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The Crystal is an artifact featured in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.
Appearances[]
Shadow of Chernobyl[]
Is created when heavy metals fall into the Burner anomaly. This artifact eliminates radiation wonderfully. It is highly valued by stalkers and hard to find.
― In-game description
The Crystal provides a -30% in radiation, in exchange of -18% in endurance. This makes the Crystal a valuable artifact as it can slowly purge the player from the radiation they accumulated while walking through irradiated areas. When combined, Crystals can make the use of vodka/anti-rads nearly redundant as they can quickly remove radiation. However, considering they lower the player's endurance, it is advised to use a Flash or a Moonlight to counter the Crystal's downside.
Tip:Take Skinflint's quest for bloodsuckers, also you can take of of the guys in bar a quest to also get a battery, and the quest can be repeated, so you can get unlimited of this artifact with work.
Crystals are a very good choice paired with an Exoskeleton for the Sarcophagus and other final levels. Since the player, while wearing the Exoskeleton, is not able to run, the endurance downside is nearly irrelevant, and considering most of the inside of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is irradiated, the player could use Crystal artifacts to eliminate radiation without having to rely on anti-rads or vodka.
Acquisition[]
The Crystal is a rare artifact that can be found near the tunnel entrance at Freedom's base in the Army Warehouses and Lab X-18, sometimes hidden in a random box or near the Vortex anomaly. It is also given by Skinflint after completing the mission Kill the bloodsuckers in the village that can be taken either from Skinflint or Murk. One can be found in a box in the Monolith Control Center or the Sarcophagus, but one may get another artifact instead as this is a random spawn.
Several stashes contain this artifact, usually later in the game:
Clear Sky[]
This artifact is formed in anomalous zones with intense thermal activity. Actively consumes excessive heat, remaining cool to the touch throughout. Emits radiation.
― In-game description
The Crystal returns in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, now as a common artifact providing a small +1 in fire protection, in exchange of a +1 in radiation. Considering the very poor advantage, it is best traded than used.
Acquisition[]
It can be found in fire anomaly fields in the Swamps.
Call of Pripyat[]
This artifact is formed in anomalous zones with intense thermal activity. Actively consumes excessive heat, remaining cool to the touch throughout. Emits radiation.In-game description
The Crystal returns in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, again as a common artifact providing a +3 in fire protection and a +1 in radiation. The protection granted by the Crystal is nearly insignificant unless combined - the very low radiation penalty mean one could combine max. four of these resulting in a +12 in fire protection and contain the radiation with a single Bubble.
Acquisition[]
The Fireball can be found in thermal/fire anomaly fields; the Burnt farmstead in Zaton spawns one by default.
Beard also sell Crystals once the player completes the Compass mission.
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