About RaidSignal and how the keys are tested
RaidSignal is run by dGame, a Romanian Escape from Tarkov player and YouTuber. Its key tests are recorded raid by raid on video, and this page explains exactly how, so you can judge the numbers yourself.
Who tests the keys
Every key test on the site is played and recorded by dGame on the YouTube channel @dgame_tv. The video of each test is linked from its page, so any opening can be checked against the footage.
Tests are run in the mode shown on the page — PvP, PvE or Season 1 — and are never mixed across modes, because loot and prices differ between them.
What a test is
A test is a series of openings of the same key, usually ten. Each opening is logged item by item: what was inside the locked room or container, and how many of each.
Only loot from behind the door counts. Gear brought into the raid, kills on the way and anything found elsewhere on the map are left out.
How the loot is valued
Each item is priced when the test is recorded: at its flea market price, or at the best trader price when it cannot be sold on the flea. When recorded, the price date is kept with the test.
The key itself is counted once for the whole test, not once per opening, because you buy a key once and use it until it breaks. For keys that are bought through a barter, the barter items are valued at trader prices.
Average loot is the total value divided by the number of openings. It is not profit: profit and return are worked out for the whole test, against the cost of the key.
What the numbers can and cannot tell you
Ten openings is a small sample. A test shows what one player found in those raids, and one lucky or unlucky run moves the average a long way. Treat a test as evidence, not as a guarantee of your next raid.
Loot tables change between patches and prices change every day, so a test is most useful close to when it was recorded. Pages show recorded raid dates and the patch when known. A video publication date is labelled separately; it is not the date the raids were played.
Where the rest of the data comes from
Item prices, trader offers, tasks, hideout, ammunition and map data come from the community API at tarkov.dev. Maps credit their artists on the map page. RaidSignal is not affiliated with Battlestate Games.
Corrections
If a number looks wrong, or an item was logged under the wrong name, tell us through the contact page with the key and the opening. Corrections are made against the video.