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Warning! This guide includes story spoilers, so some parts of it are hidden by default.

• Difficulty-related achievements: None
  
• Missable achievements: 9
  
• Broken achievements: None

All of achievements in this section will unlock automatically as you progress the story.

Welcome to the Zone
Prologue complete, but this is so far from over.


Good hunting, stalker
Leave the Lesser Zone to go Scanner-hunting. More miracles await, and more dangers, too.


Would you like some toast?
Meet Scar.


Eyes on the prize
Retrieve the stolen Scanner. Time to find out what is so special about it.


House of glass
Witness the temple of science get destroyed.


Monolith envoy
You know more than I do, envoy.


Such is the will of the Monolith
Kill Faust.


I see you have many questions
Meet the C-Consciousness Representative. Didn't Strelok finish them off?


Doctor's oath
The mysterious Doctor had to reveal what he'd been hiding.


Living legend
Meet Strelok. How was it, talking to a living legend?


The Prypiat guardian
Meet Degtyarev in Prypiat. The toughest place in the Zone has the toughest-looking watchman.

Important! Do a manual save before entering a pod during the Subtle Matter story mission if you don't want to replay the game multiple times as this is the spot where your choices start affecting the ending.

Brave new world
Korshunov sacrificed himself so that humanity could have a new future, free of doubt and the Zone.
Ward ending. Select "I'm not your enemy" option during Dangerous Liaisons story mission.

Today never ends
Scar went into the pod to rid the Zone of darkness.
Spark ending. Select "Eternal spring" option during Subtle Matter story mission and then "[Escape]" option during Dangerous Liaisons story mission.

She will never be free
Strelok went into the pod to protect her. Always.
Strelok's ending. Select "Life is for the living" option during Subtle Matter story mission, then "[Escape]" option during Dangerous Liaisons story mission and finally "[Fire]" option during The Last Wish story mission.

Project Y
Go through with Kaimanov's initial plan.
Kaimanov's ending. Select "Life is for the living" option during Subtle Matter story mission, then "[Escape]" option during Dangerous Liaisons story mission and finally "[Lower the gun]" option during The Last Wish story mission.

Legends never die
Kill the Strelok.
Obtained during following any ending except Strelok's.

All quiet in the Zone
Kill Korshunov.
Obtained during following any ending except Ward.

Alas poor Yorick
Kill Scar.
Obtained during following any ending except Spark.

Wardens drool
Save a bandit's life, get on the Ward's naughty list. Was it worth it?
Credit to Crypticness for this information!
IMPORTANT! You have to give sensors to Cpt. Zotov in Zalissya during A Needle in a Haystack story mission or else the story branch leading to this achievement will not be available!
Then during the Answers come at a Price story mission, while talking to Colonel Korshunov, choose "I want to talk to Chornozem" so he agrees to delay an assault on nearby bandit camp. Afterwards, you have to reach the spot where captive bandit is being held but instead of interrogating him just kill three Ward guards outside. Chornozem will talk to you via radio and achievement will pop.

Your move!
Found a unique weapon designed for a kingpin. Checkmate!
You have to complete No Honor Among Thieves side mission in Garbage region by sparing Docente so you can receive the coordinates of a stash with this unique weapon as a reward.

Stalker's smarts
Find a way to get the parts without sneaking into the warehouse.
Take The Side Hastle side mission given by technician at Icarus in Zaton region. Go to the warehouse but don't even try to open enter it. Instead, go to the furthest open train cart and push any of three bigger crates all the way up to the window on which parts are located and use it to get a little bit extra height needed to jump and reach the case.
UPDATE: with latest patch it seems like shooting explosive behind the container will cause it to drop out of the window. Credit to TastyRomeo.

Apple-shot
Three precise shots at apples spared stalker lives and helped you win a twisted bandit's game.
Can be obtained during Bullseye side mission given by the Beard at Shevchenko in Zaton region. When you reach the bandit camp, don't shoot anyone or pay ransom. Instead, agree to participate in their show and shoot 3 apples in time and you will obtain this achievement.

