Summary
- Food and drink items in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 are vital for survival, especially in combat and high-radiation areas.
- Players can use consumables like bread & sausages, canned food, vodka, energy drinks, and drugs to heal and overcome challenges.
- Certain items like Medkits, Psi-Blockers, Army Medkits, and Hercules can provide unique advantages in different situations.
When one thinks of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, fans probably don't think of all the wonderful food it has to offer. However, to survive among the radioactive mutants, backstabbing militias, and otherworldly anomalies, players will certainly have to make use of what's available. Players will find themselves chomping, slurping, pumping, and gulping to survive, as the game's various consumables can be the vital difference between life and death.
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For every problem in The Zone, there is usually a solution to be found somewhere. Been mauled by a pack of wild dogs? Make sure to have a stack of bandages. Shot repeatedly by armor-piercing ammunition? A Med Kit may do the trick. Accidentally wandered into a highly radioactive Zone that threatens to kill you in ten seconds? Use vodka. There are many reasons to collect the food, drink, and drugs found throughout The Zone, and players never know when one might just save their life!
10 Bread & Sausage
A Typical Roadside Stalker Snack
- Effects: Reduce Hunger, Increase Health.
The staple of any good Stalker's diet is Bread & Sausages. While individually they might not offer a lot, consuming both together will replenish a reasonable portion of health over a short time.
An achievement called "On The Go" can also be unlocked by consuming both items at the same time, so for completionists out there looking to unlock all achievements, make sure to utilize this popular snack of The Zone.
9 Canned Food
Not Appetizing But Sometimes Necessary
- Effects: Reduce Hunger, Slowly Regenerate Health.
It might not look particularly appealing, but Canned Food is a reasonably effective healer and works well as a cheap and easy way of restoring portions of health, so long as bleeding effects have not been applied.
The sloppy, unidentified meat certainly wouldn't be any Stalker's first choice, but life in the Zone is rarely full of luxuries. This food will work best to restore health between battles, without expending better items such as Medkits.
8 Cossacks Vodka
A Classic Solution To Many Problems
- Effects: Reduce Radiation Damage.
Radiation can be a slow killer and players suffering from prolonged radiation exposure will eventually begin to lose health as well. Whenever anti-radiation drugs are not around, a hefty dose of alcohol can help to stem the effects.
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Cossacks Vodka is found almost everywhere around the map and will help to get rid of radiation poisoning, coming at a minor cost to hunger. Be careful though. Down too many of these and players will become drunk.
7 NON-STOP Energy Drink
Energy Can Be Critical For Combat And Environmental Hazards
- Effects: Restore Energy.
While it may not seem like it at first, Energy is almost as crucial as health when it comes to surviving in The Zone. Among the biggest threats are radiation and anomalies, both of which can be overcome much more easily with the help of a full energy bar.
Carrying excessive items will also cause players to slow and replenish energy slower, so making use of energy drinks can also help greatly when it comes to traveling back to safety after especially rewarding missions.
6 Anti-Radiation Drugs
It's Chornobyl After All
- Effects: Remove Radiation Effects.
Though alcohol is fairly abundant around the Zone, it is not nearly as effective as using Anti-Radiation Drugs. These fast-acting agents will act very quickly to nullify any effects of radiation and can be particularly useful in combat.
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Some enemy types or structures will cause radiation damage, and the slower animations for alcohol consumption, as well as their slow-acting effects, are not always ideal. Fortunately, Anti-Radiation Drugs can usually be found in medical boxes or areas where Medkits and Bandages are lying around.
5 MedKit
The Go-To Healing Kit For Most Stalkers
- Effects: Restore Health.
Medkits are an essential item whenever heading into the Zone. These should always be placed in a quick slot to make them easily accessible. Though they won't stop bleeding effects, they will fully restore health, which can be more important for buying time.
Make sure to apply additional bandages if a bleeding wound is sustained. That way, the prolonged damage of the wound will not be an issue. Still, Medkits on their own are vital for any Stalker and should always be carried in high numbers.
4 Psi-Block
Physical Damage Isn't The Only Problem In The Zone
- Effects: Prevents Psi-Attacks From Enemies & Some Environments.
Psi-Block tablets are a crucial item in the later game when Controllers will become more frequent. These difficult enemies utilize mental powers to bombard players with damaging hallucinations, all the while maintaining a distance a keeping hard to hit.
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With the use of Psi-Blockers, these enemies will become a relative cakewalk, and the tablets will also work in some areas of the map. However, they will not work in the Poppy Fields, which is assumed to have unique effects.
3 Army MedKit
A Superior Version of the Standard Medkit
- Effects: Restore Health and Remove Bleed Effects.
The blue Army MedKits differ from the regular orange ones in that they will considerably reduce the effects of Bleeding damage on top of replenishing health. This makes them quite a bit more useful than the standard kits, which often require Bandages to be used alongside them.
While some more severe wounds will ultimately need an additional Bandage anyway, this doesn't have to be addressed in the middle of a gunfight. The Army Med Kits are quite a rare item, so be sure to only use them in extreme scenarios.
2 Hercules
Much Needed For Any Weapon Hoarders
- Effects: Increases Carrying Capacity Temporarily.
Carry weight is important in Stalker 2. Though it is tempting to collect as many items as possible, doing so will quickly max out one's carrying capacity and cause players to become slower and slower.
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Fortunately, the Hercules drug increases carry weight considerably, enabling fans to escape from traps and boggy marshes, or simply to cover long distances to sell off their vast collection of items.
1 Vinca
A Very Handy Medical Item
- Effects: Restore Health & Remove Bleeding Effects.
Vinca is arguably the best consumable to have on hand in any combat scenario. Acting as a powerful alternative to Med Kits and Bandages, the Vinca drug will heal Bleeding wounds and restore a much more significant portion of health.
Overall, it is much more effective than other healing items, though it is harder to find as a result. The best place to get some is from the medical traders at the various settlements around The Zone.
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl
- Released
- 2024
- ESRB
- m
- Developer(s)
- GSC Game World
- Platform(s)
- Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows
- Genre(s)
- FPS, Survival Horror
