The Boundary Walkthrough

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

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The Boundary Walkthrough

List of Objectives
1	Get to Yaniv Station
2	Talk to the Man in Charge of Yaniv Station
3	Fight Off the Monolith Assault
4	Talk to the Stalker at the Top of the Water Tower
5	Find Spirit
6	Help the Stalkers Fight off the Monolith
7	Talk to the Leader of the Stalker Group
8	Find Spirit (Continued)
9	Retrieve the Modified Scanner from the Spark Bunker
	Option 1			Option 2
	Give the Scanner to Nor			Get through the tunnels using the Scanner
10	Find a Way into Prypiat

Get to Yaniv Station

Make your way to the Yaniv Station Base northwest of Rostok. If you have previously been to Yaniv Station, you can ask the Guide (found in bases) to fast travel there for a price.

Yaniv Region Guide

Talk to the Man in Charge of Yaniv Station

When you arrive at Yaniv Station, go to the room of Wreck - one of the traders in the base. Here you'll find both him and Dmytro Nor, the man in charge. Ask them about passage through to Pripyat then exhaust their dialogue options to know more about a guide named Spirit.

NOTE: Once the conversation ends, make sure to prepare some consumables and ammo as a scripted combat sequence between Monolith soldiers and the Yaniv Station soldiers will occur after you exit the main base building.

Fight Off the Monolith Assault

After learning about Spirit, Nor will tell you to look for the stalker at the top of the water tower in Yaniv Station base. However, as you leave, the Monolith will attack the station.

All Monolith soldiers will spawn in Exosuits with high physical protection. Use guns with a high penetration stat and go for headshots to get kills in two shots. AKM-74S mains can sub in the Dnipro since both use 5.45X39mm PS ammo. AR416 or GP37 users can use the Kharod since it also fires 5.56x45mm M885. The SVU-MK S-3 also works in a pinch for 1-shot kills to the head.

After the fight, don't forget to loot the Monolith soldier corpses as it is likely that one of them may drop a Gauss Gun and other valuable weapons, armor, and consumables. You can then store these in the Private Box inside the Yaniv Station.

Talk to the Stalker at the Top of the Water Tower

With the Monolith put down, climb the tall water tower to the left of the Yaniv Station entrance. Open the door and climb the stairs to reach the top. Enter the room on the left to find Richter inside. Talk to him to complete the quest objective.

Find Spirit

Spirit is located near the Red Forest region southwest of Yaniv Station. Make sure to have enough consumables and ammo as the next objective is a combat sequence.

Note that when you arrive near the area with stone walls in between, a new objective will pop up requiring you to complete it first before you can find Spirit.

Help the Stalkers Fight off the Monolith

Hide behind one of the stone gates and kill the Monolith soldiers. Make sure to kill the Monolith soldier on top of the large vehicle before moving to cover behind it.

Talk to the Leader of the Stalker Group

Talk to Sanya Ocheret, the leader of the Stalker group, near the archway of the bridge.

Choose "I'm looking for Spirit" and he will open up the way to the tunnel behind him.

Find Spirit (Continued)

Open the gray door to enter the tunnel. Once you reach the area with two tanks at the right side, turn right to find Spirit standing near a large door.

There are multiple ways to convince Spirit depending on the dialogue options to choose from.

Option 1	Option 2	Option 3
Choose the Topmost Dialogue Options	Use the Monolith Regenerator	Have Scar Convince Him (If allied with Spark)

Choose the Topmost Dialogue Options to Get Spirit's Bunker Key Card

Talk to Spirit and choose the topmost dialogue options to obtain Spirit's Bunker Key Card.

Use the Monolith Regenerator Quest Item

You can use the Monolith Regenerator quest item that you obtained from An Act of Mercy to save his life. This is also where you can drop off the quest item.

Why Can’t You Drop Quest Items?

If Allied with Spark, Scar Will Convince Him

If you are allied with Spark, Scar will convince him easily allowing you to get the Bunker Key Card.

Retrieve the Modified Scanner from the Spark Bunker

Map Image	Overworld Image

Head to the Spark Bunker northeast of your current location. Use a shotgun as you will fight soldiers in close quarters inside the bunker.

Find the locked door that requires a card to enter and pick up the Scanner-M on the leftmost desk to complete the objective.

After picking up the scanner, you have two options to use it: give it to Nor in exchange for a Prypiat permit or get through the tunnel using the scanner.

The best option is to give the scanner to Nor as he pays you for it and gives you free reign to use the Yaniv base door when passing through to Jupiter from the base.

Choices
Give the Scanner to Nor	Get through the tunnels using the Scanner

Give the M-Scanner to Nor in exchange for a Prypiat permit

Go to Yaniv Station and talk to Dmytro Nor. Choose the "[Scanner-M] I brought the device" dialogue option to give him the scanner.

He will reward you with plenty of Coupons depending on the game's difficulty and access to the Yaniv base door.

Difficulty	Coupon Reward
Rookie	32,391 Coupons
Stalker	24,000 Coupons
Veteran	18,000 Coupons

Get through the tunnel with the help of M-Scanner

If you want to go to the tunnel, find its entrance next to the Tornado Anomaly west of Yaniv Station. Make your way to the abandoned trainyard and loop around it to bypass the Tornado. You'll find the tunnel at the northeast side of the trainyard.

Upon entering the tunnel, you'll see a glowing semi-circle on the ground. Interact with it to set up the M-Scanner. Similar to how you used the scanner in There and Back Again, wait for it to finish charging and clearing the tunnel of electro anomalies before proceeding.

Once the way is clear, simply crouch walk your way to Jupiter. There will be a few electro anomalies left over, but you can just throw bolts at them in order to pass through safely. Make sure to also pick up the Dnipro inside the tunnel for a good late game assault rifle.

Find a Way into Prypiat

Map Image	Overworld Image

If you chose to give the scanner to Nor, head north from Yaniv Station until you reach the ruined remains of the Mobile Building Enterprise.

Head north from there and watch out for the Snork mutant that may appear from the abandoned warehouse.

Avoid heading inside the warehouse and head north until you can find a ruined bus and tall buildings to reach Prypiat. The main quest will be completed and will automatically starts the next one, The Road to the Foundation.

How to Get to Prypiat

The Boundary Rewards

No Mission Rewards

Rewards
This mission has no rewards upon completion.

The Boundary Overview

Location and Mission Info

The Boundary Mission Info
Starting Location	Yaniv
Quest Giver	Starts immediately after either Escape the Cage or Dangerous Liaisons depending on your story choice in Dangerous Liaisons.

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