Wolfhound

Wolfhound (Ru. Волкодав) is a mercenary leader who appears in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. He is also briefly mentioned in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.

Background

One of the first field commanders of the Mercs. The leader of the gang calling themselves "Curs". An anarchist despising all laws except the law of the jungle.^{[non-game. 1]}

One of his favorite and rightly infamous habits was to shoot off his target's arms, legs, and then the head before it hits the ground using his custom UDP Compact named March.^{[quote. 1]}

Appearances

Shadow of Chernobyl

When the Marked One first enters the Wild Territory, he overhears a mercenary identifying his position and asking Wolfhound for further instructions. He simply replies that it's protocol to eliminate all witnesses regardless. After the player kills all the mercs stationed at the area, Wolfhound tries to radio in after hearing some gunshots and upon realizing they were slaughtered, he curses and orders one of his snipers to not underestimate the Marked One.

Suddenly, a helicopter is shot down and Wolfhound laughs at the alleged hopelessness of the surviving Ecologists, thinking he has the upper hand. He tries to persuade Professor Kruglov to hand over the scientific data he is carrying to ensure he will not be harmed but the professor is not fooled; it becomes clear that Wolfhound has no qualms of killing Kruglov and any of his associates regardless of whether or not he has acquired the data. As the player approaches the helicopter's crash site, Wolfhound and his bodyguards will appear in a nearby shack.

It is very likely that the player will have to kill Wolfhound while escorting Kruglov to safety. Wolfhound is difficult to distinguish from the rest of his men, but tends to appear from the metal shack where the Loners tend to set up their camp in the helicopter crash site area.

Call of Pripyat

In Call of Pripyat, he is not seen but his custom UDP Compact March can be bought from Nimble, which most likely indicates he met his end at the hands of Strelok during his failed ambush in the Wild territory.

Dialogue

Development

	This article or section is based on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl cut content and may contain inaccurate information or speculation.

In the pre-release builds, Wolfhound was not a Mercenary but a member of Freedom. The player was given the opportunity to help Wolfhound take down Kruglov and his security detail, and secure his research information. Doing so would allow the player to claim a monetary reward alongside a GP-25 Koster grenade launcher from Snitch at the Bar.^{[non-game. 2]}

The game files contain a number of unused audio dialogue lines related to this:

There are a few references left to this cut content in the final version of the game:

• When the helicopter shootdown cutscene plays, the caption associated with Wolfhound's dialogue uses a Freedom icon.
• Wolfhound's in-game ID/class name refer to him as "svoboda attack commander"^{[non-game. 3]} - Svoboda refers to Freedom in Russian/Ukrainian.
• The ID for the captions refer to Freedom multiple times.^{[non-game. 4]}

	End of information based on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl cut content.

Gallery

Trivia

• Strangely, Wolfhound never carried a UDP Compact, or any .45 caliber pistol for that matter, during Shadow of Chernobyl. So it is not exactly known how he came into possession of March, though it is possible that Wolfhound gave it to another mercenary for reasons unknown and eventually made its way to Nimble through his numerous connections.
• Wolfhound speaks with a slight foreign accent in the Russian version of the game.

References

v · d · e Mercenaries
Locations	Wild Territory Army Warehouses Red Forest Zaton The area around Jupiter Pripyat
Notable members	Clear Sky Leshiy Hog Shadow of Chernobyl Ara Tyran Wolfhound Call of Pripyat Barchuk Black Corpse Duplet Goblin Hatchet Hook Jackal Kirzach Koshey Mower Mug Oak Pianist Ridge Serbin Skull Stake Surgeon Tank
Equipment	Armaments Kora-919 SIP-t M200 UDP Compact AKM-74/2 IL 86 TRs-301 SGI 5k GP-37 FT-200M SPSA14 Eliminator RPG-7u RGD-5 grenade F1 grenade Armour Merc suit SEVA suit Exoskeleton