Tarkov Patch Notes 14.9.5: The Good, the Bad, and the Unheard

"Get the latest updates on Escape From Tarkov's patch 14.9.5! In this video, we cover the new wishlist feature, quality of life changes, and reward system for reporting cheaters. We also dive into the new in-game survey system and community feedback mechanisms. Whether you're a seasoned survivor or new to the game, this update video has got you covered.
Patch 14.9.5 Highlights:
New wishlist feature for easier item management
Quality of life changes for improved gameplay
Reward system for reporting cheaters
In-game survey system for community feedback
PvE AI Changes
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0:00 - Intro
0:27 - Performance issues
1:14 - PVE ZONE offline single player
2:37 - Wishlist mechanics
5:34 - In-game feedback surveys
6:11 - AI adjustments in PvE mode
9:28 - New tasks
11:32 - Customization
12:14 - PvE profile wipe
12:40 - Compensation for reporting players who violated game rules
14:42 - Balancing adjustments
18:53 - List of changes
20:09 - Outro
Edited by ‪@AbLE_CF‬
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[@andrewculley8524]

Survey button is pissing me off being right where character button was.

[@Machoman50ta]

💯 and also a question is anyone having issues updating on the launcher ? I swear I updated yesterday like normal but today it asked me to update like yesterday but this time when finished said my files were corrupted so launcher made me reinstall update and now I’m waiting for like 30 plus minutes to finish ????

[@HelloThere156]

@@Machoman50tasame thing happened to me.

[@ivanquiles4903]

Same 😂

[@ivanquiles4903]

Happened to me before. A fresh install fixed it for me​@@Machoman50ta

[@ogsimpson3253]

​@@Machoman50ta Integrity check seemed to help with this. Had the same thing.

[@hizzousekakashi8836]

in raids I've noticed that when I agro a scav it feels like every scav on the map is aggrod and walking towards me, walking out of interchange with over 34 scav kills in pvp raids.

[@opticalsalt2306]

I see 0 reason for the scav buff on interchange, especially after the new ai behavior

[@brandonl1052]

Dude I have to bring SO MUCH AMMO its nuts. Or loot scavs and drop my guns for insurance fraud and grab another gun build

[@ben1869]

Oh you're lucky. SOme people get +60 kills and only used the ammo rom AI PMC's bc they don't take ridicolous amounts of ammo with them

[@DardyGG]

I think its not Agro but the new feature where scavs pick up loot. So, if you leave the body with loot on it the scavs will come to vacuum it up.

[@eren_jeager132]

did a labs raid with the boys and one of the AI PMCs actaully got on top of a box behind cover to get an angle on us that really surprised me did a raid on woods and a PMC was looted to the max so that was really fun. W update so far

[@kenny31000]

im scared to go into Sawmill cause i swear to go Shturman is like ALWAYS there

[@Hexis17]

@@kenny31000 in general in PVE it feels like the bosses have a 75% spawn rate, Tagilla on factory is their 90% of the time, its crazy man.

[@PotatoeGamerLP]

​@@Hexis17bro I've died to killa on factory so much I want to cry

[@albquehu3ur177]

The Item Craft icon that automatically appears are for FAVOURITED crafts, that's why some appear with the icon and some do not. BSG should have made it clear

[@theexitiabilis3654]

I figured that out when i was like, "Why is everything needed for my hideout?" Haha

[@danneliu]

Ahhh thx! Was so confusing 😅

[@TerminatorSe7en]

pfffff you think we can read?!

[@retarkso8470]

Rahh!!

[@H3nrilive]

@@retarkso8470 Yut

[@Schniebel89]

PvE is insane Horde mode now, and surviving is almost impossible because AI can see though foliage and even if you manage to kill everything you simply run out of ammo.

