The tick menace is defeated!

The EXterminators squad has finished all the tests that were part of the tick quest. Thanks to your help we've finished earlier than expected. We are sorry for not informing you earlier and for all the inconvenience it caused. All the researchers who took part in the exterminators' quest will receive the award regardless if they have finished the quest or not within a couple of days.

Have a good time in the Zone! There is an interesting update coming soon. The hot summer season has just started!

Best regards,
EXBO Team.

👊 Welcome to the exterminator squad!

Don't boil, we'll owe you one.
💵 Here, that's an advance, it'll be waiting for you for 24 hours:

STALCRAFT-SUMMER2024-WELCOME

◉ 20 Tactical Reserve crates;
◉ 3000 Season pass points;
◉ 5 Unstable Anomalous Batteries;
◉ 1500 Trade Coins;
◉ 10 Catalysts;
◉ 10 Advanced Spare Parts;
◉ 5 Advanced Tools;
◉ 5 Domestic MREs.

The rest you will get as soon as you do the work. Details are already in your PDA or at the Suckoff NPC.
You'll have to get your hands dirty, but rest assured, the reward is worth it.

Here's the list of rewards you will get for completing it:

◉ 35 Tactical Reserve crates;
◉ 15000 Season pass points;
◉ 2500 Trade coins;
◉ 20 Advanced Spare Parts;
◉ 10 Advanced Tools;
◉ 15 Unstable Anomalous Batteries;
◉ 2 Tick-mutant keycharms.

🧯 Don't forget to grab some dichlorvos, it'll come in handy.
All right, over.

We are pleased to announce the start of Act One: New Horizons and the start of ZIVCAS Corporation Season.
This season, we've updated both season rewards and items at Commerce and Exchanger!

• Legendary blueprint – 1500 Act Tickets
  
• Master blueprint – 1000 Act Tickets
  
• Veteran blueprint – 700 Act Tickets
  
• Stalker blueprint – 100 Act Tickets
  
• Unbound Seasonal Pass – 800 Act Tickets
  
• ZIVCAS ArcticSafe-6 – 1500 Act Tickets
  
• ZIVCAS Valor – 1500 Act Tickets
  
• Albatross Infiltrator – 1200 Act Tickets
  
• HK PSG1 – 800 Act Tickets
  
• 9А-91 – 800 Act Tickets
  
• Nail Bat – 700 Act Tickets
  
• Military Stalker's Cleaver – 700 Act Tickets
  
• Dream – 200 Act Tickets
  
• АК-105 – 150 Act Tickets
  
• Sapper's Shovel – 100 Act Tickets
  
• Unbound crate – x 15 – 150 Act Tickets
  
• Unbound crate – x 75 – 500 Act Tickets
  
• Bound crate – x 25 – 150 Act Tickets
  
• Bound crate – x 125 – 500 Act Tickets
  
• Unbound spare parts – x 5 – 200 Act Tickets
  
• Undbound spare parts – x 15 – 500 Act Tickets
  
• Bound spare parts – x 10 – 200 Act Tickets
  
• Bound spare parts – x 30 – 500 Act Tickets
  
• Blueprints case – 100 Act Tickets
  
• Albatross Heavy Assault part – 1000 Act Tickets
  
• Gauss Rifle part – 1000 Act Tickets

In honor of the upcoming STALCRAFT birthday, we have decided to increase the number of both bound and unbound spare parts and tools in Season awards and Season Pass rewards.

You can view all the seasonal rewards in the game by clicking on the "VIEW ALL REWARDS" button on the progress screen.

Don't forget to check out the unique season motives that have also been added to the season pass.

The new season introduces a unique Researcher's Bonus, which provides an additional source of Season Points. The mechanics are simple: several times a day, reaching a certain number of Season Points for in-game activities will earn you bonus Season Points.

Note that the bonus does NOT count Season Points earned for daily and weekly tasks, challenges, task tokens and Researcher's Bonuses themselves.

Tradeable gear cases have been added to the game, available for season currency. All gear from these cases can be equipped on your character, traded to another character, or sold through the auction.

• Basic case consists of a small spectrum of Stalker/Veteran rank gear;

• Tactical case provides players with attachments, containers, and melee weapons;

• Elite case lets you claim Master rank gear.

Each new season, the cases will be refilled with other gear. So if something catches your eye, don't miss your chance!

This season's crates carry the name of "Tactical Reserve". Among other things, the following Master blueprint gear is available:

• JD ZIVCAS 2A Exoarmor;
  
• McMillan CS5;
  
• MG42.

New seasonal styles and Seasonal Pass bundles have been added to the shop.

The new themed case with guaranteed rewards includes unique looks for the following gear: Centurion, Kurkri, AK-15 and RSh-12.

Some of the styles have been added into the shop permanently.

This time, the ZIVCAS Corporation offers you three new skins: the SKAT-10, the Tactical Katana, and the FN F2000 Tactical.

The styles can still be purchased as a whole bundle in the game shop.The sets with the skins for the SKAT-10 and FN F2000 Tactical include additional three "Connoisseur" cases and premium feature for 14 days! And the "Tactical Katana" includes only premium for 14 days.

Thank you for your attention,
And good hunting in the Zone!

