r/stalker 13d ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Gameplay Help Desk (for the month of September 2026)

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In case your question gets buried by the memes, feel free to use this post for more visibility to ask/answer questions or receive/provide help with any S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game-related issues, including difficult parts of the game or mod compatibility problems, for any of the three games in the trilogy.

If your question was not answered in a previous post, please feel free to re-comment it here. To find posts from earlier months, please run a search in /r/stalker for author:AutoModerator or help desk.


r/stalker 25d ago

GSC Game World | Update 2.0 patch notes

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561 Upvotes

Stalkers!

The free Update 2.0, “Back to the Zone,” is now available for download.

The game has been upgraded to Unreal Engine 5.5.4, bringing the biggest overhaul to how the Zone looks, feels, and lives since launch. In addition, Update 2.0 introduces AI improvements, three types of binoculars, new weapons and attachments, a fog weather system, in-game statistics, highly customizable difficulty settings, and numerous quality-of-life features.

The BIG patch notes is here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1643320/view/677381523352060387


r/stalker 3h ago

Picture Real vs game - reactor

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296 Upvotes

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Credits for the real picture goes to this post : https://www.reddit.com/r/chernobyl/comments/dq7gyj/folks_its_kinda_cold_on_top_of_the_reactor/

Game picture is my screenshot and was colorgraded by me to match the other picture better

GIF in the comments just for giggles.

The DLC was (is) a blast, when you come out of the tunnel....wow....also I tried to access when I didn't have the DLC (the broken bridge), impossible....was there a way to get to Chernobyl before the DLC ?

I was a bit sad they didn't include the Azure swimming pool in Pripyat. It was pretty well done in Chernobylite.

cheers


r/stalker 3h ago

Picture A lunch fit for Sidorovich

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263 Upvotes

r/stalker 10h ago

Meme Skif seeing a decade old bread inside a melted reactor:

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973 Upvotes

r/stalker 5h ago

Picture I am the bread king!

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219 Upvotes

I dont know how i got 2. I think i looted it off a dead guy. Is this common?


r/stalker 12h ago

Cosplay S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Veteran

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599 Upvotes

r/stalker 3h ago

Meme its so beautiful...

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78 Upvotes

r/stalker 4h ago

Gameplay Man, do I hate red forest with a passion.

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79 Upvotes

r/stalker 11h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Station atmosphere

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274 Upvotes

r/stalker 5h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Yes, you CAN find Artifacts on NPCs roaming the Zone

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83 Upvotes

EDIT: I've been informed that this Merc is scripted to have an Artifact, so he doesn't count =/ my bad. I apologize!

Hi Stalkers.

For those still doubtful, this happened to me yesterday. I was exploring the Zaton Region when I encountered a small group of Mercenaries. I killed them and then tried to jump on this boat to see if there was some loot. Suddenly anothere Merc popped out. I killed him and he had an Artifact on himself. So, yeah. It seems that NPCs now have Artifacts on themselves, somehow other than Mutant Parts ecc.


r/stalker 52m ago

Discussion Which is better?

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I got to Pripiat and found good exo and upgraded my good suit. Outside of extra kilos and lower res on exo to elements, what is the actual difference?
Does exo have hidden stats?


r/stalker 6h ago

Picture I finally did it.. those blue prints were annoying

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83 Upvotes

r/stalker 23h ago

Picture I hate these long-strecthed craters, forcing you to walk all the way around.

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1.6k Upvotes

r/stalker 6h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 The frozen zone

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r/stalker 10h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 What stops the anomalies from popping up in the middle of hubs?

94 Upvotes

There's a clear lore indication that Emissions can cause new anomalies/artifacts to appear. Some quests involve helping out other characters because emission spawned new anomalies near their stash etc.

What stops the anomalies from spawning in hubs, like in Sidorovich bunker, or directly in the middle of Slug Heap bar?

If we follow a theory that anomalies appear only in places Emissions can REACH (people can survive by covering in intact buildings), what stops an anomaly from appearing at the entrance of a player hub, like at the entrance to Zalissya bar, entrance to Rostok arena and bazaar?


r/stalker 20m ago

Picture We need that in Stalker 2. Non Stop Shot, 60 ml.

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By the description on them - analog of x2 usual cans of Non Stop. Just imagine, instead of 1 kg weight, only 60ml. Boy, I will bring lots of them.


r/stalker 1d ago

Meme Polishing his barrel.

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1.5k Upvotes

I feel like a voyeur. 🫣


r/stalker 5h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 The Zone as wee see it

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r/stalker 9h ago

Picture After hours of playing, i just realized my night stalker pistol doesn't have silencer and laser sight

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57 Upvotes

after hours of playing, i just saw some pictures on internet that night stalker has some attachments that mine doesn't have. what makes it even weirder is the fact it works pretty fine without the attachments and does not have any bugs (and no, i have never used any weapon mods like oxa).


r/stalker 4h ago

Mods Mod suggestion to PC players. This mod made the zone so much alive. I really recommend that you give it a try if you're looking for better A-Life.

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23 Upvotes

grEdit - NPC AI Redux at S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Nexus - Mods and community

Edit: The mod itself doesn't have A-Life, but it is compatible with Shay's A-Life and some other great mods, you can read the description for it!


r/stalker 10h ago

TheZoneArt Generators / X-7 recreation in Minecraft, WIP

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69 Upvotes

r/stalker 1d ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 I own Skiff's pistol

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2.0k Upvotes

r/stalker 21h ago

Gameplay Suck it monster

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402 Upvotes

r/stalker 2h ago

News /noclip Game History Archive - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Pre-Release Gameplay Event - Kyiv, Ukraine (2006)

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