Stalkers!

Rumor has it that with the advent of spring, unusual flowers began to appear throughout the Zone. It would be nice to collect them for study, but that's bad luck - animals and mutants have gone crazy, and get to them earlier, at least take them out of their mouths!

Rumor has it that nimble and voracious boars were also seen on the territory of the Zone ...

Find out the habitats of these "bloodthirsty" monsters and collect mysterious flowers!
Perhaps they will be of interest to Morozov in the Outlands of Lyubech.

From 30.03 to 25.04, on all the main servers of the project, along with the restart, the "Anomalous Spring" event starts!
As part of the event, in all animals and mutants during a search or butchering, with a certain chance, you can find the item “Anomalous Snowdrop”, which can be exchanged for valuable rewards from Morozov, at the location “Lubech Outlands”.

We wish you good luck in your search!

Sincerely,
SO team.

Stalkers!

Here is a list of changes that are included in today's patch fix:

– Increased the duration of the first event with verlioks in the Usov-Topi event.

– PvP mode "Sabotage":
Points for kills are now awarded personally to the players, and not to the whole team.
Points gained from kills and button presses now count towards losing the game.
Fixed an error in the description of the number of points awarded for a victory.

– Fixed bugs that led to random blocking of players.

Sincerely,
SO Team

Dear ladies!

The SO project team congratulates you on a wonderful holiday - International Women's Day!!

We thank you for the sensitivity and warmth with which you fill our hearts!
We wish that all your cherished dreams come true, and life is always bright and happy!

In honor of the holiday, from March 8 to March 11, inclusive, all servers of the project will have a 2-fold increase in experience, and in our in-game store you will find pleasant discounts on many goods.
Discounts will be valid from 8th to 12th March.

x2 experience will be summed up with your premium.

Happy holiday to you!

Sincerely,
SO Team

Stalkers!

Here is the list of changes that are included in today's patch:

– City N closes its doors until next year.

– Squirrel candies that you didn't have time to exchange in City N can be exchanged at the NPC Trader in the Airport.

– Start of the 8th PvP season: 04.03.2023 to 04.05.2023
Please note that the season now lasts two months!

– Change in weapon rewards for 1st-10th place this season:

1st place - "Colt M16A4"

2nd place - "AK-109"

3rd place - "SIG 550"

4th place - "VSS"

5th place - "VSS"

6th place - "AS VAL"

7th place - "AS VAL"

8th place - "Steyr AUG A2"

9th place - "Steyr AUG A2"

10th place - "FN FNC"

– PvP mode "Sabotage" now participates in the rating competition.

– In PvP "Sabotage" mode, an alert about the task of attack or defense has been added at the beginning of the round.

– Fixed a bug in PvP quests for the Capture the Flag arena (the arena type was displayed as Sabotage).

– Fixed a bug in the “Usov-Topi” event, when the fighters of the “Cliff” private security company were respawned during the event with verlioks.

– Mazai now allows characters who are at war with the Mustache Village group to enter the Mustache-Marsh event (however, the passage through Mazai is still closed for such characters to the Black Forest).

– The description of the quest “Arachnids of the Lubech Outskirts” has been corrected; in quests, several quest items no longer drop out where one should drop out.

– Fixed the door to the laboratory (Outlands): now it is not shot through, and the spiders correctly cover it with cobwebs.

– The Swamp Men camp now has a safe zone for PC players, like the Pioneer at the Airport location (also the Pioneer now talks to the PC).

– Fixed the old reward in the Khmyr quest "Delicate work".

– Fixed access to Tunguska through the pilot Mykola Afanasich with sufficient reputation of the “Former ZATO Administration”.

– The dialogues of the Greek and Mark in Lyubech have been recompiled.

– Fixed re-acceptance of the quest “Planes are flying: Details from Karl” after canceling (from Karl).

– Fixed a bug where Tatarin would not give a package to Shtaket in case when "Problem with Verlioks" was performed twice in a row with a short break.

– Fixed appearance of Kuzma inside the stands of the stadium.

– In the settlement "Radius" the hole in the fence is closed, and the mutants can no longer attack the Quartermaster.

– Information dialogs have been added to the guards of the Gourmet Kitchen and Mokrukha.

– Mark's "Olympic Training" quest is now a Chapter. You can try to go through it again a day after the failure, without waiting for the full rollback of the chapter.

