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Steam News25 May 20262mo ago

Patch 1.0.5.0

In-game event “Icebreaker” and story chapter “Boreas” How did the Paradigm Shipping icebreaker end up trapped inside Tarkov’s blockade ring? What happened to its crew? Who is behind it all?

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What changed

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  • Events
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Balance
  • Store
  • Fixes
addedIn-game event “Icebreaker” and story chapter “Boreas”How did the Paradigm Shipping icebreaker end up trapped inside Tarkov’s blockade ring? What happened to its crew? Who is behind it all? You’ll uncover the answers by completing a new story chapter during an expedition focused on exploration and PvE gameplay. And if answers alone are not enough, the loot will make it worth your while.
changedIn-game event “Icebreaker” and story chapter “Boreas”Icebreaker is a separate location for 1-3 players, available in all game modes. There, you will face AI enemies either solo or as part of a group. You will not be matched with random players on Icebreaker.
addedChangesAdded a mechanic that assists players in locating in-raid items required for tasks. Players will now see an expanded directional indicator when approaching the spawn location of a required task item;
addedChangesAdded additional notifications when interacting with signal flare extractions;
addedChangesAdded an experimental graphics setting that shifts the load of certain light sources from the CPU to the GPU. The option is available for higher-end graphics cards;
changedChangesIncreased chance of death after injecting Obdolbos 1 to 33%;
chance of death after injecting Obdolbos133%chance of death after injecting Obdolbos increased, buff

Escape from Tarkov changes

addedHow did the Paradigm Shipping icebreaker end up trapped inside Tarkov’s blockade ring? What happened to its crew? Who is behind it all? You’ll uncover the answers by completing a new story chapter during an expedition focused on exploration and PvE gameplay. And if answers alone are not enough, the loot will make it worth your while.
changedIcebreaker is a separate location for 1-3 players, available in all game modes. There, you will face AI enemies either solo or as part of a group. You will not be matched with random players on Icebreaker.
addedAdded a mechanic that assists players in locating in-raid items required for tasks. Players will now see an expanded directional indicator when approaching the spawn location of a required task item;
addedAdded additional notifications when interacting with signal flare extractions;
addedAdded an experimental graphics setting that shifts the load of certain light sources from the CPU to the GPU. The option is available for higher-end graphics cards;

In-game event “Icebreaker” and story chapter “Boreas”

How did the Paradigm Shipping icebreaker end up trapped inside Tarkov’s blockade ring? What happened to its crew? Who is behind it all? You’ll uncover the answers by completing a new story chapter during an expedition focused on exploration and PvE gameplay. And if answers alone are not enough, the loot will make it worth your while.

Icebreaker is a separate location for 1-3 players, available in all game modes. There, you will face AI enemies either solo or as part of a group. You will not be matched with random players on Icebreaker.

Changes

  • Added a mechanic that assists players in locating in-raid items required for tasks. Players will now see an expanded directional indicator when approaching the spawn location of a required task item;

  • Added additional notifications when interacting with signal flare extractions;

  • Added an experimental graphics setting that shifts the load of certain light sources from the CPU to the GPU. The option is available for higher-end graphics cards;

  • Increased chance of death after injecting Obdolbos 1 to 33%;

  • Added several new streamer items.

Personalization

Added new USEC Gen 4 and BEAR Slavianka customization sets, available for purchase on the official Escape from Tarkov website and on Steam. Escape from Tarkov BEAR Slavianka Escape from Tarkov USEC GEN4

Fixes

  • Fixed a cause of memory leaks related to the audio system in certain cases;

  • Optimized the animation system to reduce CPU usage;

  • Fixed an issue where the limb selection interface for healing could disappear in certain situations;

  • Fixed visual artifacts when using x2 and x4 resampling while interacting with Traders and the Hideout in certain cases;

  • Fixed the cause of error 228 that could occur when removing an expiring water filter from the Water Collector zone in the Hideout;

  • Fixed several visual issues related to geometry and colliders across locations;

  • Fixed a cause of severe client performance drops when dragging ammo from the inventory over a full magazine in the search window;

  • Fixed an issue where kills with Saiga-12K 12ga automatic shotgun (Redline) did not count towards progression of the tasks “Silent Caliber” and “Punisher p.4”;

  • Fixed the incorrect compass behavior after exiting the BTR;

  • Number of minor fixes to various aspects of the game.

Source

Steam News / 25 May 2026

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