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

This guide details the four possible endings in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, determined by player choices in three key missions: Subtle Matter, Dangerous Liaisons, and The Last Wish. A manual save before Legends of the Zone allows players to experience all endings without a full replay.

Choices That Determine the Ending

Three crucial missions shape the game's conclusion. Conveniently, these missions occur late in the game, enabling players to save before them and explore all four endings.

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 aligns the player with Strelok, aiming to protect 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, the player spares him, siding with his scientific approach to the Zone's fate.

3. Today Never Ends

• Subtle Matter: Choose "Eternal spring."
• Dangerous Liaisons: Choose "[Escape]."
• The Last Wish: No specific choice required for this ending.

This ending involves assisting Scar, the leader of the Spark faction, leading to his entry into a pod believed to transport him 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: No specific choice required for this ending.

This ending involves siding with Colonel Krushunov and the Ward faction, aiming for the Zone's complete destruction. Like the Spark ending, only two mission choices directly impact this outcome.