How to Extract in Tarkov

Extract Types

Every Extract Category in 2026

Always-Open Extracts

Guaranteed active every raid. Always show up in your extract list on the map. Usually located at "obvious" spots — the boundary of the playable area, at specific roads, or at clearly marked points. These are the safest fallbacks for a new player. Examples: ZB-1011 on Customs, Pier Boat on Shoreline, Scav Checkpoint on Customs for scavs.

Conditional Extracts

Only active if a specific condition is met. Common requirements include: time-limited windows, needing a specific item in your rig, being in a solo raid, needing no armour, or having a faction-specific status. Examples: Car extract (pay roubles), ZB-013 on Customs (green flare and light), SCAV Lands (coop with scav).

Random / Raid-Variable Extracts

Active or inactive on a per-raid basis. Check your map overlay when the raid loads — a greyed extract is inactive for this raid specifically. This is what traps new players who memorise one extract and then find it closed when they get there. Examples: the two random PMC extracts on each side of Customs, specific Reserve bunker hatches.

Paid / Consumable Extracts

Require a sacrifice to activate. Car extracts eat a chunk of your roubles. Some Reserve extracts require a bunker key. Gate 3 on Customs requires a specific item. Use these when you're confident they're worth the cost — a 15k rouble car extract is nothing if you've got a 500k raid in your bag.

Co-op Extracts

Require two players to stand in the extract zone at the same time — usually a PMC and a scav, or two players of the same faction. Risky because trust is rare in Tarkov. Zeroed-in PMCs turning on a scav partner at the last second is the meme for a reason.

Ambush Zones

The Most Camped Extracts in 2026

Predictable extracts are predictable for a reason. If you're kitted and planning to extract through these, approach with maximum caution — pre-fire sight lines, bait with a grenade, and consider waiting for the timer if you have time in the raid.

• Customs — Smuggler's Boat: Wide open approach, easy to pre-aim from the water treatment side.
• Customs — Trailer Park: Classic ambush corridor from the concrete wall.
• Interchange — Emercom Checkpoint: Camped by players extracting out of the north edge.
• Reserve — D2: High-value extract, requires a key — camped because it's so commonly used.
• Streets — Klimov Avenue: Clear sight lines down the entire road.
• Labs — Main Elevator: The most famous camp spot in Tarkov. If you can use another elevator, use it.
• Woods — RUAF Roadblock: Very exposed; long-range optics punish you.

Survival Habits

The Five Habits That Keep Extracts in Your Stash

1. Have a primary and backup extract. If your first choice is contested, rotate to your second. Don't stand and die fighting for an extract when another exit is 120m away.
2. Arrive early. Be in the extract zone 60–90 seconds before the timer you're targeting. Gives you time to clear the area before you commit to the animation.
3. Pre-clear sight lines. Spray the most common ambush angles with your rifle before you step into the extract zone. Roubles for ammo are cheap; a lost kit is not.
4. Listen for 10 seconds before committing. The extract animation locks your input. Ten seconds of holding still gives away far more enemies than it costs you.
5. Don't greed. If you have a 400k raid in your bag, extract. Don't loot the last body. Don't check the last room. Extract.