Found in Raid (FIR) Explained: Quest Items, Run-Throughs, and Exceptions

Found in Raid: the rule that decides whether your loot counts

Found in Raid, usually shortened to FIR, is a status attached to an individual item in Escape from Tarkov. When a task asks for an item found in raid, owning the right object is only half the requirement: that particular copy must also have the FIR marker. Two identical medical kits can sit beside each other in your stash while only one qualifies for the same hand-in.

For ordinary raid loot, the reliable route is to recover an item generated in that raid and extract with the Survived result. Hideout crafting and item rewards from quests provide other qualifying sources. Buying a replacement or carrying an existing item through another raid does not turn it into a valid FIR hand-in.

The practical priority is simple: once you find something that clears a progression bottleneck, give getting it home more weight than filling the remaining backpack slots. An inexpensive quest item can save you more time than an expensive weapon. This guide was reviewed on September 17, 2026, against the site's Patch 1.1.5.0 baseline; market and construction requirements are addressed separately because those rules have changed over time.

Read the marker on the exact item you intend to submit

Look for the small checkmark on the item icon and inspect its tooltip. The relevant wording is Item found in raid. A quest-related highlight can draw attention to something you need, but the item name, its status, and the task's acceptance conditions still deserve separate checks. Do not judge a whole collection of similar-looking supplies by inspecting only one copy elsewhere in the stash.

The marker tells you about eligibility, not price, durability, or rarity. A common tool can be an essential hand-in, while a valuable attachment without FIR can still be excellent equipment. Likewise, an item can have FIR and still be wrong for the objective: the task may request a different model, a particular quantity, or a condition that your copy does not meet.

Before committing to a loot route, reduce the task to a short shopping list: exact name or accepted category, remaining quantity, FIR requirement, and any extra restrictions. Keep that list small enough to remember under pressure. It is much easier to recognize your final required item in a dark room when you already know precisely what you are looking for.

A body is a loot location, not proof of the item's origin

Finding something during a raid does not necessarily mean it was generated there. Another human PMC may have brought their rifle, ammunition, medical supplies, or spare gear from their stash. Those possessions do not become FIR when you kill that player and extract with them. The same restriction applies when a friend brings an item into a raid and drops it for you.

A defeated player's inventory can also contain loot they collected during the current raid. Those items can qualify when you recover them and survive. This is why a single backpack can contain both eligible and ineligible objects. Check the individual items instead of assuming that everything on a PMC is disqualified, or that everything taken from a corpse automatically counts.

Squad cooperation is useful when someone discovers the item you need during the current raid. Let the player who needs the hand-in take that eligible loot and plan the group's exit around protecting it. Announce the find clearly, decide who will carry it, and avoid repeated inventory exchanges in an exposed doorway. Passing around a newly found object and importing a replacement from someone's stash are different situations.

Secure containers protect possession, but survival protects FIR

A permitted item inside your secure container stays with you after death, but ordinary loot kept that way loses its FIR eligibility. Putting an item in the container does not itself remove the marker: if you finish the raid with Survived, eligible loot inside it can remain valid. The decisive difference is how the raid ends, not whether the object occupied a backpack slot or a protected slot.

Imagine finding a rare electronic component that you need for a collection task. Moving it into your secure container protects some value if the raid goes badly. It does not mean the task is finished. If you die, the component may still be useful for another purpose, but you need another qualifying copy for an explicit FIR hand-in.

Choose protected slots according to what an item would still be worth after failure. That might mean equipment you intend to use, an ingredient for a future craft, or something with a strong trader sale price. Once the container is arranged, return your attention to the route. Spending a minute optimizing slots in an unsafe position can cost the entire raid, including the eligibility you were trying to preserve.

Avoid Run Through: 200 qualifying XP or seven minutes

Extracting alive can produce Run Through rather than Survived. The documented threshold is at least 200 experience from combat and looting, or at least seven minutes in the raid. These are alternative conditions. You do not have to satisfy both, and you do not need a player kill simply to make ordinary loot eligible.

The qualifying experience is not interchangeable with the final number displayed on the results screen. Extraction rewards and result multipliers can make that total misleading. Do not assume that healing, eating, or a displayed total above 200 proves you earned enough combat and looting experience. If you cannot confidently account for the qualifying actions, the elapsed-time route is easier to judge.

Use an elapsed-time check rather than memorizing a single remaining-time number for every map. For a PMC who entered at the start of a hypothetical 40-minute raid, seven minutes have passed when the timer reaches 33:00. That example is arithmetic, not a promise about a particular map's current duration. Leave a little margin for an uncertain spawn time or a timer you checked late.

