I think its very important to note that no one actually buys their armor or should buy their armor. Best armor in the game is available for free, just lying around. So their initial cost only factors into the repair and upgrades.
Exactly. Buying weapons or armor in this game is a waste of money. Everything can be found for free, you just need to know where to look. Money is needed only for repair and upgrades. Not even ammo and conusables are worth spending money to get, they are quite plentiful in the world.
Personally I totally agree cause my 2nd run I started to realize I found more armor long as I was patient, but at the same time I feel if you are really struggling and need that boost save a little bit on the side, I feel saving up and buying that really nice set just feels so good especially if you keep notes of good artifact spawns check back often it's a nice role play experience but I totally get the I bought a good set and found it 30 mins later 😂 overall still totally agree let the zone guide you to a amazing set.
There is one suit that is not available for free which i prefer as my heavy suit. Which is the s100 survey. It's only 50k which is worth it imo. It's not as good as an exo but as a "heavy" its amazing. Almost full anomaly and physical protection when fully upgraded Though I have to say the way I played it i heavily farmed artifacts when I started and only really started doing missions when I had 3 mil saved up at which point it doesn't really matter. I'm just collecting different weapons and suits at this point and idc if I have to buy them when there is no available free version (such as the pnz 9n Wolfgang)
I didn't have a new armor set for like 3 hours so I bought one. Don't like using guides just to find the instant best in the game and then nothing is challenging.
I used exoskeleton armour with artifacts to increase carry weight and stamina, with that I carried so much loot, that I fully upgraded armour and gun's, and even started to buy ammo from vendors because I had so much money. Don't fear of exoskeleton armour, it's actually ower powered.
Never upgrade electro/fire/chem protection on armors. I always take my exoskeleton off before going into chem/acid/fire anomaly on veteran. It is hard to die being naked, and there is no reason to lose durability. Electro anomalies hit hard, but you should be able to avoid damage in 95% of cases by using bolts.
That's true but if you're not struggling with coupons then please don't restrain yourself, lol. I mean it's just a game, you do feel more badass with better stats. I do hope we get hardcore mode one day so we take survival more seriously, lol.
Found a monolith holdout in Pripyat, I believe it's right besides the music school and it's a hard fight cause they keep spawning. But here's the best part, some of their drops have random Ruby and Diamond exoskeletons which I have sold, lugged back to my stash at the Corps HQ. Which I then access at Rostock to sell to Ragman.
1st - farm "Compass" and use "Weird Ball" After that you can run any armor you want. Even the cheap one, because "Compass" will give you max possible physial protection, and a "Weird Ball" as a backup for gunfights. for capacity farm "Weird Water" and you prepeared fot 80% of the gameplay. Additionaly you can farm "Liquid Rock" or "Skipjack". This will cover another 10% of gameplay. So for minimal comfort you need ANY armor with at least 3 slots. I've tried exoskeletons, unfortunately they kill most of the artefact gameplay, you basically need only "Weird water" and "Hypercube"/"Thunderberry". No micro management. I hope they will add sleep anywhere and sleeping bag + exhaustion, so you actually NEEd to sleep.
Another thing that helps with cost is doing the side quests for the bartenders in each settlement. Once you do enough they will turn green and you get a discount on repair costs.
It would be good to clarify the situation with wearing a full suit and a suit plus a helmet... And what is read on Reddit - the protective parameters of the helmet seem to apply only to the head, but at the same time people noted that the combination of a helmet and a suit with high rad and physical protection indicators win over full suits with superior characteristics.
That's some nice insights I'd say. Though, I simply can't go out without five maximum rad artifacts dangling on my exos, I wanna have my nuclear man RP.
I would recommend to repair suits and weapons frequently so you wont have to pay over 25k to repair one piece When it comes to cheap and durable exoskeletons I would use Operator and Brummbar. You can find Operator Exosuit in Burnt Forest during main mission and Brummbar past Yaniv( I don't know the chances but you can also find Brummbar on the random enemies I think)
Hey, something to consider and reason to use Ruby exo over diamond: The Ruby is almost a mix between the Diamond Exo and Operator Exo with its upgrades, it has the Arm servos upgrade for weapon accuracy AND stamina regen. You can upgrade all nodes and aren't locked out of choices, and seems to have a lot of wear resistance when upgraded. Diamond beats it out on protection but idk how the protections work with artifacts, IE does a max phys protection artifact have any benefit if you are already at 5 bars of phys pro. Would love to see a breakdown of stats and what not like you did for all the guns.
