Battlestate Games is rolling out update 1.1.0.0 for Escape from Tarkov, which introduces the game's first season, Kord Breach, a season system with dedicated characters, a free battle pass, and a reworked task system tied to trader loyalty levels. The studio also opened the Expansions Hub store with the hybrid TarCoin currency in July.
Battlestate Games spent July 2026 reshaping Escape from Tarkov around a new live-service structure. On July 9 the studio opened the Expansions Hub, a store that uses TarCoin, a currency earned in raids or bought with real money through Steam or the official site. The store sells costumes, stash expansions, and PvE mode unlocks, and some items previously available only for real money can now be bought with TarCoin. TarCoin no longer takes up stash space and is auto-converted after raids.
Later in July, the studio announced changes to the task system for update 1.1.0.0. The update relaxes the conditions for the Kappa Container, cutting prerequisite tasks to four, raising trader loyalty and Fence reputation requirements, and lowering the effective level to 40. The current Kappa Path achievement will become unobtainable after Season 1 begins. The studio also said the update would overhaul tasks entirely, tying unlocks to trader loyalty levels instead of a linear chain, letting players skip disliked tasks, and shifting rewards toward currency.
Update 1.1.0.0 began installing on August 3, bringing Season 1, Kord Breach, to PC. The season system introduces dedicated season characters separate from PvP and PvE modes, with global modifiers (disabled insurance, an armor shortage, halved crafting times) and personal modifiers that players combine within a cost system. The season runs until December 7, 2026, with progress resetting every four to six months. A free battle pass rewards players for collecting TerraGroup documentation items, with progress shared across PvP, PvE, and season accounts. Side tasks now depend on trader loyalty levels, party members can help progress tasks, a spectator system lets dead PMCs watch teammates, and new weapons include the Norinco QBZ-191 and Howa Type 20. Server maintenance began at 3 PM JST and was expected to last six to eight hours.
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Battlestate Games announced on July 27 that update 1.1.0.0 for Escape from Tarkov will overhaul the task system. The new system ties task unlocks to trader loyalty levels instead of a linear chain, lets players skip disliked tasks, and shifts rewards toward currency. The update is scheduled for the end of this month.
Battlestate Games has begun installing update 1.1.0.0 for Escape from Tarkov, bringing the game's first season, Kord Breach, to PC players. The update introduces a season system with dedicated season characters, separate from the existing PvP and PvE modes. Season characters use a new modifier system, including global modifiers applied to all players and personal modifiers that let each player combine buffs and debuffs within a cost system. This season's global modifiers include disabling insurance, an armor shortage across Tarkov, and halved item crafting times. The season runs until December 7, 2026, with progress resetting every four to six months. A free battle pass is also added, with rewards unlocked by collecting TerraGroup documentation items, and progress is shared across PvP, PvE, and season accounts. Side tasks are now tied to trader loyalty levels instead of prerequisite tasks, and party members can help progress tasks. A spectator system lets dead PMCs watch teammates. New weapons include the Norinco QBZ-191 and Howa Type 20 assault rifles. Server maintenance began at 3 PM JST and is expected to last six to eight hours.
Battlestate Games announced changes to the task system in Escape from Tarkov's upcoming update 1.1.0.0, significantly relaxing the conditions for obtaining the Kappa Container. The new requirements reduce the prerequisite tasks to four, demand higher trader loyalty and Fence reputation, and lower the effective level to 40. The update is due by the end of July, and the current "Kappa Path" achievement will become unobtainable after Season 1 begins.
Battlestate Games on July 9 opened the Expansions Hub in Escape From Tarkov, a new store using the TarCoin currency. TarCoin can be earned in raids or bought with real money via Steam or the official site. The store offers costumes, stash expansions, PvE mode unlock, and other items, with some content previously only available for real money now purchasable with TarCoin. TarCoin no longer occupies stash space and is auto-converted after raids.