S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 : Complete Artifacts Guide | Best Farming Routes, Builds & Tips

[@johanelmqvist3741]

The Weird Nut you get from the fire tornado is different from the Weird Bolt you get from the normal tornado. The Weird Nut has a tendency to not spawn for some reason.

[@imargamimi9053]

I've heard from other people it is slightly bugged and it can sometimes fall down ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@_The_God_King_]

For me and some others it did not spawn and the thing we all had in common was that we climbed the cooling tower first. Reloading before all that and Beelining to the Weird Nut first fixed it for some reason.

[@hitfan]

I had problem with with weird bolt not being in tornado (Glika showed its 82 meters away from me) and no chance with Weird Water. Even after installing mod for detectors to detect legendary arch artifacts it wasn't there

[@salimancathos]

If you climb the tower first and inevitably trip the grenade the concussive force yeets the nut into...somewhere. Just grab it before you climb up and you're good to go.

[@JUJU-yg1xi]

I triggered the grenade first and knocked the nut from its spot but I just went to below where it spawns and it was there

[@Kydaser]

I just stared collecting one of every artefact for the achievement so this is going to be very usefull, thanks

[@judgdreads]

Thank you for artifact hunting map, this is exactly what I've been wanting!

[@stubbi]

Small tip: Weird water is currently bugged. You need to get it when you discover the anomaly. If you come back later, chances are high it will never spawn.

[@lEx683]

Meeen that's explain everything 😢...

[@Bicc_Burb]

I did not have this experience personally, but it did take me an hour of trying different saves and entry locations. It did eventually spawn, but if you're looking around for 10+ minutes reload and try again. There is another bug here though. DO NOT SAVE YOUR GAME INSIDE THIS ANOMALY.

[@tickledrage2225]

They fixed it with the latest update!!!!!! I went there 50 times just to wander around and find nothing. I was bugged. Heard about the update. Went back, found it in 20 secs

[@nextstrayed]

Man, thanks so much for this. I had found a lot of these spots already, but the route map is incredible for turning artifact hunting into enjoyable expeditions into the zone

[@Alex-yb8pk]

This is pure gold man, thanks!

[@DutchDragon1988]

I found your video by incident but I'm so glad I did, I'm farming artifacts like crazy atm, thank you very much for this video, absolutely brilliant

[@dudlEEk]

omg I had no clue the highlighted arefact slots negate the radiation, that's actually huge, lol. thanks, man.

[@zlivasprava]

FYI, you install them at technics as “Lead container” upgrade

[@unknownUser0130]

yes, but they should be of the same strength, weak and so on, to cancel each other out, or two weak for one medium

[@Bicc_Burb]

Save a life, hug your lead containers.

[@major_galaxy]

This is the best explanation and guide for artifacts I've seen so far; thank you so much for your incredible work!

[@stewie-griffin88]

broooo after 1:33 min i already love yoru video... good job so far

[@starcross-wolf]

Found a liquid rock artifact within 5hr of my 2nd play through and got really excited, cuz anything that give radio protection in early game is a blessing from the zone 😂

[@Kydaser]

14:46 at the yaniv tornado is weird bolt, at the fire tornado is a weird nut

[@Turin_Inquisitor]

Thank you kind sir! May the Zone protect you!

[@paulwick8307]

To get a free gilka/hilka, when you reach slag heap for the first time you’ll find a side mission where some stalkers want you to put 3 vodka bottles in 3 different stashes. The stash closest to the heap itself has the hilka/gilka in it and you can just steal it. You won’t fail the quest per say, but when you get to the third stash homie will be mad you took the stuff instead of leaving the vodka and try to roll you. Just pop him in the face and your golden!

[@slyllamademon2652]

The swamps are also more dangerous because if the zone throws an emission at you you will probably die.

[@твоеймамки-в3х]

Damn it hadn't been even a month since release, and we already have guides like this one! Much appreciated, keep up the good work 💪🏻

[@mrquang11212]

I found a compass in Garbage with that Echo detector!

[@Afterburn7]

Artifacts are random and every detector detects every artefact but the range between the detectors is different. Also artefacts are random.

