All 10 Scanner Locations

Struggling to find the artifacts? Well, in this guide, I will tell you, or actually, walk you to each and every scanner in the game and how to get the artifact from there. Here are the locations of all 10 scanners in Stalker 2.

1. Garbage Scanner

Let’s start with the Garbage scanner, which gives you the Whirlwind artifact. This one’s hidden between two locations called Depot and Flea Market just near the excavator in the middle of the open field. You will find it there totally unmarked. Just go to it, activate, and be careful of the gravity traps and some minor enemies. After that, just up to it, and collect the whirlwind artifact which boosts your stamina a little and gives you weak radiation protection.

2. Zaton Scanner

Then inside of the Zaton region, you can find another scanner around this Hydrodynamics Lab, as marked in the image above. Just look for a pipe you can crawl through to get there, which will be dark, but it will take you to the scanner’s location. The Ciliate artifact there will already be up for the grab when you arrive, so just take it. It gives you good protection against toxic areas and radiation. 

3. Swamps Scanner

Then we’re off to the Swamps, which is fun to get to, with broken underwater passageways filled with anomalies. But you can get there pretty easily. You then need to travel across the railway bridge, to get to the place marked in the map above. It’s a little Island, that’s creepy, but there aren’t actually any dangers nearby. You Grab the Crown artifact there, which makes you a little hard to take down and also boosts stamina, plus helps with radiation.

4. Cooling Towers Scanner

This one’s a little different, but let me help you get there. For this, you will have to head towards the Cooling Towers near SKD Assembly Unit. The scanner’s high up on a metal walkway, so you’ll need to climb a ladder there. Be careful, as there are electric traps, so make sure to throw bolts to clear the way as you pass. Just activate and get out of the field, and come back to receive the Lantern artifact, which helps protect you from electric damage and radiation. 

5. Jupiter Scanner

Then we have to travel to Jupiter, to the location marked in the image above, which is the Pripyat Substation in the bottom-left. There you can find the scanner in the middle of all the abandoned generators. Now before you activate it, be aware that it will spawn a spooky electric ghost thing. If you can beat it, you’ll get the Crest artifact, which boosts stamina and radiation protection.

6. Chemical Plant Scanner 

Then head to the Chemical Plant, and look for the “Transformer On The Island” location there. There’s a two-story building there with stairs, that you will have to climb, and then jump out of the window leading to the roof, where you will see the scanner. Activating this might spawn some enemies nearby, so be very careful. Once you have taken down the mutant, you can grab the Petal artifact, which gives you great bleeding resistance and of course, radiation protection.

7. Burnt Forest Scanner

In the Burnt Forest, head to a fiery place called Burning Rift that you can see in the image above. The area’s pretty dark, and it’s hard to see anything, but the scanner’s actually in the center of the flames along the raised area, so you will find it. But to get there, you will need some heat protection. You can then simply grab the Magma artifact, which will help with fires, and heat. And it just looks so good to hold in hand. 

8. Rostok Scanner

This one also doesn’t take any time at all. All you need to do is head to the location of the crashed helicopter in Rostok. There you will see a big building, just get in there, and grab the Sponge artifact with no extra efforts. This Dead Sponge artifact helps with bleeding and radiation. 

9. Yaniv Scanner

Then we head to Yaniv for the next scanner. For this, you will have to go to the center of a crater, as marked in the map above. The scanner’s surrounded by bones and creepy mutant leftovers. This one actually spawns some mutants, who you will have to fight. Once that’s done, you can grab the Devil’s Mushroom artifact, which offers you chemical protection.

10. Pripyat Scanner

Finally, in Pripyat, head to River Port, to the top of the map. There you will see two buildings, one with the lights on, and the other dull one. Head to the dull, and take the stairs up, which will bring you the next scanner. Activate that, run away from the anomaly, and come back to get the Meat Lighter artifact. This one gives you great thermal protection. 

And that’s how you can get all the 10 artifacts in Stalker 2, without any trouble, or a bit of it. Now, you can take these artifacts in any order you like, whatever is easy for you. It doesn’t have to be in a certain order. Hopefully, this will help make things a little easier for you in the game.