Achievements S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl

Guide for obtaining all achievements in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl.
At the moment, achievements are only available for the recent console re-release - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legend of the Zone: Trilogy. We believe that GSC will release a similar update for the Steam versions of the game, so we have prepared a detailed achievement guide for you in advance.

Introduction

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Translated to English by L1GHT

Recommendations and General Information before reading:

If you have not played the trilogy before, this is your only chance to enjoy the game and it's unmatched atmosphere, so it’s better to make your first playthrough unguided, without getting hung up on getting certain trophies and achievements.

There are SPOILERS in this guide, so read at your own risk.

Everyone else - Welcome!
First, let’s go over some general tips for reading and achievements:

• We tried to describe the achievements in as much detail as possible so that this is the only guide you have to use; if you have any comments or suggestions, be sure to express them in the comments.
  
• Compared to Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat, there are no achievements that are impossible to obtain.

Regarding the achievements for Shadows of Chornobyl:

• We strongly recommend that you use separate saves, and not exclusively quick saves. This will help you in case of issues by rolling back to an earlier save, or help you get certain achievements.
  
• Once you disable the Brain Scorcher, you will reach the point of no return. So before going further in the story, it’s better to save and return to get the missed achievements.

Good luck in the Zone, Stalker!

Difficulty Related

Sidorovich's Apprentice
Finish the game on Novice difficulty.

Refer to "S.U.R.V.I.V.E.D." achievement

In the Zone!
Finish the game on Stalker difficulty.

Refer to "S.U.R.V.I.V.E.D." achievement

S.U.R.V.I.V.E.D.
Finish the game on Veteran or Master difficulty.

You can go through the entire game on Novice difficulty, and before finishing the game, change the difficulty in the settings to Veteran or Master, then make a wish and get the achievement.

Main Questline

You're finally awake...
Do not think too much, act!

Received after starting the game

The Man Cave
You found Strelok's stash, the search continues.

Received after finding Strelok's stash

Lab Rat
The venture to Yantar was worthy. Your brain is protected now!

Received after accompanying Kruglov/Semyonov to the Scientist's Bunker after taking measurements

Get out of here, Stalker
The guide has shown you where to go.

After taking the documents from X-16, we take them to the Barkeep and go to the Cordon. This character will sit in the house where we helped the stalker called Fox at the beginning of the game.

Follow your steps
Find Doctor who will tell you the truth.

The Doctor will be waiting for you in Strelok's stash after you receive a tip from the Guide

Knock-Knock
Now you're onto something.

Received after picking up the Decoder from a hotel room in Pripyat, which we are told about by the Doctor in Strelok's stash

The Wish Granter
You get what you deserve.

Make a wish at the Wish Granter

Stoic
Decoder opened the secret Sarcophagus doors for you.

Use the Decoder on the door in the Sarcophagus leading to the Monolith Control Room

Too good to be true
You have seen the Monolith, but did not succumb to the call.

In a dialogue with a representative of C-Consciousness, select "Join C-Consciousness"

I'm all but certain it was...
Meet Sidorovich for the last time.

In a dialogue with a representative of C-Consciousness, refuse to join C-Consciousness and go through a long sequence with teleports to Chornobyl NPP-2, where near the end you will receive the achievement

Explorer of the Zone
This is how it ends.

Finish the game

Cumulative

Bread-expert
You have eaten 25 breads.

Loafs are very often found in the bodies of dead stalkers, bandits, etc. You will mostly likely have enough bread by the time you leave Garbage. You can also get it by saving, eating a few loafs, then loading and repeating until you get the achievement.

I'm done with drinking for good
You have drunk 25 bottles of Cossacks. Hope the time was well-spent.

Easiest to complete in Dark Valley. At the Bandit Base there is a storage room, in which there are 2 boxes of vodka, with about 30 bottles.

Killer
Kill 500 stalkers.

