Escape From Tarkov Investigation Claims 60% of Matches Have Cheaters

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An investigation into the amount of cheating in Escape From Tarkov claims that 60% of matches, if not more, feature cheaters. At this point, almost all Escape From Tarkov players have had an experience with a cheater in-game. It may have been an obvious cheater, flying through the air or invincible to attacks, or it may have only been a suspicion. One Escape From Tarkov fan had enough and decided to investigate just how widespread cheating really is.

Before discussing the results of the investigation, it should be made clear that Escape From Tarkov does have multiple methods of addressing cheating. Developer Battlestate Games claims it bans thousands of cheaters a day. Further, even if players encounter cheaters in Escape From Tarkov, that does not mean the system isn't tracking them. Punishment doesn't typically occur at the moment cheating is recognized, in order to make it less obvious how they're being detected.

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YouTuber g0at is the Escape from Tarkov player that decided to evaluate the problem on his own. Obviously, g0at is not an Escape From Tarkov developer and has no administrative access to tools that could help him hunt down cheaters. Instead, he chose to use cheat tools himself that showed opponent locations through walls to try and hunt down other cheaters. This may seem contradictory, but it proved astonishingly successful using what g0at called «The Wiggle.» He'd approach suspected cheaters, wiggle his character, and cheaters very frequently would wiggle back.

Using the wiggle method and general observation, g0at says that across 125 Escape From Tarkov online raids, he encountered «obvious» cheaters in around 60% of them. When he says «obvious,» he's not