My theory is that the strange baby like creatures in the pods are pyrogeists. They could be either underdeveloped and died before growing into adult pyrogeists or actual fully developed pyrogeists, since we don't know yet how pyrogests actually look like behind their fire camouflage. The fallen pod with the broken glass in the same room could be the pod containing the pyrogeist Marked One has to kill to escape. I suspect the scientists put the test subjects in those pods and expose them to psy emissions from the smaller antenna like Kaimanov emitters while the scientists observe the experiments from above.
Yes it does make a lot of sense, in fact I would not be surprised if the Monolith faction still operates some of the labs. Perhaps some of their equipment such as the Gauss rifles are manufactured inside one of these X-labs.
The Monolith suits in the lab make me wonder once again what I have wondered for so long. How in the hell does the C-Con supply the Monolithians with such high tier gear and weapons and keep a steady supply of consumables along side it? They must have a secret way to get supplies to the CNPP like a teleporter to Antarctica or something
Yes, this is a very important mystery. There are some theories that corrupt military members directly supply the Monolith, but we don't know if it's true. Maybe I'll make a video about this subject in the future.
They probably mastered how to use artifacts and used them to their fullest until stalkers and other factions destroyed their supply line that would reinforce monolith forces garrisons in those laboratories.
Program Ccon sleeper Agents to make Deals with other factions, infiltrate said factions and steal gear on a large scale, or even exit the zone to make Deals on the Black market
The mutants in the pods in the final room were part of the early brainscorcher experiment. I don't have the text in front of me, but I believe they describe the process of growing fetuses specifically to use their brains to control the brain scorcher, and the pods are connected to the ball that looks like the larger scorcher machine on the ceiling. The x-18 version appears to be a prototype, or proof of concept version of the larger machine.
While that's probably the case, I don't see where this information is ever given. The player has to draw his own conclusions, but almost nothing is directly explained.
@@anomalousdugout9557 After going back through it, I was mistaken. They're the early stages of development of the 'miracle machine' in x-16, which itself was an early version of the scorcher. It's never explicitly stated, but it is said that the brain was "grown" for that purpose, and the mutants in x18 look vat grown, and fit with the psy experiments they were doing.
Just started STALKER game begins with SoC in 3 days and begin to replay again. I've seen a few of our videos of loots, artifacts, and theories, and quickly you got my subscribe. Awesome content. Such as dedication to this franchise. Cant wait for STALKER 2
i hope in stalker 2 there more new areas to explore yes its nice to explore old areas but we have explored them countless of times i just hope theres more new than old
@@shatpmannf7su you could say it like that but it's still in the same "type" like it makes sense like for example with AC2 the ezio trilogy made sense because after that the games never came back to the events of there
I thought the corpses were brought in by the snorks you encounter in the lab. They would be nimble enough to drag their meals through the tunnels or ceiling vents
@@anomalousdugout9557 maybe not all of them, but my headcanon was the two you encountered were coming back from their hunt on the surface. Creepy buggers that's for sure
I am kinda curious as how large some of the devices and equipment is, which is impossible to transport inside the lab from the way you came and there's no large door for outside access of any kind on the surrounding area and inside the building itself, this led me to believe that the lab is constructed first before the building itself, as in, whoever built this place, dug the earth and built the lab, placed the heavy equipment, leaving containers behind in what eventually became the storage area (rather strange because there's no gantry crane for handling containers inside that room, since if it's really a storage area for containers, at the very least, it would contain tools for moving the containers around, especially since there's no large door in that room to bring the container inside in the first place) before finally buried the lab and built the building outside as a disguise
Yeah that makes a lot of sense, I did'nt think much about that. In that case, it's possible that X-18 was built before the first disaster and not after 1989, which is quite important.
There is a crane outside but not big opening which might mean the equipment was lowered down while the lab was being built and every experiment was planned beforehand. Teere's also a lot of large concrete pipes laying around outside and around it, so maybe the construction of those tunnels was simultaneous and connected to the construction of the lab.
The large equipment may have been built while other sections of the underground was being built by transporting building supplies piece by piece down into the excavation. This has been done before. This was done in the manufacturing company I worked for. It’s also possible that it was one big excavation that was open to the air until all of the equipment and machines were built. Then everything was walled up and covered in earth.
