Stalker 2: tips and tricks to survive in The Zone

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If you come into Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl expecting your previous experiences with shooters to carry you through the game, you’re in for a rude awakening. This is still an FPS, but it is more of an immersive sim and hardcore survival game than anything else. You will need to adopt a very different playstyle to survive in The Zone, which is filled with mutants and bandits all ready to end your journey in a flash. The game expects you to learn its most important lessons the hard way, but you can avoid a lot of that frustration by picking up these essential tips and tricks for Stalker 2 before you dive in.

Save a lot and often

This point cannot be understated. Saving in Stalker 2 should become a reflex after doing almost anything. If you make it to a town, save. After you manage your inventory and are about to go back out into danger, save. If you hear a nearby confrontation you want to investigate, save. After you survive a gunfight, save. This isn’t just because death comes so fast and you can end up losing quite a bit of progress, but also because Stalker 2 is a bit buggy, and backing up your save might end up saving your playthrough.

Stalker 2 will auto-save from time to time, but it does so very sparingly and shouldn’t be relied upon. Instead, we suggest rotating at three to five save files at minimum.

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Focus on two weapons

Inventory management is going to take up a ton of time and attention. You have a limited inventory, both in terms of size and weight, and there is not much you can do about it except learn better ways to maximize your space. Trying to carry more than two primary weapons will end up pushing you over the weight limit very fast if you want to bring along enough healing items, food, drinks, and ammo