Tarkov 1.1.0.0 Patch Notes: Traders, Tasks, Hideout, Insurance

Patch 1.1.0.0 does not touch weapon balance or recoil — it rewrites how you level up. Side tasks, trader loyalty, early ammo access, Hideout build times, insurance, and the Kappa container requirements all change on patch day, which means routes you used to grind through in a specific order partly stop working the way they used to. This guide walks through each system, flags what’s still unconfirmed at time of writing, and separates the Kord Breach season launch from what actually happens to your permanent account.

Studio head Nikita Buyanov confirmed the update alongside Season 1, Kord Breach, after the original late-July target slipped — the rollout is happening today, though Battlestate Games hasn’t pinned an exact hour, and past updates of this size have run with extended downtime, so treat “sometime today” as the honest expectation rather than a fixed clock time. The patch’s core work is economic and structural: the vast majority of tasks will no longer be organized into chains where each new task unlocks only after completing the previous one — instead, they will be tied to trader loyalty levels. On top of that, the character level requirements for earlier trader loyalty levels will be reduced, and the total trade volume requirement will be removed entirely. Alongside the systems below, Battlestate has also flagged new weapons — reportedly including the QBZ and a rifle in the style of the Japanese Type 20 — plus expanded interactive map mechanics like locked doors, key codes, shootable locks, and car alarms across maps, all still worth treating as “expected” rather than confirmed until you see them in-raid.

At LL1 with a trader, a set of basic tasks will be available; to advance to LL2 you’ll need to complete several of them, and each new loyalty level unlocks a new set of increasingly challenging tasks. The payout structure shifts too — rewards for these tasks will be more focused on cash, unlike the current system where a significant portion of the payout consists of barter items and equipment. Gear itself decouples from quests in a lot of cases: most trade offers become available immediately upon reaching a new loyalty level with a trader, without being tied to a specific task — for example, the Tri-Zip backpack unlocks at Ragman LL3, and the DevTac Ronin helmet at Mechanic LL2. If you were mid-grind on a chain, expect that chain to be reshuffled rather than deleted; the old objectives mostly still exist, they just answer to loyalty level instead of a strict unlock order. For a deeper look at what actually pays in the opening hours under the new economy, the early wipe money guide is worth checking before you commit to a route.

Two smaller changes matter more than they look. First, 7.62×39 T-45M1 will be purchasable from Prapor right from the start of the game, and other entry ammo is getting the same treatment, so the window where you’re stuck running rounds that can’t touch armor shrinks. Second, since the total trade volume requirement is gone, loyalty leveling stops rewarding buying and selling junk purely to hit a spending number — it’s now driven by tasks and reputation instead.

Early Hideout development is also being streamlined, with construction times for the initial modules getting reduced, along with less dependency on other modules and Found in Raid items. This mainly targets the classic problem where one module (say, an Intel Center tier) demanded two or three other stations built simultaneously before you could even queue it. Less FIR pressure also means you’re not forced into full-clear looting runs just to keep a build timer moving.

Insurance will be unavailable in Kord Breach season, but it will become more convenient in PvP and PvE — insured items will be returned more quickly, though the cost will increase slightly. Jaeger is also entering the insurance business directly, and the trade-off is straightforward: his prices will be significantly higher, but lost equipment can return within a couple of hours, while Prapor and Therapist should remain the better options when speed is not a concern.

Most side quests are being removed from the Collector requirements — though A Shooter Born in Heaven stays — and are being replaced by a requirement to hit loyalty level 4 with all traders plus a Fence reputation threshold. This is a real cut from the old checklist: the Tarkov Kappa requirements used to mean clearing roughly 257 quests across eight traders and handing Fence dozens of Found in Raid items. The old Kappa Path achievement doesn’t survive the transition: the existing Kappa Path achievement will stop being obtainable when Season 1 begins.

Tarkov Shooter – Part 4

This is Jaeger’s bolt-action rifle quest chain, and it stays on the Collector list under the new rules.

Sew It Good – Part 4

Ragman’s gear-collection questline also remains as one of the surviving requirements.

Everything else on the old checklist

The rest of the historical Kappa side-quest sprawl is dropped as a direct Collector requirement — you’ll still likely touch a lot of it naturally while grinding to LL4 with every trader, but it’s no longer a mandatory box to check one by one.

This is where most confusion on patch day comes from, so it’s worth stating plainly: Kord Breach is optional, PvP-only, and runs on a completely separate character. Pick it, and you get a fresh level 1 character with its own modifiers and its own battlepass; skip it, and nothing happens to your main account. Your existing progress is safe either way — your permanent PvP character, PvE character, stash, hideout, Kappa container, and Prestige progress are untouched whether you play the season or skip it entirely, and only the seasonal profile resets when the season ends. This is also the point people miss when they hear “wipe”: there isn’t one anymore in the old sense. Since the 1.0 launch on November 15, 2025, Tarkov no longer performs a traditional full server wipe — your PMC, stash, hideout, and Kappa progress persist indefinitely in both PvP and PvE, season or no season. Before that, Battlestate ran roughly half-year mandatory wipes where every PMC, every stash, every trader rep reset to zero for every player, no exceptions, and that cycle was Tarkov’s heartbeat. Buyanov described the replacement plainly, calling seasons “a separate realm for those who want to experience all of the wipe related stuff — starting from scratch with everybody progressing through it.” Every seasonal character also carries the same six fixed conditions regardless of what else you pick: No Insurance, Black Division, No FIR for Hideout, Armor Shortage, Handyman and Seasoned PMCs cost no points, apply to every seasonal character regardless of what’s picked, and sit separate from the modifiers you actually choose between. If you want a full modifier-by-modifier rundown before you commit a seasonal character, the Kord Breach season guide covers what resets and how to prep.

Some routines that made sense under the half-year wipe cycle actively cost you time under this system.