Escape from Tarkov’s August 5 Include AK74 Mastery Changes and Three Renames
They also change QuestStashMaxCount for Therapist's message from 0 to 1, but no Battlestate Games confirmation accompanies the entries.
Escape from Tarkov has three August 5, 2026 data records covering item names, a quest title, a player-name correction, AK74 mastery, and the stash limit for Therapist’s message.
The entries do not include confirmation from Battlestate Games, so they should be treated as unverified data changes rather than a confirmed player-facing update. Their timestamps show when the records were logged, but not when players might see the changes in the live game.
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Three naming changes at 06:08 AM EDT
The earliest record, dated August 5 and timestamped 06:08 AM EDT, contains three naming adjustments:
- The identifier
689f6f33b3b8c90a1c0545b8is now Compact Disc, with the description a now‑useless compact disc. The Huntsman Path — Evil Watchmanis nowThe Huntsman Path — Angry Watchman.- A water bottle connected to the player who first beat Terminal uses the nickname YMXC instead of
YXMC.
These are cleanup-style changes, but they still show which data fields were adjusted.
AK74 mastery now covers more weapons
A second record, logged at 12:00 PM EDT, expands the weapons included under AK74 mastery. The group now contains AK-101, AK-102, AK-103, AK-104, AK-105, AK-12, AK-74, AK-74M, AK-74N, AKS-74, AKS-74N, RD-704, AK-545, and RPK-16.
The record does not explain whether the adjustment affects progression that players have already earned or only applies to future mastery activity.
Therapist’s message gets a new stash value
The final entry arrived at 12:09 PM EDT. It changes the QuestStashMaxCount attribute for the quest item Therapist's message from 0 to 1.
That is a direct change to the stored value, although the record alone does not confirm how it will affect quest storage or inventory behavior in the game.
Until Battlestate Games confirms the records or players verify the changes in the client, the August 5 entries remain a snapshot of possible Escape from Tarkov data work rather than formal patch notes. Tell us what you think about these possible changes in the comments, and follow us on X, Bluesky, YouTube, and Instagram.
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