StalCraft Main Story - Bandit (Path to the Radar + picking a side)

[@kira9335]

Just finished the Guard fight, another tip I haven't seen people say is that you can actually stun the monster for a lot longer if you manage to make him hit the wall instead of just stopping. So try to get a bit close to the wall and dodge the charge attack so it hits the wall, you'll have a few seconds more to shoot it than just dodging it. EDIT: If you choose to side with Shaman, don't waste your bullets killing the Snorks, they're with you since Shaman can control them. Only spend your bullets on the soldiers.

[@MaximumAggro]

Good info!

[@JanuszBinarny]

thanks for the long stun info!

[@meinbier9160]

i finished the guard 2 days ago and it still get stunned but its much harder to dodge his charge attack. you have to jump before he reaches you. at first its tricky to find the right timing cause you always wanna jump pretty late before he touches you, but you can actually jump sideways pretty early and he misses you. when i fought the guardian i wasnt sided with shaman or morgue at this point in the quest (didnt even know i could pick a side cause i watch the tutorial videos while i do the quest :b) so the snorks still attacked me and tbh they made it really really hard cause i swapped with m1a and ak. the best weapon in my opinion is an rpd or some lmg with big magacine capaticity and if possible get a lil scope on it so you can hit the blue lights at his body more easy. oh and a mechanic im not so sure about, but if you are far away enough (if he stands in the middle and healing up and you outter the outter red circle, he will always do his beam attack instead of his charge attack or at least he did it at least 3-4 times before he did another charge attack and in this time i could easily kill the snorks at least.

[@jakeultimamobile4376]

Heres a Morgue tip: when you get to his phase where he spawns a Melee (Slayer - spawns in 3-4 killed ranged troops) dont kill the ones at the platform where morgue 1st stays And take cover from them and morgue comes back with 9% health and full plate without triggering the infinite troops phase I dont know if this is true but i tried it and probably got lucky

[@roguebeans143]

I found a cheese for anyone that needs to get past the guard fight. make sure you have as much ammo as you can and when you go to drop into the boss arena you want to drop down as close to the back edge as possible and when you drop DO NOT TOUCH WASD. you cannot move or it'll trigger him to move. again DO NOT MOVE AT ALL UNTIL HE'S DEAD. there's a chance he will just get stuck in place then you can just whittle him down without having to fight him. cant guarantee it'll always work but if you're struggling to get past him like i was i definitely recommend trying this. EDIT: he will be harder to hit at lower health as the glowy bits disappear but just keep shooting and highly recommend using single shots to conserve ammo. again please for the love of christ do not move. i did this when he was at 3% and he will heal then f*@k you up.

[@wuschellp2869]

you are a true here man. for real i died 84 times and was totaly raging the past 2h!!! you saved me

[@michelauto]

what if he hits me with the laser beam?

[@cezaryluniewski8922]

doesnt work, guard hits you with laser if you stand still and cant you cant heal fast enough

[@dirtyann]

God that one was soooo tedious. Spend the whole evening doing it, thanks to your guide I died a lot less than I could've. But damn the guard was tough, took me like 15 attempts. Morgue was a pain, with a Thug he would 4 shot me, and forget the ammo crates, as soon as you move from under the balcony you're fucked. You're a pretty reliant ressource on the game. Helped me a ton up until now.

[@MaximumAggro]

Wait till you see what fighting Shaman looks like, The Morgue fight was way easier in my opinion.

[@dirtyann]

@@MaximumAggro fuck xD No thanks. I have no intention on redoing any of the main quest, ever.

[@davechern8678]

Updated Tip: morgues armor plate will replenish every 10 seconds after you break It (I think) I suggest taking couple F1 and RGO grenades stay back and use them really helpful when your pinned down also keep in mind the exo baseball guy that comes out after the 3 round of reinforcements

[@juanogamer4258]

Dang these guides have been a huge help for me! Thanks! :D

[@MaximumAggro]

Glad to hear it!

