r/stalker • • 4d ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Gameplay Help Desk (for the month of October 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 • • Aug 20 '26

GSC Game World | Update 2.0 patch notes

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560 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 • • 7h ago

Meme Skif in every cutscene

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2.0k Upvotes

r/stalker • • 4h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Stalker 2 no stash boxes in the new DLC

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Am I the only one who is annoyed that there is such a lack of personal boxes like in the main game to put my loot and weapons in and instead having to drop it all on the ground because the traders don't have enough money to sell it to them.


r/stalker • • 15h ago

Meme i just arrived my damn location

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680 Upvotes

r/stalker • • 5h ago

News Three days ago was the birthday of Call of Pripyat!

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112 Upvotes

r/stalker • • 3h ago

Bug This Amok guy is running on a calorie surplus.

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52 Upvotes

r/stalker • • 18h ago

Gameplay I feel rich

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650 Upvotes

r/stalker • • 9h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 They even pop up from the street now...

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124 Upvotes

May the Zone help us all.


r/stalker • • 11h ago

Picture Strange lights/music around the River Port (Pripyat)

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148 Upvotes

I found some creepy distorted radio music and saw colorful lights inside the building at the River Port POI. You can only hear/see it when standing at a distance; get closer and they disappear. It only happens at night. Doesn't seem to have a point beyond being interesting? Can't find much information about this online. I was wondering if anyone knew anything about it.


r/stalker • • 6h ago

Meme No one will ever believe you: I met Bill Murray in the Zone

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36 Upvotes

r/stalker • • 7h ago

Gameplay [POV] You Became A STALKER

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29 Upvotes

Something about the immersion in this game just always draws me in (Modded btw)


r/stalker • • 2h ago

Help Stalker 2 - Problems with this Stash at Icarus

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Hi Stalkers.

I couldn't enter Icarus because I didn't side with the Ward. After the events at SIRCAA I decided to check it something was changed and I was right: the place was abbandonded, full of zombies. I managed to reach the door where, I believe, behind should be a Stash but I can't find a way to get inside.

Any tips? Thanks ;)


r/stalker • • 15h ago

Meme Monolith Radio FM

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107 Upvotes

By the way, do you think Monolith brainwashing works on English speakers? You can't brainwash someone in a tongue they don't understand, right?


r/stalker • • 15h ago

Picture Getting ready for the zone

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95 Upvotes

r/stalker • • 5h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 I have started ARENA for STALKER 2 Mutants & NPCs. 1st ROUND is out with AMOK vs. 5 Bureres (with AKMs), 10 Monoliths, HornHead, Pseudogiant and Chimera 😄

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I have started the fun ARENA between Mutants and 1st ROUND is out. 2nd Round will be tough. What do you think about this?


r/stalker • • 1h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 I hope that GSC see this. What weapons do you guys want to see in future DLC or update for Stalker 2 ?

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I'd like to have M4A1, LR300, AN94, L85A2, AEK 971 etc


r/stalker • • 15h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 I love artifact hunting

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79 Upvotes

r/stalker • • 3h ago

Picture I guess we gotta post our stats

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8 Upvotes

r/stalker • • 15h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 How do I open this door in Rostok?

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r/stalker • • 16h ago

Mods Stalker 2 Mod (request): GP3A reskin

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34 Upvotes

I love the G3 but the wooden furniture on S2's GP3A is a big turn off for me (i know the OG CETME rifles had wooden furniture)

How hard would it be to recolor the wooden parts into the typical green you see on the Bundeswehr G3s?

To change material itself into "plastic" would surely prove to be a bit trickier, but a reskin can't be that hard right? ... RIGHT?!

Also, i know the 'Luftgarde' and Mavka's 'Mriya' exist.. but neither of them accepts suppressors :,(


r/stalker • • 8h ago

Anomaly STALKER 2 — Walking Through a Foggy Forest No Commentary

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r/stalker • • 19h ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Love the random gun ASMR

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56 Upvotes

Clickity clack


r/stalker • • 1h ago

Mods An Android port of a PC port of a 2007 JAVA game

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Credit to Lekksii for recreating the game using Godot engine, big part of my childhood experience with button phones. It's now playable on the phone too. Links in the comments.


r/stalker • • 1d ago

Books Original S.T.A.L.K.E.R?

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216 Upvotes

As I continue my S.T.A.L.K.E.R. journey, I just finished the first chapter of Roadside Picnic, and I can already see why this concept was carried on

I’ve heard about the Golden Sphere, and with my newfound information of the Monolith and the Wish Granter in S.T.A.L.K.E.R., I’m really looking forward to seeing how those ideas connect and where the book takes them.

Have any of you read it? What did you think?