Cultists

are a faction and a type of Bosses in Escape from Tarkov.
==Notes==
*Cultist's footsteps make absolutely no noise.
*Cultists are cold blooded and can hardly be spotted with thermal vision devices.
*Killing Cultists as a Scav does not carry any penalties towards your Scav karma.
*The cultist priest and his 2-4 followers have different health values than PMCs and Scavs.
<tabber>Cultist priest=
Cultist Priest's Health	Stats
 	Head: 50
Thorax: 200
Stomach: 200
Arms: 100 each
Legs: 100 each
Total: 850
|-|Cultist warrior=
Cultist Warrior's Health	Stats
 	Head: 50
Thorax: 220
Stomach: 180
Arms: 100 each
Legs: 100 each
Total: 850
</tabber>
*Instead of the typical 4 single slot pockets, the Cultist priest has 5 double slot pockets, bringing their total space to 10 slots.
==Quests==
*1 Cultist priest needs to be killed for the quest Broadcast - Part 5.
*3 Cultists need to be killed for the quest Hell on Earth - Part 2.
*1 cultist knife needs to be found for the quest Broadcast - Part 5
*4 cultist knives needs to be found for the quest Small Business - Part 3
*12 cultist knives need to be found in raid for the quest Night Sweep
==Location==
Cultists appear between 22:00 and 7:00. They can be found on the following locations:
====Night Factory====
Cultist priest with 2-3 warriors: Due to the small size of the location they have to be expected everywhere.
====Customs====
Cultist priest with 4 warriors: At the Scav base (ZB-013 extraction) building with the numerous mounted weapons.
File:CustomsCultistMap.png|Location marked on map
====Woods====
Cultist priest with 4 warriors:
*Near the checkpoint located western of the sawmill
*At the dilapidated village in the north
File:WoodsCultistMap.png|Locations marked on map
====Shoreline====
Cultist priest with 3-4 warriors:
*At the health resort
*At the roadblock northeast of the swamp village
File:ShorelineCultistMap.png|Locations marked on map
====Ground Zero (Level 21+)====
* Cultist priest with 3-4 warriors: Has to be expected everywhere
==Behavior==
Cultists lurk in the shadows in groups of 3-5, waiting for a player to approach. They silently approach their enemies and stab them using either normal knives or, in case of the priests, the poisoned Cultist knife. If fired upon, the Cultists will return fire using firearms and grenades. After they attack a player with their knife, they may choose to run off into the woods again and attempt to attack the player(s) from the shadows once again. Some Cultists have been seen to prone in the grass or hide in bushes while their companions engage the player(s) with weapons, then attack with their knives when it's least expected. 
Cultist warriors will ignore scavs, scav guards, bosses, and scav players, but may shoot scav players on sight if aggravated. Cultist priests will attempt to run to cover whenever a scav player comes too close to their current location, and may shoot on sight if also aggravated. 
As the Cultists prefer to ambush players and are extremely well hidden, they almost always have the initiative. Thus, it is important for players to quickly determine exactly where the Cultists are and attempt to regain the initiative. Cultists appear to always have suppressors and stick to cover, so players must be able to quickly spot them in the trees, especially at night. On Woods, players should be especially careful when traveling through either of the Marked Circles on the map. Additionally, Cultists have been seen to stalk players and open fire on them unprovoked, even if they must travel away from the Marked Circles. Players should be extremely cautious as the Cultists use ammo with high-penetrative power and rarely spawn with grenades. Cultists may spawn with a variety of armor, ranging from no protection to class 6 armor, however, they rarely, if at all, use headgear, so headshots are certainly a viable option.
If stabbed by the Cultist knife, players will be inflicted with the Unknown toxin debuff, which deals gradual damage over time and causes pain. The toxin can be cured by the xTG-12 or Perfotoran injectors. Otherwise, the player must extract from the raid or they will run out of medication and die.
When it's time for them to disappear, they stand up from their ambush spots and despawn. Dead Cultists remain in their locations.
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==Priest Equipment==
Note that the primary weapons can have numerous mod variations and those shown below are examples. 