[@D0P1C3]

PVE is now "harder" that PVP first 30 to raid second some random IA autolock on my head at night through trees and i am doing surg and out of meds not even 100meters from spawn yea its either PVP hackers or cracked hacker like AI i might as well stop playing and dont recomment tarkov to anyone...

[@RebaDerChi]

ive been playing PVE non-stop this past month. after this patch yesterday, it was like a new game. i was hunting shturman, meanwhile i have a PMC come up behind me from suppressor shack. I also see two or three bears run in at the 3 cabins. huge fight. so much fun. no plans on returning to PVP at this point.

[@TooSt3p]

Try SPT, embrace the future and leave PVE behind. You will thank yourself

[@PotatoeGamerLP]

​@@TooSt3pI like both

[@kamchatka3601]

@@TooSt3p average SPT commenter saying the same thing on every single video about tarkov ever like everyone already doesn't know that SPT with coop and mods exists

[@tf_lecter]

SPT tards try not saying the same thing on every single video ever 🛏

[@judyfps5059]

@@kamchatka3601they’re like crack addicts who can’t tell no one wants to hear what they’re saying “ BUT HAVE YOU TRIED CRACK?!? ITS RIGHT THERE AND ITS CHEAPER THAN COKE!!”

[@97Mcomputer]

The auto add to hideout list mechanic is actually fairly well thought out. 1. Any items needed for available upgrades are added to the list 2. Items DO NOT get added if the upgrade module relies on another module being a certain level (ex: Nutrition Lvl 3 items won’t get marked if Lavatory 2 hasn’t been upgraded yet) 3. When an upgrade is complete and installed, any of the items in that upgrade recipe that aren’t required for any other upgrades are removed from the hideout checklist 4. You can still apply a favorite category to anything automatically marked which will override the automatic marking and persist even after the corresponding upgrade has been installed

[@z3r0x19]

but it should disappear for some parts if you reach it ingame if you know what i mean if i pick for example some kind of items i dont know how much i need, but i dont need that much for upgrade and further ones its kinda wasted space if you take them with you

[@adjust5110]

Damn I hit refresh and here we are, exactly what I was gonna check lol, love your content bro!

[@romansenavanh-smith4997]

same

[@fury9018]

This wishlist mechanic is so annoying, they need to move it back to its original spot because it's messed up my muscle memory of clicking filter by item

[@Dhoulmegus]

My muscle memory has also been fucked by it. They could just move it to the bottom of the list.

[@itsmeatchief1119]

I could go for moving wishlist down and the survey button either far left or right not in front of the character tab

[@Synthad1]

yeah.. pretty dumb decision to put it in place of functions we use every day for years.. hopefully they relocate it

[@FriendlieGhost]

My first fucking thought when I saw it, why did they put it at the top!? This game relies on so much muscle memory, and speed. So frustrating when you want to fly through your inventory and do what you need, but can’t cause they add ONE button 😂 We are so picky

[@Tyrandrewsaur]

As someone who has been playing for years on and off but works too much to spend time learning every little item I love this, I havnt used it a lot yet but I always had trouble keeping up with friends who have more time to play just stealing items from me when grouped up because I don’t know better.

[@WilliamMiddleton-x9j]

One thing that was changed and was not mentioned in the patch notes was: Flea market limits on the quantity of certain items you can have listed at one time (eg, can only list 5 defibrillators at once, 1 money case, etc;)

[@FaeFactor]

They just deployed a hot fix, and it forced me to re-download the entire game. Anyone else have that happen?

[@justintaddei]

Yep. Ended up having to delete the game files and reinstall

[@akakitartarashvili7886]

Same here. Had to redownload the whole game again....

[@HOBOTw1tcH]

Removing the hearing bonus of perception is a GREAT change. Good job on that one

[@broken1371]

Ive been playing since pre alpha and i gotta admit, the nostalgia quest hits good, really really good times back then

[@gorfdog]

Thanks mate. Informative like normal.

