The longer the stalkers dwell in the North, the more legends and rumors appear in their stories, but are they all true? The wanderers and allies from your faction you pass by in the North can now tell you what happens in the area, whether it's artifact hunting, storming outposts, or something else. However, lately, their stories have started to seem increasingly strange and even eerie. The Zone has begun to reveal hidden fears, reality is distorting, and piercing screams of the unknown echo throughout the night. And more often, the same advice is repeated: don't turn around at the sound of footsteps behind you, don't move, don't answer calls from broken phones. Or… Take a risk and find out where it leads.

In this patchnote, you'll find:

Outposts changes;
Painting of short range detectors;
Exits from Klondike;
Arsenal updates;
Complaint system updates;
Balance and consumable adjustments;
Other improvements.

Outposts changes

Previously, you might not have received rewards from outposts when the eruption began. This has been fixed.

If an outpost event is cancelled by an eruption, the outpost will be captured by the faction with more than 50% capture progress. If there is no such faction, but more than 5 minutes have passed since the boss was killed, the outpost will go to the faction with the most progress.

In both cases, all participants of the event will receive the appropriate reward by mail.

Painting of short range detectors

Added the ability to paint short range detectors — weapon paints are used for this purpose.

Exits from Klondike

New exit points from Klondikes have been added to the Labyrinth.

Arsenal updates

Removal of limits on sales to Arsenal

We have taken into account your feedback regarding the limits on selling resources to Arsen. These restrictions have been removed.

Item price adjustments

Due to the removal of limits on the sale of resources to the Arsenal, it was decided to revise the prices of certain items.

Sale to Arsenal:

Name	Price
Alpha Data Block	60 → 45
Beta Data Block	60 → 45
Gamma Data Block	60 → 45
Lambda Data Block	180 → 150
Flowering Bitterleaf	55 → 65
PDA Spare Parts	13 → 16
Laptop	14 → 12
Remains of Murmur Devices	120 → 100
Chronosphere	200 → 175
Jewelry	45 → 55
Graft of Glowing Skin	6 → 10

Drossel's exchanges:

Crate of Rations (does not drop upon death)	Mutagen	1
	Reactor Vessel	1 → 2
	Telomerase	1
	Solid Metal	1 → 2
	Protective Coating	3 → 2
	Rotor System	3
	Drill	3 → 4
	Operational Booster	3
	Measuring Equipment	3 → 2
	Neurodegenerant	9 → 15
Crate of Rations (drops upon death)	Amber Wormwood	6 → 8
	Pack of Bolts	6 → 9
	Alpha Group Trackers	12 → 16
	Beta Group Trackers	12 → 16
	Gamma Group Trackers	12 → 16
	Golden Minerals	12 → 20
	Mutated Enzymes	12 → 10
	Electric Motor	20 → 19
	Hellroot	35 → 45
	Scarlet Minerals	100 → 130
	Purple Minerals	250 → 300
	Gnosis	600 → 500

Arsenal's daily tasks

Returned Arsenal's Test Drive task.

It becomes available if you have upgraded at least one weapon at the Arsenal (the quest will not be available if you upgrade attachments).

Paint compensation

In the near future, everyone who lost paints while completing the Test Drive task will receive compensation for those paints.

Complaint system updates

Penalty classification system

The penalty system for violations has been revised. The progression has become smoother, but you will receive longer penalties for serious violations.

If you do not receive any penalties for a long period of time, the progression cycle starts over again.

Update the list of complaints

Updated list of reasons you can complain on:

Offensive content;
Forbidden character name;
Sexualized content;
Illegal content;
Political content;
Unsolicited advertisement;
Gambling or fraud;
Personal data;
Personal account data;
Provocation of ethnic hatred;
Racism, sexism, discrimination.

Complaints on profile

Now you can report a player on their personal profile:

Profile description button — Submit a complaint if the profile description contains insults, provocations, advertising, or other prohibited content. Complaints are not available if the player does not have a description.

