Complete Beginner's Guide for STALKER GAMMA | Health System, Crafting & Repairs

After receiving so many questions recently about the basic mechanics of Stalker GAMMA, here's a quick video tutorial on the Body health system, how to repair weapons and armors, crafting, and as many tips I could cram into the video along the way.
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00:00 Intro & Install
00:57 All about the Health System
03:48 How to Repair Weapons
07:49 Repairing Armors
08:24 Crafting System

[@fulop._.szilard3000]

I remember avoiding GAMMA because the repair system...now i prefer it because I love to struggle for a good weapon and makes me appreciate it even more...great video by the way

[@deadshot4245]

The best part honestly is scrounging around and say if there’s a big firefight if you have that mod enabled where friends get mad for looting their kills makes it even harder

[@Gsauce21]

It feels like a mini game! Once you figure it out it’s just rewarding.

[@HoodeloodumGAME]

Reason I'm avoiding it is the installation

[@rahuldoes]

@@HoodeloodumGAME, and, after that, the stuttering and "shader compilation failed"!+

[@Razzlion]

@@rahuldoes turn down grass, play in borderless and turn on the stutter fix. Game will do 300fps

[@LauDanielS]

A good tip is that parts that you can remove by field stripping can be replaced on a gun without a workbench / toolkit. You just need to drag and drop, but the condition on the gun will reduce slightly.

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

Very true! I always forget you can do that too!

[@BoardWalkToke]

I figured this out on my own when I was trying to figure out how to repair. Thouught that was the only way.

[@HunterAnsorge-ok9jk]

Ive had it not lose durability by adding better parts but if you add a worse part the condition will definitely degrade

[@VooJin3]

First guy that I saw explaining comprehensively and effectively. Without repeating 1 sentence all the time or just talking crap 5 minutes.

[@metazare]

Something that isn't widely known is where to find the crafting kits. The drug making, gun smith, basic and advanced can all be found in stashes in what is considered low level areas, anything below red forest. Expert tool kits however ONLY have a chance to spawn in stashes that are in red forest and above on the map. This had some people thinking the spawn was broken because they were not venturing deep enough into the zone and getting those stashes.

[@aladontheinternet6363]

Finally, someone explaining the health withouth spending nearly half an hour on it

[@Legion563]

I've been struggling in GAMMA over the last few hours trying to not die and how to get better weapons etc....safe to say this video set me straight on the right track..good stuff.

[@z0h33y]

Thank you, the health/healing system in Gamma is so convoluted. Even for someone like me who has been a veteran of Anomaly since Last Day, i still hop on Gamma and say to myself, "am i doing this healing system correctly?!" And i guess that confusion is down to me not being a veteran of Escape From Tarkov because that seems to be where the healing system gets its inspiration from.

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

Yeah it can definitely be a bit daunting at first, but after getting the hang of it I'm actually really enjoying how everything works

[@reter312]

you should have seen the first body health system 2 years ago... i can tell you it were a hell, so happy grok fixed that

[@MintyLime703]

I wish it was more like Tarkov, but it really has nothing in common asides from having separate HP for parts and limbs. Tarkov doesn't have the temp and post heals mechanic.

[@reter312]

@@MintyLime703 my only wish about the tarkov mechanic is the inventory magement, hell yeah i wanna see that inventory inside stalker but probably is very difficult to do

[@Prof.Pwnalot]

Really? I started playing stalker around 3 years ago and have no issue with the health system. It's so damn easy dude...... Get into crafting, especially in gamma, then you have valid complaints lol. Literally read the tool tip for healing, there is a buff value in health, that you need to raise, then make it stable by using proper healing meds. Not hard..........

[@BIDP-]

Great video! After druski released that video hundreds of new people have flooded into the discord; which is great! But every one of them asks these basic questions so it's really nice to have a video to point to if they don't want to read the PDA!

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

yeah pretty much ahahh, had so many people coming asking questions I figured I'll make a quick video to cover the basics

[@colinkelley2106]

Having being fairly new myself, I didn't even know the PDA had a guide in it until a bit into my playthrough. The game never tells you.

