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STALKER 2 Heart of Chornobyl

The Key to Freedom Walkthrough

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The Key to Freedom is a Side Mission located in the Zaton in STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Read on to see the The Key to Freedom mission location, detailed walkthrough, and all its rewards!

The Key to Freedom Overview and Rewards

Location and Mission Info

The Key to Freedom Mission Info
Starting Location Fish Farm, Zaton
Quest Giver Zhenya Hulk

When you approach the Fish Farm in Zaton, Zhenya Hulk will call to you from one of the building's windows. Approach him and he'll tell you someone named Adik locked him and his group inside the Fish Farm. Accept his request for help to trigger the quest, The Key to Freedom.

Completion Rewards

Rewards
・2,100 Coupons (Depends on Difficulty)

The Key to Freedom Walkthrough

List of Objectives
1 Loot Adik Pedal's Body and Examine his PDA
2 Get the Key from the Roof
3 Release Zhenya Hulk and Get Your Reward

Loot Adik Pedal's Body and Examine his PDA

Adik Pedal

You'll find the body of Adik Pedal in the middle of the Fish Farm. Examine each body until his name pops up and loot his PDA from his body. Examine it afterwards to mark the nearby bag on the roof that has the key needed to free the captives.

Get the Key from the Roof

Coupled AKM-74 Magazines - Overview

The building you'll need to climb will be the large warehouse opposite the structure where Zhenya Hulk and his men are locked up. Use the ladders on its side to reach the roof and cross the expanse to reach the bag.

Electro anomalies will be scattered throughout the roof, so avoid them or use your Bolt to dispel them for a short time. You'll find the bag with key hanging on a curved pole. Open it up to get the key as well as the Coupled AK Mags attachment.

Release Zhenya Hulk and Get Your Reward

Zhenya Hulk
With the key in hand, head back down and release Zhenya Hulk and the others from their prison. Talk to Zhenya Hulk and ask for a reward after releasing them to complete this mission.

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1 바이너리 TV 바이너리 TV 11 months

Kill the three people I saved and you'll find something amazing. Are all three of them merchants? Or thieves? Or what? There's a lot of stuff. Can I move things if I empty or stretch my bag? ========================================= 제가 구한 세 사람을 죽이면 놀라운 것을 발견할 수 있습니다. 세 사람 모두 상인인가요? 아니면 도둑인가요? 아니면 뭐? 물건이 많아요. 여러 종류의 총, 가방, 탄약 등등 가방을 비우거나 늘리면 물건을 경우 옮길까 말까 할 것 이다.

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