– Fixed a bug in the counter of the number of simultaneous “side jobs” taken from NPCs (when the NPC did not want to give a new task even if there were no active side jobs in the Journal)

– Fixed minor errors in the dialogues of such NPCs as: Peter, Sanya Portnoy, Kich, Shperling, Vatslavich, Savva Garadze, etc.

– Weapon modifiers now correctly display the category they belong to. (Some modifiers used to have a "Parts" category.)

– Now the reward for the “Forgotten suitcase” event on Novaya Zemlya, O. Severny, is sent to the NPC Artyom.

– Reduced the flash of flames when firing the OTs Groza 14-4.

– In the quest "And again the road in the ice" instead of "Frozen Coins" are now issued "Black Cartridges".

– The exchange of “Frozen Coins” for “Black Cartridges” has been added to the Specialist.

– In the Forgotten Ice event, the attack range of mutants has been increased.

Sincerely,
SO Team

Dear friends!

The project team congratulates you on the Defender of the Fatherland Day!

We wish sincere kindness, courage and, of course, good health to you and your loved ones!

In honor of the holiday, from February 23rd to 26th inclusive, in our in-game store you will find discounts on many goods, as well as a 2-fold increase in experience on all servers of the project.

x2 experience will be summed up with your premium.

Happy holiday!

Sincerely,
SO Team

Dear stalkers!

We are happy to inform you that City N is staying with us for another week!

On Steam and VK.Play platforms the event will last until 02.03.23

Have time to enjoy the last days of winter, spring is coming!

Sincerely,
SO team

Stalkers!

Here is a list of changes that are included in today's patch fix:

Events:
Usov-Topi:

– Fixed NPC spawning during events. Those NPCs that were born before the start of the event do not disappear, the players also need to eliminate them.

Gingerbread Madness:

– Reduced the number of gifts needed to win stalkers.

– Reduced the health of the Gingerbread Man.

Bonfire:

– Changed the phases in the event. Mutants have been added to the second phase, and the time has also been increased. The third phase now consists of Mutating Draug only.

– Players will no longer be able to climb houses near the event.

– Fixed a bug where the Mutating Draug would not take blister damage.

Quests:

– The Winter Cabin group now properly displays the Advanced Services reputation bonus and access to the Dispatcher trade works correctly.

– Father Frost now ignores PK status.

– Safe zones in City N now do not work for players in PvP status (blue color of the nickname).

– Fixed some inactive teleportation points that Father Frost could send when receiving additional gifts (because of which the character did not move anywhere).

– Added markers for completing the phases of the quest “And again the road is covered in ice…” in the “Forgotten Ice” event

Mutants:

– Increased the drop rate of all parts of the Spooky Doll and the Mask when searching the Sages.

Bugfixes:
– Fixed a bug where animals and mutants started attacking the player before the end of loading into the world. For example, when leaving the entrance.

Sincerely,
SO Team

Stalkers!

We are happy to announce the start of our Christmas Sale!

From 23.12.22 to 26.12.22 inclusive, in the in-game store you will find pleasant discounts on many items!

Stock up on gifts! New Year promises to be bright.

Sincerely,
SO team

Stalkers!

Here is a list of changes that are included in today's patch fix:

Forgotten Ice:

Based on the collected feedback and tests, adjustments have been made:

– Reduced time after successful completion of events from 30 to 5 seconds.

– Now you can’t climb some hills.

– On the island with the all-terrain vehicle, the spawn locations of the mutants have been moved.

– Mutant spawn locations have been added to the abandoned laboratory (the number of mutants has remained the same).

Usov-Topi:

– In the second event, mutants now correctly attack players.

– During the events with mutants, the killed fighters of the “Cliff Private Security Company” do not respawn.

Spider Lair:

– Reduced the number of mutants required to complete the phases in the second and third events.

Quests:

– Fixed some cases of Cat Red not having proper dialogue.

– "Utes" PSC" is again displayed in the list of Groupings.

– Increased the reward for a number of Cat's quests (e.g. New Year's Break to Spit).

Interface:

– Fixed a bug when a different location was displayed on the minimap.

Gameplay:

– "New Year's Champagne" now removes the effect of "Intoxication".

– The location of the event "The pile is small" has been slightly modified.

Mutants and Anomalies:

– Reduced the health of the bubbles on the back of the Draug and the Mutating Draug.

– Reduced the size of the Mutating Draug model.

– Changed the color of the Draug bubble explosion.

– Elves and Gift Bags now produce more New Year's Eve treats.

Sincerely,
SO team

Stalkers!