[@BIDP-]

@@colinkelley2106 Well that is true. one of the first discord guides mention to read the guides on the pda. I know post people want to play the game immediately without reading how to play it, but reading at least the faq will answer 90% of your questions

[@TheKruxed]

Finally, now I understand where I was going wrong with crafting and had no idea that parts increased 'condition' of your armour... solves so many issues I was having as I just couldn't upgrade my gear

[@codyharrison9693]

Did you try reading the in-game tooltips? They explain this pretty succinctly.

[@SeamusCameron]

@@codyharrison9693 - I think I found out about it from reading it on a loading screen. Thankfully I read it pretty early so it wasn't an issue. The tooltips on repair kits vs sewing kits/glue are similar enough at a glance that it probably causes people to not clearly note the differences. Especially when all the systems feel new. Hard to see the differences when you haven't even finished understanding what's different.

[@spry4543]

Another Banger, thanks fellow Stalker Walker Talker

[@zeta280]

One important thing to note is that not everything is worth crafting. A basic headlamp for example costs like 7k on max difficulty from sidorovich, which will take you much less time to get than all the parts for its crafting recipe. Also some meds require ingredients that are rarer that the item you are trying to craft, its really weird honestly.

[@PhthaloType]

And one might think "I can save money by crafting it instead of buying, I just need to find X, Y, and Z." But on your quest to find X, Y, and Z, you'll use food, water, medical supplies, ammo, suffer weapon wear and armor damage... Time spent just existing costs money, so prioritize what you spend your time on. Buy once, cry once.

[@housespider9971]

love the way these modpacks are designed. This has been the ONLY game that i've ever played where I literally had to progress through several different mods/games just to get an understanding of how to play GAMMA. Started with the basic unmodded games on steam, then to anomaly, and now I've been playing GAMMA. awesome experience these guys have cooked up

[@T0XICMASCULINITY]

This is truly an extremely helpful and great video. Thank you very much for making this and sharing it with us.

[@whitebloodism]

The install guide and faq on the discord is brilliant !!

[@tantal2901]

This guide helped me so much, i just heard about gamma from you and start to play it but i had no idea that I can't buy weapons Thanks a lot !

[@Jordanp0421]

Awesome video man. Just downloaded gamma today, so this was a huge help.

[@sleepyshaman94]

We officially broke 100k on the GAMMA discord so thank you to everyone

[@ZiakCC3344]

333k

[@CyberCommander1990]

This video is very useful. I thought I just had to keep running jobs for a faction until the technician got better inventory, but now I know better.

[@ProPotato]

I'm so used to the EFT med system mod that this is taking some getting used to. I was looking for Splints, CMS and SURV12 to fix what i thought were broken legs and ended up coming here to figure it out.

[@TheLiquidss]

this def help me as a beginer in GAMMA, please release more beginner's guide video

[@jimmysgameclips]

I didn't even know about repairing the individual parts and was wondering if I just had to find a part with good condition and do an overall repair lol. So thankyou! You saved me much pain

[@Belgar]

I'm not gonna lie. Drewski's videos is ultimately what made me download and actually try GAMMA, prior to that I had the Stalker games but never played any. I'm glad I've tried gamma it's quickly becoming my fave game... Only thing is I don't know shit, so your guide and others will be veeeery useful.

[@sylvestercesar6720]

Very infomative guide, now i really understand the craft und repair System. Thank you

[@Xanezz]

Fantastically in depth, wish I had this when I started playing gamma :p

[@PauLDMD91]

i love your videos man. You are simple and straight to the point. And as a STALKER lover till the first games i truly appreciate your knowledge about the game and how you make people like these kind of games. Keep it up!!!

[@KerboOnYT]

Clear and concise, thanks for the guide

[@hell4raizer]

This was helpful and not bloated with useless info so I thank you for this

[@zero2099100]

Great video! I already learned a lot of this stuff the old fashioned way.., but damn it was a grind... Can't believe how much community modders have improved the base game.. And I have been playing SoC since release! Oblivion Lost, Autumn Aurora etc. GAMMA Anomaly is so hardcore but also awesome. Subscribed.++

[@WorthyHunter]

the new game Zero Seivert inspired me to play this, but so did drewski's video. still, glad i found a channel that's a veteran of this game. thanks for being patient with us newbies.