The good ol' days
Help Skadovsk get its name and rightful owners back.
Complete side missions for both Beard and Sultan in Zaton region and then take Three Captains mission from Sonya Kalyna but don't kill the targets. Instead, listen to their conversation till the end and help them fend off Sonya's mercenaries. Once done, just approach the targets and talk to them.

Baptism by fire
Help Zalissya survive the Monolith attack. New generations of stalkers will have a place to stay.
Partially broken!
Credit to u/INfusion2419 from Reddit for posting these instructions which should cover all possible outcomes.
The related quest is VERY broken and everyone seems to be having a lot of trouble, so here is a start to finish guide on how to not only obtain achievement but really save Zalissya for good!

1. After you've explored the newly ex-ex-monolithians base and headed to the Lesser Zone you'll hear radio chatter about monolithians attacking the starter town of Zalissya, head over there at your leisure and you'll notice 1 of 3 scenarios:

1. Monolithians and stalkers are fighting in the streets; in this case simply help out the stalkers and kill the monolithians
   
2. Monolithians and stalkers are both stuck in the town centre building (it will be locked) and will slowly file outside in their own time. If you wish you can wait, however this may take a very very long time. If you dont want to wait real life hours, then continue reading.
   
3. Same scenario as above but they aren't leaving the town centre.

If you faced third scenario, then you won't be able to proceed without installing UETools[www.nexusmods.com] as we need to utilize some console commands from now on and this mod enables ingame console. So save there, download and install this mod, then load from where you left of, press ~ and paste the following command (thanks to snake from Steam):


2. You should be able to enter the town hall and speak to the leader who will ask you to help the stalkers and go check out the old guy about 900m away. You can do these tasks in any order but make sure you speak to the trader AND the medic, the trader will give two tasks and the medic one. After dealing with the old guy and ensuring all stalker tasks are finished you can speak with the town leader once more who will thank you for your help and reward you. Afterwards, you will be summoned back to Zalissya to defend the town once again against the monolith, this can happen instantly for someone but for others it might be required to sleep to get this to trigger. You could also try walking outside the town (DO NOT LEAVE THE LESSER ZONE) then return.

3. You'll be asked to participate in defending the town, you'll be joined by a few other NPCs that CAN die, and lead to the bad ending, so keep them alive through whatever means! They are very aggressive however, so most will die if you dont kill the monolith quickly. You can do this legitimately, or paste the mentioned above kill command after getting fed up watching Foreigner Bob eat dirt for the fifth time. You'll go back to the town hall for a big celebration, the leader will be in very good spirits and will talk about protecting the town from the monolith. Quest complete...?

4. This part is thanks to u/Reddgy (reddit)

Leave Zalissya, but return after hearing "Zalissya is safe" message. It will be functioning fully with all traders and stuff. At that moment, if you had installed the UETools, then paste the following commands in console:
(so you don't get killed by following commands)
(just like this with no coordinates)
(teleport to Clear Sky base, but I assume any remote location might suffice)
(teleprot back to the town)
And finally:

Otherwise you will have to manually run far distance from Lesser Zone to check if everything is okay with Zalissya so it's your choice.

If you got any message saying Zalissya is dead when you teleport to Clear Sky or just walk far away from that region, you'll need to try again, make sure all characters survived and that all monolithians were killed.

One awkward step
I am blind, but it's you who cannot see.
Accept Faust's "help" when hanging on top of the Duga during Once More unto the Breach story mission.

On a leash
The Leash project experiments are finally over. Hopefully.
Credit to 123 and Maxinho for details.
You will be contacted by Shcherba early during Dark Times story mission, agree to help him and In the Name of Science side mission will start. Collect all the collars around the map and bring them to Shcherba, then destroy interference device (knife will do the job). Then after some story progression you will receive invitation to the tunnel. Go there and in the end choose to end his expreiments for good. Then talk Dvupalov to earn this achievement.

Clincher
100 enemies shot in the head. Not bad for a head start…
Perform 100 headshots on humans, as simple as that.

Goodnight
Get 20 covert kills. The Zone likes it quiet.
Perform 20 stealth kills with a knife. In order to perform a stealth kill, you need to sneak behind an unsuspicious enemy and press RMB.

