S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky achievement guide

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If you haven’t played the Trilogy before, this is your chance to enjoy atmonoosphere and lore.
Do not focus on unlocking achievements.
Explore, loot, shoot and have fun!

• Consider using manual saves. This could help you roll back to an earlier point in case of issues with the game or if you want to unlock missed achievements.
• After lowering the bridge to access Limansk, you will reach a point of no return. Therefore, before proceeding with the main story, it’s a good idea to save your game and go back to unlock missed achievements.
• For the achievement Forever aloner, you will need to skip the faction war until the end of the game. The best approach is to reach the point of no return (After lowering the bridge to access Limansk), save your game, and then focus on obtaining the achievements from the Faction War list. Afterward, you can reload your save and continue the playtrough.
• The achievements Pub crawl, Gun Baron and Meat constructor are described based on the experiences of other console players, as these achievements have not yet been added to the Steam version of the trilogy. This means that some conditions might be missing or redundant. We hope you will help us identify the correct conditions for obtaining these achievements.

Regarding Above the Clear Sky achievement:
Access is granted only after unlocking all achievements.
Follow our guide to do so!

Mom, I’m going to the Zone.
Finish the game on Novice difficulty.

Check the Stalker with a scar achievement.

Lucky son of a gun
Finish the game on Stalker difficulty.

Check the Stalker with a scar achievement.

Stalker with a scar
Finish the game on Veteran or Master difficulty.

Play the entire game on the Novice difficulty. When you reach the final shot at the end of the game, change the difficulty to Veteran/ Master.

Swamp Lord
Join Clear Sky faction and defeat Renegades.

Achievement will be unlocked after you help Clear Sky kick Renegates out of the Great Swamps.

New old friend
Go through the military Cordon and speak to Sidorovich for the first time.

Achievement will be unlocked after you go to Sidorovich’s bunker to talk to him.

The Savior
Help Vasyan to repel the attack of dogs and climb down the stone.

Lore-related achievement. When trying to find Fang in Garbage, you will help Vasyan by killing blind dogs.

Genesis flood
Let water run to the undergrounds, kill mutants and return alive.

Lore-related and can’t be missed

Junior forester
Meet Forester and return him what is lost.

Lore-related and can’t be missed

To those who hear us
Climb high and listen to the full version of radio message.

Achievement will be unlocked tafter listening to the distress signal from the mercenaries who are stuck in an anomaly.
Climb the tower in the Bloodsucker Village (Army Warehouses) to catch their SOS signal.

The lost city
Enter the secret city, Limansk.

Achievement will be unlocked upon your first arrival in Limansk.

Important: entering Limansk is a point of no return. Do not forget to save your game.

Boss Helicopter
Kill Boss Helicopter at Limansk hospital.

Destroy Boss Helicopter during the playtrough in hospital of Limansk.

See the Clear Sky
Finish S.T.A.L.K.E.R.a Clear Sky on any difficulty level.

Complete the game.

Stalkerstrike
Kill 50 enemies with headshot.

Booom, headshot… BOOM, HEADSHOOOOT!!!

Explosions magnet
Be killed by grenades 20 times.

Could be grinded by killing yourself using nade > save > repeat.
But, considering grenade issue in the game, it is pretty easy to unlock just by playing.

Wrong basketball, bro.

Taxi!
Use guide service 10 times.

Farm some money, then grind achievement on the Great Swamps.

PseudoFlash
Drink 100 energy drinks.

Loot some energy drinks.
Save > drink > reload save.

Pub crawl
Meet all barmen in the Zone.

You need to visit every bartender in the Zone. Keep in mind that some factions may become hostile towards you (for example, Duty after you join Freedom), so complete this achievement before joining any faction.

Barmen:

• Cold (Great Swamps, Clear Sky base)
• Ganja (Dark Walley, Freedom base)
• Kolobok (Agroprom, Duty base)
• Borov (Garbage, Badits base)

Who are you without a duct tape?
Use the service of all Zone technicians.

You need to interact with every mechanic in the game. Could be done with the
Pub crawl achievement.

Mechanics:

• Novikov (Great Swamps, Clear Sky base)
• Van (Cordon, Loners base)
• Limpid (Garbage, Bandit base)
• Garin (Garbage, Flea Market)
• Yar (Dark Walley, Freedom base)
• Aydar (Agroprom, Loners base in the second complex)
• Thunderov (Agroprom, Duty base in the main complex)

Gun Baron
Find all unique weapons.