Most likely recieved near the end of the game

Hunting season
Kill 250 mutants.

Can be farmed between locations

Your dogstiny
You have sold 20 dog tails.

There are plenty of blind dogs in Cordon and Garbage, farm around 5-10 tails then save and sell them. Reload the save and repeat until you receive the achievement.

Chornobyl safari
Kill each mutant at least once.

Mutants of the Zone:

• Blind Dog
  
• Pseudodog
  
• Flesh
  
• Boar
  
• Bloodsucker
  
• Snork
  
• Pseudogiant
  
• Controller
  
• Poltergeist
  
• Tushkano

Side Quests

The worst stalker in the Zone
The Zone has no place for empathy. Tolik has learned it the hard way.

At the very beginning of the game. You need to kill the wounded stalker called Tolik, who asks for a first aid kit. I advise you to save before this, so that later you can load and help him, which will give us the achievement “A decent start”

A decent start
You helped Tolik and saved him. Who knows, maybe someone will show mercy to you?

You need to help a stalker called Tolik at the very beginning of the game, outside the Rookie Village.

Law and Order
You've saved Yurik and proven that the Zone is not a place where the strongest rule.

You need to save a stalker called Yurik, who is being robbed by bandits when the player first enters Garbage. I advise you to save before entering the location, because the bandits always shoot at Yurik first when provoked.

No Loner stands alone
Do not allow bandits to defeat Bes and his men.

Immediately after saving Yurik, he will lead us to Bes's group. You need to agree to help Bes repel an attack by a group of bandits.

Headhunter
Even the Zone remembers deserters.

In Agroprom, there is a swamp in the north-west of the location, in the middle of the swamp there will be a train car, with a military deserter sitting inside. Speaking to the deserter will give you the achievement.

The last mammoth in the Zone
Only for 800?

In the south-west of Dark Valley there is a group of stalkers in a abandoned farm, one of whom sells us a “Gauss gun” for 800 currency.

Meet the creator
Good Ol' Days!

In X-18, on the lowest floor where the Pseudo-Giant lives, there is a room with a photo of the developers from GSC Game World. Once you go into the room and the achievement is yours.

Sentry
This village gave you shelter, and you have not forgotten this.

When returning to Cordon after taking the documents from X-18, Fanatic will take Wolf's place as the leader, you need to complete his quest to protect the village from newcomers.

Gladiator
The champion of the Arena.

You need to go through all stages of the Arena in Bar. The stages themselves open as your rank in the PDA increases. The last stages of the Arena usually unlock after you have completed the Lab X-16 quest.

Explore and protect
You managed to save professor Kruglov and did not let the Zone extinguish his light.

When you enter Wild Territory you will interrupt a firefight between a group of Mercenaries and Ecologists, Kruglov will ask you for help and you will have to escort him to Yantar without him dying.

Once you are in Yantar Sakharov will ask you to escort Kruglov once again, this time you will have to protect him from zombies and snorks in the area while Kruglov stops to take various measurements. You will receive the achievement once both you and Kruglov are back in the scientific bunker.

Freedom vs. Duty
Choose your side in this conflict.

Can be done after X-16

Duty: You need to complete Voronin's chain of quests for the Bulldog-6 grenade launcher and get the unique sniper TRS-301, after which you will be accepted into the group. An alternative option would be to help Skull's group destroy the Freedom Base at the Army Warehouses.

Freedom: When you first visit the Army warehouses, you need to hand over Skull's group to Lukash, then find an informer (When approaching the meeting place, try to approach unnoticed, otherwise the quest will fail), and then help protect the Barrier from Monolith troops. After this you will be accepted into the ranks of Freedom.

The Door Vinci Code
No doors can stand between you and your goal. Even ones that lead nowhere.