as long you upgraded lead containers on armor you can use artifacts without getting radiation each slot on armor is slighty green and show which container have lead protection
@ASSASSIN19923 Artifacts can provide physical protection like armor does. If you upgrade an armor to max level of protection (5 bars but I'd like to see data on how armor works) would an artifact that provides a medium bonus to physical protection be a benefit. Does armor have a hard cap, no cap, diminished returns, weird rules? Is wearing a compass artifact with a Diamond exo doing much of anything
@@TheBestNoahEverif your armor is maxed on phy resistance then any artifact that increases phy res is useless. all armor caps at 5 bars artifacts don’t do anything past that point. best meta build in the game is diamond exo (because max phy res) hypercube, thunderberry, glare, weird ball and weird water (or any other weight Strong) artifact if you don’t like the drunk effect from water
Moral is if you’re a guy running around grabbing artifacts or regularly filling up your inventory with gear you can sell then the exoskeletons or gear similar to it it cost and strength can work out just be a bit mindful when spending on smaller stuff such as ammo or supplies so you can break even, by time you have exoskeletons you’re probably passed mid game so you should have the fundamentals down pat, but for those that dread the carry weight system or don’t even look for artifacts only if you come across them then seva suits are your better bet
When starting a perma death playthrough nothing is more vital than getting up to yaniv at the start and grabbing the diamond exo, and upgrade it right there at yaniv station tech so you can sprint. Makes the perma death attempt way more easy mode.
For my 2nd run: I run 2 matching sets of fully upgraded military body armor and tac helmets for most encounters and missons. If im roaming i had an ecologist suit that i swapped for seva-v. After leaving lesser you can roam the whole map and pre-sircaa everythings pretty easy. (Tbf, I have a liquid rock to offset compass and have to use flytrap often.)
I have created steam guide for stalker 2 with formulas how game calculates repair cost: "Repair Cost Mechanics" 9:58 There is no reason to always repair at 70-90%, that's a myth. Repair cost grows linearly
wear resistance is really good, its always worth it on mid/high end suits. the 2 suits i really like are the duty seva which is the cheapest seva in general and has 2 25% wear resistance upgrades making is really economic to run and the regular exo which has 4 wear resistance upgrades which gets you to 70% or 75% making it quite economic to use considering its an exo
Yup I ran the SEVA from top of concrete building in garbage early game, wanderer SEVA mid game, and base exoskeleton late game. It has the highest wear resistance and I believe second highest max weight or very close to second. Sure it has one of lowest anomaly protections but they aren’t that dangerous anyways and artifacts can fix that. It has second or highest PSI protection from what I remember. Diamond is basically the only exo that is better for what I want in an armor but it still has less wear resistance and a bit more expensive so I just have the Diamond in my stash. Base exo is pretty heavy to wear but can be reduced with upgrades. Most of the other exos have far less PSI, max weight, and wear resistance so they don’t interest me. Plus a couple are hella expensive.
@@anthonyalberts8167 i was checking out some other exos and the brumbar (merc) exo is also pretty damn good with 75% wear resistance and i believe its less expensive than the regular exo.
In my opinion, SEVA suits are the best in game, low physical protection can be balanced with Compass artefact which gives 80% physical protection and even the SSP-99 gives 20% physical protection will give maximum protection of 100% But SEVA suits give you all one lead container which compass can sit inside, and also they give really good protection for every other stat which can be further boosted with artefacts but the thing about SEVA is you only need like medium protect stats on artefacts to basically reach peak protection on any particular section you want, fire, chemical or electric and so on. I really wish I could find the armour upgrade stats in the game files because some armour may be pretty mid, but once upgraded they get pretty broken.
@@deadshot4245 SP-99, SEVA-D have 1 lead container. SEVA Suit, SEVA-V, Corundum Suit have 2 lead containers. Both SSP-100, Wanderer Suit, SEVA-I all have 3 lead containers. Excavators have 4 lead containers, the maximum you can have.
Fun fact: you don’t get more money selling to “green vendors” vs whites. As long as you don’t sell ammo/guns/artifacts/armor to barkeeps- Also, I wud recommend two alternate sets of weapons/armor. You can swap in between them and when u go into a green outpost or “repair runs” you save a ton of money repairing at green techs, which is more worth for the fast travel fees. And don’t ever let yr weapons/armor degrade to red.
I saw a spreadsheet that outlined sell rates, and that they scale with your characters STALKER ranking, so the further you are in the game, the better sellrates you get. Buying seems to change vs green though.
Great video, can you do a weapon upgrade guide so we get to see what ideal paths for weapon upgrades are and which are worth investment and which are not. I am always at odds on where to invest upgrades either accuracy or range?
