Escape from Tarkov patch 1.3.0.0 adds Halloween event, fall weather and new Hideout sets
Escape from Tarkov patch 1.3.0.0 brings a Halloween event, fall weather, tougher PvE PMC bots, skill tweaks and a long list of fixes.
Escape from Tarkov patch 1.3.0.0 brings a Halloween event to the game, and the weather has changed to a fall season to match. Battlestate Games has also tweaked skill progression, tougher bots and a fair few bugs.
New content
- A new Halloween in-game event.
- The in-game weather season is now fall.
- High-difficulty PMC bots have been added to PvE Zone. They can spawn on high-level locations.
- Some items in the Currency and Valuables categories have changed colliders, which should make them easier to find and grab during raids.
Expansion Hub
Two new Hideout customisation sets are available:
- Your Own Celestial Empire
- Once Upon a Time in Tarkov
Battlestate says other themed Hideout options will arrive in upcoming updates.
Balance changes
- The Metabolism skill now levels based on how much energy or hydration you restore.
- All skills level significantly faster in Seasonal mode.
- The effect of diminishing returns on skill progression has been rebalanced.
- Tripwires placed by players now last longer.
Fixes
- Partisan spawn chance is now calculated correctly in raids without low PMC karma players.
- Magazines can no longer get stuck unable to load or unload after a weapon malfunction.
- Field of view is corrected with certain optics.
- Breathing volume is fixed for certain PMC voices.
- Geometry and collider problems are fixed on Icebreaker, Interchange and Shoreline.
- Some players who couldn’t access traders’ interactive scenes now can.
- PMC bots now always treat players as hostile, after a fix for incorrect behaviour in certain cases.
- Weapon skill levelling speed now matches other skills.
Unity 6 delayed
The move to Unity 6, previously planned for October, has been pushed to mid-November as part of update 1.3.5.0.
