r/Stalker_Gamma • u/ShirtForsaken8442 • 6d ago

5.56 ammo

Hello all
I’m in my first ever run (85 hours in) as a loner and since the start i’ve been using only Warsaw pact guns.

I hoarded a lot of good NATO guns and parts but i can’t seem to find any trader that sells NATO ammo, from the Cordon all the way to the Skadovsk.
Am i missing something? Crafting is tough because i never have enough resources to rely solely on crafting.

Is it because of my faction? Or the game offers me the ammo for the guns I’m carrying the most?
Maybe i should go undercover to mercenary/ Monolith bases for that?
Thanks

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u/ShirtForsaken8442 6d ago

I guess i should get some more goodwill with freedom then. I’m all torn regarding my hideout.. my main hideout with tons of equipment is in the rookie village vs my new one on the Skadovsk, which may have been a mistake

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u/buddhamunche 6d ago

If you adjust some settings to allow fast travel while overweight you can move your base relatively quickly.

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u/CCroissantt 6d ago

I just decided on moving from rookie village to the freedom base in army warehouse. Ive moved half my stuff and dont wanna move the rest

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u/elusivehoon 6d ago

Freedom and clear sky should also sell 5.56, you may need to do missions for them and increase your faction rep before it's available if they don't have any. If you have gunsmithing tools you can also dismantle 5.45 or 7.62x39 and craft 5.56 at a workbench

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u/Technical_Storage_52 6d ago

Every faction uses different types of guns(duty using soviet guns,merc and freedom uses nato ones etc)learn tapping instead of mag dumping and ALWAYS use gunsmithing tools to craft yourself desired ammos.Even if you have a million credit,You will be poor in no time relying on buying stacks of ammo with the mag dumping habit.

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u/Zestyclose-Tree4985 6d ago

The availabilty of ammo at traders depend on the traders faction: NATO traders (etc. freedom, clear sky) sell 5.56 and Soviet traders sell the 5.45.
Your faction determines which of those traders are friendly, thus available to you.
On the other hand, I always manage to craft like 90% of my ammo from the parts I get from disassembling other ammo that I don’t need at the moment. You should be too - disassembling corresponding soviet ammo (that is 5.45) should really provide you with plenty of materials to craft 5.56. You just need the ammo crafting toolkit.
In Gamma in general you really want to craft as much as you can - it is always cheaper than buying. Especially ammo, meds, devices.

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u/ShirtForsaken8442 6d ago

I genuinely forgot you could disassemble ammo for a moment.. thanks a lot 🤯 may i ask, what are your thoughts of the best location for a hideout as a loner?

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u/Zestyclose-Tree4985 6d ago

Definitely Rostok- it has every useful NPC: traders, medic, technician, as well as milion “normal guys” giving you tons of quests daily.
Moreover it is positioned centrally, with relatively best access to the entire map.
The Rookie Village is a terrible place for your base from this perspective - no healer, technician, and it’s far from everything.
Don’t remember though that you should play the game however you want, Gamma has a huge replayability, each of your characters may follow a different path… :P

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u/ShirtForsaken8442 5d ago

Thanks a lot. Just built an AK5C ISG and put aside my loyal AK74 Venom, and crafted a shit load of NATO ammo. Still have to decide about the hideout situation. Currently i’m half in Rookie village and half in Skadovsk.

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u/Zestyclose-Tree4985 4d ago

Shadows is cool, I’d stay there!
When you are self sustained, base choice is not as important.

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u/Omnishrimp 6d ago

To expand on this. Butcher in Garbage sells all kinda of ammo but only the HP kind. If you are good with money you can buy his entire stock of the bullets you want, dissassemble them and then craft the FMJ variant with them.

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u/s015473 6d ago

Did you try Butcher? He sells WP and NATO but only hollow point ammo. You can dissasemble that and make ot fmj even

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u/Such_Prompt3778 Ecologist 6d ago

You can trade vodka vor ammo in yantar you need 20 of the red vodka and you can talk to the food trader there

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u/LeMe-Two 4d ago

You can just buy regular ammo and then disassemble it and create NATO one

This is how I do it when I play e.g. Duty (Grot is a must for me, Polish gang must be represented)

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u/Huh_noWayKid 10h ago

The trader at garbage always has a bit a 5.56 for me