STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl Trophy Guide & Roadmap

Dayngls

4 weeks ago

Mods

Community mods are included with STALKER 2, but they will disable Trophies/Achievements if you use them.

Missable Trophy Points

These are all of the points in the game where a missable Trophy can be earned that is mission based. Keep an eye out for the following missions:

A Needle in the Haystack
Answers Come at a Price
Like A Moth to the Flame
Bullseye – Side Mission
Three Captains – Side Mission
Once More Onto the Breach OR Happiness For Everyone – Depends on which faction you’re aligned with, but both end in the same place.
Dark Times – Main Mission -> In the Name of Science – Side Mission
Subtle Matter – Ending Decisions
Down Below – Point of No Return

[Collectible Note] In addition to these, you will need to side with Spark at SIRCAA so that you are given the main mission, Happiness for Everyone. There is 1 missable flash drive that can only be picked up in an area that requires you to side with Spark.

Step 1 – Main Story + Misc. Trophies

As noted above, this list can be done in a single playthrough. In order to do so, you’re going to need to make strategic manual saves. So, with that in mind, you’re going to want to just work through the story while completing miscellaneous Trophies along the way. Play through the story and make a separate manual save before the Subtle Matter main mission. This is where you will need to start making specific choices in order to get the endings. You can reload that save point in order to knock out each of the endings.

Step 2 – Clean Up

When the story is done and you’ve earned all of the ending Trophies, all you will have is to clean up anything you may have missed. There is no free roam after completing the story, so you will need to load a save file from before the point of no return (Down Below) in order to go back and clean up what you need.

If you only knew where I’ve been!

Get all the trophies. The Zone is proud of you… and slightly disturbed by your determination.

Clincher

100 enemies shot in the head. Not bad for a head start…

This is something that should come naturally over time as you play through the game. Aim for the head when in fights with enemies.

Goodnight

Get 20 covert kills. The Zone likes it quiet.

Covert kills are stealth kills. You can do this by sneaking up behind an enemy while crouched. Approach an enemy with your knife equipped and when you get close, your knife will change positions in your hand, when it does that, you can then perform the stealth kill.

On the Go

Bread and sausage — Zone’s most popular sandwich recipe.

All you have to do here is eat bread and a sausage. You’ll come across both of these fairly often as you loot enemies and containers. Once you have both, eat them to pop this.

Tit for tat

Sidorovich’s worst nightmare: buy and sell goods for the exact same amount of coupons in one deal.

This can be earned in the first camp you come to as part of the story, Zalissya.

Speak to any of the merchants there and trade with them. In order to earn this, you need choose something to buy from the vendor. Then, you need to choose something to sell that is the same value as the item you are buying.

For example, I bought 1 Bandage for 150k and sold 1 Anti-Radiation Drug for 150k. With both items selected, confirm the trade. This didn’t pop for me until I backed out of the vendor menu after the trade.

If you don’t want to lose whatever you’re selling, you can make a manual save before doing this and then reload afterwards.

First touches

First equipment enhancement. Never the last, for most Zone folks.

See the “Pump it up” Trophy below for more details.

The good, the bad and the ugly

5 headshots in 10 seconds. Good eye.

This can be earned in Zalissya. There is a fire near the center of town where 5 NPCs can be found sitting around. They’ll be close to each other here. Make a save and then get the headshots as quickly as you can. Reload your save after you’ve gotten the Trophy to reset the town.

Bingo

Experience the effects of bleeding, sleep, hunger, alcohol, radiation and psi. Doesn’t sound pretty.

In order to earn this Trophy, you’re going need to experience all 6 of the status effects at the same time.

The hardest effect to get is sleep. You’re going to need to not sleep for a long time. It takes awhile for Skif to get tired. Also, don’t drink any energy drinks either. If you’re having trouble getting tired, you can participate in the arena in the basement of Ganja’s Bar in Rostok. Completing it will make you tired. Make a save once you have the sleep effect. Just to make sure you can revert back with this effect active if anything doesn’t go right here.

