How To Level Skills Fast In Patch 13.5

[@themeatpopsicle]

An important thing to remember is that Strength and Endurance are based on distance moved, not just the status bar going down.

[@HarleyBikerDud3]

correct. i use a sj6 and a 3btg at the same time. I also buy the shotgun magazine from Jaeger that ways .96 kg. i buy between 5 to 8 of them and insure them. Remind you do not start running right when you spawn. use the sj6 and 3btg then run without stoping, (do not hit a bush or jump. it will interept the points). run until you are out of stam. Now my endurence has incressed enough where i might have to use a second sj6 and 3btg to get the full run on my next stam bar without my shotgun magazine. you do that every raid and you will get 10 points minimum to 15 points on each (endurance and max strength). just remeber if you do a shuffle run. (you run then stop then use the sj6 you just messed up.) (if you use the sj6 run and stop then run, you just messed up) You have to use the stems first. Then run without stoping until you cant run no more. Then you dump your weights build your stam bar back full. Then run again unitl you cant run no more. You can use a trimadol instead of a 3btg. but i find it better using sj6 and 3btg (240sec) and trimadol is (180 sec)

[@SovereignShooter]

Can we run in circles or is it distance from start.

[@MrErizid]

FYI, it is only 3 minutes and 20 seconds for diminishing returns to reset, not 5 minutes. I've tested this last patch, so unless it changed this patch, it is still only 3 minutes. This is also confirmed by the Wiki.

[@Zerocool_GA]

that sounds much better. I was wondering if it was even worth waiting instead of just taking the 60% for the time.

[@CyncalKaos]

Also. Melodonin and Max Energy helps with STRENGTH and Endurance.

[@CyncalKaos]

Meldonin*

[@xzeuii]

@@CyncalKaosnot true, skill gain is dependent on distance traveled and not bar usage. distance traveled calculations take diminishing returns into account too

[@CyncalKaos]

@@xzeuii here’s the thing tho. I only run shoreline when I pop the Meldonin and Max. I run from tunnel to railroad or to Road to Customs. I’m 4 raids I have leveled stamina up 2-3 easily. And then I go in heavy and pop Meldonin SJ6 and Max and lvl my Strength. Doing the same thing. Last wipe I maxed out my endurance only being lvl 45. And then my strength was maxed by lvl 56. Only reason is I hate running heavy. It works. Just give it a try

[@McC1oudv2]

With the mag loaded rifles, you can get similar XP by using the bolt clear function with ctrl R to cycle the bolt. You just gotta keep repacking your mags.

[@tonyblairs1888]

M700 isnt?

[@McC1oudv2]

@@tonyblairs1888 Last I checked, works with SV98

[@tonyblairs1888]

@@McC1oudv2 partial reload to?

[@itzaleaf405]

@@tonyblairs1888 For top loaders especially. SKS (Assault rifles),Mosin (Sniper rifles), and/or any tube fed shotty every (shotguns), are three great examples, As you get weapon (type) XP for *each* interaction, a single bullet eject or top loaded is the same difference as reloading an entire magazine into a normal AR. However, far as I can tell when I tested it, they don't level your mag drills by comparison sadly. Though usually racking your gun over and over then swapping mags/top loading is your usual best bet for leveling most all weapon skills.

[@SuperMykro64]

A tip for Vitality if you play with friends. We just shoot each other in the legs at extract every raid. lvl 3 pretty easily. Barbed wire is definitely the best for solo's.

[@Wikketz24]

@SuperMykro64 so you would exfil with both legs blacked and then heal them with meds outside of raid? Or you’d heal them in raid and then exfil right after you healed them?

[@kendob9642]

​@@Wikketz24just pop ur buds knee as hes extracting

[@senmage]

​@@Wikketz24 Something you might have missed, the key to leveling Vitality is RECEIVING damage. Similar to the barb method you can have friends shoot at your limbs to lower and heal and repeat just like the barb. Although most people just do the single tap to legs as you extract to just get some vitality xp instead of min maxing cuz that's not their pure focus.

