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STALKER 2 Heart of Chornobyl
Deceive the Deceiver Walkthrough
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Deceive the Deceiver is a Side Mission located in the Garbage in STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Read on to see the Deceive the Deceiver mission location, detailed walkthrough, and all its rewards!
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Deceive the Deceiver Overview and Rewards
Location and Mission Info
| Deceive the Deceiver Mission Info | |
|---|---|
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| Starting Location | South of Plant Boiler Station, Garbage |
| Quest Giver | Akopyan |
You can get this mission by following the A Big Score side mission. You can also go straight to Akopyan and save him if you want to avoid doing extra steps.
Completion Rewards
| Rewards |
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Reward from Akopyan for killing Zakhar: ・2500 Coupons on Stalker Difficulty Reward from Zakhar for escorting him: ・2500 Coupons on Stalker Difficulty |
You can now get both rewards if you escort Zakhar to his men and kill him after, as the bug where Akopyan dies is now fixed.
Deceive the Deceiver Walkthrough
| List of Objectives | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take Sashko Cheery's Gun | |||||
| 2 | Lure Zakhar Away from the Slag Heap | |||||
| 3 | Escort and Kill Zakhar | |||||
| 4 | Receive the Reward from Akopyan | |||||
Take Sashko Cheery's Gun
Take Sashko Cheery's Gun, the Spitter (Buket S-2), before going to Slag Heap to convince Zakhar Babay to leave. You should be able to find his dead body from the people you've killed to save Akopyan.
Lure Zakhar Away from the Slag Heap
Go to Slag Heap and talk to Zakhar Babay. Tell him Akopyan's mesage and show him Sashko's gun to prove that Akopyon killed them. This will scare him away from Slag Heap and will ask you to accompany him.
Escort Zakhar and Kill Him
Escort Zakhar out of Slag Heap first and kill him once he meets with his men to get your Coupon reward. Doing so will allow you to get Coupons, his AKM-74S with 100% durability (from his body), and Akopyan's reward.
This part was bugged before, but it is now fixed and you can get all the rewards after escorting Zakhar and killing him to get a reward from Akopyan. If you are still encountering this bug, you can try to reload a save (or autosave) and try it again.
Receive the Reward from Akopyan
You can go back to Akopyan in Slag Heap if you killed Zakhar. You will receive Coupons from him, and that will be the end of this mission.
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Anonymous 5 monthsIf you go to his stash before him (without him seeing) and loot it, you'll be able to get 2 100% condition AKMs.
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Akopyan was still dying for me as he seems to run through a radiation field. Luckily eliminating Zakhar while he's at his stash works fine as it makes Ako spawn safely inside the Slag Heap.