To achieve this, you primarily need to complete side quests from stalker squad leaders throughout the Zone. It’s best not to join any faction until you get this achievement, as the quests may become unavailable due to negative faction relations.

Important:

You must complete all quests in the current location for new quests to appear in the next one. In other words, until you complete all quests in the Great Swamps, the Stalker faction leaders in the Cordon will not have any assignments for you.

Guns:

• Scar’s Vintar BC (Regular Vintorez that the Scar lost in the intro. Located at the very north of the Great Swamps, near the train car)
• Modified PMm (This pistol has a chance to drop from Renegades in black coats in the Great Swamps)
• Trophy AKM-47/2 (Quest could be taken from Loners group commanders in the Cordon)
• Bandit’s Chaser 13 (Quest could be taken from Bandit group commanders in the Garbage)
• Modified shooter (Quest could be taken from Bandit group commanders in the Garbage)
• Inscribed pistol (Quest could be taken from Loners group commanders in the Garbage)
• Duty member’s assault rifle (Quest could be taken from Duty group commanders in Agroprom)
• Ripper shotgun (Quest could be taken from Duty group commanders in Agroprom)
• Tank machine gun (Quest could be taken from any faction commander in the Red Forest)

Modifier
You found 18 flash drives. Use them wisely.

You need to take quests from mechanics to find flash drives with unique equipment upgrades. Almost all hints for stash locations can be bought from traders in the same location as the mechanic. Always ask the trader what is in the stash they are offering.

List of mechanics + hints:

Novikov

• Flash drive with data on a submachine gun muzzle break (Backpack on corpse stash hint is given by Nimble for 800 currency).
• Flash drive with data on submachine gun barrel modification (Flash drive is given by Suslov for completing the quest Strengthen Clear Sky’s Presence in the Great Swamps).
• Flash drive with data on superlight kevlar body armor (The flash drive is given to the player by Docent Suslov, Clear Sky’s trader, as a reward for completing the mission Ascend the Tower).

Van

• Flash drive with data on pump mechanisms for shotguns (Road to the Swamps stash hint is given by Shilov for 1000 currency).
• Flash drive with data on an electronic stabilization system for shotguns (Case behind junkyard stash hint is given by Hermit for 800 currency after saving him from dogs in Wolf’s quest).
• Flash drive with data on balancing automated parts (Found in the inventory soldier called General, who you kill at the Vehicle station during Father Valerian’s quests).

Limpid

• Flash drive with data on a closed-cycle breathing module (Dead man’s Backpack stash hint is given byby Garin/Vasyan/Zub/Borov for 1500 currency).
• Flash drive with data on reinforced army body armor (Located in the basement of the Flea Market, which you access during the Catch up with Fang quest).
• Flash drive with data on a psy-protection system (Corpse at the Garbage stash hint is given by Garin/Vasyan/Tooth/Borov for 1500 currency).

Yar

• Flash drive with data on sniper rifle barrels (Soldier’s corpse stash hint is given by Ashot/Ganja for 2000 currency).
• Flash drive with data on a sniper rifle muzzle break (Stash in the bushes stash hint is given by Ashot/Ganja for 2000 currency).
• Flash drive with data on an electronic stabilizer for sniper rifles (The flash drive itself is given by Chekhov for completing the quest Eliminate the mercenaries: Factory hall (essentially, you obtain it through the main story)).

Aydar

• Flash drive with data on a pistol muzzle break (Cut-off pipe stash hint is given by Garin/Vasyan/Tooth/Borov for 500 currency).
• Flash drive with data on pistol barrel modification (Black backpack in wreckage stash hint is given by Garin/Vasyan/Tooth for 500 currency).
• Flash drive with data on pump mechanisms for combat shotguns (Tree log near tree stash hint is given by General Krylov for 900 currency).

Thunderov

• Flash drive with data on balancing the automated parts of a machine gun (Corpse in the radiation hotspot stash hint is given by Mitay for 5000 currency).
• Flash drive with data on a machine gun muzzle break (Cylinders on grave stash hint is given by Major Zvyagintsev for 4000 currency).
• Flash drive with data on modifying the gas exhaust of a machine gun (The flash drive is given by the Hermit on the Agroprom after completing the quest Bring Abel’s PDA)

Overloaded but not overcame
Walk 10 kilometers with overload.