Prohibited software button — Report if you suspect a player of using cheats or third-party software. You can only report again after 7 days.

Complaints on emails

You can report a player's email. To report it, go to the email interface and click on the report button.

Balance changes

Consumables adjustments

Reduced types of consumable effects:

Weak boost and Strong boost are merged into Boost.
Strength Improvement and Stamina Improvement are merged into Mobility
Bleeding Protection and Burn Protection are merged into Protection

The changes were made to reduce the number of consumables that need to be used simultaneously to get the maximum bonuses. For example, previously it was necessary to use both Pea Soup and Alcobull to obtain the maximum weight from the sum of Weak and Strong boosts, but now one Pea Soup or Alcobull from the new Boost category is enough.

Due to the reduction in the types of effects, the characteristics of many consumables have been revised. Now, consumables in the affected categories have a bias towards one main property and several (depending on the consumable level) additional properties that are weaker. The main property on average became stronger than the sum of the same properties from the two previously combined categories, while the secondary properties became slightly weaker.

For example, previously a character could gain a maximum of 4.2% vitality from using Weak and Strong 10-level boosts. Now they can gain 4.6% vitality from using a single 10-level boost, which main property is vitality, but the sum of secondary properties will be weaker.

Food now has a bias towards vitality, while drinks have a bias towards speed.

General balance adjustments:

Reduced sway duration after using certain consumables.
Reduced excessive rollback time for some consumables.
All consumables with the following effects: Boost, Protection, Mobility, no longer drop upon death (exception: Industrial Alcohol and consumables from direct sales by the supplier).

