Artifacts play a major role in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl gameplay when it comes to adding buffs to Skif's stats. The only way to grab an artifact from an anomalous area is by using an artifact ...

Artifacts in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl provide the player powerful passive effects, enhancing your survivability and performance in the Zone. They also have a few drawbacks, such as usually being ...

Artifacts aren't just a gameplay item in Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl; they carry narrative weight. Your journey into the Zone begins with an artifact destroying the protagonist's home. Many stalkers ...

Jaime Tugayev is the News Editor for DualShockers with over a decade of experience, and a much longer love for fantasy, shooters and strategy games. In STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Skif ends up in ...

Get more artifacts faster with the right gear — and the right locations. By the middle of STALKER 2 you’ll be able to collect two detectors that make hunting artifact expeditions a whole lot easier.

Jaime Tugayev is the News Editor for DualShockers with over a decade of experience, and a much longer love for fantasy, shooters and strategy games. When that trader told you to go kick rocks after ...

Near the center of the Yantar region is the Choppers Field location, a field with many choppers (believe it or not). It's also where you can hunt down an artifact. Use bolts to deactivate the ...

You can find an artifact in the Malachite Railway Tunnel that's southwest of STC Malachite. The entrance of the tunnel points south. At the tunnel's halfway point is a doorway that leads to another ...

Jason is a classic jack-of-all-trades writer who loves to cover most topics, though gaming has always been his strong suit. After spending the better part of the past decade freelancing for various ...

The Compass Artifact is found in an optional region of the game called the Cordon. This is a recreation of the first map in the original STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl game. You’ll find the original ...

Ayyoun is a staff writer who loves all things gaming and tech. His journey into the realm of gaming began with a PlayStation 1 but he chose PC as his platform of choice. With over 6 years of ...