Stalkers!
We present you a list of changes included in today's update:
– Added a new equipment set – “Hornet”.
The set consists of a gas mask, body armor, jacket, pants, gloves and boots.
Bonuses of the “Hornet” set:
2 equipped items: Increased health regeneration by 2.4 points.
4 equipped items: Increased stamina by 45 points.
6 equipped items: The active skill becomes available for use.
Active skill "Sting": A "Sting" device is placed in the selected location, which periodically deals electrical damage in a small radius around itself for a certain period of time.
“Sting” duration: 5 minutes.
Active skill cooldown: 1 minute.
Using an active skill consumes the charge of the “Sting”, which can be replenished at Mitka the Hunter (Tunguska, square C2-3).
– Added 11 new items related to crafting the Hornet gear set. These items can be obtained in several ways:
Completing daily quests. The quests themselves are completed in the Tunguska, Karavan, New Land, Northern I. locations.
Crafting at stations requires the appropriate recipes and components. Recipes can be purchased from Mitka the Hunter, while components are obtained in the open world.
Expeditions and open-world events – completing these activities will reward you with the necessary parts.
– Changed the characteristics of the “Vityaz” set.
“Vityaz” body armor:
Increased sturdiness: 210 >>> 215.
Increased incoming damage reduction: 5% >>> 7%.
Active skill “Electro-impulse”:
Reduced cooldown: 7 minutes >>> 5 minutes
– Significantly increased the chances of receiving Polar Bear hearts.
– Significantly reduced the number of Interface Modules required for the “Vityaz” set.
– Weekly quests for parts of both sets now have a 23 hour cooldown.
– Assembling each set now takes much less time.
The "Anomalous Spring" event is now live! Take part in spring activities and earn valuable rewards!
– The event will last from 31.03.26 to 28.04.26.
– A new location and a new storyline questline have been added, revealing details of the spring anomalous activity.
Mysterious passages have opened near major settlements, leading to previously unexplored areas of the Zone. Doctor Kolesnikov is offering a commensurate reward for all volunteers' efforts – they will be asked to help not only study local mutants and anomalies, but also immerse themselves in extremely unusual spaces, the nature of which boggles the imagination of even the most seasoned stalkers.
– To begin the quest chain and reach the Unknown Zone, you must speak with the NPC “Agent [Event]”, who is located in the following settlements:
Gourmet’s Kitchen, Liubech’s Outlands;
Radio Tower, Vesuvius;
“Konukovo” Airport, Airport;
“Radius” Village, Tunguska;
Severny-1 Village, New Land, Northern I.;
Ataman’s Outpost, Black Forest.
– During the event, you will be able to find the item “Anomalous Snowdrop”:
Guaranteed to work when butchering or searching most mutants and animals;
With a certain chance when butchering or searching certain animals and mutants;
Guaranteed for cutting special piglets;
As a reward for completing the quest chain associated with the event.
– The amount of Abnormal Snowdrops obtained from all sources has been increased.
– Added a new temporary artifact “Loop”.
Use: Remembers the owner's location. When used again, it returns the owner to the point the artifact "remembered."
Important conditions:
After a character moves or dies, the saved location is reset.
Movement is available within several locations (for example, you can remember a location in Liubech’s Outlands and move there from Black Forest).
The artifact does not work in all places of the Zone (expeditions, PvP maps, PvP zones, capture zones, moving vehicles, prison).
The number of uses of the artifact – 12. Both memorization of the position and movement are considered a use.
Item lifetime: 24 hours.
Note: The artifact is bound to the character - it cannot be placed in an artifact container, transferred, sold or thrown away, but it can be removed from the inventory.
– Added a new temporary artifact, "Sputnik". Added a new anomaly, "Black Hole”.
The artifact itself consists of four fragments, which can be found in “Black Hole” anomalies located in the Unknown Zone. Each fragment has its own effects. The fragments can be exchanged for a complete "Sputnik" artifact with Kolesnikov. The complete "Sputnik" artifact provides enhanced effects from all its parts.
The lifetime of the parts of “Sputnik” artefact: 48 hours.