In my opinion Bulat is a great armour. I used it in previous games and I really like it in stalker 2 too. Great physical protection and it is not too expensive to maintain. I only use 2 weapons and sell all the unnecessary ammo, medkits, bandages, vodka, rad drugs etc. The game literally showers you with medical items. Just keep 20 extra in your chest and you will never run out.
I run diamond exo stacked with endurance and carry capacity artifacts. It’s so easy to make a shit load of money being a loot goblin this way. 15 water bottles and you get to and from the nearest trader in no time, stacked with valuable. Have 300,000+ koupns and counting. And I keep every unique gun in my stash box. So the really cool stuff I don’t even sell either lol
I'm pretty sure there is hardcoded 140kg weight limit, so for me a light armor with weird water and 2 medium weight artifacts does the trick, can hault ~100kg extra stuff while still having essentials
Depends on the helm, Seva-D is a good suit to use throughout a playthrough, eventually you might want to upgrade to an exosuit for carry weight/tanking but you could beat the game with it on veteran, I used something with similar stats for my first run.
One big question I have on repairs -are the repair costs linear to the % durability? I haven’t seen any data but would assume that repair costs are exponential -repairing 50% armor is more than double repairing 75% armor.
I'd like to know wtf the point of the X7 endgame armor is. I've done some googling, and it seems you don't even HAVE to use it. Apparently in patch 1.1, you can now upgrade it, but I see no real benefit to it over the Diamond Exoskeleton.
My top of suits Early game: Mercenary Suit. 2kg weight, +8 kg max weight Mid game: SEVA-D. Good protection, cheap repair, 5 slots for artifacts, +8kg max weight, easy to find upgrades Late game: Diamond Exoskeleton. Because it's the best
Diamond exo with lead canisters is op. Also, I’m curious everyone’s play style that they need to repair armour so often and armour that is so damaged? If your properly using cover, staying alert when in firefights or watching so you have the upper hand on npcs as well as avoiding anomalies as easy as it can be, armour shouldn’t cost or deteriorate as fast. After all, this isn’t call of duty lol
I literally failed my 1st playtrough, because i had no idea how these things like penetration is very important, repair costs etc would be this expensive especially before the 1st patch which adjusted the prices a bit. So i literally failed my 1st playtrough. I got to a point, where i had 0 coupons, cant repair my guns, my armor and i faced the end game enemies with exoskeletons... and then there was the penetration problem i faced, because i used a fully upgraded AK... So i literally had to delete my save, and start a new game... Lost 50+ hours of playtime...
I dont understand how people struggle with money. I have diamond suit fully upgraded and run it for everything. Its the only suit i have. I am on stalker difficulty but still. Money has never been an issue for me during my entire playthrough. Have always been able to fully upgrade any weapon i want. Found a seva suit and used it for a while but once i got the diamond exo, thats the only one i use now.
Yeah I fully fund all my playthroughs by just running weird water and selling mid to late game yellow weapons from the main story missions, can easily get 50k per inventory
Ive used a box to get the diamond exo before I should have been able to get it and honestly I use it for everything and enjoy it! I love the extra carry weight and all the added resistance's. It can be expensive, but I do what you said and carry a weird water and collect all the guns I find. Im only at 140 carry weight right now, but im sure I could get more and at this point it works just fine.
I don't recommend go and run and find the high tier armor, wait until you get a lot of money. I actually had over 250k when I started to upgrade my armor in second run: Lesser Zone and Cordon: OZK Explorer - at this point you can get any better without buying, so not point. Garbage, Cement Factory and The Cooling Towers: PSZ-5V Guardian of Freedom Suit found near The Brood west of Slag Heap. Decent starter armor, with good physical and radiation, no PSI, but you shouldn't get into that many Controller fights. Wild Island, Zaton and the Swamp: If PSZ-5V is in yellow get the PSZ-5I Hawk, found at the Railway Maintaince Facility, east of wild island. An an unique variant of the same variant. An underrated armor is the Mercenary Suit. Was the first I upgraded, but that was just so I could get 3 containes, and 1 weight. It got comparable decent Radition and Physical defense, and just as good upgraded, but weights almost nothing. Then get the Seva D suit at Cage at Cementary Factor for the last part of the Swam and SIRCAA. Then you are midway through the game, and you can get the CORUNDUM SUIT. Upgrade the shit out of this. Also get the SEVA-I, upgrade if you want, and switch between them, and only repair it at a green technician to save money. This will be enough until you get into the endgame, and can you can get yourself an Exoskeleton with sprint. At this point you should have tone of money. I upgraded both the Corundum and SEVA-I and still had almost 300k left to go up and upgrade my Seiga and Kharod. If you got Weird Water, and has no problem taking trips back to sell, you should get money in no time. Also a lot of the artifacts that vendor ask for you can find at the 10 Scanner location, which are all easy money. I had almost all artifact before a vendor asked for me to get it.
