How to earn coupons on Artifacts

One option is to easily earn coupons at the beginning of the game

Artifacts

The most common way for Stalkers to make money is to collect and sell artifacts.
There are many locations in the Zone with clusters of anomalies. They are dangerous, sometimes bizarre, but at the same time they fascinate with their beauty. And it is in such locations that artifacts are born! If you periodically run around these locations, you can not only earn coupons, but also find a rare artifact for yourself.

Вдалого полювання Сталкере!

• There are 67 locations on the map in total, where artifacts are restored over time.
  
  
• After an artifact is picked up, a new one appears approximately after 4-5 game days.
  
  
• When I calculated the restoration period of restorable artifacts on the outskirts of Slag Heap, after 4 days the artifacts were restored, but not in all the locations what I will studied.
  So to be sure - wait 5+ days.
  
  
• The "Roadside Picnic" route with the Burnt Forest allows you to collect 39% of all restorable artifacts, and if you also run through the Lesser Zone and Zaton, it will be 58%.

The Lesser Zone

5 clusters of anomalies around Zalissya

• Be careful, in the cave with acid anomalies live Bloodsuckers! Try to quickly pick up the artifact without getting into a fight with them.

Average profit per raid on 5 locations:

• From the sale of artifacts: 20,000-30,000 coupons

Garbage and Cement Factory (Short Circuit)

8 clusters of anomalies around Slag Heap and Cement Factory
Short Сircuit

Average profit per raid on 8 locations:

• From the sale of artifacts: 35,000-45,000 coupons

Garbage and Cement Factory (Long Circuit)

In total, 14 clusters of anomalies around Slag Heap and Cement Factory
Long Сircuit

• It's a long route, so prepare enough energy drinks and medkits. You can also wear a suit with protection against the elements and take protective artifacts with you
  
• This hike will take about 18-24 hours of game time

Average profit per raid on 14 locations:

• From the sale of artifacts: 50,000-70,000 coupons

Zaton

8 clusters of anomalies around Sultansk

Average profit per raid on 8 locations:

• From the sale of artifacts: 35,000-45,000 coupons

Rostok - Garbage - Cement Factory - Chemical Plant

In total, 22 clusters of anomalies
"Roadside picnic"

• With such a bribe, you can return to the Great Earth, but Skif still has business in the Zone...
  
• You can also run to the "Burnt Forest" for another +4 artifacts. Marked with green arrows

Average profit per raid on 22 locations:

• From the sale of artifacts: 90,000-120,000 coupons

Burnt Forest

4 clusters of anomalies

• It makes sense to go here purposefully if you suddenly need an artifact of the thermal type.

Average profit per raid on 4 locations:

• From the sale of artifacts: 17,000-25,000 coupons

Swamps

6 clusters of anomalies

The most difficult region to collect artifacts:

• Lack of a camp with a guide
  
• After you visit there, you yourself will not want to go back there

Average profit per raid on 6 locations:

• From the sale of artifacts: 25000-35000 coupons
  
• Think again, is it worth it!

Prypiat

In Progress...

Other Regions

• In other regions, there are few such places, you will not earn much, so in this guide I will not provide information about them

[Forest]

earn coupons without artifacts: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3400350458

[Peak Engineering]

Thank you Stalker! May the Zone never cause trouble towards you ever again!

:)

[Bavovnyatko]

@Kot : In Stalker 2, scientists from SIRCAA learned how to grow artifacts, so there is no longer reason to buy them. It`s logically. I really don't understand why repairs are cheaper in friendly settlements than in neutral ones, and the selling prices are not more favorable

[Kot]

I think the same… This is disgusting. For example, in most of the books, STALKER writers describe selling artifacts at good prices to scientists. The same situation was in Call of Pripyat, Clear Sky, and Shadow of Chernobyl. But not in STALKER 2

[Bavovnyatko]

Not sure if there is a seller with higher prices, but I've only seen equal prices

[Kot]

Where can I sell artifacts for the best profit?

[Mr.Jimbo]

"To climb up to an electric artifact, you need electric protection"
You don't.
Start from east and take the pipes.
You'll see a ladder on a side of the cistern.
Jump on it (empty your hands so Skif can grab that ladder "mid-air").
Profit