The lifetime of the “Sputnik” artefact: 8 hours.
Note: The "Sputnik" artifact cannot be placed in an artifact container, but can be transferred, sold, or thrown away.
– Updated the list of rewards for Anomalous Snowdrops. The reward values have been adjusted according to the number of snowdrops received.
Among the rewards, you will also find unique Kirza Boots, which can only be obtained during this event.
– Emblem previews in the Equipment Modification menu are now available again.
It is now possible to preview multiple emblems at once.
Unpaid emblems are temporary items that can be applied to multiple pieces of equipment without resetting.
When confirming your purchase, you can choose which emblems will be paid for and uploaded.
– The interface of pop-up windows with tips has been changed and brought to a unified appearance.
– The interface of system messages has been changed and brought to a unified appearance.
– Now failed quests disappear from the tracked quests window.
– Yakov Samuilovich at the Radio Tower (Vesuvius, square E2-1) is now a Trader – he can sell items purchased from players.
– Added item prices for Trade Points:
Retired Colonel:
Buys EKP-8 “Kobra” reddot scope for 20 TP;
Buys Scope 4x34 for 25 TP;
Buys POSP 8x42 Scope for 10 TP;
Buys NSPUM night-vision scope for 20 TP;
Buys PGO-7V scope for 10 TP;
Buys PSO-1 Scope for 10 TP;
Buys Tactical light “Zenith” for 10 TP;
Buys KR-7 mount for 10 TP;
Buys Clamp for PO 4x34 for 10 TP;
Buys Sun filter PSO-1 40mm for 5 TP.
Reaper:
Buys Leupold MARK 4 6x Scope for 20 TP;
Buys Collimator Scope Aimpoint Comp-M1 for 10 TP;
Buys Collimator Scope Bushnell HOLO Sight Model #50-0021 for 25 TP;
Buys Collimator Scope Trijicon ACOG TA01 for 20 TP;
Buys Tactical light “Zenith” for 5 TP;
Buys Surefire P6 Tactical Flashlight for 10 TP;
Buys KR-1 mount for 5 TP;
Buys Clamp 36mm to Picatinny for 20 TP;
Buys Tactical Picatinny handle for 30 TP.
Valday:
Buys Repey Hide for 4 TP.
Doc:
Buys Polar Bear heart for 50 TP;
Buys Repey heart for 25 TP.
– Increased the speed of raising and lowering the visor on the K6-3 helmet.
– Removed and replaced a large number of old items that are no longer relevant.
– Adjusted the drop rates of certain items from certain containers (random loot containers in the open world, clan rewards, expedition rewards, dynamic events, etc.).
– Reduced the chance of filters dropping upon death from 25% to 10%.:
RPG-67-A1B1E1;
FPK-GP-5;
FPK EO-19E;
GP-7K;
Regenerative cartridge RP-4-01.
– Increased the cost of the above filters from merchants.
– Changed the characteristics of the following artifacts.
Stabilizer β:
Increased maximum stamina: 5 points >>> 7.5 points;
Increased stamina regeneration: 0.05 points >>> 0.075 points.
Stabilizer δ:
Increased maximum stamina: 10 points >>> 12.5 points;
Increased stamina regeneration: 0.1 points >>> 0.15 points.
– Added Polar Bear Heart to the Container with organs’ drop list.
– Reworked the conditions for clan missions related to capturing bases and fortification points.
Rescue quests during capture and defense:
Work only on members of your own clan and members of the allied clan.
Does not work on single players, members of enemy and neutral clans.
Finishing quests during capture and defense:
Work only on members of enemy and neutral clans.
Does not work on members of your own clan, members of the neutral clans and single players.
– Reworked the rewards for completing expeditions.
General changes to rewards.
Rewards are now given after completing a quest, rather than after completing each stage.
Added a group with a guaranteed reward drop to the containers with additional rewards for completing the expedition.
Changes to the number of Black Sleeves awarded for completing the “Kolodnoe” expedition. Now you can earn a total of 7 Black Sleeves, which is equal to the number earned for completing other expeditions.