[@Wikketz24]

@@senmage ahhh ok so it’s actually getting xp from taking the damage then? not so much healing damaged limbs. I thought it was from the healing not so much receiving the damage. Thank you for explaining that further.

[@judah142]

they need to drop the time gating down on leveling skills in this game, its so time consuming even if youre specifically going for it so the average player will rarely ever see the benefits of level 51 skills. it just does not feel satisfying to level them until youve gotten to that point too

[@blacky8060]

I agree, probably the thing that slows skill progress the most is diminishing returns. On the roadmap there is skill rebalance so maybe we get something good

[@cameronlamb1869]

lmfao no the fuck they dont

[@infamouseggman]

wouldnt mind if they got rid of the skills completely.

[@Luca-nf8ll]

lmao i think i have like 30 hours so far this wipe and 0 skills at level 10. game devs really forget people have lives outside of the video game

[@tyleralan1470]

@@infamouseggman what would replace them would we all have lvl 1 stats or max?

[@dingding7289]

i hope the skill change they are talking about will make this easier ill be honest im not some sweat lord but i do put my fair sahre of time into the game, and its unreasonable how much work you need to put into some of these skills, especially with how powerful some of the elite perks are, fuck even if i had the time trying to actively grind this will burn me out half way through

[@MrBlackNorton]

for endurance/strength: bring a cheap bcakpack with 7 toz or other cheap stuff, insured and you can get it back almost everytime even if getting killed, and other weight balance in your secure container (tank battery or fuel tank) make it's overweight with backpack on and underweight with backpcak off; go to a map with low traffic, like woods, spawn in and run to a quiet spot, remember to time 5 mins since start, drop backpack, run another 5 mins in circle, pick up backpack, repeat, in the end you can drop backpack and just run to extract

[@GADver]

Unload chamber button do the same trick for every gun as reload for mosin. Try it out. I've leveled my scav weapons more then PMC just droping ammo all over the place.

[@flamingphantomz5994]

crtl+r my friend for a stimu

[@kiz__]

Fr?

[@irbis7591]

At vital leveling, I run with both broken leg, at right under(way to tunnel) lighthouse exfil. No one come to there, always can exit with exfil. I tried this for my survive weekly task and my result was 13 survival streak(end by end of leveling and quest)

[@Ching91919]

Gigabeef aka GIGACHAD !! Nice, Really good information and a super solid explanation on how to level the skill you want.

[@squidwardo7074]

Does running on a blacked leg level up vitality? If so I think that's a more efficient way to level it up, just black or break your leg somehow then just play normally and do stash/loot runs or quest on a map like shoreline where you run long distances

[@MisterIbis]

Both barbed wire and blacked legs only do a small amount of damage at a time. I'm a fan of jumping through the barrel fire in the outskirts of interchange, since there's rarely anyone there. It takes about 80% of both legs health in one leap through.

[@razamondo]

Last wipe when I had to cheese vitality I did duffle bag runs on interchange underground and used the burning barrel near the backpack extract and just reset instead of waiting 5 min so I was able to get some loot aswell and on one of the last runs I actually got a ledX out of one of the duffles so I would gladly lower my leveling efficiency for a chance like that

[@itzaleaf405]

Less efficiency for vitality specifically perhaps, but instead level the search skills group and endurance/strength (weight dependent) as well. Frankly, multi-tasking is best way to do leveling imo. If your gonna dedicate yourself to leveling, might as well spend extra time your normally doing nothing (waiting for exhaustion) or similar to level other skills (metabolism, mag drills, etc.)

[@JohnnyLawBMC]

This is such great info. Thank you for sharing

[@GS-el8ll]

for vitality, last wipe i was able to use obdol. 2 with light bleeds for like half an hour afk in a bush on shoreline, also green stim can out regen 2 heavy bleeds if you load into a raid with unhealed wounds. i think i found at a point there was 100% diminishing returns using heavy bleeds, i think they also reworked obdol.2 this wipe, no more crazy health regen for 1800 seconds, barbed wire the old reliable tho eh

[@Jake-bt3fc]

Getting poisoned by cultists is such a good way to farm vitality. I wish they were easier to find. Barbed wire is works too. Fire is sketchy because it can mess with your movement and your pmc just stands in it and you die.