[@tomzsh]

Hardest mission, stuck here 🥺, thx for making this video

[@MaximumAggro]

For sure!

[@subfreakuent]

Loadout tip: Just grab your M1A and put a 4x scope on it, makes every boss fight a walk in the park. Tried with RPD first - like in the video - and I hated myself for it after switching to M1A :D

[@vaksik7588]

Thanks, are you talking about the fight with picking a side or killing the guard?

[@subfreakuent]

@@vaksik7588 I did all the boss fights with it. You can still bring the RPD along as a backup, e.g. for trashing jihadists piling up around the columns or the baseball bat guy.

[@Kiritzu]

ye its crazy how a GUIDE from someone that has done it multiple times does not mention things like that.

[@MaximumAggro]

When this guide was made the RPD still had the damage buff from shooting the same target. So it was good for bosses that you could dump bullets into. They removed the modifier in the weapon rebalance.

[@meinbier9160]

bro, you did a great job with all this stalcraft guides! this game is so hardcore and im a tarkov player since hour 1 but stalcraft is a different shit x) you really helped me a lot ma friend and i would love to see a lil bit "explaining" videos about how stuff works in this game :x the artefacts or how to get specific. where to grind for materials and stuff would be really cool :c

[@MaximumAggro]

I could definitely look into it!

[@moniamark]

So happy this exist bc i would never do this torture of a mission on my NA bandit after doing it on my Eu Stalker

[@mikeblank8133]

kinda of weird tip here, but if you are struggling to land your shots with the rpd you can try decreasing your fov to give you a sort of fake zoom in, helped me alot.

[@coka589]

For anyone wondering, the seekers armor got revamped with the armor system overhaul. It is a direct upgrade to the mockingbird and definitely worth grabbing as an easy armor that will serve you well. the stats are now as follows: Stamina -15% Carry weight +25 Night-Vision Goggles ______________________________ Bullet resistance 158 Laceration protection 163 Explosion protection 124 Resistance to electricity 80 Resistance to fire 80 Resistance to chemicals 80 Radiation protection 210 Thermal protection 120 Bio-infection protection 200 Psy-Emission protection 140 Bleeding protection 45% ______________________________ Compatible Backpacks Any ______________________________ Compatible Containers Only Compact Enjoy!

[@absynthminded]

I tried using the same weapons load outs. Despite my best efforts my recoil situation is dramatically more aggressive than what your videos show.. Subsequently I am using a +10 AN-94M Abakan, with a 2.4x Leupold. Which still rises aggressively, but is very manageable in burst mode. Obtained a Breacher in a crate and have been gifted a HK PSG1.

[@jitimus]

A whole year late, I know. But I know a way to dodge the Guard every time. If you want to go to the left of the Guard after he dashes, look slightly to the left of them, then sprint while holding W+A. If you want to go to the right of the Guard after he dashes, look slightly to the right of them, then sprint while holding W+D. Just doing this, I was somehow able to not get hit by his dashes even once or his laser even one time. I did get hit a couple times by the Snorkers while shooting the wall lasers that jut out to heal him though...

[@Azimli699]

Man, Morgue was the easiest boss after Vlasov. And with the RPD, it was so easy than I expected. By the way, your guides are amazing, keep doing this videos

[@JanuszBinarny]

25:09 you can jump on that tank vahicle in front right then lure all the dogs, kill zombie in front of the house and then continue sprinting

[@darksider0_061]

thanks for the video, you helped me a lot

[@MaximumAggro]

You're welcome!

[@StephenMac]

*dialogue mentions "Nietzsche"*.... "Whatever that is" - MaximumAggro. Pure-blooded gamer through and through 🤣

[@MaximumAggro]

Better than I usually do, I usually just make up words to replace ones I have no idea how to pronounce, and only refer to it as that term the rest of the game.

