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While progressing through the"Forge of Progress" main mission inSTALKER 2, players will need to complete theGuardian Program in the SIRCAA facility. This is essentially a series of trial rooms, each presenting various challenges to the players, ranging from easy to difficult. Thankfully, there’s no time limit for completing these trials, so you can go through them at your own pace. However, there are rewards for players at the end of the program.
How to Complete the Guardian Program in the Forge of Progress
Players will need tocomplete the Guardian Program to reach the Spatial Anomalyin theForge of Progress main missionofSTALKER 2. The program consists of four trial rooms, each presenting a traversal test, an IQ test, a combat test, and an elemental test respectively. Let’s go over each trial and how to complete it to progress the mission.
Completing Trial 1 of the Guardian Program
The first trial is a test of the player’s movement skills and requires you to traverse the room and sustain the minimum amount of damage from anomalies. Here’s what you need to do.
Completing Trial 2 of the Guardian Program
The second trial is the simplest as it’s a simple IQ test that will require you to figure out the right combination to press the buttons on the console. Simply press the buttons as shown in the image above, which is the sequence:
Button 4
Press Third
Pressing the buttons in the right sequence will light up all the bulbs on the console, allowing you to progress to the next trial.
Completing Trial 3 of the Guardian Program
The third trial will put your combat skills to the test,pitting you against a Bloodsucker. You’ll need to take down the Bloodsucker in order to progress to the final trial ahead. Bloodsuckers are notoriously spongy but easy to dodge. Just sidestep their attacks and then use their recovery window to blast away. The door to exit the third trial is at the end of the room, towards the right side next to the tractor.
Completing Trial 4 of the Guardian Program
The fourth trial might be a bit challenging depending on the level of your equipment, and its resistance against chemical damage. In this room, you’ll constantly receive damage and will need to turn three valves to progress forward.
Rewards for Completing the Guardian Program
After you exit trial 4 in the guardian program, you’ll enter a locker room area with rewards lined up against the wall. The rewards include a modified version of theM860 Cracker Shotgun, aFora-221 Assault Rifle, and aSEVA high PSI protection suit. Now you’re able to progress through the area and reach the Spatial Anomaly to progress further into the “Forge of Progress” main mission ofSTALKER 2.
