There is no exact artifact respawn timer in STALKER 2: Shadow of Chornobyl. Learn about factors that don't affect artifact respawn time and an example farming route for artifacts.

Artifact Respawn Timer Explained

Factors that Don't Affect Respawns

Per our own testing, there is no noticeable impact on the artifact respawn timer from any of the factors above. Artifacts can still not respawn after an Emission while some have been found to respawn even before the event.

We can also confirm that neither sleep, fast travel, nor distance affect the artifact's respawn time, as we've gotten inconsistent results.

With no way to clearly know the exact value of artifact respawn times, it is best to spend time planning artifact farming routes and exploring regions instead. After having finished routes, try going through them again to see if any artifacts may have respawned.

All Artifact Farming Locations

Artifact Respawn Farming Route

Sample Artifact Farming Route

Read Artifact Farming Map from Bottom to Top
Garbage, Cement Factory, and Rostok Lesser Zone

Named areas above (bases exempted) are filled with anomalies and are known to respawn artifacts.

Above is an example of an artifact farming route you can follow. The route starts at the Lesser Zone and ends at Rostok. You can restart this route at the end of it or after an Emission. Use the guide at Rostok to let you fast travel back to Zalissya.

Artifacts spots in this route are closer to bases and to each other, so it'll be easier to go back and forth between them when needed to check when artifacts have respawned.

Best Artifacts

STALKER 2 Related Guides

List of All Artifacts

Legendary Artifacts

All Legendary Artifacts
Heart of Chornobyl	Weird Ball	Weird Bolt
Weird Flower	Weird Nut	Weird Pot
Weird Water	-	-

Acid Anomaly Artifacts

All Acid Artifacts
Bubble	Ciliate	Crust
Crystal Thorn	Devil's Mushroom	Horn
Kolobok	Liquid Rock	Meat Chunk
Mica	Mold	Pellicle
Skipjack	Slime	Slug
Thorn	Tourist's Breakfast	Urchin

Electro Anomaly Artifacts

All Electro Artifacts
Battery	Chocolate Bar	Crest
Flash	Glare	Harp
Lantern	Moonlight	Rat King
Sapphire	Shell	Shop Class
Snowflake	Soul	Sparkler
Starfish	Thunderberry	-

Gravitational Anomaly Artifacts

All Gravity Artifacts
Broken Rock	Compass	Crown
Flower Bud	Flytrap	Goldfish
Gravi	Jellyfish	Magic Cube
Night Star	Pebble	Rosin
Spring	Stone Blood	Stone Heart
Whirlwind	Wrenched	-

Thermal Anomaly Artifacts

All Thermal Artifacts
Cavity	Crystal	Dead Sponge
Droplets	Eye	Fireball
Flaw	Hypercube	Lyre
Magma	Mama's Beads	Meat Lighter
Petal	Plasma	Spinner
Steak	Torch	-