STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl - All Endings (& How to Get Them)

This guide details the four distinct endings in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl and the crucial choices that determine your fate. While the game doesn't offer a vast array of endings, the four outcomes are significantly different and shaped by player decisions in three key missions: Subtle Matter, Dangerous Liaisons, and The Last Wish. Conveniently, these missions appear late in the game, allowing players to save before them and easily explore all endings without a full replay.

Key Choices and Endings:

The following outlines the choices needed for each ending, along with a brief description of the outcome.

1. She Will Never Be Free:

• Subtle Matter: Choose "Life is for the living."
• Dangerous Liaisons: Choose "[Escape]".
• The Last Wish: Choose "[Fire]".

This ending sees you siding with Strelok, securing control of the Zone by antagonizing all other factions. This involves rejecting Scar, fleeing Korshunov, and eliminating Kaymanov.

2. Project Y:

• Subtle Matter: Choose "Life is for the living."
• Dangerous Liaisons: Choose "[Escape]".
• The Last Wish: Choose "[Lower the Gun]".

Similar to the previous ending, but instead of killing Kaymanov, you choose to spare him, aligning with his scientific approach to observing the Zone's natural evolution without external control.

3. Today Never Ends:

• Subtle Matter: Choose "Eternal spring."
• Dangerous Liaisons: Choose "[Escape]".
• The Last Wish: This mission's choice is irrelevant for this ending.

This ending involves aiding Scar, the leader of the Spark faction, leading him to a supposed pathway to the Shining Zone. Only two mission choices are critical here.

4. Brave New World:

• Subtle Matter: Choose "Life is for the living."
• Dangerous Liaisons: Choose "I'm not your enemy."
• The Last Wish: This mission's choice is irrelevant for this ending.

This path sees you collaborating with Colonel Krushunov and the Ward faction, resulting in the destruction of the Zone. Similar to the Spark ending, only two mission choices matter.

By carefully making these choices during the specified missions, players can experience all four unique endings in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Remember to save your game before these key missions to easily explore all possibilities.