Mods that help complete the STALKER 2 experience

[arb0]

While it is not on a Bethesda level of being an incomplete shipped product, it's obvious that STALKER 2 needs a little more spit and polish, and that's despite the time spent overcoming the numerous hurdles the Ukrainian developer faced in order to get the game out the door.

I would like to see other's opinions on any must-have mods they may have come across. I will share a few to get started.

Skips the obnoxious startup behavior of shader warmup.
No Shader Warmup - https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/97

Adds more variety to medical vendor wares.
Rant - Medics Trade More Items like Hercules Psyblock - https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/973

Loot overhaul- mod & its pre-requisites bring sanity to loot tables and npc equipments
OMEGA LOOT - https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1009

[Greymantle]

I wouldn't use any of them that add stuff, most make it like Lets Make A Deal if you know what I mean. If not, google it. :)

[oni_666]

Well I hate no having fast travel, but I guess other games like FO4 that have it have ruined it for me, its now just a near encumbrance walking simulator which at times I find tedious, so I added a mod called "fast travel anywhere", now I can travel to anywhere I have discovered previously as long as there is an icon on the map.

Follow the video on that link for the best way to install the mod, as the instructions on the page are unclear.

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/587

Longer days is another, this one has 24 hour days that are much longer than the original times, so set your times up for longer days if you wish.

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1015

Mantling, this allows skif to jump higher than the normal 3 feet that his dwarf legs allow.

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/204

Sell broken stuff to ANY trader

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/87

Decreased health for mutants

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/23

Loot mutants to sell their body parts

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/389


i have a few others but these are the main ones I recommend, that make the game more enjoyable for me.

[Magpie]

No amount of mods can fix it or make it into a real stalker game. MAYBE when the mod dev tools are released, maybe. But I suspect the rot goes too deep and there is no real fixing it.

[lockwoodx]

Is there a mod that puts boobs on bloodsuckers yet? Asking for Scientific reasons.

[arb0]

Originally posted by lockwoodx:

Is there a mod that puts boobs on bloodsuckers yet? Asking for Scientific reasons.

lol https://basedmods.eth.limo/

[gabrieldragonroy]

i say stalkour is the most important mod on nexus
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/928
with out this the game is BOoOoRING

[TomasaurusREKT]

OXA weapon customization too

[gabrieldragonroy]

Originally posted by lockwoodx:

Is there a mod that puts boobs on bloodsuckers yet? Asking for Scientific reasons.

a brothel behide a pg-18 door would be nice

[𝕊𝕋𝕌ℝ𝕄-𝕂𝔸𝕋]

Have to argue the point, OP, but skipping shaders ain't going to help. If anything it's going to make things worse.

[TomasaurusREKT]

Originally posted by 𝕊𝕋𝕌ℝ𝕄-𝕂𝔸𝕋:

Have to argue the point, OP, but skipping shaders ain't going to help. If anything it's going to make things worse.

I don't understand how some people say it takes like 20mins??? What kind of ancient POS are people trying to run this on??

[arb0]

Originally posted by 𝕊𝕋𝕌ℝ𝕄-𝕂𝔸𝕋:

Have to argue the point, OP, but skipping shaders ain't going to help. If anything it's going to make things worse.

Skipping a useless shader warmup absolutely made things better, I am able to load into saved game <5 secs from exe launch. Testing mods means frequent game restarts, so it's really helpful over time lmao

[Slackerdude74]

Originally posted by oni_666:

Well I hate no having fast travel

There is fast travel in STALKER 2, but it isn't the way you want it is what it sounds like you are actually trying to say.

[gast128]

Originally posted by oni_666:

Longer days is another, this one has 24 hour days that are much longer than the original times, so set your times up for longer days if you wish.

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1015

Nice mod I would wish that they could extend the day and shorten the night. I hate the pitch dark nights where you can't see nothing.