pain killers, and 1 extra mag. It's dirt cheap (I die too often to risk better stuff still while I'm learning lol) and I basically run in, try to kill a scav or someone ASAP and essentially cannibalize their entire kit and then that's what I run with until I either die or make it out lmao. It's kinda fun because you never know what you'll get, will I kill someone and get a ton of gear and a machine gun, or will I kill someone and get a pair of sunglasses, a double barrel shotgun and a beer xD (exactly what happened my last attempt, and surprisingly the first time I succesfully evaced!)

[@user-ji7un6fv2u]

if you wanna survive more after flea, ALWAYS buy an adrenaline and hotkey it, pop it if you survive initial contact and want an aggressive push or retreat. losing it upon death outweighs the pros

[@Varinius]

7.62 t-45m is so easy to get on fence that it only makes the sks better, don't bother buying SP

[@pubadubgthreemeninatree8596]

is ps 5.45 ammo practically useless versus level 4 armor? the pen chance is really low apparently but i have no idea what that actually means

[@Hex_Play]

I buy bugs from fence at the beginning

[@RoltonCussell]

6b5’s have gone from like 30-45k to 70k now. Gigabeef nation rise up

[@thetiredtechnician5845]

Awe darn, now 6b5 prices are gunna go up. Darn.

[@gorshok_oomer]

6:36 You DON"T GET any quantity of CMS's if you aren't playing on EoD edition. Just for your knowledge.

[@Gigabeef]

Good to know. It's changed a lot over the years and I haven't had a standard account for quite a while now!

[@TheKingDango]

Song name at the start?

[@ronin_sevenfour801]

New player here thus maybe a silly question. But if ammo damage and penetration is so important, why is this not shown when you Inspect the ammo?

[@sa-amirel-hayeed699]

Because BSG sucks. Basically in the game they tell you bullet weight, speed, and material composition of the projectile. If you know anything about real ballistics and ammunition you can kind of understand which should be better than another based on those three things. To actually know the mathematical stats they had to datamine the game

[@mn1907]

VPO is my choice for mid level for this vipe, last one was ADAR and SAG

[@Schanyee2]

not using at least 2 x 20 round magazines on the sks should be illegal

[@TheBen9701]

Nah just top load it and don’t miss 20 shots lol

[@Schanyee2]

@@TheBen9701 bro thinks he only fights against solo enemys always

[@rozkaz661]

The sks is good cause you dont need to run a rig with it, if you want a 762x39 gun that can swap mags then just run a vepr 136

[@kmieciu4ever]

First raid of this wipe I bought the MP5K and had a 1v1 against a SKS enjoyer. He managed to use 3 bullets from his mag before my HK turned him into swiss cheese ;-)

[@zoriiginalx7544]

​@@rozkaz661a rig only costs 10k rubles tho

[@hypewilkens]

If I run this loadout I have like 10 times to raid. I expect to die more than that before actually having any success so what is the really budget loadout for a new player?

[@zoriiginalx7544]

Use your scav.

[@MyMattinthehat]

Pistol rounds every round

[@sparta117corza]

I thought the press was broken why did you recommend it?

[@umbrella4407]

14:08

[@Averagejoe3616]

the toz is the way to go 100%

[@Atelos69]

13:06 .366 ТКМ ЭКО не подходит для ВПО 136. Ты только что одной фразой загубил несколько сотен новичков, у которых в ответственный момент была несостыковка патрона

[@Fine_Mouche]

lvl 20 still low lvl ? (first wipe)

[@17MrLeon]

I dont understand the buying weapons and gear, I keep playong with guns I gind in raid and from players and my stash is full. I dont think I ever ran out of guns in order to buy them

[@lungzs]

its actually annoying. i never have time to build weapons i like because people keep dying and it fills my stash

[@dustin0133]

Build loadout, insure it, die, don’t get it back, repeat.

[@thesrow1056]

With the low recoil theres no reason not to carry full auto capable weapons

[@ValeFF0102]

But why my pouch is so small

[@Krugmatik]

Best budget loadout is hit level 15 buy sig spear, take sig spear even if you don't have bullets for it yet and use p226r and a SIG MPX until you get ammo for sig spear.