Subtle Matter Walkthrough

Subtle Matter is a main mission in STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Read on for a complete walkthrough of Subtle Matter, as well as the rewards for completing the mission.

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Subtle Matter Walkthrough

List of Objectives
1	Get to Orbita Station
2	Enter Kaymanov's Office
3	Search Kaymanov's Office
4	Recalibrate the Antenna
5	Go Down to Lab X15
6	Clear Out the Mutants in the Area
7	Install the Cartridge in the Pod Control Room
8	Get Into the Pod
9	Leave the Complex

Get to Orbita Station

Go to the Orbita Station in the Burnt Forest region (marked on your map). The surrounding area will be filled with gravitational anomalies, so use your Bolts to get past them.

Burnt Forest Region Guide

Enter Kaymanov's Office (Code 1995)

Go through the main entrance and defeat the poltergeist inside. Look for a keypad near one of the doors along the circular hallway and enter the code: 1995.

The door will then be unlocked. Enter it and proceed ahead to reach Kaymanov's Office.

Search Kaymanov's Office

Inside Kaymanov's Office, grab the Lab X15 Key Card on the desk and then go outside of the station.

Recalibrate the Antenna

Climb up the roof of the Orbita Station via the ladder on the side. Use Bolts to deactivate the electric anomalies on the ground and then go to the satellite. Flip the switch under it to recalibrate the antenna.

Go Down to Lab X15

Jump down from the roof and follow the waypoint towards a staircase that leads down to a locked door. Swipe the Lab X15 keycard on the card terminal to open the door to the lab.

Clear Out the Mutants in the Area

Enter the lower levels of the lab and kill the Burers in the area. Since there will be plenty of them, you can run around the corners of the hallways to take cover from their ranged attacks, or use it as an opportunity to circle around them and attack from behind.

Install the Cartridge in the Pod Control Room

Follow your waypoint to the Pod Control room. Approach the circular device and install the cartridge when prompted.

Get Into the Pod

Go outside of the pod control room and hop into the visiograph pod. After using the visiograph, Scar will catch you as you're about to it and you will have to choose between two dialogue options. Both options will have a major impact on the ending you will get for the main story.

Dialogue Options	Possible Endings
Life is for the living.	Strelok Ending Ward Ending Kaimanov Ending
Eternal Spring	Spark Ending

Eternal Spring or Life is For the Living?

Leave the Complex

After the encounter with Scar, leave the X15 Lab and retrace your steps back up to the surface level. This will end the quest and you can then proceed with the Dangerous Liaisons mission.

Dangerous Liaisons Walkthrough

Get Out of X15 Lab without Attracting Attention (Optional)

There will be soldiers patrolling the hallways of the lab. You can use stealth to quietly sneak your way out to complete the optional objective.

Subtle Matter Rewards

No Mission Rewards

Rewards
This mission has no rewards upon completion.

Subtle Matter Overview

Location and Mission Info

Subtle Matter Mission Info
Starting Location	Burnt Forest
Quest Giver	Starts immediately after Legends of the Zone

STALKER 2 Related Guides

List of All Main Missions

All Main Missions

	List of All Main Missions
1	There and Back Again
2	Behind Seven Seals 2-1. A Tough Awakening 2-2. A Needle in a Haystack 2-3. A Race Against Death
3	Answers Come at a Price
4	The Price Goes Up
5	Deal with the Devil 5-1. King of the Hill (Optional)
6	Back to Slag Heap
7	Hot on the Trail
8	Chasing Ghosts
9	Dead Frequency 9-1. Like a Moth to the Flame
10	In Search of a Guide
11	Ad astra per aspera
12	Extreme Simplicity
13	In Search of a Miracle 13-1. A Long Overdue Visit 13-2. The Forge of Progress 13-3. Wishful Thinking
14	Spark Faction: To the Last Drop of Blood Ward Faction: Law and Order
15	Just Like the Good Old Days
16	The Hornet's Nest
17	An Invisible Threat
18	Dawn of a New Day
19	The Assault on the Duga
20	A Minor Incident
21	In Search of Past Glory
22	Spark Faction: Happiness for Everyone Ward Faction: Once More Unto the Breach
23	Visions of Truth
24	Dark Times
25	An Act of Mercy
26	Legends of the Zone
27	Subtle Matter
28	Dangerous Liaisons
29	Escape from the Cage
30	The Boundary
31	The Road to the Foundation
32	Down Below
33	The Last Wish / Eye of the Storm / Through the valley of the shadow of death
34	Let No One Leave Unsatisfied / The Last Step / The Eternal Shining