Shortly after PCGN published this story, BSG CEO and Tarkov director Nikita Buyanov confirmed that the next EFT wipe would arrive on Wednesday July 10.

Escape from Tarkov players are on the edge of their seats, awaiting the July hardcore wipe which will make the extraction shooter much more challenging ahead of its 1.0 launch. Now, thanks to a slight tease from Battlestate Games and a surprise EFT sale, we may have a better idea of when the hardcore wipe will roll out – and it could be sooner than expected.

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