I fully upgraded seva1 armor except for lead container. Put weird water, thunderberry, hypercube, compass. Switch from weird ball, a second thunderberry, liquid rock or a flytrap for the fifth slot. Then let it breaks down to zero. Never repair it. No more bandages, vodka, energy drink or anti rads. Max carry capacity. The stats drops down but not that much. Artifact compensate. Use your money to fire a fully upgraded kharod, dnipro, saiga, or whatever.. HAPPY LITTLE BOOZER build.
Information in this video is outdated as of the latest patch. Compass artifact now only provides 1 bar of physical protection, so low protection armors are not viable. Also, rad protection and lead containers don't matter at all because weird water caps radiation at 1 bar, which can be countered with just 1 bar from your armor.
Weird Water gives you a constant drunk effect so I don't know how many people are running that at all times, or do you mean you can equip it to remove radiation anyways?
@@IcedCoffeeGaming The drunk effect is one of the most mild downsides of any of the weird artifacts, it's well worth living with when the upsides are complete radiation immunity and +40kgs.
I hate that the Ward armor is 14,000 still to repair. And go get enough artifact space for my back up armor ill need an upgrade that also cost 14,000 😢
i disagree about the cheap armor for saving costs strategy. you should increase yur carry weight asap and make sure you have enough energies and water, to take weapons and medicine from your trips to pay off your repair costs every time and even get a net positive. in my last playthrough i was sitting on 100k at the end of lesser zone. also make sure not to use items and ammo you are not supposed to at a certain stage of a game. for example dont use 9x39 weapons when at garbage or wild island because they are much more expensive to run and to maintain. dont rush to the bulat suit in army wearhouses and maintain it throughout the game. it will not be sustainable. but anyway. TLDR: dont switch to cheap armor. increase carry weight instead and sell collect reasonably expensive weapons from bodies and medicine from bodies on your travels as well as armors you dont want to wear anyway or duplicates just to sell them after each journey to maintain your gear at a net positive.
btw money is really not a problem in this game when you pick up valuebale items along your travels and sell all the ones you dont need. i never cared if a vendor is green, white or orange and still had 700k when completing the game while running operator exo, svu and revolver.
Just loot enemies and the environment around you. I have 1 of every armor in my loot box and have never really hurt for money except at the very beginning of the game.
how do you run out of money in this game? i use all the time upgraded exo and i still can't loose my money... you guys don't know how to play this damn game.
I think its very important to note that no one actually buys their armor or should buy their armor. Best armor in the game is available for free, just lying around. So their initial cost only factors into the repair and upgrades.
Exactly. Buying weapons or armor in this game is a waste of money. Everything can be found for free, you just need to know where to look. Money is needed only for repair and upgrades. Not even ammo and conusables are worth spending money to get, they are quite plentiful in the world.
Great point, you usually just find good armor, buying it is always a mistake
Personally I totally agree cause my 2nd run I started to realize I found more armor long as I was patient, but at the same time I feel if you are really struggling and need that boost save a little bit on the side, I feel saving up and buying that really nice set just feels so good especially if you keep notes of good artifact spawns check back often it's a nice role play experience but I totally get the I bought a good set and found it 30 mins later 😂 overall still totally agree let the zone guide you to a amazing set.
There is one suit that is not available for free which i prefer as my heavy suit. Which is the s100 survey. It's only 50k which is worth it imo. It's not as good as an exo but as a "heavy" its amazing. Almost full anomaly and physical protection when fully upgraded
Though I have to say the way I played it i heavily farmed artifacts when I started and only really started doing missions when I had 3 mil saved up at which point it doesn't really matter. I'm just collecting different weapons and suits at this point and idc if I have to buy them when there is no available free version (such as the pnz 9n Wolfgang)
I didn't have a new armor set for like 3 hours so I bought one. Don't like using guides just to find the instant best in the game and then nothing is challenging.
Dont repair armor from zero repair every single time you pass a technician.
I used exoskeleton armour with artifacts to increase carry weight and stamina, with that I carried so much loot, that I fully upgraded armour and gun's, and even started to buy ammo from vendors because I had so much money. Don't fear of exoskeleton armour, it's actually ower powered.
Never upgrade electro/fire/chem protection on armors. I always take my exoskeleton off before going into chem/acid/fire anomaly on veteran. It is hard to die being naked, and there is no reason to lose durability. Electro anomalies hit hard, but you should be able to avoid damage in 95% of cases by using bolts.
