u/Dooz_drift

(This has nothing to do with Vanilla Stalker 2 campaign or anything related to pre placed Loot)

I robbed the Armour from a bandit while stalkers were fighting them, as well as for all these guns i have :p,

though Battle! while i was in that brawl, a group of zombies joined too!

They ambushed me from behind and Brought my health to a point it wasn't even visible, luckily i went to cover on time and the medkit slowly healed me.

The Zone is so cruel 🪦

will i make it to prypriat?

VERY rough at the Start, but it got easier with time, and this is what i have after i did the encounter with Faust, and i also like how many weight i can carry heh

Im SHOCKED from how stable my challenge is, before i released it i like crashed every 30 mins and the saves got corrupted 3 times, but now that i did a new playthrough with it, 0 FREAKING CRASHES, im at Rostok Rn and STILL 0,not even FPS drops,

i think i finally found a stable mod pack for my challenge TwT

im sooooo happy about it because other players will also experience what i experience since the mod pack is the same for everyone who tries the challenge, so no one is gonna have problems if they listen to the stability tips!!

Aaaaa this is amazing I didn't expect it to be so stable

#Out Now!!

(all footage from the video was took from my experiences in the challenge)

##For Xbox and maybe PC.

Stalker,

Are you brave enough to try out your abilities, experience and knowledge in the New Legend of The Zone challenge?

hmm, well you might just Give a look and tell me what you think first

#Legend of the zone Challenge

You've arrived, finally after getting your self a pistol, you adventure your self in the Exclusion Zone

The journey that awaits you will be not kind, it will be not easy, it will be not forgiving

Give your best, and show who's the real Legend of the zone, starting by just some scavenged junk

##intro

The Legend of the Zone Challenge consists in completing all the objectives from a list, you can try completing only a few at first, but to EARN the Legend Of The Zone Challenge Award you'll need to complete each and every one of them,while you try to survive the harsh zone(there aren't any pre-placed armours or guns)

Thanks to all the Mods and Mod makers, this experience is heavily enhanced and enjoyable.

#Features and Immersion

) You'll adventure your self in a Harsher, More cruel Zone than ever before,

###Mutants

Groups of mutants now are VERY dangerous as they deal a Good ammount of Damage, Be Most careful about boars, sometimes A pack of boars is way more dangerous than 1 burer!

if a pack of 3 boars ambushes you and there isn't any available high ground, May the Zone bless you.

###Survival

Radiation, Food and health now are much now bigger problems as Medkits now Don't Restore immediately your health and bandages just stop bleedings.

###Loot

Now loot isn't as common,All pre-placed Armors and Guns are removed,Scripted Stashes may be still too good but overall the loot of the zone is way more diminished.

###NPCs

Now Everyone has very little health and can be very easily killed with just 1 shot in the head by any weapon if they have no protection on their head, but so are you,

NPC's Aim now is more balanced,still if you're 5 meters far from one it will surely shower you with bullets, but they should be about More-less Deadly depending on which situation you get in, just get a lot of cover in any encounter. .

And NPC's have the chance of having custom weapons, so you could see some of them Rocking Scopes or granade launchers on their weapons as well as suppressors.

###Survival Curve

The Survival Curve of this challenge can seem very steep, as, the hardest thing to do is get stable in money, gear and guns, but do not worry, once you settle up all those things, Objectives will be easier and more fun to complete as you're alredy very deep in to the challenge!

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So let's get in to it,

##Cold Start

You'll spawn with 500k coupons and a guide in front of you,

what you have to do is choose a spawning point,

(Malachite,Prypriat, Rostok and Yaniv are not allowed spawning points)

Once you spawn in that Area, go to any trader and sell all your gear APART the PTM pistol and its ammunition and your supplies(food,drink,vodka, medkit etc) but apart these things you need to sell everything,

Then By buying and selling stuff over and over, lower your coupons to 10k

(like buy and sell over and over a bunch of items till you get to 10k or less, not above)

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Then, Save the game, and delete any other save made before, you need to not be able to go back before you prepared.

