Guide to the Heart of Chernobyl – The Best Weapons and Where to Find Them

STALKERS 2 offers over a hundred weapons spread across seven main categories, from basic handguns to specialized weapons like RPGs. While there is a detailed customization system that allows you to modify everything from the sights to the ammunition in the magazine, the choice of base weapon itself is crucial to effective fire play against different types of opponents.

The STALKERS 2 The guide is a selection of some of the best weapons to be found in the zone, whether they are secret or purchased from a merchant.

Best Handgun Rhino

Due to its high caliber, this revolver is often marketed as a hunting weapon and proves to be equally effective against African buffalo and zonal chimeras.

Weight: 1.8kg

Base value: 10336 vouchers

Damage: 5

Penetration: 3

Rate of fire: 3.5

Range: <2

Accuracy: >4

Caliber: 9×39

Fire mode: Single

Magazine: 6

Inventory slots: 3×2

The Rhino Heavy Revolver can potentially be found in the center of Yantar, southeast of the Yantar Manufacturing Complex. There is a small cave at the bottom of the irradiated trench here, and you must carefully make your way down, using the tiny ledges as stepping stones. Loot the Stalker’s corpse here to obtain the Rhinoceros and Kolobok Artifact, among other items.

Best shotgun RAM-2

Combining the strengths of pump-action shotguns and double-barreled rifles, this highly unusual weapon is an anomaly even by the Zone’s standards.

Weight: 3.5kg

Base value: 29,000 coupons

Damage: 5

Penetration: 3

Rate of fire: <5

Range: >1

Accuracy: <2.5

Caliber: 12″/70

Fire mode: Single

Magazine: 14

Inventory slots: 5×2

The RAM-2 is a potential site in central Yantar, southeast of the Yantar production complex. There is a small cave at the bottom of the irradiated trench here, and you must carefully make your way down, using the tiny ledges as stepping stones. Loot the Stalker’s corpse here to get the RAM-2 and the Kolobok Artifact, among other things.

The RAM-2 can also be purchased from Wreck at Yaniv Station in Yaniv.

Best SMG Zubr-19

Based on the AKM-74U, the design of this submachine gun offers a perfect balance between price, weight, accuracy and rate of fire.

Weight: 2.6kg

Base value: 20600 coupons

Damage: >1

Penetration: <3

Rate of fire: <5

Range: >1.5

Accuracy: <3.5

Caliber: 9×19

Fire Mode: Single/Auto

Magazine: 50

Inventory slots: 4×2

The Zubr-19 SMG is located at the District Chemical Plant Headquarters, on the eastern edge of the Chemical Plant Region. The weapon is clearly visible on a desk behind a door locked with a keyboard. 8506 is the passcode.

Best assault rifle Dnipro

This Ukrainian assault rifle was developed as a replacement for the Soviet AKM-74 in special forces and is used not only by military special forces, but also by experienced stalkers.

Weight: 3.73kg

Base value: 34660 coupons

Damage: >1

Penetration: 3

Rate of fire: <5

Range: <2

Accuracy: <3

Caliber: 5.45×39

Fire Mode: Single/Auto

Magazine: 30

Inventory slots: 5×2

The Dnipro bullpup can potentially be found in the eastern part of the Red Forest region at a location called the Lishchyna Facility. Get the key from the small bunker and then enter the main complex. Use the powers here as you move through the base. At some point you should come across a locker with the Dnipro river clearly visible in it.

The Dnipro can also be purchased at Wreck at Yaniv Station in Yaniv.

Best sniper rifle M701 Super

Repeating sniper rifle. Considered a sporting weapon on the mainland, it is quite popular with mutant hunters and stalkers on the way to Pripyat.

Weight: 4.62kg

Base value: 35530 coupons

Damage: 5

Penetration: 3

Rate of fire: >0.5

Range: >3

Accuracy: 5

Caliber: .308

Fire mode: Single

Magazine: 5

Inventory slots: 5×2

The M701 Super can be found in the north of Pripyat in the Polissya Hotel. Climb the stairs of the building to the southeast, killing the creatures along the way. At the very top you should find a sniper’s nest with the M701 Super and several boxes of ammunition lying clearly visible on a table.

RPM-74 machine gun

Combining the impressive firepower of a heavy machine gun with the portability of an assault rifle, this weapon is ideal for eliminating entire groups of enemies.

Weight: 11.1kg

Base value: 45900 coupons

Damage: <1.5

Penetration: 2.5

Rate of fire: <5

Range: <2

Accuracy: 2.5

Caliber: 7.62×39

Fire mode: Automatic

Magazine: 150

Inventory slots: 6×2

There is an RPM-74 machine gun on top of a bunker in the northwest of Yantar. Parkour to the roof and loot the body there.

RPG-7U

A 1960s rocket-propelled grenade launcher that was found in large quantities in military camps and subsequently entered the zone. It is a recoilless, smooth-bore, single-shot launcher.

Weight: 7.5kg

Base value: 53125 vouchers

Damage: 0.5

Penetration: >1

Rate of fire: 3

Range: 5

Accuracy: 3.5

Caliber: PG-7V

Fire mode: Single

Magazine: 1

Inventory slots: 6×2

One of several drop locations for the RPG-7U is in the northwestern part of the Wild Island region, near the coast, north of the Shelter location. In a clearing there should be stacks of oil drums next to a grounded barge. In one of these piles, an RPG-7U sticks out like a sore thumb.

Gauss cannon

This Zone-developed sniper rifle features an electromagnetic bullet acceleration system and is used exclusively in the Zone.

Weight: 7.26kg

Base value: 122500 coupons

Damage: 5

Penetration: 4

Rate of fire: 0

Range: 5

Accuracy: 5

Caliber: batteries

Fire mode: Single

Magazine: 10

Inventory slots: 7×2

The Gauss Cannon is located on the northern edge of the Pripyat region, in a location known as the Prometheus Cinema. It will be necessary to blow open the double main doors with explosives. Once inside, there should be a lit table amidst all the rubble and rubble with the Gauss Cannon lying in plain view.

This is a small selection of the best weapons and where to find them STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl.