Fershte's Balance Patch 3.7.0

- SPT-AKI 3.7.6
Fershte
Apr 10th 2021
44k Downloads
150 Comments

Tired of sticking to precise meta builds? Want freedom to make a cool gun and have it perform well? This mod completely overhauls Tarkov's balance, for the better!

A wise man once said "If an M4 in a game is a bad weapon, then the GAME is wrong."

This mod adjusts basically every single category of part in an attempt to bring variety and flavor to weapon modding, improving almost every "non meta" part in the game, bringing everything closer together. The Meta builds are EXACTLY THE SAME as they used to be, but now there are more parts that are equal to those builds, and parts that were considered mediocre or bad are now more realistically good.

I really don't want to say too much more, so let me give you the bullet points:

Optics: Every single optic / sight in the entire game is now balanced to be equal to the best in that category, so for red dots there is no ergo penalty even for mounts, holo sights are equal to the Trijicon SRS, scopes are equal to the Vudu. Mounts don't have penalties anymore, and eyecups don't do anything to your ergo, so feel free to run your optics how you like them.

Pistol Grips: Every pistol grip in the game is balanced into 3 categories: 66% of meta, 83% of meta, and meta.

Furniture: All M4, HK, FAL, and AK handguards and certain pieces are rebalanced to be closer to meta, and give you more freedom of choice.

Stocks: All M4 compatible stocks are adjusted to be more sensible, allowing you to have more choices that fit your mission.

Muzzle Devices: Muzzle brakes are generally buffed, silencers are all brought closer to the Thunderbeast. Muzzle devices for .308, 7.62, and 5.45 can be really good. Try the KAC .308 suppy if you want huge ergo penalty but great recoil performance! Try the Silencerco Multicaliber if you want very small ergo penalty !

and a few "tweaks" coming at a later date to make things a little more balanced.

If you aren't convinced, here are some comments from players who used my balance patches:

"I just think your mods are mandatory for the game"

"I love your mods, they are not just "excellent", they are necessary"

"These mods fix the problem of meta guns in tarkov, but the right way. Nothing in these mods is overly powerful compared to another item, each weapon mod has their own place in what they do and it makes them very viable. Thank you for doing this without making things overpowered or too easy. "

"very naice!"

"already using the [early versions of the mod] you made and wow, building aesthetic/fun weapons is awesome with them alone. this should make the experience even better"

Please, give this mod a try. I worked extremely hard on it, mostly for my own enjoyment, but, it has really, really made the gun building portion of the game so much more fun for me, and I know you'll love it. If there's any specific portion you would like to disable, all can be adjusted from the config file included in the mod.

Version 3.7.0
- Fershte
- Jan 12th 2024
- 3.8k Downloads
Works with 3.7.X versions.

I'll probably get back to this at some point, but I don't even know where to begin with changing stuff once we get over to 14.x content. The new recoil almost makes me think this mod can change priorities somewhat.

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Version 3.5.2
- Fershte
- May 31st 2023
- 5.5k Downloads
Just a simple bug fix. Bigger changes coming at some point.

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Version 3.5.1
- Fershte
- May 20th 2023
- 1.3k Downloads
I'm back nerds. Gonna update new stuff, balance stuff, we gaming, gamers.

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Version 3.5.0
- Fershte
- Feb 15th 2023
- 5.2k Downloads
Hi gamers I got it working for the current version isn't that neat?

I might start playing Tarkov again and update the mod to include the new guns but now that I own a ton of IRL guns it's hard to care about a game this unrealistic and frustrating lol.

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Version 3.3.0
- Fershte
- Dec 2nd 2022
- 2.8k Downloads
>updated to work on 3.3.0

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Version 3.2.5
- Fershte
- Oct 25th 2022
- 1.6k Downloads
>updated to work on 3.2.5
>mod is in a 'maintainance phase' until I get a real zust for tarky again.
>will continue to update as new versions release, no new content for a while though.