Do not turn the XP threshold into a reason to seek an unnecessary fight. If you already hold the only item you needed, a cautious route toward a usable extraction and a short wait in cover may be preferable. The result screen provides the final confirmation; guessing that a particular kill must have been enough does not.

Once the item is found, change the raid plan

A collection raid has two distinct jobs: locate an acceptable item, then deliver it. The moment the first job is complete, reconsider every optional stop. A detour that made sense when your backpack was empty may be a poor trade when you are carrying the final item blocking a trader task. You can run another money raid after the hand-in is secure.

Check your available extractions while there is still room to change direction. Confirm the exit's conditions, allow for the actual route rather than straight-line distance, and keep a backup in mind. An extraction name on a map is not enough if your character cannot use it or its requirements conflict with the gear you are carrying. See /guides/extraction-types-explained for those distinctions.

Leave enough time for damaged legs, low stamina, healing, and a blocked approach. Consider dropping replaceable weight if it threatens the delivery. Carrying one more heavy weapon is rarely worth missing extraction with a difficult quest item. The final approach deserves the same care as the loot location: listen before crossing, avoid unnecessary inventory management, and finish the extraction countdown rather than relaxing when you reach the landmark.

Use Scav runs to collect supplies without risking a PMC kit

A successful Scav run can supply FIR items for ordinary collection hand-ins on the associated profile. The item does not have to be recovered by your PMC just because a PMC trader task needs it. Your Scav's generated starting equipment can also be useful, so inspect the loadout before deciding that the run requires a long search. Player-imported equipment you pick up remains subject to its own origin.

Scav timing needs a separate explanation. The community FAQ documents the seven-minute check against the raid's original start, not a fresh seven-minute countdown beginning when your Scav appears. A late arrival therefore does not usually require another seven minutes of waiting. An unusually early Scav spawn can still receive Run Through, so avoid assuming that Scavs are exempt. Do not apply an old map timer to a session whose duration has changed.

After extraction, move the useful items from the Scav transfer screen into your stash before leaving that screen. Prioritize quest supplies if storage is tight. Plan collection runs around a few needed categories rather than trying to maximize every slot's sale price. For a struggling PMC, returning with two modest hand-ins can be more productive than chasing a contested high-value area. Route preparation and transfer-screen habits are covered further in /guides/scav-run-guide.

Crafting creates a new eligible item

Hideout craft outputs receive FIR status. This makes crafting one of the strongest alternatives to repeatedly searching for a specific hand-in. The ingredients do not need to be FIR merely for the resulting output to receive the marker. Bought or otherwise non-FIR materials can therefore contribute to a qualifying crafted item when the recipe accepts them.

The distinction is that production creates an output. Buying an item, repairing it, moving it between containers, or taking it out for another raid does not perform the same conversion. If a recipe happens to produce the object you need, that new output can solve the collection requirement; the ingredient itself has not had its history erased.

Check the actual recipe before spending money. Confirm the module level, any task unlock, the exact output, the batch quantity, the duration, and the power requirements. A familiar recipe from an older progression guide may not yet be available on your character. For a Salewa objective such as Shortage, inspect the relevant Medstation production option instead of assuming that every medical craft produces an acceptable substitute.

Select ingredients carefully when you own both ordinary and reserved FIR copies. A craft that consumes a scarce future hand-in can solve one problem while creating another. Reusable tools are also different from consumed ingredients; the craft interface identifies auxiliary tools separately. Once production finishes, collect the output into the stash and submit the required copies before assigning any surplus to a sale or your next loadout.

Decide whether to craft, loot, or claim a reward

The cheapest-looking acquisition method is not always the fastest route to progression. Compare the remaining work for each option. A craft already available in an operating module has a different cost from a craft that first requires several upgrades and a distant task unlock. Likewise, a familiar Scav route has a different practical value from a rare spawn behind a key you do not own.

For crafting, include purchased inputs, the value of materials you already own, additional fuel where relevant, and the time occupying that module. Found ingredients are not economically free if you could sell or use them elsewhere. You do not need perfect market accounting, but you should know whether the recipe is a modest convenience or a major investment made solely to avoid one collection task.

For looting, consider replacement kits and the probability that you can both find the item and extract. One successful run in a video does not establish a dependable farming route for your skill level. When the exact item is craftable, a useful compromise is to start production and play other objectives while it finishes.

Check unclaimed quest rewards as well. An ordinary item awarded for completing another task can already be eligible, saving both a search and a craft. Keep this distinct from buying through an unlocked trader offer: unlocking access to a purchase does not make the purchased copy a quest reward.

Match the hand-in wording before choosing what to keep

Collection objectives can ask for an exact item, a broader category, or an item with an additional condition. Those are different shopping lists. First in Line, for example, uses a medical-item hand-in, while Shortage names Salewa first aid kits. An item that solves one medical objective is not automatically accepted by every other medical objective.

