New ‘Escape From Tarkov’ Event Adds Explosive Shotgun Ammo
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Shotguns are now explosive in Tarkov.
Another pre wipe event has launched in Escape From Tarkov, and while smaller and less impactful than the others we have seen so far, this one should be quite a lot of fun as some explosive new shotgun ammo has been added.
The new pre wipe event was teased on the Escape From Tarkov social media accounts as it went live with an image showing a player loading ammo into a MTs-255-12 Shotgun. Immediately, players assumed this meant it was the return of an old event where new ammo types were launched, and it appears they were correct.
Now you can purchase three new types of shotgun ammo from Mechanic, who trades them for player dog tags of a certain level. The Flechette Plus ammo, which is an improved version of the standard Flechette ammo and does serious damage up close, is available for level 20 or over dog tags while the Elephant Killer Slug, which should be enough to kill most foes with one tap to the head regardless of armor, can be purchased for level 10 plus dog tags.
But by far the most fun new addition is the 12/70 Explosive Slug, which, as you can probably guess, explodes on impact dealing massive damage and looking incredibly cool. Because of its power, you’ll need level 40 plus dog tags to trade for it, so you might need to go and kill some fools before you can get enough to do a proper raid full of this ammo.
All of the new ammo can only be used in the MTs-255-12 Shotgun, which is the one with the revolver style magazine. Fortunately you can pick one up from Jaeger for around 21,000 roubles so that will not be the difficult thing to acquire.
This is, of course, the latest pre wipe event in Tarkov, with others removing the flea market and increasing the boss spawn rate. We are expecting at least one more pre wipe event to arrive in the form of the fire sale where all items from traders are incredibly cheap. Chances are this will arrive on Sunday or Monday, as the next Escape From Takrov wipe is confirmed to launch on Tuesday, August 20. All of the pre wipe events in Tarkov are only for the PvP mode, with PvE being unaffected.
When the wipe does arrive next week players can look forward to a lot of new features such as a new boss to take down, new weapons and of course the reworked Factory map.
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