[PvE] How to Complete the “Rite of Passage” Quest [UPDATED]
- Mar 10
- 5 min read
Updated: Apr 16
One of the first quests from Jaeger in Escape from Tarkov, Rite of Passage might seem simple at first. But many PvE players encounter problems finding enough Scavs at Old Gas Station, where they often fail to spawn. So, how do you complete it without wasting raid after raid?
“Rite of Passage” is one of the first quests in Escape from Tarkov that you receive from Jaeger (click to see detail in the EFT Wiki), after completing “Gunsmith Part 1” and “Introduction” with Mechanic, and then “Introduction” and “Work Smarter” with Jaeger.
The quest simply requires you to:
Eliminate 10 Scavs at Old Gas Station
Eliminate 10 Scavs at New Gas Station
Hand over 2 Found in Raid (FiR) Metal Fuel Tanks.
Finding the two Metal Fuel Tanks is fairly easy. I found both near one of the gas pumps at Old Gas Station while hunting Scavs. You can check the EFT Wiki page on Metal Fuel Tanks for additional locations and tips.
When it comes to eliminating Scavs, getting 10 at New Gas Station is simple. Usually, a couple of raids are enough because there are always several spawning there and getting attracted by gunshots.
The real problem, however, is finding them at Old Gas Station.
In PvP, this is common, but in PvE, it can be quite frustrating because Scavs often don't spawn in that area—likely due to the lack of other players roaming around the map.
However, there are a few tricks that seem to work.
How I Did It
I also had trouble finding 10 Scavs at Old Gas Station, so I looked for advice and found that some players mentioned Scavs often spawn in an area after you pass through it. If you go back later, you might find them waiting for you.
I had noticed this behavior before in other situations, so I decided to test it out.
After spawning into the raid, I went to Old Gas Station, and if there were no Scavs, I moved on—heading either towards Fortress (east) or the warehouses to the south. Spent some time shooting and looting around, and when I went back, I almost always found at least one Scav waiting for me.
It didn’t always work, but after 5-6 raids, I completed the quest.
My final kill came from luring a Scav that was beyond the railroad track north of Old Gas Station. At first, it wouldn’t follow me or come towards me even if I made noise shooting a shotgun taken from one of its friends. But after shooting the Scav a couple of times in the arms, it finally chased me down.
Other Suggested Tricks
Fire unsuppressed shots to attract Scavs (I tried this, but it didn’t work for me).
Drop loot on the ground to lure Scavs (I haven’t tested this).
Go in with only a pistol and a few mags, no armor, chest rig, or backpack, to trigger the "Tagged and Cursed" mechanic, which makes Scavs actively seek you out (I didn’t try this, but it should work).
Final Suggestions
Since finding Scavs at Old Gas Station may take several attempts, and you also need to locate Metal Fuel Tanks, I suggest the following strategy:
Head to New Gas Station and eliminate the Scavs there.
Proceed to Old Gas Station.
If there are no Scavs, search for Metal Fuel Tanks near the gas pumps and inside the White Van trunk nearby.
Try leaving Old Gas Station for a few minutes—loot the warehouses nearby—then return to see if Scavs have spawned.
If there are still no Scavs, leave the area and return again.
If this still doesn’t work, extract from the raid.
If you still need to kill more New Gas Station Scavs, repeat from step 1.
If you don’t need to go to New Gas Station anymore, you can try the "Tagged and Cursed" method by entering a raid with only a pistol. Of course, this is risky because you're going in underequipped, so make sure you’re confident in your survival skills and your ability to reach Old Gas Station alive with just a pistol (and a couple of mags).
If you prefer a safer approach, keep returning to Old Gas Station. If no Scavs are there, move away, loot nearby warehouses, and come back later. With some patience, you'll complete the quest fairly quickly—this is the method I used.
UPDATE: I just read this post on Reddit where the OP mentioned that, after the latest patch that updated Escape from Tarkov, they couldn’t get Scavs to spawn by moving away from Old Gas Station and returning later, as suggested in this article. They also speculated that the AI behavior patch might have changed something.
So, I loaded a local PvE raid (not on BSG servers) to test if anything had actually changed after the patch and update this article accordingly.
I spawned nearby, on the railroad close to the bridge/underpass leading to Old Gas Station.
As I got closer, I scanned the area and saw a Scav running behind the blue metal wall behind the station.
I went there, killed it, then moved to the Giving Tree, and suddenly, I started getting shot at by another Scav coming from the underpass (or maybe it just spawned there—I didn’t see).
This is definitely looks from how it was before because, when I did the quest, I had to pass through Old Gas Station and move away to trigger the Scav spawns. Maybe BSG improved the Scav spawning. Maybe I just got super lucky. Maybe they only spawn for me now because I’ve already completed the quest, lol.
Anyway, if you haven’t tried yet, it may be a good idea to try running a local PvE raid instead of playing on BSG servers to see if it makes a difference.
BTW, being a local PvE of course The Goons spawned and killed me.
I will do some more testing.
UPDATE 2: Did another raid on Customs. I spawned near the ZB-1011 extraction point and moved toward Old Gas Station. This time, there were no Scavs in sight.
I crossed over to Fort, but no Goons this time. I ended up fighting some AI PMCs near Fort (they were outside Crackhouse). Took them all down (five in total).
I went back to Old Gas Station. Still no Scavs.
At this point, I crossed back to Crackhouse to loot the PMCs (and Crackhouse itself). Ran back to Old Gas. Still no Scavs.
So, this time, no luck despite going back and forth twice.
It appears that the randomness of Scavs spawning in Old Gas Station has increased, but I am pretty sure the above suggestions still work. I will keep testing and update this article to let you know the results of my experiments.
UPDATE 3 - 20/03/25: In this post on Tarkov Community it's been announced that BSG has acknowledged the problem. They already increased Scavs spawn rate in that zone, but they can move away to loot. They plan to introduce a system to keep them in place for longer.
UPDATE 4 - 16/04/25: I’ve stopped searching for Scavs at Old Gas Station in PvE because the results were too inconsistent, and lately I’ve been playing more PvP than PvE. That said, I wanted to report that a couple of days ago, during a PvE raid on Customs, I was approaching Old Gas from ZB-1012 and got attacked by a couple of Scavs coming from Old Gas Station. So they do spawn there. However, as BSG mentioned on Tarkov Community (see the screenshot I shared in the previous update above), Scavs tend to look for loot or get attracted by gunshots or other sounds, which means they often end up eventually moving away from Old Gas.
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