Characteristic adjustments

Hemostat	Bleeding: -0.75 → -1.3 Bleeding Protection: 10.5% → 9.7% Regeneration: 1.1% → 0.9%
Astrixin	Bleeding: -1.13 → -2 Bleeding Protection: 15.8% → 15.6% Regeneration: 1.5% → 1.4%
Biopatch	Effect type: Bleeding removal → Protection Duration: 5 seconds → 1800 seconds Bleeding: -20 → -2.3 Removed instant healing: 5 Regeneration: 10% → 1.5% Added bleeding protection: 17.5% Added healing effectiveness: 5.9% Maximum in slot: 10 → 3 Effect no longer disappears upon death Comment: The consumable item with the Reinforced Bandage concept was not popular compared to the regular bandage. Therefore, it was decided to change its effect type, focusing on protection.
Burn Cream	Added bullet resistance: 4.5 Resistance to fire: 18.8 → 18.1 Chemical burn protection: 18.8 → 18.1 Burning: -0.5 → -0.75
Strong Burn Cream	Added bullet resistance: 6.3 Added regeneration: 1.5% Burning: -1 → -1.5
Arnie Tonic	Carry weight: 10.7 → 18.5 Stamina: 16% → 29.5% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Neurotonic	Carry weight: 12.9 → 21.4 Stamina: 19.2% → 34% Added stamina regeneration: 3.4%
Strength stimulator	Carry weight: 16.1 → 25.7 Recoil: -3.8% → -3.5% Removed swaying: -7.5% Added stamina regeneration: 3.2% Added stamina: 33.6% Added speed: 1.1%
Ice Cream Cone	Removed speed: 0.7% Stamina: 12.9% → 29.3% Stamina regeneration: 1.5% → 3%
Condensed milk	Removed speed: 0.8% Stamina: 14.5% → 32% Stamina regeneration: 1.6% → 3.3% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Ice Cream	Removed speed: 0.9% Stamina: 16% → 34.7% Stamina regeneration: 1.8% → 3.5%
Jiden EXTRA Energy Drink	Speed: 1.7% → 2% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Chocolate Ice Cream	Removed speed: 1% Stamina: 17.6% → 37.3% Stamina regeneration: 2% → 3.8%
Battery Energy drink	Speed: 2% → 2.3% Stamina regeneration: 4.2% → 4.1% Added stamina: 28%
ATLAS Anabolic Steroid	Speed: 0.9% → 1.7% Carry weight: 7 → 19.4 Stamina: 10.4% → 42.7% Removed stamina regeneration: 2.8%
Popsicle	Speed: 1.1% → 2.4% Stamina: 20.8% → 36.3% Stamina regeneration: 2.3% → 3.6%
STARK Anabolic Steroid	Speed: 1% → 1.9% Carry weight: 8.1 → 21.8 Stamina: 12% → 48%
SALT Anabolic Steroid	Speed: 1.3% → 2.3% Stamina: 24% → 26.4% Stamina regeneration: 2.7% → 5.8% Added carry weight: 18
Grog	Stamina: 24% → 33.6% Stamina regeneration: 5.3% → 4.9% Added speed: 2.7% Added carry weight: 14.1
Clarinol	Effect no longer disappears upon death
Desperol	Effect no longer disappears upon death
Epinephrine	Added healing effectiveness: 17.1%
Cubemelon Pulp	Added regeneration: 4.7%
Anomalous Mandarin	Added stamina regeneration: 6.7% Added healing effectiveness: 18.1%
Ozverin	Reaction to laceration: 3.6% → 6.2% Regeneration: -2.5% → 4.7% Added stamina: 30.4% Poison: 50 → 40
STRIKE STOMP	Sway duration after use: 4 seconds → 6 seconds
Children’s Champagne	Poison: 50 → 20 Removed vitality: 2.1% Added speed: 2.8% Removed stamina regeneration: 5.3% Added regeneration: 4.9%
Sparkling Champagne	Poison: 50 → 20 Removed vitality: 2.2% Added speed: 3.3% Removed stamina regeneration: 5.6% Added healing effectiveness: 22.3%
Apple Cider	Poison: 50 → 20 Removed stamina: 27.2% Stamina regeneration: 6% → 7% Removed vitality: 2.4% Added speed: 3.9%
Anomalous Champagne	Poison: 50 → 20 Removed stamina regeneration: 6.3% Removed vitality: 2.5% Added speed: 4.5% Added carry weight: 20.3 Added stamina: 36.8%
Soviet Champagne	Poison: 50 → 20 Stamina: 30.4% → 39.3% Removed stamina regeneration: 6.7% Removed vitality: 2.7% Added speed: 3.3% Added regeneration: 7.1%
Crooked Claw Vodka	Poison: 50 → 20 Removed vitality: 2.7% Added speed: 3.3% Stamina regeneration: 6.7% → 8.6% Healing Effectiveness: 18.1% → 27.4%
Altered Cider	Poison: 50 → 20 Speed: 3.2% → 4.8% Stamina: 30.4% → 32.4% Removed vitality: 2.7% Added stamina regeneration: 8.6%