[@kaktins]

Thank you for artifact hunting map

[@Dima_Orlovich]

Hello Cheeki Breeki I’ve been consumed by your content for a while now you are a “legend” of the zone. If you could I very much would enjoy seeing a review on radiophobia 3 and if you had any other mods you think are needed or improve the gameplay of that mod pack, I enjoy radiophobia as it is I just really would enjoy watching you play it and hearing your preferences. I may have overlooked a past video if this has already been made and i would appreciate a referral to it if not i understand the time crunch with stalker 2 and i will be fine if my comment is over looked .

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

I've been working on a radiophobia video for a while now! But I always get interrupted (lately by Stalker 2, these days by diving into GAMMA again) but it will come I swear ahahh, one day! There's also a lot of story mods I still want to cover... need to find the time... And thanks for the kind works :)

[@Dima_Orlovich]

@ Thank you for the response. Ill be sure to be on the lookout for when that video does drop but in the mean time ill enjoy all your new and upcoming content as well. Thank you for your choice of profession and all the joy you bring people, you truly do it well.

[@jusjay898]

Bro thank you so much i was so lost on what i should do with these Artifacts ive been stuck in Mid Game becasue i wanted to so some exploring and upgrading before moving on futher with the game Now i know lol keep up the videos bro

[@davida7284]

This route is awesome. Thanks for putting this together. The only concern I have is equipment repairs have been costly doing the circuit. I hope there’s a profit, haha👍🏻✌🏻

[@Bicc_Burb]

Some of the artifacts are just awesome to look at and build a backstory about. Theres actually some nods to the movie and book that inspired the game series. Read the book from the 1970s and you'll be amazed how well they did with the artifacts. ESPECIALLY the arch artifact's. Best untold lore in the game tbh.

[@antaress8128]

Cheeki Breeki you are MVP! Thank you for the video and for the files!

[@CatgirlThatLovesYou]

Thanks for making this guide! Hunting artifacts has always been one of my favorite things to do in these games! :)

[@Cpt-Jamsandwich]

Thank you for uploading this excellent guide!!!

[@MihaiCornean]

Physical resistance is capped. If you are already using armor with high phy res like falcon or diamon exo, you are basically wasting the artifact slots by using compass or any other phy res artifact. use glare instead for electro res

[@darkolli]

One thunderberry almost maxes endurance too, it also gives the most maximum stamina and a second one just increases the stamina regeneration, second one dosent allow you to run further, just restores you stamina faster if you stop running. A third one will make the stamina regeneration even faster but its diminishing returns. Compass will max out you physical protection if you have 1 bar of protection, thats how powerful it is. You can literally run an ssp-99 suit (5 slots once upgraded) with weird water, 2 thunderberries, compass and hypercube, the only problem is the low psi protection.

[@eldonhill4840]

Counterpoint: Your armor's physical resistance goes down as it gets damaged. If you're on a long outing that number can drop quite a bit. Even if you have the best exosuit in the game (which has 4.9 out of a possible 5 physical resistance), keeping something like a Compass on you to swap to when it gets damaged will make sure you always stay at max.

[@jjuutrfgshjdflkfö]

@@darkolli Thunderberry doesn´t increase Endurance in a way that your overall Endurance pool is bigger, it always just regenerates faster, no matter how many you use. Given, you can initially run longer because it regenerates faster while running, but still, it´s just endurance regeneration

[@ericsonkennway9651]

You’re a Legend

[@gugadone]

Best video out there

[@nt.hunter]

The weird pot trick is that depending on which side you attempt to leave, the place changes slightly, as in. West South East North. I think that's the way it works.

[@stubbi]

You sure? I always left north and had the same outcome that Cheeki

[@nt.hunter]

@@stubbi I am not 100% I gotta admit. But I left north first time, then east second, randomly so, and when I saw it changed, I immediately assumed that cardinal points might have something to do with what version of the house you get.

[@salamander-40k]

Second try and I got the weird water. Thank you so much I have run around in circles for too long to admit too.

[@halolime117]

Any artefact will spawn in their correlated anomaly, it’s all based on chance if you get a good one or not, there is no “this spot is the best for x artefact compared to y artefact” Arch artefacts are the only ones with a set place

[@TyCampbell666]

100% i got a shit artifact from ribs and the next one was the legendary cube

[@unknownUser0130]

The same village fell for me, it's not like I had a choice to finish the mission because of the bug 😂

[@vule3522]

Best STALKER youtuber ever!

