Stalker, lost alpha - Dark Valley - part 6
1“ Always gloomy, always misty and always rainy. Stalkers venturing into the Dark Valley are likely to find valuable artifacts, instant death, or both. A place frequented by some of the most experienced old-timers, though you may also stumble upon some common bandits. There's supposed to be an underground lab around there somewhere, so it might be worth to look for a hidden entrance along the way. No one has returned from there alive though and no one can tell for sure just what nasty surprises await you there.
This map has numerous changes compared to the retail release. It is now much larger with new content added.
The Bandit Base is still located on the north-west center of the map, south of the Forest map's entrance point.
A new Monolith Base has been added in on the east, with a small petrol station further up the road. This base builds upon the content seen in the Base Game and has many more buildings added with an altered access route to it all.
A junkyard has been added in to the south-east of the map.
An underground section has been added towards the north-east of the map.
There are two Anomaly Fields on the level with several other anomaly clusters dotted around the map. Some of these also spawn additional artifacts, but on an irregular basis.
The southern exit gate, which led to Cordon in the Base Game, now leads to Darkscape.
There are three transition points leading to the Garbage.
Bandit Base
A medium sized, Bandit controlled complex located at the top left hand corner of the map.
The player will need to come to find a password from the drunk bandit.
Dark Valley Underground
Small, underground bunker with an exposed entrance, located just to the east of the Bandit Base.
The player can find the Bandit jacket here in order to gain entrance to the Bandit Base.
Lab X18
Abandoned lab located underneath the Monolith Base.
The player will need to come here in order to find various Documents for Sin.
Monolith Base
Large sized complex controlled by Monolith, located on the right hand side of the map.
The player will need to come here with the password in order to gain access without fighting. It also contains the entrance to Lab X18.
Pig Farm
Small, Loner controlled farm located in the bottom left hand corner of the map.
First Visit:
Meet Petrenko's contact
Head to the bottom left hand corner of the map to the Pig Farm. The contact, Oleg Gusarov can be found at the back of the barn full of Loners. He tells the player they must gain entrance to the Monolith Base, however to do this they must first find a Bandit jacket and password. Once this has been done, entry can be achieved with relative ease with almost no combat.
Note: The bushes around the Pig Farm contain several Izloms, caution is advised.
Find and wear a bandit suit
The player from here must then run up to the top right hand corner of the map to find the exposed entrance to Dark Valley Underground. The hole itself is located at the start of a large gash in the earth, a short ways north from the Monolith Base.
Note: Several Pyrogeists and two Poltergeists patrol the entrance to the underground area. Boars are also known to wander around the area too.
Once the player has located the entrance, proceed down and inside to the underground. Upon entering, the player will see a stash bag on the floor right in front of them. Take a right here and continue forward until another right turn is found. three dead Bandit bodies will be found lying in front of a destroyed generator with a large crack in the floor. Loot the body closest to the entrance to find the Bandit jacket and equip it. Once equipped, the player will then be prompted to head over to the Bandit Base to learn the password.
Note: When the player picks up the jacket, a Bloodsucker shall spawn just outside the room, be ready.
Get the bandit's password
Find a gullible Bandit
Get the password
1: Find a gullible Bandit:
Head into the base via the front gate and take a left to where the BTR-70 Armored Personnel Carrier sits. The Bandit in question can be found here, stumbling round the left hand portion of the base (often walking up the side between the brick building and the base's outer wall.
Note: If the Bandit jacket is removed, both the Bandits and Monolith factions will become hostile to the player again. It is advised to leave it on for the duration of the level.
2: Get the password:
Talk to him until eventually (and several more drinks later), he tells the player the password is "pizdec". From here proceed back out onto the main road and head south until a left turn is reached (with an abandoned lorry parked on the road).
Once walking a short distance, the player will find a small entrance with a Monolith member standing on guard, several others can also be seen to the left of him, meditating round a campfire. Talk to the guard to start the next part of the mission chain.
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