The good, the bad and the ugly
5 headshots in 10 seconds. Good eye.
I've obtained it by alerting guards at Factory location and hid behind the door, starting to pick their heads one by one as they started entering the room, but most likely can be done in any well-crowded location with some narrow passage to take advantage of.

No obstacle too big…
Kill 50 enemies through obstacles. No one in the Zone is really safe.
Shoot and eliminate enemies while they're behind cover or obstacles.

BOOM!
20 enemies killed by blowing up the surroundings. Save on hand grenades and enjoy the fireworks.
This is somewhat hard to achieve naturally as even despite close proximity enemies usually survive explosion unless already damaged. Can be obtained quickly on a bridge to the northeast of Azimuth Station in Wild Island region (credit to Sasuko Yoshida). Save the game when you reach a couple of red barrels on the bridge. On its edge you can notice a pack of dogs, aggro them and try to kill as many with barrel explosions as possible. Reload saved game and repeat 3-4 more times.

Personal approach
One fight, four enemies, killed by different weapons. That trick would charm the hell out of Mavka!
Defeat four enemies in a single encounter using four distinct weapons. Easiest way is to find a pack of dogs and use 3 weapons + knife.

Loner shooter
Shoot an enemy in the head from 75 meters. No scope-peeking!
Find an open location crowded with enemies. Mark it on your minimap to check the distance, then save and try to headshot an enemy without aiming (no RMB while shooting). It's mostly luck based as spread is high, so I recommend to do it with zombies as they don't move too fast.

Keeping your hands steady
Shoot an enemy in the head, through an obstacle, having the intoxication effect.
Perform a headshot through an obstacle while under the influence of alcohol. You can equip Weird Water arch-artifact and have at least 50kg of items to ensure constant intoxication effect.

Catching up
Shoot an incoming grenade to make it explode. Nice view!
Detonate a thrown grenade by shooting it mid-air. Throw it right above you and try to shoot it with automatic rifle. Someone claimed shotgun is easier to do it with, but I had luck only with accurate enough rifle with high bullet velocity (range).

Wiped out
Kill a Rodent using a grenade launcher. A good wipe-out makes the Duty proud.
You can find an RPG in one of the rooms at Wild Island base once it's abandoned due to monolith outbreak has started after unfortunate events in SIRCAA. Alternatively, just attach a grenade launcher modification to any suitable weapon and use that instead (credit to $unwish). Then just find some rodents and break them into atoms. I had luck finding some at the northern end of Electro-Tunnel, directly to the west of railway bridge in Cordon.

Can opener
Use a knife to kill an enemy wearing an exoskeleton. Epic battle indeed.
Defeat an exoskeleton-clad enemy with a melee knife attack. It has to be alive enemy as I've knifed a zombie in exoskeleton but didn't get the achievement. Relatively easy way is to postpone this achievement until late game when there are more enemies with exoskeletons and then wound them so you can safely approach and finish them with a knife while they are lying on the ground.

Peace and quiet
Kill everyone in the camp before the alarm is set off. They couldn't see it coming!
Silently eliminate all enemies in a camp before raising any alarm. I've managed to obtain this one in location named Sphere by killing a signle enemy located on one of the watchtowers, so try to kill those from far distance first and you should get this achievement without actually clearing the whole camp.

Proxy
Kill a squad that just finished off another squad and won the fight. Or so they thought…
Wipe out a victorious squad after they've defeated their opponents. I've obtained this achievement during The Lost Boys side mission given by Lens (technician) at Zalissya as I helped The Ninth to fight off the attackers.

Zone's deadliest predator
Kill a mutant of every kind. You'll need a bigger wall to fit all those trophies!
Mission related mutants don't seem to count so make sure to kill at least one of each while free-roaming! Check locations of rare mutants on this map[mapgenie.io]. Here is the full list:

• Bayun
  
• Blind Dog
  
• Bloodsucker
  
• Boar
  
• Burer
  
• Chimera
  
• Controller
  
• Flesh
  
• Poltergeist
  
• Pseudodog
  
• Pseudogigant
  
• Psi-Deer
  
• Rat
  
• Rodent
  
• Snork

Miracle hoarder
Collect all artifacts. What about arch-artifacts?
There are 69 artifacts in total. They spawn randomly at predefined locations, which can be checked on this map[mapgenie.io]. Buying or retrieving some of them from scanners also counts (check Scanning Complete achievement for details).