Here is a list of changes that are included in today's New Year's update:

City N:

– The event will last from 22.12.22 to 23.02.23

– New PvP mode of the New Year's event "Big mess."

Try on the looks of the most diverse representatives of the fauna of the Zone and show everyone what you are worth!

You can find this event on the bulletin board in City N.

– Mask is no longer required to be in City N.

– Changed Johnny's exchange.

– Replaced the "Gift Bag" model.

– Increased the number of "Elves" in City N.

– Increased the number of "Gift Bags" in City N.

– The amount of candy you can get in Elves and Gift Bags has been increased.

– When searching the “Elf” and “Gift Bag” with a chance, you can find the “Belochka” candy.

– The lifespan of all candies has been increased from 60 to 90 days.

– Snowballs no longer stun on impact.

– "Christmas Premium Gift Subscription" now works the same as "Premium Subscription for 30 or 90 days".

Now it lasts 10 days and does not disappear over time from the inventory or warehouse.

– In connection with the removal of the “Main characteristics of the character” (Strength, Intelligence, Dexterity, Constitution, Perception, Psi), the effects of all New Year's dishes have been revised.

– The gift received for 1st place in active New Year's PvP events is now issued in all active PvP events.

– The contents of the “Gift” received for 1st place in active New Year PvP events have been changed.

– The minimum number of required participants in the Gingerbread Madness PvP event has been increased from 5 participants to 10.

– Rewards in Squirrels for the New Year PvP event Gingerbread Madness have been changed.

– Gingerbread's exploding candy has increased the amount of shards it explodes when it explodes.

Events / Events:

– At the location of Lyubech (DK), Vicinities of Lyubech (Gourmet), Vesuvius (Radio tower) and Tunguska (Radius), barkers have returned who will send you to City N.

– Added large-scale in-game PvE event "Lost Ice".

You can get into it by talking with Vostrikov, on Novaya Zemlya, Severny Island.

In this event, the stalkers will have to organize a group and go in search of the missing expedition, find out what is really happening in those parts, what is hidden behind it and why not everyone is destined to return from there...

The event is available from level 75.

One of the rewards for the event was Frozen Coins, which will be exchanged for Black Shells in the future.





– The logic of passing and rewards for the Usov-Marsh event has been reworked.

For completing the event, “Tickets to Usov” are now given, which the owner (having level 85) can use to go to Usov (through Mazaya) for free at any time.

– A checkpoint system has been added to the Forgotten Ice and Mustache Marsh events. After successfully completing the stages, players will receive a message about changing the spawn point. When re-entering an event, players will spawn at the last checkpoint. Once every 24 hours, the progress of events is reset.

– On Yuzhny Island of Novaya Zemlya, a mini-event is launched every 6 game hours. The beginning of the event is signaled by a tornado appearing on the mountain.

Items:

– Added 2 jackets: "Stitched Hoodie" and "Jacket Ural".

You can get the Stitched Hoodie by trading Belochka Candies with Johnny in City N.

"Jacket Ural" has been added to the in-game store.

– The "L96A1" rifle can now be obtained by successfully completing the "Rite" event in the Black Forest. You need to get the "Charged Sage's Medallion" by taking 1st place and contact the mysterious person in the Military Town.

Cartridges and magazines for the rifle are sold by Huckster in the camp of Shleimovich and Plevka on Novaya Zemlya, Yuzhny Island

In the future, there will be more merchants selling ammo and magazines.

– Added "Flash hider for SIG SG552". Now with the appropriate adapter - "GEMTECH M4-96D", you can install the silencer "GEMTECH M4-96D".

The flash hider will be automatically installed on a new weapon when buying or exchanging a weapon (except for weapons that are already on hand).

Separately, it can be purchased from Vanya Hell for trade points.

– The 18-round SVD magazine will be automatically replaced with 20-round magazines.

– “Old stabilized solution” will be automatically changed to “50 ml stabilized solution”.

– Bulletproof vest "6B3" can now be painted.

– The “Many-Faced Head” for the “Rite” event can now be found with a chance after winning the “Broken Bell” event in the nearby houses of the flooded village of Starotserkovnaya.

– Reworked the location of containers with loot in the suburbs of Lyubech.

– Mushrooms now appear in the Airport location.

– The amount of ammo received in ammo crates has been increased. Also added magazines for different types of weapons and items designed to care for weapons.

– The chance to get food and water in caches has been increased.

– On Novaya Zemlya, Severny Island, now you can find caches.

