All Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl factions

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Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl will be returning with a pretty robust set of factions found in the Zone of Alienation, and they will be core part of the lore.

While you’ll be doing your best to survive in the radiated land, these factions will be adding a complicated layer in the backdrop. Most of them have been introduced via dedicated events in the previous games, so we already have a fair idea about who they are and how they operate.

All factions in Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl

Twelve different factions feature in Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl, and there could be a new one being added in post-launch content (we already know that future DLCs are in work).

FactionBaseLeaderDescription

Bandits	Yanov/Zaton	Jack/Shishak/Sultan	Criminals of the wasteland who will do anything to make a living. Prepare to face them a lot on your adventures.
Duty	Bar Agroprom	General Voronin	A paramilitary group with an agenda of their own, and they tend to be quite aggressive in their dealings.
Ecologists	Lake Yantar Yanov	Prof. Hermann, Prof. Sakharov	The main goal of these scientists is to develop new technologies that will aid the human beings and their survival.
Freedom	Dark Valley Rostok	Mikluha	A bung of free stalkers who are outlaws in the eyes of the Government.
The Loners	Cordon Zaton Pripyat	Beard	These are those stalkers who aren’t part of any of the other recognized factions.
Mercenaries	Unknown	Multiple	You’ll want to look out for this band of hired arms who will do anything for money and resources.
The Military	N/A	Supreme Commander-In-Chief	They have the duty to keep things under control, and they’re part of the government.
Monolith	Pripyat Sarcophagus Monolith Control Center	C-Consciousness	A strange cult who consider everyone their as their enemies, and they believe that an alien crystal is present somewhere in the Zone.
Noon	Wild Island	Strider	Noon comprises of members who manage to drive away the brainwashing done by Monolith.
Spark	Unknown	Scar	A new faction set to debut this year, expect to work with them as you proceed through the campaign.
SIRCAA	North Perimeter	Ukrainian Government	They’re the official research wing of the government, and they work just like the Ecologists.
Ward	North Perimeter	Unknown	A new faction, the Ward is led by Colonel Korshunov, but we will have to explore the game more to find out greater details about them.

It will be interesting to find out how the factions will be playing out in Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl. Unlike many other video games, you can’t join any faction, but you’ll be interacting with many of them regularly.

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