In the Red Forest, at the crossroads of the roads leading to the Brain Scorcher and Pripyat, there will be a platform with a Monolith sniper atop it, in order to get there you have to go through a hole in the fence underneath it and climb up a ladder. Once there the door code is - 1287975

Anomalies & Artifacts

Garland
Fill all 5 slots with artifacts.

Equip 5 artifacts

Boltman
Die from 5 different anomalies.

You need to die from 5 different anomalies. Death from radiation is also taken into account. You can get the achievement by the time you reach Garbage/Agroprom

Party on the beach
Equip all beach-themed artifacts. And do not forget the lights!

You need to find and put on your belt all the artifacts whose names are somehow related to a “beach theme”.
The Artifacts:

• Medusa (Guaranteed spawn in the anomaly heap directly north of the Rookie Village, many are also found lying around Agroprom)
  
• Sparkler (Only appears in electrical anomalies from 00:00 to 04:59. Electro anomalies which spawn the artifact can be found in the Cordon Tunnel, the Agroprom Underground, and on the railway tracks in Wild Territory)
  
• Urchin (Guaranteed spawn in the Agroprom Underground, in the same room as the bloodsucker spawn)
  
• Gold Fish (Guaranteed spawn on the stairs in the building that leads to Lab X-16, there is also a chance that the artifacts spawns in Agroprom on top of the railway tunnel)
  
• Night Star (Up to 3 can be found in Agroprom if they spawn on the correct side of the fence, one can also be acquired by completing the mission "kill the traitor" given by Baldy in the Bar)

Maximum endurance
Equip all endurance artifacts.

You need to find all 3 artifacts that increase endurance and put them on your belt, the artifacts will only spawn from 00:00 to 04:59. The artifacts are:

• Moonlight
  
• Flash
  
• Sparkler

All of them can be found in Electro anomalies such as the ones in tunnel in Cordon, hallway in Agroprom Underground, and railway tracks in Wild Territory. One Moonlight is also given as a quest reward by Barkeep for killing a stalker called Sparrow.

Stalker legend
Find each common and rare artifact in the Zone.

Although there are 27 artifacts in the game you only need 14 for this achievement, these artifacts are:

• Slug (Guaranteed to spawn on the first floor of Lab X-18 in a small pool with a chemical anomaly, given as a reward for Bromes quest to "Find the weapon of a Dutyer", and also given as a reward for Barkeeps quest to "Kill the Soldier")
  
• Slime (Spawns in checmical anomalies, commonly found in Wild Territory)
  
• Stone Flower (Guaranteed spawn in the Elevator building in Cordon, extremely common can often be found lying on the ground in Garbage and Agroprom)
  
• Jellyfish (Guaranteed spawn in the anomaly heap north of Rookie Village, also extremely common in Garbage and Agroprom)
  
• Flash (Found in Electro anomalies from 00:00 to 04:59, most common in Agroprom Underground and Wild Territory)
  
• Sparker (Found in Electro anomalies from 00:00 to 04:59, most common in Agroprom Underground and Wild Territory)
  
• Meat Chunk (Guaranteed spawn on the southern-most trash heap in Garbage)
  
• Stone Blood (Guaranteed spawn on the locomotive when heading east on the railway tracks in Cordon, also really common on trash heaps in Garbage)
  
• Fireball (Guaranteed spawn in Strelok's stash, also really common in the Burner tunnel located in Wild Territory when heading towards Yantar)
  
• Droplets (Can also be found in the Burner tunnel in Wild Territory, and laying on the ground in Lab X-16)
  
• Crystal Thorn (Usually found in stashes and on dead stalkers when you are deeper in the Zone, so be sure to check as many stashes as possible)
  
• Thorn (Usually found in stashes and on dead stalkers when you are deeper in the Zone, so be sure to check as many stashes as possible)
  
• Garvi (Commonly found on the trash heaps in Garbage)
  
• Wrenched (Commonly found on the trash heaps in Garbage)

Unique Weapons & Armors

Mole's weapon
Become the owner of unique Walker 9 x 18 pistol.

