The Spring is an artifact featured in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl.
Appearances
Shadow of Chernobyl
According to the opinion of some researchers-theorists, this artifact is a hybrid between Batteries and Shell.
― In-game description
The Spring gives a +30% bonus in impact protection with no downsides whatsoever. This makes it a valuable artifact to use through gravitational anomalies and protecting the user from accidental falls. As well, four Springs can enable suit repairing in gravitational anomalies and by falling off heights.
Acquisition
The Spring can been found in the open in four locations:
- Inside a metal box inside a "scoop" accessible by climbing to the top of steps of the iron framework just north of the Old factory containing the entrance to Lab X-18 in the Dark Valley.
- Another one is at the top of the tower of the Bloodsucker village in the Army Warehouses.
- A third Spring lies a few meters south of the Battery/Shell pair in the Red Forest. It is well camouflaged, and is available during two distinct periods: afternoons/early evenings and after midnight/small hours.
- One may also be found in the room containing the Monolith "sculpture" in the Pripyat Palace of Culture – the latter seems to be a random spawn.
A secret stash in Yantar contains this artifact; the coordinates can be obtained from dead Ecologists.
One may be earned as a reward for completing the mission Kill the stalker called Scarecrow given by Lukash.
Heart of Chornobyl
An uncommon artifact found in gravitational anomalies. Even under a load of over 3,000 tons, the Spring maintains its compression and decompression cycle.
― In-game description
Acquisition
Behind the scenes
The Spring is clearly a nod and homage to the "empties" as described in the novella which inspired the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series, 'Roadside Picnic'. They're described as follows:
They're just two copper disks the size of a saucer, about a quarter inch thick, with a space of a foot and a half between them. There's nothing else. I mean absolutely nothing, just empty space. You can stick your hand in them, or even your head, if you're so knocked out by the whole thing – just emptiness and more emptiness, thin air. And for all that, of course, there is some force between them, as I understand it, because you can't press them together, and no one's been able to pull them apart, either.
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