Three lanes, one account
Permanent PvP and PvE keep everything you already have. The seasonal character starts from zero on its own servers and is entirely optional — you can ignore the season and lose nothing you already own.
Patch 1.1.0 · Season 1 · 3 August 2026
Kord Breach Guide
Kord Breach is the biggest change to Tarkov since 1.0 and the first update to introduce seasons. The important part first, because it is the thing most people get wrong: this is not an account wipe. Your permanent PvP and PvE profiles, stash, hideout and Kappa progress are all left alone. The season is a separate, opt-in character.
The one-line version
From 3 August you choose a lane: permanent PvP, PvE, or a fresh seasonal PvP character called Kord Breach. Only the seasonal character resets — every four to six months, alongside major content updates. Rewards earned inside a season do not come back later.
Free battle pass
Shared across PvP, PvE and seasonal modes. Levels come from finding TerraGroup documentation in raid, looting Black Division operatives and completing Kord Breach missions. Classified Documents accelerate it and are optional.
No insurance in season
Insurance is unavailable on Kord Breach characters. On permanent profiles it is faster but slightly pricier, and Jaeger now sells a premium option that returns gear quickly and expires quickly.
Economy: the numbers that actually move
This is the part that changes day-to-day play the most, and it pushes in one direction — buying is dearer, selling is thinner:
- Trader prices up ~25% on average.
- Player sell prices down ~20% on average.
- Flea market fee raised from 3% to 5%.
- Money requirements added to many hideout construction projects.
Net effect: margins on flipping and crafting are tighter than they were last week. Check live numbers in Craft Finder rather than trusting pre-patch routes — several previously reliable crafts no longer clear the same profit per hour.
Kappa is now loyalty-based
The single largest structural change for quest planners. The old requirement — a checklist of roughly 257 specific quests — is gone. In its place:
- Loyalty level 4 with every trader.
- A Fence reputation threshold.
- Only two mandatory side quests survive: A Shooter Born in Heaven and Sew It Good – Part 4.
The exact Fence reputation number and character level floor were still being confirmed against the official notes at time of writing. Treat the thresholds as directional until BSG publishes the final values.
Trader loyalty and side tasks
Loyalty no longer requires a sales volume grind — the trade volume requirement was removed entirely, and advancement now comes from task completion and reputation. Reputation thresholds were rebalanced across Prapor, Therapist, Fence, Skier, Peacekeeper, Mechanic, Ragman and Jaeger, and several ammunition types and magazines dropped a loyalty level so they unlock earlier.
Side tasks were reworked in parallel:
- Tasks are tied to trader loyalty level and arrive in non-linear groups of two to four.
- Rewards lean towards cash and experience rather than barter items.
- Eliminate Scav tasks no longer count bosses, Raiders or Rogues.
- Squadmates contribute to task progress regardless of level or faction.
Hideout and Found in Raid
Early progression got meaningfully shorter. Construction requirements for level 1–3 zones were simplified, Found in Raid requirements were removed from some materials, and the Workbench is no longer a prerequisite for accessing weapon builds. Some crafting times were reduced. The trade-off is the money cost added to many projects.
Plan the new order in the Hideout Planner — the old build order advice assumed FiR gates that no longer exist.
New weapons and ammo
- Norinco QBZ-191 — 5.8×42mm assault rifle.
- Howa Type 20 — 5.56×45mm assault rifle.
- HK 416A5 in RAL 8000.
- A new 5.8×42mm caliber family: DBP191, DBX95, DVC12 and DBX12.
- USEC Corsair and BEAR Airborne Infantry outfits, plus four streamer items.
5.8×42mm ballistics are not yet in our Ammo Tier List snapshot — the tier tables are built from a bundled dataset and the new caliber will appear once that snapshot is refreshed.
Everything else worth knowing
- New character customization menu covering appearance and voice.
- Spectator camera after your PMC dies.
- Interactive environment: padlocks, elevator doors, breakable bottles.
- Beginner support messages with gear packages, once every 18 hours.
- Streets of Tarkov optimisation via new playable area calculations.
Useful TimmyTracker pages
Re-plan tasks in the Quest Atlas, re-check profit routes in Craft Finder now that the flea fee and trader prices moved, and rebuild your station order in the Hideout Planner. If you are starting a seasonal character from scratch, the beginner guide is the fastest way back up to speed.