[@lethalnjector4663]

Id like to point out, for anyone who forgot armor plates, or find their plates keep breaking fast and resulting in death vs the zombies. if you have a plate ALREADY equipped, and you've reached an ammo crate, REMOVE your plate before interacting with the ammo crate and you will get a steel plate 1 100% durability, understandably this is kinda shit at this point in the game but if your really struggling you can abuse a check point and loot your body a few times to stock up on plates. Just tested this about 5 minutes ago, im now sitting with lik 6 extra plates to run through this with,

[@RenzorTheRed]

Omg I fucking hated that Guard boss fight. I found after trial and error that also jumping when dodging helped. Probably died 20 times getting through it. It was WAY harder than Minstrel etc.

[@inftriangle]

little tip for the people, if you just killed Princetons guard you have just locked yourself into the end of the quest and have to finish it now THERE ARE NO OTHER MAJOR CHECKPOINTS. if you try and go back to the bar after killing the guard you get to fight him all over again. so make sure not to rage quit the game because you are going to be doing it a lot more if you do.

[@MaximumAggro]

Very good to know lol.

[@thevoidgamer220]

Uhm i went to the bar during le morgue boss fight accidentally and when i went back i got send to the holdout part of the end

[@MaximumAggro]

@@thevoidgamer220 Yeah if you leave the instance after the fight either killing the pillars or defending them but before you kill Shaman or Morgue you have to do the first part of the fight over again.

[@Domas15]

thanks really much

[@MaximumAggro]

You're welcome!

[@dakkiller9983]

As your personal test dummy, DONT BRING AN ASSAULT RIFLE TO THE MORGUE FIGHT, i made the grave mistake of bringing the As Val, it was awful. Bring an RPD or an RPK if you can. Mag size is key there.

[@MaximumAggro]

Yeah I did it with the seekers AK with a 40 rounder but I wouldnt recommend a 20 round gun lol

[@eagleone5456]

This mission in X is just insane. Ive got pretty good auction armor, and a 103 +8 but i am struggling so much i might just give up on this character and wait for next season. ive grinded too much to spawn at bar and work on anything else...

[@knightsoulita4899]

I managed to win the Guard fight (after 50 tries, not joking) with an RPD +6 . the 100 ammo magazine works wonder in boss fight.

[@geteriking4865]

Did you do the side quest in the Swamps at the secret safe zone? You start the quest by finding a stalker stuck in a trap somewhere.

[@MaximumAggro]

Is it for Bandits? If so I don't think I did.

[@geteriking4865]

@@MaximumAggro Yeah its for bandits, im a bandit myself, I found it in a russian guide on steam

[@MaximumAggro]

@@geteriking4865 Heck yeah, I just found another Slasher quest-line in the dump I am recording footage for now so I will go check that afterwards!

[@MaximumAggro]

@@geteriking4865 You don't happen to remember the quest name or round about location do you?

[@geteriking4865]

@@MaximumAggro well it's just somewhere random in the Swamps, so it's hard to reference the location in words but I just looked at a Russian guide on Steam (the creator of it is named cumass) and he shows a photo of the map circling the location of the stalker.

[@_Brando_69]

Now I see I was going up stairs instead of down after the checkpoint. If you go upstairs it leads to a parkour section

[@MaximumAggro]

Ooohh yeah that part! Yeah I went the wrong way for a little while too the first time.

[@icarus586]

So guard was who I mentioned in the last video lol and thank God you mentioned that I can go back to the bar and start at the boss again because I am struggling bad, how does returning to him work though?

[@MaximumAggro]

You jutlst go back to the bunker you entered after talking to shaman again. When you enter the bunker it teleports you to the last checkpoint

[@MrRaja]

A quick note or pinned comment what gear score minimum or what weapon and suit should be used for this would be nice! I can't get past the Chimera it just 3 shots me... I have the Lolite on because i couldn't unlock anything else now regretting my decision and on the verge of quitting or farming for the next 6 hours for new combat armor.

[@MaximumAggro]

If you're quick and don't kill the last pack of zombies the chimera is fighting, you can run past, go grab the key, and run through the door before the chimera catches you. He couldn't fit through the door when i did that, so I was safe to kill him at my leisure.

