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Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobylhas a metric ton of missions for you to complete, many of which branch of specific decisions you’ve made in previous encounters, making subsequent playthroughs worth seeking out if you want to see everything its bleak and daunting world has to offer.
Whether you just want to scavenge rare Artifacts to become stronger or want to help out everyone you come across, there is no shortage of things you’re able to and should be doing that will benefit your playstyle and ambitions as a Stalker in the wastelands even if that entails you joining the Ward.
How To Start All That Is Left In Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl
Before you can beginAll That is Leftin Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, you must firstmeet a few prerequisites.Primarily, you mustgive the Ward Sensors to Captain Zotov during the Needle in a Haystack mission,essentially teaming up with the Ward, following their route for the story.
After doing this, you must alsocomplete the Behind Seven Seals mission and reach Garbage,allowing you tocross the Pontoon Bridge,leading you directly toMateus,who will give you this mission after confirming you’re supposed to be there as part of the main quest.
With all those requirements met you canspeak with Lieutenant Mateusandask him about the job he brought upwhen you first spoke with him, having himtalk about an important Artifact he wants you to grabfor him.Agree to snag it for himto begin All That is Left, making your next step to head to theChemical Plantnearby.
How To Obtain The Soul Artifact In Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl
Now that you’ve accepted the mission from Mateus and agreed to get him the Artifact,follow the blue waypoint on your compasstoward the nearbyChemical Plant.It’snot far away from where Mateus was at all,so it will only take a handful of minutes.
As you approach the Chemical Plant and begin topass through the walkwaythat leads to it, you will beambushed by a pack of Pseudodog Mutants.These Mutants can befrustrating to deal with,as theywon’t quit spawning until you eliminate the pack’s leader,whichtakes many bulletsto take down.
Back up to the entranceof the walkway andaim at the doorin front of you,forcing the Pseudodog and its minions to run through the roomtoward you.As soon as you see the leader, unload into it,hopefully killing it before it runs off.Killing the leader will cause all the others to drop dead,too, so we strongly recommend focusing on it first.
From here,pass through the walkwayto find alarge Chemical Planton the other side. TheArtifactyou’re looking for will besitting on the top of a catwalk to the left,seemingly impossible to reach as all the stairs leading to it are destroyed.
Grabbing The Soul Artifact
Once you’reinside the Chemical Plant,walk onto themetal walkwayon the ground in front of you, thenfollow it to the leftuntil youpass underneath a set of stairs.Since they’re broken, you won’t be able to climb them, but you will be able tojump onto the railing directly to the leftof the stairsnear the large cement cylinders.
Jump onto the railing and thenturn around to face the cement cylinders.You should beextremely closeto them, allowing you toleap from the railing onto the cement.From here,follow the cement cylinders all the way around to the leftuntil you reach the catwalk. There will be apiece of the railing bent open,allowing you to enter.
Turn left andfollow the catwalk to the endto find theSoul Artifact.Pick it up to instantly becontacted by Professor Zaretyski,who willask you to meet up with her to discuss that Artifactas she was also searching for it.Her crew will also storm the area and will begin shootingat you, alerting a nearbyMutant.
Who Should You Return The Soul Artifact To In Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl?
Picking up the Soul Artifact at the Chemical Plant will haveProfessor Zaretyskicontact you, asking you tomeet her near the entrance of the Chemical Plantto speak with her about the Artifact, as she wants it. However,her crew will also rush into the region,firing at you and awakening a nearby Mutant.
Unfortunately for us,Professor Zaretyski died before we could reach her,andno matter how many times we reloaded the save, that was always the result,so we’re unsure of what she offers for the Soul Artifact at this moment. Even restarting it from the beginning yielded the same results, so we don’t know how to keep her from dying, asshe keeps walking into a pit of poison and dyingbefore we can reach her.
If we can ever prevent her from leaping into poisonous chemicals, we will update this guide to include what she offers in exchange for the Soul Artifact. We’re assuming it’s something good, but we cannot know for sure as it seems she has a weird gravitational pull toward deadly things.
We also don’t know if her crew shooting at us was also a bug, as that also doesn’t quite make sense if she wants to talk to us. This could have been severely bugged on our end, but we will try to get a different result and will update this guide with the alternative route as soon as we can!
Giving The Soul Artifact To Lieutenant Mateus
Return to Lieutenant Mateuswith theSoul Artifactandgive it to himto complete the All That is Left mission in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. He will express how it’s the last thing left that belonged to his late friend, allowing him to rest easy now it’s in his possession.
Mateus will offer you his thanks and will send you off with a massive3,500 Creditspayout—a substantial reward for your time and effort. From here, you cancontinue on with the critical pathof the main story, carving your way through the Garbage Zone!
you may also keep the Soul Artifact and never return it to Mateus or the Scientist. It substantially increases your Endurance but negatively impacts your Radiation Levels. We wouldn’t recommend doing this, but it is another possible route if you want to pocket it for yourself.