Frosty Vodka	Poison: 50 → 20 Removed stamina: 32% Stamina regeneration: 7% → 9.7% Regeneration: 4.9% → 8% Removed vitality: 2.8% Added speed: 3.8% Added carry weight: 19.1
Lingonberry Vodka	Poison: 50 → 20 Stamina: 32% → 28.6% Removed regeneration: 4.9% Removed vitality: 2.8% Healing Effectiveness: 19% → 30.9% Added stamina regeneration: 8% Added speed: 4.6%
Geyser Vodka	Poison: 50 → 20 Healing Effectiveness: 19% → 30.9% Regeneration: 4.9% → 6.8% Removed vitality: 2.8% Removed stamina regeneration: 7% Added stamina: 28.6% Added speed: 3.8%
Unforgettable Cocktail	Poison: 50 → 20 Speed: 3.3% → 5.4% Stamina: 32% → 28.6% Regeneration: 4.9% → 5.4% Removed vitality: 2.8% Added stamina regeneration: 9.7%
Alcobull	Added poison: 20 Speed: 3.3% → 3.8% Carry weight: 21.4 → 34.8 Stamina: 32% → 44.2% Recoil: -5% → -4.5%
Juice	Regeneration: 1.8% → 4% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Fried Boar Meat	Removed speed: 1.2% Added regeneration: 4% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Fried Piggy Meat	Removed bleeding: -0.63 Added stamina: 26% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Fried Mutt Meat	Carry weight: 7.5 → 17.4 Effect no longer disappears upon death
Fish Fillet	Removed speed: 1.2% Added stamina regeneration: 5.7% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Pickles	Vitality: 1% → 2.3% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Pureed Vegetables	Healing Effectiveness: 6.7% → 15.4% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Piece of White Bread	Stamina regeneration: 2.7% → 6.3% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Piece of Rye Bread	Stamina: 12% → 28.9% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Mandarin	Vitality: 1.1% → 2.5%
Red Caviar	Vitality: 1.1% → 2.8% Healing Effectiveness: 7.2% → 16% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Canine Howl Preserves	Removed speed: 1.3% Stamina: 12% → 27% Added stamina regeneration: 7% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Octopus Fresh Salad	Stamina regeneration: 2.7% → 5.9% Regeneration: 1.9% → 4.9% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Exceptional Beauty	Regeneration: 1.9% → 4.1% Vitality: 1.1% → 2.8% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Combat Peas	Removed speed: 1.3% Vitality: 1.1% → 2.4% Added healing effectiveness: 18.9%
Ground Dog Meat	Removed speed: 1.3% Removed stamina regeneration: 2.7% Added carry weight: 18.1 Added stamina: 31.8% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Ground Piggy Meat	Vitality: 1.1% → 2.8% Stamina: 12% → 27% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Ground Boar Meat	Carry weight: 8.1 → 18.1 Removed reaction to laceration: 2.1% Added regeneration: 4.9% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Wort	Removed reaction to laceration: 2.1% Removed speed: 1.3% Added stamina regeneration: 7% Added vitality: 2.4% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Base Wine	Removed stamina: 12% Stamina regeneration: 2.7% → 7% Added speed: 2.9% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Tirage Liqueur	Removed stamina regeneration: 2.7% Removed regeneration: 1.9% Added healing effectiveness: 16% Added stamina: 31.8% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Canned Beans	Removed speed: 1.4% Stamina regeneration: 2.8% → 6.4% Added stamina: 34.7%
Fish Preserves	Stamina regeneration: 2.8% → 6.4% Removed stamina: 12.8% Added healing effectiveness: 20.6%
Sausage Slices	Regeneration: 2% → 4.5% Removed reaction to laceration: 2.2% Added vitality: 3%
Army Crispbread	Stamina: 12.8% → 34.7% Stamina regeneration: 2.8% → 6.4%
Caviar Sandwich	Vitality: 1.1% → 3% Healing Effectiveness: 7.6% → 17.5%
Salami Sandwich (wheat)	Removed stamina regeneration: 2.8% Regeneration: 2% → 5.3% Added Healing Effectiveness: 17.5%
