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Hobby Club
“Hobby Club” is a Mechanic task in Escape from Tarkov. Requires level 45. Reward: 65,000 XP. Objectives: Locate and obtain the AK-50 barrel on Reserve; (Optional) Locate Glukhar's workshop on Reserve. Walkthrough, map and requirements.
Mechanic — briefing
Excellent, I've been waiting for you. I have a friend in the States, a very skilled weapons professional. He's obsessed with Russian firearms, and for several years now he's been working on his own project, called the AK-50. I don't think you've ever seen an AK that fires a .50 cal... The NATO one, I mean. So the project is finally finished, and he sent me a test sample. Such a heavy and specialized rifle is too risky to be imported in one piece, so we broke the package into several parts. Well guess what, things in Tarkov didn't go according to plan. Shocker, I know. The main body comes as one part, and it was seized in Atlantic waters. However I have the blueprint, so I need you to use it to build a new one for me. It certainly won't be easy in our circumstances. But at least you'll still have a copy of the blueprint for later use. The handguard comes with the gas tube, and it was somehow intercepted by Skier's thugs. This part took two years to assemble, fit, and test, and the cost of development and prototypes has already gone over a couple million. The dust cover was intercepted at one of the checkpoints already in Tarkov. I don't know which one, you'll have to search through all of them. But the barrel is definitely at the military base. Glukhar's personally organized an ambush on my convoy, and apparently knew about this shipment. You'll have to fight for it, or hope for some divine intervention. When you've collected all the parts, drop them off at the transmission tower shack near the gas station at the customs district. I'll ask my crew to deliver them from there, and after that I'll be able to manufacture the parts myself. And, of course, I won't forget your help.
Objectives
- Locate and obtain the AK-50 barrel on Reserve
- (Optional) Locate Glukhar's workshop on Reserve
- Locate and obtain the AK-50 dust cover at one of Tarkov's security checkpoints
- (Optional) Locate the checkpoint with seized cargo
- Stash the AK-50 body at the specified spot on Customs
- (Optional) Build the AK-50 body
- Stash the AK-50 handguard at the specified spot on Customs
- Stash the AK-50 barrel at the specified spot on Customs
- Stash the AK-50 dust cover at the specified spot on Customs
Tactical notes
- 2 maps — Customs and Reserve: not a one-raid task.
- Bring the items for the drop with you — they are not on site.
- Unlocks only at trader loyalty: Mechanic to LL4.
Data
- Where it happens: Reserve, Customs
- Trader: Mechanic
- Mechanic loyalty level 4 required
- PMC level (for reference): 45
- EXP: +65,000
- Objectives: 9
- Kappa: No
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- Gunsmith Master - Part 10 (lvl 39)
- Gunsmith Master - Part 11 (lvl 39)
- Psycho Sniper (lvl 40)
- Setting Priorities (lvl 40)
- Calibration (lvl 47)
Rewards
- +65,000 EXP
- Mechanic Rep +0.05
- Unlocks barter for AK-50 M-LOK handguard with gas tube at Mechanic LL4
- 1× TheAKGuy AK-50 .50 BMG anti-materiel rifle
- 2× M82A1 .50 BMG 10-round magazine
- 50× .50 BMG M33
- Unlocks barter for AK-50 .50 BMG muzzle brake at Mechanic LL4
- Unlocks barter for AK-50 dust cover at Mechanic LL4
- Unlocks barter for AK-50 .50 BMG 24 inch barrel at Mechanic LL4
On the map
- Customs — 2 points: On the 2nd floor
- Reserve — 1 point: Multiple possible spawns in building 6 and 4