Veteran

Overview

Rookie | Experienced | Professional | Veteran | Expert

Veterans are skilled stalkers, better equipped than Experienced but still not as good as Experts, usually equipped with medium to heavy gear, and mid to high tier weaponry.

Equipment

Veteran stalkers field mid- or high-tier weaponry and armor. Their choice of weaponry includes:

• AKM-74/2U, used by Loners, Bandits, and Strelok.
• AKM-74/2, used by Loners, Bandits, Mercenaries, and Duty.
• AC-96/2, used by Loners, Duty, and Spetsnaz.
• TRs-301, used by Loners, Mercenaries, and Freedom.
• IL 86, used by Loners and Freedom.

Armor used by Veteran stalkers:

• Sunrise suit, used by Loners.
• Bandit jacket, used by Bandits.
• Trenchcoat, used by Bandits.
• Wind of Freedom and Guardian of Freedom, used by Freedom.
• PSZ-9d Duty suit, PSZ-9Md Universal Protection, PS5-M Universal Protection, and PSZ-9d Duty armour used by Duty.
• Monolith Suit and Scientific Monolith suit used by Monolith.
• Radiation suit used by Loners, Mercenaries, and Monolith.

Gallery

A veteran stalker from the Duty faction. Note his heavy PSZ-9d Duty armor and upgraded and scoped AC-96/2.