ULTIMATE CUSTOMS BEGINNER MAP GUIDE - Escape from Tarkov

Full Map Guide for people wanting to learn Customs for Escape from Tarkov! Covering all the spawns, extracts, loot area and danger areas to help you get better at the game!
Priority key guide! • ULTIMATE 0.14 KEY PRIO...
0:00 Intro
1:35 Trailer Park Extract
1:57 Trailer Park Area
3:39 Big Red
5:48 Ways to Cross the River
6:54 Crossroads Extract
7:11 Smugglers Boat Extract
7:37 RUAF Roadblock Extract
9:21 Crackhouse
11:15 Stronghold
12:23 ZB-103 Extract
13:15 Cultist Spawns
15:50 Skeleton Area
17:07 Three-Story Dorms
19:09 Dorms V-Extract
21:09 Two-Story Dorms
23:28 New Gas Station
26:39 USEC Building
28:45 ZB-1011 Extract
29:28 ZB-1012 Extract
30:47 Check This Shelf!
31:09 Power Lever Location
32:19 Old Gas Station Extract
32:32 The Giving Tree
33:47 Outro
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[@joleksu7644]

Note to people going into the crackhouse: the room upstairs facing stronghold with the cubed windows can be shot into. AI Scavs will sometimes mount the machine guns on the Stronghold and they will with near 100% guarantee kill you through the glass if you are in that room, or on the hallway behind it. Go prone under the windows and crawl out if you hear the scav on the MG shooting at you.

[@ryear7493]

on the top of that - downstairs room with dead body is also dangerous due to scavs on mounted machine guns

[@yovanirangel2170]

Can confirm I just started playing this week and died yesterday looking for morphine 🥴

[@zaster500]

Players can also use the gun ... u are also not safe in the Room behind the Glas ... i killed tons of Timmys and normal player with the MG

[@jarredbrown839]

Follow-up note, if a mounted gun scav spots you in that room you're dead anyways, because the mounted gun can wall bang you now so going prone doesn't matter.

[@Smithwydkawb]

Bump this up. Surprised he didn’t mention it.

[@calvinhell4006]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate this series as someone who took a break from Tarkov for a year and a half and now I feel like I'm learning the game all over again. Thank you so much pest!!

[@MerrStudio]

That tip with the looting in the beginning was insanely helpful - how did I not think about that lol

[@uhuhuhv5407]

What was the tip

[@Tom-ol5zz]

@@uhuhuhv5407 loot close to extract, not early. You'll be overweight too early for mostly junk that can be easily found everywhere

[@ocean3708]

​@@Tom-ol5zz We leveling strength over here 💪🏿 Nah but fr tho, I prefer looting at the beginning because near extract is mostly already looted when you get there

[@user-ye2vn4dh8h]

I like to edge myself, loot up early and fear of losing it all

[@dankbonkripper2845]

​@@user-ye2vn4dh8h this is the way

[@t0ymaker1]

This video series is amazing especially being able to track the minimap on the left.. it's INSANE HELPFUL THANK YOU

[@JerryKansky]

I'm brand new to Tarkov, this is the first wipe I've played (literally, I'm only like 40 hours in), and been struggling on Customs - this was a freaking live saver, thanks for the awesome content, def earned a sub from me!

[@bladioYT]

Loving these updated map guides. Well done, Pest and editors

[@hellboundsword5296]

I was literally halfway through your old customs video when I noticed this one was just released, good timing lol thank you for the guides it's been making getting into the game much easier.

[@TheSilliestGoos3]

I am loving these guides, please keep them coming! Would love an up to date one on Lighthouse.

[@EricTungCom]

Just started playing this year, only got the game recently last year. Love the video, learned so much from it!

[@ryansomething815]

Been here since before the first raid series and finally about to get a pc setup that i can play it on. Love your content mate and cant wait to use these guides, I'm so excited its been years of working hard enough to make enough to get one, four kids and making a life for them has really put it on hold. Tarkov is the game ive always dreamed of and can't wait.

