[Bug] Stalker 2 Deal with the Devil mission

[Ditino]

[EDIT: I had to reload a much older save but I entered this time without killing anyone and he was present thankfully.]

I got a big bug (blocker) on needing to talk to Varan, the issue is that after i killed the bandits varan is not in the base, also returning after some hours and after sleeping doesn't make Varan appear again too,

I'm blocked on the main quest. (xbox pass PC)

[⛧Hexenritter⛧]

I'm stuck on this too. The bandits attacked me when I went to go back to talk to him after killing Shah and he's nowhere to be found.

[spykerKonyn]

Same. Quest doesn't even appear on the map anymore.

[Boobpooper]

Originally posted by spykerKonyn:

Same. Quest doesn't even appear on the map anymore.

same what the hell lmao

[Boobpooper]

if you killed one or both guys you can go back to where varan was sitting originally talk to him and complete the quest, unless varan is gone then you probably would have to reload a previous save and hope either it doesnt bug or varan doesnt vanish, samething if the bandits randomly attacking you lol

[Ditino]

I had to reload a much older save but I entered this time without killing anyone and he was present thankfully.

[Iwakura]

I encountered the same issue. To fix it, you just need to go back to Varan and talk to him.

[Glacius]

i don't know how, but when i came to location, where varan must be, there wasn't anyone, any bandit inside this fabric, any npc

[SetFlavius]

I kill one of the guys he wants dead, take his pda. Two things happen. If I go sell something to a trader, I pass the quest for some reason and don't finish it and can't track it. Or I go to him directly and his guys start attacking me.

[paullkkey]

Found on Reddit, r/stalker by user sim_BLISS_ity (helped me after killing and missing Varan):

1. Download UETools from NexusMods and put the files in ~mods folder
2. in console, enter command "XCreateItemInInventoryByID VaranPDA 0 1 1" and it will spawn the PDA to continue the quest.
3. enter command "XCreateItemInInventoryByID E03_MQ04_Key 0 1 1" to spawn the key for the basement door.
4. Save game and remove the files from your ~mods folder if you want to remove UETools

[Bolter]

I had the same issue, killing Varan continues the quest thankfully.

[vvilku]

Originally posted by paullkkey:

Found on Reddit, r/stalker by user sim_BLISS_ity (helped me after killing and missing Varan):

1. Download UETools from NexusMods and put the files in ~mods folder
2. in console, enter command "XCreateItemInInventoryByID VaranPDA 0 1 1" and it will spawn the PDA to continue the quest.
3. enter command "XCreateItemInInventoryByID E03_MQ04_Key 0 1 1" to spawn the key for the basement door.
4. Save game and remove the files from your ~mods folder if you want to remove UETools

Would you happen to know what the command to DELETE the item is? I'm stuck with trash after this quest (I have two Varan PDAs and I still have Roosevelt's PDA)