Escape From Tarkov developer Battlestate Games has released numerous teases that appear to suggest the full launch of Tarkov could arrive in the first half of 2025.
The full 1.0 launch of Escape From Tarkov is something fans have been waiting for quite a while to see. It was initially suggested it would arrive this year, but with the most recent wipe not bringing the 1.0 launch, that is now out of the question. However, since the wipe arrived, there have been a couple of teases that suggest it will arrive in the first half of 2025.
The most obvious tease comes from game director Nikita Buyanov, who released a short video on social media showing off some behind the scene’s development of Tarkov. Nikita has been regularly releasing videos like this over the past few weeks, and most are fairly inconsequential, giving a brief glimpse at some of the work happening. However, the most recent one from earlier today ended with a couple of messages popping up on screen for a brief moment. They read: “Q2” and “2025”.
To me this suggests that the Escape From Tarkov 1.0 launch will happen in Q2 2025, as that is really the next big event that we are expecting in Tarkov. It would also line up with the traditional wipe schedule, with the next one expected to arrive towards the end of Q2, although recent wipes have not necessarily followed that pattern.
Another tease, which appeared to be somewhat unintentional, came on the recent TarkovTV live stream, where one of the developers, while speaking in Russian, said that the next wipe would likely be the full release of Tarkov. I, unfortunately, do not speak Russian, but multiple translations from the community suggest this is what was said.
Both these signs point to the full release of Tarkov coming in the middle of 2025, and it is likely to be one of the biggest updates we have seen for a while. We know the 1.0 patch will bring all of the story quest lines, the new map Terminal and an expanded prestige system, as well as quite a few other improvements. The recent wipes have been smaller because a lot of the team has been working on 1.0 content, so this should be a return to the massive patches we used to get.
The only thing that suggests the Escape From Tarkov 1.0 release may not arrive in the middle of 2025 is that fact that Nikita mentioned some massive event is planned for February. This was only briefly mentioned in the TarkovTV stream, and no further info was given, so it could just be a cool in game event like the recent zombie outbreak, but it could also be a suggestion of the launch. It seems unlikely given it would be so soon after this wipe, but it is a possibility.