Once you’re tired, don’t eat or drink anything. From there, get some vodka and then go to Clear Sky Base in the southeast corner of the swamps.

There is a psi emitter that will give you the psi effect. There is also radiation south of the emitter. So, stand next to the emitter to get the psi effect and then run south toward the radiation. There are also enemies nearby. Let them shoot you and you’ll start to bleed. If you aren’t getting the enemies to spawn, there are areas of floating glass you can run through to bleed that are outside of the house that you need to run through to reach this area. Drink a few bottles of vodka to get drunk and this should pop. Everything that you need is found close together in this location. You just need to come here while tired and don’t forget to bring alcohol. While doing this, don’t use bandages or else they will heal your bleeding.

Zone’s deadliest predator

Kill a mutant of every kind. You’ll need a bigger wall to fit all those trophies!

There are 15 different kinds of enemies in the game. You’ll kill most of these during main and side missions, but make sure to keep an eye out while travelling across the zone for enemy types.

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

Pump it up

Fully enhance any type of weapon. Somewhere out there, a Zone technician just shed a tear of pride.

This can be earned in Zalissya at the Technician, Lens. The cheapest weapon to get this done with is Skif’s Pistol. Head to Lens and buy every upgrade available for the pistol. You can make a save before spending the money and then reload it after buying the upgrades to get your money back.

The four winds

Unlock the whole map. Few folks know the Zone this well.

All you need to do for this is enter every region on the map at least one time. Each time you visit a new region, the region name will then be added to your map. So, enter each region until they have been named on your map. There are 22 regions on the map and you’ll visit most, if not all of them naturally by playing through the game and completing the various missions in the game. If you don’t, make sure to visit all of the areas except for “Generators” before crossing the point of no return in the main story. The end of the story will take you to Generators and there is no free roam after the main story. So, you need to have it done before then.

Burnt Forest
Cement Factory
Chemical Plant
Cooling Towers
Cordon
Duga
Garbage
Generators
Jupiter
Lesser Zone
Malachite
Prypiat
Red Forest
Rostok
SIRCAA
Swamps
Wild Island
Yaniv
Yantar
Zaton
CNPP
Iron Forest

Taking it for granted

Gear broken beyond repair. Don’t forget to pay regular visits to the technician.

For this, you can use a weapon until it completely breaks. Or, you can simply stand outside during an Emission. These are storms that will kill you unless you are inside when they hit. You’ll know when it happens as the sky will turn red.

Make a save before an Emission hits. Stand outside during it and you will take damage. Keep healing yourself so that you can live longer out in the storm. Your health bar will be draining quickly, so make sure to heal yourself before it gets too low. Continue healing yourself until your gears breaks and this pops.

Miracle hoarder

Collect all artifacts. What about arch-artifacts?

See the “Scanning complete” Trophy below for more details.

Curiouser and curiouser!

Collect all arch-artifacts. A priceless collection, arguably too weird, even by Zone standards.

See the “Scanning complete” Trophy below for more details.

No obstacle too big…

Kill 50 enemies through obstacles. No one in the Zone is really safe.

In order to get this, you’re going to need to kill enemies by shooting them through fences, walls. windows and even anomalies. Chain link fences are an easy obstacle to use to get kills for this as you can see through them. Windows can be used as well, but only if there is glass in it still. After getting a kill through a window, the window will obviously be broken, so it’ll no longer count as an obstacle.

This can quickly be farmed in the northwest corner of the Wild Island region. There is a building that has a big group of rats fenced in. Make a save near the building, shoot the rats through the fence, reload your save and do it again. Repeat that process until the Trophy pops. You can also use this area to earn the “Wiped out” Trophy for killing a rodent with a grenade launcher if you have one.

BOOM!

20 enemies killed by blowing up the surroundings. Save on hand grenades and enjoy the fireworks.

In order to earn this, you’re going to need to get 20 kills by shooting and blowing up explosive barrels/cannisters. You’ll need to keep an eye out during enemy encounters when going for this.

