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Big Pipe is a Rogue Boss in Escape from Tarkov. He is part of the "Goon squad".
Notes
- Killing Big Pipe as a Scav does not carry any penalties towards your Scav karma.
- Big Pipe has different health values than PMCs and Scavs.
| Big Pipe's Health | Stats |
|---|---|
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Head: 70
Thorax: 220 Stomach: 200 Arms: 110 each Legs: 100 each Total: 910 |
- Instead of the typical 4 single slot pockets, he has 5 double slot pockets, bringing their total space to 10 slots.
Quests
- Big Pipe needs to be killed for the quest Stray Dogs.
Location
Big Pipe and the other members of the the Goon squad, Knight and Birdeye can be found on the following locations:
Customs
At the Scav base (ZB-013 extraction) building with the numerous mounted weapons.
Woods
At the antenna in the northwest (Scav Bunker extraction).
Shoreline
At the weather station on the hill in the southeast.
Lighthouse
At the water treatment plant in the north, and at the blue chalet.
Note: According to the patch notes of patch 0.12.12.30, which introduced the Goon squad, they "do not stay in one location, but wander through them" and "if they are at one location, they will be absent from the others". Despite the patch notes saying this, there have been reports from the community that they have been encountered at the same time, or in a very short time span on different locations.
Behavior
When a player is spotted by any one of the Goons, Knight and Big Pipe both rush the player.
Strategy
Customs Scav base
The best way to deal with the Goons on Customs is to gain their attention while you are at the "Crackhouse" (medical building east of the Scav base). This can easily done by just walking around near the second story windows.
After gaining the attention of the Goons your best choice to kill them would be to sit in a room such as the dining room on the first floor and close the door, as this will create a small time period of them opening the door allowing you to shoot them with no repercussions.
Keep in mind that Birdeye will stay behind and wait till the action is over to show himself. In order to get Birdeye to show himself you either can wait for him to push you after you kill Knight and Big Pipe, or you could throw grenades in his direction in order to pinpoint his location.
Woods Antenna
Due to the Goons extremely long spotting distance it is a hard task to fight them at this location. This means that trying to fight them at this location is a very high risk decision.
Shoreline Weather station
You first want to get the attention of the Goons. This can be easily done by playing a game of "Chicken" with them by quickly running up and down the hill until you hear voice lines or you start getting shot at.
Once you gain their attention you want to run down the hill a little bit and wait for them to push you. Make sure to not hold an angle where only your head is exposed, such as leaning behind a tree.
Both Knight and Big Pipe will rush towards you, giving you a chance to shoot them. After Big Pipe and Knight are dealt with, Birdeye will reposition to find an angle on you, or he will rush you.
Birdeye is an extremely easy kill if he's out in the open and in close range. If he decides to reposition your best options are to throw grenades to find him or try to get him to rush you by continuously re-peeking him until he pushes you.
Lighthouse Blue chalet
Try to push into the chalet and wait in the first floor sauna room for them to push you. Use the rocks on the east side in order to safely enter the building.
Lighthouse Water treatment plant
They can spawn in many locations in the area, but most of the time luring them into buildings will keep you safe from cross fire.
Equipment
| Icon | Face cover |
|---|---|
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Big Pipe's smoking pipe |
| Icon | Headwear |
|---|---|
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Big Pipe's bandana |
| Icon | Eyewear | Armor Class |
|---|---|---|
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NPP KlASS Condor glasses | 1 |
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Oakley SI Batwolf glasses | 1 |
| Icon | Chest rig | Armor Class |
|---|---|---|
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S&S Precision PlateFrame plate carrier (Goons Edition) | 5 |
Big Pipe can spawn with any key or keycard in his pockets.
| Icon | Item |
|---|---|
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Morphine injector |
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Salewa first aid kit |
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Vaseline balm |
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Can of TarCola soda |
Gallery
Big Pipe concept art
Trivia
- Knight and Big Pipe both wear combat pants in NWU Type 3 (AOR2) camouflage, which is a pattern exclusively used by the US Navy and notably their special operation members such as the Navy SEALs.
- His upper wear appears to be a Patagonia Level 9 Combat Shirt in MultiCam with sleeves cut off, which can be identified by the unique shapes of shoulder pockets and attached velcro panels. His shoes appears to be Asolo Fugitive GTX in Wool/Black color. Both items are known to have been used by operators of the Navy SEALs.
- Big Pipe wears a Tactical Tailor 40mm Belt 12rd in Coyote Brown color.
- Big Pipe has a "Bone Frog" and "NAVY SEALS" tattoo pattern on his left arm, the "Bone Frog" pattern is an iconic logo of Navy SEALs.
- Big Pipe and Birdeye have a friendly rivalry, evidenced by voice lines such as;
| “ | This is it, don't give my pipe to Birdeye. | „ |
| ~ Big Pipe on being near death |
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