Playing Escape from Tarkov, the super dynamic multiplayer first-person shooter video game, without a compass can be quite the handicap. A compass by far might be one of the most useful tools to communicate with your peers. It’s easy to get annoyed telling your location by moving back to the landscape every time someone asks. Here’s where and how you can find this unlootable treasure.
There are two exclusive ways to get a compass in Escape From Tarkov. We will be showing both of them along with how to use it. Before moving on, here are some undetected Escape from Tarkov hacks. If you are a die-hard fan of the game, you’ll love them.
Get a Compass in Escape From Tarkov – Buying from Jaeger
The first way is quite simple. You can easily purchase the compass from Jaeger. Here’s where you find it:
Step 1: You have to reach level 10. You won’t be able to unlock the mechanic’s quests without that and subsequent the compass.
Step 2: After unlocking the mechanic’s quest, go on the gunsmith part-1.
Step 3: Look for three elite pliers. Once you do, you can exchange it from the mechanic for the weapon customization upon the request of the mechanic
Step 4: Once that’s done, you have to finish off the Introduction question as a prerequisite. Look for a note in the woods. You’ll find it somewhere near a big broken plane. Look underneath the wooden construction.
Step 5: Submit the note to the mechanic and the Jaeger will be unlocked.
Step 6: Go to the menu, and click on Jaeger’s store
Step 7: Press the “S” icon to the right from the item list to view special items.
Step 8: You’ll unlock the compass. Press purchase to buy it.
Get a compass in Escape from Tarkov – Helping the Prapor
There’s another way to get the compass. It won’t cost you 0.2 mil Roubles. It’s simply free of cost, but you have to finish off the quest of prapor first. Check out some helpful tips and strategies on eft cheats to make the quest easier.
Here’s how you can do it:
Step 1: Firstly, you have to finish the debut quest.
Step 2: You’ll meet the prapor for the first time in the entire game. Your job here would be to bring Prapor two Mp-133 shotguns after killing five scavs at Customs.
Step 3: The next quest – The search mission. You have to finish it next. You cannot do it if you are below level 5. Here you will help him look for the missing convoy and the USEC camp.
Step 4: Once you find it, you will receive an eye Mk2 compass alongwith 22 roubles in return from prapor.
How to use the compass?
It takes a little bit of practice, but once you get the hang of it, reading the compass is not that difficult. Here’s how you do it:
- Press U to bring up the compass
- You will see the compass degrees, numbered from 0to 360, in the far bottom right of your screen
- You are moving north when the compass it at 0.
- At every 90 degrees, the direction changes.
- 90 is East, 180 is south, 270 is west.
- In the game every player’s compass works the same. So it can be easy to share your location with your peers.
- One thing you should note is that you will not be able to shoot while holding a compass. Pressing fire will work the gun but the compass will hide. You’ll have to bring it up again.
- Also you can’t run with a compass.
Final Words
This was a comprehensive guide on how to use a compass, and where you can find it. There’s no other possible way to get a compass. Hope this will help you in your quest to conquer the Escape from Tarkov.