Salami Sandwich (rye)	Removed stamina: 12.8% Regeneration: 2% → 4.5% Added Healing Effectiveness: 20.6%
Meat Preserves	Carry weight: 8.6 → 23.2 Stamina: 12.8% → 29.5%
Crab Salad	Stamina regeneration: 2.8% → 6.4% Vitality: 1.1% → 3%
Happy New Year Beans	Regeneration: 2% → 5.3% Vitality: 1.1% → 2.6%
Boiled Tuna	Stamina: 13.6% → 31.9% Stamina regeneration: 3% → 8.2%
Tourist's Delights	Stamina: 13.6% → 31.9% Vitality: 1.2% → 3.3% Effect no longer disappears upon death
Sprats	Removed speed: 1.5% Regeneration: 2.1% → 4.9% Added stamina regeneration: 8.2%
Excellent Canned Meat	Removed reaction to laceration: 2.3% Vitality: 1.2% → 2.8% Added healing effectiveness: 22.3%
Wine with Sediment	Speed: 1.5% → 3.9% Removed vitality: 1.2% Added regeneration: 4.9%
Doggie Delight Pâté	Stamina: 14.4% → 40.4% Removed stamina regeneration: 3.2% Added healing effectiveness: 20.4%
Holiday Punch	Removed stamina: 14.4% Stamina regeneration: 3.2% → 7.5% Removed regeneration: 2.3% Added speed: 4.2%
Christmas Beans	Regeneration: 2.3% → 6.2% Vitality: 1.3% → 3%
Hoof to the Face Meat Jelly	Carry weight: 9.7 → 20.3 Stamina regeneration: 3.2% → 8.1% Removed reaction to laceration: 2.5% Added regeneration: 6.6%
American MRE	Stamina: 14.4% → 30.3% Stamina regeneration: 3.2% → 8.1% Vitality: 1.3% → 3.8%
Last Year's Peas	Stamina: 14.4% → 30.3% Regeneration: 2.3% → 6.6% Vitality: 1.3% → 3.2%
Mutant Roast	Removed stamina regeneration: 3.2% Added healing effectiveness: 21.9% Stamina: 14.4% → 43.3% Vitality: 1.3% → 2.7%
Bean soup	Removed speed: 1.5% Removed stamina regeneration: 3.2% Regeneration: 2.3% → 5.6% Added stamina: 30.3% Added healing effectiveness: 25.7%
Navy-Style Pasta	Removed reaction to laceration: 2.5% Vitality: 1.3% → 3.8% Healing Effectiveness: 8.6% → 21.9% Added stamina: 30.3%
Millet Porridge with Meat	Carry weight: 9.7 → 20.3 Stamina: 14.4% → 36.8% Stamina regeneration: 3.2% → 9.5%
Sweet December Corn	Stamina: 15.2% → 32.4% Regeneration: 2.4% → 6% Vitality: 1.3% → 4%
Olivier Salad	Removed regeneration: 2.4% Vitality: 1.3% → 4% Stamina regeneration: 3.4% → 7.1% Added stamina: 39.3%
Jolly Lemonade	Stamina: 15.2% → 39.3% Reaction to laceration: 3.1% → 9.4% Speed: 1.6% → 3.3%
Brine	Speed: 1.6% → 3.3% Stamina regeneration: 3.4% → 8.6% Reaction to chemical burns: 3.8% → 11.6%
Saep	Stamina: 16% → 41.7% Vitality: 1.4% → 4.3% Removed speed: 1.7% Added healing effectiveness: 20.4%
Domestic MRE	Stamina: 16% → 34.4% Regeneration: 2.5% → 6.4% Vitality: 1.4% → 4.3%
Pease Porridge with Meat	Removed reaction to laceration: 2.7% Carry weight: 10.7 → 32.8 Stamina regeneration: 3.5% → 7.5% Added stamina: 41.7%
Aspic	Removed speed: 1.7% Vitality: 1.4% → 3% Healing Effectiveness: 9.5% → 29.2% Added regeneration: 6.4%
Solyanka	Healing Effectiveness: 9.5% → 30.9% Removed stamina: 16% Regeneration: 2.5% → 6.8% Vitality: 1.4% → 3.2% Added stamina regeneration: 6.3%
Garlic Soup	Removed speed: 1.7% Regeneration: 2.5% → 8% Vitality: 1.4% → 3.9% Stamina: 16% → 28.6% Added healing effectiveness: 21.6%
Pea Soup	Removed speed: 1.7% Carry weight: 10.7 → 34.8 Regeneration: 2.5% → 6.8% Removed healing effectiveness: 9.5% Added vitality: 3.2% Added stamina: 28.6%
Nobleman’s Catfish Stew	Stamina regeneration: 3.5% → 9.7% Vitality: 1.4% → 4.6% Removed speed: 1.7% Removed bleeding: -0.9 Added carry weight: 19.4 Added regeneration: 5.6%
Tinfoil Hat	Reaction to electricity: 4% → 13% Speed: 1.7% → 3.8% Stamina regeneration: 3.5% → 9.7% Healing Effectiveness: 9.5% → 17%
Subtropics	Reaction to burns: 2.7% → 7.5% Speed: 1.7% → 3.8% Stamina: 16% → 52% Healing Effectiveness: 9.5% → 17%
Breakfast of Champions	Vitality: 1.4% → 4.6% Removed speed: 1.7% Carry weight: 10.7 → 29.6 Stamina regeneration: 3.5% → 6.3% Healing Effectiveness: 9.5% → 26.2% Regeneration: 2.5% → 5.6% Added stamina: 20.8%

