Barkeep

Hey, Marked One! Times change but you don't still grumpy and aloof. Here, take a seat, have a drink - might make you nicer...
― Barkeep

Barkeep (Бармен/Barmen) is a major character who appears in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl.

Background

Neither a saint, nor a scoundrel. The Barkeep knows his worth and is respected by all stalkers. Rumor has it he is hiding in the Zone from some dark events in his past. After his encounter with an anomaly, he started limping slightly and decided to change jobs. He set up a bar for the Duty faction, and the place gradually turned into the meeting point for all the Zone's veterans. The Barkeep has numerous connections both in the Zone and in the outside world.^{[non-game. 1]}

A very successful trader and proprietor of the 100 Rads bar in Rostok, Barkeep enjoys respect and influence in the Zone. During the events of Shadow of Chernobyl, he cooperates with Sidorovich in a mutual bid to open the roads heading towards the center of the Zone.^{[quote. 1]} From his jobs, Barkeep appears to have the same or almost the same reputation as that of Sidorovich as he has artifact and business dealings with outside clients, including the Military. According to him, he used to own a restaurant back in Ukraine where he was constantly harassed by the mob for protection rackets in 1994. He has a personal vendetta against the same mob who previously extorted him, since they now have an operation in the Zone of selling artifacts to the outside world, and gives a mission to wipe them out.^{[quote. 2]}

Appearances

Shadow of Chernobyl

Barkeep resides at all times inside the 100 Rads bar, and is one of the two traders available in the area, alongside Duty's Petrenko, although the latter cannot be traded with until later on in the storyline short of using exploits to access the Duty base without being fired on by the guards.

He hands out most of the main story missions after the player gives him the Military documents from the Agroprom Research Institute on Sidorovich's instructions. From there, he instructs the Marked One to search through Lab X-18 and Lab X-16 for more data about the Brain Scorcher, then ultimately asks him to shut the scorcher down using the previous intelligence gathered in the laboratories.

In addition, he provides a large number of side missions.

Trading

Main article: Barkeep/Trading

Related missions

Main story missions

• Find the documents in X18
• Find the documents in X16 lab
• Turn Off The Brain Scorcher

Optional side missions

• Find artifact Goldfish
• Find the artifact Flash
• Find the Crystal Thorn artifact
• Find the Night Star artifact
• Find the Meat chunk artifact
• Bring the hoof of a boar
• Obtain the flesh's eye
• Destroy the group of bandits at the Agroprom
• Destroy the lair of snorks in the Dark Valley
• Destroy the lair of wild mutant dogs at the Wild Territory
• Eliminate the bandits at the Garbage
• Eliminate the Mercs and bandits in Rostok
• Help the stalkers fight off the bandits at Agroprom
• Protect the stalkers camp at the Garbage from the bandits' assault
• Purge the bandits' camp at Wild Territory
• Kill the soldier
• Kill the stalker
• Kill the stalker called Sparrow
• Kill the stalker called Vampire

Dialogue

Trivia

• It is normally impossible to draw weapons in the Bar. However, this restriction may be bypassed with glitches or modding.
  • If the player kills Barkeep, the game will crash. This makes the text on the wall near the entrance ("THE WORLD WILL END IF YOU SHOOT THE BARMAN") ironically prophetic.

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