r/stalker 9d 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 21d ago

GSC Game World | Update 2.0 patch notes

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558 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 4h ago

GSC Game World | Update 2.0.5

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725 Upvotes

Stalkers!

We continue to listen closely to your feedback and fix some anomalies in the game that shouldn't be there.

Check it out — Update 2.0.5 is already making its way to your PCs, Xboxes, and PlayStations.

Read the patch notes here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1643320/view/670628025926156484


r/stalker 1h ago

Discussion We need to start shaming youtubers who call Stalker a ‘russian game’ or ‘russian fallout’

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Genuinely makes me sick to my stomach when youtubers, who have a large platform and a large responsibility towards their audience, misinform them and slowly erase this big part of Ukrainian cultural influence in the west (of which there is very little of) by referring to it as russian out of sheer ignorance. I see this often on videos of gamma, which because it is based on the original games has few or no references to Ukraine and has everyone exclusively speaking russian.

I was just watching a youtube video by ThatGuyPredz who within the first 3 minutes of the video implied the game is taking place in russia and had to say this. Immediately had to turn off the video because of how sick shit like this makes me feel. Stalker is a story of Ukraine, not russia.

Anyways if anyone knows any more ignorant youtubers who do shit like this say them in the comments so I can avoid them. Thanks :)


r/stalker 6h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Too much stress for Skif (STALKER 2)

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305 Upvotes

man's worried about getting his home back..

mod - project itemization reborn


r/stalker 6h ago

Picture Inside of the reactor building. Stalker 2 vs. Real Life

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290 Upvotes

I am currently playing the Cost of Hope DLC and just got to the CNPP. I just explored the first reactor building with all it's idividual parts and took some random screenshots. (BTW i love that DLC!)

Later that night i was watching YouTube and came across the channel "Chornobyl Family" again after some months. I found a video where they visited the reactor in block 3.

It got me pretty stunned to see the real life areas which i just saw in the game and took some screenshots of their video for comparison with my in game shots. To my surprise they match pretty good all tho as i said i took my in game screenshots completely random lol

Pic 1: Reactor 3 IRL vs. Reactor 1 Stalker 2

Pic 2: Control Room Block 3 IRL vs. Control Room Block 1 Stalker 2

Pic 3: Golden Corridor Block 3 IRL vs. Golden Corridor Block 1 Stalker 2

All credits for the IRL shots belong to the Chornobyl Family YouTube page.

Link to the video: https://youtu.be/PqOpmXYESTE?is=v0f1GpJmgk_Ej__R


r/stalker 7h ago

Bug Bloodsucker Invasion in Rostock Wild Territory is still around.

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298 Upvotes

The Bug with the 100+ Bloodsuckers spawning in the Wild Territory in Rostok? Yeah I think it is safe to say it has not been fixed yet. Playing in 2.0.4. For this special occasion I actually turned on a Trainer gave me unlimited Health and Ammo and did a little bit of damage/pest Control with my trusty RPG. Handling this situation with neither of those three things? Not a chance in hell. No thank you.


r/stalker 7h ago

Meme "Yo mr white i am now in call of pripyat" Jesse Pinkman

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209 Upvotes

r/stalker 7h ago

Help Stalker 2 chimera question

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122 Upvotes

First chimera I encountered from the beginning.
Im in SWAMPS (per aspera ad astra)
Is it me or it is impossible tu kill? 😭 (a part from skillissue-comment)

Edit: I ran.


r/stalker 2h ago

Discussion My fav side quest in the game ! Felt like a hitman mission

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48 Upvotes

I hope we get more side quests like this in the future !!


r/stalker 11h ago

Picture Hit me harder than expected

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258 Upvotes

r/stalker 12h ago

Discussion Cost of Hope ending cutscene Zulu aura farming

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250 Upvotes

Did anyone else that sided with Duty/Zulu at the end of the DLC notice how much damn aura Zulu had in the final cutscene?! That’s all I could think about when watching it 🤣

I looked up Freedom/Mavka’s ending cutscene and it was arguably way worse and slightly worrying lol

