Tarkov Helmet Tier List
EXFIL
Ronin Respirator
Vulkan-5
Altyn
"Gorilla"
"UBEY"
Rys-T
Maska-1SCh KE
Maska-1SCh
LShZ-2DTM
ULACH
ZSh-1-2MAgree? Cast your vote
Blind ballot: the order is shuffled and the community's answer stays hidden until you've rated an entry — your take, not an echo. One vote each, change anytime. Rate as many or as few as you like. No account needed.
As of Aug 16, 2026 (Patch 1.1.0 · Kord Breach), EXFIL, Ronin Respirator hold the S tier in Escape from Tarkov Helmet Tier List — an expert-seeded baseline with 8 player ratings so far. Every vote re-ranks the board live.
ZSh-1-2M↓ fallingEXFIL↑ risingULACH↓ falling📈 Patch 1.1.0 · Kord Breach winners & losers — how the community re-voted the meta →
Helmets are Tarkov's most argued purchase: face shields versus ears, ricochet rolls versus raw class, and whether anything above class 4 is worth it while leg meta ammo exists. The answer shifts with every balance patch.
This board ranks the helmets PvP players actually fight in, as voted by the community. If your lucky lid is criminally underrated here, that's what the vote buttons are for.
One vote per entry (change anytime), recency-weighted so the list tracks the current patch, minimum votes before ranking, re-tabulated live. New boards start from a clearly-labeled expert baseline until real votes take over — displayed counts only ever include player votes. No win-rate scraping, no single expert. Full methodology →
As of Aug 16, 2026 (Patch 1.1.0 · Kord Breach), EXFIL, Ronin Respirator sit at the top of this board — an expert-seeded baseline with 8 player ratings so far. Cast a vote to make it the community's answer.
As of Aug 16, 2026 (Patch 1.1.0 · Kord Breach), this board's S tier holds EXFIL, Ronin Respirator — an expert-seeded baseline with 8 player ratings so far. Every vote re-ranks it live.
New boards start from a clearly-labeled expert baseline; from there every player vote re-ranks the list live: roughly one vote per entry per person (changeable anytime), recency-weighted so the list tracks the current patch, with a minimum of votes before an entry is ranked. Displayed counts only ever include real player votes.
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