Keep category requests separate from named-item requests in your notes. For an objective that accepts several tools, reserve an eligible low-value option before sacrificing a rare tool needed elsewhere. For a named item, compare the full name rather than the icon's shape or color. Similar food packages, electronic devices, and weapon variants can be easy to confuse during a hurried search.

Condition requirements need their own check. A valid marker does not override a task's durability or resource requirement, and a partially used item should not be rejected automatically if the objective permits it. Read what the current task accepts. Also separate finding or handing over an object from visiting a location: completing the collection component does not necessarily complete the exploration component.

Protect saved hand-ins from accidental redeployment

Taking a saved FIR item from your stash into a new raid removes the status. This includes items left in pockets, a reused rig, a backpack, or the secure container. A successful extraction later does not restore that same copy's eligibility. Treat unloading as part of completing the previous raid, rather than as an optional preparation step for the next one.

Create a small, recognizable storage area for reserved supplies. You do not need an elaborate stash system: separation from the equipment you routinely deploy is the important part. Keep everyday medication and food apart from copies saved for tasks. Before starting a barter, craft, or construction upgrade, check which copies the interface is about to consume.

Ordinary collection items can generally be saved before their task becomes available. That makes selective advance storage worthwhile, particularly for objects you rarely encounter. Avoid keeping every possible future requirement, however. Reserve the quantities tied to your next realistic progression steps, and revisit the list as tasks unlock. Storage filled with distant possibilities makes it harder to recognize what matters now.

Use a consistent post-raid order: unload, submit available hand-ins, reserve future items, then sell or equip the rest. Only assemble the next kit after those decisions. This prevents a familiar mistake in which an exciting new weapon distracts you from the small task item still sitting inside the backpack you are about to reuse.

Dedicated quest objects use a different inventory

Not everything called a quest item is an ordinary object with an FIR checkmark. Documents, packages, and similar mission-specific objects can enter the dedicated quest-item inventory instead of your normal backpack. Many appear only while the relevant task is active. Buying an ordinary-looking equivalent or searching for the object before accepting its task will not necessarily help.

The community Quests reference distinguishes these objects from normal FIR supplies: collecting and extracting a dedicated quest object does not require avoiding Run Through purely to preserve that object. A separate objective that explicitly demands a successful survival can still have its own requirement. Read the entire task before treating a fast extraction as sufficient for every stage.

After returning, hand over the object if that is the next step. If it must be delivered in a later raid, use the quest-item storage in the Tasks interface to keep it safe during unrelated deployments. Move it back into the carried quest inventory when you actually intend to complete the delivery. An item safely stored at base cannot be planted on another map until you bring it with you.

For a multi-map task such as Delivery From the Past, make the next raid's purpose explicit before queueing. Either you are carrying the recovered object to its destination, or you are doing something else and should store it. A failed unrelated trip is an avoidable way to repeat the collection stage. This storage system does not provide special protection for ordinary FIR loot.

BTR delivery and transit item transfers are specific exceptions

The FIR reference identifies an exception for eligible loot sent to the stash through the BTR Driver's item-extraction service or the item-transfer service associated with map transits: the delivered items retain FIR. These services can protect a valuable recovery while you continue the session. They are not the same action as equipping an item from your stash before a fresh deployment.

Distinguish the items you actually send home from the equipment you continue carrying. Using a transit point does not mean that every item in your backpack has been delivered, and buying a ride does not automatically select loot for the BTR's delivery service. Review the service interface, the selected items, the charge, and the confirmation before you rely on it.

Make the route decision on practical grounds. A delivery opportunity already on your path may be worth considering for a difficult hand-in. Crossing dangerous terrain solely to reach the service can be less sensible than using a nearby conventional extraction. Once the shipment becomes available, claim it and inspect the actual items before spending their supposed value elsewhere. See /guides/transit-system-guide for planning a journey that uses these services.

Flea-market eligibility and FIR quest eligibility are different checks

Do not treat FIR as a permanent, universal rule for every flea-market listing. Battlestate publicly removed the listing requirement as an experiment in May 2024, and the community Trading reference describes offers for non-restricted items without making FIR a blanket condition. Old guides stating that every sale requires the marker therefore need a version check. The listing interface on your current profile determines whether a particular offer is permitted.

That does not make market purchases a shortcut for explicit FIR quests. Buying an item does not carry the seller's eligibility over to your hand-in. The item can be perfectly usable and still fail the task's requirement. When comparing prices, decide first whether you need the item for equipment, an accepted ingredient, or a status-restricted objective.

