EFT Tutorial and Guide

Writing a separate manual would be necessary to fully cover the topic of weapons in Escape from Tarkov, with weapon modding being one of its central elements.

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Not only is the catalog of usable weapons in the game massive, but each weapon can also be disassembled and modified in multiple parts to improve its stats and performance.

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For a guide on modding, you can start with BSG’s official guide.

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To delve deeper, I recommend following the excellent streamer and content creator Gigabeef, who loves focusing on the best builds and how to create them, as well as improving weapon builds he finds during raids in EFT.

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At the beginning, your options for both weapons and mods will be very limited. Additionally, since you’re unfamiliar with them, it will be challenging to loot the right mods during raids. However, over time, you’ll learn to recognize most of them.

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In the next chapter, Basic Loadout, we’ll explore the recommended choices for starting out.

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TIP: In order to be able to mod weapons using the "Modding" option or "Edit Build" from the menu you get when right-clicking a weapon while it's in your stash (not equipped on your character) you need to unlock the Workbench level 1 in your Hideout. This is something that you should try to achieve ASAP, since "modding" let you modify a weapon with the parts that you have in your stash, while "edit build" lets you also buy parts from the traders and Flea Market (once unlocked). If you don't have the Workbench you need to manually change mods by opening the inspect panel of a weapon, which is much more complicated and inconvenient.

 

Unfortunately, there is no way to set a filter in the "edit build" interface to only show mods that are available from your stash or from traders. You will see all mods, even if you're not able to purchase them yet.