[@JoeyMills-y3v]

Shill channel 😂

[@barry7711]

Thanks man I still can’t find a fireball lol, need only 3 more artifacts for achievement

[@ConcreteUniversal]

This is amazing bro! Thanks a lot.

[@kAt-mq3js]

Thanks

[@56bturn]

That unmarked Anomaly near Duga, the one with the Psi One. Are _any_ of those artefacts real? Which one then, if you have it marked?

[@hanneshampel3303]

This is just so fucking cool. Thanks man❤

[@aufkeinsen]

nice, thx

[@ikelevermann1491]

I had no idea you can play Stalker that way lol

[@foxtrotunit1269]

You didn't talk about where *to sell* these artifacts. Is it because it doesn't matter or is there actually some vendors that buy them for more? Thank you :)

[@Kaijiro____93]

So artifact, do you want maximum status in green rather than red maximum?

[@ShowMeTheMonkey]

Still haven't worked out where the best place to sell artifacts yet for the highest price.

[@jjuutrfgshjdflkfö]

@Cheeki Breeki You say Weird Water is at the core of pretty much all your armour builds (Given, 40kg more carry weight is just nuts) but I read that, as soon as you carry 50kg while Weird Water is equipped, you have the "being drunk" malus the whole time. Which in my opinion makes it kind off worthless actually. At least I don´t want to run around drunk the whole time when carrying my base equipment^^ Or is that information false? I read it in countless comments. Could you clarify on that? haven´t got it myself yet, but wanted to get it asap, before I heard about that unfortunate circumstance. Cheers :)

[@wightclaudia]

It is true. Weird Water under the weight limit is excellent for negating radiation - especially since you can guaranteed get the artifact from the get-go and don’t have to rely on chance Beyond that, it’s a must carry primarily for hauling tons of loot back to your stash / trader. In that case, being drunk is worth it since you’re just using it to carry almost double the weight

[@antimatter4733]

Are you going to do a play through of stalker 2?

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

I'm waiting for a couple more patches, real A-life, hopefully more performance improvements etc... Right now after beating the main questline there's not much to do

[@JoeyMills-y3v]

No cos it's sh!t & he knows it 😂

[@raptonsoul2557]

@@CheekiBreekiTvthey did say they are going to have a major patch before Christmas which will address some of the a-life issues but ya, even the devs said it’s going to take a while to fix

[@hanneshampel3303]

@@CheekiBreekiTv I am so looking forward to a Playthrough of yours!

[@nukacola-cv3tk]

Hey, I was going to ask, in GAMMA how do you do the thing that you've done in some of your videos where you run straight ahead but can look to the sides while doing it, like what's the keybind or setting for it?

[@wightclaudia]

Free Look is what you’re after Check your control mapping in GAMMA settings

[@efkaheis]

I tried to get the 5 last artefact that I missed but I’m end game and I don’t have emission anymore, that’s normal ? And I need to get all the artefact in one run ?

[@contingentcat5690]

When do you think that we will get Stalker 2's map ported for use in Call of the zone, or like IWP and stuff lmao.

[@FieldMedic4077]

Question about physical protection. If my armor has max phys protection (5 bars) does adding a phys protection artifact do anything for me or am I at my cap?

[@Sgt_Kane]

I've heard that at doesn't. Capped at 5 bars, use bleed resistance instead

[@Virgil-280]

Does the cooling tower not have the weird nut instead of a weird bolt?

[@Rogue328]

Yea weird bolt comes from the tornado anomaly in yaniv

[@edwardo8404]

zaton is an easy money maker, the negative is just all you see are swamps, bad place for vacation

[@SpecShadow]

I might've missed it - who gives best prices? Both early game and in general...

[@Shooter_Mcgavin93]

No one…

[@IroneaterFinya]

​ @Shooter_Mcgavin93 Different vendors have different prices but they are more in terms of Price categories. There is deffo vendors who pay you 2k for a small artifact and there are vendors who pay you almost 4k. There is no actual "Best Vendor" just vendors who pay more for artifacts than others.