[@OTOss8]

I think you should add a super duper patron tier and call it "Sacred Cow."

[@IronFist69]

how about this for vitality leveling... you get fragture on your leg or both. take painkiller and run full stamina bar. rince and repeat

[@drewspriggs]

There is a bug (at least there was last wipe) where even it showed the diminishing returns arrow for metabolism, if you ate or drank something different there was no actual dropoff in skill increase. I would take a bag of different food items into a raid, eat them all, then go and run on some barb wire before killing myself. You could get about a level of metabolism every single raid this way for a while

[@Charlie-id4tv]

Have/can you test it this wipe to see if it still works?

[@drewspriggs]

@@Charlie-id4tv I'll have a look later on. I'm level 30 metabolism and only 11 end/10 str, so I'm guessing so as I eat every bit of food I come across in raid

[@maltesers1239]

Is intellect bugged atm? I've been crafting and examining etc but it's still absolutely rock bottom, so it's either bugged or my irl stats have translated to my PMC and neither of those outcomes am I a fan of.

[@pnowy1146]

the endurance and strength levelling does sound ideal, but when my pmc is literally on the brink of death at the end every raid its not as feasible in practice 💀

[@levitategrin]

This video is incredibly useful

[@trapoide26]

9:06 welp that would have really helped me when i inserted one obdolbos into my bloodstream and proceded to fold out in less than literally and exactly, 1,5 seconds great video

[@xxdeadoutxx761]

for vitality is it worth to just pop a propital instead of using grizzly money is no object but does it level faster

[@MrFizz27]

It'd work but I think you can damage yourself faster than the propital heals you. So you'd need to use the grizzly anyway to maximize xp. Sounds like the idea is to get lots of xp all at once then wait a bit then do it again

[@Wafflefryz995]

Yeah just did the barbed wire the other night, prop won't heal you quick enough. So you'll need another source of heals

[@Rodarte_]

How much of this has changed for the recent patch? Please and thanks.

[@greysonrunyon4145]

Does diminishing returns affect actual hits? Or just the reload cheese? If I 360 dorito no scope a 4 man in sub 10 seconds for example, are you punished for that? Just curious as how it interacts with leg shots/head shots, number of targets hit and how quickly, etc. Or is it not affected at all?

[@uncannyvalley3190]

Yes the diminishing returns effect your skill gain no matter what. If you reload cheese a sniper until you get the red arrow, then proceed to wipe the whole server with said sniper, you’re only gonna get a fraction of the points you would’ve. However you’ll get the red arrow regardless of how you got the point, it’s just a measure of how many points have you gotten. So say a reload is .1 and a kill is 1 and you get the red arrow after 2 points. Getting 2 kills then reloading 20 times grants the same skill points as reloading 20 times then getting 2 kills.

[@Hondavid.]

i wish they would kick the skill requirement tasks down the progression path, and added more stepstone skills early on. i'm already lvl 19 (was 14 a few days ago) so it's not too bad but progressing fast is more important than leveling individual skill groups, so I hate doing these "cheese required" roadblocks. I also get stuck on vitality, but in my case I feel like I get shot and hurt often enough, but can't manage to get to level 3 every wipe.

[@Hondavid.]

wait does dehydration do vitality? then I should just bring mayo and let my hp drop when I feel safe near an extract.

[@FrankWest00]

you could also run into a bonfire get second grade burns and heal with a grizzly.

[@FPSreapage]

maybe if they didn't make skills level so slow we wouldn't have to do this... some of us have lives. nonetheless great video Gigabeef the content has been top notch as usual keep it up !

[@kiz__]

Yeah the 60% reduction and having to wait 3 mins 20 seconds is pretty stupid and leveling wouldn't be so bad if that shit wasn't in the game

[@jtoole5639]

Does anyone know if popping a OBD 2 to take constant damage combined with a propital to constantly heal levels Vitality?

