This information will inform you whether or not you need to kill Solder in STALKER 2 or simply knock him out and what occurs for every of those decisions in a while within the sport.
STALKER 2 requires you to make decisions each every so often. Generally, the alternatives are easy (similar to in The Poppy Area mission), and different instances, they are much harder. This information will inform you what to do with Solder in STALKER 2 and the way your choice can have an effect on the longer term.
Ought to You Kill Solder in STALKER 2 or Knock Him Out?
You shouldn’t kill Solder in STALKER 2. Should you go away him alive, you will have the prospect to get a lot larger rewards throughout a chaotic mission at a a lot later level within the sport.
Beneath, we’ll clarify what occurs for those who make every selection, and why you need to go away Solder alive.
What Occurs if You Kill Solder in STALKER 2?
Should you kill Solder in STALKER 2, you’ll loot his physique. Sadly, he would not have a lot in the way in which of beneficial loot. We do not but know if there are any extra unfavourable penalties for this selection.
What Occurs if You Knock Solder Out in STALKER 2?
Should you knock out Solder in STALKER 2, there isn’t any instant reward; you will nonetheless be capable of loot the room. This loot consists of the Excessive-Capability PTM Journal, a weapon attachment that offers you a couple of extra photographs together with your PTM pistol. You will not, nonetheless, be capable of loot Solder.
A lot later within the sport, you will encounter a foremost story mission referred to as “The Hornet’s Nest” that requires you to go to the Sphere and examine unusual Psi readings. You may must struggle your manner by a number of Monolith troopers, a few of them closely armored.
Spare Solder and you may hear radio communications from him when you get to the second flooring of the goal constructing. Preserve a watch out for this hallway on the northeast nook of the second flooring:
Solder is within the room forward. Make sure that your weapons are loaded, since you’ll solely have a few seconds to save lots of him. You may wish to save your sport, too, simply in case!
While you get into the subsequent room, you will see Solder engaged in a gunfight with two closely armored Monolith troopers:
It’s attainable for Solder to die right here, so take each Monolith troopers down as rapidly as attainable. Should you can efficiently kill the troopers, Solder will put his gun down and you’ll speak to him.
Undergo the dialogue choices and Solder will reveal that there’s a breaker in a close-by room that may lower energy to the Sphere; he’ll provide you with “Solder’s Key” which can be utilized to open a door with a breaker field that can lower the facility to the Sphere. He’ll additionally reveal the situation of Sukhin’s Stash in Sukhin’s workplace.
You may nonetheless be capable of get Solder’s Key even when he dies, and you may nonetheless be capable of get into Sukhin’s Stash if Solder would not inform you about it. There isn’t a distinction within the loot or the mission’s conduct if Solder dies so far as we are able to inform.
That mentioned, we do not but know if Solder will pop up once more in a future mission or location, so it is a good suggestion to err on the facet of warning and preserve him alive. Who is aware of — he might assist you to once more sooner or later! (We’ll make sure you replace this information if we discover out for sure.)
Head previous Solder, flip left, and undergo the barracks (the room with all the bunk beds). Rapidly flip left on the barracks — there are enemies to your proper — and you may encounter a white door with a lifeless soldier in entrance of it:
The breaker field is within the room on the opposite facet of this door. Go in, pull the lever, and you may lower off energy to the Sphere’s generator. Should you do not lower the facility off, you will be subjected to Psi assaults as you ascend up the ramp within the Sphere, making the battle rather more troublesome.
Subsequent, exit the breaker field room and go straight forward. You may discover a number of Monolith troopers — some armored, some not — within the subsequent room. Sukhin’s Stash is in his workplace behind two cupboard doorways:
You possibly can then proceed with the remainder of your mission. Proceed ahead and you will have to struggle round a dozen extra Monolith troopers as you ascend the Sphere. Should you uncared for to close off the breaker, you will even be subjected to Psi injury as you make your manner up.
You may discover an Emitter on the prime of the Sphere. This would be the second Emitter you’ve got discovered after retrieving the primary one from Noontide.
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