A new Escape From Tarkov patch is coming tomorrow.
Battlestate Games announced that a new patch for Escape from Tarkov will be released tomorrow, Monday, April 14th. The new patch will be known as patch 0.14.5.5 and will bring with it some server downtime.
Escape from Tarkov Patch 14.5.5 will be released tomorrow, April 14th, with the installation process starting at 8:00 AM. BST / 3:00am EDT. This is expected to last approximately four hours, and during this time the Escape from Tarkov the servers will be down, meaning you won’t be able to play the game. However, as always, there is a chance that this server downtime will be extended beyond that.
There’s currently no word on what patch 14.5.5 will include, but given that we just got 14.5, which included a major overhaul to the Woods map and a new matchmaking queue for the Ground Zero map that opened it up to higher level players, it seems unlikely that this will be a major update and is more likely to fix bugs that were implemented with the last patch.
Since patch 14.5, a few new bugs have appeared, with several related to the addition of BTR to Woods. It seems the uneven terrain on the map has proved a bit challenging for the vehicle’s AI driver and there have been some reports of the BTR being invisible with only the driver present. It seems to be a relatively safe bet that these bugs will be ironed out with the release of patch 14.5.5.
In his interview with Pestily, game director Nikita Buyanov also mentioned that a number of features and changes are coming very soon, and while many of them were added in patch 14.5, some have yet to be implemented, so they could be included in the 14.5.5 patch tomorrow.
The patch arrives as we begin to head into the final stages of the current wipe. The last sweep was in late December 2023, meaning another sweep is expected in the coming months. With Tarkov consistently in the latter stages of the wipe, it’s a tough game for anyone who hasn’t played much since December. But there will likely be some other in-game events coming soon that will give more players a reason to come back.
