Escape From Tarkov loot tier list: All items ranked from best to worst

This Escape From Tarkov loot tier list will help you learn which items you should be prioritising in your raids, as we all know that backpack space is very limited. You're always going to want to be making money or completing quests in Escape From Tarkov, so wasting space with useless items is only going to cost you in the long term.

With the sheer amount of items available in the game, it can be quite overwhelming to keep track - leaving you to gloss over otherwise valuable items in a panic. However, memorising even just a selection of the top-tier items will avoid any heartache when you realise you dropped a LEDX in favour of a pack of nails.

So, make sure to check out our full Escape From Tarkov loot tier list below to see the items in the game ranked, as it will definitely help you out as you search through the boxes and crates in each and every map.

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Escape From Tarkov loot tier list

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While they are technically classified as loot, we will not be including armour, guns, or ammo in this Escape From Tarkov loot tier list, as that is a completely different category to cover.

Generally, with armour, the higher class it is the higher value it holds, and with guns and ammo make sure to check out our best guns and ammo tier list guides to find out what to look for there.

The type of items that will be included in this is the following:

• Keys/Keycards
• Special Equipment
• Barter/Info Items/Tools
• Provisions
• Melee Weapons
• Injectors

So, carry on reading below to see our Escape From Tarkov loot tier list, and find out which items are the best to stash in your backpack before you extract.

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S-Tier

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Keys

• TerraGroup Labs keycard (Red/Blue/Green/Violet/Black/Yellow)
• RB-KSM key
• RB-SMP key
• Operating Room key
• Cottage back door key
• Chekannaya 15 apartment key
• Abandoned factory marked key
• Car dealership closed section key

Special items

• Weapon case
• "TerraGroup" armband
• Rivals 2020 armband
• S I C C organisational pouch
• Injector case
• T-7 Thermal Goggles
• Far-forward current converter

Melee weapons

• Red Rebel
• UVSR Taiga-1 survival machete

Barter items

• LEDX Skin Transilluminator

The top of this Escape From Tarkov loot tier list is exclusively reserved for some of the highest-value and hardest-to-find items in Escape From Tarkov. If you find any of these items, you're going to want to stop whatever you're doing and get out of the raid as soon as possible.

You will find that some of the items above are part of the Escape From Tarkov flea market banned items list, but you can still use them to barter trade with other players for other insanely valuable items.

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A-Tier

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Keys

• Dorm room 314 marked key
• Health Resort west wing room 216 key
• Health Resort west wing room 301 key
• Object 11SR keycard
• RB-KPRL key
• RB-ORB1 key
• RB-BK marked key
• RB-VO marked key
• ULTRA medical storage key
• Shturman's stash key
• Goshan cash register key
• Keycard with a blue marking
• Radar station commandant room key

Special items

• Keycard holder case
• Documents case
• Dogtag case
• Body armour repair kit
• Far-forward GPS Signal Amplifier Unit
• Key tool

Barter/Info items/Tools

• UHF RFID Reader
• Intelligence folder
• Graphics card
• 6-STEN-140-M military battery
• Physical bitcoin
• TerraGroup "Blue Folders" materials
• Advanced Electronic Materials textbook
• Microcontroller board
• Silicon Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits textbook

Melee weapons

• SOG Voodoo Hawk tactical tomahawk
• Crash Axe

Provisions

• "Fierce Hatchling" moonshine

While the items in this loot tier might not be the most valuable in Escape From Tarkov, they are still very much worth prioritising if you do happen to find one. Ending your raid early and heading to the nearest extract might be a good idea, as you can't risk turning down hundreds of thousands of roubles.

