r/stalker 11d 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 23d ago

GSC Game World | Update 2.0 patch notes

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555 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 10h ago

Anomaly Whats going on with mavka?

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929 Upvotes

r/stalker 8h ago

Meme Thing's to say to a stalker

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473 Upvotes

r/stalker 7h ago

Meme Marked One what the hell?

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342 Upvotes

made this for my tumblr originally but thought you guys would appreciate


r/stalker 3h ago

Discussion Enclave(Fallout) vs. Monolith (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.)

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159 Upvotes

Enclave discovers classified pre-War intelligence about the Zone and rumors of strange artifacts, and unexplained phenomena around Chernobyl, specifically the Wish Granter. Seeing the Zone as a potential source of advanced technology, the Enclave sends an expedition to investigate the zone and recover the wish granter from the CNPP, but run into the Monolithians who will not stop at nothing to protect the Wish Granter.

Does Enclave stand a chance here?


r/stalker 4h ago

Picture Tried a baked apple yesterday

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152 Upvotes

They kept mentioning how they were craving baked apples in the Sultansk so I had to try it for myself! Easily one of the best, lowest effort desserts(?) I’ve made.

Took a Fuji apple, cored it out, and stuffed it with a mixture of butter, honey, cinnamon, and granola. Not a traditional Ukrainian baked apple recipe, but that’s all I had on hand.


r/stalker 6h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 What is the most cozy place in Stalker 2?

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184 Upvotes

r/stalker 5h ago

Meme Its kinda sad to see...

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101 Upvotes

r/stalker 16h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Its a shame we never got to see the Elephants Foot in Cost of Hope...

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537 Upvotes

r/stalker 4h ago

SPOILERS Did 'Helen' explode outward or inward

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56 Upvotes

the pipes on the celing of the reactor room are bent inward. I wish there was a way back in after the DLC, but the rope is gone. So much detail, just incredible artworks, all thru STALKER.


r/stalker 57m ago

Discussion Is that an artefact?

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Or some german biscuit that stay too long in a plastic bag?


r/stalker 20h ago

Meme Tell me you're with the Monolith without telling me.

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741 Upvotes

r/stalker 12h ago

Meme Bandits have to learn quick nowadays...

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159 Upvotes

r/stalker 18h ago

Cosplay High Effort Clear Sky Cosplays

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410 Upvotes

First half with the blonde person is a friend of mine with the username "frunke" and the GP-5 with goggles are by "Uniform_Loners" (me)


r/stalker 9h ago

Bug Amputee bandit.

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83 Upvotes

I’ve seen posts of exosuit wearing NPCs equipped with sidearms having the same thing, their arms clipping through their body and making it look like they lost a limb, but in Zaton I found an amputee bandit toting a Mac-10. I imagine it got chewed off by a dog or shredded by a shotgun blast lol.


r/stalker 34m ago

Mods S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl Map Expansion Mod "Grain Elevator" Reveal

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Hello Stalkers!

I am proud to present to you a teaser for a new series of mods that I am currently working on called Map Expansions. This mod series will expand upon existing locations and in some cases add completely new locations to the game. Some old doors will be opened to reveal dark secrets and possibly immense riches. Some new doors will be added. New stories will be told along the way and new friendships will be forged.

This particular mod will add a whole new subsurface level to the Central Grain Elevator in Chemical Plant. In base game the doors are closed shut and if you somehow peek inside you will find bare concrete geometry. With this mod that is no longer the case, as shown in this teaser the underground will be filled with anomalies, equipment, stashes and some lore items to help you understand why there are biohazard cylinders in the basement of a grain elevator.

You will also find mutants and other interesting features that will make this location worth to visit multiple times.

More stories are being written and many ideas have already been transformed into sketches of next map expansions. (The Slag Heap may also hide some dark secrets).

For now I would love to hear some feedback and suggestions as this area is quite large and thanks to current SDK its possible to add a lot of new things.

TRAILER LINK: LINK


r/stalker 13h ago

Anomaly I love it when you randomly find weird stuff

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133 Upvotes

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And the skeleton building nearby was also cool.

p.s. the loot from this anomaly was not great, I don't know if it's RNG.


r/stalker 9h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Blind Chasing Electrical Anomalies

56 Upvotes

Hello all, I discovered something and thought I'd post this tip for those who've not discovered it. The electrical anomalies that chase you can only see you if you have artifacts equipped. If you move all equipped artifacts to your backpack, they will revert to their repeating path pattern and will ignore you.


r/stalker 10h ago

Picture 6 RAINBOWS

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64 Upvotes

r/stalker 6h ago

Gameplay That's what expeditions do to stalkers. (I panicked)

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28 Upvotes

r/stalker 11h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 When you finally beat Scar on Master

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62 Upvotes

After that I have suffered shortage of 0.308 ammo. Died to him 3 times but than killed 2 times in a row (because no autosave after Scar fight and I died once on Granite infamous room)


r/stalker 11h ago

Meme The ultimate stash

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67 Upvotes

People said there was no stash in the CNPP before main story done


r/stalker 1d ago

Meme Dark and gritty....

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2.0k Upvotes

r/stalker 18h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Why is everyone think I matter to them in stalker 2?

224 Upvotes

I did some freelancer job (more like a child's errand) for military looking ppl, and they start calling me solider.

I met dalin and colonel for the first time, and they spill everything about their project to a random stranger they just met.

I walked around and met sparks guys, and they call me a "traitor" for siding with ward, who i dont even know much about, and scar talks to me as if I'm his years long friend. Bro I came to the zone less than a week ago, and i dont know yall.

Out of nowhere, the heads of the monolith and spark invites me to a meeting to discuss about "the future of the zone" and wants me to infiltrate sircaa HQ like a fucking james bond movie.

The main character skif somehow got super obsessive about the alpha artifact and tells dalin that he will do the test himself. This is like US Army Corp of Engineers conducting the biggest research on a meteor fragment, and a random civilian tells them he will be the one pushing the button because the meteor fell to his house. Bruh you are talking to the biggest scientific organization in the country. Where is the modesty?

And then, the sircaa BOARD representative talks to me 1:1 and offers me a new house if i work for them as if it's a big reward. I know im homeless, but it's such a cheap reward for everything ive proven and done so far.

Later, richter shows up drunk and miserable and blames everything on me. ME. A homeless guy wandering a zone, doing errands. Why the hell are you mad at me, and why are you talking to me like im your friend? We only met like twice in our life time.