That's true but if you're not struggling with coupons then please don't restrain yourself, lol. I mean it's just a game, you do feel more badass with better stats. I do hope we get hardcore mode one day so we take survival more seriously, lol.
the increased carry capacity of an exoskeleton finances the repairs (as long as you are an absolute loot rat such as myself)
Found a monolith holdout in Pripyat, I believe it's right besides the music school and it's a hard fight cause they keep spawning. But here's the best part, some of their drops have random Ruby and Diamond exoskeletons which I have sold, lugged back to my stash at the Corps HQ. Which I then access at Rostock to sell to Ragman.
I did the same, got 4 exos in two group wipes, +high value guns to sell, actually broken location to farm
1st - farm "Compass" and use "Weird Ball" After that you can run any armor you want. Even the cheap one, because "Compass" will give you max possible physial protection, and a "Weird Ball" as a backup for gunfights. for capacity farm "Weird Water" and you prepeared fot 80% of the gameplay. Additionaly you can farm "Liquid Rock" or "Skipjack". This will cover another 10% of gameplay. So for minimal comfort you need ANY armor with at least 3 slots.
I've tried exoskeletons, unfortunately they kill most of the artefact gameplay, you basically need only "Weird water" and "Hypercube"/"Thunderberry". No micro management. I hope they will add sleep anywhere and sleeping bag + exhaustion, so you actually NEEd to sleep.
Another thing that helps with cost is doing the side quests for the bartenders in each settlement. Once you do enough they will turn green and you get a discount on repair costs.
It would be good to clarify the situation with wearing a full suit and a suit plus a helmet...
And what is read on Reddit - the protective parameters of the helmet seem to apply only to the head, but at the same time people noted that the combination of a helmet and a suit with high rad and physical protection indicators win over full suits with superior characteristics.
afaik they stack just as if you had a combination armor 🤔
That's some nice insights I'd say. Though, I simply can't go out without five maximum rad artifacts dangling on my exos, I wanna have my nuclear man RP.
I would recommend to repair suits and weapons frequently so you wont have to pay over 25k to repair one piece
When it comes to cheap and durable exoskeletons I would use Operator and Brummbar. You can find Operator Exosuit in Burnt Forest during main mission and Brummbar past Yaniv( I don't know the chances but you can also find Brummbar on the random enemies I think)
Where do you find it in Burnt Forest? At the outpost?
Hey, something to consider and reason to use Ruby exo over diamond: The Ruby is almost a mix between the Diamond Exo and Operator Exo with its upgrades, it has the Arm servos upgrade for weapon accuracy AND stamina regen. You can upgrade all nodes and aren't locked out of choices, and seems to have a lot of wear resistance when upgraded. Diamond beats it out on protection but idk how the protections work with artifacts, IE does a max phys protection artifact have any benefit if you are already at 5 bars of phys pro. Would love to see a breakdown of stats and what not like you did for all the guns.
P.s. Love your vids, as an experienced stalker I find myself coming back to your content
as long you upgraded lead containers on armor you can use artifacts without getting radiation
each slot on armor is slighty green and show which container have lead protection
@ASSASSIN19923 Artifacts can provide physical protection like armor does. If you upgrade an armor to max level of protection (5 bars but I'd like to see data on how armor works) would an artifact that provides a medium bonus to physical protection be a benefit. Does armor have a hard cap, no cap, diminished returns, weird rules? Is wearing a compass artifact with a Diamond exo doing much of anything
@@TheBestNoahEverif your armor is maxed on phy resistance then any artifact that increases phy res is useless. all armor caps at 5 bars artifacts don’t do anything past that point. best meta build in the game is diamond exo (because max phy res) hypercube, thunderberry, glare, weird ball and weird water (or any other weight Strong) artifact if you don’t like the drunk effect from water
@MihaiCornean thank you! This helps me out a lot
Moral is if you’re a guy running around grabbing artifacts or regularly filling up your inventory with gear you can sell then the exoskeletons or gear similar to it it cost and strength can work out just be a bit mindful when spending on smaller stuff such as ammo or supplies so you can break even, by time you have exoskeletons you’re probably passed mid game so you should have the fundamentals down pat, but for those that dread the carry weight system or don’t even look for artifacts only if you come across them then seva suits are your better bet
I just learned about green vendors through this video... thanks a million
When starting a perma death playthrough nothing is more vital than getting up to yaniv at the start and grabbing the diamond exo, and upgrade it right there at yaniv station tech so you can sprint. Makes the perma death attempt way more easy mode.
For my 2nd run: I run 2 matching sets of fully upgraded military body armor and tac helmets for most encounters and missons. If im roaming i had an ecologist suit that i swapped for seva-v. After leaving lesser you can roam the whole map and pre-sircaa everythings pretty easy.
