Tarkov Icebreaker Entry After 1.1.5.0: Kit, Not Roubles

Patch 1.1.5.0, released 8 September 2026, changed what you need to board the hovercraft to Icebreaker and added a second place to board it. This guide walks the whole entry sequence: the Ragman task that gives you the first “Sudak-tudak” kits, what it costs to complete, where each transit waits, how to refill, and how the XP you earn on the ship has changed. Every claim is labelled by where it comes from.

Battlestate stated on X on 3 September, five days before the patch, that the changes “will apply to all game modes – Seasonal, PvP, and PvE.” The patch notes themselves do not separate modes. The one mode difference on record is Insider Gaming’s report of different kit counts from “Pay the Fare!” in PvE and PvP, which Battlestate has not confirmed. Per the same guide, if you have not reached the map through the story yet, the task that supplies kits will not appear either.

Icebreaker is reached by hovercraft transit from another map. Two things changed. The entry cost: the patch notes say Icebreaker “no longer requires a payment in roubles, but does require a one-time use ‘Sudak-tudak’ marine repair kit.” The entry points: “Icebreaker can now be accessed from Shoreline and Lighthouse.” The Lighthouse route is new and ships inside the wider Lighthouse rework, where the notes place it: “The hovercraft stays at the pier near the water cottages.” The rest of that rework is covered in our Lighthouse and Lightkeeper breakdown; this article stays on the ship side. The Shoreline transit is the pre-existing route: the notes mark only the Lighthouse point as added, and Insider Gaming names Shoreline as the other option. The notes do not restate where it sits or say whether it moved, so this guide cannot place it either; in raid, look for the Icebreaker transit marker.

Battlestate does not restate the old fee. Insider Gaming puts it at 400,000 per transit, later raised to 700,000; treat that as press reporting.

The patch notes give only the skeleton: the kit “can be obtained by completing Ragman’s ‘Pay the Fare!’ task.” Everything below comes from Insider Gaming’s guide of 8 September and is not in the patch notes.

Prerequisite

Per Insider Gaming, the task appears only once you have “progressed far enough through the Boreas story chapter, which unlocks the Icebreaker map.” If Ragman is not offering it, check that first.

Items to hand in

Per Insider Gaming: 1 Pipe Grip Wrench, 1 Ratchet Wrench and 1 Electric Drill, handed to Ragman. The guide calls them common and points at toolboxes and locked brown crates.

Reward and the PvP / PvE split

Per Insider Gaming: 30,000 XP and up to 10 kits, “10 if you’re playing PvE, but only five if you’re a PvP player.” No Battlestate source states a number. Read the 10 / 5 split as reported, not fixed.

How the item behaves

Also per Insider Gaming: the kit cannot be listed on the flea, fits only a special item slot (so it cannot be looted from another player), and weighs 4.5 kg. The patch notes say only that it is one-time use. Neither source says whether the transit can draw a kit from your stash, so carry one into the raid you plan to transit from.

Time cost

The first entry costs three tool items and a turn-in. Every entry after that costs one kit, and every batch beyond the initial one costs a completion of the operational task, which Battlestate says pays “several” kits at a time. Neither source states how long that task takes, how many kits “several” is, or whether it has a cooldown, so the real grind per run is still unknown. Keep a buffer rather than assuming a kit is always in reserve.

The refill route unlocks when you complete “Pay the Fare!”, not when you spend a kit. The patch notes: “After completing it, you’ll gain access to a special type of operational task that rewards more ‘Sudak-tudak’ repair kits.” The X announcement adds that you receive “several of these tool kits” for each completion; Insider Gaming says outright that it is repeatable. No source gives the count per completion, a cooldown, or a cap. Do not run your stock to zero: the only documented way back in is another completion of that task.

Two separate cuts. First, the bonus for transitioning between locations. Patch notes: “Adjusted the XP multiplier awarded for transitions. It will now increase more gradually, starting at a lower value than before for 1-2 transitions and reaching the previous values at 16 or more transitions.” A raid that hops straight into Icebreaker now front-loads less of that bonus; the old multiplier returns only from the 16th transition. The rule covers transitions in general, not Icebreaker alone.

Second, specific to the ship: “Reduced the XP gained for eliminating Wedge, his squad, and Black Division operatives on Icebreaker.” No offset is mentioned.

Battlestate explained the intent on X: “To prevent a situation where Icebreaker becomes the primary way to progress through the Leagues, we’re planning to make several changes to the location’s entry requirements and the amount of XP earned there.” If you level a Seasonal character through Icebreaker, cross-check our Kord Breach season guide: the map pays less per run, and each run costs a kit.

If you want the raid itself done on your PvE account, that is a separate service; the kit requirement still applies to it.

One item rides along with the update: an Icebreaker Model Kit was added to the rewards of the “Part of the Ship, Part of the Crew” achievement, together with a crafting recipe that uses it. The notes say nothing about what the recipe produces.

“You can buy a kit from a trader or the flea”

The patch notes name two sources: “Pay the Fare!” and the operational task after it. Insider Gaming adds that it cannot be listed on the flea. No trader sale is documented.

“The transit XP change is an Icebreaker nerf”

The multiplier rule covers transitions generally. What is Icebreaker-specific is the reduced XP for Wedge, his squad and Black Division. The two stack on a run, but only one is about the ship.

“Lighthouse needs a different kit than Shoreline”

The notes name one item and two points to reach the map. Nothing distinguishes the hovercrafts by cost or requirement; the difference is where you start.

Sources and Confidence

This table separates what Battlestate has published from what comes from press. Every link below was read before publishing.