STALKER 2 Beginners GUIDE! Anomalies & Artifacts Explained!

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[@nabed4t]

The glass artifacts are a really cool addition. I wasn't sure how to approach them as you can't seem to deactivate them with bolts, however, you are supposed to walk through them slowly to avoid being cut. There are some areas that use a combination of the glass anomalies and the vortex, if you're not careful, the vortex will pull you straight through the glass anomalies both cutting you from the glass anomaly and crushing you with the vortex.

[@_ExTitus]

additionally, the glass anomaly shreds bullets. I haven't been able to use them as cover yet but I try to keep it in mind

[@MyNames-X]

Artifact hunting has always been my favorite thing to do

[@c00p3rok]

on every emission (!) ALL artifact spots SHOULD contain new artifact (ideally, I didnt confirm). Artifacts you get are a bit random BUT seems depend on game progress (u wont get legendary ones early)

[@codymadison9993]

They are so forgettable that I am just reminded now that you can equip them after playing for days.

[@butter1339]

I got one in garbage it was a legendary liquid rock max chem and radio

[@atlasthetitan6849]

@@butter1339I also got this one from garbage, must be confirmed maybe?

[@LiamCampbell-d1f]

It would be great if you could do a guide on hunting for specific artifacts and which anomalies to look in

[@chrisb.9083]

I know early on I had 3 arts with radio protection along with red suit with like 3 radio protection. This allows me to put a maximum radiation +max endurance artifact. Which is like double stamina which is amazing.

[@lebitelexie9350]

The glass shard anomaly became my nemesis. The others I can notice and avoid but with the glass shard one I have this uncanny ability of running into them full speed before noticing it, especially at night. When I am just hiking slowly thats alright but I somehow always manage to find this anomaly when I am doing a sprint or my attention is somewhere else so I do not see the shards. Also I don't know if this is an universal experience or just me but... the Fleshes in my playthrough are on a mission! They turned out to be the most agressive mutants so far! Sure, Bloodsuckers are a nightmare to find but I ran into them relatively rarely. Dogs are not too frequent either. Boars are nothing to write poems about. But the damn Flesh herds are hellbent on destroying all life!

[@K4SA00]

OMG THIS GAME LOOKS AMAZING. Thank you for the cover will definitely buy!!!!

[@PigeonDesign]

Great game but needs a little TLC. Given the development challenges they had I think they did a great job. It’s got good bones! Excited to see what improvements they bring. It’s like Metro and Fallout had a baby. Available on Xbox Gamepass and there are some Steam coupons around the internet too. Asus just did a promo.

[@Propeezee]

Great video. I have been really following this game. I have not picked it up yet but it’s going to happen

[@JoeB_BSc]

Hi LastKnownMeal, thanks for posting & explaining artefacts and ways of collecting them. Please advise if you know whether improved artefact detectors become available as the storyline evolves. Regards JB

[@Szilagyicsabaistvan]

You get a good one(maybe the best?) on the 3rd island, it's a short side mission given by a scientist.

[@elizabethtischler686]

What part of Garbage did you find that liquid rock at?

[@LastKnownMeal]

I show it in the video in pda, it's in Garbage, location is Poisonus Hole

[@oPunkko]

Huh??? We don’t do numerical values anymore for buffs/debuffs???

[@cyrilchannie5120]

Building a new pc to take this game on

[@skillywilly187]

Tx lkm gonna fire up stalker now..im getting out of here now stalker

[@octowoff3459]

This game sux donkey balls, it's like they took the first stalker game and re-skined it put it in the cheapest voice actor's they could find and then pushed it out , don't take my word PLAY WITH THE FIRST STALKER AND ITS LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF THIS STALKER 2

[@Dale-jr7oj]

You’re a clown. You realize there’s a war in Ukraine where they made this game right? Lmfao stalker 1 is trash compared to this and just wait for more mods to come out🤷‍♂️

[@quitcallinmebill1699]

Wtf are you talking about

[@macheifach]

I really liked the original ones but it seems like I've grown out of it and my preferences have shifted towards good and more refined and "flowy" Gameplay. Stalker 2 feels sadly very antiquated. It's basically a remake of the original, that feels like a remaster without any enhancements but some visual ones. The Gameplay is extremely annoying, unfair and no fun. There is no innovation overall and nothing seems really enhanced or further developed. I would have expected more features, like dynamic reactions and animations and tighter feedback in the shooting mechanic. I mean, the shooting feels like from a retro fps from the 2000s. You unload a full mag into an enemy and they just sprint around uninterrupted like nothing happened. Wolfenstein 3D from the 90s had more feedback than this. Bloodsuckers spawning behind you, spongy enemies respawning endlessly, no applicable strategies as Gameplay elements, extremely dark graphics, worse weather system than before, no extended rpg elements for individualized builds etc. I really want the studio to have success but this is just a partial visual overhaul with horrible, clunky Gameplay underneath it all. It's just no fun and everything feels like a chore.

[@seanowens3153]

yawn, you sound like a karen whos never played a stalker before, your complaints are basically a copy past of the patch notes lol. the games so much fun, the only people crying are those who keep dying to blood stalkers. sucks to suck mate.

[@seanowens3153]

''flowy'' gameplay= i thought this was cod, why can't i slide jump everything :')

[@macheifach]

@@seanowens3153 No, more like Subnautica you know? In essence Stalker and Subnautica aren't that different, both are about atmosphere, immersion, alien landscapes, wonder, exploration, contrast between beauty and hostile environment, slow pacing, doing things in your own rhythm etc.

[@waggishgaming9512]

​@@macheifachyour comparing apples to oranges. You still have time to delete your uninformed yap fest of a comment, that makes almost no logical sense

[@Cenot4ph]

Old school is the best, this game takes me back to the golden age of FPS games. If they fix the alife system, this game will be king