Changes to consumable prices

Item	Price
Hemostat	585 → 644
Vodka	189 → 227
Desperol	2864 → 3150
Clarinol	2824 → 3106
Canned Beans	108 → 151
Piece of White Bread	23 → 32
Piece of Rye Bread	29 → 41
Doggie Delight Pâté	222 → 290
Arnie Tonic	1180 → 1416
Jiden EXTRA Energy Drink	1204 → 1445

Changes to Hideout recipes

Item	Items required
Alcobull	Crooked Claw Vodka: 6 → 3
Unforgettable Cocktail	Altered Cider: 5 → 2
Geyser Vodka	Crooked Claw Vodka: 5 → 2
Jolly Lemonade	Crooked Claw Vodka: 8 → 4 Altered Cider: 4 → 2
Panacea	Altered Cider: 5 → 2

Other changes

Item	Changes
Arsenal XM8	Damage: 43.7 → 44
SR-3M	Recoil: 0.45 → 0.51 Horizontal recoil: 0.09 → 0.11 The built-in LD compensation in the form of a -25% hip spread has been removed due to the appearance of LD rails on weapons. Added custom silencer for SR-3 and SR-3M.
Sig Sauer P320	Reload (base magazine): 2.75 seconds → 2.5 seconds. Tactical Reload (base magazine): 2.w5 seconds → 2 seconds.
Fixed the presence of LD compensation for XM8S.
The Snowstorm, Napalm, and Plantain underbarrel grenades now have characteristics equal to their hand-held equivalents.
Adjusted weight of Overton container (7.85 kg → 9.2 kg).
Adjusted weight of 9А-91 silencer (0.3 kg → 0.496 kg).

Other changes and fixes

Added rumour mechanics to northern locations. Now, at faction bases and in the open world, NPCs can tell you about the area. Everything has its own story!
Fixed a bug where the signal during WRD scanning could be terminated immediately after scanning began.
Updated third-person running animations at speeds above 108%.
Fixed incorrect display of glowing paints in the player profile.
Added ambients to locations: Lyubech-3, Serpentine, Institute.
The Pripyat Streets Assault map has been removed from the list of session maps.
Updated gunshot sounds for DSA-58, SA-58 CTC, FN Fal.
Updated the character landing sound.
Updated model, animations, and interaction sounds for SR-3M.
Updated models of KZS-M and KZS-MU.
Updated models of 5.45×39 calibre muzzles.
Updated models of 5.56×45 calibre muzzles.
The number of players required to complete the warm-up on the [DM] Hospital, [DM] GOST-17, [AR] GOST-17, and [DM] Glass maps has been increased from four to six.
Fixed multiple naming inconsistency bugs related to open world activities.
Fixed multiple translation inconsistency bugs across all languages.
Fixed the translation of several legacy items.
Corrected several minor localization bugs in all languages.

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Patch Notes [17.09.2025]