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Version 3.2.4
- Fershte
- Oct 7th 2022
- 1.5k Downloads
Updated for 3.2.4

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Version 3.2.3
- Fershte
- Sep 14th 2022
- 1.7k Downloads
Sep 13, Ver 3.2.3
>updated to work for 3.2.3
Version 3.2.2
- Fershte
- Aug 30th 2022
- 1.3k Downloads
Aug 30, Ver 3.2.2
>updated to work for 3.2.2
Version 3.2.1
- Fershte
- Aug 18th 2022
- 1.2k Downloads
Aug 18, ver 3.2.1
>updated to work for 3.2.1.

AHuman Apr 8th 2024

Hoping to have this back, sucks when my character can barely hold his rifle up because of 0.7 kg suppressor.
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Ih8Cheetas Apr 4th 2024

miss this mod...
- Ih8Cheetas Apr 4th 2024
  
  Can confirm it works on 3.8.0. will show incompatible on the server log but cause the package shows 3.7.x, If you dont want that showing, just change it to 3.8.0 or 3.8.x.
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PawAlldeller Mar 2nd 2024

Excuse me, but where are the installation instructions?
greg_ouare Jan 22nd 2024

do you know of any incompatibilities with realism ? Thx a lot !
- Fontaine Feb 6th 2024
  
  Realism completely overhauls and rebalances attachments, and adds many new mechanics related to weapon modding, it's not compatible. Out of curiosity why would you want to install this on top of Realism?
- greg_ouare Feb 6th 2024
  
  I was just bored and wanted to mod tf outta my game, but I understand it doesn't really make sense now ^^'
Validoleech Jan 13th 2024

Can we hope to get some customisable and independent config files from the main? It's pain in the ass to update and then to replace default changes from own.
- Fershte Jan 13th 2024 Author
  
  Just replace my mod file with yours , the only change to this was updating the Package.
- Validoleech Jan 13th 2024
  
  Oh, okay
Allen42672 Jan 13th 2024

Love this mod, And love you for making it.
DarthCat Dec 12th 2023

hope it gets updated
- papanoskill Dec 15th 2023
  
  its working for me on 3.7.4 with no changes to code.
- DarthCat Dec 18th 2023
  
  Huh, will have to try
ThatchRoof Nov 25th 2023

I have successfully been playing in 3.7.2 using the updated code provided a few comments down by user SezaRoski
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M0RDA Nov 9th 2023

Does this work with 3.7.1

I can't play without this amazing mod
littledrymuffin Oct 18th 2023

love this mod hope it gets updated for 3.7.1... thanks a bunch if it dose
BingusKnightClub Oct 17th 2023

feels wrong playing without it
DinkyAxe Oct 10th 2023

Gosh must have mod
Agent_Djonko Oct 10th 2023

Is this mod gonna get updated for 3.7.0?

SezaRoski Aug 21st 2023

Temporary fix for 3.6.1?!!!

Let me know if it did work for you:

Copy and replace these lines in the: user\mods\FershteBalancePatch\src\mod.js

Copy and replace these lines in the: user\mods\FershteBalancePatch\src\mod.ts

Both mod.ts and mod.js

it is better to delete the user\cache folder too

Check the ID first

Code

Old:
//Cobra EKP-8-18 reflex sight
items["591c4efa86f7741010027726"]._props.Ergonomics = modErgo,
New:
//Axion Kobra EKP-8-18 reflex sight
items["591c4efa86f7741030027726"]._props.Ergonomics = modErgo,



Old:
//Magpul MOE pistol grip for AK
items["5b30ac585acfc431000eb79c"]._props.Ergonomics = modErgo,
New:
//AK Magpul MOE pistol grip (Black)
items["5b30ac585acfc433000eb79c"]._props.Ergonomics = modErgo,



Old:
//HK 417 Extended Handguard with flip-up front sight
items["61701001d92c473c77021497"]._props.Recoil = "-6",
items["61701001d92c473c77021497"]._props.Ergonomics = "10",
New:
//HK417 Extended Free Float handguard with flip-up front sight
items["61703001d92c473c77021497"]._props.Recoil = "-6",
items["61703001d92c473c77021497"]._props.Ergonomics = "10",



