Friends!
All servers have been shut down, meaning Stalkers will soon be able to personally experience all the changes included in today's Content Update!
Also, in honor of the release of the long-awaited update, we are pleased to share a promo code with players, which will definitely be a pleasant addition to exploring the Zone.
Promo Code: SO_NEW_YEAR_25
The promo code is available for activation until 22.12.25, 00:01 (Moscow Time).
You can activate it by selecting the appropriate option in the character selection menu.
Also, all active media partners have added exciting promo codes to give away to users in their personal accounts on the media.stalker.so website!
Enjoy reading, and see you in the update!
Equipment sets are special groups of items that, when worn together, provide additional, often unique, bonuses to a character. The more items from the same set equipped, the greater the overall bonus and the more powerful the character.
Bonuses from equipped items are cumulative. This means that if you have four pieces of a set equipped, you'll receive the bonus for both two and four pieces. If you wear the entire set, you'll receive all three bonuses.
– Added a new equipment set – “Vityaz”.
The set consists of a helmet, body armor, jacket, pants, gloves and boots.
Bonuses of the "Vityaz" set:
Active skill "Electro Pulse": Restores health and stamina to their maximum values. If the character's health is below 30% when the skill is activated, they gain an additional effect: reducing incoming damage by 30% for 6 seconds. Cooldown: 7 minutes.
The total damage that the character would have received without the effect is reduced - that is, the sturdiness reduces damage earlier than the active skill effect does.
Using an active skill requires a charge of the “Vityaz” Battery.
– Added 25 new items and 7 new recipes for crafting "Vityaz" equipment set. These items can be obtained in several ways:
– A new large settlement has been added – Ataman’s Outpost.
Ataman's Squad is a group of legendary stalkers who have explored the mysterious Zone in depth. Now they have settled on the territory of a former colony, declaring the camp free for entry and trade. In addition to research, the squad is also developing special equipment to aid survival in the most dangerous environments.
– Added a level 5 weapon station to the Ataman's Outpost.
– Added a new passage to the location.
The elevator operator (Vesuvius, square I9-1) now sends you to Lapt (Black Forest, square R4-3). Required conditions:
Note: The passage is only possible in one direction.
– Added new spawn points for the peat spider, sages, and black fiends.
The "City N" event is now live! Take part in New Year's activities and earn valuable rewards!
– The event will last from 16.12.25 to 24.02.26.
– You can get to City N by contacting the NPC "Shill", who is located in the following settlements:
– Added a new expedition (Dungeon) – “Snowy Heights”.
Father Frost asks for help delivering gifts to City N for good stalkers. The all-terrain vehicle's safe arrival is constantly hampered by evil bandits who never received gifts from Father Frost as children, as well as mutants who have settled here and react aggressively to the noise created by numerous pyrotechnic explosions.
– Added a new mode – “Christmas Tree Defence”.
A group of 10 stalkers must join forces and try to protect the Christmas Tree from mutants and animals, and the approaching night and deepening frost will certainly add to the challenge. Strategically placed turrets powered by an unusual fuel – Festive Mood – will help them cope with the threat!
Active players will receive their reward even if they don't defeat all 7 waves of enemies. Victory in the mode also awards an additional reward.
– Added new festive grenades.
Four variations of grenades in the form of Christmas toys with unique and unusual effects. How to obtain:
Item lifetime: 7 days.
– Added a new holiday artifact, “New Year's Eve conductor”.
Usage: Teleports the player holding the artifact to one of the possible locations in the player's current location. Does not teleport between locations. Each location has its own list of possible teleportation points, which can be accessed by right-clicking the artifact in your inventory.
Cooldown: 10 minutes.
The artifact has 6 uses.
The counter decreases after teleportation.
Item lifetime: 24 hours.
Note: The artifact is bound to the character - it cannot be placed in an artifact container, transferred, sold or thrown away, but it can be removed from the inventory.
The “New Year's Eve conductor” can be obtained as a reward for completing daily quests from Bolvanschik in City N.
– Added new New Year's quests related to cult films and cartoons.
– Updated the “Team Snowball Fight” mode:
– Changed the Ice Paukan activity. It can now be encountered during the "Ritual cauldron" event, which is activated by offering certain holiday items.
– Changed the list of rewards for “Belochka” candies with Johnny.
– Now you need to bring 7 gifts to receive a reward in the “Gingerbread Madness” mode.
– Removed the “Big Mess” mode.
– Removed the exchange for “Belochka” candies with Exchanger.
– Added a player survey system.
Players will periodically be offered the opportunity to complete short surveys on various topics for a small in-game reward. This will help directly collect player feedback on topics of interest to the developers and speed up data-driven decision-making.
– Redesigned the equipment modification menu.
Added the ability to switch the display of weapons via the corresponding checkbox in the menu.
