Escape From Tarkov “Seizing the Initiative” Quest Guide

Take the Customs-to-Shoreline transit, then survive and extract from Shoreline.

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Seizing the Initiative requires you to use the transit from Customs to Shoreline, then survive and extract from Shoreline. The transit is inside a bus at the roadblock south of Customs’ main crossroad, and it only becomes available one minute after the raid begins.

Requirements and objectives

Peacekeeper gives this quest, which requires Peacekeeper loyalty level 1.

Use the transit from Customs to Shoreline.
Survive and extract from Shoreline.

Needed equipment

No quest-specific equipment or items are listed.

How to complete Seizing the Initiative

Customs map showing the Shoreline transit bus behind Sniper Roadblock south of the main crossroads. — Use the bus behind Sniper Roadblock south of the main Customs crossroads, then survive and extract from Shoreline.

Enter a Customs raid and wait until one minute after the raid starts. The transit is not available before then.
Go to the roadblock south of the main crossroad. The Customs-to-Shoreline transit is inside the bus there.
Use the transit to reach Shoreline, then survive and extract from that location.

Rewards

3,000 EXP
+0.1 Peacekeeper reputation
550 dollars, increased to 578 dollars with Intelligence Center Level 1 or 632 dollars with Intelligence Center Level 2

Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore and realistic online first-person action RPG/Simulator with MMO features and story-driven walkthrough.

Genre Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Tactical
Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows)
Perspective First person
Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Release November 15, 2025
Publisher Battlestate Games