The pistol can be found on the stalker called Mole, who takes us to the entrance of the Agroprom Underground. If you go to the Underground, the Mole will disappear from the game forever. The easiest way is to save, kill the Mole, pick up his gun and, having received the achievement, load back so as not to spoil relations with Loners.

Terminator
Threaded SPSA-14 is yours. To scare and protect!

The shotgun is dropped by a bandit called Poker who can be found in the Agroprom underground after killing Borov in Dark Valley, if he is not there you can take Voronin's quest to kill him so he appears.

The smile of Martha
Find the beautiful Martha.

The pistol can be found on a Duty member who we save together with Bullet after entering Dark Valley, same as with Mole the easiest way to get the achievement is to save, get the gun, and reload in order to not ruin your reputation. If you have already done the quest Bullet and his friend can be found at the Duty outpost in Garbage.

Weapon of the future
Get Monolith finest weapon.

The Gauss Rifle can be acquired near the end of the game, in both Pripyat and the CNPP. In order to get the Gauss Rifle in Pripyat you need to make sure to shoot the Monolith soldier on the rooftop at just the right angle so the rifle falls towards the ground and not the roof. The Gauss Rifle is more common among Monolith soldiers in the CNPP and you will be able to get a few.

Legendary armor
You found the Ghost suit and honored his legacy.

The suit can be picked up off of Ghost's corpse at the very end of Lab X-16 after killing the controller.

Hiker
Tourist suit is yours. Now you can go for a walk and enjoy nearby anomalies.

You must obtain the Tourist Suit which is given as a reward by Sidrovich for completing the quest “Bring the Night Star artifact”. The quest only appears after you bring the X-18 documents to Sidrovich. The artifact itself can be found in the south-east of Agroprom by the fence, as a reward given by a Stalker called Baldy in the Bar, and can also be found in the Monolith base in Pripyat.

Fanged armor
Find Fang exoskeleton.

After exiting X-16, there will be a corpse lying in the tunnel in front of you. Before searching him, save. After saving keep on searching the body and reloading until you get the stash called "Fang's Goodies". Once you get the stash location, keep on playing the game until you reach Pripyat and are able to take Fang's exoskeleton from the stash.

Conclusion

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[Fénix]

Guia muito bom

[L1GHT]

Also something I forgot to mention, if you are struggling with finding any of the artifacts or unique armors just based on the guide alone. I'd recommend using this website: Zone Survival Guide [zsg.dk]
It is fairly old, but the information is still accurate and the Artifacts and Stash sections are especially useful in my opinion.

[L1GHT]

Macleod904, sorry for the late response. Regarding the Slime I was able to find it on the first try in Wild Territory near the tower area in the beginning of the location when loading an old save, however the artifact spawns are somewhat RNG so you could try returning to the location later on in your playthrough when the artifacts inevitably respawn.

As for the mutants, yes dog kills count. In my personal experience I would recommend just running between the first 4 locations that being, Cordon, Garbage, Agroprom, and Dark Valley since those spawn the most mutants. If you are still struggling with finding enough mutants you could also try taking quests to kill mutants from the leaders of Duty and Freedom, and also the Barkeep.

[Macleod904]

Any tips for the slime location? I didn't find it.

And for the 250 Mutant kill, dogs counts?

[L1GHT]

Sir Lunchalot, as far as I personally know there has not been any official communication from GSC regarding an update for the PC version, but I think its reasonable to assume that the older Stalker games will be updated to the console versions near the release of Stalker 2. Or at least thats what I hope is going to happen.

[Sir Lunchalot]

has there been any news regarding an update of the steam version? I just finished modding the game for a more stable playthrough and Im gonna jump in on my first playthrough either tomorrow or on Tuesday :)

[Robster]

Can't wait to play it again.

[The Hague Awaits]

Looks great.

[Snivson]

[Melomaniac]

Awesome