[@SeekerDan]

Thank you for not just reading the patch notes! ❤

[@philc.352]

Nice one on the wishlist. Seems it doesn't work the way i expected it too and this cleared it up for me.

[@alphakilotv]

You're amazing dude thank you

[@Gunner8_]

I had two AI PMCs camp southern road extract on lighthouse. I guess they were trying to extract and just ran into me looting the final crates up there. Luckily they both had shotguns so I was able to take them out and extract.

[@prisregil]

PvE is now scary. Met Sanitar and his goons at radio tower when i was running past radio mast near road to customs. Havent had such a jumpscare in Tarkov in a while.

[@SplarcieRS]

10:32 its any target wearing a 20+ container size backpack, I figured this out pretty quick going into raid and not getting any towards the quest except for two pmcs with big backpacks, looking for pilgrim pack scavs and pmcs to take out for that quest basically

[@Dropafella]

Thanks for the info was wondering what the new Tasks where all about

[@michaelmartinelli6881]

It used to be that when I right click a weapon and go to mod, I can add on whatever I have in my inventory. If I inspected the weapon, I could then click the button and it would take me to the screen where I can add any and all parts, then buy those parts. Now the only way I've found to get to add the parts to buy is by going to edit preset. Not sure if it was intended or what, because I'm not trying to do a preset.

[@thegoodlife167]

Thanks Airwing!

[@caption0bvious693]

Definitely agree about the report/reward thing. Gonna be a ton of people report spamming for a chance of compensation.

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

They already do, so it doesn't really matter. I'm 3 for 5 on reports.

[@Masterho310]

In PVE the AI PMC's actually go to the office area in factory now. Thank god for these changes. I can actually complete that stupid quest now.

[@kenny31000]

thank god for that i know it was such a shitty task to do

[@SLAYHOLE88]

The increased scope spawn is most likely to allow people to use the upcoming variable zoom changes

[@pimp32ish]

they just updated again, only 2mb.

[@ImJustSaiyan152]

Any idea what they've changed? I'm hoping they dialed back the aggression a little bit, I've been sweating

[@thegreenberretwearingbrony9678]

​@@ImJustSaiyan152 It seems so

[@Opachki69420]

​@@ImJustSaiyan152its possible it was a bugfix because labs entry cards werent being consumed in solo runs

[@Opachki69420]

Also FYI zyrachi will kill you if you are in a local hosted game, the transponder makes the right noise but says blocked. The mines dont go off but you just get sniped crossing

[@subliminalfreedom]

Thanks!

[@fiercehellfire]

Great Video! I didnt get the quest line for Fence? i have both edge of darkness and unheard. does having unheard override me having edge of darkness?

[@Bbqripchen]

When you have unheard, you don't need the fence quest. It is for the "Mark of the Unheard" thingy, so people without Unheard-Edition can get it

[@Link-ik4ww]

They gotta do something about the AI PMC’s. The fact I can get 2 shot through bushes from 200m away is insane. They’ve overtuned em for sure, if they dial it back juuuust a touch so they aren’t laser beams from so far away, it’ll be essentially perfect.

[@JADENEMESlS]

I have been grinding PVE since we got it for EOD edition. After this current patch I have tried to go to factory to start this new quest from proper "the Good times part1" and every time I have spawn in with Tagilia laughing As the sound loads in first then as I get visuals, he shoots me dead before I can even move. This has happened 3 times in row. Is anyone else getting this or is this just bad RnG.

[@jacobtucker5719]

If the AI PMCs can extract now, does that mean they also limited the number that can spawn to match the actual number of PMC spawns PVP?

[@jamesdesormeaux1074]

No, just killed 10 PMC's on factory.

[@RustyS13]

100% agreed on the reporting compensation topic.

[@joshxx5]

Just a fair warning to some out there on PvE Zone, at least on local, you are unable to go out to Lightkeeper island. Your DSPT will switch to "blocked" like you are in a offline practice raid even if it shows encoded when you are in your stash. I haven't been able to test on co-op.

