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Last update:15 December 2024
The Forge of Progress is part of the main storyline inSTALKER 2.
How to enter the cryptobiology laboratory?
Exit the institute building through the glass doors into the courtyard, thenturn right.
After a short walk you will reachthe laboratory(a building with a round antenna).
Once inside,talk to Doctor Krywenko.
He will instruct you to get to the lower level usinga ventilation shaft.
Use the stairs opposite the entrance to the building.
Go through the machine room, then exit throughthe door at the end of the hall.
Go down the ladder and thenenter the small building.
Destroy the boardsblocking the access to the ventilation system.
In the room with steaming pipes you will be attacked bya horde of rats.
Quickly evacuate up the ladder andthrow down a grenadeto eliminate the threat.
On the opposite side of the room you will finda ladder locked with a padlock.
Shoot at the lock and then go up.
In the next room you will have tofight a psionic mutant - a Burer.
Remember that the enemy canknock the weapon out of your handsand oftenprotects themselves with a blue force field.
Go down the stairs and throughthe door on the left.
To do it though, you’ll have to facea psionic, mutant catfirst.
Grateful, the man will give youa key to the warehouse, which is located one floor above.
On the next floor, you will reach aroom filled with dangerous anomalies.
Regardless of the path you choose, you have to expect thatsome of them will deal damage to you.
We recommendrunning through the first half of the room as quickly as possibleand thenclimbing up the metal frame.
How to solve the puzzle with buttons?
Defeat the mutant and move on.
How to solve the puzzle with valves?
The next room will quickly beginto fill with poisonous gas.
The anomaly will teleport you to adestroyed tunnel.
Go through theorange doorand thenjump down to the tunnel under the anomaly.
Shoot atthe padlockblocking the next door.
Go through the destroyed rooms and up the stairs.
You will eventually reach a room with a teleporting anomaly.
Hermann will be there as well.
After a short conversation,the scientist will ask you to go into the anomaly.
The teleporting anomalywill throw you into several random places full of mutants.
Don’t be afraid,you’ll only be there for a few seconds.
give a shot to wait it out,avoiding the beast’s attacks.
Eventually,the anomaly will teleport you to the shores of the lake near SIRCAA.
The Forge of Progress quest will end here.
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