We will be performing server maintenance in the EU, NA, SEA regions on the following schedule:

1 June 2024

EU: 07.00-10.00 AM (CET);
NA: 01.00-04.00 AM (GMT-4);
SEA: 13.00-16.00 (HKT).

The schedule may change due to unexpected problems.

The game servers will be unavailable during the maintenance works. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Regards,
EXBO team

❗ Attention!

A new plague has infested the Zone. Packs of paralyzed stalkers are found everywhere, even at the Bar.

🐞 Suspects assure the presence of insects bites on victims bodies. Those creatures gnaw through even exoskeletons.

👀 Keep your eyes peeled! Examine yourself and your teammates after every raid.
If you are not in a squad, ask strangers.
It's better to be an awkward lifer than a proud corpse.

Brace yourself, Researchers!

Sealed Season Points are now linked to the season when they were gained and are automatically converted when entering the safe zone. If the gaining season and the current season are the same, then the sealed points are converted to 25 season points. If they're different, then the sealed points are converted to 1 Trade Coin.



The equipment systematization was revised, because of which the levels of some weapons were changed. For the most part, the levels have been increased.

Characteristics have been changed to match the new levels.


Melee weapons have long been insignificant in both PvP and PvE, so we are changing their characteristics.

The melee weapon groups now have more distinct differences and are more strictly standardized:

• Combat type has increased penetration and high damage values.
  
• Hunter type has high mutant damage values.
  
• Universal is in between, having average values.

All melee weapons now have backstab multiplier of x1.7 and cause bleeding with a 50% chance.

Temporarily lowered the anomalous damage of all melee weapons.

We will later replace the damage by imposing the appropriate status effects as separate features.


Updated flashbang's explosion sound.



When killing an enemy, the murderer recharges 65% HP of the maximum health level and 25% of the maximum rounds of ammunition in the weapon's magazine. It comes from the inventory. This means that if the murderer has no spare rounds, the magazine will not be recharged.




We have noticed that the players often lose their artefacts after bringing them to the base. To improve the game experience, a system similar to "large barters" was introduced.

Artefacts obtained in the open world from anomalies or signals will no longer be lost upon the death of a character after entering the save zone. However, you are still free to use them for exchange, auction, or sending via in-game mail.


If the player finds an artefact in the open world, but his character died before reaching the base, then the artefact can be picked up from the backpack.

Thank you for the attention.
And good luck hunting in the Zone!

We will be performing server maintenance in the EU, NA and SEA regions on the following schedule:

[Scheduled date and time]

May 29, 2024
01:00 ~ 11:00 (CET)
PM 07:00 ~ AM 05:00 (EST)
AM 08:00 ~ PM 06:00 (GMT+8)

During maintenance work game servers will be unavailable, we apologize for any inconvenience.

Thank you for your attention,
And good hunting in the Zone!

We will be performing server maintenance in the EU, NA and SEA regions on the following schedule:

[Scheduled date and time]

May 22, 2024
5:00 ~ 12:00 (CET)
PM 11:00 ~ AM 6:00 (EST)
AM 11:00 ~ PM 6:00 (GMT+8)

STALCRAFT servers will be unavailable during maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and we thank you in advance for your understanding and patience. If you have any questions, please visit our support website[support.exbo.net].

Regards,
EXBO team.

Hello to all Zone researchers! We are pleased to announce the launch of a contest dedicated to creating unique stories that somehow took place in the Chernobyl Zone of Exclusion. Entries are open to all researchers, and the best stories will be included in the official Zone chronicles.

We obviously didn't come empty-handed. Our backpack is full of worthy prizes: thousands of Stalcoins, a pile of trade coins, premiums, and, you already know it, the unique Storyteller's Cloak!

To participate in the contest, you need to write a short (300-700 words) story that tells about your adventures in the Zone. It can be a story about your first day in the Zone, or how you met your Zone BFF, or about how you got out of a mess extracting with a legendary Shard, being on the brink of death.
You should post your work in a dedicated thread on our {LINK REMOVED}STALCRAFT | ENG Discord.

Don't forget to specify your nickname before posting, as it will be the one to which the award will be sent in case of winning.

Implementing the AI is allowed, but only as inspiration. Works created exclusively with the help of AI will not be considered.

• The contest period is from 20.05 to 30.05 inclusive.
  
• The results will be announced on 11.06.

1. When adding your work to the contest topic, you should write your character's nickname exactly as it is spelled in the game.
   
2. It is forbidden to publish content that violates the rules and regulations of the Discord platform.
   
3. It is forbidden to publish works that are not related to the game, including advertising links, materials, insults, appeals, etc.
   
4. The number of works is unlimited, each player can make up multiple stories. But we recommend not to abuse sending the same work, as it will lead to disqualification.
   
5. The copyright of the work belongs to its creator. Plagiarism, misappropriation and copyright infringement are strictly prohibited.
   
6. EXBO reserves the right to disqualify works of participants who are found to be in violation of clauses 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3 and 4.1.9 of the license agreement.
   The EXBO Information Resources Team reserves the right to finalize the terms and conditions of this event.

Note that all awards that will be given are bound.

The works of the top 3 places will be added in a special stand straight into the game!

Good luck to all of you researchers.
And remember, your every word will become a part of the great history!