The complete lore and story behind escape from tarkov

Escape from tarkov is more than just

collecting

loot and finding yourself some hardcore

pvp

there is a story why your pmc is fighting

for

survival in this hostile post-apocalyptic

region

that a surprising amount of players don't

know

about this story is about to become a

little

more important as nikita the lead

developer

at battlestate games has hinted

numerous times

recently that a more story driven quests

and

tasks are about to be added to the game

to get

you up to speed on the story and lore of

tarkov

im going to fill you in on the details here

we go

to truly understand the full story of

tarkov

you first need to know that the lore of

the

series is actually the result of three

different

game projects all produced by battlestate

games

that also have supporting content such

as concept

artwork and even books and novels the

three games

are contract wars escape from tarkov

and russia

2028. contract wars was bsg's first

sUccessful

game and set the scene for events and

games to

Come later while the game itself is light

on lore

it did have a lot of backstory planned and

conceptualized but most of that was

saved

for later games in reality russia 2028 is

bsg's

true vision of the story of tarkov and it's

been

rumored that contract wars and escape

from

tarkov are just stepping stones until theysecure the funding and studio size

required

to make such an ambitious open world

game

but for now just know that all these game

stories

are intertwined let's get on to tarkov

itself

tarkov city is the largest metropolitan

center

in the northern special economic zone

the

norvinsk region was specifically created

to be

a sort of gateway to the west linking

europe to

russia inside this zone commercial

enterprises

and businesses were given favorable

incentives

to move their global headquarters to this

region

the city of tarkov when compared to other

russian

or european cities of the time was

extremely

modern it was a capitalist playground

which

boasted near zero requlations and red

tape that

typically was the bane of most mega

corporations

the region quickly grew in size as it

became home

to more and more corporate honchos

financiers

lobbyists and industrialists one of those

corporations was the terror group

Corporation

a name you'll need to remember terra

group

isn't just one company but as the name

implies a group of similar corporate

entities

that are all working towards the same

goal

also included in the terror group are a

number

of shell companies and holding

companies

that are specifically designed to lead

investigators towards dead ends in the

eventanyone tries to go sniffing around while

following

paper trails sometime between 2016 and

2028 terra

group became involved in a series of

political

scandals that would eventually turn

violent

while the main source of these scandals

is still

shrouded in mystery what we do know is

that terror

group was actively paying off russian and

local

government officials for old military

hardware

what they needed this hardware for is

still

unknown but at the same time they either

became

closely linked with the united security or

usa

company or possibly absorb them

completely we'll

explain more about yousek a little later

but for

now realize that they're essentially taking

Over

all of the armed security for all terror

group

locations meanwhile terror group has

also been

illegally acquiring real estate and

structures all

over the tarkov and norvinsk region and

setting up

laboratories for research and

experimentation

by one of the terror group subsidiaries

terror

group labs as terror group's footprint in

the

region continued to grow so did interest

in

its illegal activities by the russian

government

investigations were launched and quickly

stifled

by yousek sometimes violently as

investigations

went cold and bodies started to go

missingnews from the tarkoV region finally fell on

the

ears of the united states government in

the u.n

with rumors of u.n peacekeepers soon

being

deployed russian investigators and

special

forces began plans to withdraw from the

region

and a mysteriouS new pmc group reared

their heads

for the first time the battle encounter

assault

regiment or bear while the russian

government

denies the existence of bear has been

rumored

that not only does the kremlin know

about bear

but they specifically designed and

directed

the formation of the clandestine group

and it is compromised of both active and

former

spetsnaz soldiers bear's objective was

simple

while acting as a sterilized independent

military

force get to the bottom of terror groups

true

plans and objectives in the tarkov region

and

find out why they've gone to such great

lengths

to protect their secrets and dealings soon

after

being deployed to the tarkov region they

came

under immediate hostile fire from yusek

forces

and the tarkov region exploded into

violence

within weeks of the fighting between bear

and

yusek starting the russian government

sealed

off the tarkov region to prevent violence

from spreading but also to prevent more

outside western parties from deploying

forces

to the region the risks were clear if more

unor even the u.s soldiers arrived it could

potentially result in open conflict

between

russian and nato armed forces that could

quickly

spiral out of control into full-blown

conflict

between nuclear powers not only that but

with

increased western attention nato forces

Could

potentially get to the bottom of terror

groups

activities before bear did and choose to

destroy

any evidence of terror group's true

intention

what resulted next was a nearly

unprecedented

blockade of a large region around tarkov

city

that was enforced by the russian

military

and while no-fly zone had been

established in the

region supply drops and clandestine

helicopter

insertions would be observed by all sides

and

all times of day and night by unmarked

craft

SOon after the evacuations were

completed and the

area sealed.