S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl/Endings

There are seven SoC endings in total: two true and five false.

True
Ending	Description	Condition	Frames
Destruction of the C-Consciousness^[1]	Strelok enters the room with the capsules. He cocks his assault rifle, looks around, starts shooting at them. After that, he finds himself in a field, lies down on the grass and begins to reason. Then he starts to fall asleep. A dragonfly flies off the grass - a symbol of clean ecology.	Refuse to join the C-Consciousness, go through CNPP 2.
Joining the C-Consciousness	Strelok lies down in the capsule, the equipment is connected to him, the capsule is closed. Then there is a scene where the Doctor, turning to Bars, says that he feels that the Strelok is alive, and he could not die so easily.	Agree to join the C-Consciousness.

False
Ending	Description	Condition
Rule the world	Strelok's soul goes into the Monolith, after which the empty SEVA suit falls to the ground.	Kill Voronin and Lukash.
Riches	Strelok wants to be rich. Nuts and bolts start to fall from the ceiling. Strelok, deceived by the Monolith, sees that these are gold coins. In a fit of happiness, he laughs. At this moment, iron beams held by these bolts fall on him. In the next frame, you can see the limp twitching hand of Strelok from under the rubble, in his hand is a nut.	More than 50,000 rubles and at least one of the leaders - Voronin or Lukash - of the clan is alive.
Immortality	Strelok transforms into a silver statue. Thus, the Monolith implies eternity, that is, immortality.	Neutral reputation, many first-aid kits and artifacts spent on health, one of the faction leaders is alive, the money is less than 50,000.
Destruction of humanity	Strelok sees intermittent visions, then he remains standing in the dark. He's obviously going crazy.	Bad reputation, one of the faction leaders is alive, the money is less than 50,000.
Disappearance of the Zone	Strelok imagines a beautiful world, in bliss he closes his eyes, and when he opens them, he no longer sees anything. It becomes clear from the white eyes that the Strelok is blind.	Good reputation, one of the faction leaders is alive, the money is less than 50,000.

Trivia[]

Initially, the requirements for making wishes were as follows: Immortality - performed if the player saved too much or avoided critical situations; Rule the world - executed if the player has bought too many weapons.
Interestingly, the Destruction of the C-Consciousness finale uses the build texture of the AKM-74/2U, although this is not in the game.
In the cutscenes, the size of the Monolith is much larger than in the game.
Due to problems with in-game reputation, of all the false endings (except for the non-canon true ending "Joining the CC"), players most often saw "Riches" and "Disappearance of the Zone" (depending on the monetary state of the protagonist). Often, in fact, it doesn't even matter whether the hero killed the leaders of the Duty and the Freedom, as well as the number of first-aid kits and artifacts to increase health.
There is a bug when passing through Chernobyl NPP 2, after entering the last teleport, instead of starting the cutscene, the protagonist teleports to a high pipe near the Generators. The same bug can happen with the launch of the cutscene, after which the player also appears on the pipe, instead of starting the credits.