How to Open Locked Arena Crates in Escape from Tarkov

Escape from Tarkov and Tarkov Arena are two standalone games with some interesting overlapping mechanics. For one, Tarkov Arena gives players different forms of currency and random crates. These items can all be transferred to the base Escape from Tarkov game to help players get more currency or loadouts. However, transferring Arena crates has some requirements before you can open them. Here’s how to open these locked Arena Crates in the base Escape from Tarkov game.

How to Unlock Arena Crates in Escape from Tarkov

Before you can unlock Arena Crates, you need to transfer these crates from Escape from Tarkov: Arena to Escape from Tarkov. In Tarkov Arena, go to Ref and open the services tab. This tab will open up an item transfer grid, and you should place all your Tarkov Crates. Press transfer, and it should send everything to your base Escape from Tarkov game.

To claim these Arena Crates, open your messenger in the Escape from Tarkov game and look for Ref. Look at Ref’s messages and click “Receive all items.” You should now have all the Arena Crates.

To open these Arena Crates, you need the following:

• Hideout Workbench Level 2
• Pliers Elite
• Hand Drill
• L&F Screwdriver (long and flat)

Once you have the requirements, go to your Workbench in your hideout. Look for the Arena Crate crafts and start opening them. After finishing the craft, you’ll get an unlockable version of the Arena Crate. Right-click the crate and unpack it. You should instantly get the items transferred to your stash. The items inside these Arena Crates are rarely good, but most of them are useful. You can send out the useless items to the Cultist Circle in hopes of finding some rare loot.

If you are having problems acquiring the tools needed to open the Arena Crates with the Workbench, you can go to Interchange and farm them in Goshan and OLI. You can also buy them from the flea market.