§ 08Base Building
Bitcoin Farm
A mining rig for your base: fill it with graphics cards and it mints bitcoins while you're out raiding. How to build it, how fast it mines, what powers it.
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Tarkov's hideout money-maker, placed in your base. Fill it with graphics cards and it mints bitcoins while you're out raiding. A trader pays up to 640,200 ₽ (Lightkeeper) for one bitcoin.
Building one#
The rig is built at the workbench as a kit, and upgraded there twice. Graphics cards come from loot, from Ref for GP coins, or from the bench:
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| Recipe | Needs | Time | Bench level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build Mining Rig Bitcoin Farm Kit LVL 1 | Tools Tool Set (tool), Electronic Small Board, Electronic CPU, Electronic RAM ×2, Electronic SSD, Electronic Power Supply ×3, Build Mats Metal Parts ×6, Electronic Capacitors ×4 | 4 h | 2 |
| Expand Mining Rig to II Bitcoin Farm Kit LVL 2 | Tools Tool Set (tool), Bitcoin Farm Kit LVL 1, Electronic Military Board, Electronic Power Supply ×4, Build Mats Metal Parts ×6, Electronic Capacitors ×6 | 3 h 30 min | 2 |
| Expand Mining Rig to III Bitcoin Farm Kit LVL 3 | Tools Tool Set (tool), Bitcoin Farm Kit LVL 2, Electronic Military Board ×2, Electronic Power Supply ×6, Electronic Cable Military ×4, Build Mats Metal Parts ×10, Electronic Capacitors ×10 | 5 h | 3 |
| Graphics Card (GPU) Electronic Video Card | Electronic RFIReader (tool), Electronic Small Board ×2, Electronic CPU ×2, Electronic CPUFan ×2, Electronic Flash Storage, Electronic RAM, Electronic Capacitors ×4 | 2 h | 3 |
- It has to stand inside your own territory, near your territory generator. Territory and upkeep.
- It needs power. Your territory generator powers it while it has fuel; a running power generator within 30 m works too. No power, no mining.
- Cards go in after it is deployed. Drag them into the rig's slots in your inventory, like any attachment. A ruined card doesn't mine.
- Open Mining Rig shows whether it is running, the cards fitted, the coins waiting, and how long until the next one.
To upgrade, take out the coins and every card, then hold Dismantle Mining Rig. You get the kit back at the level it was, and the bench upgrades the kit, not a standing rig. It won't dismantle with anything still inside.
How fast it mines#
More cards mine faster, on Tarkov's own curve, but not in proportion: the table below is the real rate.
| Graphics cards | Farm | One coin every | Coins a day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Any level | 83 h 20 min | 0.29 |
| 10 | Level 1, full | 60 h 47 min | 0.39 |
| 25 | Level 2, full | 41 h 53 min | 0.57 |
| 50 | Level 3, full | 27 h 36 min | 0.87 |
A level 1 farm takes 10 cards, level 2 25, and level 3 50.
The farm holds at most 3 coins. Once they are waiting it stops mining until you take them out, so check on it: a farm left for a week makes 3 coins, not a week's worth.
It mines only while the server is up. Restarts and downtime don't count toward the next coin, and neither does any time without power.
Keep it safe#
It stands in your base, so it is only as safe as your base. A raider can't carry the rig off, but can take the coins and pull every card out of it. A running rig can be heard nearby.
It adds to your territory's upkeep, a little more for every card fitted, and like anything placed it decays once the territory stops being fuelled. Storage and decay.