Chesing opportunity! As you are approaching towards finding them all, it will be become harder to find new ones, so you can cheese them by quick saving 100m away from artifact spawn spot (use map marker to measure) and quick loading if the spawned artifact is not the one you lack. Just make sure to not save close enough otherwise you will always get the same artifact after relaoding the game.

Below is the full list of artifacts, including their rarity and the type of anomaly where they spawn:



Curiouser and curiouser!
Collect all arch-artifacts. A priceless collection, arguably too weird, even by Zone standards.
Arch-artifacts are unique artifacts which could be found only once in arch-anomalies. Such anomalies are marked with whirl icon on the map when approached close enough. Detectors won't detect these artifacts, so you have to find the exact location on your own. Here is the full list of arch-artifacts along with their locations:

Flash Royal
Gather all armor and gear enhancement flash drives.


Credit to Yevhen Hruzinov for pointing this achievement as missable.

You will need to collect 77 flash drives for weapons and armor in total. They are located in stashes so make sure to clear every stash you will come across during your progression.

Locations: Some blueprints are marked on this map[mapgenie.io] and it should contain all of them soon. Click "HIDE ALL", then "Upgrade". The full list of locations is available here.

Missable: The two blueprints are only available during story missions and can be missed therefore:

• Anatomical Adjustment (Zubr-19) can be obtained from the underground tunnel under the Duga only during Happiness for Everyone story mission which is available only if sided with Spark during SIRCAA events.
  
• Rebalanced Stock (Saiga D-12) can be obtained only during the final mission after the point of no return and only if you choose Polissya Hotel.

Progress tracking: You can check your progress by owning at least one unit of each weapon and gear and checking "Upgrades" tab of your PDA for blue icons in top left corner of related upgrade button while the item is in your inventory. Here is the list of weapons and armor you will need to find all blueprints for:

• M10 Gordon
  
• Rhino
  
• APSB
  
• Integral-A
  
• Zubr-19
  
• VS Vintar
  
• Grom S-14
  
• AS Lavina
  
• Kharod
  
• Dnipro
  
• M701 Super
  
• SVU-MK S-3
  
• M860 Cracker
  
• Saiga D-12
  
• Ram-2
  
• RPM-74
  
• Berill-5M Armored Suit
  
• SSP-100 Discovery
  
• PSZ-12V Bulat
  
• PSZ-9D Duty Armor
  
• PSZ-9I Falcon
  
• SEVA Suit
  
• SEVA-V Suit
  
• SEVA-I Suit
  
• SEVA-D Suit
  
• Operator Exoskeleton
  
• Brummbar Exoskeleton
  
• Exoskeleton
  
• Liberty Exoskeleton
  
• Bulwark Exosuit
  
• Cuirass Exoskeleton
  
• Shield of Duty Exosuit
  
• Sphere M20 Helmet
  
• Ballistic Helmet
  
• Mask-1 Helmet
  
• Tactical Helmet

The four winds
Unlock the whole map. Few folks know the Zone this well.
You have to visit all 22 regions of the map in order to unlock this one:

• Burnt Forest
  
• Cement Factory
  
• Chemical Plant
  
• Cooling Towers
  
• Cordon
  
• Duga
  
• Garbage
  
• Generators (accessible only past the point of no return)
  
• Jupiter
  
• Lesser Zone
  
• Malachite
  
• Prypiat
  
• Red Forest
  
• Rostok
  
• SIRCAA
  
• Swamps
  
• Wild Island
  
• Yaniv
  
• Yantar
  
• Zaton
  
• CNPP
  
• Iron Forest

Scanning complete
You were out looking for a scanner, but ended up collecting them all.
There are 10 scanners to find in total. Here is the complete list:


Between the lines
The "Best reader" award. And reward.
Credit to Maxinho and simple.
So there are 8 notes that have numerical nouns highlighted in them, which should combine into the codelock combination to be used on the 8th floor of the nearest building located directly to the south of this building[mapgenie.io]. According to the notes, combination should be 13263222, but the codelock seems bugged, so the working combination currently is 13263622. After opening the door step inside the room with a safe and you should get this achievement. The notes themself are below:

On the go
Bread and sausage — Zone's most popular sandwich recipe.
Consume bread and sausage together to earn this achievement.

