Escape from Tarkov’s patch 0.15 introduced a new game mode called “Marathon.” Marathons are games with multiple raids, which is the new game-breaking feature. Players can move from one map to another and can end the marathon when they extract. However, how does a player travel between maps in a single raid? Here’s how you can do that and all the mechanics involved in the Marathon game mode.
How to Travel Between Maps in Escape from Tarkov
The Marathon is an event that offers a new game mode to Escape from Tarkov players. When you finish loading out your character, you can go to the raid select screen by pressing play and look for the “Marathon” icon on the top-right corner of the raid selection screen.
Tap the icon, and it’ll convert the raid into a Marathon. Once in Marathon mode, you cannot pick a map to play. Everyone starts at Ground Zero. Each area has a dotted line connecting them to other areas. The format or map order is the following:
- Ground Zero
- Streets of Tarkov
- Labs or Interchange (if you go to Labs, there are no other transits)
- Customs (from Interchange)
- Factory
- Woods
- Reserve
- Lighthouse
- Shoreline
Your route has to follow the order, so you cannot go to Reserve from Streets of Tarkov. You have to go through everything to transfer from map to map. Once you are inside the Marathon raid, there will be “location transits” that will move you from map A to map B. However, location transits aren’t immediately available. You have to stay for at least 7 minutes from the start of the raid to use the transit.
Once you are moving from one map to another, you can stash valuable items you found in the raid for a price. This is great to get your quest items secured.
If you have a task like the Special Comms, where you need to place some Military Cables and Bulbex Cable Cutters in Woods and Reserve in one raid, you’ll have to go through other areas like Interchange and Streets of Tarkov just to get to it. This is where you want to plan out your tasks when playing a Marathon game. Choose the safest and most efficient routes based on your current tasks.
Related: All Transit Locations in Escape from Tarkov
How to Travel From Map to Map With a Group in EFT
The Marathon group mechanics are the following:
- Players can only use the transit if all living members are in the transit zone.
- If you use the transit with another player who is not in a group with you, you’ll still get transferred to the next map together.
- Solo players can also travel with other groups (as long as you trust them, I guess).
It is best to travel with a group, especially when completing tasks, because it lessens the risk of failing. Playing as a group has more advantages than disadvantages because solo players or smaller groups will avoid fighting a big group. You’ll have more eyes on any location and can strategize properly to raid locations properly. As long as the group isn’t shooting each other and destroying their PMC Karma, group play is the safest way to run Marathons.