Old:
//AR-15 Noveske Gen.3 5.56x45 upper receiver
items["5c07a8770db8340023100450"]._props.Ergonomics += 2;
New:
//AR-15 Noveske Gen.3 5.56x45 upper receiver
items["5c07a8770db8340023300450"]._props.Ergonomics += 2;



Old:
//16" barrel for STM-9 9x19
items["603371004e02ce1eaa358814"]._props.Recoil = "3";
New:
//16" barrel for STM-9 9x19
items["603373004e02ce1eaa358814"]._props.Recoil = "3";



Old:
            //Do Compat Merge:
            //"5fc4b992187fea44d52edaa9" // SilencerCo Omega 45k direct thread mount adapter
            //"59bffc1f86f77435b128b872" // SilencerCo Hybrid 46 Direct Thread Mount adapter
            //This adds the Omega 45 and Hybrid 46 for MCX and anything pistol caliber
            for (let BarrelID of ArrOfOmega45Barrels)
            {
            if(!items[BarrelID]._props.Slots[0]._props.filters[0].Filter.includes("5fc4b992187fea44d52edaa9")) {items[BarrelID]._props.Slots[0]._props.filters[0].Filter.push("5fc4b992187fea44d52edaa9");}
            if(!items[BarrelID]._props.Slots[0]._props.filters[0].Filter.includes("59bffc1f86f77435b128b872")) {items[BarrelID]._props.Slots[0]._props.filters[0].Filter.push("59bffc1f86f77435b128b872");}
            }
New:
            //Do Compat Merge:
            //"5fc4b992187fea44d52edaa9" // SilencerCo Omega 45k direct thread mount adapter
            //"59bffc1f86f77435b128b872" // SilencerCo Hybrid 46 Direct Thread Mount adapter
            //This adds the Omega 45 and Hybrid 46 for MCX and anything pistol caliber
            for (let BarrelID of ArrOfOmega45Barrels)
            {
            //    if(!items[BarrelID]._props.Slots[0]._props.filters[0].Filter.includes("5fc4b992187fea44d52edaa9")) {items[BarrelID]._props.Slots[0]._props.filters[0].Filter.push("5fc4b992187fea44d52edaa9");}
            //    if(!items[BarrelID]._props.Slots[0]._props.filters[0].Filter.includes("59bffc1f86f77435b128b872")) {items[BarrelID]._props.Slots[0]._props.filters[0].Filter.push("59bffc1f86f77435b128b872");}
            }

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Daedalus Aug 4th 2023

Just curious, does this count as a server mod, and thus work with 3.6.0?
- fencethetrader Aug 4th 2023
  
  It does work with 3.6.0.
- Daedalus Aug 4th 2023
  
  Fair. Did try it for myself and got no errors, so I guess I'll just keep playing and see xd
fencethetrader Aug 2nd 2023

Thank you for such a amazing mod like this. It could be better if you managed to configruate factory stocks for FAL/74U though.
SeaCreature Jul 15th 2023

Does this mod conflict with the recoil and attachment changes from the SPT Realism mod? I'm planning on an ultra-modded playthrough and I would like to get an idea of what I may need to tweak in the settings and configs in order to retain the new recoil modelling from the Realism mod while also having the extremely diverse gun builds that this mod allows for. Thanks for making such an awesome contribution to this community!
Naireem Jun 13th 2023

Can you make it, so that the cqr foregrip can be attached to AK/AKM/FAL?
Cartmann May 31st 2023
I had to comment out line 24 in mod.js to get it to work. It said that the _props was null for this item

Code

//ELCAN Specter OS4x assault scope (OS4x) //items["544a3f024bdc2d1d388b4568"]._props.Ergonomics = modErgo,
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- Fershte May 31st 2023 Author
  
  Aaaa, nightmare. I figured out what caused it to do that of its own accord, and it should be fixed now. Bleh.
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Fershte May 31st 2023 Author

Tested working in 3.5.7. Continue gaming as you were, gamers!
GamerXL May 26th 2023

The best mod ever its necessary in my opinion for true single-player experience
- Fershte May 27th 2023 Author
  
  I do try!
  
