While progressing through the “Forge of Progress” main mission in STALKER 2, players will need to complete the Guardian Program in the SIRCAA facility. This is essentially a series of trial rooms, each presenting various challenges to the players, ranging from easy to difficult. Thankfully, there’s no time limit for completing these trials, so you can go through them at your own pace. However, there are rewards for players at the end of the program.
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How to Complete the Guardian Program in the Forge of Progress
Players will need to complete the Guardian Program to reach the Spatial Anomaly in the Forge of Progress main mission of STALKER 2. The program consists of four trial rooms, each presenting a traversal test, an IQ test, a combat test, and an elemental test respectively. Let’s go over each trial and how to complete it to progress the mission.
Completing Trial 1 of the Guardian Program
The first trial is a test of the player’s movement skills and requires you to traverse the room and sustain the minimum amount of damage from anomalies. Here’s what you need to do.
- Climb up the steps in front of you as soon as you enter the first trial room.
- Jump to the platform ahead through the glass shards anomaly.
- From here, players can either jump from platform to platform and avoid damage from the fire anomaly below, or equip an artifact detector and grab an artifact while receiving damage in exchange.
- Either way, reaching the end of the room, players will exit the first trial and proceed to the second.
Completing Trial 2 of the Guardian Program
The second trial is the simplest as it’s a simple IQ test that will require you to figure out the right combination to press the buttons on the console. Simply press the buttons as shown in the image above, which is the sequence:
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Button 1 |
Press First |
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Button 2 |
Press Last |
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Button 3 |
Press Second |
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Button 4 |
Press Third |
Pressing the buttons in the right sequence will light up all the bulbs on the console, allowing you to progress to the next trial.
Completing Trial 3 of the Guardian Program
The third trial will put your combat skills to the test, pitting you against a Bloodsucker. You’ll need to take down the Bloodsucker in order to progress to the final trial ahead. Bloodsuckers are notoriously spongy but easy to dodge. Just sidestep their attacks and then use their recovery window to blast away. The door to exit the third trial is at the end of the room, towards the right side next to the tractor.
Completing Trial 4 of the Guardian Program
The fourth trial might be a bit challenging depending on the level of your equipment, and its resistance against chemical damage. In this room, you’ll constantly receive damage and will need to turn three valves to progress forward.
- As soon as you enter the fourth trial, look towards the right, and you’ll see the first valve to turn.
- Keep going right, and you’ll spot the second valve right next to the first one.
- For the third valve, you’ll need to head back towards the left side of the room and climb a platform. After turning the third valve, quickly exit the room to avoid dying from chemical/acidic damage.
Rewards for Completing the Guardian Program
After you exit trial 4 in the guardian program, you’ll enter a locker room area with rewards lined up against the wall. The rewards include a modified version of the M860 Cracker Shotgun, a Fora-221 Assault Rifle, and a SEVA high PSI protection suit. Now you can progress through the area and reach the Spatial Anomaly to progress further into the “Forge of Progress” main mission of STALKER 2.
- Released
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November 20, 2024
- OpenCritic Rating
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Fair