Beard is a loner stalker during the events of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.
Background
He is the barman on the Skadovsk who also is an Artifact dealer. He is arguably the leader of the local Loners in the Zaton. He constantly finds himself in conflicts with Sultan, the Zaton Bandit leader. He isn't on very good terms with Owl, since he sides with Sultan.
Apperances
Call of Pripyat
Beard offers various missions on aiding the Stalkers in Zaton, some of which branch out into more missions, and ultimately lead to gaining the achievement (A Friend of Stalkers) if the player completes enough of them. Most of the missions given by Beard can be countered by taking one from Sultan which puts the player on the opposite side of the mission for profit.
Along with selling the players artifacts, Beard can also give the player missions to find artifacts he needs, the player will be given a period of time to find the artifact; if the artifact is not found in time, another stalker in the Zone will find it and the player will have the option to buy it off the other stalker or trade a "high-end shooter" for it before they make it to Skadovsk and give it to Beard.
Alternatively, if the player is an avid anomaly-diver, they can gather artifacts and return to Beard to ask which artifacts he needs - he'll pay a hefty fee if the player has it immediately available, and the player won't have to worry about competition from other Experts. Just going into the trading menu can reset which artifacts he needs.(moderator please verify this info.) He will also warn you about incoming Emission when you are in Zaton.
It should be noted while artifact hunting artifacts that Beard only buys the high end artifacts like bubble, gravi, eye, flame etc..
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