– Adjusted the weight of many items.

– Fragments of unknown origin, mined in the Tunguska swamps in piles of earth, now drop on death.

Weapons / Weapon Upgrades / Modifiers:

– Changed recoil pattern for Famas F1 and Famas G2.

– "SIG SG550" now loses damage when firing at long distances.

– Decreased recoil on OTs-14-1 Groza-1 and OTs-14-4 Groza-4.

– Decreased recoil on SR3 Whirlwind and SR3M.

– Reduced the brightness of the Bushnell HOLO Sight Model #50-0021 reticle.

– Reduced recoil on the M4A1.

Gameplay:

– New PvP mode "Sabotage"

Try your hand at the new PvP mode, in which players will have to play for two sides of the coin: defend or attack. Sabotage a residential area by disabling the control panel, which, according to rumors, is responsible for activating the "jammers" that prevent the appearance of mutants in crowded places, or take a defensive position and prevent an attack!

Visit the "Residential District" location and do what is necessary to achieve a common goal!

This mode will be included in the rating competitions in the next PvP season.





– You can now walk when using Surrender and Barrel on Shoulder gestures.

– Now the fire on the clothes is extinguished when immersed in water up to the waist.

– Fixed an issue with Skin Burn's heal effect causing Skin Burn to not heal in time.

– Edited mutant and animal scare zones on some bases and fortifications in the Black Forest.

– At the bases and fortifications of the Black Forest, the number of interfering models in battle has been reduced.

– A well with clean water has been installed in the village of Usov.

– Removed no man's safe zone north of Ryabinushka on Vesuvius.

– Adjusted scare zones near the Commandant's Office and other safe zones in Lyubech.

Quests:

– Settlement guards no longer lower their reputation as troublemakers when they witness aggressive behavior. This is a temporary measure. Guard reactions to PvP and PK may return in one form or another in a major PvP update.

– Fixed dialogues regarding "Subworks". Now NPCs say why they don’t give quests, empty phrases do not appear in their dialogues.

– Newly accepted quests are now marked with an exclamation point in the Journal.

– Fixed a bug in the quest “In an hour it’s just land” (and similar ones), in which the conditions were reset when re-entering the game.

– Pop's apple exchange is disabled.

– In the first Gourmet quest in the First Cooking Lessons line, Hearty Mushroom Leg, you now only need to cook one dish instead of three. For those who made 1 or 2 portions for this quest at the time of the release of the update, it may turn out to be broken. We advise you to cancel the sub-chapter “A hearty leg with mushrooms” itself and take it again (you still have to make only one serving).

– In Frol's quest to get the MZA, the number of required parts has been reduced.

– Changed the requirements and rewards in some quests when completing the "Mystery Collector" (for example, the Distillery Master requires a Simple Tool instead of a Weapon Mod Toolbox).

– The manager of the "Officers' Club" sells armor-piercing cartridges at a discount to ranks starting with "Veteran of the Zone".

– Fixed a bug that previously blocked new players from taking the Morse questline. The rewards for his quests have been increased.

– Increased rewards for Kolya Tesla's quests. Added a simplified version of the quest "All your details".

– Sapozhnikov's dialogues have been rebuilt. He also has a new quest available for obtaining the WOP Antitoxin recipe. Fixed the algorithm for Sapozhnikov's appearance at Sunset.

– The pipeline on Tunguska leading to the Tower has been rebuilt - now it will be more difficult to fall from it.

– Mazai's dialogues have been rebuilt - he adequately responds to the value of the player's reputation. The passage of the Mustache-Marsh event is no longer directly related to entering the Black Forest, as a reward for it, tickets are issued for which you can enter the Black Forest for free at any time (having level 85). Instead of money, you can pay for the transition with the “Explorer” artifact (Panych also has it).

– Killing Utyos mercenaries in the Usov-Marsh event no longer removes the reputation of PSC Utyos.

– Fixed behavior of Gena Crocodile and Valdai.

– Fixed Khromtsov's behavior - now he does not walk around the entire territory of the Prison, but stays near the area accountable to him.

– Increased rewards for the Caged Scientist quest line (Camp Aegis).

– Associate Professor Krasnov added a new quest for the extraction of "Vesuvius" (opens after receiving recipes for "Meteor")

– A quest has been added to the game to obtain a recipe for special mutant blood to activate the “Rite” event.

– A quest for obtaining the L96A1 rifle has been added to the game (for the owner of the “Charged Sage Medallion”, which can be obtained for the “Rite” event).