[@butcherofthewest5825]

Hit me up when you get it loaded up. I absolutely feel you there man. It took me 2 years to get everything in order for me to play

[@mdmcd6273]

Same boys took me ages to get my PC back in 2019. Happy for you boys

[@PuzoniCyclo]

Brilliant vid! Lvl 31 this wipe and played the game for a good year or two and I'm still learning XD I'd really appreciate an ultimate Woods guide, it's my favourite map 😄

[@SpinfoR]

Great video as always brother!

[@I3eatCode]

Thanks for the Great videos mate, really helps us NEWbz Get started on a Map with some good advice from yourself.. Like your Twitch stream with Tarkov too 😁

[@Magswap]

Love these new map guides! Keep up the great work!

[@j0keri]

thnx for youre work. for new player like me these are so good to watch. so thank you for youre effort.

[@mamibufi]

Really excited for this guide, Customs is probably my most played map in the game. I feel like I know every nook and cranny and I'd kinda be surprised to learn something new :)

[@waltherlabradoretriever729]

Thanks! Very very very useful, mate!

[@418_im_a_teapot]

Great guide! I'm under a 1000hr mark so still in the tutorial, thanks for the insights! Worth noting that the in-game map as well as the little minimap that Pestily is showing are both australian. If you're used to north being on the top of the map, you'll have to turn it upside down (or use a different map). It really messed with my orientation back in my very first starting days when I was just learning the map with a compass and whatever I had on hand.

[@yaniv7536]

This is amazing, thank you Pest!

[@BaneBurden]

What perfect timing, I just introduced a friend of mine to Tarkov. 😁

[@mjason624]

Great video Pest!

[@Gorlami90]

I lvl 22 and ran out of customs, woods, n factory tasks as of now. Customs is my favorite map but time to learn the rest, appreciate these videos

[@ocean3708]

Wait before you play lighthouse. This map is extremely difficult and a pain in the ass

[@yanney.]

appreciate the video been looking for something like this

[@tytan6680]

Appreciate the guide Pest!

[@shadrobinson5754]

Great job editor man! Pestily was there too

[@jirvin3170]

I love the content, we need a woods guide my man.

[@instabad83]

Great guide

[@GramadinGG]

I'm loving this series.

[@WIZERD51]

great video

[@danielcosta1488]

Hey pestily great video so far I just started tarkov yesterday. I have been tabbing out to check map genie to attempt to figure out where I'm at ( sometimes successfully). Are the in game maps even worth buying?

[@piepommax]

Nice video! À lot of usefull tips :) If I may ask something : could you for your futur videos take a light on your character? Because I can't see when you're in dark areas... I mostly watch your videos on my phone before going to bed. Thx :)

[@wardog248]

Thank you.

[@OTOss8]

29:20 I'm shooting myself in the foot to tell people this but since it's a newbie guide, I might as well pass on some knowledge. Twice, in that green weapon box, I've found a Red Rebel. Absolutely worth checking whenever you can. I know this is labelled the ultimate guide but there's tons, and I mean tons of secrets that Pest has glossed over. It's a very good guide though. Perhaps the ultimate introduction to Customs.

[@bellywash6684]

True customs is one of the most underrated maps for loot. Made so much because NO ONE checks any of the boxes and spawns most of the time

[@OTOss8]

@@bellywash6684 It's an excellent map. This wipe I've found 2 LedXs there. One on the ground at a tech spawn near the "gun car" and another in the gym bag behind the barbed wire and bushes near the pocket watch truck. I'm usually full with good loot 12k+ per slot within 5 minutes and I'm stuck debating what to keep and what to drop. Also, there are multiple spawns for armour repair and weapon repair kits. I've pulled a few dozen of each so far from Customs. It's a magical map. Cheers friend.

[@johnnyb3486]

Not to be a hater or anything, but red rebel has a chance to spawn in any 5x5 weapon box, and gym bags can spawn just about anything. It’s not soecific to Customs, you just got lucky with it on Customs :)

[@beric0bartman]

Loot isnt generated like that, that green weapon box doesnt have a a higher % to spawn good items then any others.

