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First Blood

Event quest: not offered by the trader now. “First Blood” is a Ref task in Escape from Tarkov. Reward: 27,000 XP. Objectives: Earn a Match MVP in any game mode. Walkthrough, map and requirements.

Arena event: Dubak · 26 December 2025

Ref — briefing

I've got some smart guys working for me, real brainiacs in glasses. Sitting around juggling numbers all day... They've never let me down, so I trust them. And they tell me the most profitable kind of fighter isn't just a winner, but a winner among winners. Those are the ones people really bet on. So your job's simple: be that fighter. Simple as.

Objectives

• Earn a Match MVP in any game mode

Tactical notes

• An Arena task: done in Escape from Tarkov: Arena matches, no raid needed.
• A task from the Arena event “Dubak” (26 December 2025); the event is over and the task is no longer given out.

Data

• Trader: Ref
• EXP: +27,000
• Objectives: 1
• Kappa: No

Quest chain

• Previous task: High Voltage (Ref)
• Next task: Frost and Sun (Ref)

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Rewards

• +27,000 EXP
• Ref Rep +0.04
• 50 GP coins
• 650,000 Roubles
• +2,500 Arena BattlePass EXP
• 5 Battle Points