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As part of the Stalker 2 The Price Goes up mission, the man in charge of Slag Heap, Nestor, has gone missing. Diode will send you off to investigate a workshop in an abandoned Hydroelectric Station in the Garbage region of the zone. When you reach the station, you’ll hit a locked door that requires a key card to open it. But, luckily, there’s another way to get in. In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to get the key card, examine the workshop for any clues, and complete The Price Goes Up mission.
Hydroelectric Plant location. Captured by VideoGamer
Hop into the cylinder opposite the doorway. Captured by VideoGamer
Break the planks with the knife. Captured by VideoGamer
Loot the body on the other side of the room. Captured by VideoGamer
Grab the key card. Captured by VideoGamer
Examine the workshop for clues
Head to the Hydroelectric Station to the southwest of Slag Heap per the marker on your map, which is not too far from the house you’ll need to investigate for the No Honor Among Thieves mission. Once there, dart inside the brick building to avoid being damaged by the flashing anomaly. Stand in the doorway and you’ll see an upright concrete cylinder with the side blown off. Jump into it and smash the planks below using your knife. Head left into an engine room.
Look right and you’ll see a scanner spewing out electricity. There are also two thermal anomalies on the ground. Use bolts to subdue them temporarily then dart over to the body on the other side, avoiding the electric current as best you can. Loot Mykytos Chapman’s body to get Diode’s Workshop Key Card.
Climb the ladder at the end of the corridor. Captured by VideoGamer
Use the key card to open the door. Captured by VideoGamer
Leave the workshop using the key card
Backtrack to the other side of the engine room. Follow the corridor ahead and use bolts to clear out the thermal anomalies, then quickly climb up the ladder to reach the building above. Head into the room on the right and loot the crate to get a High-Capacity M10 Magazine, medkits, ammo, and food. Use the key card on the door and exit.
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Show Diode the key card
Make your way back to the Slag Heap. Hand over the key card to Diode. The key card used to belong to Nestor. He’ll give you coordinates to a stash to rummage through Nestor’s old notes.
Head to the objective marker outside the camp. Captured by VideoGamer
Climb to the top of the scaffold. Captured by VideoGamer
Hop across to the ramp. Captured by VideoGamer
Go up the hill and through the bus. Captured by VideoGamer
Enter the cave. Captured by VideoGamer
Avoid the toxic sludge. Captured by VideoGamer
Walk towards the figure on the crane. Captured by VideoGamer
Nestor’s stash is at the end of the crane. Captured by VideoGaner
Grab Nestor’s Flash Drive. Captured by VideoGamer
Search Nestor’s stash
Fortunately, the stash isn’t too far away and is in Slag Heap, as marked on the map. Head outside, then climb the scaffolding on your right. When you reach the top, jump across to the collapsed crane arm and head right. Follow the quest marker up the hill until you reach an old white and blue bus. Go through the bus and press on down the grassy path and into a cave. Make your way up, avoiding the toxic anomaly, until you reach a ladder then climb out. Go towards the figure standing on the crane jutting out from the hill.
Turns out it’s Richter. Sit through the cut scene and select the dialogue option you want. Richter will give a token for a free ride on the Prypiat ferris wheel. Walk to the end of the crane and loot the stash lodged between the metal slates. Inside, you’ll find an M860 Cracker, medkits, grenades, anti-radiation drugs, and, more importantly for the purpose of The Price Goes Up mission, Nestor’s Flash Drive.
Head to the Maze point of interest. Captured by VideoGamer
Kill the rats then make your way to the center of the maze. Captured by VideoGamer
Approach the bus with the bodies and glowing artifacts. Captured by VideoGamer
Defeat the bandits then loot Boomstick’s body. Captured by VideoGamer
Grab the PDA. Captured by VideoGamer
Find any clues about the Scanner scheme – Look around the Labyrinth
Head to the Maze point of interest to the northwest of Slag Heap as marked on the map. Clear out the rats near the entrance, then press in deeper until you spot several bodies by a bus emitting a light. Several Stalkers will show up. Take them out. One of them, named Boomstick, has the PDA of a Varan’s bandit on his body. Loot it. Doing so will wrap up The Price Goes Up main mission and start the Deal with the Devil mission.
Find any clues about the Scanner scheme – Enter the Dig Site
If you prefer, you can visit the Dig Site instead; the outcome is the same. Head to the marker on the map, and enter the cave near the abandoned shack. Deal with the small hooded mutants by shooting them when they aren’t conjuring, then grab the same PDA from Dimon Stiff’s body.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
- Platform(s): PC, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series S/X, Xbox Series X
- Genre(s): Action, Adventure, RPG, Shooter, Survival Horror