[@skeven0]

same for cashes and dead scavs ( the static ones)@@johnnyb3486

[@0xmoo]

These videos are godlike for new players. 🤩

[@titamuncher]

I love this map,spent most of my hours on this map

[@dogwort]

Played for like 5+ years and I never knew you could loot the body, or that there even was a body. 10:20 Great video

[@Srcdaytona]

There's usually a rare spawn next to the body too 😉

[@DanielSan013]

A good idea for the next 1 or 2 videos could be the changes to ammo and armor. Specially armor since the plates can make some bad armors really good

[@ericwightman9129]

It’s funny about those intel spawns in Crackhouse, I have never seen anyone I watch playing Tarkov ever find intel there. Everyone points out it’s an intel spawn but no one finds any. Thanks for the guides. Even though I watch everyone they don’t explain why they are looking there or even what they are looking for.

[@uhuhuhv5407]

I found one there last wipe, its quite rare though. Yesterday i found 2 on the pier in shoreline in the same raid

[@a1kman994]

when customs expansion came out that place was almost guaranteed at least one intel, now its pretty rare, ive only found one there after being the first to check it about 20 times

[@uhuhuhv5407]

@@a1kman994 i feel like they tuned down the customs loot big time, its very hard to find rare loot in there.

[@a1kman994]

@@uhuhuhv5407 probably just a classic case of them buffing it with the new expansion to get people to check it out then nerfing it to shit again after it isnt the shiny new map and streets was released and moved it all there. its the same story with reserve and lighthouse lol its annoying

[@Gractus25]

just got 1 today

[@JeffreyMcLain]

Don't forget to give Narpha the loveeeeeee

[@Ainternetuser2]

8:18 The truck is a Kamaz.

[@SuperMickyChow]

63968 Typhoon

[@HeyDudeIsThatYou]

When you mentioned not having to do customs at all to get to level 15, what do you mean? What is the ideal way to level to 15 now?

[@samlepro3]

I love the editor marking Pestily on the map as "Boss". Technically true lol

[@razorback0z]

Thanks.

[@Bear2th]

Had no idea Reshala could spawn at fortress til I tapped him from the train tracks by old gas and just thought he was a scav, was on my way to extract at ZB13 and didnt even realize it was him until the post raid screen lol

[@bradwood556]

I'm doing my part!

[@zaster500]

After 5000 hours in Tarkov.... I can FINALLY play costums and i dont have to go Labs over and over again-..... Ty Pest

[@sh3940]

Which costume are you using when you play?

[@jharju2352]

Being relatively new to Tarkov, I still tend to make some dumb moves and get myself whacked in the process. Instead of throwing a fit whenever that happens, I'm somehow compelled into making these mental (and sometimes visual) after-action reports regarding what went wrong and what habits to change. Is that tryhard/wannabe e-sports or just, more or less, a good way to learn the game?

[@Kooralho]

Hey Pestily, I was following your guide and noticed something. If I open the map in mapgenie, and use the compass in-game, it seems the directions are inverted. If you stand on smugglers boat looking down the river, according to the map we're looking south, but the compass points north. Only map I noticed this happening. Do you know if its a bug?

[@dealvidit]

The map on mapgenie is inverted.

[@molotovinkoktail6742]

nice

[@RoyalBack]

Algorithm gang. And mandatory love for the editors heart ❤

[@CssHDmonster]

watching this just to make sure pestily doesnt mention my ambush spots

[@dendeze1020]

Hey Pest, little improvement for next time, for dark sectors, please bring a flashlight ;)

[@grantjones1299]

When u say “Intel spawns” do u mean the Intel Docs or? Sorry I’ve got 200 hrs but still am Very much new lol

[@bellywash6684]

I don't need to watch this video whatsoever, but it's still really entertaning ngl

[@thomasclark9196]

Hemmt (heavy expanded mobility tactical truck) is what it looks like to me.