Added paint templates. How they work:
Some important details:
– Changed the health and stamina bars.
Added a numerical display of current and maximum health, as well as scaling the bar's length based on the health and stamina bar’s value. The more maximum health or stamina you have, the longer the bar will be.
– Added display of the current filter state.
– Improved the display of equipped weapons.
Added the ability to toggle the display between 1 and 3 weapons. This can be assigned to a key in the keyboard settings.
– Added display of carried weight.
The display can be switched in the interface settings.
– Changed the NPC name panels, crosshair interaction icons, and the interaction bar. These changes serve to align the interface with a unified style and will also facilitate future improvements.
– Added the ability to display individual clan members on a permanent basis.
In the Clan window ([O] by default), a new icon will appear in the "Members" tab. Clicking it will create a check mark next to each clan member. The name of each member with this check mark will be permanently displayed, even if you have set all members to display as standard or via icon.
– Added the ability to display the names of all clan members by pressing a key ([ALT + C] combination by default).
These two changes will help faction players better navigate active combat situations that require quick reactions.
– Changed the visual display of markers on the map
Along with the visual changes, more flexible customization will help players navigate the terrain more easily.
– Changed the mini-map.
– Added the location of your comrades' deaths – within a group or clan. Clan member markers are only displayed in the PVP zone. Group member markers are displayed everywhere. These markers appear on the map for a short time, and their display can be toggled using the marker filter in the upper right corner.
– Added a compass. The panel will display markers for tracked missions and a target marker, which can be manually placed on the map. Compass visibility can be toggled in the interface settings.
– Added the ability to collapse each window with tracked quests individually.
– Changed the 3D item preview window. Added switching between windowed and fullscreen modes.
– Added the ability to switch between quick access menu options: the wheel, the panel in the lower right corner, or both. Switching between options is available in the interface settings.
– Visually changed the quick access panel.
– Added four transferable Premium Subscription options to the in-game store: 30, 90, 180, and 360 days.
A transferable Premium Subscription is not tied to a character; it can be shared with another player via trade, listed for sale on the Bulletin Board, or dropped from the inventory.
– Added the ability to reset weapon modifications.
– Increased the base rate of fire by 10 for the following weapons:
The changes are related to the fix of an issue related to the modification of the rate of fire of the weapons listed specifically.
– Added two new camouflages for equipment modification: “Tiger” and “Tiger Stripe”.
– Replaced the following items, now no longer relevant:
A pop-up window about replacing items will appear when you first log into the game after the update is released.
– Changed the defence stats of gas masks and respirators:
– Changed the cost of gas masks and respirators:
Gas Mask PBF EO-19.
Purchase:
Sale:
Gas Mask GP-5.
Purchase:
Sale:
Gas Mask RSH-4.
Purchase:
Sale:
– Changed the levels of gas masks and filters:
– Now gas masks and filters below level 3 no longer protect against negative effects in the Tunguska, Caravan, Black Forest and New Land, Northern and Southern i. locations.
– Changes have been made to temporary respawn points (bonfires) at the following fortification points and bases:
Liubech Outskirts.
Bases:
Fortification points:
Vesuvius.
Bases:
Fortification points:
Airport.
Fortification points:
Tunguska.
Bases:
Black Forest.
Bases:
Fortification points:
– Changed the conditions for creating a clan.
– Changed the cost of services in the recruitment system.
– Changed the cost of joining a clan.
– Changed the cost of increasing the clan level.
– Changed the number of CP written off monthly.
– Now rewards for the stages of the "Expedition to the lair of Paukan" quest are included in the overall quest reward.
– Now, the samples required for the "Academic collection of analyzes" quest will be collected in a single temporary container.
– Now Senya Sapozhnikov is always available for interaction at the Sunset base.
– Stas Kachinsky, as well as the corresponding safe zone and spawn point in the Black Forest location, have now been moved from square C2-1 to square C2-3.
– Now the way to leave Liubech with Shtaket’s help is available even during the story chapter “Battle for Liubech”.
– Patrols of the "UNION" clan can now be encountered in the Lyubech Outskirts. A group of five NPCs moves along the main road and can assist stalkers in trouble with animals and mutants, as well as PK-players (red character name). If attacked by a player, they return fire.
– Added containers for successfully completing group expeditions (dungeons), from which you can receive additional rewards with a certain chance.
– Increased base carry weight: 33 kg >>> 38 kg.
– Changed the weight calculation system for equipped items. Now, an item's weight is no longer halved if it's equipped or held. This also resolves an issue where a player's carry weight would unexpectedly increase slightly.
This change is offset by an increase in the base carry weight value and an increase in additional carry weight in character skills.
– Added autorun by pressing a key ([Num Lock] by default). You can assign the key in the keyboard settings.
– Reduced peat spider respawn time from 4-6 hours to 1.5-2.5 hours.