[@tnima95]

Great video title xD it’s the Wild West in Tarkov

[@recklessviper2721]

Glad the performance thing is all around. I was running really good before this patch. Now easily lost 10 - 20fps

[@fugazi8715]

Airwing! How do I get the medals to unlock the new clothes

[@shampp5411]

That little smirk talking about rats in pve lol. Absolutely devilish.

[@ilyaskr8048]

… and you basically don’t have access to zabralo in game. You have one and that’s it. Good quest design!

[@theexitiabilis3654]

Not true! Just hit lvl 50 for the barter! Lmao

[@ilyaskr8048]

@@theexitiabilis3654 51 lvl already, still locked And even then, how many people get 50 lvl for whole wipe?

[@colinschwiethale2375]

@@ilyaskr8048it’s locked behind booze for ragman, which is locked behind long line. It’s so gay, you’d think they’d have a barter instead of rolling on someone running it in factory.

[@ilyaskr8048]

@@colinschwiethale2375 Whatever you say, honey

[@colinschwiethale2375]

@@ilyaskr8048 wdym? I'm agreeing with you, just clarifying the quest that it is locked behind.

[@GeoWhizzz]

Scavs moving and being more dynamic is total bollocks. Did a PVE scav raid on interchange and all they did was stand, look left, look right, walked a few meters, repeat. 3 PMC bots came and the 5 scavs that were near me didn’t even fire a single shot or react. My gun jammed 2 times in a row and I got mowed down all while the scav bots laughed at me and watched.

[@WOOsPlague]

Totally agree about the reporting

[@mourn6378]

Imagine u see the last car battery for your quest in the distance, and an AI scav steals it💀

[@Natrium9775]

while offline mode is great, if spt is anything to go by it will possibly tank performance quite a bit when you have your own pc do all the ai calculations. hopefully official eft have it more optimized

[@loganmix03]

I think ragmans quest is that you have to kill people who are wearing a 20+ container bag. I don't think you yourself have to be wearing a 20+ container bag.

[@UndeadSkater591]

Correct.

[@kenny31000]

good news is that they don't need to be FIR at least i could be wrong about that one

[@jagriffin1]

“I know at least most of you can read.” BOLD ASSUMPTION TYLER!

[@thexerox8939]

The AI i feel does not work as intended, ive seen some pmc ai loot one thing then book it towards an extract (all they looted was sunglasses from a hidden stash) Some PMC AI I've witnessed just plop into existence out of nowhere (inty power station looking out onto road 3 just appear) Ive also experienced a few raids where they spawn more PMCs than the raid map says there should be which imo is an issue if they swarm.

[@hansjorgen5638]

i had to disable resizable bar for my gpu. works great now'

[@Justin-ny8df]

Performance complaints are always there and I know they suck, but AI inptovements is one of the things I've been wanting fixed for a looooong time.

[@spacenord8618]

I get like 70fps on streets and was getting around high 80s

[@thedirtyratt]

FYI solo pve labs.. doesn’t take the keycard. It’s treating “solo” as the same as a “offline raid” except you keep the loot.

[@PotatoeGamerLP]

Yeah people are finding this has more consequences including lightkeeper being unavailable

[@Icetubexd]

@@PotatoeGamerLPLightkeeper is unavailable if you selected anything but the grenade case from Skier after the Chemical quests. Maybe there is now more bugs related to Lightkeeper, but afaik that's the only one.

[@PotatoeGamerLP]

@@Icetubexd im referring to single player raids as its considered the same settings as offline ifaik

[@sansars1]

anyone else getting horrible fps drops on labs?, 180 but when i see a ragdoll or 2 pmcs i go to 60fps its so bad

[@paulcosentino1140]

Running natively and still patches of lag and sound drop offs

[@razorback0z]

Check your numbers folks. A lot of people including me are not gaining EXP from raids on locally hosted maps. It says you did, but if you record your total EXP at the start then check it after the raid, on maps other than Streets, you might find you are not gaining EXP.