(Tbf, I have a liquid rock to offset compass and have to use flytrap often.)
I have created steam guide for stalker 2 with formulas how game calculates repair cost: "Repair Cost Mechanics"
9:58 There is no reason to always repair at 70-90%, that's a myth. Repair cost grows linearly
Link??
@@ericdominguez9162 i added link in comment, by youtube shadow deleted my comment
@@ericdominguez9162 just open stalker 2 guides, and enter "Repair Cost Mechanics" in search
@@ericdominguez9162 just use search in stalker 2 steam guides
wear resistance is really good, its always worth it on mid/high end suits. the 2 suits i really like are the duty seva which is the cheapest seva in general and has 2 25% wear resistance upgrades making is really economic to run and the regular exo which has 4 wear resistance upgrades which gets you to 70% or 75% making it quite economic to use considering its an exo
And later one you can find Operator and Brummbar exosuits that are better and cheap.
Yup I ran the SEVA from top of concrete building in garbage early game, wanderer SEVA mid game, and base exoskeleton late game. It has the highest wear resistance and I believe second highest max weight or very close to second. Sure it has one of lowest anomaly protections but they aren’t that dangerous anyways and artifacts can fix that. It has second or highest PSI protection from what I remember. Diamond is basically the only exo that is better for what I want in an armor but it still has less wear resistance and a bit more expensive so I just have the Diamond in my stash. Base exo is pretty heavy to wear but can be reduced with upgrades. Most of the other exos have far less PSI, max weight, and wear resistance so they don’t interest me. Plus a couple are hella expensive.
@@tommyk7061they have pros and cons they aren’t outright better than the base exo.
@@anthonyalberts8167 i was checking out some other exos and the brumbar (merc) exo is also pretty damn good with 75% wear resistance and i believe its less expensive than the regular exo.
I believed that if it's entirely in uppercase, one should spell out the letters. At least that's what I recall from my early days learning English.
In my opinion, SEVA suits are the best in game, low physical protection can be balanced with Compass artefact which gives 80% physical protection and even the SSP-99 gives 20% physical protection will give maximum protection of 100%
But SEVA suits give you all one lead container which compass can sit inside, and also they give really good protection for every other stat which can be further boosted with artefacts but the thing about SEVA is you only need like medium protect stats on artefacts to basically reach peak protection on any particular section you want, fire, chemical or electric and so on.
I really wish I could find the armour upgrade stats in the game files because some armour may be pretty mid, but once upgraded they get pretty broken.
My seva 1 has 2 lead containers
@@deadshot4245 I think SEVA D and the regular SEVA has only 1
There are multiple legendary artifacts that will boost one of your stat resistance to max, I just loot one for max fire and bleed resistance
@@deadshot4245
SP-99, SEVA-D have 1 lead container.
SEVA Suit, SEVA-V, Corundum Suit have 2 lead containers.
Both SSP-100, Wanderer Suit, SEVA-I all have 3 lead containers.
Excavators have 4 lead containers, the maximum you can have.
@@SMGJohnwonderer and seva 1 charts posted say they have 3 but in game is only 2
Fun fact: you don’t get more money selling to “green vendors” vs whites. As long as you don’t sell ammo/guns/artifacts/armor to barkeeps- Also, I wud recommend two alternate sets of weapons/armor. You can swap in between them and when u go into a green outpost or “repair runs” you save a ton of money repairing at green techs, which is more worth for the fast travel fees. And don’t ever let yr weapons/armor degrade to red.
I saw a spreadsheet that outlined sell rates, and that they scale with your characters STALKER ranking, so the further you are in the game, the better sellrates you get. Buying seems to change vs green though.
Great video, can you do a weapon upgrade guide so we get to see what ideal paths for weapon upgrades are and which are worth investment and which are not. I am always at odds on where to invest upgrades either accuracy or range?
In my opinion Bulat is a great armour. I used it in previous games and I really like it in stalker 2 too. Great physical protection and it is not too expensive to maintain. I only use 2 weapons and sell all the unnecessary ammo, medkits, bandages, vodka, rad drugs etc. The game literally showers you with medical items. Just keep 20 extra in your chest and you will never run out.
I run diamond exo stacked with endurance and carry capacity artifacts. It’s so easy to make a shit load of money being a loot goblin this way. 15 water bottles and you get to and from the nearest trader in no time, stacked with valuable. Have 300,000+ koupns and counting. And I keep every unique gun in my stash box. So the really cool stuff I don’t even sell either lol
I'm pretty sure there is hardcoded 140kg weight limit, so for me a light armor with weird water and 2 medium weight artifacts does the trick, can hault ~100kg extra stuff while still having essentials
true
there is no point to equip weight increase artifacts in diamond exo if you have weird water
weird water alone caps you to 140kg
@@Z3rgatul Weird Water is the best artifact in the game for free roam and you can get it pretty early too!