 
<tabber>Weapons=
Icon	Weapon 	Ammunition	Mods
 	Aklys Defense Velociraptor .300 Blackout assault rifle	 	-
 	Kalashnikov AKS-74UB 5.45x39 assault rifle 	 	-
 	PP-91-01 Kedr-B 9x18PM submachine gun 	 	-
 	CMMG Mk47 Mutant 7.62x39 assault rifle 	 	AR-15 DLG Tactical DLG-123 pistol gripAKMS 7.62x39 aluminium 30-round magazineAR-15 DoubleStar ACE SOCOM Gen.4 stockGemtech ONE Direct Thread Mount adapterGemtech ONE multi-caliber sound suppressor
 	HK MP5 9x19 submachine gun 	 	HK MP5 B&T TL-99 aluminum handguardAAC Illusion 9 9x19 sound suppressorHK MP5 Navy Style 3-lug suppressor adapterHK MP5 9x19 X Products X-5 50-round drum magazine
 	TDI KRISS Vector Gen.2 .45 ACP submachine gun 	 	Glock .45 ACP KRISS G30 MagEx 30-round magazineSilencerCo Omega 45k Direct Thread Mount adapter with SilencerCo Omega 45k .45 ACP sound suppressorBCM GUNFIGHTER MOD 3 vertical foregripKRISS Vector non-folding stock adapter with KRISS Vector Pistol Sling adapter
 	Serdyukov SR-1MP Gyurza 9x21 pistol 	 	SR-1MP 9x21 sound suppressorSR-1MP sound suppressor mountSR-1MP quad rail mount
 	Lebedev PL-15 9x19 pistol 	 	PL-15 9x19 threaded barrelPL-15 9x19 sound suppressor
 	Magnum Research Desert Eagle L5 .50 AE pistol 	 	
 	Cultist knife 	 	
 	F-1 hand grenade 	 	
|-|Face cover=
====Armor====
Icon	Name 	Armor Class
 	Atomic Defense CQCM ballistic mask (Black)	4
====Vanity====
Icon	Face cover
 	Faceless mask
|-|Items=
The Cultist priest can spawn with any key or keycard in his pockets.
Icon	Item
 	Secure Flash drive
 	SAS drive
</tabber>
==Warrior Equipment==
<tabber>Weapons=
Icon	Weapon 	Ammunition	Mods
 	SAG AK-545 Short 5.45x39 carbine 	 	
 	Soyuz-TM STM-9 Gen.2 9x19 carbine 	 	
 	AS VAL 9x39 special assault rifle 	 	Axion Kobra EKP-8-02 reflex sight (Dovetail)
 	SVDS 7.62x54R sniper rifle 	 	NSPU-M 3.5x dovetail night vision scopeRotor 43 7.62x54R sound suppressorSVD modernization kit handguard
 	SR-25 	 	AR-15 Strike Industries Viper Mod 1 stockAR-10 KAC URX 4 14.5 inch handguardArmasight Vulcan MG 3.5x Bravo night vision scopeNcSTAR MPR45 Backup mount with a Leupold DeltaPoint Reflex SightAAC 762-SDN-6 multi-caliber sound suppressorInsight AN/PEQ-2 tactical deviceFortis Shift tactical foregripAR-15 Tactical Dynamics Skeletonized pistol grip
 	TOZ Simonov SKS 7.62x39 carbine 	 	SKS TAPCO Intrafuse chassisAR-15 High Standard M4SS StockSKS Hexagon 7.62x39 sound suppressorSKS 7.62x39 ProMag AALVX 35-round magazine
 	Kalashnikov AKM 7.62x39 assault rifle 	 	Rotor 43 7.62x39 sound suppressor AK 7.62x39 Molot Arms 6P2.Sb-11 40-round magazine
 	Kalashnikov AKMN 7.62x39 assault rifle 	 	AKM PBS-1 7.62x39 sound suppressorNSPU-M 3.5x dovetail night vision scope
 	Kalashnikov AK-105 5.45x39 assault rifle 	 	AK-74 Hexagon 5.45x39 sound suppressor
 	RPK-16 5.45x39 light machine gun 	 	AK-74 TGP-A 5.45x39 sound suppressorAK-74 5.45x39 6L31 60-round magazine
 	PP-19-01 Vityaz 9x19 submachine gun 	 	PP-19-01 Vityaz 9x19 sound suppressor