This can be farmed during the, “Deal with the devil,” main story mission. As part of the mission, you will need to speak with Varan. After speaking with him, make a save. Shoot the red cannister behind him and it will kill him. Reload your save and do it again. You can repeat this until the Trophy pops.

Personal approach

One fight, four enemies, killed by different weapons. That trick would charm the hell out of Mavka!

First, you will need to find at least 4 enemies. You’ll come across plenty of opportunities throughout the various missions. Then, you will need to kill each one with a different weapon. Grenades and your knife count toward this. So if you sneak up and get a stealth kill with your knife, you can use three other weapons to finish the rest off. Get a kill with a weapon and then switch to the next one for the next enemy. Repeat that until you have used 4 different weapons to get a kill.

Loner shooter

Shoot an enemy in the head from 75 meters. No scope-peeking!

This one is tricky. First, you can find an enemy and then drop a pin where they are on the map and you’ll be able to see how far away they are. Then, back up to the required distance. Go a few meters past 75 just to make sure you’re safe. You cannot be aiming down your sights when you take shot. Whether you have a scope attached or not. You cannot ADS for this Trophy.

You can however, aim down your sights and line up the shot, let go of and then immediately shoot.

Make a save before trying this once you have an enemy picked out. There is bullet drop in this game, so you will need to take a few practice tries to learn where to aim with the weapon you are using. Use a scoped weapon, aim through your scope, hold your breath and then take shots while looking down the scope to see where you need to aim. Once you know where to aim, reload the save, aim down the scope and line it up. Release and then shoot as soon as you let go of . Your shot will stayed lined up and if you timed it right, you will have shot while technically not aiming down your sights.

I did this with the Clusterfuck weapon (found during Three Captains side mission. It is in the crane with the sniper. You need to go there for a Trophy) against the camp of enemies that were sitting around a fire south of Zalissya along a wall. It is just southeast of the Sphere.

Merry-go-round

Drop a corpse into the Whirlgig anomaly. A joy for someone who never got to ride the Ferris Wheel.

A whirlgig is marked by leaves rotating around in the wind. When you step into one of these, you’ll be thrown around and then will take some damage. In order to earn this, you’ll need to kill an enemy and then carry their body into one of these. These are found all over the map and so are patrolling enemies. Keep an eye out for the swirl of leaves. When you come across one, check if any enemies are nearby as well.

Keeping your hands steady

Shoot an enemy in the head, through an obstacle, having the intoxication effect.

This can easily be earned in Zalissya. There is a fire near the center of town where 5 NPCs can be found sitting around. First, go inside and buy some vodka. Then, go outside and make a manual save. Just before the entrance to the shop is a small room right next to the fire. You can see the NPCs at the fire through a window here. Drink the vodka you bought until you have the intoxication effect, aim at an NPC’s head through a window and then shoot. Make sure to shoot through a window that has glass in it. The bullet has to pass through the glass first before hitting the enemy. Reload your save afterwards.

Catching up

Shoot an incoming grenade to make it explode. Nice view!

Despite the wording, “incoming” in the description, you can actually use your own grenade to get this. Make a save, throw grenade straight up in the air and then quick change to a gun and shoot it. It will take a few tries, so make sure to save before hand so you can reload and get your ammo back.

Flash Royal

Gather all armor and gear enhancement flash drives.

MISSABLE

See the “Scanning complete” Trophy below for more details.

Wiped out

Kill a Rodent using a grenade launcher. A good wipe-out makes the Duty proud.

You can buy a grenade launcher attachment from the trader, Eugene, in Rostok. The grenade launcher he sells can be attached to the AR416, GP37, Kharod and the Clusterfuck. You can also buy the ammo for it from Eugene. You can switch to the grenade launcher in the weapon wheel.

Once you have that, you’ll just need to find a rodent enemy to use it on. You can find some rodents in the northwest corner of the Wild Island region. There is a building that has a big group of rats fenced in. Make a save near the building, shoot the rats with a grenade, or RPG, and then reload your save to get your ammo back.

You can also farm this area to earn the “No obstacle too big…” Trophy for killing 50 enemies by shooting through an obstacle first.