Fast travel also counts.

Gunsmith
Upgrade 5 different weapons to maximum.

You need to purchase all upgrades for five weapons. The simplest way to do this is by upgrading sawn-off shotguns, as they only have three upgrades.

Drag and sell
Sell goods for more than 100 000.

All the money in the Zone
Sell goods for more than 250 000.

The simplest way – gather some quantity of expensive artifacts. Save and then sell them with all your gear to the trader most loyal to you faction. Reload the save and repeat.

Stashfinder
Find and steal items from back of the Suslov shop in marshes.

Behind the garage where Suslov sits, you can climb up the ladder to reach the counter, from where you need to take out all the vodka and medkits.

Decent start
Find the stash with valuable habar at swamps.

Go to Great Swamps > North West top corner > follow the map below.

Inside the Anomalous dugout, you need to retrieve the Veles detector hidden behind the mattress. Retrieving the detector can be tricky; use the Q\E keys for leaning and spam the F key. You can also grab the Gravity artifact right there in the same dugout.

Avenger
Liquidate machine gunner at military block post.

You need to kill the machine gunner at the Emission Control Point (ECP) after your first exit from the Great Swamps to the Cordon. The machine gunner shoots very accurately and very painfully. It’s better to have an accuracy-upgraded AKM with optics by this point, which you can find at the Bandit tower near Fisherman’s Farm in the Great Swamps.

Once the machine gunner notices you, run down to the large rock and pray. You may need to reload many times before succeeding.

AWOL
Help Semyon Lambee.

Soldier you need is located on the Cordon, under the bridge near the Rookie Village. You need to complete his quest by bringing him the PDA of a deceased comrade.

To reach the corpse, you must jump into the spatial anomaly above the railroad bridge, which you can climb from the bridge itself. From there, you will be teleported to the tunnel where the body lies.

In socks alone
When dived into that very basement with empty pockets.

When you return to the Garbage for the quest Catch Up with Fang before entering the infamous basement, put away all your belongings in the crate on the 2nd floor of the Flea Market, or simply drop everything on the ground before the basement.

Also, spend all the money you have, as you won’t be able to retrieve it later.

Don’t forget to make backup saves, as there is a bug that can corrupt saves made after this point.

Know thyself
Assist Hermit and finish his quest in Undergrounds.

The Hermit is located at the Loners faction base in Agroprom, between four tanks there’s a hatch leading to his shelter.

Trophy Hunter
Find the trophy AKM-47/2.

You need to find a trophy assault rifle as part of the task assigned by the commander of any Neutral faction group on the Cord. It’s also required for the Gun Baron achievement.

Life of the party
Find the forgotten guitar.

The quest to find the guitar is given by the commanders of the Freedom faction groups in the Dark Valley.

Relics of the past
Find the time machine in Limansk.

While in Limansk, in the square with many corpses, there’s a basement where you can find an easter egg. One of the doors is blocked by crates which can be removed using a grenade.

The true Stalker
Visit all in-game locations.

Sorry, cars were deleted at the early development stage of game.
Please, use your legs.

Mock of a stalker
Die from 5 different anomalies.

Become The Bolt.

I am machine
Enhance your maximum weight capacity by 60 kilograms.

You need to equip artifacts that increase your total weight capacity:

• Night Star (+10 kg)
• Gravi (+20 kg)
• Golden Fish(+30 kg)

Gravi is guaranteed to be found in a stash upon achieving Decent Start. The other two artifacts you will need to search for in clusters of Gravi anomalies. You will likely obtain them closer to the end of the game.

Meat constructor
You found all “meat” artifacts. Abomination, but useful to survive in the Zone!

It is important not only to collect artifacts but also to have them in your inventory at the same time.
The trophy is quite glitchy due to the artifact spawn mechanics in the game. For example, Stone Blood spawns only in the Great Swamps and only with a 50% chance, in the Acid Fog behind the tower that we need to protect for the first quest. But if a Meat Chunk spawns there instead, you won’t be able to get the achievement. You will have to re-start the walkthough.

