Escape from Tarkov New Year Twitch Drops: Release date, all rewards, and how to get

Battlestate Games has designed the Escape from Tarkov New Year Twitch Drops event to celebrate the upcoming update, patch 0.16’s release. The update will bring various changes to the game, including new weapons, balance tweaks, and more importantly, a wipe. Just like in earlier iterations, all players can watch the participating live streamers on Twitch to obtain various valuable items, weapons, ammunition, and more.

This article will detail what items players can get from the New Year Twitch Drops and shed more light on when the event will start.

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When will the Escape from Tarkov New Year Twitch Drops release?

The New Year Twitch Drops are divided into two phases. During the first phase, the Escape from Tarkov drops will be available and players can acquire rewards for the title. On the other hand, the second phase will feature drops for EFT: Arena, with players being able to grab items/rewards for that game.

The New Year Twitch Drops event will become available on December 30, 2024, while drops for EFT: Arena will begin on January 4, 2025. Once the drops are active, players can watch a live streamer on Twitch participating in the event. You won't be able to acquire the drops if you watch the stream of someone not participating.

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All Escape from Tarkov New Year Twitch Drops rewards

Bitcoin in EFT (Image via Battlestate Games)

Each day, players can get several containers that feature various valuable items. Most of the containers have different rarities, and depending on what you open, you can get the following items:

• Weapons from the Patch 0.16
• High-tier ammunition
• Bitcoins
• Class 5 armors and high-tier helmets
• VPX, Tank battery, MFD, Iridium, COFDM, and more
• Graphics Cards

The Drops for EFT will end on January 4, 2025, and the EFT: Arena drops will culminate on January 8, 2025. Since the quality of the items/container will depend on how many challenges the streamers complete, you may want to watch a reputed broadcaster to get good drops.

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How to get the New Year Twitch Drops?

Similar to all previous EFT Twitch Drop campaigns, you have to watch any participating live streamers on the Amazon-owned platform. The drops will reset each day, hence you will have to keep watching and supporting the streamers for a certain amount of time to get the rewards.

Participating streamers usually have a “drops enabled” tag visible on their stream. Once you come across someone with the aforementioned tag, tune in and grab your New Year Twitch Drops.