Changes: Tuna

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Just you keep walking, you'll remember this moment, that's for sure.
― Tuna

Tuna is a minor character who appears in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.

Call of Pripyat

Tuna and his two other companions appear outside the dredge station after the Altered Wheel artifact is obtained during the Strange Phenomenon side mission. He asks the player to give him the artifact, claiming that it has healing capabilities that could save his friend from a life-threatening sickness. Tuna's story is obviously false as he claims he got it out of a chemical anomaly but dropped it. This would be impossible since the dredge wheel is not a chemical-based artifact nor is there a chemical anomaly nearby.

Giving him the artifact makes him run straight to Skadovsk, where he can be seen giving it to Beard and claiming the reward for finding it. If one refuses to give him the artifact, his squad draw their weapons and give you a last chance to give it to him peacefully. If you still refuse to give it to him, he stuns you and opens fire.

Notes

Giving him the artifact and killing him just before he reaches Skadovsk wont interfere with the mission in any way, and his team will still be neutral to you so long as they didnt see you shoot him. This is a good way to avoid the firefight outside the dredge station, yet still be able to complete the quest.

Another way to refuse giving him the artifact is by shooting Tuna in the head and quickly running back inside the dredge. His friends are only armed with low-tier weaponry and so the fight isn't especially hard if one uses cover properly. However, the inside of the dredge is irradiated, so staying there long at during the early parts of the game can be lethal. This is only advised if one has a radiation neutralizing artifact, has some of medication like Radioprotectant and anti-rad, or is a quick-shot and can neutralize all 3 hostiles quickly.

Another more secure way is to throw a grenade near the shed in north-east of the dredge's bridge where you get the artifact. If successful, the explosion will damage one of Tuna's cohorts and cause them to flee the area, you are also well protected from their attacks. The bridge also makes a prime vantage point, so it's fairly easy to take a few well-aimed shots with even just your AKM-74/2U at the retreating thieves and kill them.

Finally, it's possible to avoid the fight all together and keep the artifact by throwing a grenade through the back window of upper deck where the artifact is found and onto the right side of the ship where Tuna waits. If the grenade is well thrown, the explosion will cause Tuna to comically run away into the distance. You can then leap over the railings onto the metal platform when outside of the ship and avoid the encounter with Tuna's goons and head back to cash in the artifact. Going near Tuna still triggers the usual conversation, however.

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 *Giving him the artifact and killing him just before he reaches Skadovsk wont interfere with the mission in any way, and his team will still be neutral to you so long as they didnt see you shoot him. This is a good way to avoid the firefight outside the dredge station, yet still be able to complete the quest.
-*Another way to refuse giving him the artifact is by shooting Tuna in the head and quickly running back inside the dredge. His friends are only armed with low-tier weaponry and so the fight isn't especially hard if one uses cover properly.
+*Another way to refuse giving him the artifact is by shooting Tuna in the head and quickly running back inside the dredge. His friends are only armed with low-tier weaponry and so the fight isn't especially hard if one uses cover properly. However, the inside of the dredge is irradiated, so staying there long at during the early parts of the game can be lethal. This is only advised if one has a radiation neutralizing [[artifact]], has some of medication like [[Radioprotectant]] and [[anti-rad]], or is a quick-shot and can neutralize all 3 hostiles quickly.
+*Another more secure way is to throw a grenade near the shed in north-east of the dredge's bridge where you get the artifact. If successful, the explosion will damage one of Tuna's cohorts and cause them to flee the area, you are also well protected from their attacks. The bridge also makes a prime vantage point, so it's fairly easy to take a few well-aimed shots with even just your [[AKM-74/2U]] at the retreating thieves and kill them.
 *Finally, it's possible to avoid the fight all together and keep the artifact by throwing a grenade through the back window of upper deck where the artifact is found and onto the right side of the ship where Tuna waits. If the grenade is well thrown, the explosion will cause Tuna to comically run away into the distance. You can then leap over the railings onto the metal platform when outside of the ship and avoid the encounter with Tuna's goons and head back to cash in the artifact. Going near Tuna still triggers the usual conversation, however.