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Update: Level 5 Baby

Goal: Find Jaeger's Hunting Blind and Return Message to Mechanic
Map: Woods
Progress: Success, despite my own idiocy

Raid 14

Loadout: OP-SKS loaded with BP.  PS in pocket. Semi-depleted Class 4 armor, rig sling.  Salewa and Water in Pouch.  Carrying 3001 Rubles for car extract (if needed).

Found an updated map on the internet. Tarkov bless those who made it.  Praying to Tarkov to not spawn me in new unfamiliar areas.

Spawned near Old Station. Yes!! Lovely sunny weather. Made way to map area where plane (and blind) should be.  Wandered around and around like a moron looking for it.  Had no problem finding ZB-016, which is close, but not close enough to for the utterly hopeless.  Eventually found it...and no message.  I realized, belatedly, that I never actually Accepted the mission from Mechanic.  D'oh!!!

Made my way to across map to Outskirts. Kept hearing a loud exploding sound.  Shotgun? What is that?  Oh!! it's a mine field ... and player scavs - a winning combination.   Amazingly, I did not run afoul it.  Extracted.

Time in Raid: 31 minutes, 45 seconds.  
Exp: 460
Loot: precious little

Mistakes

  • being a moron

Success

  • survived. Any raid you survive is a good raid.  

Raid 15


Remembered to eat and drink before heading out again.  Drank 12K rubles of water, and an MRE. 

Spawned in near UN Roadblock. Raining hard, and within minutes raining harder.  That's good. Carefully crossed open-ish ground to forest. Then walked straight through forest and hills to Jaeger's hunting blind like there was a string pulling me.  Got message.   Made my way to Outskirts, avoiding trouble and mines.  Pre-PK'd, as I was near mill.  I rarely do that, but damn I do not want to die today. Extracted!!  Yes!!

Time in Raid: 15:22
Exp: 472

Mistakes

  • gloating on blog

Successes

  • SURVIVED.  That's another double!!
  • ate and drank between consecutive raids.

Follow Up

  • turned in message.  Got Exp (4500). and Rubles (15K - enough to offset the water and MRE) and Unlocked Jaeger.
  • bought two MP-133 shotguns from Jaeger (23K apiece)
  • turned in shotguns to Prapor.  More Exp (1700), Rubles (15K), and pistol and mags.
  • Sold pistol and mags to Skier. 
  • Between the two tasks completed I am now Level 5. 
  • Level 3 to Level 5 with no shots fired.  Crazy. 


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