Now before you start your journey, let me tell you first the Rules and the avaliable objectives.

#Rules

1)You can't change difficulty in the middle of the challenge, you choose 1 for the entirety of it,so choose wisely.

2)Prypriat,Rostok,Yaniv and Malachite are Prohibited Spawning points for your start

3)You can't use game guides to travel around.

4)Do not start any Main Story/campaign event if you happen to find one(which i doubt)

And do not start any scripted Side quest that Gives Scripted loot(Apart arena, Sidejobs and people who need help in the moment)

5)Don't use any other mods from the ones i already listed

6)Do not remove any mods that are comprehended in the challenge, you Need to have them all(You decide if to enable the Optional Ones that I've marked)

7)The maximum ammount of deaths for the challenge are 7,once you die more than 7 times the challenge is deemed failed.

8)Don't try to find any loopholes in the rules.

9)Don't use saves to get out of dangerous situations

10)You need to Disable the Gun ammunition UI,Disable your Crosshair, Disable the Compass UI, and disable Mission Notifications UI,

And also disable subtitles.

These types of HUD are Removed for the challenge.

Rules done, Let's go to the objectives

#Objective List:

Pick one, or more Objectives for your challenge!

and if you wanna WIN the challenge, you need to complete them all

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-Kill 350 mutants

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The Zone Slayer

-Go to Prypriat and drink 30 Vodka bottles

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iS ThAt a BlOod SuCkEr in aN ElEganT FiT?!

-Acquire 500.000 coupons

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The Richest of the Zone

-Obtain 45 artifacts

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A fine Collector

-Explore every region of the zone

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Wander and Wonder

-Collect 30 Firearms of different types(special/scripted Weapons are Excluded)

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Ammosexual

-Complete 50 Side jobs for Traders/Bartenders

Our Trusted Stalker

-Kill 2 Exosuit Monoliths with a Knife

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Wait.. You really did it!?

-Acquire at least 7 parts of every mutant.

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Does it give me superpowers if i eat it?

-Survive and pass 10 ingame days in the Swamps, you're allowed to sleep only at night, once you start the objective you can't get out of them and need to complete the objective first to leave.

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One must imagine Skif happy

-Collect 100 Total faction patches.

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HeadHunter Hobby

##Legend of The Zone award:

-Complete Every objective in Stalker Difficulty.

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Now let's go to the Mods, oh boy theire a lot, i hope the next update doesn't break everything again.

#Mod list

Better Ballistics Core - Kazz7420

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Shay's: Realistic death animations - ShayTech

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Dynamic Weather overhaul - Feliche

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Enhanced Combat VFX - Feliche

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Weapon Reposition Project tacticool - Feliche

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Shay's:impacts!! - ShayTech

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OXA Core - OxideUK

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Better vaulting + Better stamina - J412536987

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Real Longer Days 2 hours - Feliche

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New Game Debug Start - Volucris_Mods

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MoreSideQuestOptions - sdwvit

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Better Bed Sleep System - Volucris_Mods

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NoSluggishWater - sdwvit

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HeadlessArmors - sdwvit

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CantBeKnockedDown - sdwvit

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TradersBuyBrokenGear - BounceGenesisUK(optional)

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NoAPForMobs - sdwvit

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SlowerRadiationDamage - sdwvit

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NoPsyStalkerSpawns - sdwvit

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NoPreplacedArmorAndWeapons - sdwvit

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Shay's: Living Zone - ShayTech

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Ace's Real Flashlight - Feliche

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Unforgiving Zone - Feliche

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Flics Realistic Fall Damage Tweaks - FlicQT

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FactionPatches - sdwvit

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NPCAttachments - sdwvit

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No PDA Player Icon - Kynes_Peace

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(I tested the Challenge My self and i confirm that it is stable and enjoyable even on a Xbox S which is what i use)

##Tips:

)You don't need to forcefully repair your gear and spend all your savings to repair just a suit,so i advise from experience of the challenge, to keep the gear broken, to use broken guns, until you have a good ammount of money to sustain the repairs without becoming poor!