– Fixed the delivery of the quest "Tash and bread" at Bolotnik.

– Fixed delivery of the quest "Help without thanks".

– Fixed Tatarin’s dialogues for taking the “Reports” quest.

– Station watchman can now repair MZA.

Trade / Trade with NPCs:

– Vanya Hell's cost of "Old Tools" has been increased.

– Added “Benelli M4 Lid” and “Benelli M4 2-Round Lid” to Van Adu for trade points.

– An audit of all cartridges in the game at merchants and in exchanges has been made.

– Pusher now buys food and tableware.

– Weapon parts and repair kits can now be sold to gunsmiths and fences.

– The exchange of F-1 grenades with the Retired Colonel has been moved to Corkscrew.

– A new exchange has been added to the retired Colonel.

– The Colonel's trade is now available with the "Advanced Services" bonus of the Radius Village.

– Reduced the number of required bottles for the alcohol exchange in the Sly exchange.

– Increased the amount of trade points received for the Vesuvius artifact from Stepanenko.

– Added “Cowberry Decoction Recipe” to Fly Agaric in exchange. The number of Amanita mushrooms required for exchange for Amanita Tincture Recipe has been changed.

– Trader Vasily Pylnov in "Schleimovich's camp" no longer sells "Recipe for filling the injector with Energetic", instead he sells "Recipe for Vial with Energetic".

– Merchant Stepanenko in "Camp Aegis" sells "Recipe for a test tube with a nerve stimulator."

– Dispatcher now sells “Ryabinovka Tincture Recipe”, the cost of selling “Empty Bottle” for trade points has been reduced.

– Gourmet now buys "Heart of the Wolf" for trade points. The cost of selling "Verlioca Eggs" and "Boar's Heart" for trade points has been increased.

– Veterinarian now sells recipes for blood and poison of various creatures in the Zone.

– Bartender, Veterinarian, Plyushch, Metrofan, Gurman and Pivovarov buy animal parts cheaper.

– The supplier buys more expensive hunting trophies.

– Bartender now buys vegetables and parts of organs with trade points.

– Brewers buy vegetables more expensive, the cost of selling "Mutant Hog Knee" for trade points has been increased. Now he buys part of the organs for trade points.

– Metrofan buys Salo cheaper.

– Ivy buys Mutant Hog's Knee for more.

Craft:

– The lost Mechanical Workbench and Soldering Station of the Mokrukha faction have been returned.

– Fixed dismantling of medicines - removed unnecessary items not involved in their creation.

– Crafting "Sterile Cloth" and "Pack of Bandages" no longer require a skill.

– Radiation Remover can now be dismantled.

Mutants and Anomalies:

– Edited the location of some Draug spawn points in the Black Forest, Outcasts in Tunguska, Polar Bears in Novaya Zemlya.

– Spiders can now burrow underground and return to the spawn point after some time after losing the pursuit target.

– Some movement paths and types of animals and mutants in the outskirts of Lyubech have been reworked.

– The bear and wild boars from the canyon of the Airport location have been moved to square C5-1, the canyon is filled with the anomalies "Sparkler" and "Catapult".

– Imps (except for the slow one) can now find BS ammo instead of AP.

– The number of Polar Wolves on Novaya Zemlya on Severny Island has been corrected.

– The chance of obtaining “Mutant Hog Knees” when butchering “Mutant Hog” has been increased.

– Reduced the gravity of the Crusher anomalies.

– Changes in the western and southern parts of the Black Forest:

Species, population and ways of movement of mutants and animals have been changed.

Increased the number and changed types of anomalies.

Increased the number of mushrooms and herbs.

Increased the time between spawns of Mutant Hogs.

Sound:

– Added inventory sounds

– Added sounds for soldering and laboratory workbenches

Interface:

– Changed bulletin board interface.

Achievements:

– Added achievements for completing the Forgotten Ice event.

In-game store:

– Some items in the in-game store now have the "Guarantors" system.

Items covered by this system are marked in green.

How it works?

In the description of these products, it is indicated that in one of the N-number of openings, you are guaranteed to receive an item or one of the items within the specified group.

Optimization:

– Optimized textures.

– To improve optimization, the passage to the storekeeper in Gourmet Village has been modified.

Bugfixes:

– Fixed English localization of many items.

– Fixed a bug when, when respawning, the player appeared not at the last faction respawn, but at other locations. For example, at the railway station in Lyubech.

Sincerely,
SO team