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Escape from Tarkov - Known Bugs, Crashes & Community Fixes

15 November 2025
Escape from Tarkov

About this game

Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore, realistic first person tactical extraction shooter and action RPG/simulator for Windows, set in the war torn Norvinsk region of northwestern Russia. Players join raids as mercenaries from either USEC, hired by TerraGroup to conceal its illicit work, or BEAR, created by the Russian government to expose it, with each faction offering unique cosmetics and weapon proficiencies. Raids pit PMCs and playable Scavs against each other and hostile AI across multiple maps, where they must manage detailed health, survival needs, complex ballistics, sound, and navigation without an in game map while scavenging gear and reaching extraction zones to keep their loot. Death means losing almost everything, pushing players to build up their hideout, trade, craft, and progress skills between sessions as Scavs, Rogues, Raiders, Cultists, Scav bosses, and their guards dynamically shape the city’s shifting battlefields.

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Bugs, Crashes & Solutions

Reset the in-game audio output device to your primary sound output and restart the client to restore directional sound.
Verify the integrity of the game files via the Escape from Tarkov launcher to repair broken audio assets.
Select game servers that show a ping lower than 60 ms in the launcher.
Play on a wired Ethernet connection instead of Wi‑Fi to reduce packet loss and disconnects.
Disable any active VPN services before launching the game.
Open the pending task indicated by Prapor's green checkmark; the missing follow-up mission may be listed there despite not appearing normally.
Verify the integrity of the game files using the launcher.
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Update Windows with the latest available updates.
Update your GPU drivers to the newest version.
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Update to the latest Microsoft .NET Framework version.
Install the game on an SSD or M.2 drive to reduce loading-related crashes and hangs.
Run the Escape from Tarkov launcher as administrator by right-clicking its icon and choosing Run as administrator, then retry the login.
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Set Windows date, time, and time zone to update automatically in system settings, then restart the launcher and try logging in again.
Disable any active VPN or proxy connection, restart the Escape from Tarkov launcher, and attempt to log in again.
Verify the integrity of the game files through the launcher and let it repair any corrupted data before relaunching to address Error 1000.
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Use the game’s control settings to clear the conflicting hidden bindings, then reapply the arrow key mapping after restarting the client.
Enter a local raid in PvE mode and turn off the helmet camera before trying Lightkeeper again.
Manually open each highlighted item category in the Handbook and scroll through the entries to clear the unread flags.
Reset keybinds related to free look and camera control to default values and then reconfigure them to ensure no conflicting inputs cause the glitch.
Disable any third-party overlay or macro software that may interfere with input handling and cause the free look glitch.
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Known issues (no solution listed yet)

These are community-reported issues we don’t have a listed fix for yet. If something worked for you, share it.

  • Raid loading gets stuck at deploying 0:00:00

    Last reported: September 3, 2026

System requirements

Minimum

  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or similar
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GTX 1660 or similar
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 80 GB available space

Recommended

  • OS: Windows 11
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-14700F or better
  • Memory: 64 GB RAM
  • Graphics: RTX 4070 or better
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 80 GB available space

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