Hosting a raid

If you are hosting a raid but not the server host, you may need to do additional setup to accept incoming connections. See this FAQ entry for more information.

1

Click Escape From Tarkov in the main menu

2

Choose PMC or SCAV

3

Choose a raid location and time phase

4

Click Next in Practice Game Mode screen

5

Click Next in Insurance screen

6

Click Host Raid in Lobby screen

7

Press Start

Once your raid is loaded, you'll see Waiting for host to start the raid. Your friends can now see your raid in the lobby screen and join it.

When all players joined, you can start the raid by pressing Start Raid at the bottom.