Endurance refers to the stamina stat in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. See an explanation on what Endurance does and ways to increase Endurance.

What Does Endurance Do?

Endurance Affects Stamina Drain and Stamina Recorvery

Endurance, as seen in Artifact descriptions, affects both stamina drain and stamina recovery. You can find the stamina meter below the health bar on the bottom-left corner of the screen.

By default, it takes 5 seconds to drain one stamina bar and 4 seconds for it to recover. Equipping Artifacts with Endurance effects reduces these durations.

Stamina regenerates over time as long as you are not running while the meter is refilling. If you are encumbered, the meter fills slower than usual once the carry weight limit becomes yellow or red on the inventory screen.

Drink Energy Drinks or Water to Restore Stamina

If you need to restore stamina instantly, you can drink water or energy drinks. You can buy these from Traders, particulary Barkeeps, in bases. You can also find them from corpses or from boxes, lockers, and tables when exploring.

Note that Energy Drinks induce hunger if consumed multiple times. Keep an eye out for the chicken leg icon above the health meter appears to see if Skif is hungry.

Stamina System Explained

How to Increase Endurance

Equip Artifacts that Provide Endurance Buffs

Artifact	Effect
Battery	Endurance: Weak Radiation: Weak
Crown	Endurance: Weak Physical Protection: Weak Radiation: Medium
Flower Bud	Endurance: Medium Physical Protection: Medium Radiation: Strong
Pebble	Endurance: Weak Physical Protection: Weak Radiation: Weak
Rosin	Endurance: Weak Radiation: Weak
Sapphire	Bleeding Resistance: Weak Endurance: Weak Radiation: Weak
Shell	Endurance: Weak Radiation: Weak
Shop Class	Bleeding Resistance: Weak Endurance: Weak Radiation: Medium
Snowflake	Endurance: Weak Radiation: Weak
Soul	Endurance: Medium Radiation: Medium
Starfish	Bleeding Resistance: Medium Endurance: Medium Radiation: Strong
Thunderberry	Endurance: Maximum Radiation: Maximum
Whirlwind	Endurance: Weak Physical Protection: Weak Radiation: Weak

Some Artifacts have effects that increase your endurance. In particular, the Thunderberry provides maximum boosts to Endurance but has the maximum harmful Radiation when equipped. You can cancel out that Radiation damage by equipping other artifacts with strong Radiation resistance.

You can farm these Artifacts mostly in Gravitational and Electro Anomalies.

List of All Artifacts

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