All Artifact Detectors In Stalker 2 (& How To Get Them)

This guide details the four artifact detectors in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, explaining their functionalities and acquisition methods. Artifacts significantly enhance Skif's stats, but locating them requires an artifact detector. The detector's quality impacts the ease of finding artifacts.

Artifact Detectors in Stalker 2

• Echo Detector – The Standard:

This is your starting detector. A small, yellow device with a central light tube that pulses faster as you approach an artifact. While functional, pinpointing the artifact's exact location can be time-consuming.

• Bear Detector – An Upgrade:

Obtained during the "A Sign of Hope" side mission or from vendors. It improves upon the Echo Detector by providing a visual distance indicator. Concentric rings illuminate, indicating proximity to the artifact; full illumination signifies you're at the spawn point.

• Hilka Detector – Precision Tool:

Acquired during the "Mysterious Case" side mission from Sultan. This advanced detector uses numerical readouts to show an artifact's position within the anomalous zone. Decreasing numbers indicate closer proximity.

• Veles Detector – The Best:

Earned by completing the main mission "In Search of Past Glory." The Veles boasts a radar display precisely pinpointing artifact locations and also highlighting nearby hazardous anomalies. This is the most effective detector in the game.