It is also important to save before each transition to the next location because artifacts spawn randomly on the location upon first entry. And if an different artifact spawns in the anomaly, another one won’t appear there.
Artifacts:

• Stone Blood (Great Swamps, acid fog behind the tower where we kill boars at the beginning of the game)
• Meat Chunk (Garbage, in the acid fog on the right side of the road. If it spawns for you in the Great Swamps, re-start the walkthough)
• Eye (Yantar, on the hill to the west of the location; Red Forest, Symbiont anomaly; Army Warehouses, at the transition to the Garbage.)
• Soul (Garbage, in the acid fog; Dark Valley, on the cistern near the gas station; Agroprom, on the swamp in the north of the location)
• Bubble (Amber, acid fog on the swamp. Red Forest, in the abandoned mine where we find the Compass. Army Warehouses, in the swamp)

Artifact sommelier
Find each artifact in the Zone.

You have to find all artifacts in the game. You do not have to have them all in your inventory.

Please, familiarize yourself more closely with the achievement Meat Constructor where the challenges of obtaining these achievements are described due to the artifact spawn system in the game.

Make a save BEFORE MOWING to a next location so you can use it in case the artifact doesn’t spawn.

1. Scarlet Flower (Yantar, artifact from the Loners quest. Required for the achievement)
2. Battery (Dark Valley, Yantar, Red Forest)
3. Sparkler (Great Swamps, Agroprom)
4. Flash (Great Swamps, Agroprom)
5. Wrenched (Dark Valley, Agroprom, Red Forest, Army Warehouses)
6. Eye (Yantar, Red Forest, Army Warehouses)
7. Gravi (Great Swamps, Red Forest)
8. Soul (Garbage, Dark Valley, Agroprom)
9. Goldfish (Red Forest, Army Warehouses)
10. Stone Flower (Great Swamps, Cordon, Garbage, Red Forest)
11. Stone Flower (Great Swamps, only one spawns here. Check the Meat constructor achievement)
12. Kolobok (Dark Valley, Agroprom, Yantar, Red Forest)
13. Compass (Quest artifact, can be found in Red Forest)
14. Crystal (Great Swamps)
15. Stone Blood (Great Swamps, acid fog behind the tower where we kill boars at the beginning of the game)
16. Meat chunk (Swapms, Garbage)
17. Moonlight (Garbage, Dark Valley, Agroprom)
18. Mama’s Beads (Garbage, Dark Valley, Agroprom, Yantar)
19. Medusa (Garbage, Cordon)
20. Night Star (Cordon, Garbage, Dark Valley, Agroprom)
21. Fireball (Great Swamps, Garbage, Agroprom, Red Forest)
22. Flame (Given by Leshiy, if only one of his group members is K.I.A during the defense of the bridge.
    Also given for the search quest by Loners at Army Warehouses.
    Can be obtained from the Stalker of the Strelok Group, on the first visit to the Red Forest.)
23. Bubble (Yantar, Red Forest, Army Warehouses)
24. Shell (Yantar, Red Forest, Army Warehouses)
25. Firefly (Red Forest, Army Warehouse)
26. Snowflake (Yantar, Red Forest, Army Warehouses)

Forever aloner
Finish the game without joining any faction after leaving the Swamps.

A tedious achievement that will require you to skip the faction war until the end of the game.
Make a save in a separate slot before starting each of the following achievements so that after unlocking it, you can roll back and continue pursuing this achievement.

Friend for an hour
Be supported by and gain maximum reputation with 3 or more factions.

Complete the tasks given by faction commanders to increase your reputation. Joining them is not mandatory, so you can combine this achievement with Forever aloner.

Do to complete tasks for opposing factions like the Loners/ Bandits and Duty/ Freedom, if possible, but instead choose one side. You can achieve maximum reputation with Clear Sky after lowering the bridge in Limansk.

One of us
Join any faction after leaving the Swamps.

Join any faction.

Garbage Hegemon
Help Free stalkers or Bandits to be victorious in their conflict.

You need to lead one of these factions to victory in their war against each other. You’ll receive the achievement after your leader announces victory over the radio.

If you join the Loners, you won’t be able to fully upgrade the SEVA suit because only Bandit technicians can apply unique improves.

The question of Ideology
Make the choice between Freedom and Duty and help your faction to defeat their rivals.

A similar trophy to Garbage Hegemon.

Issues may arise from squads of your faction unwilling to go to the Garbage to access the home location of the rival faction. This can be resolved by eliminating squads of Loners/ Bandits at the Garbage near the transitions to your home location. This way, your clan’s groups will move towards the available points. Similar actions may need to be carried out across the entire Garbage.

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