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🌩 Anticyclone – Giveaway
To keep spirits high on these hot days, we’re launching a giveaway. Try your luck!
✔️ To enter the giveaway, simply:
>• Join the STALCRAFT: X server on Discord;
• Click the Participate button below the post.
🏆 90 winners will receive promo codes for valuable prizes:
>• Cartridges season currency;
• Tactical Reserve season crate;
• Equipment upgrade set;
• Overdrives.
Promo codes are valid on EU, NA, SEA and NEA regions.
⏰ Results — June 14 at 13:00 (UTC).
Good luck!
u/favlove — 3 days ago
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🔨 Monthly cheaters banlists
We continue to publish the list of banned players May 2026 (07.05.2026 – 06.06.2026).
📌 You can find it here.
u/favlove — 3 days ago
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📖 Knowledge is survival
Have you put the new Database to use yet? Did it help you find what you were looking for, or are there still gaps in the records?
👇 Let us know in the comments!
u/favlove — 6 days ago
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👁 Subjects unidentified
The Zone is full of familiar faces. The interesting ones are those yet to be identified.
u/favlove — 7 days ago
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☀️ Server launch
The summer sun is piercing through the anomalies at last, and as it rises, the servers open their gates to new opportunities and trials worthy of the brave.
To mark the beginning of the season, we've prepared a small gift for you:
>SCX-SUMMER2026-WELCOME
🎮 Enter the game, redeem the promo code, and step into a summer unlike any other — a summer in the Zone.
u/favlove — 7 days ago
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⚡️ The Anticyclone is approaching!
The local weather station has issued a fresh report on the upcoming update — let's take a look at what awaits us in the summer season.
🤫 This is only a glimpse of what we're ready to reveal. You'll learn more tomorrow.
u/favlove — 8 days ago
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📈 Tempered steel season results
Summer is already heating up, which means it's time to take a look at everything we achieved during the spring season.
>Analytics snapshot date: May 25, 2026. You can find all the infographics below!
EU
NA
💭 Share your achievements from the past three months in the comments!
u/favlove — 8 days ago
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💬 Marxont, game designer, answered community questions
>Q: Hostile faction NPC patrols near HQs are causing issues for newer players and those using Scientist or Combo suits. Is this intended? What about the planned enemy radar near HQs?
A: Patrol routes will be adjusted next patch to keep them further away from HQs. The issue mainly affects Rise due to HQ placement. Patrol difficulty may also be scaled by matchmaking level in the future, and HQ doors are being considered.
>Q: When will temporary armour and container models be updated?
A: The Orion model will be updated in the next patch.
>Q: Why was hideout loot changed to specific containers instead of being spread across furniture? Why were NPC patrols added? What are your current goals as a game designer?
A: The new loot system is more predictable for players and easier to balance. NPC patrols are meant to maintain danger in locations with few enemy players and only spawn when faction populations are unbalanced. As for my goal: make the game better.
>Q: Hybrid and mobility builds feel weaker after recent healing changes. Any updates on Quasi-Destructors?
A: That's mainly a question for the balance team. Their current focus is reducing excessive healing in long-range fights, which may also affect overly durable builds. Quasi-Destructors and modules are being reworked to be more user-friendly, and Quasi-Destructors will no longer be required to remove modules.
>Q: When will we be able to paint backpacks and containers?
A: First batch of paintable backpacks and containers is planned for July.
>Q: How is the Lyubech rework progressing?
A: Designers are currently prototyping new features for Lyubech's core gameplay loop.
>Q: When can we expect the matchmaking rework?
A: No ETA, but it's a major priority. Work is ongoing on both general matchmaking improvements and solo-versus-party matchmaking.
>Q: Open-world player numbers seem to be declining. Are there plans to address this?
A: Yes. We will continue adjusting the economy and other systems to keep players engaged with the open world in particular.
>Q: What is being done to improve new player retention?
A: The onboarding team is working on first-hours gameplay improvements, a better handbook, and other changes. Some of these will arrive in the next patch.
>Q: When will smaller session maps move to a night-only rotation?
A: Map rotation adjustments are coming next patch.
>Q: Why was Reichstag built around a WW2 setting instead of STALCRAFT's lore?
A: Reichstag has become a tradition and serves as a testing ground for new mechanics. Features such as mechs and other systems developed for the event may appear in future updates.
>Q: Will there be another major story expansion after Master of the Zone?
A: A third chapter of the main story is planned, but it's not currently in development. It is expected to lead players towards Pripyat.
>Q: What happened to the wardrobe update?
A: It's still planned, but higher-priority projects are taking precedence. The feature requires significant UI and UX work. Older cosmetics may become available through sources such as Spartak's stock or the Arsen shop before then.
>Q: Will the wardrobe system include progression-based camo unlocks?
A: A challenge-based camouflage progression system was planned for Reichstag but ran into technical issues. It may return in the future.
>Q: Has any progress been made on Pripyat?
A: It's still in the earliest planning stages. Significant optimization work is required first. The goal is to make all buildings enterable and functional.
>Q: How is the auction update progressing?
A: The UI and documentation are complete. However, the auction is being redesigned into an exchange system, and development of the backend has not yet started.
>Q: Are there any plans to change artefact spawning?
A: We want to make artefact hunting more predictable and interaction-based.
>Q: Is the Master-tier MPX real?
A: Hmm…
>Q: Will MPX be upgraded to Master-tier for those who had it previously? I don’t expect it to magically upgrade for free.
A: Similar upgrades have been done before, such as with the Kriss Vector. MPX will get bumped up to Master-tier, but will pay for that with its features.
>Q: Any plans to add the CR-380 to the Act Ticket legendary pool?
A: No plans at the moment. Only the CR-72 is planned for the upcoming Act.
>Q: Could all shop offers become tradeable between players?
A: No. Some restrictions are intentional, while others are technical. However, tradeable versions of some styles that previously lacked them are being added.
A quick random teaser.
>Q: Is Slav Arena planned to return?
A: Yes.
Another teaser.
u/favlove — 9 days ago
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🌼 Spring wallpaper pack
We're back with a brand-new wallpaper pack for your desktop!
Winter's had its turn, so it's time to shake things up and brighten your desktop with something fresh.
u/favlove — 10 days ago
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🎬 Making content? Create alongside us.
The Media Partnership Program is your chance to get closer to the game, unlock exclusive rewards, and leave your mark on the Zone.
>Whether you make videos, stream, do shortform content — we want to see what you’ve got.
⚡️ Think you’ve got what it takes? Apply here: https://stalcraft.net/media
u/favlove — 11 days ago
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🌩 Anticyclone is nearby
And with it comes the American compact assault rifle AAC Honey Badger — the main reward of the new Season Pass.
>Deadly in the right hands, this weapon is made for those who act, not just talk.
Not everyone can handle a gun like this. Are you ready for the challenge?
Find out on June 3.
u/favlove — 11 days ago