Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobylis a massive game with lots of content that will keep you busy for hours on end. It offers many missions that can lead to tough choices, leading you down several branching paths that can severely alter your playthrough. And, if you want a bit extra, grabbing the Deluxe or Ultimate Editions of the game will offer even more quests for you to tackle.

But, in true Stalker fashion, purchasing these editions won’t automatically grant you the items or bonus quests for free. You will have to earn them by playing the game and obtaining them yourself. Fortunately, it’s not overly complex, but it can be time-consuming, especially since you have to progress through the game to get some of them.

Receiving the Seek, and You Shall Find side mission in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl.

How To Obtain Deluxe And Ultimate Edition Items In Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl

If youpre-ordered Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobylorpurchased the Deluxe or Ultimate Editionof it, you will be able to get your hands on abunch of exclusive goodies,but you must take care of a few things first. For starters, you mustprogress through the gameuntil youcompletetheA Needle in a Haystackmain mission.

Upon completing A Needle in a Haystack, you shouldautomatically receive a side missiontitled’Seek, and You Shall Find,‘which will have you search your Stash to move the quest forward.

A Map that outlines all 13 Journalist’s Stashes in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl.

Check Your Stash

After receiving theSeek, and You Shall Findside mission,head to the inn in Zalissya,make your way to whereyourStashis in theback room,and search it to findThe Journalist’s Flash Drivestored inside. Add the Flash Drive to your inventory to beginplaying a recording of the Journalist,who will tell you theyplanted Stashesall around the wasteland,urging you tofind them.

All Journalist’s Stash Locations

There will be13 Journalist’s Stashes total,spanning acrossevery zone,forcing you to progress through the game to gain access to them.Picking up the Flash Drive will mark 12 Stashes on your map,which you can find by looking for theicon resembling a Triforcewiththree white triangles.Hovering over the Stash Icon will reveal its name. Look for the ones that are called’Journalist’s Stash.’

Each of the Journalist’s Stash will contain DLC Itemsfrom either theDeluxe or Ultimate Edition,as well asPre-Order Bonusesif you’ve purchased the game early. You canfind what each Stash contains in the table below,corresponding to the number on the map above!

Collecting an Electric Collar from a Mutant in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl.

Deluxe And Ultimate Editions

Ultimate Edition Only

Hunter is available for Deluxe Editions

Journalist’s Stash 13 won’t become available until you find the first 12 Journalist’s Stashes. Upon doing this, you will receive more information from the Journalist detailing where you can locate the final one, which can be found in Prypiat.

Picking up the Guitar in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl.

How To Access The Bonus Side Mission In Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl

Aside from the ‘Seek, and You Shall Find’ side mission, grabbing theDeluxe or Ultimate Editionof Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl will also grant you access to theDog Fight quest,which is started bytalking to Nightingale in Zalissya.Completing this questultimately leads tothe’Nightingale’s Hunt’side mission, allowing you togather Electronic Collarsfrom Mutants andsell them to Hamster.

Later onin the game, you willgain accessto the’In the Name of Science’side quest, whichgoes a bit further into the Electronic Collars,though itseems you do not need either of these editions to start that questline.To access this quest, you must firstcompletethe’Visions of Truth’main missionafter givingtheController Project DocumentstoShcherbain the’In Search of Past Glory’main mission.

If you do not have either the Deluxe or Ultimate Edition of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Nightingale will not spawn in Zalissya, making the Dog Fight and Nightingale’s Hunt side missions unavailable to you. Again, we think the In the Name of Science quest will still be available to you down the road, but these additional quests give you extra context on what’s going on.

Other Deluxe And Ultimate Edition Items In Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl

For everything else that isn’t an additional questline or unique weapons and armor, you will also gain access to differentGuitar Tunes and Additional Storiesas part of theEarly Bird Pre-Order Bonus,allowing you to get slightly more content whensitting around the Campfireswith other Stalkers.

Ultimate Editionowners will also gain access to theSeason Pass,which will grant you access totwo future Story Expansions,as well asall future DLC,making it a decent offering if the expansions are even remotely as big as the base game and this is on top of the exclusive items laid out in the table above.

Deluxe and Ultimate Editionowners will also gain access to theDigital Artbook and Digital Soundtrackof Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl and all the respective items highlighted in the table above. Furthermore, whenever theMultiplayerlaunches, you will gain access tothree Outfitsandseven Weapon Skins!

This only covers the Digital Deluxe and Ultimate Editions of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, as the physical editions will come with more goodies that cannot be used in game. Nonetheless, you will get lots of stuff no matter which edition you choose to snag. Even the Standard Edition has lots to chew on, so you may’t really go wrong with any of them!