[@superdante3324]

11:10 Holy..... did you collect all that artifacts?

[@antaress8128]

He literally explains that in this video.

[@Goldes14]

this game has maximum stats 1 artifact with maximum effect is a cap, except for weight (strong+strong=max)

[@themarshmallow514]

What do you do about Artifacts that spawn in ceilings or floors? I have a handful of good locations I can pinpoint the artifact and nothing is there.

[@_The_God_King_]

I have found that if that happens to me I have to reload a save before the artifact spawned so that it gets a new chance. I also noticed once its in the ground it stays there if you don't fix it. Maybe it could fix itself but I havent seen it happen on the one thats bugged for me.

[@ShadowsSmog98]

I can’t even get weird water on console it never spawns for me I have made like 5 play throughs this time I skipped my main quest left zalyssia early with a box from the military check point in cordon brought it to wild island train section and jumped over my emission didn’t happen at all till I went to Rostock

[@Bicc_Burb]

Weird Water is hands down the best money making artifact in this game. I was making 30k+ coupons per 30 minutes in certain locations. If you know why, you know. If you don't, play with your weird water and looting. Come back and thumbs up if it made you a ton of money and your life easier after looting a big fight/loot run.

[@Bicc_Burb]

Edit: he does talk about my baby! Yay!

[@kamrankazemifar]

Have you had any issues with farming common-rare artefacts? I have done around 110 gravitational anomalies and still haven't gotten the Jellyfish (common). Done about 90 acids and no Mold (common), do you have any tips for that or am I just getting insanely unlucky. It genuinely feels like the drop rates are just bugged.

[@efkaheis]

Trying to get 5 artefact that I missed, but it never spawn.. I’m going crazy

[@kamrankazemifar]

@ I managed to 100% the game, if you need to get commons for the achievement it’s best to load up an earlier save at the start of the game. I got them pretty much in 5 mins and it tracks across the saves only within the same slot.

[@Braxhartgamer]

you seem to have been playing alot.. the game also crash for you all the time?

[@ak_painting528o]

I can’t get any artifacts to appear. I have wasted hours trying…

[@cvdbyrm]

Stalker 2 playthrough when

[@forkliftcertified434]

Stack the hilka and veles together easiest thing ever

[@staffyuk2005]

yuo going get back on gamma its had big updates

[@maldust7438]

The hardest part for me was getting it to run.😢

[@KissaKassKot]

the facking flower bud artifact is a pain in my ass even save scumming hasnt wielded any results

[@hitfan]

The drunk effect of weird water is really annoying

[@Shooter_Mcgavin93]

There’s a mod to get rid of it I recommend highly

[@hitfan]

@Shooter_Mcgavin93 yeah I've seen it and even tried it, but then I decided that it becomes too powerful. I keep it with me for emergencies, but try to manage weight so I don't need to use it

[@Taoquinn]

I have found in my own experience EMISSIONS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ARTIFACT SPAWNS (outside of the in game lore). Tired of seeing people make videos and starting off with that like it's an actual mechanic. I have had 3 or 4 artifact spawns per field in between emissions (or in one play through, before I did the mission that unlocks emissions at all). Artifact respawns are 100% based on just time passing. That's it. No other factors. Just in game time. It does seem to be a window of 2-3 in game day cycles, but an emission is not at all required.

[@antonc2180]

so just spam sleep 5 or 6 times then farm the same route again?

[@Taoquinn]

@@antonc2180 sorry I sort of misspoke with what I said. Sleep spamming won't matter, as that's not real life playtime passing. When I said "2-3 in game day cycles" I meant the real life time 2-3 in game days takes. Hope that clears it up.