What ist better? Midgamearmor + mask/Helm or combiarmor (sedv 5) ?
Depends on the helm, Seva-D is a good suit to use throughout a playthrough, eventually you might want to upgrade to an exosuit for carry weight/tanking but you could beat the game with it on veteran, I used something with similar stats for my first run.
One big question I have on repairs -are the repair costs linear to the % durability? I haven’t seen any data but would assume that repair costs are exponential -repairing 50% armor is more than double repairing 75% armor.
Someone claimed it is linear
Great tips I was spending too much on repairs
I'd like to know wtf the point of the X7 endgame armor is. I've done some googling, and it seems you don't even HAVE to use it. Apparently in patch 1.1, you can now upgrade it, but I see no real benefit to it over the Diamond Exoskeleton.
13:30 this is false, 140 KG is max weight in this game, ki matter how many artifacts/upgrades you have. And overweight debuff will start at 90.
My top of suits
Early game: Mercenary Suit. 2kg weight, +8 kg max weight
Mid game: SEVA-D. Good protection, cheap repair, 5 slots for artifacts, +8kg max weight, easy to find upgrades
Late game: Diamond Exoskeleton. Because it's the best
During Mid Game I really enjoyed the Corundum Suit
Diamond exo with lead canisters is op.
Also, I’m curious everyone’s play style that they need to repair armour so often and armour that is so damaged? If your properly using cover, staying alert when in firefights or watching so you have the upper hand on npcs as well as avoiding anomalies as easy as it can be, armour shouldn’t cost or deteriorate as fast. After all, this isn’t call of duty lol
It was the damn blood suckers early on during the release that were bulletsponges for me
I literally failed my 1st playtrough, because i had no idea how these things like penetration is very important, repair costs etc would be this expensive especially before the 1st patch which adjusted the prices a bit. So i literally failed my 1st playtrough. I got to a point, where i had 0 coupons, cant repair my guns, my armor and i faced the end game enemies with exoskeletons... and then there was the penetration problem i faced, because i used a fully upgraded AK... So i literally had to delete my save, and start a new game... Lost 50+ hours of playtime...
You could just go back to starter areas or loot stashes/collect artifacts to get cash
u can farm yellow weapons in ''material assets storage' in 'cooling towers'' north of ''cement factory'' the enemy will respawn forever every 2 min
I dont understand how people struggle with money. I have diamond suit fully upgraded and run it for everything. Its the only suit i have. I am on stalker difficulty but still. Money has never been an issue for me during my entire playthrough. Have always been able to fully upgrade any weapon i want. Found a seva suit and used it for a while but once i got the diamond exo, thats the only one i use now.
Yeah I fully fund all my playthroughs by just running weird water and selling mid to late game yellow weapons from the main story missions, can easily get 50k per inventory
The diamond exo is crazy, upgraded it weighs less than a SEVA-I
Brummbar is good if you want better repair costs
@sesad5035 I keep finding upgrades for the brummbar, but I haven't found it yet 🤔
Ive used a box to get the diamond exo before I should have been able to get it and honestly I use it for everything and enjoy it! I love the extra carry weight and all the added resistance's. It can be expensive, but I do what you said and carry a weird water and collect all the guns I find. Im only at 140 carry weight right now, but im sure I could get more and at this point it works just fine.
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Carryweight is capped at 140. You cannot get more.
@SHOKKERZ91IHDI oh shit thats whats up. Thank you for the heads up!
I don't recommend go and run and find the high tier armor, wait until you get a lot of money. I actually had over 250k when I started to upgrade my armor in second run:
Lesser Zone and Cordon: OZK Explorer - at this point you can get any better without buying, so not point.
Garbage, Cement Factory and The Cooling Towers: PSZ-5V Guardian of Freedom Suit found near The Brood west of Slag Heap. Decent starter armor, with good physical and radiation, no PSI, but you shouldn't get into that many Controller fights.
Wild Island, Zaton and the Swamp: If PSZ-5V is in yellow get the PSZ-5I Hawk, found at the Railway Maintaince Facility, east of wild island. An an unique variant of the same variant. An underrated armor is the Mercenary Suit. Was the first I upgraded, but that was just so I could get 3 containes, and 1 weight. It got comparable decent Radition and Physical defense, and just as good upgraded, but weights almost nothing.
Then get the Seva D suit at Cage at Cementary Factor for the last part of the Swam and SIRCAA.
