Here are 25 tips and tricks that will ELEVATE your gameplay in Escape from Tarkov

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If you're brand new to Escape from Tarkov chances are you might be a little overwhelmed with how complex this game can get. There are so many little tips and keybinds that can make your time in game much more
enjoyable that don't seem to get talked about enough, so that's why today I'm going to be showing you guys 25 tips in tricks that will completely elevate your gameplay in Escape from Tarkov.
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[@noneofyourbiz3042]

Getting rid of all the cheaters would improve my game play

[@yungza3291]

Bruh just get good

[@axaxaaxa]

What? 😂​@@yungza3291

[@spetsru2906]

It's like max 1 out of 10 games right now, that has a cheater. So, seems 90% of your suck is lack of skillz

[@deejay1040]

Why are there so many apologists for cheaters. 😂 it's like they are in the comments too

[@Vivi2372]

I guarantee you don't run into half as many cheaters as you think you do.

[@caption0bvious693]

5:00 I prefer heavy bleed med on press and light on release. That way if you have both it will prioritize fixing heavy first 😊

[@Radiance141]

I do the same, seems better to me, was doing that for the two previous wipes and it's been working for me

[@tearstoneactual9773]

That's how I do it. This way the heavy bleed is prioritized. It's the more dangerous bleed, handle it first.

[@cr0ss414]

The healing keybind one seems pretty useful. Usually i would have heavy bleed, medkit, painkillers and a light bleed bound to 4-7 respectively, usually meaning i would fumble around trying to use the right healing item. that tip is gonna save me a lot of stress and time using it the way you said

[@thishandleistaken1011]

For me I would much rather choose which meds to use individually depending on the situation. If I get shot in the thorax and have a bleed, sometimes I would rather just burn my Salewa on it so I can heal it and stop the bleed quicker. Seconds matter a lot in tarkov fights.

[@DadGotGamez]

@@thishandleistaken1011that’s where stims come into play.

[@yavz1990]

Im sure this video will help a lot of beginners, this is my first wipe and my friends taught me most of these stuff, but it normally is so hard to learn these as they are mostly unintuitive, yet regarded as common knowledge in the community. Well done on making a straight to the point video

[@SpaceRanger187]

reading chat while playing is the best thing you can do. Know where to look and rotate at all times. Get a 6th sense of what is going on. Just have to remember not to read to much chat because then people will catch on

[@SrStakeholder]

Thanks, very useful. It’s funny to imagine the pmc multitasking filling magazines and searching a bag at the same time.

[@predator11111111]

When doing the heavy and light bleed to key bind 4 make sure u do heavy bleed to press and light bleed and heal too release that way when u press it it will do the heavy bleed first and not take it out of the heal kit just the heavy bleed fix, as it cost a lot more points to fix a heavy bleed out of a heal kit.

[@ham7357]

Approaching 400 hours and had no idea about the under hand over hand throw of grenades I’ve only been under handing…. Jesus

[@donatedpizza]

Lmfao welcome to Tarkov buddy

[@adudecalledtony3731]

It’s my friends first wipe and we forgot to tell him about hold breath. Bro is so mad at us

[@SpaceRanger187]

You need to tell him to watch at least one video a day. About the maps, how to play etc. Even watching the beginning quest videos helps@@adudecalledtony3731

[@IVIDK1987]

Change emergency weapon reload to a different key and save .3 milliseconds with your press reload

[@opticalsalt2306]

I keep my emergency reload on Tilda! I refuse to hit that on accident

[@IVIDK1987]

@opticalsalt2306 that's my inspect on release and fix malfunction on press so I tap twice and good to go

[@FittieVEVO]

A huge tip when I started playing 3 years ago that made me so much better is find a good FOV. Originally I put it on 75 and when i first started playing and then I lowered it to 59-65 I was able to spot people so much easier and won so many more fights

[@slickumss]

63 has been money for me.

[@DankTank374]

Yea I did that till I started playing regularly

[@IVIDK1987]

I copied landmark 59, 75 is way 2 much the players are actually skinnier looking so harder to hit lololo

[@TheCypher19]

I rebound my regular leans to the forward and back buttons on my mouse, then made shoulder swap both at the same time. I changed the Q and E keys to the slow leans. Been playing for years and i havent used the leans as much as i do now since it was so clunky with default binds

[@slickumss]

That shoulder swap bind is genius.

