Should You Kill Shah or Roosevelt?

Killing Shah or Roosevelt will affect the main mission, Deal with the Devil, as well as a few other interactions in STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Read on to learn if you should kill Shah or Roosevelt as well as the consequences of picking either choice.

Kill Shah or Roosevelt Choice Results

Affects Later Main Story Missions

Varan will always grant you access to Nestor and his attacker during the Deal with the Devil so long as you kill Roosevelt, Shah, or both. However, do note that Varan will still betray you after the fact so it is usually better to just kill him, instead.

Killing both Roosevelt and Shah will impress the leader but other than changed dialogue, it will play out the same as if you killed only one. Killing Shah on the other hand locks you out of interacting with the Brood since you'll need to kill everyone in the base to reach Shah.

Later on, killing Roosevelt will impact the Legends of the Zone main mission. Instead of being able to settle the issue of the stolen Decoder peacefully, you will be forced to attack the bandit hideout in order to get it for Sidorovich.

Should You Kill Shah or Roosevelt?

Killing Roosevelt Affects the Legends of the Zone Main Mission

Since killing Roosevelt or Shah is part of your agreement with Varan, the choice of killing Roosevelt will only make its consequences known once you reach the Legends of the Zone main mission. If you spared Roosevelt, he will contact you during this mission and ask for a peaceful resolution regarding Sidorovich's stolen Decoder.

If Roosevelt is killed, you'll have to reclaim the Decoder the old-fashioned way; by killing all of the bandits in the nearby hideout and looting it off of one of their bodies.

Killing Shah Affects Relations with the Brood

In order to kill Shah, you'll need to get through the guards of The Brood base in Garbage. However, this means you'll lose access to this location and the trader named Bruise, later on.

Killing Both Results in Changed Dialogue with Varan

Aside from the consequences listed previously, choosing to kill both Roosevelt and Shah will impress Varan. However, this will not save you from being betrayed by the bandit leader later on in Deal with the Devil.

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