So you have purchased the Stalker 2 Deluxe Edition and saw all the weapons gear on the DLC page. But when you open the game, you don’t have any of them stored inside your inventory or stash. Don’t worry it’s not one of Stalker 2’s glitches or bugs, you will need to complete a side quest to acquire all the loot from specific places in the zone. Here we will go through all the location details of 12 Journalist’s Stash found in Stalker 2.
Unlock Seek And You Shall Receive
Once you complete the Needle in a Haystack main questline, you will unlock Seek and You Shall Find side quest. You can get the quest by picking up Flash Drive from your stash down at Zalissya, your first settlement in the game. Now the journey truly begins, as all the locations for the stash will be different.
Unlike other gears, once you have the flash drive, the search details for all 12 Journalist’s Stash locations will appear on your map, in the form of circles, but you will have to pinpoint the precise location of the stash within the circle. Here we have broken the locations area-wise to make it easier for you to cross off all the 12 locations off the list.
- Lesser Zone Journalist’s Stash x3
- Garbage Journalist’s Stash x2
- Rostok Journalist’s Stash x1
- Yaniv Journalist’s Stash x1
- Chemical Plant Journalist’s Stash x1
- Burnt Forest Journalist’s Stash x1
- Swamps Journalist’s Stash x2
- Duga Journalist’s Stash x1
Lesser Zone Journalist’s Stash Locations
#1. Journalist’s Stash: PTM Monolith
Weight: 0.5 KG
Worth: 3,00K
- Head to the Abandoned Hut, north of Zalissya. Now make your way to a hut next to a blue truck.
- Climb on the truck, and from there onto the house roof. You will spot a ledge on the other side, use that to drop down. There will be an open window to help you get inside the house and to the first stash that has the PTM Monolith
#2. Journalist’s Stash: Viper Monolith
Weight: 2.5 KG
Worth: 7,00K
- Head to the factory northeast of the Zalissya, down by the river. Stick to the river area, and you will find the ladder to the rooftops.
- On the rooftops, you will come across another ladder around the corner. Climb down the ladder, and you will find the Stash on a rooftop a few meters away from the ladder.
#3 Journalist’s Stash: Monolith AR416
Weight: 4.2KG
Worth: 5199K
Head to the southeast of the Lesser Zone to reach the area called Sphere. You can visit the area anytime, if you are simply following the main questline, you will arrive at this location during the Behind Seven Seals main questline.
Here head to the huge military outpost area, you will find the Journalist Stash next to giant pipes left of two I.P.S.F containers. Just climb the ladder located on the northwestern side to reach the stash area.
Garbage Journalist’s Stash Locations
#4. Journalist’s Stash: M860 Monolith
Weight: 3.2 KG
Worth: 7,800K
It is time to go to an area that lives up to the name of the city, Garbage. We are looking to head to an area east of the Detention Center, in the southern region of Garbage. It’s located northeast of the factory, where we grabbed the Viper Monolith from the rooftops. You will soon come to an area filled with all kinds of debris and broken pieces of equipment.
Here look for a broken minibus and you will find the stash inside it. This area will have two busted minibusses, the correct one sits next to the broken construction machine.
#5 Journalist’s Stash: Tourist Suit
Weight: 3.0KG
Worth: 57,900K
Artifact Slots: 2
Head northwest of Slag Heap, and soon you will find yourself lost in the area called Maze. It is a labyrinth but not made of grass, the maze here is of debris and busted vehicles from the past.
Here keep an eye out for a rusted red truck, climb on the top of the truck, and when you jump down on the other side, you will find the stash with the Tourist Suit inside it. Just make your way to the top of the vehicles, and you will easily find the stash hidden between them.
Rostok Journalist’s Stash Location
#6 Journalist’s Stash: Riemann
Weight: 5 KG
Worth: 17640K
The location for the gun is Abandoned School west of Garbage. Unlike other stash locations in the guide, this one will be a tiny bit dangerous.
You won’t be alone here, there will be gravitational anomalies roaming in this area, so prepare to throw away a lot of bolts to scare them away. We have a simple guide to help you navigate to the Riemaan weapon quickly.
Yaniv Journalist’s Stash Location
#7 Journalist’s Stash: Model Competitor
Weight: 1.58 KG
Worth: 16536K
The objective marker here will take you to the railyard section. One of the carts on the train will have a visible padlock outside. Shoot the padlock and head inside, you will find the stash next to the containers. There is also a duffle bag and some ammo in the area, don’t forget to loot them all before heading to the next area.
Chemical Plant Journalist’s Stash Location
#8 Journalist’s Stash: Lullaby
Weight: 4.8 KG
Worth: 21,200K
Here make your way to the Army Warehouse, south of the chemical plant. Jump on the yellow rusty truck next to the staircase to get inside the building. Turn left and you will find the stash in the corner of a small room with a busted open wall.
Burnt Forest Journalist’s Stash Location
#9 Journalist’s Stash: SSP-100M SIRCAA Suit
Weight: 8.0 KG
Make your way down to the Burnt Forest, it is not going to be easy, as soon you will find yourself surrounded by fire anomalies. Dodge the anomalies and take the ladder located at the western side of the area, to reach the basement.
You are not safe in the basement either, here you will have to deal with Poltergeist thermal anomaly, once that is taken care of, you can open the stash in the next room to recover the suit.
Swamps Journalist’s Stash Location
#10. Journalist’s Stash: Veteran
Weight: 3.84 KG
Worth: 30,200K
Make your way north of the swamp, right at the edge of the border to Backwater. Here head to the Abandoned Farmstead, and make your way to the roof by jump on the red tractor outside of the farm. After a bit of platforming, you will reach the rooftop. Break the wooden barricade to get inside the attic and find the stash with the Veteran sniper rifle.
#11 Journalist’s Stash: Wanderer Suit
Worth: 237500K
Weight: 7.0 KG
This spot can definitely be a miss since the entire map is surrounded by fog. Just get to the location, here head inside the dilapidated hut, and you will find the stash next to the bunk bed.
Duga Journalist’s Stash Location
#12. Journalist’s Stash: SA-U Gabion
Weight: 3.0 KG
Worth: 24,200 K
Get inside the Arms Depot, lure the mutant, and turn the generator on near the end of the building. Then press the power button on the second floor of the building, this will release the cell gate, head inside and you will find the final Journalist’s Stash.
If you are looking for more unique weapons for the game that doesn’t require any DLC, then we have a separate guide to help you pinpoint all the unique weapons set in Stalker 2.