Then you are midway through the game, and you can get the CORUNDUM SUIT. Upgrade the shit out of this. Also get the SEVA-I, upgrade if you want, and switch between them, and only repair it at a green technician to save money.
This will be enough until you get into the endgame, and can you can get yourself an Exoskeleton with sprint. At this point you should have tone of money. I upgraded both the Corundum and SEVA-I and still had almost 300k left to go up and upgrade my Seiga and Kharod.
If you got Weird Water, and has no problem taking trips back to sell, you should get money in no time. Also a lot of the artifacts that vendor ask for you can find at the 10 Scanner location, which are all easy money. I had almost all artifact before a vendor asked for me to get it.
I fully upgraded seva1 armor except for lead container. Put weird water, thunderberry, hypercube, compass. Switch from weird ball, a second thunderberry, liquid rock or a flytrap for the fifth slot. Then let it breaks down to zero. Never repair it. No more bandages, vodka, energy drink or anti rads. Max carry capacity. The stats drops down but not that much. Artifact compensate. Use your money to fire a fully upgraded kharod, dnipro, saiga, or whatever.. HAPPY LITTLE BOOZER build.
What's the cheapest armor to repair that has atleast 2 artifacts slots?
Information in this video is outdated as of the latest patch. Compass artifact now only provides 1 bar of physical protection, so low protection armors are not viable. Also, rad protection and lead containers don't matter at all because weird water caps radiation at 1 bar, which can be countered with just 1 bar from your armor.
Weird Water gives you a constant drunk effect so I don't know how many people are running that at all times, or do you mean you can equip it to remove radiation anyways?
@@IcedCoffeeGaming The drunk effect is one of the most mild downsides of any of the weird artifacts, it's well worth living with when the upsides are complete radiation immunity and +40kgs.
OZK suit costs about 15$ on marketplaces in real life :)
im using diamond exoskeleton right now but does liberty have better status???
nah. diamond is best in game
I hate that the Ward armor is 14,000 still to repair. And go get enough artifact space for my back up armor ill need an upgrade that also cost 14,000 😢
So annoyed that Guardian of Freedom armor is still bugged even after they “addressed” it in the patch
By the way it can also provide +10% stamina recovery, not that it matters, but might have a use. Not sure if there are other armors that can do this.
My man has millions of coupons he's never gonna spend. Never met a more tight wallet gamer 😂
Good content, but for my taste a bit too length and chaotic. I would benefit from chapters and clear structure.
unrelated but how is diode still about he disappears after the ward shows up for me 😂
He shows up again a little later
Weird ball weird nut and weird water and a thunder berry all you'll ever need
having a compass basically tank the whole game
I heard they nerfed it in an update, not sure if that is true or not
i disagree about the cheap armor for saving costs strategy. you should increase yur carry weight asap and make sure you have enough energies and water, to take weapons and medicine from your trips to pay off your repair costs every time and even get a net positive. in my last playthrough i was sitting on 100k at the end of lesser zone. also make sure not to use items and ammo you are not supposed to at a certain stage of a game. for example dont use 9x39 weapons when at garbage or wild island because they are much more expensive to run and to maintain. dont rush to the bulat suit in army wearhouses and maintain it throughout the game. it will not be sustainable. but anyway.
TLDR: dont switch to cheap armor. increase carry weight instead and sell collect reasonably expensive weapons from bodies and medicine from bodies on your travels as well as armors you dont want to wear anyway or duplicates just to sell them after each journey to maintain your gear at a net positive.
btw money is really not a problem in this game when you pick up valuebale items along your travels and sell all the ones you dont need. i never cared if a vendor is green, white or orange and still had 700k when completing the game while running operator exo, svu and revolver.
Just loot enemies and the environment around you. I have 1 of every armor in my loot box and have never really hurt for money except at the very beginning of the game.
Green guides are free.
The ones I've encountered just have cheaper rates, maybe certain ones are free
@@IcedCoffeeGaming Mine used to have cheaper prices too, after the patch they are free.
Rush diamond exo and you’re good
I was running a piece of armor that was bread 🍞 .... Any one run into this
Was on Xbox after latest patch ... Looks like a giant loaf of bread in inventory
how do you run out of money in this game? i use all the time upgraded exo and i still can't loose my money... you guys don't know how to play this damn game.
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Just get a mode to reduce the cost of repair, and play for fun, without constant grind just to enjoy an hour of game.
Horrible advice
Why
If you have a green guide travel is free
Not always, some still charge, but its much cheaper
Ok thanks for that information love the videos. Keep up the amazing work.
Yeah they weirdly changed that with one of the patches it used to cost even at green ones it was just cheaper.