Artifacts are rare gems that are obtained by searching anomally fields, they can be sold for large portions of roubles or used for their effects.

Artifacts can be found in many locations in lubech forest. Some popular locations are around 38 and around K6 on the map.

They are obtained by using a MGD or MGDE to grab them from a distance. You can also run into the anomally to grab it quickly, but you will most likely die in the process, thus losing the artifact.

Artifacts are usually inside anomallies but there are places where they are outside an anomally so always check with the rock throw.

Artifacts:
veil - obtained from anomalys (common)
screen - obtained from anomalys (common)
pillow - obtained from anomalys (common)
stabliizer - obtained from anomalys (common)
rubber - obtained from anomalys (uncommon)
shield - obtained from anomalys (uncommon-rare)
antigrav - obtained from witchs,mages,spiderkahn
vesuvius - obtained from volcano in map3 once every 6 hours (rare)

Effects of artifacts

• Shield: +1 to bullet defense,-1 to explosion
  
• Screen: +1 to explosion, -1 to mob defense
  
• Pillow: + 1 mob defense , -1 to bullet defense
  
• Stabilizer: +1 to survive downfall, -1 to move speed
  
• Rubber: + removes radiation, - bleeding (only Beta)
  
• Antigrav: +1 to move speed, -1 to bullet defense
  
• Heater: provides partial protection against freezing effect
  
• Vesuvius: no effect
  
• Guide: no effect

Alpha and Beta artifacts have same effect (except Rubber). You can have artifact in backpack or in artifact slots. You can unlock 3 artifact slots in total by achieving required level - combat 9, survival 8, support 7.

When you have artifact in backpack:

• artifact can be dropped - high risk
  
• duration of the effect is until artifact is depleted (several days)

When you have artifact in artifact slot:

• zero risk to drop artifact
  
• Vesuvius and Guide cannot be equipped
  
• duration of the effect is 6h for Alphas and 12h for Betas
  
• equipped artifacts grant double effect - e.g. double bullet protection
  
• 20% that artifact will be destroyed when you will try to unequip it

Here is a pointless video of my friend and I gathering artifacts in Lubech Forest


- map of teleporting anomallies in map 2

The Gourmet is an NPC that offers a questline that is imperative for all players to complete. This questline will provide players with an easy was to obtain food, roubles, and even a set of TASH armor as a reward from the final quest. The Gourmet is located in a camp in Lubech Forest.



GOURMET QUESTS EASY:
1. kill rats around 310
-Requirements to coomplete: 6 rats
-Rewards: 4000 Rubles, 200 survival xp, 100 support xp
2. kill spiders north of 310 or at N10
- 6 Spider legs
- 5000 Rubles, 300 survival xp, 200 support xp
3. kill dogs at 310 sector 4
- 5 dog heads
- i forgot it.
4. kill boars at 39 and N8
- 3 boar legs
- 6000 Rubles, 400 survival xp, 300 support xp
5. kill verlioka at H10
-1 verliokas wing
- 7000 Rubles, 500 combat xp, 700 survival xp, 500 support xp
6. kill bear at E10 or between K11 and M11
-1 bear head
- 25000 Rubles 700 combat xp, 600 survival xp, 600 support xp

GOURMET QUESTS COMPLEX:
7. Kill boars and spiders
- 6 spider legs, 1 boar ear
- 5000 Rubles, 800 survival xp
8. kill jelly between O8 and P8 - kill blyak in M11 lab or M2 brutor cave
-1 Jelly brain, 1 Bylack fat, 1 salt, 1 spices
- 16000 rubles, 600 survival xp
9. kill brutor in M2 brutor cave
10. kill verlioka and obtain glass holders by trading them for tea at palace of culture

Spread around the world are loot caches. They are well hidden but can contain loot than can be used or sold to other players for rubles. They appear as a box with leaves covering the top.
-they also contain loot sometimes very useful for quests or selling at high cost item/gun components such as silencers for snipers.
Search around E8 for hidden stashes - D8 (odd D to the right of E8) in Lubech Forest.

-note from chamara - I HAVE A CACHE MAP BUT I CANNOT UPLOAD PICTURES AT THE MOMENT, WILL ADD LATER. (also fixed your spelling mistakes Rhexx)
- ADDED~!

(To be filled with more information by chamara)
Essentially for all players you should keep in mind how much xp you are far away from leveling, if your planning to get to the next tier plan out the daily quests (like gourmet bear head kill is an easy daily) you can calculate how long or how much xp you will need. This is the chart of the XP requirements. This will also help out alot if you are going for a new skill/perk.

• level1: 0 XP
  
• level2: 2,000 XP
  
• level3: 4,800 XP
  
• level4: 11,520 XP
  
• level5: 27,648 XP
  
• level6: 62,190 XP
  
• level7: 129,376 XP
  
• level8: 244,770 XP
  
• level9: 444,292 XP
  
• level10: 773,820 XP
  
• level11: 1,300,068 XP
  
• level12: 1,783,872 XP
  
• level13: 2,357,632 XP
  
• level14: 3,077,440 XP
  
• level15: 3,953,728 XP
  
• level16: 4,996,928 XP
  
• level17: 6,269,632 XP
  
• level18: 7,803,136 XP
  
• level19: 9,743,488 XP
  
• level20: 12,059,392 XP
  
• level21: 14,803,008 XP
  
• level22: 18,057,792 XP
  
• level23: 21,823,744 XP
  
• level24: 26,236,480 XP
  
• level25: 31,400,320 XP
  
• level26: 37,586,496 XP
  
• level27: 44,920,192 XP
  
• level28: 53,547,456 XP
  
• level29: 63,760,384 XP
  
• level30: 75,684,160 XP

(also to be filled with more information by chamara (<-- you lazy ass))

• if you stay around a campfire for 30-60 seconds you get a rest buff; it can stack. If i remember correcly the buff increases saminia regen. (max stack 100)
  
• a day/night cycle in szone online takes about 3hours in real life. (great for some traveling plans)
  
• using any gun improves your adaptation for the specific gun and once it reaches 100%, you get bonus for accuracy and reload speed?
  
• you can suppress the 'click' giving away your position when approaching someone elses sight radius by detaching all your flashlights?
  
• you will be logged out of the game automatically after 30 minutes of inactivity (so don't stay away to long if you are sitting near a campfire and decide to go afk for the rest buff.)

(to be filled in ONCE MORE AGAIN BY CHAMARA...♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ FINISH YOUR STUFF)

• Binoculars: Every stalker should have a pair of binoculars handy. They are 7k from the M12 science camp, and you will find them helpful when trying to identify a distant stalker or observe some mutants from a safe distance.
  
  
• AMGD: More expensive than the MGD(P) that you are given by the Sour in the beginning quest, but the extra money that you pay for an AMGD would have been spent on batteries and a larger backpack if you stick with the MGD. Weighs half as much as the MGD and consumes significantly less batteries as well. You can't go wrong with this.
  
  
• Medkits: There are three types of medkit ingame, the Car Medkit, the Medium Medkit, and the Paramedic Medkit. The Car Medkit has 3 charges, costs about 150 rubles, and heals you the slowest. Nobody really cares if you lose it. The Medium Medkit is a bit more pricey, has adequate health restoration, but still nobody really cares if it's lost. The Paramedic Medkit is the most valuable. It has 9 charges, and a single charge will restore your entire health bar in a few seconds. Unlike the Car and Medium Medkits, Paramedics have a limited stock, so buy them while supplies last. Nobody really cares if you lose it, but if you happen to find one, then good for you