5/9/2024
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North UN extract is due south down the hill. Biggest loot zone is the old sawmill building itself which ranges from tool boxes to weapon boxes and ration crates. Scavs spawn SW of the area and sometimes transition from the north, but for the most only PVP occurs here. Old Sawmill is the smallest of the large poi. For directional purposes, there is a tiny poi Checkpoint on the road west, attachment cabin SW enroute to outskirts, and plane crash to the east behind Spine. Landmarks in the greater area are Spine (Lookout Rock) to the east, Duffle Rock (cliff behind Red) in the west, and Sniper rock to the north. Landmarks are Grey (Woodshed), Red (Warehouse 2), and Red South (warehouse 1), Cabins, Lumber to north, and Guardhouse to the south. Grey has loose loot can be gas, propane, and large tools and the cabins in the north easy of several bags and jackets. Pretty solid loot spawns here ranging from Toolboxes to Weapon boxes. Sawmill is the busiest location due to Sthurman Boss spawn, PVP, and later level quests all converge here. Typically every raid you will have an extract in the center and each side of the map. Scavs have quite the selection of extracts - none are conditional but 5 of the 9 are randomly open. PMCs and Scavs have one shared extract which is Factory. The last extract is RUAF located in the center south that has a chance to be open. ZB14 and ZB16 have a random chance to be available but ZB14 requires a key. There are two bunkers ZB14 and ZB16 located in the west and east respectively. Bridge Car is located in the NE and requires 5000r per player. PMCs have access to 4 conditional extracts. Typically PMCs that have UN Roadblock will also have this extract unless they spawn North center. Northern UN Roadblock is located on the eastern border just south of Old Sawmill. PMCs that spawn north center may have UN Roadblock extract. UN Roadblock is located in the bottom SE of the map and is for PMCs that spawn on the Western/N Western side of the map. PMCs that spawn to north center may have Outskirt extract. Outskirts which is located in bottom SW of the map is for all PMCs that spawn on the Eastern/N Eastern side of the map. PMCs have 3 extracts that are always open and have no conditional requirements to use. Woods is considered a specialty map around the community. Despite the large size of the map plenty of firefights will happen under 40m around POIs. Woods is generally made up of low level players doing early game tasks and then run as a niche pvp map for later levels.
The N and NE have an impassable river along the border, and the E and SE has impassable mountain and fence borders. The SW to NW western borders are surrounded by minefields plus sniper scavs.
Woods consists of 4 large POIs and 5 medium POIs. There are 2.5 road systems, one runs up the middle from North to South and then 2 roads run west to east but converse into one system at the center of the map before run NE. Most of the map consists of rolling hills and scattered forests. Woods is the largest map currently released in Tarkov and features a large mountain in the middle of the map which is flanked by a smaller mountain due west. Yes, I am aware that maps are orientated differently in-game but if you want to know more, ask me in discord. All cardinal directions will be based on the orientation of the mapgenie maps. In the forums you can find specific loot runs for these maps but at the bottom of the post I will touch on a few simple raids. This guide will briefly touch on a few quest locations and spawn points but by no means will this comprehensively cover PVP or PVE aspects. Besides helping to visualize the map, you will have the added benefit of toggling on quest locations, scav spawns, pmc spawns, and specific items.
As usual, I highly recommend using mapgenie ( ) while you are playing. This is a great tool to identify landmarks and common call-outs you will find in the map. It features a handful of the major location, popular routes, and a general sense of where things are located. This guide is designed to provide an overview of the entire woods map and the extractions.
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