Guide to Acquiring Toolsets in Escape from Tarkov

Finding Toolsets in Escape from Tarkov can be a challenging endeavor. Depending on your preferred maps and the routes you typically take, you may find yourself hunting for these elusive items across multiple successful raids without any luck. To increase your chances of acquiring Toolsets, it’s essential to identify optimal loot locations where technical items are likely to spawn. Frequent visits to these hotspots can significantly enhance your odds of locating Toolsets in your raids.

Optimal Locations for Toolsets in Escape from Tarkov

Toolset Craft in Escape from Tarkov — Image courtesy of Prima Games

Toolsets belong to the technical items category, which means they can spawn in various locations, including Technical Supply Crates, Toolboxes, and Duffle Bags. Additionally, you should consider “loose” loot spawns that can be found atop tables, shelves, or scattered on the floor. Familiarizing yourself with these spawn points on each map will be crucial to your looting success.

Factory: A Quick Scav Strategy

Toolboxes Location in Factory — Image courtesy of Prima Games

For those looking to maximize efficiency, running Factory as a Scav is an excellent strategy, especially in the early stages of a wipe. With only a 1-2 minute queue time and 2-3 minutes for each raid, focus your loot runs on areas with concentrated Toolbox and Technical Supply Crate spawns. A particularly fruitful area is near the helicopter crash site, which contains four potential Toolbox locations.

Next, check the Medical Tents for a Technical Supply Crate, and then proceed down to another potential spawn. Head to the third office area to look for a possible Toolbox atop barrels on the first floor. Additionally, visit the cabin by the forklifts, where you can find three more Toolboxes scattered around.

As you wrap up your run, choose between Gate 3 or the office area for extraction. The office area has two Toolboxes on the first floor, while Gate 3 features a Toolbox near a small shed and on a metal shelf. This swift route through Factory allows for effective Toolset farming without wasting time or resources.

Customs: A PMC Looting Guide

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For players running as a PMC, the Customs map offers an exceptional opportunity to stock up on Toolsets, especially following the introduction of industrial plants in patch 0.16. These new locations are ripe with potential loot. Explore each industrial plant thoroughly, searching Toolboxes and Technical Supply Crates, while also keeping an eye on the ground and metal shelves for loose technical items. You’ll often find more loot on the ground than from the containers.

If Customs isn’t your top pick, consider venturing to Streets of Tarkov’s camp or the water treatment plant at Lighthouse for additional opportunities to acquire technical loot.

Toolsets play a vital role in completing quests such as Farming Part 1 and Capacity Check, which are based in Factory. While you can also purchase them from the flea market (they do not require “found in raid” status), this may prove to be costly. Alternatively, farming Toolsets for resale can provide significant financial returns, making it a lucrative effort.

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