Compass artifact

[Cerberus]

Just wondering, anyone manage to get this artifact from the RIBS location that is quite near to Zalissa?

[Cerberus]

Originally posted by markoman:

I got it right there in the anomaly near Zalissya.

Man, you sure are lucky. I spemt 3 hours scum saving there and no luck. haha

[Cerberus]

Originally posted by White ⁧⁧Wolf:

Originally posted by Cerberus:

well, i see no white dot but it is dark as my underpants. LOL

I don't know what the 'proper' way of finding it is, but as it's so dark it seems logical to just go where the lights are until you find it. I would also say following the ones that move would shorten the time spent(you'd think).

yea, thats what I did, go to the lights and all. oh well, will try again when my mood hits me. haha

[White ⁧⁧Wolf]

Originally posted by Cerberus:

yea, thats what I did, go to the lights and all. oh well, will try again when my mood hits me. haha

Sometimes stuff bugs out as well. Good to restart game or even PC then because game stuff gets stored in RAM and there can be issues in my experience. So if something's not working right, best to restart PC and try again or clear RAM using something like ISLC.

[Cerberus]

Originally posted by White ⁧⁧Wolf:

Originally posted by Cerberus:

yea, thats what I did, go to the lights and all. oh well, will try again when my mood hits me. haha

Sometimes stuff bugs out as well. Good to restart game or even PC then because game stuff gets stored in RAM and there can be issues in my experience. So if something's not working right, best to restart PC and try again or clear RAM using something like ISLC.

Nah, I am doing great at the moment, got over 300k cash in hand, got the liquid rock, the weird ball and the hypercube, I think I'm good. Not even the bloodsuckers are a big problem now. :)

[BloodM3ss]

Originally posted by Cerberus:

Originally posted by Baron01:

I would not count getting major artifact from any anomaly in Lesser Zone. I recall reading that Lesser Zone anomalies have lower or restricted spawn rate for better artifacts.

I got mine from Claw in Zaton I believe.

yea, most youtube videos shows that location. But I can't access that zone yet, so its a no go for me at the moment

You can actually go to zaton , kordon & swamps even before opening the way to garbage as there is a small passage thro swampy area just east of lesser zone[east of the monolithina trader]. I stumbled upon it on it by acciden but it is tottaly safe to go there.

[Cerberus]

Originally posted by BloodM3ss:

Originally posted by Cerberus:

yea, most youtube videos shows that location. But I can't access that zone yet, so its a no go for me at the moment

You can actually go to zaton , kordon & swamps even before opening the way to garbage as there is a small passage thro swampy area just east of lesser zone[east of the monolithina trader]. I stumbled upon it on it by acciden but it is tottaly safe to go there.

Yea, I am in full exploration mode now since money ain't a problem. So yea, I found those swampy areas that let you get to certain zones. hehe

BTW, during night time, do you guys even turn on the flash light?

[MeltingPotOfFriendship]

Originally posted by Cerberus:

Originally posted by BloodM3ss:

You can actually go to zaton , kordon & swamps even before opening the way to garbage as there is a small passage thro swampy area just east of lesser zone[east of the monolithina trader]. I stumbled upon it on it by acciden but it is tottaly safe to go there.

Yea, I am in full exploration mode now since money ain't a problem. So yea, I found those swampy areas that let you get to certain zones. hehe

BTW, during night time, do you guys even turn on the flash light?

Oh yeah. It's pitch black without it. But it's like using the pip boy light in FNV/F4, it will obviously give you away if you are trying to be sneaky. I really wish they implemented NVG's into the game. Considering that there are stalkers/military wearing NVG gear and the previous games had that available either as upgrades, or were included with certain suits.

[Cerberus]

Originally posted by Andy Wankski:

Originally posted by Cerberus:

Yea, I am in full exploration mode now since money ain't a problem. So yea, I found those swampy areas that let you get to certain zones. hehe

BTW, during night time, do you guys even turn on the flash light?

Oh yeah. It's pitch black without it. But it's like using the pip boy light in FNV/F4, it will obviously give you away if you are trying to be sneaky. I really wish they implemented NVG's into the game. Considering that there are stalkers/military wearing NVG gear and the previous games had that available either as upgrades, or were included with certain suits.