– Added two new negative effects that can be found in high-level locations:
– Changed the following negative effects
– Added two new passages to the guides.
Navigator Lukashin (Tunguska) now sends to Alexander (New Land, Northern i.). Required conditions:
Alexander (New Land, Northern i.) now sends to Navigator Lukashin (Tunguska). Required conditions and passage options:
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– Changed the following character skills:
Category “Stalker”:
Category “Fighter”:
Category “Hunter”:
Note: Due to changes to character skills, the skills themselves will be reset. This does NOT apply to clan skills.
– Reworked the visual display of the following anomalies:
– The game now features deferred rendering, which allows for more light sources to be used in scenes.
Before this technology was introduced, the engine had significant lighting limitations.
Note: the mechanics are still under development and do not reflect the final quality of its operation.
At this stage, when it is enabled, a decrease in the number of frames may be observed on some video cards.
What is deferred rendering for?
Deferred rendering is a method of handling lighting in a game where the engine first collects all the information about the scene's geometry and then calculates the lighting separately.
For developers, this allows them to use more dynamic light sources without a noticeable performance hit, and makes it easier to work with complex lighting and effects.
For players, this means more realistic and vibrant lighting, fewer frame drops with a large number of lights, flashes, and lanterns, and a more visually modern image.
You can enable deferred rendering in the game settings:
Settings -> Main Settings -> deferred render (experimental)
We are actively working to improve the in-game engine and are looking forward to future technological possibilities.
– Added loudspeaker announcements in Liubech. They can be heard at 9:00 and 21:00 in-game time.
– Added many interface sounds.
– Reworked the sounds of anomalies and their interactions with the character.
– Reworked the sounds of character steps.
– Reworked the sounds of a stone falling after being thrown
– Adjusted volume of ambient sounds.
– Fixed an issue related to incorrect display of grenade explosion particles.
– Fixed an issue where Marat Uganda's master level was incorrectly displayed.
– Fixed an issue where character footsteps were not heard while walking in aiming mode.
– Fixed an issue where a battery was required to use stations at bases.
– Fixed an issue where an invisible container could be found during the "In search of electronic parts" quest.
– Fixed an issue related to the incorrect placement of guards at the “Station” fortification point.
– Fixed an issue that prevented the completion of the “Offense is the Best Defence” quest.
– Fixed an issue where the temporarily issued radio would remain in the inventory after canceling the “Interference in the air” quest.
– Fixed an issue where attempting to pay for equipment modifications would not take into account Modification Tickets located in the Account Storage.
– Fixed an issue where a character would be moved outside of an accessible location for no apparent reason, such as in the corridor of the Distillery bar.
– Fixed an issue related to the quest markers for “Lost in three pines”, “Samples of living origin” and “A bit of looting”.
– Fixed an issue where it was impossible to take the quest “Devil Piglets”.
– Fixed an issue where the firing mode for pistols was incorrectly displayed in the equipped weapon interface.
– Fixed an issue where completing certain quests would award reputation for incorrect and technical clans.
– Fixed an issue where the maximum number of inventory slots was not taken into account when trading between players.
– Fixed an issue where the character would get stuck in a bar stool after finishing a dialogue with Mitrofan.
– Fixed an issue where an incorrect version of the "Radio Parts" item was not counted towards completing quests. They will be automatically replaced with the correct version when the update is released.
– Fixed an issue related to an incorrect description of the “Serious injury” skill.
– Fixed various issues related to the use of stations belonging to story clans.
– Fixed an issue where, when accepting a player into a clan through the recruitment system, the maximum number of clan members was not taken into account.
– Fixed an issue where after automatically modifying a weapon using all consumables, a visual display of the item remained in the corresponding slot.
– Fixed an issue where it was possible to cancel the upgrade while modifying a weapon in one-time mode.
– Fixed an issue where the cursor would disappear when attempting to repair all clothing or clean all weapons.
– Fixed an issue where, when attempting to accept the quest "Parcel for Sly", the dialog did not indicate how long it would take for the quest to become available again.
– Fixed an issue that caused incorrect character behavior after opening certain interface windows.
– Fixed an issue where some windows related to the clan recruitment system were missing borders.
– Fixed an issue where a message about changing the base owner would appear when dragging a flag without subsequently changing the owner.
– Fixed an issue where when trading with base merchants, money was not credited to the base account.
– Fixed an issue where using the items "Small grindstone," "Weapon Cleaning Kit," "Clothes sewing kit" and "Suits and gas masks sewing kit" would display an erroneous message in the in-game chat about the item being lost.
– Fixed numerous spots in various locations and expeditions (dungeons) where players could gain an unreasonable advantage.
– Fixed numerous visual issues in locations.
– Fixed localization of some items, effect descriptions and dialogues.
– Fixed various typos in the text.
Sincerely,
Stay Out Team