[@zelder77769]

The mosin reason is because each reload of a mosin is both a reload and an unchamber of a bullet and both level up sniper skill, if you want to maximize you reload the bullets then unload the last 5 and THEN throw the mosin for insurance

[@kvrtman_]

The funniest and the most important thing is to play as a PMC. I'm totally new to EFT and I've been playing as a scav and learning maps. I want to play my PMC but I'm literally shitting my pants when thinking about going into a raid with other hungry players. Don't know why, I don't care about my guns and when I play as a scav I'm more relaxed. All my PMC games were in duo or trio so far. Any tips? I like clashing with PMCs as a scav - it's horrific and fun at the same time lol.

[@GS-el8ll]

take your scav to factory and immediately extract, then put the scav loadout on your pmc, then play pmc stress free(maybe upgrade the ammo lol)

[@tyleralan1470]

double barrel factory with buckshot and headphones max like 30k kit and you can kill anyone not wearing a faceshield and try your best to develop gear fear

[@ownage11445]

Its risky but if you want to level up vitality count your blessings and step on a mine in woods. Multiple limbs are damaged including your hp. Got a whole lot of healing to do and usually you’re in a remote enough area that someone may not investigate. Barbed wire makes alot of noise and is usually near a fortified area where a team of scavs or a PMC may decide to loot.

[@gang-ridertv5433]

7:26 unless you have blacked out bodyparts or maybe a bleed. you can still very much starve to death because you have other statues affects.

[@Schimml0rd]

Can you explain?

[@syrusalder7795]

With the sniper thing, i didn't understand fully. Was it 20 full reloads of the mosin, splitting a stack into 20 bullets and loading each bullet one at a time manually, or something else?

[@Gigabeef]

You can endlessly reload the mosin with a stack of 20 (it's more like 30 these days now btw) because you lose a bullet when you do the reload animation so the gun never gets 'full'

[@syrusalder7795]

@@Gigabeef so you can just spam the reload since you're never technically full on ammo with mosins thanks to whatever weirdness makes you eject the final reloaded round?

[@Gigabeef]

Yep! The only way a mosin can be full is 5 in the mag and 1 in the chamber. If you don't load the chamber, your PMC will pull one out of the mag by cycling the bolt, so you have 1+4. Reloading ejects the one in the chamber and places another into the mag to 5, then when the bolt comes back again the mosin moves one into the chamber taking you back to 4+1

[@jamesconlon1925]

Great video thank you

[@HoggnoDerHenker]

You could have included how much you need to level sniper by yourself to complete all quests (up to lightkeeper) and how many levels you get from quests (like psycho sniper)

[@KlaksonRM]

11 levels from quests.

[@Xalrider]

Hey, the wiki says it's 200 seconds to reset to 100%, where did you get this new data of it being 300 seconds instead?

[@MrErizid]

Because the 5 minutes thing is what was assumed by everyone for so long, it just became "knowledge" that no one bothered to test. It is actually wrong. 200 seconds is correct.

[@itzaleaf405]

Another thing, elite search is very good for looting corpses as it lets you search 2 things at once. (Rig + backpack as an example) Which can help especially in emergency situations where you need to search corpses for meds or the like... but, if you've hit elite in that skill you probably also got a gamma/kappa container stuffed with enough medical supplies for an entire hospital wing.

[@zingy1811]

This has nothing to do with skills but how do you spray with the elcan like that and it not go all black???

[@antoniohagopian213]

So I just have to keep reloading and nonstop mag changes.😂

[@LeonSteelpaw]

Did they fix Memory yet? I heard it was bugged and the only way to level it was using the repair kits

[@snowbossma]

You can keep your mag out of the gun and reload it like a mosin but keep the ammo!

[@Jennacide.]

Seeing as Max Energy has a 2.5 - 5 minute debuff and you get the points when it ends, Can you just pop Energy drinks on cooldown and lvl it up like that?

[@GS-el8ll]

yea, but its still painfully slow for one of the better passive skills, any stim with negative affects also works so no need to energy drink if your using SJ6 or adrenaline alot

[@avocets]

Is these methods still valid for the most recent patches? Thanks for the vid Giga you’re awesome!