A blocked listing is also not automatic evidence of an FIR problem. Access requirements and item-specific restrictions can independently prevent a sale. Read the actual rejection instead of trying to fix the checkmark by taking the item into a raid. Conversely, a permitted listing does not prove that a trader will accept the same item for a quest.

Before selling a scarce eligible copy, check whether you will soon need to collect another. Roubles can buy equipment and craft inputs, but they cannot directly buy eligibility for every hand-in. The broader listing and sale decisions belong in /guides/flea-market-guide.

Check hideout construction requirements module by module

Hideout construction is another place where older blanket advice is unreliable. The published Patch 1.1.0.0 notes, reproduced by ConsolePCGaming, state that FIR requirements were removed from some construction materials in both PvP Zone and PvE Zone. That is a partial change. It does not establish that every material for every module now accepts a purchased copy, or that quest hand-ins were relaxed at the same time.

Open the exact upgrade you intend to build and inspect its requirements on the profile you are playing. Check the module level as well as the material: two upgrades involving the same object need not use identical acceptance rules. If ordinary copies are accepted, spend those first when possible and preserve eligible copies for tasks that still demand them.

Keep construction inputs and production outputs separate in your planning. Whether a module upgrade accepts a material is one question; whether a completed craft supplies an FIR item is another. Avoid making an expensive purchase on the assumption that an exception in one system automatically applies to the other.

Seasonal rules can further affect progression, so consult the active profile's requirements before transferring a plan from another mode. PvE still has item eligibility and extraction outcomes; facing AI does not make every object acceptable for every task. For ordering upgrades around useful recipes, use /guides/hideout-upgrade-priority.

An item without FIR can still earn its place in your stash

Losing the marker is disappointing when you needed a hand-in, but it does not make the object worthless. A recovered medical item can become part of your next kit. A non-FIR ingredient can support an available craft. A tool can remain useful for a barter or construction requirement that accepts it, and an eligible market or trader sale can recover value.

Give the item a new purpose immediately. Leaving it in the reserved quest pile makes it easy to count it by mistake when planning another run. Move it to consumables, ingredients, or the sale group, then update the number of qualifying copies you still need. This small correction prevents repeated attempts to submit the same rejected object.

Also resist protecting an ordinary copy at excessive cost just because it once had a task purpose. The relevant decision is what the item can do now. If storage is scarce and you have no near-term use for it, compare the sale value with the inconvenience of holding it. You are managing a working inventory, not preserving a record of every nearly successful raid.

Troubleshoot a rejected hand-in in a fixed order

Start with the task, then inspect the item. Confirm that you have accepted the objective and reached the appropriate stage. Compare the exact requested name or category, the quantity still outstanding, and any durability or resource condition. Only after those checks should you investigate the item's origin and raid history.

If the marker is absent, recall how that specific copy reached your stash. A market purchase, a Run Through extraction, a secure-container recovery after death, and an accidentally redeployed item are different histories with the same practical result for a FIR-only hand-in. Another copy elsewhere in the stash having the checkmark does not make this one eligible.

If the requirements appear correct, place the intended item directly in the stash and reopen the task interface. For a Scav recovery, make sure you actually completed the transfer. For a dedicated quest object, inspect the quest inventory instead of searching normal containers. Rechecking the interface is a diagnostic step, not a method for repairing missing FIR status.

When a reproducible rejection remains, record the task wording, item tooltip, current profile and build, and relevant raid result before reporting it through the launcher. Clear evidence is more useful than buying another identical copy at random. Do not risk the saved item in a new raid as an experiment; that creates a new eligibility problem rather than isolating the original one.

A practical collection session, from task screen to hand-in

Suppose you need a named medical item and a tool for two different objectives. Before deploying, check whether you already have eligible copies or a useful quest reward waiting to be claimed. Then inspect any available craft for the medical item. If its cost is reasonable, start it and let the next raid focus on the remaining tool instead of trying to solve both searches at once.

Choose a familiar route with several appropriate loot opportunities and an extraction you understand. Bring enough equipment to complete that route without spending your whole reserve on one attempt. Decide in advance that finding the final needed tool is a reason to head out. This makes it easier to decline an attractive but unrelated detour when the moment arrives.

During the raid, inspect promising finds for the exact identity and marker. If a teammate locates an eligible tool, settle who carries it and leave together when practical. On the way out, check time and useful actions against the Run Through rule. A quiet stretch toward extraction is a good opportunity to listen and recover stamina, not an obligation to search one last building.

After extraction, verify the result, unload the tool, and complete its hand-in. Collect the medical craft when ready and submit that output as well. Only then sort the remaining loot for sales and equipment. If the raid failed, give any retained ordinary items an appropriate use and reassess the missing objective. The next attempt should respond to what is still required, rather than mechanically repeating the entire previous plan.