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STALKER 2 Heart of Chornobyl

For Science! Walkthrough

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Stalker 2 For Science

For Science! is a Side Mission located in the Chemical Plant in STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Read on to see the For Science! mission location, detailed walkthrough, and all its rewards!

For Science! Overview and Rewards

Location and Mission Info

For Science! Mission Info
Starting Location Central Elevator, Chemical Plant
Quest Giver Yaryk Mongoose

Talk to Yaryk Mongoose on the second floor of the building to start get this mission. You can find him easily if you follow the Blue Flag on the map once you're in the Central Elevator POI.

Completion Rewards

Rewards
・1,300 Coupons (Depending on the Difficulty)
Malachite Pass

For Science! Walkthrough

List of Objectives
1 Activate the Device
2 Return to Yaryk
Option 1 Option 2
Let Yaryk Explain Kill Yaryk

Activate the Device

Head to the Top Floor

To begin, leave the room where Yaryk is and head upstairs until you reach the top floor. Prepare to take out several rodents as they will come running down at you.

Use the Ladder to Go Down

Once at the top, pass through the room until you get to the next one. Walk outside the room and look for a ladder on the side. Use it to go down and get to the guardrail platform.

Make Your Way to the Device

Once you're at the guardrail platform, jump over the gaps and make your way to the device. Use your bolts to disable the Electro Anomalies temporarily to avoid getting damaged.

Activate the device once you're there and return to Yaryk.

(Optional) Take Out the Bloodsuckers

Bloodsuckers will spawn once you activate the device. You can fight them or make a run for it and focus on getting back to Yaryk.

Return to Yaryk

Choices
Let Yaryk Explain Kill Yaryk

Return to Yaryk and decide whether to kill him or listen to him. You can get Coupons and a Malachite Pass for listening to him. You can still get a Malachite Pass if you kill him, but you won't be able to get the Coupons.

Let Yaryk Explain

You can listen to Yaryk and let him explain about the appearance of the Bloodsuckers. He will then give you Coupons and a Malachite Pass for fulfilling his request.

Kill Yaryk

Since Yaryk didn't tell you beforehand about the mutants getting drawn by the device, you can decide to kill him to make him pay. You can loot his body after and take the Malachite Pass.

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Warlock's Debtor An Errand for Warlock
No Honor Among Thieves A Sign of Hope
Nightingale's Hunt The Road to Salvation
Budmo! A Light at the End of the Tunnel
A Heavy Burden Deceive the Deceiver
The Freedom Colosseum Just Business
Three Captains Unhealthy Competition
In the Name of Science Bullseye
Business with Owl Uninvited Guests
A Big Score Joke Quest
All That is Left On the Edge
Black Sheep The Key to Freedom
Taking Back What's Mine A Job from Boozer
For Science! The Mysterious Case
A Matter of Honor An Order from Harpy
A Job for Sidorovich An Errand for Hera
Shock Therapy The Sound of Music
A Job for the Barkeep Save Vova Amalgam
Save Vadyk Firecracker Save Doctorant Zhytnychenko
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Busting Myths Car for Sale
Save Vovchyk Koldyba The Side Hustle
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1 Anonymous Anonymous 11 months

Hostile upon arrival. I found him after an event at Malachite, but it easily could have just been a bug. Had this same thing happen with another NPC for no reason

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