[@Simon-ss8pe]

Another little hint: There are a couple of armor repair kit spawns in the garage area behind big red

[@laxx2542]

I've never understood why some people display some of the maps upside down - might be helpful to let new players know the orientation of the map display is incorrect.

[@Chrom420]

Nice video(I literally just clicked on this)

[@robberdetective3068]

Same

[@beepbop9378]

do a labs one pleaseeeeeeeeee. It's the hardest map for new players to get into and even for people 2 wipes in.

[@trouble3172]

Y’all veterans got any tips for completing delivery to the past? I’ve done it twice so far, getting the item is no problem for me, but both times I’ve tried to drop it off I’ve died to tagilla (pretty sure that’s his name, boss with big helmet) on factory. Not sure if I’m just unlucky? I wanna get this shit done so I can start in getting my epsilon container, I’m lvl 20 in like 20 days, beta is too small thanks (also I’m pretty sure my lvling is slow as bricks, got gear fear like crazy)

[@abdou.the.heretic]

Leg meta him, it worked for me with express buckshot

[@OrcActual]

Run a 5 man

[@normanshaw2541]

Get a 5 man bro, tagilla does not spawn that often

[@trouble3172]

@@normanshaw2541 nah I ain’t that much of a bitch I already did it alone, just brought a mpx and smoked one dude, idk if I dodged the rest of the lobby or it was just empty cuz it was like 3am

[@_Brohan]

Why does no one mention the USEC storage rooms?

[@snappingtuftedtit6320]

Hello anyone ive owned eod for about 3 years now and need help. I got on today to play and it says i need to buy the game. Im logged in correctly and even the website says i no longer own it. Some one please save me

[@arkan7rb]

the truck at ruaf is typhon i think so

[@its_FUBAR]

Truck at RUAF is a Typhoon.

[@AviusL]

Oh shieet. I was actually joking when I wrote: "Other maps when?" on the Factory one xD Love to see it!

[@maggoteye87]

Thank you daddy Pestily

[@Tivinatorable]

Note for people looking for cultists on customs: they do NOT go to the L section at crackhouse anymore! they lay in the grass around stronghold

[@WarLordXavier]

Maybe you could do a separate dorms combat guide

[@zaster500]

Thats not Dorms anymore how it was. U doesnt get that much PVP anymore. There are just rooms and u have to shoot. Factory runs, helps u a lot... to get better in PVP or a bit of Arena. you dont have to stay in Dorms for more then over 4min. if u just have a quest... thats the reason why many people are struggeling. Go in , grab youre quest, go out... and u dont have to Go Dorms in the first 10min. of the game ... just chill

[@ElderRagman_ChurchofRoy]

That trucks called Alan

[@williamcase426]

I love customs

[@CaliKrome]

like 99.9999% that the hill sniper scav no longer spawns. ALSO my group calls construction sniper Jesus, high up sniper is God, and the loose loot building near ZB-1012 is Jesus (spanish name sounding like Hey-Zeus). Easier for call outs

[@josephcole6518]

Gud widyo

[@its_obviouz3535]

❤

[@MerrStudio]

Can two different squads actually spawn at Trailer Park and Crossroads at the same time? I swear to God when I get one of these spawns there's nobody on the other one.

[@matthewdaugherty8639]

Yes, one can spawn at the far corner extract or crossroads side and one can spawn In big red, do be wary of that. To mention as well there are places inside of big red that allows you to see into trailer park/the two back exfills.

[@genghis_bob6214]

Lets crack straight into conjunctivitis

[@slimeblood-]

For the algorithm

[@SteaminPile]

Probably the map i die the most on!

[@krystoulcheshire7680]

You said you'd be making a vid on how to get max fence rep....

[@voodooginger8251]

The fastest and easiest way is taking all the car extracts on the maps. After doing all of them you should be around 4.00 rep just from that. I could be wrong, but I think you can take the car about 3-4 times for the rep (diminishing returns after your first extract)

[@dogwort]

Conjunctivitis? Hope you're doing okay Pest. Should get that eye checked if you haven't already.