Increased the number of Black Sleeves awarded for completing the quest "Road to Usov through the swamps": 4 >>> 5.
Increased the number of Black Sleeves awarded for completing the quest “Collect the supplies for Usov”: 1 >>> 2.
Changes to the rewards for completing the “Forgotten Ice” expedition to bring the overall list of rewards into line with the general template: Black Sleeves, a “Quest Reward” container, a container with additional reward, as well as money and experience.
Removed all rewards for completing the quest "A road in the ice again...", except for the Black Shells and an additional container of loot.
Added the main container with a reward for completing the quest “A road in the ice again...”
– Adjusted the character movement system.
Now when falling from a height, stamina is not deducted.
Now when using a slide, stamina is consumed.
The character's stop animation after running and jumping has been sped up.
– Increased helicopter speed in the “Forgotten Ice” expedition.
– Added information to NPC dialogues leading from the Liubech Outlands to the Airport about the difficulties one might encounter at the Airport (lack of a storekeeper and doctors selling medicine).
– Adjusted the spawn points for the dynamic event “Protection of Scientists”.
– Changes related to weapon stations.
Now you can use the weapon station independently only after achieving the required level of reputation with the associated clan.
If your reputation is below the required level, you can use the weapon station for a fee through dialogue with an NPC.
If your reputation with the clan is negative, you cannot use the weapon station even through dialogue with the NPC.
The weapon station in the “Radius” village is now level 4.
Now all weapon stations on Vesuvius are level 3.
Added a level 3 weapon station to Reaper (Vesuvius, square I2-2).
– Now, upon completing a quest, if the player's inventory was full, he will still receive the full list of rewards.
– Adjusted the names of effects related to mushroom spores.
– The "Severe Skin Burn" effect can now be removed using the following items:
Artifact “Ice”;
Parts of the artifact “Ice”;
Decoction “Healing”;
IPP-1;
IPP-8;
Combat Medic Set;
Scientist set;
Stalker Set.
– The “Heavy Breathing” effect can now be removed using the following items:
Bronchodilator;
Pills “Coldact”.
– The "Severe Skin Burn" effect now correctly applies 1 less damage thanks to the following skills:
Burn resistance;
Resistance to all kinds of effects.
Note: Due to changes to character skills, the skills themselves will be reset.
– Added voiceovers for Ataman's group members: Refa, Doc, and Shank.
– Adjusted the volume of a large number of interface and ambient sounds.
– Fixed a large number of locations in the “Kolodnoe” expedition that could provide players with an unreasonable advantage.
– Fixed numerous issues in the “Kolodnoe” expedition related to crates, NPC spawns, and incorrect rover placement.
– Fixed an issue where the Glock 18 Gen 2 would not display correctly when holstered.
– Fixed an issue related to incorrect weapon lift in the PvP location “Library”.
– Fixed an issue where the aiming point was not centered on the screen.
– Fixed an issue where the crosshair was not centered relative to the progress bar in the form of a circle.
– Fixed an issue where, when the inventory was full, it was impossible to pick up a stackable item that was already in the inventory.
– Fixed an issue where the character's stats menu displayed incorrect values.
– Fixed an issue related to incorrect animation when removing and putting an item on the head.
– Fixed an issue that allowed infinite sliding.
– Fixed an issue that prevented the [Ctrl] key (by default) from performing a slide.
– Fixed an issue that prevented the "Special Tea" and "Anomalous tea-party" quests from being completed.
– Fixed an issue where the union name had no character entry limit, similar to the character name or clan name.
– Fixed an issue where the "Claim Reward" buttons were visually active in the clan rewards window, even if the reward level itself had not yet been unlocked.
– Fixed an issue with the incorrect start time for the “v.Konukovka” fortification point on RU servers. The capture now begins an hour later, at 18:30 (Moscow time).
– Fixed an issue related to the description of item crafting achievements. The description now correctly states that unsuccessful crafting attempts also count toward the achievement.
– Fixed many issues related to sound playback.
– Fixed localization of some windows, descriptions of effects, items and dialogues.
– Fixed various typos in the text.
Sincerely,
Stay Out Team