[@toony9829]

Thank you for this tutorial!

[@NomadShadow1]

Cheeki, you forgot the most important protip for GAMMA - don't die

[@TheUltimatehellsing]

Thanks for this video, legit i didnt know that u can actually just replace parts. This is really insightful for newcomers into stalker like me. The post-heal for limbs is super helpful, i always thought the only way to heal the limbs is via sleep, but now u can combo the pills and bandage which is super useful when u have longs hours before u can actually sleep or drown yourself in vodka 🤣🤣🤣

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

Glad to hear it helps!

[@fabian4642]

Thank you for this, I figured out everything except how to repair armour. I would always find an armour around 20% and then just use it until i found another one, the crafting tip has been a gamechanger, for so long now ive had radios etc marked as junk because i didnt know you could craft

[@xNoto1riouZx]

Amazing video, thank you!

[@SmootherThanThou]

great video breeki !

[@butterballs849]

Doing same concept on efp version. No buying Armour or weapons from vendors. Made me learn the repair system in a trail by error setting. I like the challenge. Have yet to unpack gamma and install. Liking the EFP 3.0 atm. +1 on vid

[@stevenrapa4014]

That was really well edited, paced, and useful. Great work thank you.

[@canertwo]

I am absolutely addicted to GAMMA right now, but a few things were a bit enigmatic and frustrating until now. Sadly, I had sacrificed a super good (?) weapon for it's barrel (the DVU or something short and semi automatic in the Mosin caliber). Going in mostly blind and never playing any stalker before made this mod a really special experience.

[@grok_gamma]

Awesome guide ❤

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

Thanks 😁

[@renaudalarie4283]

Thank you man really helpful!

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

Glad it helps!

[@davidstenhouse5908]

Nice vid dude. Can't wait for your Iron man series ;)

[@kainan613]

Great guide!

[@mertfree8461]

great narration, thx

[@Codzjoiner]

I'd love a more 'advanced' tips guide!

[@1stWarlord]

This is exactly what i needed as I just started playing GAMMA after finishing the 3 stories in vanilla-ish anomaly (30 or do hand picked QoL and graphic mods).

[@donoteatmikezila]

Absolute legend.

[@jeffthuot5631]

Great stuff thanks

[@davinhunt7558]

Wow great timing

[@bingus9813]

been 8 hours into the game, finally brave enough to leave cordon

[@BOTG_Adventures]

ClearSky boy, come back out of the Zone to watch your video. Ill drink a Vodka in your honour as you teach the new Stalkers. Respect.

[@AutisticWeasel]

Sympa la video ;)

[@TheMrBojangles101]

Te iubesc my Stalker wiki. Thx maaan

[@user-os1xo4tj8q]

Awesome video, now do an Invictus run video,please!

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

Its coming! next week first episode

[@simke2090]

finally! thxs

[@Turfut730]

question, do you maintain items like swiss knife with sharpening stone set ? also, should I bother having grooming kit on me, since swiss knife can also disassemble stuff ? Thanks for the vid ! : ) bonne chance dans la zone stalker

[@masonnemeth9343]

Awesome video! any chance you have a Tutorial on the "hideout system" i am extreamly new to Stalker?

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

I talk about it in more details in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKTNo6uwfZmVl6M

[@gazjones6621]

How do you compare armour stats of a low durability armour with the one you're wearing?

[@leonecartelreborn9628]

Goddamn, I think this video made me realise I am really not into modpacks like Gamma or EFP. I think I'll just go back to Call of Pripyat with Gunslinger Atmosfear + Absolute Nature

[@JellyJman]

I think this is gonna get pined in the gamma discord

[@fiorillos]

When I started up the game , i thought I would be an experienced player of survival games, knowing my past of other hardcore survival pvpvpve Games. Oh boi I was hit by a truck after I died after 5 minutes when leaving the base. Damn this game is good 👍

[@888Marco]

SplatterCatGaming made a video about Stalker GAMMA, it will bring a lot of new players for our most favorit game ever.

