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• Choices That Affect STALKER 2’s Ending
• She Will Never Be Free
• Project Y
• Today Never Ends
• Brave New World

Many games boast a multitude of endings, but S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, while not offering a vast array, presents four distinct outcomes before the credits roll. Your choices in this game significantly impact the narrative's conclusion. Three specific missions contain pivotal decisions shaping your ending: Subtle Matter, Dangerous Liaisons, and The Last Wish. Conveniently, these missions occur late in the game, allowing you to save before them and easily explore all endings without a full replay.

Choices That Affect STALKER 2’s Ending

Three key missions—Subtle Matter, Dangerous Liaisons, and The Last Wish—determine your ending. Fortunately, their placement near the game's conclusion enables a manual save before tackling them, letting you experience every possible outcome efficiently.

She Will Never Be Free

• Subtle Matter: Choose "Life is for the living."
• Dangerous Liaisons: Choose "[Escape]."
• The Last Wish: Choose "[Fire]."

This ending sees you siding with Strelok, aiming to protect the Zone. Achieving this requires antagonizing all other factions: rejecting Scar, fleeing Korshunov, and eliminating Kaymanov. Strelok's significance in previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. titles makes his role here particularly compelling.

Project Y

• Subtle Matter: Choose "Life is for the living."
• Dangerous Liaisons: Choose "[Escape]."
• The Last Wish: Choose "[Lower the Gun]."

This ending mirrors the previous one, except for your decision regarding Kaymanov. By sparing him, you align yourself with his scientific perspective, allowing the Zone to evolve undisturbed by external control.

Today Never Ends

• Subtle Matter: Choose "Eternal spring."
• Dangerous Liaisons: Choose "[Escape]."
• The Last Wish: No specific choice required for this ending.

This path involves aiding Scar, the protagonist from S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. Your support leads him towards the "Shining Zone," but unlike other endings, this one only requires choices in two of the three key missions.

Brave New World

• Subtle Matter: Choose "Life is for the living."
• Dangerous Liaisons: Choose "I'm not your enemy."
• The Last Wish: No specific choice required for this ending.

This ending involves siding with Colonel Krushunov and his mission to eradicate the Zone. Similar to the "Today Never Ends" ending, only two missions directly influence this outcome.