[@TheCypher19]

@@slickumss Thanks, although I can't take credit for those binds. Found it in one of the many tips/keybind videos that came out at the start of wipe. Can't remember who's video it was though

[@kobythompson3206]

If you have never tried reverse leaning it’s super smooth for me Q is lean right and E is lean left

[@tearstoneactual9773]

Making the discard key/button spacebar is life-changing.

[@cascarudoFPS]

GREAT life changing vid for newbies!!!

[@Dimanichtderechte]

1:05 - u can use L1 or Meldonin if MULE is too expensive, but u better carry some liquid w/ u or u will dry out like spongebob at sandy's crib

[@slickumss]

Correct, I just named a couple for time sake.

[@Jason-ut8wc]

I’ve always binded discard item to left control and spacebar. I have pretty much fully unbinded alt from any keybind due to it being less fluent ergonomically and instead moved it all to the control key with few exceptions like overhead blind fire. Prone is one touch x and crouch to c. Drop bag double tap z for intentional usage.

[@kobythompson3206]

Genius

[@sandro1918]

For deleting items, I re-binded console from “ ‘ ” to “ = “ and delete item to “ ‘ “, it’s so good

[@Chevalier_knight]

I dont know why you day slow crouch walking is a bug for no sound, all but one wipe its been this way an the one wipe it made sound it was patched and fixed

[@biggiesmalls8437]

Some of these tips are the most commonsensical tips of all time. Should rename to “Beginner + Advanced Tips” and organize the video like so.

[@slickumss]

They’re just general tips that I’ve learned over my time playing. There’s something in here for just about everybody.

[@gaodesu_]

Bruh literally the first tip he gave is an instant reload exploit. How is that common sense.

[@biggiesmalls8437]

Thank you sir. I'm just pointing out some ways you could format the video. @@slickumss

[@biggiesmalls8437]

@@gaodesu_ Yeah some are not like that. It's just a formatting suggestion.

[@Zeratul653]

The space bar left click and healing is clutch

[@givmmemoney]

After like 3 wipes it took until finishing this video to realize that my discard key being "p" is quite inefficient

[@slickumss]

I had the same problem with “u”. Super inconvenient.

[@IVIDK1987]

I changed it to T

[@CY3ER]

Rebind "drop item" to the tilde button, the button that has the ~ and ` symbols. It's normally used to open the console, which is basically useless anyway. You can spam it much faster than doing space + left click, and it's easy to reach.

[@slickumss]

Also a great option. I prefer space + click because I don’t have to move any fingers when using it. Much easier for me.

[@IVIDK1987]

That's my inspect and fix malfunction key

[@Vivi2372]

Honestly I doubt that silent crouch walking at the slowest speed is a bug. The alternative is you have literally no way to move at all without someone hearing you and you have to choose between sitting completely still and giving away your position. You'd never have any ability to sneak up on anyone or sneak away from a fight that you don't want to take. I get how important sound is in the game but I think it's intentional and I hope it stays as is. You can also be heard on glass if I'm not mistaken by the way so it's not all surfaces. People need to be aware of it though and not solely rely on their ears to save them.

[@Chevalier_knight]

Its not a bug its been completely silent every wipe but one and it was quickly patched and fixed to make no sound again.

[@NerdNerfer]

Tarkov Tip: unsubbing and resubbing does not make you a billionaire. I tried.

[@swft89]

I can't do anything atm if its not dying to PMCs that haven't moved all raid i get one tapped instantly by ai scavs lmao

[@adudecalledtony3731]

For anyone who can’t/isn’t comfortable with space left click discard, I changed the ‘console’ binding to the backslash button so I could use the button under escape as a discard button. It’s not as efficient as the space bar one but it def works well

[@slickumss]

Honestly anything is better than delete or some random key that’s out of the way.

[@mangojuttu]

Not really a gameplay tip but if you don't have containers or flea unlocked, you can just buy 3 CSA rigs and put them inside a Pillbox backpack to get 32 slots out of 16 used in stash.

[@logoskorvus]

Actually useful. For the algo.

[@calebmartin843]

You sound soooooooo happy to be talking about this. You sound like my history teacher from 7th grade who had just been divorced and is teaching the civil war for the 18th time.

