In STALKER 2, you’ll come across the Budmo! quest after several hours of playing, but it’s a tricky mission that can fail without realising you’ve done it. If you do fail the quest, you won’t notice until you’re moving to complete the final deliverable, leaving you with the choice of forgetting it forever or reloading a save that might take you back several hours.
With that being said, this guide will teach you how to complete Budmo! in STALKER 2 without failing the quest.
Budmo! Solution in STALKER 2
As you explore The Zone, you’ll wind up visiting a hub called the Slag Heap. It’s here that you’ll be handed the Budmo! quest, and it’s pretty simple – take bottles of vodka and leave them in a series of stashes close to the base.
However, the quest’s objectives and description hide a secret failure condition.
If you take anything from the stashes that you’re ordered to go to when you plant the vodka, you’ll fail the quest – but you won’t know you’ve failed until you try to hit the final stash. This is because of the ‘hidden choice-and-consequence’ mechanics in STALKER 2. You’re free to play as you choose, and nothing is stopping you from looting these stashes, but in this case, it’ll have dire consequences.
When you access a stash in Budmo!, you’ll need to manually hide a bottle of vodka by pulling it from your inventory into the stash space. If you take even a piece of bread from a stash, you’ll be accused of looting them when you go to complete the final location. This will result in an inescapable fight and an immediate failure.
To sum up:
- Make sure you manually hide the vodka in each stash
- Do not take a single thing from any of the marked stashes
That’s how to compete Budmo! in STALKER 2 – have fun out there.
For more STALKER 2 guides, check out how to find stashes in STALKER 2
