Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobylis finally in all our hands, allowing us to trudge through the wastelands while fighting off hoards of Mutants and people alike, making for some horrific moments and heartbreaking losses throughout your journey as you track down the person who stole your Scanner.

Speaking of who might be responsible for your Scanner, the Behind Seven Seals mission has you track down a man named Solder, who may be the one responsible for jacking your Scanner from you, having you break into the Sphere to confront him, leading to all sorts of bizarre situations that you’d expect from this series!

How To Start Behind The Seven Seals In Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl

Before you can enter the Sphere and look forSolder,you must firstgain information on him from either Captain Zotov or Gafferin Zalissya. To do this, you will either have toobtain the Ward Sensors from Squint and return them to Captain Zotovoractivate the ARMS Antenna for Gaffer to help him pinpoint where Squint is.

Youcan do both of these steps,but keep in mind thatgiving the Ward Sensors to either Captain Zotov or Richter will change the course of your playthrough drastically,so don’t go diving into it if you don’t want to join a specific faction. This mission will essentially be unimpacted, but the ones after will be substantially different.

Get Inside Of The Sphere

Getting information aboutSolderwill have you learn that he’shiding inside the Sphere,a large military base nearby, which can be tricky to sneak into. Thankfully for us, there areseveral ways to get insidethe base’s gates, getting you closer to Solder than ever.

Follow the orange iconon yourcompassuntil you reach theouter wall of the Sphere that spans all around the enormous structure.Once you’re here,begin moving around the right-hand sideon thefar outskirtsto avoid being detected. You will eventually come across along metal walkway that leads directly into the base.

Despite the walkway being destroyed in several areas, you’re able to still use it to get inside the base. To do this,climb the stairsand thenrun and jump across the gaps until you are on the other side,allowing you topush closer to the Sphere.From here, walk through thefirst gate and then head left to find the main entrance.Hide behind the boxes nearby for the time being.

Entering The Sphere

There will bethree guards standing outsideof the main doors, allowing you tosneak behind the boxesnearby. Once in position,line up a headshot and instantly take down oneof the guards, thenquickly deal with the other twoas they run toward you.

A lone guard will run up from behindyou,deal with themas well, and thenpush inside the Sphere.There will beno more guards in this area,allowing you toexplore the few roomson this level beforegoing down the stairs into the facility’s basement,where you will eventually find Solder.

Where To Find Solder In The Sphere In Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl

As youmake your way into the basementof the Sphere, there will betwo guards coming up the stairs.Make quick work of them when they get into your line of fire. After doing this, you willhear two more soldiers shouting from below,signaling that there are more of them at the foot of the steps.

Walk to the fall end of the walkway,jump onto the large pipeon your left, anddrop into the gated-off areabelow, allowing you to get aclear shot of the remaining guards through the openings.After dealing with these guards, turn around to find abag leaning up against a few boxes,and loot it for someammunition, healing supplies, and food.

Push Further Into The Basement Of The Facility

Climb out of the gated-off area andhead through the open doorwayto discoveranother staircasethat leads even further down into the Sphere, taking youdown a few more levels.Once you arrive at the bottom, aguard will be in the hallway directly to your left.Take this guard out to haveseveral more guards run outinto your line of sight.

Mow these guards down as well, thenpush into the room they came out of to find a few more guardswaiting for you, quickly dispatch them as well, andcontinue pushing forward.There will be adark room straight aheadthat leads to somesupplies,so venture in there real quick, thenopen the metal doorto trigger a cutscene withSolder.

Talk To Solder

Entering the room with Solderwill have a cutscene play out where you will eventually begiven the choice to either shoot and kill him or simply knock him out.We chose to knock him out as we’reunsure if killing him would have any sort of negative repercussionslater in the story, but the choice is ultimately yours here.

Upon making your choice,several guards will pour into Solder’s room,having you fight them off, so be prepared. They willlargely enter one by one,allowing you topick them off as they walk in,so it’s not overly challenging. Just be ready for them, as they can surprise you if you’re not ready.

How To Escape The Sphere In Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl

Exit Solder’s room and headdown the hallway to the right,then look to the right of the door to find anOZK Explorer’s Suitresting on top of a cart. Pick this up andequip it,as it will likely be better than what you currently have equipped. Moreguards will come through the dooryou just walked by, so be prepared.

There will bearound four guardstotal, so ensure everything is reloaded and you’re topped off.As they come through the doorway, pick them off,and thenpush into the room they came out ofto continue moving through the Sphere.

Push Further Into The Sphere’s Basement

With the guards defeated,push into the room they just came out ofto find aladderandtake it up to a long catwalk.A group offive to six Rats will ambush youhere, so be prepared to deal with them.They die very easily,but they areextremely agile and can inflict Bleedon you with a single bite.

Create distancefrom the litter of Rats andeliminate them as they scurry toward you.After dealing with all the Rats,drop into the area below, crawl into the sewers, and follow it outto a ramp that leads into another room. You are close to the Sphere’s exit, just a little further from here!

Exit The Sphere

From here, you will be inanother room with even more Rats.Deal with them in a similar way you did with the ones from earlier, thendrop down and enter the sewer again,following it out into a room with a ladder.Ascend the ladder and open the series of doorsto find thepathway that leads outof the Sphere.

However,before leaving,look to yourleftto find aStash behind the sewer grate.Use yourScrew to activate the Poison Anomaly,then quicklyrun over it when it’s deactivatedandloot the Stashto obtain anExtended Magazine,lots ofammunition,and someconsumables.

Use your Screw to proc the remaining Anomaliesandsafely get out of the belly of the Sphereand back out into the wild where you belong. The mission is nearly over now!

Exit The Lesser Zone

Emerging from the underbelly of the Sphere will allow you toleave the Lesser Zone and complete the Behind Seven Sealsmission. If yougave the Ward Sensors to Richtor,you will follow the waypoint to theNorthern Checkpointand reach the Garbage Zone that way. If you gave them toCaptain Zotov,then you will cross thePontoon Bridgeinto Garbage.

As we detailed earlier,this is where your playthrough will really start to vary,which iswhatmakes the decision of who to give the Sensors to so crucial.Once youreach Garbage,you will unlock aslew of new side missionsto complete and will be able tocontinue trucking through the main story!