Yea, I was really puzzled by why there arent any NV or Thermal goggles in the game because IIRC. the old stalker games has them.

to the light, I find that turning it off makes me see better. With the light on, it darkens the surrounding area by a lot, so I normally turned it off during outside night time exploration.

[Cerberus]

Originally posted by Deranger:

Originally posted by Cerberus:

BTW, during night time, do you guys even turn on the flash light?

Nope, just indoors areas, maybe outside to catch glimmer of the glass anomaly.

Always bright enough I've found.

yea, same as me then. but damn, NV goggles sure would be handy though

[GODSPEED|seven]

Originally posted by Baron01:

Originally posted by Talon Rose:

...
Largely useless artifact, sadly.

Compass should technically be one of the best artifacts for dealing with combat scenarios. Buffing your physical resistance should be great way to lower damage intake.

I do have my doubts if artifacts work as intended because I can get shredded to pieces past mid-game even when wearing Compass and Corundum body armor. I once got shot by monolithian from Pripyat as I was walking near Yaniv for 80% of my HP in single shot. O_O

From some research, and first-hand testing, the artifacts protection values are broken for now.

Also, in comparison with armor that has 5 bars of various protection values, the artifacts cannot extend the protection values past the 4 bars.

So a maximum physical protection artifact is equivalent to wearing a suit that has 4 bars of physical protection. If your suit already has 4 bars, or beyond, wearing such an artifact is simply wasting a slot, because it will have no effect.


I did some in-game testing. I used the SSP-99 Ecologist suit, which is one of the lowest rated for physical protection. Mine was fully upgrade, with 1.1 bars of physical protection.

I tested by throwing an F-1 Grenade at my feet, and seeing the result on my health.

1. without any artifacts.
= lost about 95% health.

2. with a Compass artifact (max physical protect.)
= loss about 15% of my health

3. with a Crown artifact (weak physical protect.)
= loss about 15% of my health

Conclusion so far (need to test with more artifacts, more suits);
any artifact with "weak physical protection" will max out your physical protection, equivalent to 4 bars.

So, either...

... wear a suit with low physical protection, and equip a cheap artifact.

or

... wear a suit with 4 or more physical protection, and don't bother with physical protection artifacts.

[Cerberus]

Wow, you guys checked out the latest huge patch. Says it fixed artifacts not appearing in arch anomalies. Hope that means the weird nut.

:)

[White ⁧⁧Wolf]

Originally posted by Cerberus:

Wow, you guys checked out the latest huge patch. Says it fixed artifacts not appearing in arch anomalies. Hope that means the weird nut.

:)

Weird, I got that weird nut first try on previous update. Must be random. Let's hope it's really fixed now for everyone 100% of the time!

[Cerberus]

Originally posted by White ⁧⁧Wolf:

Originally posted by Cerberus:

Wow, you guys checked out the latest huge patch. Says it fixed artifacts not appearing in arch anomalies. Hope that means the weird nut.

:)

Weird, I got that weird nut first try on previous update. Must be random. Let's hope it's really fixed now for everyone 100% of the time!

yea, well, I am to the far left of the map near this school. so not sure when I will get bored enough to go to the fire whirly anomaly again. LOL

[Coolverine]

Found one at Conjoined Wagons on the western side of Yaniv region.

[Captain Sour Cream]

Originally posted by Baron01:

Originally posted by Talon Rose:

...
Largely useless artifact, sadly.

Compass should technically be one of the best artifacts for dealing with combat scenarios. Buffing your physical resistance should be great way to lower damage intake.

I do have my doubts if artifacts work as intended because I can get shredded to pieces past mid-game even when wearing Compass and Corundum body armor. I once got shot by monolithian from Pripyat as I was walking near Yaniv for 80% of my HP in single shot. O_O

I was able to withstand 3-4 punches from Pseudogiant while wearing the Compass (in mission when you need to eacappe from SIRCCA). But then i decided to take it off and die instantly from a single hit.