‘Escape From Tarkov’ Fire Sale Event Kicks Off, Signalling Wipe Soon

What is likely to be one of, if not the final pre-wipe event in Escape From Tarkov has kicked off, signalling that the next Tarkov wipe is likely to launch within the next 48 hours.

As announced on the official Escape From Tarkov social media accounts, the traditional fire sale pre-wipe event has kicked off, with traders selling a ton of their items for just a single rouble. This follows around a week of pre-wipe events that has included a lot of the other usual events we see each wipe, and some new ones, including the addition of smugglers.

Now, if you head into Tarkov, you can buy almost everything from the traders for just a single rouble, or whichever currency they typically ask for. This means you have a day or so to build all your best weapons and finally get to try them out, or come up with some builds that you could use when the next wipe starts. However, everyone will also be in the same boat, so expect to see some very kitted out PMCs for the next few hours.

Despite some worries, the fire sale event all but confirms that the next Escape From Tarkov wipe will launch this week. The fire sale is traditionally the last or penultimate pre wipe event we get, and each one tends to last around 24 hours, so that means the wipe is coming very soon.

Update: 3:20 PM GMT

The wipe has been confirmed and is coming tomorrow, December 26.

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After looking like this would be the case for a while, it is now all but confirmed that the next Tarkov wipe will arrive tomorrow, December 26, or Friday, December 27. I’d be putting my money on the 26th, given wipes tend to arrive on a Thursday, but last minute delays could push that back further.

When the wipe does arrive there will obviously be some server downtime and then the usual issues with server loads when they do go back up, so even if it does launch on the 26 maybe don’t end your festive celebrations early in the hope you can jump into Tarkov first thing in the morning.

But when you are able to get into Escape From Tarkov there will be a big new update that is set to add a lot of new toys. There will be new weapons, including a massive new sniper rifle that looks like one of the coolest weapons Tarkov has added for a while, and a mysterious new type of extraction we know very little about.