[@GramadinGG]

I've only seen Reshala in dorms this wipe.

[@anasskoulali7018]

he does still spawn near newgas, already found him there

[@notrobert8284]

I've killed him in Old Gas and Dorms as well as the big Middle construction area this wile

[@MonsieurMagnifico]

Seen him in all three spawns

[@LycorisOni]

I've fought him dorms, new gas and saw him die to bleed as a scav in fortress.

[@Bartschatten1]

It's a good starting point for newbies but it's a far cry from ULTIMATE beginners guide. You glanced over a lot of things and casually dropped words, that most people probably won't understand and get confused about if anything. Also you barely showed the factory shortcut and the possibility to jump over the blue car and porta potty in that area and where these routes lead to (also from new gas side point of view). You sped up towards the end of the video and also provided no time stamps for people who are looking for specific locations and POIs. 7/10

[@arasaras4150]

how to get this map on the game?👌

[@mikepanda117]

Bridge house can spawn 2 weapon boxes

[@jirvin3170]

I just found a bitcoin n crack house. My best ever raid ive had with four kills and a million n loot.

[@vincentw9610]

I Like this videos❤

[@LegitBr0]

Wait I can buy ice cream there???

[@techpriestsgaming6525]

At first I thought he said "Big Fred" and I was like "is that a Mutherf*ckin' Django Unchained reference?"... Please brain, stop

[@bogdankl2000]

I don't even know if it's worth talking about loot on these guides considering how often BSG just nerfs everything into the ground

[@luisorlandolara31]

Set up should be a ground zero quest

[@huskymawson]

Braw

[@willgraves9310]

Oh yeah

[@Krombop.M]

i have 3k hours. i enjoy woods, shoreline and interchange. i just cant stand customs.. idk why everyone loves it so much. i never have good luck on that map.

[@goofygamer9241]

3 minutes ago!

[@kostas5586]

helo

[@Dylski.]

Ok

[@Brainman234]

Great for beginners now to explain to them that half the raid most of the times has Wallhacks and know where they are.

[@minichmasteryoda]

Half of the raid most of the times nice

[@KayfrmTarkov]

i believe he mentioned you can play the video and follow him while you're in game this is a very bad video to try to follow up with. dude moves sooooo fast and random if youre new hes just making you dizzy he talks really fast too and points at things lol bro we are BEGINNERS this is more like for people who actually know what's up. my guys exhausted asf and dying tryna catch up with bro

[@Wizartar]

respect your content, but this is not an ultimate anything, this is more like your mate showing you around the level. You really should take 10 minutes and plan out your run before hand. Right now your video editor is saving you in post.

[@linusgustavsson2749]

Honestly feels like this could be a lot more structured, and with more editing in it to cut out the "uhhhs" and "ehhhhs" etc. But no hate, we can all improve on things

[@mnrsteeljoutafel]

Whonare you blud

[@williamwalsh4743]

This* honestly feels like it* could have* been a lot more structured (no comma) and with more editing (done to) it (in order to) cut out the "ehhhs" and "uhhhs" etc. [No hate, however.] We can all improve on things. Fixed it :)

[@a.s.441]

He does these while live streaming, it’s hard to play while also trying to talk/give tips. A lot of cuts would make it weird

[@UKickMeDog]

You're talking to a god

[@titamuncher]

​@@UKickMeDog okay woah bud

[@ev304]

this guide sucks

[@YoulookIncredible]

All of his ultimate guides are ass... if anyone got a tarkov guide youtuber lemme know

[@th3batfink]

Came to see if I’m the only one. Skips whole chunks, ‘ultimate guide’. Feel very rushed just to get a video out. Appreciate he wants a shorter video, but this is supposed to be instructional surely, not entertainment attention span stuff. Especially pointing out those ZB extracts with a fleeting glance of the scope, no mention of being careful for campers down there. No mention of player flow once hes past the bridge. Much better guides out there. If all people want to know are loot spawns, just use an interactive map.