[@homeless0alien]

I mean this is very useful as a resource but can we discuss how backwards and dumb the skill system in the game is right now?

[@Tahahente]

For the covert movement lvling it doesnt NEED to be to the point where ur microphone isnt visible it just needs to be less tha nfull, although im fairly certain that the lower it is the more exp you will gain

[@mayhulk7514]

When I just started playing tarkov I got it really high because I was always sneaking around

[@justice6300]

Does vitality level when you’re taking damage if you have popped a pain medicine or propitol first?

[@TheGoatLocker]

Using the barbed wire, if you get 4 points in a raid would take 7 raids, not a couple lol. I'm tempted to try for the Jeager quest Cold Blooded instead, since its +1 vitality as a reward.

[@firedogs_]

Something i never thought of before. If you do all the things and level but die before extract do you lose all the exp or some of the exp? Like regular exp when your pmc doesnt make it out alive

[@Gigabeef]

You keep all the exp from skills when you die I'm pretty sure

[@prezlamen7906]

Do i have to survive the raid for skill increases to save, meaning do i lose all skill increases i got in raid if i die?

[@TTFNiNjA]

how to level memory the best?

[@Eqnotalent]

U only can level endurance we strength when u sprint?

[@Derpfriar]

sj6 helps for strength and endurance gains

[@Krzysiek121]

Giga you are wrong about Vitality, it didn't lvl up when taking dmg. it lvl whe heal dmg or bleeds/broken limbs :) i was testing it a lot. Try look at it and you will see.

[@TheUnaBoomer]

Great video

[@darkally1235]

Note: I am 99% certain that dying in raid also increases Vitality. I was working on levelling up Vitality for Combat Medic and had noted my skill level at the end of the raid. The next raid I got one tapped at the beginning and noted that my skill level had increased.

[@alexzero3736]

Every damage received by your PMC ups it a little. Ofc dying counts.

[@EXTRA300s]

Tarkovs Einstein, mister Gigabeef.

[@T0ny_k]

when you are leveling metabolism and have a item that you can partly eat is there a difference in the points you are getting when you eat a small portion instead of the entire thing?

[@demjan96]

yes

[@RockandGameUSA]

Is this video from the current patch or are you using old footage?

[@rutrose2000]

Would you be able to level Vitality by dehydrating to the point you start to lose HP and then heal yourself?

[@littletimmy9686]

Taking damage increases it so I’d be inclined to say yes

[@chasef1077]

Is the Elcan good now? It looked hella clean in this vid

[@bigpaps7696]

Its pretty good, one of the scopes that is worth the money. Used it a lot a few wipes ago and it was good then too.

[@darkally1235]

Note: if doing the "wait 5 minutes" method, make sure you also bring food & water into raid as well.

[@masonisbetter]

If you play with a group just have someone shoot your leg every raid while you're extracting especially if you haven't gotten your DR yet

[@gang-ridertv5433]

IN THINGS I DIDNT EXPECT TO HEAR TODAY THEATURE! 0:00

[@Rynam]

Wait you don't care about spread (MOA) and Chance to misfire? (Vals are good for that)

[@Itzak15]

This tickles my runescape itch

[@thelodgic]

Just so everyone knows perception is only hearing distance without a headset.

[@ЯлисДонской]

Im really into PPSH factory runs. Thats why I got lvl3 mag drills after a week. Those 75rounders need to be refilled.

[@gasad01374]

was level 24 last wipe.... level 2 vitality lol

[@RassaneJ]

And you have to do that every wipe over and over again 😂

[@TheFO3God]

Just went into raid today with my bag stack on accident pray for me.

[@Vlix223]

after so many wipes, it's just not worth it to "grind skills". I burnt out so many wipes trying to conciuosly level skills, and besodes metabolism i have NEVER got any other skill to elite, even when i conciuosly leveled endurance i got it to 36 because at about level 42 i just get bored of the game. It's so Tediuos to level skills in this game, it's almost like the game doesn't wipe lmao... Crafting is bugged every wipe for me, i switch crafts 1 2 3 on every station every wipe, at worst, 1 2 and i never get to above 14 in crafting... just insane

[@MechMK1]

Honestly, this is the worst aspect of Tarkov. I was told I would be building guns, move tactically from A to B and have interesting firefights - not sit in a bush and reload a Mosin to watch a number go up. I might as well play cookie clicker.

