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This app uses Tarkov APIReport a bug2026
Live Event:Halloween 2026

Background Check

Starts:praporPrapor
Required level:1
Faction:Any
Restartable:No
Background Check

Objectives

  • Required keys:iconMachinery key
    Find on map:
  • Items:iconMachinery key
  • Quest item:
    Bronze pocket watch on a chain

Required items

MachineryMachinery

Guide (Wiki)

Related Quest Items
Icon Item name Amount Requirement Find in raid Notes
Machinery-key-IconMachinery key1 Required N/A Unlocks the driver side door of the fuel truck cabin at Customs where the Bronze pocket watch is located.
BronzePocketWatchIconBronze pocket watch on a chain 1 Handover item YesThis quest item can only be found if the quest is active.When picked up, this item is transferred to the player's quest item inventory.If the player fails to extract with this item, they will lose it.

Head into the map Customs. The Machinery key is required to access the bronze pocket watch . So if you do not have one, head to room 205 located on the second floor of the three-story dorms building in the south.

  • Dorms location marked on mapDorms location marked on map

To enter the room you'll need to jump on top of debris blocking the hallway and crouch to get inside the doorway of the room. The Machinery key can be found within the blue jackets beside the wardrobe.

  • Room 205Room 205
  • The jackets with the keyThe jackets with the key

After obtaining the key, head north to the fuel tanker truck that is located at the construction site. The driver side door of the cabin can be unlocked with the Machinery key.

  • Tanker truck location marked on mapTanker truck location marked on map
  • The tanker truckThe tanker truck

Inside, the Bronze pocket watch can be found laying on the floor in front of the seat. Be careful of the sniper Scav overlooking the truck from the roof of the nearby boiler building.

  • The pocket watchThe pocket watch

After picking up the pocket watch, it will be placed in your quest items inventory. You must successfully extract with the pocket watch to hand it in. If you die before extraction, you will have to retrieve it again. Hand the pocket watch over to Prapor to complete the quest.

Rewards

+3,000 EXP
+0.1 REPPraporPrapor
+80,000 ₽
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