[@kayl_fox135]

Thank you s much it was pain

[@jattrampe1662]

Thx for the vids! Do you happen to know what is the quest where it has a chimera boss fight?

[@MaximumAggro]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGK7o6WshdKNa5o Should be this one for Bandits.

[@jattrampe1662]

@@MaximumAggro thx. Do you happen to know if there is any difference in stats between the two exoskeletons you get at the end?

[@MaximumAggro]

@@jattrampe1662 From the info I got the only difference is the appearance aside from the fact that you are siding with one or the other. I have no idea if there are any long lasting effects from killing shaman or morgue.

[@Gamer_On_Duty]

I still managed to die 42 times doing this quest... how many respawn did it take for you guys doing this quest? (starting from you getting seeker's AK)

[@MaximumAggro]

First time was quite a few since I was trying to record a guide and get a strategy that was able to be replicated. Think the last few times I did it was 10 or less trys.

[@Gamer_On_Duty]

@@MaximumAggro - yeah its 42 cuz i watched your guide first and had it minimized to follow step by step otherwise I would probably break the record for no.of deaths in an instance without your guide, thanks man really helpful guide! 😁

[@ItzYaBoyMeech]

Hey Aggro any chance you could do a guide on farming the crates that drop the bluprints with the 2 differnt scanners. cant really find where to use them or how to find the crates.

[@MaximumAggro]

For sure! I'll add it to the list!

[@tobi98286]

Do you recomend rushhing the storyline for the items or wait until you ave good gear?

[@MaximumAggro]

That's a double edged sword. If you rush the storyline and get better gear from it, it will also throw you into a higher matchmaking bracket earlier due to your story progression/gear score increasing from getting the purple quest gear. So you'll run into much more geared players when you go back to do side quests. By the same token though the lower level zones will have less people since youre in the higher matchmaking bracket and the more geared people are at the bar area and in the northern zones.

[@MaximumAggro]

I would take my time and make weapons I wanted to eventually use. As in, if you know you want the AS Val, make the Vityaz and get it +5 so when you get the materials, you can make it. Or the M4 go ahead and get the M16 made and hmmake the attachments you will need for the M4 etc. There is only so much content released for the game at the moment, so rushing to the end may leave you o ly farming until new content releases.

[@davidmyles5033]

Do you know what attachments can you equip with the Seeker’s AK?

[@MaximumAggro]

It doesn't have any slots taken up so you can add pretty much anything you could add to an AKM. Muzzle, handhuard, underbarrel grips, lasers, 40 rnd mag, optic.

[@davidmyles5033]

@@MaximumAggro Thanks, I just got it from your previous video, now I’m watching this. Keep up the great content it really helps us.

[@MaximumAggro]

@@davidmyles5033 I love to hear it!

[@manthansinghrawat6385]

it took me 2 irl days to kill GUARD the hp of healing lights should be nerfed and minstrel should be staggerable. Update i just killed morgue man it took time and dedication but the satisfaction of compeleting the game and loneliness after wardds hit me so hard people told me in the bar it will take 6 hrs it took me 3 days man 3 days thanks to you MAX AGGRO i finally did it .

[@MaximumAggro]

Hell ya grats man!

[@miya6008]

I finally made it to the call of fate, so fighting morge fine up till when I get him to 18 percent health. Does he infinitely spawn enemies in at that stage?

[@MaximumAggro]

Once he gets low yeah he seems to spawn them faster

[@lethalnjector4663]

Also!!!You DO NOT have to jump down and fight these guys!! 11:30 DONT JUMP! just go frm cover to cover, you can make it no problem and avoid the BHoles/Vortexs. I just did this 2minutes ago, i kept dying to the guys below cuz im here with the purple val and only a 20 round mag. SOoo i tried to stay above ground with the snipers, and yes indeed you can! Pick the snipers off from the entry point if possible then move your way from cover to cover. I made a quick video for it on my channel

[@MaximumAggro]

Good info! I tried to stay up top but couldn't seem to find a way around the black holes up there, as long as you have a gun that you can counter snipe them with that would greatly simplify things lol

[@Kasqit82]

@@MaximumAggro you can also stay at top and kill all of them and then jump down. just lay on ground, you should see one guy, and shooting him should agro them.