[@issacdiff3286]

​@@TaoquinnThis is plainly incorrect. Emissions 100% refresh artifacts and cause certain locations to change and even new ones coming from someone who has beat the game and consumed 1000s of hours of media pertaining to the game

[@Taoquinn]

@@issacdiff3286 Yea you are just wrong. I've got just under 200 hours of playtime on my current run (not my first), and I have never come across any instance of my evidence being incorrect. Again, I have even just done loops today that confirm it. I don't stream or record, but it's easy to replicate. I do a loop similar to what he does in this video. I did not have an emission at all in my last 2 play sessions (over 6 hours each, for a total of over 12 real life hours of in game time without an emission), and have pulled 2 or 3 artifacts out of most of these sites. And then since I was mid loop when an emission finally DID happen, I doubled back to the last 3 locations I had hit, since I was real close. (The electric tunnel by the depot, the helicopter graveyard with the bubbles, and the gravity gas station just by the Wards Chemical plant). Guess what I found (Or rather did not find), no artifacts because the timer had not reset! Even heading to Rostock to unload, and then come back down a half hour later or so, still nothing! Citing 1000s of hours of media consumption (which I opened up with saying were tiring me with everyone giving incorrect information on mechanically, not lore based.) does not help your stance. But you ARE correct in the actual manifestation spots of the anomalies themselves changing with emisions!

[@Thebluejava]

Thats right.Agreed.

[@loafboi]

thumbnail affected by the lowres anomally

[@xslowdeath420x]

I bet you say alu minnie um instead of aluminum

[@DarrickSiobban]

Plz save us and give us your modlist hooo top tiers player of stalker

[@ZelArtemis]

Personally I was really demotivated to complete my artifact runs by how lazy and boring the artifacts are (although the variety, lore and looks are amazing, I love the artifact examine option). After making a single route from Cordon to Zalissya, and a few runs I had all three T4 artifacts and a few night stars (T3 weight is fsr the best you can get, if we don't count weird water thats bugged for my save).

[@CheekiBreekiTv]

I think all this artifact hunting & running around for me has truly revealed how empty the zone feels right now. It really hit home when I was recording this video. Can't wait to get a proper A-life. After that more Artis variety would be nice ofc :)

[@ZelArtemis]

@@CheekiBreekiTv the good thing is the project is on a long-live dev support, multiplayer, DLC, and hopefully somewhere there - artifact rework and tweaks to loot logics. Keep up the good work my cheeki-breeki friend!

[@DemiG0D23]

What do you mean, how are they lazy/boring?

[@ZelArtemis]

@@DemiG0D23 kinda spoilers ahead. they've lost detailed data (buff in numbers), a bunch of other resistances (such as rupture, ballistic, impact and explosive res are now just physical res, lost psy res artifacts, and various buffs\debuffs combinations are copy-paste. As a result you have about 2-3 artifacts that have the exact same effects. Also they for some reason capped stamina regeneration. I really miss health regen artifacts, and mix and matching different interesting effects to offset debuffs and gain interesting buff combinations. Some artifacts are just missing, for example there is just no maximum weight or electrical res artifacts

[@1sitgo]

This game is trash.

[@braydensurvivez]

Wow a hipster 😂

[@steveeymann6374]

Say you suck at it without saying you suck at it! A game not holding your hand doesn't make it bad. It makes it out of your league. Maybe assassins creed odyssey or mass effect Andromeda would he more your speed. 😂

[@Thebluejava]

@@steveeymann6374 He is whining cus the game is not going in his way.

[@JoeyMills-y3v]

Thumbs down to every OG stalker channel supporting this fake imposter game. Unsubbed too, shills svck 😂

[@Kydaser]

Barely two month old chanel talking about OG anything lol

[@JoeyMills-y3v]

@Kydaser nice diversion, shill. This game svcks & everyone knows it.

[@xanosche]

Yea there's without a doubt some insane bias going on. If another game released with such game breaking bugs and awful optimization, it would get slandered to the moon and review bombed. Not to mention the ALife being not only a downgrade but just garbage in general. Them removing ALife from the description just before releasing was also super shady.

[@professionalduckquack]

Cope

[@JoeyMills-y3v]

@xanosche it's not a stalker game the AI is trash, early 1990s quality. Anybody supporting it has been paid off, it's that simple lol.

[@Hatrackman]

Lack of Russian accents make the game a repulsive waste.

[@Kydaser]

your mother

[@rollieroulston]

Play it in Ukrainian with English subtitles

[@_The_God_King_]

^ This

[@dudlEEk]

yeah, just don't play it in english.

[@miguelbartolomeo]

thanks