Can opener

Use a knife to kill an enemy wearing an exoskeleton. Epic battle indeed.

As you progress through the story, you’ll eventually come across enemies that are wearing exoskeletons. In order to earn this Trophy, you’re going to need to kill them using only the knife. You cannot use other weapons to weaken them first. All of the damage needs to be done with the knife only. Use an energy drink or water to fill your stamina before attacking them with the knife. I first encountered these enemies in the main story mission, Dawn of a New Day.

Coupons to burn

Spend over 1,000,000 coupons. Myklukha and Sidorovich will fight hard over their favorite customer.

This Trophy is accumulative. All you have to do here is spend money throughout the game. You can farm this by making a save at a vendor, buy gear until you are out of money, reload your save and do it again. You can repeat that until the Trophy pops.

Bouncy

A successful jump from a 30-meter height. No parachute, though.

This can be earned by jumping off of the tower that is found on the west side of the Wild Island region. It’s on the narrow land that connects the island to the rest of the zone.

Once you’re there, climb up to the top and look down standing to the left of the backpack. Jump off and land in the anomaly on the ground and it should catch you. Make sure you jump off the top instead of just walking off of it in order to get the required 30 meters.

Run, stalker, run!

That Chimera made you run like an Olympic champion!

This can be earned in the north western corner of the Zaton region. There is a railroad track that leads to a tunnel. A Chimera spawns in and around that tunnel. In order for this to pop, you need to get run far enough away from the Chimera so that it stops chasing you. This is marked by the red bar that is under the compass at the top of the screen. When that red bar disappears, that means it is no longer after you.

Make a save before doing this just in case you need to try again.

Approach that tunnel and get the Chimera’s attention so that it charges you. Immediately run straight west just to the right of the tunnel. There are some ledges this way that you can drop down. The Chimera won’t chase you down the ledges. Just keep going until the red bar under the compass goes away. Make sure to have some energy drinks or waters quick slotted to regain your stamina while running.

Peace and quiet

Kill everyone in the camp before the alarm is set off. They couldn’t see it coming!

There are a few things about this Trophy description that are a little misleading. First, if an enemy sees you, a white bar will appear on screen pointing in the direction of the enemy detecting you. It won’t be full at first, but that will still count as what the Trophy description states as an “alarm.” Even if that white bar doesn’t fill up, it will count as you being detected. So, if you see that bar, it’s too late, unless you have save file you can reload. Second, a “camp” also means a campfire. It doesn’t have to be an enemy base or anything like that.

This Trophy can easily be earned by killing a group of enemies sitting around a fire with an RPG. There is a campfire that is south of Zalissya along a wall. It is just southeast of the Sphere. There are 4 enemies sitting around the fire. Come back here when you have an RPG and sneak up behind the camp. Don’t get too close, but close enough until you see the enemies. If you get too close, they’ll see you. So make a save as you approach the camp fire. Aim the RPG at the fire and shoot. The single rocket will kill all 4 of the enemies. If you see that white bar appear on screen, reload your save and try again.

The RPG can be found on the north side of the Wild Island on top of a big stack of barrels near the northern coastline. This is almost straight north from the Shelter.

Another one can be found in the Red Forest. This one is inside a hole in the ground inside of a crashed train car on the northwestern side of the region east of the Quarry.

Proxy

Kill a squad that just finished off another squad and won the fight. Or so they thought…

As you travel across the Zone, you’ll sometimes come across two groups fighting each other. When you do, hide and wait for one of the groups to kill the other. When the other group has been completely eliminated, you will need to then kill all of the enemies of the group that won the battle. This can be against humans or animals.

Lockpick

Lure a mutant into an anomaly. Hardly a noble deed, but it gets the job done.

This can be earned early on the game during A Needle in a Haystack main mission. During the mission, you’ll need to go to the Radiation Hazard Signs Storage location.

There are dogs in the courtyard outside of the building and an anomaly outside of the south wall. The dogs will chase you when they notice you. Once they’re chasing you, run to the anomaly and they should run into it.