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Where to find the Salewa first aid kit in Escape from Tarkov

Here is how you find the Salewas for the quest "Shortage" in Escape from Tarkov.

Timo Reinecke

December 13, 2024 11:10 AM

Battlestate Games

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“Shortage” is one of the more annoying early quests in Escape from Tarkov. Therapist asks you to find three Salewas first aid kits in raid and hand them over. In this guide, we’ll tell you where to find them, how to craft them, and a neat little trick to finish this quest quickly.

Shortage tricks

The special thing about this quest is that you have to find the three Salewas in raidS and then hand three of them over. These don’t have to be the same Salewa first aid kits. So you could, technically, find three of them without extracting from a raid, then hand in three Salewas you have crafted in your hideout. Alternatively, you could also trade Emergency Water Rations or PAID AntiRoach spray respectively with Therapist for a Salewa.

To craft a Salewa, you need a level 1 Medstation in your hideout, which only takes 50;000 roubles and a few common materials to build. There you can use two Esmarchs and two Car first aid kits to craft a Salewa after 40 minutes.

How to find Salewas

But you won’t get around having to find Salewas, so here are a few spots you can check. Generally, you can find them in medbags, medical supply crates, caches, and that one blue car at the military checkpoint in Customs. Since they are highly sought after at the start of every season/wipe, some of these areas will be contested.

On Woods, one of the hotspots for medical supplies is the Emercom/Container base on the eastern side of the lake. This place is usually swarming with scavs and players, so be careful. Here you’ll find a lot of medical crates, medbags, duffle bags, and loose medical items, all of which could contain or be a Salewa. While you’re here, you might as well look for the Morphine injectors you’ll need for the quest “Painkiller”.

Factory is a scary place, even at night. But it's also one of the better spots if you’re looking for medical supplies. The medical tent in the southeastern corner of the ground floor has a medbag and the chance to spawn some loose medical supplies scattered around. While you’re here, you can also check the breakroom on the western side of the map, the duffle bags, and the dead scavs in the shower room above for a change at your Salewa.

Customs is also a map you’ll visit a lot early on, so you might as well check it for Salewas. The aforementioned car next to the military checkpoint on the western side of the map is usually a great place to start. The fortress in the middle of the construction zone also has a few supply crates and duffle bags that are always worth a visit. And while you’re here, there is also a medbag in the same building as the old gas station exit.

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Timo Reinecke

Contributing Editor

Timo is an avid enjoyer of all things video games hailing from Germany. After being abandoned as a child on the Rolanberry Fields of Final Fantasy XI, he has since developed an undying love for the digital worlds of MMOs. But if you can't find him crafting up a storm in Final Fantasy XIV, you'll probably find him workshopping combos in action/fighting games or being extremely passionate about the latest mobile title.

Outside of gaming, Timo is usually skimming through the Criterion Collection or praying to whatever Eldritch horror that his latest favorite manga doesn't get damaged in shipping. You can find live reactions to all of that on X @ALahftel.