[@FabulousFab72]

There is something still unclear for me right now (after 20hrs of playing it ^^) : what is the use of Workbench ? Because you can do whatever you want with the kits & tools.

[@brodiemarshall9270]

I think i understand the healing but what are all the status symbols, theres one i have rn i cant get rid of its not food radiation water or sleep?

[@danielveizaga6675]

One little problem: I can’t see the components in the detail menu do I need to enable this option, how?

[@decode9160]

I spent about 20k on meds that i didnt need to.... because i had no clue wat post heal was, thx

[@rekunta]

A well explained video. Though I do find repairing armor is borderline impossible. All armor I disassemble gives me parts that are in such poor condition (the majority are at 1%) that they’re useless. Unless armor parts are 60%+ (may be higher), they cannot be repaired, or at least I cannot find any item that can fix them. So 95% of armor parts I find can’t be repaired, and I can never find the needed armor parts for sale at traders. I don’t mind the scavenging aspect of GAMMA, and have no trouble repairing weapons, but attaining good condition armor parts is so insanely difficult that I just turn GAMMA economy off in MO2. It needs to be rebalanced. If there was an item I could buy that would allow me to repair very low percentage armor parts, it would be different, but I can find none.

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

The goal with armor is to replace as many parts as you can with better condition ones until your armor hits an overall condition that's repairable by a repair kit. The threshold is very low, if you have an armor repair kit, putting 30-40% condition parts in your armor is enough to hit the threshold to use a repair kit for the armor. And as the parts in the armor "repair themselves" when you repair the armor overall its very cheap and easy compared to weapons to repair an armor.

[@goodtimebear1]

the body heart is a little much at time for me it always my legs and i just start in gamma so there a lot for me to get use to. but it fun but can be frustrating at any time when my legs are hurt i cant run for longer then a second to i take damage witch really makes no sense because i watch a video when the guy said all it did was de buffs and it did not affect your health or hurt you more. but still i am having a lot of fun

[@PintsofGuinness]

I’ve been trying to get this mod to work for like an hour now. After installation it loads fine, but the screen is completely black. The game is definitely running, I can hear my footsteps when I walk around, the HUD is there and I can pull up the inventory. It’s just not rendering any 3D graphics. Anyone here know what that’s all about? Google was zero help.

[@42xp99]

For any bugs, check the gamma discord. All your support needs are there. They helped me fix this exact issue yesterday

[@mongopoju]

How the heck do I find parts for exoskeleton? It seems like enemies only have broken ones

[@MikeBertelsenDK]

Currently installing Gamma.. This looks extremely complicated with the health and repair system. Not sure what to expect......

[@Gsauce21]

Hey I saw your video on performance for stalker anomaly 1.5. I was wondering if anything would change now with all of these mods from gamma?

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

Gamma has so much stuff that performance will be a tad worse than vanilla anomaly no matter what to do (but that's pretty much expected). Grass density, render distance, shadows, zone population are still the biggest fps eaters.

[@Gsauce21]

@@CheekiBreekiTv thanks good to know. I’ll just keep messing around with that then.

[@tantal2901]

By the way, are you plannig to make video about artifacts? Maybe some kind of tier list, that would be helpful too

[@boomdaddymaxwell]

Im hoping someone can help me out here. When I sleep my legs dont heal, but my other limbs do. What does that mean?

[@LiLei-mi4nh]

crazy crazy...what do you think, how many hours do you have included all runs? Find Ironman really hard because of the cluncky movemant and sound of stalker. I love stalker but it has his problems. You know:-)

[@Vincenzo910]

Is there the possibility of adding co-op mode too?

[@ArcherAC3]

How do we build our own vice?

[@DuxLindy]

upgraded my pc recently and i couldn't get gamma working. going to have to try again soon

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

Here's a really good and easy to follow install guide: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKbdo2yZotScirM

[@marcoscoelho8626]

What your setup, please? I Have a Ryzen 5 5600x and RTX 2060 6gb and i even cant play with 60fps locked. My game is in SSD NVME 1tb and still dont get 60fps on MINIMUM graphics.

