Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl Walkthrough (Part 3) – Wild Island Main Missions Guide

In this walkthrough for Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl, we’ll guide you through the third location, the Wild Island region, providing numerous timestamps and explanations. Along the path to main quests, we’ll uncover hidden loot caches. We’ll complete all side missions connected to the main missions like Hot on the Trail and Chasing Ghosts. Additional side missions we’ll tackle include Sign of Hope and Shift Change.

00:01 – Intro

Hot on the Trail

00:05 – Stalker Loot Stash near Plant Boiler Station as we enter Wild Island

02:10 – Cutscene (Speaking with Scar at the sawmill)

06:00 – We show Scar the PDA as we’ll be aligning with Spark for now

07:00 – This ends Back to the Slag Heap and starts Hot on the Trail main mission

11:24 – Completing the “Heavy Burden” side quest could provide a simpler route to reach Noontide Base, given the “Heavy Burden” objective.

11:40 – Search for the PDA on a body and the cargo

19:20 – Stuff For a Rainy Day Stash on top of a smokestack

21:20 – Show the package to the guard to gain entry, continuing Heavy Burden side mission

23:44 – Speaking with Prof. Lodochka to complete Heavy Burden side mission

29:10 – Speaking with Dubny for Hot on the Trail main mission

31:44 – Give anti-rad drugs to Steward to get two Artifacts

34:25 – How to get to Strider

40:45 – Speaking with Lodochka again

43:40 – How to reach the roof for A Sign of Hope side mission

46:00 – You have the freedom to decide on your approach when encountering the zombie; this decision will not significantly alter the overall plot. However, if you choose to take down the undead creature, you’ll receive a Bear Detector as a reward from Lodochka.

47:55 – Going back to Lodochka to finish the side mission called Sign of Hope, since we killed the zombie as per her request and acquired a superior artifact detector.

53:39 – Underground area near WPS with some loot

55:50 – Speaking with Jumper

1:04:20 – How to find North and get the key for Shift Change side mission

1:07:15 – The key unlocks both the basement and the office. Start with the office to gather some treasures and information; the basement can wait.

1:11:05 – Move around the toxic gas to snag a Buket S-2 Magazine attachment

1:14:30 – Maintain a safe space from the Controller, and eliminate it if you’re aiming to finish the Shift Change side mission.

1:19:17 – Gain entry password for Monolithian Stash, obtained upon defeating the Controller.

1:20:04 – Position of the Inductor (If the Inductor is missing from this spot, you may need to revert to a previous save as the object failed to load initially, which was necessary once before.)

1:22:00 – Save Jumper and Bluish to finish off Shift Change side mission

1:25:20 – Cutscene (Faust and Strider argue and this completes Hot on the Trail main mission)

Chasing Ghosts

1:31:40 – Strider gives you his custom Lynx sniper rifle and Chasing Ghosts main mission begins

1:33:40 – Get to Azimuth by crossing the slim piece of land, the water has high radiation levels

1:39:10 – Check the dead soldier for the Azimuth Station Basement Key

1:45:00 – The dead soldier near the ladder should have the Azimuth Key Card

1:46:40 – Take the left route rather than right route, has fewer traps

1:47:50 – Speak to Foma, he’ll die whether you execute him or not

1:49:40 – Grab the Holo Sight and then install the Inductor

1:50:25 – Activate the device, which will end Chasing Ghosts main mission

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