STALKER 2 Unveils Diverse Endings: Guide to Achieve

This guide details the four distinct endings in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, determined by player choices in three key missions: Subtle Matter, Dangerous Liaisons, and The Last Wish. Conveniently, these missions occur late in the game, allowing players to save before them and experience all endings without a full replay.

Key Missions and Choice Impacts:

Three pivotal missions dictate the game's ending. A manual save before these missions allows players to explore all four outcomes.

1. She Will Never Be Free:

• Subtle Matter: Choose "Life is for the living."
• Dangerous Liaisons: Choose "[Escape]."
• The Last Wish: Choose "[Fire]."

This ending aligns with Strelok's goal of protecting the Zone, achieved by antagonizing all other factions: rejecting Scar, escaping Korshunov, and eliminating Kaymanov.

2. Project Y:

• Subtle Matter: Choose "Life is for the living."
• Dangerous Liaisons: Choose "[Escape]."
• The Last Wish: Choose "[Lower the Gun]."

Similar to the previous ending, but instead of killing Kaymanov, players spare him, siding with his scientific approach to observing the Zone's natural evolution.

3. Today Never Ends:

• Subtle Matter: Choose "Eternal spring."
• Dangerous Liaisons: Choose "[Escape]."
• The Last Wish: This mission's choice is irrelevant for this ending.

This ending involves assisting Scar, leader of the Spark faction, leading to his entry into a pod believed to transport him to the Shining Zone. Only choices in two missions determine this outcome.

4. Brave New World:

• Subtle Matter: Choose "Life is for the living."
• Dangerous Liaisons: Choose "I'm not your enemy."
• The Last Wish: This mission's choice is irrelevant for this ending.

This ending results from siding with Colonel Krushunov and the Ward faction, aiming to completely eradicate the Zone. Like the Spark ending, only two missions influence this outcome.