 	SIG MPX 9x19 submachine gun 	 	MPX-SD 9x19 integrated sound suppressorMPX 9x19 TTI "Base Pad +11" 41-round magazine
 	SR-2M Veresk 9x21 submachine gun 	 	TAC Variant
 	TDI KRISS Vector Gen.2 .45 ACP submachine gun	 	BCM GUNFIGHTER MOD 3 vertical foregripKRISS Vector non-folding stock adapterSilencerCo Omega 45k .45 ACP sound suppressor
 	B&T MP9 9x19 submachine gun 	 	MP9 9x19 sound suppressorMP9 9x19 sound suppressor mountZenit Klesch-2U tactical flashlightLaRue LT101 QD Tactical Picatinny Riser mount with a NcSTAR ADO P4 Sniper 3-9x42 riflescopeTangoDown Stubby BGV-MK46K foregripL3Harris AN/PEQ-15 tactical device
 	RGD-5 hand grenade 	 	
 	Cultist knife 	 	
 	6Kh5 Bayonet 	 	
 	Bars A-2607 Damascus knife 	 	
 	UVSR Taiga-1 survival machete 	 	
|-|Face cover=
====Armor====
Icon	Name 	Armor Class
 	Atomic Defense CQCM ballistic mask (Black)	4
 	Shattered lightweight armored mask 	1
====Vanity====
Icon	Name
 	Slender mask
 	Misha Mayorov mask
 	Ghoul mask
 	Pestily plague mask
 	GP-5 gas mask
 	GP-7 gas mask
 	Respirator
 	Lower half-mask
 	Balaclava
 	Cold Fear infrared balaclava
 	Ghost balaclava
|-|Body armor=
Icon	Body armor 	Armor Class
 	LBT-6094A Slick Plate Carrier 	6
 	5.11 Tactical Hexgrid plate carrier 	6
 	NPP KlASS Korund-VM body armor (Black)	5
 	FORT Defender-2 body armor 	5
 	FORT Redut-M body armor 	5
 	6B13 assault armor 	4
 	BNTI Zhuk body armor (Press) 	3
 	MF-UNTAR body armor 	3
 	PACA Soft Armor 	2
|-|Chest rigs=
Icon 	Chest rig 	Armor Class
frameless|link=Tasmanian Tiger SK plate carrier (MultiCam Black) 	Tasmanian Tiger SK plate carrier (MultiCam Black) 	6
 	Eagle Industries MMAC plate carrier (Ranger Green) 	4
frameless|link=WARTECH MK3 TV-104 chest rig (MultiCam) 	WARTECH MK3 TV-104 chest rig (MultiCam) 	-
 	Gear Craft GC-BSS-MK1 chest rig (A-TACS FG) 	-
frameless|link=Haley Strategic D3CRX Chest Harness (Ranger Green)	Haley Strategic D3CRX Chest Harness (Ranger Green) 	-
 	LBT-1961A Load Bearing Chest Rig (MAS Grey) 	-
 	Dynaforce Triton M43-A chest harness (Black) 	-
 	Spiritus Systems Bank Robber chest rig (MultiCam Black)	-
 	SOE Micro Rig (MultiCam) 	-
|-|Backpacks=
Icon 	Backpack
 	Oakley Mechanism heavy duty backpack (Black)
frameless|link=LBT-8005A Day Pack backpack (MultiCam Black)	LBT-8005A Day Pack backpack (MultiCam Black)
 	VKBO army bag
 	Transformer Bag
|-|Items=
Cultist warriors can spawn with any key or keycard in their pockets.
</tabber>
==Gallery==
File:CultistWarrior.png|Cultist warrior
File:CultistKnifeAttack.png|Cultist warrior attacking with a Cultist knife
File:Halloween 2023 Circle.png|Ritual circle from the 2023 Halloween event 
==Trivia==
* Cultist warrior names are hidden, instead appearing as "Sektant", a loose translation of "Cultist" to Russian.
* The cultist priest's name is always Zhrets (| zhrɛts |) which, in Russian, denotes a priest that performs sacrifices and doesn't serve the Christian God.
== See also ==
* Factions
**USEC
** BEAR
** Scavs
**Rogues
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