[@GS-el8ll]

you get weapon skill from dealing damage with the gun type aswell, just go chad out then

[@MechMK1]

@@GS-el8ll True, but this requires rebalancing. Sniper Rifles should get more experience per shot than for example shotguns or SMGs.

[@kendob9642]

​@@MechMK1cry

[@kiz__]

thats not crying thats saying something factual to try and make the game better. Mech is right@@kendob9642

[@canabisseurphantom420]

@@MechMK1 womp

[@cloak211]

I wish vitality XP was gained from some of the healthier foods you can find.

[@LTkrazyYT]

Hey giga! Any chance you seen my email yet??

[@Gigabeef]

No! I think my autoforward from the agency email isn't working - resend it to [e-mail]

[@siege2928]

I dont understand why folks want to rub into barbed wire when you can just heal up from dehydration in silence in a random attic room on woods... FAR MORE PROTECTED. what i do for jagers stupid 5 minute dehydration quest just grizzly in scav town or something

[@kevinliu5915]

I thought leveling using this method was nerfed?

[@NotArmitage]

BSG must have the data on this, i wonder if even 1% of players max anything else than metabolism

[@irBribe]

In my 3 wipes I've maxed metabolism every time and endurance twice

[@danielkraus8110]

You cannot be on painkiller when taking damage for vitality.

[@solunaduda7909]

Can you run against a wall overweight to level strength?

[@Gigabeef]

Nah have to physically move on the map

[@Jennacide.]

Kinda wish the leveling percent floor wasnt 0%

[@ShadowRam242]

I absolutely HATE that people drop items on the ground at a body, and it's essentially now gone from the raid. Why doesn't Tarkov have a "Items on Ground' in the immediate area like every other looter in existence?

[@TheRomanoLV]

I always do it when looting airdrops, shits hilarious

[@TheChicagoLuxDriver]

I just nade my self to get vitality

[@tezwoacz]

skills in tarkov are such bs, honestly a much better system would be having skill lvl ups as quest rewards and remove the in raid exp gain on them all together, the reason is that some of them take too long or have nonsence conditions for exp gain.

[@iswimgymnast]

This is not "fast". This is just maximizing what you get out of a raid (which not much, so its not fast).

[@Biohalomonster]

Mayonaise is great for leveling immunity🥴

[@MoonPump]

bro im not doing all that. Im getting in the game and playing and thats it lmao

[@GreenArtsOrphan]

HELLL NA!!!. the T-5000M has some fooken expansive parts. I sold a clip( ONLY 1 clip) for 100k . that is not cheap my good man. at least not for the normal players.

[@thepjup4507]

magazine.

[@GreenArtsOrphan]

@thepjup4507 yes, that thanks for taking that time to correct 👍 my uneducated mind.

[@VladQc]

WHAT ABOUT LOCK PICKING

[@SleeplessInAlaska23]

👍

[@Mrtom40]

This skill thing is rubbish and should not be in the game hideout I get but casual players get put on a disadvantage to the players that don’t go out side or stream

[@21_exp]

algorithm 👍

[@shitoryu8]

Can no longer scav on streets, server disconnect error each fucking time, wtf is wrong with this fucking game i swear

[@impc8265]

this is simply not fun, bsg should definitely boost the skill points you get each raid, only streamers who play the game as a job or no-life grinders gets to elite level before it wipes.

[@urbanbunny5532]

What a horrible way to play the game :( Good video, it's good data. But man I can't imagine playing this way.

[@Rynam]

HAYTCH PEE :P

[@crazygone5107]

What an absolute shit show for a skill system. GG BSG just wooooow!

[@itzaim2898]

sounds like an skill issue

[@groundsalt2199]

FIRST!!!

[@mohamedfaroukelewa5905]

GYM