[@DardyGG]

Friend of mine got shadow banned on his alpha account and hasn't received any contact from BSG or Battle Eye after. I think he just got reported all the time and he definitely wasn't a cheater, mained the Gornastay sniper and was quite good at it. RIP Alpha account.

[@mrsaltydino4817]

Great title

[@JB-324]

hotfix just came out 5 mins ago.

[@FritzwiththeToolkit]

Nikita should really just say "hey listen... I Gona ask the community via Survey if You want the SAIN AI or our own..." It would make PVE so unbelievable more fun and Engaging 😮

[@johnconner6846]

The wishlist in its current form is quite ass, you don’t know what you need it for, you just know u need it, you don’t know how many u need…how hard would it have been to just have the ability to put a note on an item that appears when u mouse over the FIR check just like how quest items work

[@navys329]

i love u man!

[@D3AD_Savage3014]

I had an ai on PvP streets pick up my backpack and then headed towards me and my team that were fighting and had brought more loot than what I had in my bag to begin with. So the ai on PvP are already acting in new ways

[@robbytherob]

They need to rework all of the bolt action kills needed for kappa. It's absurd

[@WhySoTilted]

Scav mode being server sided still is odd, but otherwise, it sounds sweet.

[@HAPPYSPY]

Imagine storing everyone that everyone has ever killed... Im sure that wont take too much time for a scope creeped team to implement efficiently into a db

[@Airwingmarine]

Every account has an ID to it. Databases are kept on all this stuff already, it's just a matter of saving it, which saving a small line of text is inconsequential.

[@TrevarThePastor]

The AI changes to PvE are super noticeable. I didn’t play pre-patch but I saw they changed the AI behavior and checked it out. PMCs don’t just sit in their spawn like raiders anymore. The AI will absolutely thrash the map looking for loot, I found so many empty containers and open doors it feels great to play. Also AI PMC will rotate to fights, I had a huge fight at the financial office on streets, I even got ratted by a two man in the abandoned factory 😂 really fun update so far

[@andrewknox927]

still wondering why the goons are 100% always on lighthouse

[@brandonl1052]

Bless Nikita for giving us normal raid times but damn him for making me get 60fps on a damn 4080. I was like what is wrong with this pos PC lmao

[@BwCquigley]

I haven't played in sometime now. 46 GP coin reward? GP coins stackable now??

[@theexitiabilis3654]

Yes stacks of 20 i george l believe

[@sideofries1835]

The problem with ai pmc in local is that you. Won't. See. A. Soul. Go 8 raids without a SINGLE pmc or be firing lined from aggression range: yes 5 stacks (source: lighthouse, customs, and woods), but hey at least they can "move". Yeah. Moved outta tarkov and back to the states. I'll call this the kill task death update

[@HelloxImxPaul]

Did they fix the fucked up audio and cheating in this patch?

[@Psydvckthefirst]

Love the Ai changes, I finally finished the quest for killing 15 pmcs near the mountain for light keeper cuz ran into 2 4pmc squads. Game def feels more dynamic

[@Mrtom40]

lol it happens time to time Mate it’s not stop as performance problems

[@Scalam1]

So things i noticed pve aleast all the PMC''s basically move together now. had 8 in one spot at one point. and scavs once aggro'd will just constantly respawn and charge you while assisting the AI pmc's. feels more like an endless horde simulator than pve tarkov

[@joeshmo7298]

broad spread, added that to my list of Ricky-isms

[@KyleCollective]

Idk why they ever made it hard to get scopes like the VUDU or the Vortex. While it may have a slight advantage over something like a 1x holo or something it doesn’t inherently make everyone who uses it better. For some people who don’t have 200 mil roubles or engage in constant PvP they may never see the sight or use it which is a shame because they really do open up a lot of combat options and are just more fun to use imo

[@Airwingmarine]

those optics are objectively way better than anything. If you could run a VUDU or Vortex every raid you would have no reason to use a red dot or holo

[@coltonyeoman-reed5564]

Honestly ui overall needs a lot of fixing. Move surveys away from character button. Move wish list item back to original and move abandon raid away from reconnect. Those 3 simple ui fuck ups are the most obvious to me.

