Guide to the Winter Tales Event in Escape from Tarkov: Where to Find and How to Light Bonfires
Recently, a thematic event Winter Tales has started in Escape from Tarkov, in which everyone can participate, regardless of the level. In this guide, we will tell you where to find Morana effigies, how to light bonfires, and complete all of Prapor's temporary quests.
A few weeks ago, the snow in the locations of Escape from Tarkov melted, but suddenly winter returned — all thanks to the new event. Below we will tell everything that is known about the thematic event in this game.
How to participate in the event
For this, players need to initially visit Prapor and activate several mandatory quests.
Demons
- Description: Come in, serviceman. Have you seen what's happening outside? Ha-ha-ha! Looks like winter has returned. But that's okay, there are rumors that some freaks worshiping Morana have appeared. It's because of them that winter has returned. They apparently found something at Sanitar's in the caches, got high, and now they're hallucinating all sorts of things. One here before you said that they are building Kalinov bridge and putting up effigies. I don't know more details. Go, have a look, tell me what's going on?
- Task: Find a Morana effigy at any location / Kill a Morana minion.
The player needs to find Morana minions on any map, kill one of them, and approach the bonfire closely to complete the task.
Spring never changes
- Description: So, listen, soldier. The bonfires of Morana's minions — need to be burned. Every single one. I'm not a religious man, but I sense something's wrong here. This whole movement didn't start for no reason. And we don't need any more instability in the region. Go ahead and with a song.
- Task: Light a bonfire at any location (0 / 1,000,000).
Note that individual players do not need to light a bonfire a million times. On the official website of the game a counter is launched, which sums up the bonfires of all players. Most likely, the event will end once a million bonfires are lit.
Grandma's tales
- Description: It seems everything's more neglected than I thought. I think it's not scary, but it sends shivers down my spine. You know, if you've served, then you're not afraid of anyone alive anymore. But I remember in my early childhood, grandma loved to scare me. As she starts her stories about all sorts of evil spirits, that's it, you can't stop her! She was born before the revolution, saw a lot of things, maybe that's why. I was about five years old, sitting playing, she comes in, locks all the doors, curtains the windows, and says, «That striga came again». I ask, what kind of striga is that? And she tells a five-year-old about some monster at night, how scary it is and drinks blood. Why, for what?
- Task: Kill Morana minions (0 / 50).
Where to find Morana effigies. Locations of bonfires on the maps
Morana effigy can be found on the following maps:
- Interchange;
- Customs;
- Woods;
- Shoreline;
- Streets of Tarkov;
- Center.
The locations of Morana minions in this guide are collected based on personal experience. We have not marked places where we have not found bonfires yet. If you want to supplement the guide, write about it in the comments.
Being near a lit bonfire gives the following positive effects:
+3 levels to the Endurance skill;
+3 levels to the Strength skill;
+3 levels to the Vitality skill;
+3 levels to the Immunity skill;
+300% stamina recovery speed.
If you manage to light three bonfires at once, bird songs will play for a minute, and a non-aggressive boss, The Seer, will appear. He will be giving out items, but attacking him is not advisable as he will defend himself. Killing this enemy is almost impossible!
Customs
At Customs, we encountered bonfires most frequently, in five locations:
- On the platform in front of the boiler room;
- Between the sarcophagus and the old gas station;
- Near the library;
- Next to the dormitory;
- At the customs terminal.
Shoreline
Here, we also found several places where event bots appeared next to bonfires:
- In the village near the swamp;
- On the territory of the sanatorium;
- At the smugglers' base;
- On the territory of the hydroelectric power station.
Interchange
Since a huge shopping center occupies most of the map, you can encounter minions here on the street in several places:
- Exit at the EMS checkpoint;
- On the highway in front of the entrance to the shopping center;
- In the parking lot in front of the shopping center;
- On the road between the exit to the railway and the power plant.
Streets of Tarkov
So far, we have only encountered bonfires in two places on this location, but surely there could be more spawn points:
- On the territory in front of and behind the Pinewood hotel;
- Near the «Beluga» restaurant.
Woods
Throughout many raids, we have only encountered minions once — near the temporary EMS camp. If you have encountered them at other points of interest, please write about it in the comments.
Expedition
Expedition is a new map for beginners, which becomes inaccessible after reaching level 20. During our search, we only found bonfires in front of the TerraGroup building and near the «Prospect Mira» exit.
How to Ignite Bonfires
Igniting a bonfire is quite simple. You will need tracer ammunition of any caliber. A few shots will ignite the bonfire for about 15 seconds. To prolong the burning, you will have to shoot again.
Note that as soon as you attempt to ignite bonfires, nearby minions will start attacking you, regardless of whether you play as a PMC or a Scav.
All About Morana's Minions
New bots appear next to bonfires and do not attack players passing by, be it PMCs or Scavs. However, if you try to ignite a bonfire or attack one of them, they will return fire.
Being in close proximity to such a bot, the player receives a new effect — «Mara's Cold». As a result, the body temperature decreases, and some players report that for PMCs, the weapon may switch from automatic fire mode to single.
The minions have decent weapons, but you won't be able to fire them properly as they are broken and will jam after each subsequent shot. These fighters are also not equipped with top-tier gear and often use the cheapest ammunition. In the pockets of some, you can find grenades and other valuables, as well as remove expensive weapon modules.
They may be armed with the following guns:
- Special Automatic Rifle AS VAL 9x39;
- Special Sniper Rifle VSS Vintorez 9x39;
- Compact Assault Rifle KBP 9A-91 caliber 9x39;
- Rifle KBP VSK-94 9x39;
- Sniper Rifle SVDS 7.62x54R;
- Tokarev SVT-40 Rifle 7.62x54R;
- Tokarev AVT-40 Automatic Rifle 7.62x54R;
- Molot Arms VPO-101 «Vepr-Hunter» Carbine 7.62x51;
- TOZ Simonov SKS Carbine 7.62x39;
- Kalashnikov AKM Assault Rifle 7.62x39;
- Kalashnikov AKMS Assault Rifle 7.62x39;
- Molot Arms VPO-209 Carbine caliber .366 TKM;
- Kalashnikov AK-74N Assault Rifle 5.45x39;
- Kalashnikov AKS-74U Assault Rifle caliber 5.45x39;
- Kalashnikov AKS-74UB Assault Rifle 5.45x39;
- Submachine Gun SR-2M «Veresk» 9x21;
- Submachine Gun PP-19-01 «Vityaz» 9x19;
- Submachine Gun PPSh-41 caliber 7.62x25;
- Pump-Action Shotgun TOZ KS-23M 23x75mm;
- Lebedev PL-15 Pistol 9x19;
- TT-33 Pistol 7.62x25 TT;
- Serdyukov SR-1MP Gyurza Pistol 9x21;
- PB 9x18PM Suppressed Pistol;
- F-1 Hand Grenade;
- RGD-5 Hand Grenade;
- M67 Hand Grenade.
Initially, there may be only a few bots guarding the bonfires — just a few pieces. But after eliminating one, others will start to appear. In total, you will have to deal with about two dozen enemies in one go.
The health of the bonfire guards is about twice as much as that of an ordinary PMC. Also note that they can be killed with «player scavs» — a player controlling a Scav. In this case, the reputation with the Fence trader will not be deducted, as it would be if you killed regular bots or bosses.
Boss Spawn During the Event
During the event, all standard enemies appear on the maps as usual. For example, in one raid on Customs, you might encounter Scavs, Reshala, The Goons, and Morana's minions.
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