[@slickumss]

My bad let me just put on a fake accent like everybody else on KZbin instead of being my genuine self.

[@calebmartin843]

@@slickumss be you're genuine self just have a coffee or something. You gotta sound passionate or like you care!

[@slickumss]

If I didn’t care I wouldn’t put as much effort into what I do. Take a look around at all of my socials. Everything you see is me. Editing, designing, graphics, logos, emotes, sub badges, the list goes on. I do it all myself. I promise you I care plenty otherwise I would not be doing this. I get what you’re saying, but it’s a tad bit ridiculous to tell someone to be disingenuous of themselves. This is me, if you like it, great, if not, idk what to tell you.

[@calebmartin843]

​@slickumss You can't possibly tell me you're passionate, and this is you when your videos are all "how to make a million rubles instantly" or "you need to use these armors" It's all clickbaiting. Then you add the big green checks and big red exes. This is not genuine. There is no way you're having fun

[@slickumss]

@@calebmartin843 You are free to think however you’d like. Nothing is clickbait. Please explain how me giving 25 general tips is clickbait? The video delivered exactly what the title and thumbnail suggested. Why on earth would I pour hundreds of hours into something I don’t enjoy?

[@aurelianutube]

I use mouse button 4 for discard and mouse button 5 for Y

[@carbon4487]

how did you bind both the ifak and hemostat to the "4" key at 4:55 im trying to and its not working, i have the same settings u demonstrated

[@slickumss]

Hold in your keybind on the light bleed, hover over the heavy bleed and release the key. Sorry, totally forgot about that.

[@HopbitPJ]

1:45 You can but how? Great tip

[@glockoma1]

Dropping backpack with z is better dont lose 1/4 of the bar standing up

[@dannyboy5423]

Solid

[@Goldy_Golds]

Brother, sorry how do i cancel the med animation? Pardon me, this is my first wipe! Im a greenhorn ;)

[@kobythompson3206]

If you left click your mouse you can cancel a lot of animations I just learned this aswell !

[@Goldy_Golds]

@@kobythompson3206 Thank you brother, this mechanic is very helpful!

[@wiselunchbox]

I saw a great name on one of your fridges

[@slickumss]

Some say it’s the smartest fridge I own 😎

[@ryquack]

Healing one is cool but has bugged my raid with permanent “hands busy” twice now

[@mangojuttu]

It's pretty common bug I guess, I sometimes get it when I discard a mag that I'm filling up

[@Chevalier_knight]

Was fixed with last patch

[@mangojuttu]

@@Chevalier_knight sadly hands busy still comes sometimes if i check my own mag at the same time i unload a mag from a body

[@snooze1987]

I recommend dont use space-lclick, use a mouse key or something else. Heres why, when you find a lets say helmet, drag and hover it over your current helmet. Now you can immediately equip the new helmet while using the throw button.

[@slickumss]

Or just space click your helmet and alt click the new one. The time saving is very minimal.

[@thishandleistaken1011]

The heal keybind one is trolling

[@slickumss]

It’s is not.

[@mangojuttu]

No it's not. It's really convenient to heal all bleeds just by spamming one button.

[@thishandleistaken1011]

@@mangojuttu I know what buttons my meds are on.

[@ApexColdShotGaming]

i cant join the discord

[@slickumss]

Check my most recent video and try that discord link. I believe on my older videos I used a link that expires within 7 days. I need to go back through and update my descriptions to links that don’t expire so thank you for the reminder!

[@gazzamildog6732]

Healing doesn’t increase the health skill

[@Hellfire0220]

Or you download cheats for free since its proven that over 60% of the tarkov community cheats in atleast 1 way.

[@SpaceRanger187]

No cheaters, just people reading chat. No one....especially streamers would ever cheat for money..My streamer would never, I watch their stream and therefore that makes us bffs. And I know what kind of person they are. Or you can just be like Ginger, your just a God at the game on your 4th raid.

[@MetalinTheSky]

Insane amounts of clickbait in your vids, chill out man.

[@slickumss]

Please tell me what about this is clickbait.

[@MetalinTheSky]

@@slickumss why is Elevate in caps?

[@slickumss]

@@MetalinTheSky A word in caps is meant to show emphasis over surrounding words. You still didn't answer my question though.

[@rraaiin]

bro gotclickbaited by capital letters