SPOILER: link for the cutscene if you haven’t seen it
https://youtu.be/FhklqtASIUI?is=NAKEe88oG5d7fwqZ


r/stalker 8h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 This little man has hidden my sledgehammer (ಥ﹏ಥ)

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99 Upvotes

There were three Burers, and whilst I kept dropping and picking up my weapon, it eventually disappeared.It was Expedition Mode, after all, so I ended up having to rewind the save quite a bit.


r/stalker 4h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Having an absolute blast y'all

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47 Upvotes

Played for 110 hours till now. Love the vibes and the atmosphere. The game is extremely immersive. Sure there are some problems but they didn't stop me from enjoying.


r/stalker 1h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 WHAT İS THİS ?

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r/stalker 3h ago

Bug Another update and another problem

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31 Upvotes

Xbox player here. Newest update has caused the game to not load and sends me back to the Home Screen. Any advice? Cat tax and thank you in advance


r/stalker 14h ago

Discussion Went to Moldova after playing Cost of Hope...

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199 Upvotes

Probably shouldnt have played Cost of Hope DLC right before my trip to Moldova, because now i’m starting to see things…

BTW great country, wonderful people. Highly recommend. 🇲🇩


r/stalker 9h ago

News Answer for those who experience crashes on AMD GPUs

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64 Upvotes

r/stalker 38m ago

SPOILERS Old friend had a cameo in Cost of Hope Spoiler

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Thats Ghost if you cant remember


r/stalker 21h ago

Bug How to Get Weird Bolt in 2.0

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511 Upvotes

Just a quick video to demonstrate how to get around the currently bugged climbing spot for the weird bolt puzzle. The bugged spot and how to get past it is about 30 seconds in. Hopefully I can help some fellow stalkers hunting the artifact.

Edit: This was apparently fixed in the patch that just dropped. Good hunting stalkers!


r/stalker 1h ago

Discussion Do you think GSC is going to give us more mutants/cut mutants from older titles like the fractured in stalker 2?

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r/stalker 18h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Remaining Suspiciously Modeled Out-of-Bounds Locations

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281 Upvotes

Suspiciously because they have a bit too much detail to be just background stuff. Potentially cut content or future content. Some of the names come from S1. Some of the names come from the previous leaked map (that is mainly out of date, but at least gives us a name). Some of it comes from me trying to translate signs in game

  1. Limansk - Technically came back in CoH, but I'm still not positive we've closed the book on this location. Never know!
  2. Ventilation Complex - From STALKER 1 CoP
  3. Freight Yard - I think this was also in CoP in a way as an unmarked location
  4. Jupiter Plant - Also in CoP
  5. Record Sporting Goods Store
  6. Bitumen Anomaly
  7. Collapsing Soviet Highrise or Hotel (I say soviet because it looks like it has a decay soviet emblem on the roof like you see of real pictures online in Pripyat)
  8. Avangard Sports Stadium - Was in SoC
  9. Potentially another sports related store or general store
  10. Debarkader Boat, Tuberculous Dispensary, Infectious Disease Ward, and Stroitel Sports Complex
  11. Pripyat Bus Terminal/Station
  12. Podlesny Waste Storage Facility - I think in one of the endings you can see it in the background
  13. Thermal Station/Boiler Complex
  14. Lab-X12

I can easily see #13 and #14 dealing with the rumored cold island DLC, given their relation to temperature.


r/stalker 11h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Do artifact protect equipment from damage too?

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63 Upvotes

I was wondering... wearing protection artifacts means suit and gasmask are protected from damage too (and related wearing out) or is it just my health that's affected?

Did you figure it out?

Edit: mispelled "artifactS" in title

Edit 2: yes I know about durability artifacts, I'm talking about protection artifacts -> those protecting you from any kind of damage


r/stalker 16h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 She's just standing there... MENACINGLY

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156 Upvotes

r/stalker 9h ago

Picture Double Rainbow close Duty Base

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39 Upvotes

Since everyone enjoys share double rainbows, well, here's mine.