Money Disappearing from Stash: Bug or Not?

I recently stumbled upon a Reddit post from a player asking, “Did I get Tarkov’d?” The night before, they had several million rubles, but when they logged back into Escape from Tarkov the next day… their stash showed zero rubles. That’s right: zero. Gone. Vanished. Did they get Tarkov’d?

Spoiler alert: Nope. He didn’t get Tarkov’d.

What actually happened is this: the night before, after running a few raids, the player started organizing their stash. They moved items around, rearranged some cases, and made good use of the Pin and Lock features to fix certain items in place before hitting the auto-sort button.

Unfortunately… they also locked all of their ruble stacks.

That’s when the trouble began. By locking those stacks, the game flagged them as "untouchable" and — more importantly — invisible to the stash counter.

So, mystery solved. For once, it wasn’t a bug, and it wasn’t Nikita’s fault (or anyone at BSG’s, really) — except maybe for not warning players about this little side-effect of using the lock feature on money.

A Useful Story: Use "Pin" instead of "Lock"

Some players might roll their eyes and think this is common knowledge. Maybe it is. But I honestly had never thought about it — and I bet (or hope) I’m not the only one.

So, what can we learn from this?

If you want your cash stacks to stay in place when using the stash auto-sort, pin them. Do not lock them. Otherwise, they'll become unusable and won’t show up in your stash counter anymore.

That said, locking your money can still be useful.

It’s a good way to set aside savings — protecting part of your funds from being spent or accidentally used. It's like building a rainy-day fund right in your stash.

In Escape from Tarkov, it's easy to lose money unintentionally.

• You misclick on the Flea Market and buy an entire stack of items instead of just one.

• You don’t check the price and buy something someone’s price-gouging like a madman.

• You list an item with the wrong number of zeroes — or even worse (and easier to happen), the wrong currency. Think: something worth 2,000 rubles being listed for 2,000 dollars.

• You try to list a stack of items as a bundle, but forget to check the “list as a pack” box — turning your intended total price into the price per item, losing millions in fees.

By locking your money stacks and only leaving a portion accessible, you can protect yourself from these mistakes — or at least avoid going completely broke because of them.

What do you think? Has something like this ever happened to you? Got any other money-management tips for surviving in Tarkov?

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