STALKER 2 Poppy Field walkthrough and who should you give the Icon to?
Nov. 20, 2024The religious icon in STALKER 2’s Poppy Field stash can be given to Mityay or Pomor
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The STALKER 2 Poppy Field mission has you searching a surprisingly dangerous field for a cellar containing an old Religious Icon that Mityay wants. Finding this cellar isn’t easy, but things get more complicated as a man called Pomor gets involved in the quest, offering to give you someSTALKER 2loot in exchange for the icon. That means you’ll need to decide who you’ll give the Religious Icon to complete the quest, but with a little creative (and violent) thinking, you can get rewards from both Mityay and Pomor after finding the root cellar in the STALKER 2 Poppy Field side mission.
How to find the Stalker 2 Poppy Field root cellar
Your first objective in The Poppy Field side mission in STALKER 2 is to find where the root cellar is, andit’s on the western side of the poppy field not too far from one of the derelict houses- see the above map image. What you’re looking for isa simple hole in the ground at that pointwith a ladder leading down into the cellar - the Religious Orthodox Icon is down there on a shelf.
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However, when you reach the poppy field marked on your map, you’ll get hailed byPomorwho we recommend speaking to before you go for the cellar to help you get maximum rewards for this side quest. It’s also a good idea tobring lots of energy drinkswith you as you’ll need them to counter the field’s sleep-inducing effects!
Speak to Pomor in his shack on the eastern edge of the poppy field and he’ll tell you that he knows where the root cellar you’re seeking is - obviously, you can just tell him you’ll find it yourself. Importantly, Pomor will suggest that you could give him the icon instead of Mityay for some rewards.
With that, you can head into the poppy field root cellar and grab the icon, but then you’ll need to decide if you’ll go back to Pomor or Mityay.
The best choice for the Religious Icon in the STALKER 2 Poppy Field side mission is togive it to Pomor, kill him, take it off his body, and then take it to Mityay. As brutal as this is,it means you can get both rewardsand effectively get the benefits of both choices, and as we’ve seen so far, there aren’t any downsides or negative penalties to killing Pomor (who is already characterised as a slightly shady grave robber who is, at the very least, not warning people about the dangers of the Poppy Field so he can loot their bodies).
If you give the Religious Icon to Mityay, you simply get 1000 coupons and Mityay’s thanks.If you killed Pomor before this, it doesn’t even get mentioned - the dialogue is the same regardless. Giving the icon to Pomor then Mityay means you get the gun and the coupons, so that’s definitely the best course of action for this STALKER 2 side mission.
The Poppy Field isn’t the only side mission with a choice involved. Find out about theSTALKER 2 The Lost Boys choicehere.© GamesRadar+. Not to be reproduced without permission.
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