Surgery skill — Escape from Tarkov
Table of contents
Practicalup to level 51
The ability to perform field surgery can save your life. This skill increases the speed and quality of the operations performed.
How to level it up
Use surgical kits (CMS, Surv12) to restore destroyed body parts.
A skill “gets tired”: if you train the same action for a long time, the XP for it drops to almost zero. After a pause of about 200 seconds the fatigue resets, and the first point after the rest comes with a 30 % bonus.
Radar and leveling
- Fewer deaths means more time in raid: skills like Perception and Endurance level up while you are alive and moving.
- Valuable loot highlighted by price and smart clusters speed up looting — Attention and Search level up faster.
The radar map opens from a link in any browser: on a phone, tablet, laptop or second monitor. You can also share it with friends from your squad.

Questions and answers
How do I level up Surgery?
Main source of XP: use surgical kits (CMS, Surv12) to restore destroyed body parts. For more details, including skill fatigue, see the section above.
What is its max level?
51 is elite: additional bonuses unlock at it. Each level takes 100 XP points.
Other skills in the “Practical” group
Crafting · Hideout Management · Covert Movement · Search · Mag Drills · Light Vests · Heavy Vests · Weapon Maintenance