This is a guide on the best places to sell artifacts in STALKER 2 Heart of Chornobyl. Learn the where to find the best locations for selling artifacts and how much you can earn from selling them!

Best Places to Sell Artifacts

Weapons and Armor Traders

Rad./Rad. Protection	Inventory Value ()	Weapons and Armor Traders	Bartenders and Ragman
Weak	12,000	4,140	2,759
Medium	20,000	6,901	4,598
Strong	36,000	12,422	8,277
Maximum	70,000	24,153	16,096

Above data is taken from in-game prices while in Stalker and Rookie difficulty.

Weapons and Armor traders are the best traders to sell artifacts to. They will offer to buy them at a price of 34.5% of their inventory value. Other specific traders, such as Bartenders or Ragman, will only buy your artifacts for less at 23%.

The selling price of an artifact is based on its Radiation or Radiation Protection stat instead of other stat benefits.

Best Artifacts Tier List

Unique Legendary Artifact Prices Vary

Unique Legendary Artifacts
Weird Ball	4,140
Weird Flower	4,140
Weird Nut	27,604
Weird Bolt	27,604
Weird Water	27,604
Weird Pot	27,604

In the case of unique legendary artifacts like the Weird Ball which do not give off any radiation, the selling price varies per item.

List of All Legendary Artifacts

All Weapons and Armor Trader Locations

Best Traders for Artifact Selling
Hamster Zalissya, Lesser Zone	Huron Slag Heap, Garbage
Quiet Quiet's Camp, Wild Island	Sidorovich Rookie Village, Cordon
Bruise The Brood, Garbage	WO Komisarov Cement Factory, Cement Factory
Viktoria Dorozhnyuk STC Malachite, Malachite	Eugene Rostok, Rostok
Birch Rostok, Rostok	Wreck Yaniv Station, Yaniv
Bison Enerhetyk Palace of Culture, Prypiat	-

The above weapons and armor traders are the best to go to when selling artifacts. Most of them are easy to find since they are mostly situated in bases.

STALKER 2 Interactive Map

Best Difficulty to Sell Artifacts

Rookie and Stalker Difficulty

Based on in-game data, the best difficulties for selling artifacts are Rookie and Stalker difficulties. The difficulty Veteran imposes a harsher -50% selling price compared to easier difficulties, forcing the player to be more frugal in their playthrough.

Feel free to adjust the difficulty at any time if you feel the need to get more out of your selling price. Otherwise, you will have to work harder in artifact farming at Veteran difficulty.

Difficulty Differences and How to Change

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