Escape From Tarkov “Accidental Witness” Quest Guide
Follow the Streets extraction and trader handoffs in order, then finish the evidence trail on Shoreline.
Accidental Witness sends you across Customs, Streets of Tarkov, and Shoreline. Its Streets extraction accepts either a Survived or Run-Through status, so a full survival status is not required for that step. Follow the trader handoffs in order before returning to Customs.
Requirements and objectives
The requirement is to locate the white scribbled-on car in the courtyard of the dormitories on Customs.
The quest then sends you to investigate Kozlov’s residence, ask traders about Anastasia, search an apartment on Streets, extract from Streets, and follow the evidence through Customs to Kozlov’s hideout on Shoreline.
Several branches are marked optional, but some of their item entries are marked required. In particular, the room 110 key and letter, along with Reshala’s work notes and courier belongings, have conflicting status labels. Check the active quest tracker before skipping any of these pickups.
Needed equipment
| Item | Use |
|---|---|
| Dorm room 110 key | Opens Kozlov’s room on Customs. The room investigation is labelled optional. |
| Zmeisky 3 apartment key | Opens the accomplice’s apartment on Streets of Tarkov. |
| Reshala’s bunkhouse key | Opens Reshala’s stash on Customs. |
The objective list marks finding the Zmeisky apartment key and Reshala’s bunkhouse key as optional, but each key is needed to enter its associated location. The three key entries have no Found in Raid requirement listed. The document and evidence pickups are listed as requiring Found in Raid status.
How to complete Accidental Witness
Investigate Kozlov’s room on Customs
In the first-floor room 110 of the two-story dorms, pick up and read the note on the wall below the room number. To investigate the room, unlock it with the Dorm room 110 key and read the letter on the nightstand. The optional Note from the repair shop is on the kitchen wall beside room 110.
The objective list labels the room investigation optional, while its item list marks the key and letter required. Complete the room branch rather than relying on the optional label alone.
Ask Skier about Anastasia and search the Streets apartment
Use the trader screen to ask Skier about Anastasia. Then go to the first floor of the Zmeisky 3 building on Streets of Tarkov. The apartment entrance is on the backyard side, and the door is marked apartment 7. Use the Zmeisky 3 apartment key to enter.
Pick up and read all four documents in the apartment. Each has multiple possible spawn points:
| Document | Possible locations |
|---|---|
| The Ninth Circle Issue #19 | On the wall to the right after entering the living room, or on the wall beside the armchair. |
| Tarkov Herald summary | On the armchair, in the bottom compartment of the shelf beside the TV, or in the bottom compartment of the bookshelf. |
| FSB report | In a drawer below the TV, or on the windowsill beside the TV. |
| The Ninth Circle Issue #14 | On the wall beside the kitchen door, or on the right-side wall in the kitchen. |
Extract from Streets and complete the trader handoffs
Leave Streets of Tarkov with either Survived or Run-Through status. After the extraction, report to Skier through the trader screen, then talk to Ragman there.
Find Anastasia’s apartment and the mailbox documents
Locate apartment 7 on the second floor of the Chekannaya 13 apartment building on Streets. For the investigation, go back downstairs and pick up and read the Letter from the mailbox and the Tarkov Herald newspaper with an article by A. Mikhailova, both found in the mailbox.
Search Pasha’s ambush spot on Customs
The ambush spot is beside the two-story dorms on Customs. Find the bicycle and pick up and read the Unsealed envelope next to it. Report to Skier through the trader screen when the objective is complete.
Investigate Reshala’s bunkhouse
Find Reshala’s stash in the bunkhouse on Customs and use Reshala’s bunkhouse key to enter. Pick up and read the three notes inside. They are on the left wall, on a stool, and on the right wall.
The objective list marks obtaining Reshala’s work notes and courier Pasha’s belongings as optional, but their item entries mark them required. Collect all three notes rather than treating those labels as settled.
Collect Kozlov’s evidence on Shoreline
Go to house 3 in the eastern part of Shoreline’s West Village. Pick up and listen to the Audio tape with incriminating evidence in the flower bed beside the entrance. The Newspaper clipping with a photo of Anastasia is optional and lies on the floor inside the house.
Rewards
- +64,000 EXP
- Unlocks the Pay Your Debt achievement
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