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Payback

“Payback” is a Lightkeeper task in Escape from Tarkov. Requires level 1. Objectives: Locate and eliminate Glukhar; Eliminate 6 of Glukhar's guards. Walkthrough, map and requirements.

Lightkeeper — briefing

Well, the situation became plain enough. This group of hotshots is, as it turns out, run by Glukhar, an ex-marine who settled at the Reserve base with his crew. That's where he took the documents you planted. Who'd have thought he'd have the nerve to undermine me? Well, he signed his own sentence. Hunt them down and settle the matter. When it's done, give a signal with a flare rocket from high ground, and I'll send men to their lair to sort out their junk. We need to find out what else they've been digging up. As soon as you've fired the signal, you take the shortest possible route straight to me.

Objectives

• Locate and eliminate Glukhar
• Eliminate 6 of Glukhar's guards
• Shoot a yellow signal flare at the radar station
• Survive and extract from Reserve through Cliff Descent

Tactical notes

• WHERE TO LOOK: Glukhar on Reserve, and you need him plus six of his guards — the escort is counted separately.
• Then the flare: it must be fired FROM THE RADAR STATION, from a signal pistol with a yellow round. The firing spot is fixed; anywhere else will not count.
• THE ONLY EXIT IS 'CLIFF DESCENT', and it has a condition: YOU MUST BE WEARING NO ARMOUR. This is the part people forget — they arrive geared and cannot leave.
• So the rig has to come off and be dropped right before the exit. Plan for that in advance.

On completion

Lightkeeper: Saw the signal, great job. I advise you not to go to the base while my men are out there working.

Data

• Where it happens: Reserve
• Trader: Lightkeeper
• Level: 1
• Objectives: 4
• Kappa: No

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• Snatch (lvl 1)
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• Provocation (lvl 1)

Rewards

• Lightkeeper Rep +0.01
• 1× Microcontroller board
• 3× LEDX Skin Transilluminator
• Unlocks purchase of DevTac Ronin Respirator at Ragman LL4

On the map

• Reserve — 1 point