Tit for tat
Sidorovich's worst nightmare: buy and sell goods for the exact same amount of coupons in one deal.
Perform a trade where the total cost and gain are equal.

First touches
First equipment enhancement. Never the last, for most Zone folks.
Find any mechanic and purchase single upgrade for a weapon or an armor. Can be done as soon as you reach Zalissya in the Lesser Zone, just upgrade your starting pistol there.

Bingo
Experience the effects of bleeding, sleep, hunger, alcohol, radiation, and psi. Doesn't sound pretty.
You will need to experience the following effects at the same time:

• Bleeding - be damaged by any non-blunt damage source.
  Indicated with red blood icon.
  
• Sleep - avoid sleeping AND using energy drinks for a long time.
  Indicated with grey/white/flashing white moon icon.
  
• Hunger - avoid eating for a long time.
  Indicated with grey/white/flashing white meat icon.
  
• Alcohol - drink any alcohol, like Cossacks Vodka.
  Indicated with brighter environment colors and camera sway effect.
  
• Radiation - step into radioactive areas or equip radioactive artifacts without proper protection.
  Indicated with circular radiation bar.
  
• Psi - be near either Controller mutant or location with psi emission source.
  Indicated with scary sounds, halucinations in form of enemies / ghost mutants and slowly loosing health as last stage.

The best spot to do this is Stone Village[mapgenie.io]. Make sure both hunger and sleep effects are active before attempting. Once there, drink a few bottles of vodka, place an irradiating artifact in an unprotected slot to increase radiation, let yourself be shot by an illusion to induce bleeding, and wait for psi damage to start draining your HP. With all effects active simultaneously, you should unlock the achievement.

Pump it up
Fully enhance any type of weapon. Somewhere out there, a Zone technician just shed a tear of pride.
Find any mechanic and purchase all available upgrades for a single weapon. Can be done as soon as you reach Zalissya in the Lesser Zone, just fully upgrade your starting pistol there.

Taking it for granted
Gear broken beyond repair. Don't forget to pay regular visits to the technician.
You will need around 350-400 rifle rounds to do that with weapon. While looting enemies, look for assault rifle with less than 30% durability. Then just quicksave and start shooting using it until achievement unlocks. Took me like 350 rounds with AK rifle at 27% durability. Alternatively, can be done with armor by stepping into anomalies and healing, repeating the process until achievement unlocks.

Merry-go-round
Drop a corpse into the Whirlgig anomaly. A joy for someone who never got to ride the Ferris Wheel.
Toss a dead body into the Whirlgig anomaly.

Coupons to burn
Spend over 1,000,000 coupons. Myklukha and Sidorovich will fight hard over their favorite customer. The accumulated amount doesn't reset after reloading the game so you can achieve it even without having full amount.
Accumulate and spend a total of 1,000,000 coupons in the Zone. You will spend the most coupons on buying and upgrading weapons and gear.

Bouncy
A successful jump from a 30-meter height. No parachute, though.
Go to Agroprom location and jump from the tower into leviating rocks anomaly. If it doesn't count then try to save the game on top and reload to try again.

Run, stalker, run!
That Chimera made you run like an Olympic champion!
At least one energy drink in inventory is advised. Chimera jumps over long distance and knock you down instantly. As soon as you meet one, run away as fast as you can. You will get the achievement when the red combat indicator under the compass disappears. Try to avoid taking any damage during escape as it can void the achievement potentially. Chimera can be found here[mapgenie.io].

Lockpick
Lure a mutant into an anomaly. Hardly a noble deed, but it gets the job done.
Can be done in Magnetic Cave right after helping Zhorik.

Goss
Join Stalkers for some campfire gossip.
Sit down near any campfire, presence of other stalkers is not required.