[@natoninemilfirepower7996]

Survey and wishlisr buttons need ro move

[@OfficialBappo]

THE HIDEOUT MANAGEMENT AND CRAFTING SKILL BUFF WAS THE BEST FEATURE BUTTON 👇

[@recklessviper2721]

Factory load time = 33 seconds

[@danut05]

PVP needs AI PMCs too

[@Airwingmarine]

Fuck noooooooo

[@lastfatmanstanding1353]

The tasks for the pockets are really bad

[@jerrka159]

jez... "wishlist" sounds so dumb, it's not the Amazon. They should have named it "Tracking list" or smth

[@Airwingmarine]

It's been called the Wishlist since they added the flea market in 2019. They just let you categorize it now.

[@bperry573]

Do we need to wear the backpack or do we kill those wearing the backpack???

[@theexitiabilis3654]

Kill targets with 20+ on their kit

[@bperry573]

@@theexitiabilis3654 thank you

[@mikepanda117]

So armor fucked up. No more one taps from 338

[@shady473gamingcm3]

The reward for a report should be the ban. But then again they do buy another for 7 bucks so.

[@twilightgaming7711]

raids on pve are still 30 min

[@Redrum-707]

weird since the patch its been instant every time for me . someone said you might be able to switch between local host or tarkov hosted servers

[@cristianantony3982]

This update broke the game Labs access doesn’t count so can spam labs with one card You can alt f4 in raids too restart the raid without losing anything and reroll spawns You can turn ai off and bosses and take the loot from raids Much more

[@IsaiahGomez-ow2gb]

Bro PVE raids are fuckin broken lmao every scav on interchange alerts every other AI on the map to your location, shit is wild

[@anonimolindo374]

Even if everyone reports everyone, a hacker gets more kills per day, he will be reported more times and be an outliner

[@GamePlayStreaming]

PVE is the new test server.

[@WeatheringwithAtlas]

I feel like the npcs reacting to yelling and such isnt gonna change anything because they team up on you regardless lol

[@kenny31000]

ya i ran into ambushes of 4 pmc on interchange on pve ya i was like what the shit they got me coming out the area where Kiba alarm#1 is that like almost to Goshan i was like where the hell are the PMC i open the door to where the lockers are and i got just Beamed im like what the shit soo far PVE is such a shitshow in a good way it will help people to learn how to PVP like you will be punshed for running around thinking O this is easy

[@mikewest2072]

AI PMC are still pretty dumb.

[@Masterho310]

The quest for the pockets isn't to kill targets while wearing a big bag. It's to kill targets that are wearing a big bag*

[@odyx0]

I don't believe that's how battleye works.

[@Airwingmarine]

You are correct. The report system works independently from battle eye.

[@rubenfelix6331]

You have to actually kill enemies that are wearing a 20+ slot bag doesn’t matter what bag your using 👍🏼

[@mr.crazyfish6825]

I don't think we need to change AI logic,we need bsg to fix the server and utilize the game for better performance

[@Airwingmarine]

yes, because the guys who work on AI logic are the same people who work on server tech and hardware utilization... 🤦‍♂️

[@aiffskull]

I really think pve mode shouldn't be a purchasable dlc, should be included with all versions on launch imo

[@bruknorx]

Makes hunting Killa much easier. Kill one bot and he runs straight to you

[@fueledupcanyon]

so far i’ve donated 10 zabralos without a single kill on factory 💀