The Last Step Walkthrough

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

The Last Step Walkthrough

Notice from Game8		This main mission is exclusive to the Ward ending route of STALKER 2. Only players who chose to side with Korshunov during Dangerous Liaisons will have access to this mission.
List of Objectives
1	Get to the Generators
2	Connect the Remaining Communication Node
3	Get to the Teleportation Hall
4	Drop Down on the Ladder
5	Head Left to the Control Panel and Push the Red Button
6	Examine the Teleporter
7	Kill Strelok
8	Restart the Teleporter and Talk to Korshunov
9	Open the Locked Door at the Right Side of the Area
10	Clear the Path to the Neurolab and Destroy the Monolith Squad
11	Kill Scar
12	Retrieve the Dossier on C-Consciousness Agents
13	Go Down to the Pods with Korshunov
14	Restart the Elevators and Destroy the Granite Squad
15	Meet Up with Korshunov by the Pods

Get to the Generators

Immediately upon arriving in the Generator complex, you'll find yourself overlooking a large courtyard leading to an open blast door. Deal with the Monolithians guarding the perimeter before entering the Generators building via the blast door.

Connect the Remaining Communication Node

White Door
Control Panel

Next, you'll have to connect the remaining communication node in order to establish a connection with the Ward. Upon entering the building, immediately head right and follow the circular hall until you reach a room with a white door.

Open the white door and head inside to find the final control panel (similar to the ones inside each of the bunkers you were activating during Eye of the Storm). Press the red button to connect the communications node.

Get to the Teleportation Hall

Korshunov will contact you after pressing the button and tell you that your next objective is to make it to the Teleportation Hall. Exit through the door to the right of the control panel and head towards the now open blast door.

Kill the Monolithians inside this room before heading towards the broken freight elevator opposite the blast door your entered through.

Enter the Hole on the Ground on the Right Side

Look to the right to find a large box and a guardrail. Jump on the box and look down to find a metal platform across the guardrail.

Jump towards the metal platform and continue to head down the suceeding platforms to reach the bottom of the area. Head to the right to find a small room with several lockers and a shelf.

Restock on Supplies and Create a Manual Save

This small room with lockers and supplies will be your last chance to restock on ammo and health items before the upcoming Strelok Boss Fight. If you're playing on Stalker or Veteran difficulty, make sure you completely resupply and create a manual save here since the next room you enter will already be the boss fight room.

Drop Down on the Ladder

Once you're ready, exit via the white door to arrive at the Teleportation Hall. Follow the metal walkway until you reach a brown closed door and a window on the left. From there, turn right to find a opening on the ground with a ladder that you can descend down.

Head Left to the Control Panel and Push the Red Button

Head left to find the control panel. Push the red button to activate the teleporter. A Warden will try going through the teleporter first but he'll get blown up due to a booby trap. Korshunov will contact you after the explosion.

Examine the Teleporter

Once the conversation with Korshunov ends, go to the teleporter north of the control panel to examine it. You will find the corpse of the unfortunate Warden that died to the booby trap. Upon examining it, Strelok will appear behind you which starts his boss fight.

Kill Strelok

The Strelok Boss Fight is split into 2 phases. The first phase will just be Strelok zipping around the arena while you try to shoot at him. Try to conserve your ammo and wait until he's stationary before firing.

During the second phase, he'll start creating anomalies around the arena. Try fighting on the side of the arena without the Tesla anomaly otherwise you'll always take damage.

Try to end the fight as quickly as possible since Strelok likes bugging out and clipping out of the arena which softlocks the encounter. After killing Strelok, loot his body and get the Heart of Chornobyl artifact.

Don't Try Getting to Close to Strelok

Try to maintain your distance from Strelok since getting too close will prompt him to use his artifact attack that knocks you back. This attack locks you into a recovery animation which wastes precious time that you can be using to deal damage.

Restart the Teleporter and Talk to Korshunov

With Strelok dead, go back to the control panel and press the red button to restart the teleporter. Once Col. Korshunov appears from the teleporter, talk to him to progress.

Open the Locked Door at the Right Side of the Area

Follow the quest marker to reach a locked grey door with a switch beside it. Press the red button to open the door.

Clear the Path to the Neurolab and Destroy the Monolith Squad

Descend the stairs and kill the armored Monolith soldiers. You will encounter several more of them as you pass through the areas and killing all of them completes the Destroy the Monolith Squad objective.

After killing all the Monolith soldiers, follow the quest marker on the compass and look for the white double doors. Open it and watch the cutscene that follows.

Kill Scar

Before you run after Scar, head inside the small room on the left side and pick up the ammos, grenades, and Medkits on the tables and inside the lockers. You will need to replenish your ammons and consumables as you will have to kill Scar in a boss fight.

Once you reach a room with multiple TV screens, crouch and disable the trip wire before entering to start the boss fight.

Press the Red Button on the Control Panel to Turn on the TV Screens

Ignore Scar first and activate the red button on the control panel at the right side of the arena. This causes Scar's shield to disappear and become immobilized for a few seconds. Shoot him when this happens and avoid the zombie soldiers.

When Scar recovers from the immobilized state, run to another area that contains a similar control panel and repeat the strategy. Make sure to lure in Scar first within the vicinity as the TV screens will not have any effect if he is too far.

Once Scar is dead, loot his body and pick up the Altered Toast and the consumables.

Retrieve the Dossier on C-Consciousness Agents

Open the valve door using the red button on the switch to enter the next area. Open the gray double doors on the left and throw bolts at the vortex anomaly near the broken window on the right. Enter the room and head left towards the door.

Head up the stairs and open the door on the right. Head to the right side and pick up the dossier on a brown table to complete the objective.

Go Down to the Pods with Korshunov

Turn around from the brown table and throw bolts at the vortex anomaly near the broken guardrail. Head down and open the valve door to enter the next area.

Follow the quest marker to lead you to several rooms with plenty of ammo, guns, medkits, and other consumables. You can take these as you will have to fight the Granite squad later on.

Once you are ready, go to the switch in front of the red elevator to go down to the pods with Korshunov. Watch the cutscene that follows.

Restart the Elevators and Destroy the Granite Squad

Follow Korshunov until you mentions that the elevator is not working. From there, head to the right side and use the card on the switch to activate the door. Pick up the Medkits and consumables from the shelf near the valve door before proceeding.

Make your way through the narrow corridors and rooms while killing the Granite soldiers. Kill all of them to complete the Destroy the Granite Squad objective.

Find the large control panel that has a skeleton beside it press the red button to restart the elevators to complete the objective.

Meet Up with Korshunov by the Pods

Go to the open double door south of the control panel and head down the stairs on the right side to reach the elevator where Korshunov was.

Take the elevator down and talk to Korshunov to complete the main story and see one of the 4 endings.

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