Quest Bug? Answers Come at a Price @ Garbage

[Exaco]

Basically I talk to Colonel and I choose I want to talk to Chornozem instead of Joining the attack, he says okay we'll delay the attack and immediately after that both quests fail for no reason.

Or it's supposed to be like that ? I tried to sneak to Chornozem he simply attacks me instead of talking.

https://imgur.com/a/mULmglw

[🃏 JOKER 💜 xN1V3K 🃏]

Guess its bugged?! - have the same Problem. :(

[Hello There]

Same

[Dark Kardinal]

Same issue.

[Dimossa]

bugged...

[Kozak]

I walked there without accepting the quest to see what would happen, it seems like every NPC in there is neutral towards you except Chornozem that the quest (which insta fails) wants you to talk to. Im assuming thats because Talk to Chornozem is inherently hostile towards you for some reason?

[Hugh G. Rection]

So the eliminate bandits part shouldn't be there before you talk to him. It randomly added to the quest part way through the chemical factory. I went back through my saves until it wasn't there and played from that point. Everything worked as it should

[GODSPEED|seven]

Same issue... no matter what dialog choice I make with the colonel, the side quests to, either join the assault, or go talk to the bandit on my own, just cancel themselves a few seconds after.

I have submitted a bug report directly on their bug reporting website.
I highly suggest anyone with this issue to do the same, and also include a proper save file.

You can find your save files here:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\STEAM\SaveGames\Data


To go on with the game, I simply chose wtv dialog option I wanted, then I just went to where the bandits were, and after a few moments, they turned hostile. Once I eliminated them, the rest of the quest seems to have been able to continue normally.

Keep in mind, this seems to be similar as if I had assaulted with the Ward, but I went in alone.

[Executioner13]

i was able to get the quest to finish while bugged.was unable to save till i pushed further away from the area or accepted another quest

[StarsheepTrooper]

Same thing happened to me, the quest to talk to the captive bandit autofails, then the bandit guard is not hostile, you can talk to him, but Chornoozem is hostile immediately.After I clear the base, Korshunov said that I need to be more clean next time lol

And if I choose to join the assault, then there's no marker to find the assault group

[Zagmeher]

I've the same issue.. I opened a ticket in the official website describing that problem. I hope they will solve it soon

[🃏 JOKER 💜 xN1V3K 🃏]

They still havent fixed it after the patches? hahahaha Jesus....

[αλεύρι]

So, I could be wrong, but as that guy said, if you get the mission markers to kill the bandits before you even speak to the colonel, the quest will break, and for me it always did if I tried to do the artifact mission for that guy from ward. So I went directly to speak with the colonel and it worked, and then I went back and finished the artifact quest.

[MetHimPikeHoses]

Still bugged for me. Chornozem's body is nowhere to be found after clearing the building with the Ward troops. The map shows his body's location (near the train tunnel) while inside the building, but when I approach the marker and get within ~70 meters, the marker disappears. (And there is no body.)

All the other bodies have disappeared too, aside from one on the roof on the east side. Chornozem is not on any of the catwalks. Cannot progress quest ... walked back to the chemical factory and the entry doors were locked.

Maybe this bug is just yet another mystery of THE ZONE.

GET OUT OF HERE STALKER

[Aboutz3k]

Having the same issue

[Mdude72]

The issue is still there, I'm stuck here right now :(