The player begins in the Cordon, which is considered to be the main entry point into The Zone, just beyond a military checkpoint on the main road. There are 30 maps or 'levels' that make up The Zone in Lost Alpha. These are the Purple Beads ( Supernova), Generator, Hell, Levitron, Compass, Psi-zone Heart ( The heart of the psi-zone), Charged Compass, Charged Goldfish, Blue Parasite and Green Parasite.This page gives a broad synopsis of the Zone that is open to exploration in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha. There are some additional, unique and quest artifacts that do not fit into the table. (the first four remove a negative effect, the next two affect movement, the next three protect against attack and the remaining protect from environmental hazards - though there are attacks making telepathy, impact and burn damage) To know which one can be sold and which one might be needed for merger certain artifact recipes have a number that indicate in which recipe they are in. Besides using them artifacts can be sold or used in the artifact merger to create different ones.** Certain artifact types not only increase radiation as a negative effect, but hunger as well.* Rad.protection and Radiation type artifacts do not increase your radiation, because their whole purpose is to decrease/protect against, thus it would not make sense.Tier 4 artifacts have the strongest effect in their respective type, increase your radiation by 4 and have a base price of 10000 RU.Tier 3 artifacts have a strong effect in their respective type, increase your radiation by 3 and have a base price of 7500 RU.

Tier 2 artifacts have a moderate effect in their respective type, increase your radiation by 2 and have a base price of 4250 RU.

Tier 1 artifacts have the weakest effect in their respective type, increase your radiation by 1 and have a base price of 2000 RU.

Because the artifacts follow a fairly simply pattern, they can be categorized into 4 tiers based on how strong their parameters are.

Artifacts with a double asterisk are produced using an Artifact Merger.

Artifacts with an asterisk appear in all three canon games and Lost Alpha.

These stats are now addressed through armor upgrades.

Note: Rupture, Impact and Bulletproof Cap no longer exist as categories.

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