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The subject of this article appears in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. The subject of this article appears in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. The subject of this article appears in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.

The Meat Chunk is an uncommon 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[]

Manufactured by the Whirligig anomaly. Causes increased cell growth. On the other hand, the newly formed cells are much more receptive to the effects of physical uranium. The artifact doesn't show up very often, but it's hard to call it rare.
Shadow of Chernobyl in-game description

The Meat Chunk increase health regeneration by 400%, at the cost of decreasing overall hit protection by 10%.

Both Sidorovich and Barkeep are interested in procuring the artifact. To that effect they offer the player two missions - Find the Meat chunk artifact and Find the artifact called Chunk of Meat. The artifact is wanted for its healing properties by clinics[quote. 1] as well as religious figures[quote. 2].

Acquisition[]

The Meat Chunk can be found in various places. While it is not exactly a safe place to go looking for it, there are a few on the piles of rubbish in Garbage, however it is advisable to watch out for the increasing doses of radiation, and they can also be found behind the camp where Bes is. A few can also be found in the Dark Valley.

One Meat Chunk can be obtained by completing the Purge the dog lair mission for Kitsenko.

It can be found in the following stashes:

Clear Sky[]

This organic artifact consists of fossilized, mutated animal tissues. Exudes a mucous fluid which partially neutralizes the effects of harmful chemicals on human skin. Emits radiation.
― In-game description

In S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, the Meat Chunk is now an artifact of chemical origin. It provides a +3 boost in chemical protection, and a +1 in radiation. The Meat Chunk is a good artifact to use to go through chemical anomalies.

Acquisition[]

It can be found in chemical anomaly fields in the Swamps and the Garbage.

A Meat Chunk is the target of the mission Take the artifact from the dead stalker given by a Loners or Freedom squad leader in the Army Warehouses. The artifact must be retrieved from the nearby swamp from the body of a dead stalker, which will cause two controllers to ambush the player when the artifact is retrieved. The reward for this mission is 4000 RU.

Call of Pripyat[]

This organic artifact consists of deformed, mutated animal tissue. When placed in a chemically contaminated area, Meat Chunk transforms the airborne chemicals into a mucous fluid. Emits radiation.
― In-game description

The Meat Chunk in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat gives a +6 boost in chemical protection, and a +2 in radiation. The Meat Chunk could serve great purpose to players having to go through anomaly fields.

Garry in the scientists' bunker in Jupiter provides a mission that requires the player to give him one Meat Chunk (alongside a Kolobok). He will give 3500 RU in exchange.

Acquisition[]

The Meat Chunk can be found in chemical anomaly fields; the Swamp and the Caves under the burnt farmstead in Zaton spawn one by default.

A Meat Chunk can be found in the Pripyat 1 underpass, in the large dome room where the first Monolith squad ambushes the player. It is on a shelf in a side room where the first wave of Monolith fighters emerge, near where the silencer and the energy drinks are, and can be detected with any detector.

Beard also sell Meat Chunks after the player completes the Compass mission.

References[]

  1. S.T.A.L.K.E.R Sidorovich: "There's an order for an artifact, the kind that heals wounds, called Chunk of Meat! They have a clinic of some sort. If you get it you'll get paid and help people at the same time."
  2. S.T.A.L.K.E.R Barkeep: "Some padres have stopped by, left an order for a Meat Chunk. You know, they have a certain interest in this healing artifact… those rotten miracle-workers! Anyway… You gonna do it? It's up to you."
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