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B-Tier

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Keys

• TerraGroup Labs access keycard
• RB-OB key
• RB-ORB2 key
• RB-PSV1 key
• RB-PSP1 key
• RB-PSP2 key
• RB-PSV2 key
• RB-ST key
• RB-MP21 key
• Health Resort east wing room 328 key
• Health Resort west wing room 219 key
• Health Resort west wing room 220 key
• Health Resort east wing room 310 key
• Health Resort west wing room 205 key
• Health Resort management warehouse safe key
• Health Resort east wing room 313 key
• Health Resort west wing office room 104 key
• Emercom medical unit key
• OLI logistics department office key
• Object 21WS keycard
• KIBA Arms outer door key
• KIBA Arms inner grate door key
• Hillside house key
• Water treatment plant storage room key
• Factory emergency exit key
• USEC stash key
• Shared bedroom marked key

Special items

• Gingy keychain
• WZ Wallet

Barter/Info items/Tools

• Metal fuel tank
• Expeditionary fuel tank
• Military flash drive
• Secure flash drive
• Bronze lion
• Canister with purified water
• Phased array element
• VPX flash storage module
• FP-100 filter absorver
• Military COFDM wireless Signal Transmitter
• GreenBat lithium battery
• Virtex programmable processor
• Tetriz portable game console
• Ratchet wrench
• Pipe grip wrench
• Military circuit board
• Bulbex cable cutter
• Loot Lord plushie
• Secured magnetic tape cassette
• BEAR buddy plush toy
• Chain with Prokill medallion

Medical items

• Portable defibrillator
• Ophthalmoscope
• M.U.L.E. stimulant injector
• SJ9 TGLabs combat stimulant injector
• eTG-change regenerative stimulant injector
• Golden Star balm

Melee weapons

• Anique axe

Provisions

• Pack of sugar

Although there is not as big of a pure-value gap as some of the higher tiers, this section has probably the largest gap in quality between its items. It is where you're really going to want to start thinking about price-per-slot, which is the overall sale value of the item divided by the number of cells it takes up in your inventory.

Single-slot items like keys, injectors, and flash drives are always going to be worth more than loot like Escape From Tarkov fuel containers, despite having a potentially lower actual value, due to the fact that you can take far more in your backpack. All of the items above are still 100% worth picking up over anything below though, but maybe not raid-defining.

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C-Tier

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Keys

• Health Resort management office safe key
• Health Resort west wing room 221 key
• Health Resort east wing room 222 key
• Health Resort west wing room 303 key
• Health Resort east wing office room 107 key
• Health Resort east wing room 226 key
• Health Resort west wing room 306 key
• Health Resort west wing room 323 key
• Health Resort west wing room 209 key
• Health Resort west wing room 322 key
• Health Resort west wing office room 112 key
• Health Resort west wing room 218 key
• Health Resort west wing room 207 key
• Health Resort west wing room 309 key
• Health Resort east wing room 205 key
• Health Resort universal utility room key
• RB-MP22 key
• RB-MP13 key
• RB-RLSA key
• RB-RS key
• RB-AM key
• RB-MP11 key
• RB-PKPM marked key
• RB-TB key
• RB-OP key
• RB-GN key
• RB-KORL key
• RB-RH key
• RB-AK key
• Cottage safe key
• Weather station safe key
• Conference room key
• NecrusPharm pharmacy key
• OLI cash register key
• IDEA cash register key
• TerraGroup Labs weapon testing area key
• TerraGroup Labs manager's office room key
• Rogue USEC stash key
• USEC second safe key
• USEC first safe key
• HEP station storage room key
• Merin car trunk key

Barter/Info Items/Tools

• Pestily plague mask
• Golden rooster
• Broken GPhone X smartphone
• Can of thermite
• Weapon repair kit
• Military power filter
• Military cable
• Iridium military thermal vision module
• Cyclon rechargeable battery
• NIXXOR lens
• Wooden clock
• Electric motor
• Signal Jammer
• Roler Submariner gold wrist watch
• Paracord
• Gold skull ring
• Pressure gauge
• Fuel conditioner
• Water filter
• Golden egg

Medical Items

• Meldonin injector
• SJ6 TGLabs combat stimulant injector
• xTG-12 antidote injector
• 3-(b-TG) stimulant injector
• Zagustin hemostatic drug injector

Provisions

• Bottle of Dan Jackiel whiskey

Items in the C-Tier are those middle-tier items which, again, are always going to be worth picking up if you have the space, but aren't quite the priority choice that some other loot is in Escape From Tarkov.

