The Detention Center is one of the first locations players visit after reaching the “Garbage” region inStalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. It’s a big building covered in rust andfull of loot that players can secureto help them on their journey. However, you might have noticed that the basement section of the Detention Center is locked, preventing access to the artifact. Let’s check out how you can get access to the Detention Center’s basement inStalker 2to acquire the artifact.

How to Unlock the Detention Center’s Basement in Stalker 2

Players will visit the Detention Center during the mission “Answers Come At A Price” inStalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. After meeting up with Star andreceiving a Silenced Pistol, players can go ahead and start exploring the building, even without completing the quest for now.

Here’s how players can unlock access to the basement in the Detention Center inStalker 2.

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How to Get the Hypercube & Mother’s Beads Artifacts in Stalker 2

Once players enter the Detention Center’s basement inStalker 2, they’ll encounter a maze filled with burner anomalies. You’ll have to carefully navigate through the anomalies to acquire the Hypercube and the Mother’s Beads artifacts. Here’s how to do it.

To get the Mother’s Beads artifact, you must visit the Detention Center’s basement at a later time, ideally after an Emission event. Applying the same strategy next time around will allow players to acquire the Mother’s Beads artifact inStalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl.

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