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

Playing on a laptop recently. i7 / 3060 / 16gb Ram / SSD Nothing crazy for a laptop.

[@Notyetkameraden]

Does anyone know how to get the yellow marked as favourite items? It looks so useful but it doesn’t seem to be base game.

[@kAt-mq3js]

Me 2 buddy, don't know why it isn't marked yellow and always with the normal items.

[@kAt-mq3js]

i found the fix, just go to mod config menu, then Sorting Plus, then select highlight favorites

[@Notyetkameraden]

@@kAt-mq3js I got it a few days ago but thanks, I’m glad you found it too!

[@kraney195]

Can you make a guide about the warfare mode? i still don't understand how it works and the setting is quite confusing

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

I have one for anomaly (which is pretty much the same) in my older videos. I can't guarantee all is perfectly up to date, but all the basics are there!

[@SirKingWest]

Thanks Cheeki! Anyone know how to find or craft experimental PSUs for exoskeletons?

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

I saw one sold by the Military trader (well the book with the recipe to craft it). Might need a certain rep with them to unlock it. Not sure about other factions.

[@lucaswest2741]

@@CheekiBreekiTv Thank goodness I'm playing Duty lol. Appreciate the tip! I've heard Ecologists sell the Exp. PSUs at high enough rep, need to validate though.

[@samthegamerman1259]

any tips on radiation? I just died because I had to go through ALL of my rad items because I was constantly being irradiated.

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

Better protection / gasmask (even broken down, it helps), cigarettes, water, vodka, and meds last. Wearing a Geiger counter to hear when you enter an irradiated zone and react quicker is good too.

[@last-kt]

what diffrences between anomaly and gamma ? Im more prone to experience realistic mechanics, more recoil on guns, have more human fights, looting and better graphic... Thanks

[@conor987]

gamma is a modpack for anomaly

[@last-kt]

@@conor987 what differences they have in the game ?

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

Wait your covering all that in less than 90 mins ? thank you

[@mattb9064]

What are the difficulties like

[@WiseArkAngel]

Was a little irritated that the medkit wasn't healing my limbs. Thanks for the guide.

[@REDMISTINTHEAIR]

Where do I get the multi tool from ??

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

buy it from any technician for 5000, or wait to find one in a stash!

[@sultan9167]

GAMMA is more stable graphically in performance in case of my pc but i loved EFP V4 although its sadly not stable in my pc its like 50 - 40 at maximum fps

[@IanBys13]

How can I have something similar to a base where I can leave everything I loot?

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

You'll need to craft (or buy) the base elements, then you can place them wherever you want to build your base

[@IanBys13]

@@CheekiBreekiTv thanks bro i really want to have a basr xd

[@zaketenyu1932]

holly fucking shit I need a degree to play this game lmao

[@SilliestGoober999]

Honestly my issue with the mod pack was mind numbing grind.

[@strelok237]

Ur just bad bro.

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

Here's a great install walkthrough that is very easy to follow: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKbdo2yZotScirM

[@K3NnY_G]

I'm one of those people who gets called to the zone about every year and a half, pick a mod, lose a couple weeks after work to it. Anomaly was the last time... I said I wouldn't go back until Stalker 2... I SAID I WOULDN'T GO BACK SO WHY AM I WATCHING THIS VIDEO WITH THE GITHUB OPEN ON MY OTHER SCREEN!?

[@technikw9998]

boys, name of the guitar song at the end?

[@Krisz1023.0]

how do you make tha inventory favorit yelov ?

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

Main menu > mod config menu > sorting plus > highlight favorites

[@Krisz1023.0]

@@CheekiBreekiTv thank you very much

[@rogueskypilot4116]

Did you change your channel name?

[@motoriousss4047]

How on earth can I start base building?

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

Either craft the items or buy them from traders (crafting is much easier/cheaper)

[@lordatlas]

My psy health has been at 1 forever and won’t go up

[@Mercento]

How to repair parts

[@kalebhowatt6380]

I got good at one thing i know literally nothing else i can kill i know that, i took out the mercs hq the military checkpoint the bandits in dark valley and many in between kill kill kill