Furthermore, it has quite a lot of the Reserve and Shoreline keys that can be quite confusing to an unsuspecting looter thinking they've just hit the jackpot - so make sure to learn the difference between your RB-KSMs and RB-AKs, as that might get you an extra million roubles or so.

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D-Tier

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Keys

• RB-AO key
• RB-MP12 key
• RB-PP key
• Dorm room 114 key
• Dorm room 214 key
• Dorm room 220 key
• Dorm room 110 key
• Dorm room 204 key
• Health Resort east wing room 213 key
• Health Resort east wing room 308 key
• Health Resort west wing room 321 safe key
• Health Resort west wing room 222 key
• Health Resort east wing room 306 key
• Health Resort east wing room 216 key
• Health Resort west wing room 203 key
• Health Resort west wing room 325 key
• Health Resort east wing room 314 key
• Health Resort east wing room 316 key
• Health Resort east wing office room 108 key
• Health Resort office key with a blue tape
• Gas station safe key
• Military checkpoint key
• Rogue USEC barrack key
• Store safe key
• OLI outlet utility room key
• OLI administration office key
• Convenience store storage room key
• Police truck cabin key
• TerraGroup Labs arsenal storage room key
• Missam forklift key

Barter/Info items/Tools

• Old firesteel
• Cat figurine
• Car battery
• Antique vase
• Battered antique book
• SAS drive
• SSD drive
• Hand drill
• Military gyrotachometer
• Silver badge
• Deadlyslob's beard oil
• Gunpowder "Eagle"
• Gunpowder "Hawk"
• Gunpowder "Kite"
• Veritas guitar pick
• OFZ 30x160mm shell
• Working LCD
• Power supply unit
• GP coin
• Can of Dr Lupo's coffee beans
• Gold neck chain
• Antique teapot
• LVANDMARK's rat poison
• Press pass (issued for NoiceGuy)
• Axel parrot figurine
• Topographic survey maps
• Slim diary
• Shustrilo sealing foam
• Raven figurine
• 5L propane tank
• Toolset
• Video cassette with the Cyborg Killer movie
• Analog thermometer
• Dry fuel
• Golden 1GPhone smartphone
• #FireKlean gun lube
• KEKTAPE duct tape
• Electric drill
• Diary
• BakeEzy cook book
• Portable Powerbank
• Sewing Kit
• Xenomorph sealing foam
• Pack of chlorine
• Pliers Elite
• Leatherman Multitool
• Awl
• MS2000 Marker
• Disposable syringe
• Set of files "Master"
• PAID AntiRoach spray
• 42nd Signature Blend English Tea
• Can of Majaica coffee beans
• Flat screwdriver (Long)
• Bolts
• Screw nuts
• Magnet
• Bottle of OLOLO Multivitamins
• Pack of sodium bicarbonate
• Schaman shampoo

Medical items

• "Obdolbos" cocktail injector
• P22 injector
• SJ1 TGLabs combat stimulant injector
• AHF1-M stimulant injector
• L1 (Norepinephrine) injector
• Adrenaline injector
• Propital regenerative stimulant injector

Melee weapons

• Cultist knife

Provisions

• Alyonka chocolate bar
• Bottle of Tarkovskaya vodka
• Bottle of "Pevko Light" beer
• Can of TarCola

The final loot tier for Escape From Tarkov is largely comprised of the rest of the worthwhile keys, barter items, and a couple of provisions too. One thing which could potentially elevate some of the items in this tier is whether you're doing the collector quest, because then the streamer items would rise straight to S-tier. If you're got to that point though, you probably already know what you're looking for. 

Anything not included in this list from this point on should only really be used to fill slots you would otherwise have empty, and you're really going to want to be thinking about price per slot here.

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There's no point picking up a somewhat worthless item that takes up four slots in your backpack, if you could pick up four, single-slot low-value items that could potentially quadruple your profits. 

So, that wraps up extensive our Escape From Tarkov loot tier list, ranking all of the items in the game from best to worst. You'll hopefully have a better idea of which items to prioritise now, but if you're wanting more help with other areas in Escape From Tarkov, then make sure to check out our dedicated game page for all of the latest news and guides.