Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl Walkthrough "Part 1" - Lesser Zone Main Missions Guide
0In this Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl walkthrough guide, we take you through all of the starting area (Lesser Zone region) with many timestamps and explanations. This includes the tutorial, and then doing all the main missions, some side missions, and grabbing enough stashes, artifacts, other items to get off to a good start here in the Zone. The main missions include There and Back Again, A Tough Awakening, A Needle In a Haystack, A Race Against, Death, and Behind Seven Seals.
00:00 - Intro cutscene
There and Back Again
06:20 - There and Back Again (start of tutorial mission)
09:56 - AKM-74S (full durability)
12:35 - AR416 (full durability)
13:00 - Find Nehoda
13:40 - Information about the scanning points
16:08 - Grabbing the first artifact
17:55 - Scanning point 1
21:45 - Scanning point 2
24:08 - Dump inventory into the nearby safe
25:20 - Scanning point 3 (cutscene and end of tutorial)
A Tough Awakening and Behind Seven Seals
28:56 - A Tough Awakening (main mission start)
29:07 - Behind Seven Seals (main mission start)
33:00 - Go get your gear back
37:00 - Give the med kits to Zhorik
39:05 - Dangerous Visitors (side mission start)
39:40 - Hidden loot on roof
41:00 - Zhorik's Stash (100 percent durability AKM-74S)
46:05 - Hidden loot on top of chimney
47:00 - Locate Gloomy
48:20 - A Viper-5 in working condition after speaking with Gloomy and a suppressor for your starting pistol
49:25 - Where we'll head for another artifact (Droplets)
52:10 - Where we'll go for more loot and a usable Boomstick (Dire Thicket location)
58:24 - A tunnel location for another usable AKM-74U
1:02:45 - Getting to the first major camp, Zalissya Bar
1:03:37 - Where to heal in camp
1:05:40 - Where to sleep and store your gear in this town
1:10:45 - Where to upgrade your gear in this town
1:14:40 - Go to the bar
1:19:15 - Warlock's Debtor (side mission start)
1:23:55 - Reaching Valik Lummox
1:24:10 - Play it cool with everyone and then go and climb the tower
1:27:00 - Valik Lummox's AKM-74S acquired
1:29:50 - Have Valik send money to Warlock (Warlock's Debtor side mission COMPLETE)
1:31:17 - Location to acquire a 100 percent durability gas mask (Cowsheds)
1:33:30 - Location to acquire a Debut Suit (Old Mill)
1:38:45 - Careful of all the traps at the Old Mill
1:42:40 - Ask the Gaffer about Solder
1:45:45 - Ask Captain Zotov about Solder
1:48:45 - Acquiring The Poppy Field side mission
1:52:40 - Speaking with Pomor
1:56:31 - Location of Weird Flower artifact (Poppy Field)
1:57:12 - Location of the cellar with the quest item
1:58:25 - How to platform to second story of farmhouse for loot (start sprinting as you jump)
1:59:03 - Poppy Field side mission COMPLETE
2:00:09 - Missing Person's Stash at the Pol Depot
2:07:51 - Ordinary Stash at Zalissya Bar
2:08:52 - Invisible Nets
2:14:00 - Invisible Nets (side mission location 2)
A Needle In a Haystack
2:17:00 - Invisible Nets side mission COMPLETE, now have location to find Squint
2:20:35 - Piece of Cake side mission acquired from Squin
2:23:35 - Location of loot and artifact
2:25:45 - Piece of Cake side mission COMPLETE
2:28:47 - Returning sensors to Richter
2:32:15 - Artifact location at Ribs (won't be the same spot for everyone so follow your sensor)
2:34:00 - Entering Sphere's abandoned comms hub
2:35:00 - Fight this enemy by following the shimmer in the fog
2:37:50 - Code to get into the bunker (2765)
2:39:40 - Secret bunker entrance to avoid detection
2:48:10 - Confronting Solder cutscene
2:51:15 - An extended mag for your starter pistol
2:58:05 - If you want to deal with less resistance leaving the base, go this route
3:03:15 - Leaving the Sphere
3:06:52 - Head down to the bunker once the storm starts (A Race Against Death main mission COMPLETE)
3:09:45 - Before leaving this region, grab the artifact (Weird Ball) at the Bulba anomaly
3:13:50 - Leave the Lesser Zone via the Northern Checkpoint (Behind Seven Seals main mission COMPLETE)
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