[@juanogamer4258]

He heals so slowly on your video... he heals incredibly fast for me. I do everything right, dodge most of his attacks and he inevitably still regens a good chunk of health. Also, sometimes he would hit a wall and not get stunned... so I cant even get away from him fast enough so that he doesnt hit me... idk what to do. Im also using Strix RPD +5 btw

[@MaximumAggro]

He heals based on how long the lightning beams are channeled, so the fast you can kill those the less he heals. And as far as him not getting stunned sometimes, yeah, that's just the boss fight sadly. His pathing is wonky as hell

[@juanogamer4258]

Just found out he actually gets even faster after 50% health left... almost impossible to time the dodge lol. I am getting luckier with assault rifles than the rpd tho. A lot less misses xd@@MaximumAggroEdit: Just beat it :D. Holy crap that was the most intense and hard moment of the game by far XD

[@abr4ktrey98]

Hey man what quest do i have to complete to get the seekers mockingbird? (Stalkers) side

[@MaximumAggro]

For Stalkers it's called the Seekers Hawk, it's from the main story quest after shaman moves to the bar. Think it's "Disrupt the meeting" then it throws you right into "Bad Dreams" and you get the armor after turning that one in.

[@abr4ktrey98]

@@MaximumAggro appreciate the help💯💯

[@MaximumAggro]

Anytime!

[@_Brando_69]

Yea alot of these boss fights I've noticed you gotta kind get lucky. Minstrel finally after about 50 times of trying finally bugged and stopped hitting me and just ran around and let me shoot him to death. Vlasov is next for me. Think I need to farm that science suit too. I just got the tier 4 science suit from photon ii

[@MaximumAggro]

Did you torture Lapshin for the "The Raid" part of the main story quest? The Orderly guy you find after disrupting the meeting?

[@_Brando_69]

@@MaximumAggro no I didn't. I questioned him then said I wouldn't torture somebody like in your video. I got the seekers mockingbird and the mis99 suit from photon level 4

[@MaximumAggro]

@@_Brando_69 In that case have you already dont the Vlasov fight where you go to the dead city?

[@_Brando_69]

@@MaximumAggro not yet that's what I gotta do right now

[@MaximumAggro]

@@_Brando_69 As long as you didn't torture Lapshin you can get Vlasov to commit seppuku and not even have to fight him lol

[@emilbreitenbach3462]

if I respawn at the bar after dying to the gaurd do I have to do all the other stuff before it again?

[@emilbreitenbach3462]

nevermind I watched the rest of the video.

[@Kazuyamishima1337]

Is there any difference in The stats of morgue and shaman's armor?

[@MaximumAggro]

From what I understand the only difference is the look of the armor.

[@matizpl9249]

And it has the same stats as exoskeleton(the best armor on the upper level of the explorer armor tree.)

[@emilbreitenbach3462]

how do I kill the chimera? I can gest past all the npcs but the chimera kills me in three hits and I have the worn thung armour. must ai get the thug armour?

[@EmsiQu]

where u get the hystrix rpd?

[@MaximumAggro]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6LWk3eAaLBrr68

[@MaximumAggro]

There's the link to the questline!

[@atticgamer3134]

im stuck on guard using the seeker ak the tips arent working died 40 times in a row in 20 minutes

[@MaximumAggro]

I am pretty sure I used the seekers AK on my stalker playthrough kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGHam3qhqLmFaqs

[@JoseLopez-te1mn]

i got allll the way to the conversation before choosing a side but price didnt want to talk to me and start the cutscene so i had no choice but to /suicid and spawned at the bar now i gotta do the boss again :,(

[@MaximumAggro]

That's a new bug to me, that's shitty I'm sorry to hear that.