)Run away from gunfights and big numbers of mutants at the start! don't try your luck unless you wanna fail your first try! big reward, big loss

)To make a good ammount of money overall, it's heavily advised to complete the Side Jobs of the traders/bartenders! you have a wide choice and also good rewards depending on where you are.

#Stability Tips For Xbox

)Disable Autosave as it could save in moments where there could be something of a mod in execution and corrupt the save file, making you crash when loading it, so i advise to Hardsave(manual save)

)Keep the number of saves under 6, bloating the playthrough with saves could make it unstable, so keep it always under 6

)When you're done playing, Exit the Game and Close it,Xbox's Quick resume is veeery bad when using mods.

)NEVER EVER disable or Add any other mods in the playthrough, you START with the ones i listed and never change anything,or the save files could get Badly and permanently corrupted.

These are tips from EXHAUSTING and TIRING crashes and Corruptions experiences in my challenge, and do not worry, they should not happen to you theorically.

#Goodluck

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Phew, that was a lot!

i hope you enjoy the challenge, and remember, IT IS NOT FORGIVING, you'll die, and fail probably, so accept it and restart it if you are really determined, i assure you, it's the best feeling when you finally get Stable and get more in to the objectives than surviving,

Thanks for Reading Stalker, Have a Good Hunt

(Side disclaimer:

Every part of this challenge was made by me, No AI has been used in The Creation of The Challenge, and Deep Thanks to all the modders that made this Challenge possible with their wonderful works!)

##Last Update News about The Incoming Challenge

I've been testing enough now the Challenge and i can define all its properties clearly and specify them in the challenge,

in 8h of testing i got my self stable Good Loot and a stable ammount of coupons, I've got 8 deaths, but to not delay the challenge any further i put the max to 10 after my 2nd failed try, and it's way better than 3 as i planned before, maybe ill tweak it to 7-8 max deaths, who knows, at least it's less stressful,

The loadout im rocking is really Great as it protects me a lot from Bullets and gives me a good ammount of protection to almost everything,

And i also got my self a Good ak with almost every attachment, as well as an m870 basilar shotgun with a neat sight,

As for the Glock 17 i added everything i could, a scope, a suppressor and a laser pointer, very great, very deadly,

Ill be making the last clips for the teaser Video of the challenge, and Soon upload the challenge alongside the video, Arm up Stalkers, The Legend Of The Zone Challenge is inbound!!

And it will Not be easy

I've been testing the Challenge for Already almost 2 days and, it's going well, the only thing is that There are present some crashes every once in a while so Saving and autosave are a lifesaver if you don't Wanna lose hours of progress,

I've put the Max deaths from 3 to 5,so if you die more than 5 times, you gotta start a new challenge playthrough.

and so far, im in my third test and it's all going perfect, So much things await you in the challenge that will make you throw your monitor away or just lose hope, but do not worry, once you get stable, everything becomes way more interesting, more importantly the Objectives I've set for the challenge, now are waaaaaay more, more challenging than the past ones, and very fun!

So worry not, the challenge is gonna come out soon, i just need to do. little bit more clips to assemble a video teaser for it,

See you later stalkers!

(Image 2 shows my current progress)

Heya Stalkers,

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so im testing the challenge out and it is indeed pretty hard, i feel like some mod made the Npc's have laser aim again? i dont know, but theire reaaaaally a pain now so don't underestimate anyone if you have a weak armour, and also removed a mod that made the game crash.

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im not Gonna spoil anything, but just don't expect to find like nothing nothing, because lowkey it would be too extreme if that would be the case, so like medkits and bandages can still be found in the little cases, just, less in number

(tell me if lowkey i should remove them as well)

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also it's been pretty enjoyable for me as far as now, obviously i alredy died 1 time but the first death almost always happens at the start doesn't it,

ill make a few Clips so that i can make a teaser for the game challenge instead of just plopping it silently here,

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Well this is all, Good hunting Stalker.