Should You Take Loot to Bandits?

As part of Stalker 2‘s Behind Seven Seals main mission questline, you’ll need to find and speak to Warlock, the bartender, to get information on Solder.

If you continue to speak to him after the initial conversation, you can choose the ‘Got a decent job?’ dialog option to take on his side mission, Warlock’s Debtor.

Stalker 2: Starting Warlock’s Debtor

Warlock wants you to find Valik Lummox –he owes Warlock some money, but Warlock doesn’t want blood on his hands, but if you do it for him, he’ll give you 20 percent of the earnings.

Finding the Water Tower

You can easily find the location of the water tower by heading north of Zalissya.

Once you go near the water tower, you’ll spot a group of bandits standing outside a building. Approach them, and a conversation will commence with the leader, Dima Dope. If you decide to threaten him, he’ll start to shoot at you with the help of his comrades, which might be hard to get away from unscathed.

However, if you agree to chat with Lummox, the bandits will leave you alone. Walk over to the side of the building to speak with Lummox through the broken window.

Say, ‘Let’s have a chat,’ and then, ‘Warlock sent me.’ Then, he’ll tell you that the stash is at the top of the water tower nearby. Climb the ladder up to the tower’s rooftop, avoiding the anomalies around the area.

Valik Lummox’s Stash

The stash only has two items, but they will make your adventure through Stalker 2 way easier. Inside the pack is Valik Lummox’s AKM-74S, a scoped assault rifle, and 45 rounds of ammo for it.

Valik will hit you up on the radio, explaining that you should take out the bandits from the top of the water tower, especially now that you have a scoped weapon, to make the process even easier. However, you could also bring the loot down to the bandits.

Stalker 2: Should You Take Loot to Bandits?

Regardless of whether you decide to go down to speak to the bandits or not, you will end up having to kill each one to finish the quest.

If you decide to kill them from the water tower, Valik will come out of the building to greet you and give you 900 Coupons as a reward.

If you come down to the bandits, they will ask you for the Artifact they assumed was in the stash. If you tell them you don’t have it, they’ll attack you.