[@JoseLopez-te1mn]

@@MaximumAggro just speedran my way back, luckily, the cutscene worked this time so all is good.

[@MaximumAggro]

@@JoseLopez-te1mn Hell yeah, you fighting Shaman or Morgue?

[@JoseLopez-te1mn]

@@MaximumAggro had to stick on shamans side, got rid of morgue.

[@ICARUS.20]

I had a hard time when I was fighting shaman I was wearing a worn Legionnaire then swap to worn osh and fight got a lot more easy.

[@MaximumAggro]

Yeah it was a pain with the Seekers Mockingbird for sure.

[@Kiritzu]

16:48 weird my chimera spawns at full hp and when i shoot it it will ignore AI and AI will shoot me, if i shoot AI, then the chimera attakcs me (and is 100% hp) if i let ai deal dmg to the chimera and let chimera kill ai the chimera now has 90% hp, very weird, i followed your guide and i cant seem to 1 spray the chimera (yes even headshots) idk this was the woprst guide out of your entire series and its the final part, you are going in depth on useless parts and skip parts that are tricky.

[@MaximumAggro]

Again. This guide was made before the weapon rebalance so my guns are going to be hitting harder than guns currently are. And as far as the chimera goes just sprint past grab the key and run through the door. He can't come through the door.

[@Kiritzu]

I see that makes sense! My apologies

[@MaximumAggro]

No worries. When they change things like that in game it makes some problems when viewing older videos lol

[@emilbreitenbach3462]

@@MaximumAggro been struggling with the chimera for about an hour when I found this jewel of a comment.

[@cezaryluniewski8922]

​​@@emilbreitenbach3462need to try this, hope it works. been stuck on the chimera part too. i spray 300 bullets into him and do like 50% damage with histrix rpd, same with seeker ak. i try to run away and he catches up in 0.5 seconds

[@Kiritzu]

Remove any and all jumping puzzles from the game.

[@MaximumAggro]

They kept talking about a parkour update that has never happened so I agree lol

[@anthonyxiong859]

well Im stuck in that elevator room can not kill myself or get out went to the same door hoping to enter but have no option instead it went back to kill the guard wish I had my nades.

[@coffe1255]

Choosing side and game crash and back to kill Guard...

[@MaximumAggro]

That sucks man, this game has a way of testing you lol

[@brotry9676]

where you get Psy device

[@MaximumAggro]

It's from the orderly base right at the end, I'll link the video.

[@MaximumAggro]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKGyeWN7aK-roZI at 32:36

[@TheGuY539]

i died more 50 times while fighting gaurd cuz i didnt bring an rpd mestakes were made😢😢

[@uncannyresemblance]

5:15 None of the CP's work for this quest DO NOT DIE!!!

[@MaximumAggro]

The only checkpoint that for sure works if you leave and come back is the one right before the guard fight. I accidentally went back to the bar instead of respawning after fighting him a few times, and when I ran back, it teleported me back to the guard fight.

[@KTOWNWARRIOR]

THIS shit is so fucking annoying now. the beam is so fast its impossble to not get hit. I must've died +50 times and only got him down to 50%.

[@MaximumAggro]

I may have to do it again to see the changes and if I can give any tips

[@KTOWNWARRIOR]

@@MaximumAggro did you upgrade your rpd at all? the laRge drum was nice but didnt seem to phase it much. the marlene m1a did much more. I'll have to upgade my rpd and try that again.

[@KTOWNWARRIOR]

@@MaximumAggro ok yes i seen youre +3 rpd ill have to upgrade mine

[@zedilp8561]

I cant get the fcking chamera, wtf is this bro im full veteran and he just insta kills me. Playing this shit for hours now and im straight up pissed. I cant go on and already lost my Lootbag. Doesnt even make fun at this point.

[@MaximumAggro]

Yeah the chimera hits hard

[@blinkanddie3397]

the guard fight is fucking cancer without a large magazine weapon

[@Redneckrampage]

I uninstalled this stupid game because of the missions are sooooo badly designed!