  Gonna work on improving stuff that has been added since the last major revision, and such, especially now that I have a lot of the parts from the game in real life and I can get a better idea how they perform lol.
Validoleech May 21st 2023

Um… How can I bring my tweaks from old version to new one? Are there any changes in characteristics code?
- archon0ne May 21st 2023
  
  Check the files you modified against the new ones with an online text comparison tool like this one
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ZaBanOff May 21st 2023

so. what i do wrong? https://imgur.com/a/yWDLE8K
- Supreme Floppa May 21st 2023
  
  Having the same problem with all of Fershte's mod
- Hyunnique May 21st 2023
  
  same
- archon0ne May 21st 2023
  
  in "FershteBalancePatch\src\mod.js", on line 24, it is referring to a scope that does not currently exist in the game. (this one). Which means it can't read the properties of it nor modify them. That's why it's crashing. If you just add two forward slashes to the beginning of that line, it will not read it and the mod should work just fine:
  
  Code
  
  //ELCAN Specter OS4x assault scope (OS4x) items["544a3f024bdc2d1d388b4568"]._props.Ergonomics = modErgo,
  
  Becomes
  
  Code
  
  //ELCAN Specter OS4x assault scope (OS4x) //items["544a3f024bdc2d1d388b4568"]._props.Ergonomics = modErgo,
  
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- Artur90il May 24th 2023
  
  Thank you
Junko Space Mommy May 20th 2023

does the new 3.5.6 version work on 3.5.5?
- Fershte May 20th 2023 Author
  
  They all work on 3.5.X, so theoretically yes. No promises though, tested working on 3.5.6
N0tBr1an May 20th 2023

Welcome back Fershte
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- Fershte May 20th 2023 Author
  
  I live
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lucc11 Apr 24th 2023

Help, how do I install this mod?
TxCENTURIOxT Apr 10th 2023

This mod seems to be broken in 3.5.5
I'm on a fresh install. I run the server and it gets stuck at Balancing: Optics, where it gives a red text error "Cannot read Properties of undefined (reading '_props')"

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- IHateChoosing Apr 10th 2023
  
  Yes, same issue here. Let's hope someone can update this mod.
- TxCENTURIOxT Apr 10th 2023
  
  Oh well, back to make meta guns bull$#!t till someone does.
- oARiCApeRai Apr 17th 2023
  
  I think there is an issue with one of the optics.
  
  I commented out line 24 in:
  
  <spt-aki-dir>\user\mods\FershteBalancePatch\src\mod.js
  
  Like this:
  
  let modErgo = "-2"; //this matches the HAMR, a 4x with a red dot. This should be where all other assault scopes line up
  //ELCAN SpecterDR 1x/4x Scope FDE
  items["57aca93d2459771f2c7e26db"]._props.Ergonomics = modErgo,
  //ELCAN Specter OS4x assault scope (OS4x)
  //items["544a3f024bdc2d1d388b4568"]._props.Ergonomics = modErgo,
  //SwampFox Trihawk Prism Scope 3x30 (Trihawk 3x30)
  items["626bb8532c923541184624b4"]._props.Ergonomics = modErgo,
  And it fixed it.
  
  I assume the item ID for the elcan changed?
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- notAlig Apr 18th 2023
  
  IIRC, that Elcan was from an older version of the game, only originally obtainable via one specific PK task which was later changed 4 years ago, replacing it with the FDE Elcan.
  
  I guess its remained in the files all this time until now and I assume that BSG have only just removed it completely since I can't find it in items.json
- TxCENTURIOxT Apr 18th 2023
  
  oARiCApeRai the line are already like that. The ones you mentioned are the problem.
  
  I really hope this mods get's an update. It's sort of an essential mod.
  
