Stalker 2 Cost of Hope All 4 Artifacts

In case you want to get every single artifact in STALKER 2: Cost of Hope, there are four artifacts that you will have to acquire. Each Artifact is tied to a different mission or task, and some of them can be easy to miss if you’re not careful. You’ll need to defeat certain enemies, complete specific quests, and collect special items to get them all. This guide will show you where to find all four Cost of Hope DLC artifacts and how to collect them.

All Artifacts In Stalker 2 Cost Of Hope DLC

The Cost of Hope DLC adds four new artifacts to STALKER 2. You can start the DLC after leaving Zalissya at the end of the Behind Seven Seals main mission.

Heart Of A Shadow Chimaera 

The Heart of Shadow Chimera artifact is available as a reward for completing the Shadows of the Past mission. At the later stages of the mission, you will be required to kill a Shadow Chimaera. Skin the Shadow Chimaera and then take the Heart of Shadow Chimera artifact. You cannot return to this location later, so if you leave without skinning it, you won’t be able to get the Heart of Shadow Chimaera in that playthrough. The Heart of a Shadow Chimaera provides protection against several different hazards.

Due to the +4 Radiation penalty, this artifact requires management to avoid health drain. It is best used by placing it in a lead container armor slot or pairing it with other artifacts that provide high radiation protection.

Water Drop

This artifact can be obtained in the mission Dangerous Way in the Cost of Hope DLC; however, it is possible only when you helped Mavka during your previous choices. In this mission, you will have to rescue two people from the Freedom faction that were captured in the locked room. While doing so, you will receive an objective for finding the Water Drop artifact. To know more, read our guide on “Dangerous Way Mission”. 

Flickering Flare

The Flickering Flare artifact requires something called Flare Fragments, and there are 5 fragments that can be found across the map in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope. Getting to the artifact may be quite dangerous since the surrounding areas contain anomalies. In some cases, you need to complete quests to get the fragments, but otherwise, you need to scale dangerous areas to get them. To know more, read our guide on “How To Get Flickering Flare Artifact (Flare Fragment Locations) S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost Of Hope”. 

Flare Light

In order to get the Flare Light artifact, you must complete the “The Forgotten” side quest in the Cost of Hope DLC. After the completion of the quest, you will have to defeat Otter. Once you do that, you can collect the Flare Light artifact from his corpse. The Flare Light gives PSI protection to the wearer.