  Alternatively, is there another mod that accomplishes similar results?
Shawl Mar 25th 2023

works fine for me in 3.5.3
BanditVeteran Mar 7th 2023

Hey! Haven't installed this mod yet cause I'm not sure, but even if this is on 3.5.0 could it still work on 3.5.1?
- IHateChoosing Mar 7th 2023
  
  Seems to work so far.
M0RDA Mar 2nd 2023

I have noticed that the best stock is the CMMG Ripstock is way OP, it have 29% recoil and 24 ergo, while all others are too inferior.
it's a bug since in the mod files the author refers to it as one of the bad ones.
- Fershte Mar 2nd 2023 Author
  
  It's not a bug.
  You get good ergo at the cost for bad recoil.
- M0RDA Mar 2nd 2023
  
  Not very bad recoil, 29% is pretty good recoil and the rest of stocks who have 29% recoil have 7 ergo not 24
  --------------
  //Kinda Bad:
  {
  //CMMG RipStock buttstock
  items["606587d11246154cad35d635"]._props.Recoil = "-29",
  items["606587d11246154cad35d635"]._props.Ergonomics = "24",
  //High Standard M4SS Stock
  items["55d4ae6c4bdc2d8b2f8b456e"]._props.Recoil = "-28",
  items["55d4ae6c4bdc2d8b2f8b456e"]._props.Ergonomics = "7",
  //HK Slim Line Stock
  items["5bb20e70d4351e0035629f8f"]._props.Recoil = "-32",
  items["5bb20e70d4351e0035629f8f"]._props.Ergonomics = "5",
  //Izhmash AK-12 regular stock
  items["5beec8c20db834001d2c465c"]._props.Recoil = "-29",
  items["5beec8c20db834001d2c465c"]._props.Ergonomics = "7";
  -------------
  super ergo stocks have 30 recoil and 19 ergo.
- Fershte Mar 4th 2023 Author
  
  I think it should have 21 ergo then, you're right I should change it later haha

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Fershte Jan 13th 2024 Author

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Allen42672 Jan 13th 2024

DarthCat Dec 12th 2023

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DarthCat Dec 18th 2023

ThatchRoof Nov 25th 2023

M0RDA Nov 9th 2023

littledrymuffin Oct 18th 2023

BingusKnightClub Oct 17th 2023

DinkyAxe Oct 10th 2023

Agent_Djonko Oct 10th 2023

SezaRoski Aug 21st 2023

Daedalus Aug 4th 2023

fencethetrader Aug 4th 2023

Daedalus Aug 4th 2023

fencethetrader Aug 2nd 2023

SeaCreature Jul 15th 2023

Naireem Jun 13th 2023

Cartmann May 31st 2023

Fershte May 31st 2023 Author

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GamerXL May 26th 2023

Fershte May 27th 2023 Author

Validoleech May 21st 2023

archon0ne May 21st 2023

ZaBanOff May 21st 2023

Supreme Floppa May 21st 2023

Hyunnique May 21st 2023

archon0ne May 21st 2023

Artur90il May 24th 2023

Junko Space Mommy May 20th 2023

Fershte May 20th 2023 Author

N0tBr1an May 20th 2023

Fershte May 20th 2023 Author

lucc11 Apr 24th 2023

TxCENTURIOxT Apr 10th 2023

IHateChoosing Apr 10th 2023

TxCENTURIOxT Apr 10th 2023

oARiCApeRai Apr 17th 2023

notAlig Apr 18th 2023

TxCENTURIOxT Apr 18th 2023

oARiCApeRai the line are already like that. The ones you mentioned are the problem. I really hope this mods get's an update. It's sort of an essential mod.Alternatively, is there another mod that accomplishes similar results?

Shawl Mar 25th 2023

BanditVeteran Mar 7th 2023

IHateChoosing Mar 7th 2023

M0RDA Mar 2nd 2023

Fershte Mar 2nd 2023 Author

M0RDA Mar 2nd 2023

Fershte Mar 4th 2023 Author

oARiCApeRai the line are already like that. The ones you mentioned are the problem.

I really hope this mods get's an update. It's sort of an essential mod.

Alternatively, is there another mod that accomplishes similar results?