And also labs that produce these humanoid mutants There seems to be an almost endless supply of them If they were just the result of experiments prior to the disasters , Their numbers would be extremely low and wouldn't keep existing for so many years especially that they don't reproduce and Stalkers kill alot of them on daily basis
I’ve speculated that the Barkeep and Borov might’ve been former staff at X-18, possibly maintenance or security personnel since they don’t strike me as the scientific types; that could explain how they have keys. Of course Borov could’ve just as easily stolen a key from somewhere, and Barkeep might’ve either found the other himself or somebody brought it to him as a weird trinket and traded it for some vodka. As for that second corpse in the room with the Comet, it’s possible that the body has been down there long enough that it’s decayed more than the other one, but the extreme heat of the anomaly in the room has slowed down putrifaction by basically slow-roasting the remains and killing off most of the bacteria inside the body. This guy might’ve been down there since the Faction Wars in late 2011. Also note that he isn’t wearing a regular mercenary suit, but the same suit worn by Barkeep’s bouncers in Rostok, who’re also Loners. Regarding “Smoked” and his stash, it might be possible that this was left behind by the group that would eventually become known as the Monolith faction, judging by the presence of one of their suits. If true, that provides a bit of insight into the group’s history prior to when they marched north in mid-2011 or so. Of course it could just be that some of Monolith’s equipment was developed in X-18, which is equally fascinating.
That could be true, who knows ? I always wondered how Barkeep knew that the clandestine factory described in the Agroprom documents was there. He even gives the exact coordinates of the entrance.
@@anomalousdugout9557 And what about the other parts that I’ve edited in, regarding the corpse and the stash with the Monolith suit? I’m still watching the video and adding my thoughts as I go along, but any further theories will be added as replies to this thread.
@@anomalousdugout9557 Had to step away for a bit, resuming now, and with that here's some more responses: One thing I find odd is that Poltergeists in SoC leave bodies, but not in CoP. It's possible that, perhaps, Poltergeists can be produced naturally in the Zone (possibly as a sort of living, sentient anomaly) or artificially, and it's only fully artificial Poltergeists that can leave bodies. The exception to this are Pyrogeists due to the immense thermal energy contained in their bodies...or what qualify as such, which, upon being compromised, is released in a violent burst of heat and psyonic energy like a balloon being popped. Another difference between the games is that the ones in CoP can only see you if you’re moving...except the one in X-8, the ones in SoC and Clear Sky don’t have this limitation at all. The thing that all of the latter have in common is that, for the most part, you encounter them in enclosed spaces, unlike the “blind” Poltergeists encountered out in the open in CoP. Maybe the “natural” Poltergeists rely on sound to navigate their surroundings and identify threats, even very faint ones, and an enclosed space would amplify those noises enough that just your pulse or breathing is enough for them to locate you. Artificial Poltergeists, rarely seen outside of X-18 (usually in the Wild Territory) don’t have this limitation as they seem to have functional eyes, but by CoP’s events months after SoC, the last of the artificial Poltergeists have been erradicated or else remain in isolation somewhere. Another mystery is how would the lab have kept operating with the potential hazard of anomalies in the area? Maybe early in the Zone's existence, anomalies were limited to the surface and the air, and only began to spread underground as the Zone continued to expand. As for the rest of the lab, maybe we'll see more of it in STALKER 2? The large microscopes are probably electron microscopes specifically, possibly being used to check samples of the chemicals from Agroprom for impurities or other defects in production to see if the batch in question is suitable for use in experiments or if it needs to be thrown out and replaced. The containment pods in the lab? Those don't just look like the C-Consciousness' pods, they're the *exact same design* as those pods. Those might be prototypes for the pods that would later be set up in the C-Consciousness' bunker, a laboratory known as X-2 or the War Lab in cut content. In fact, Lost Alpha uses a variant of X-18's layout for X-2, and X-2's layout - which was modified into X-8 in CoP - for X-18 (though that mod took a lot of creative liberties and is definitely non-canon, so take it with a grain of salt - it should be noted that in Lost Alpha, the C-Consciousness was long dead by the time Strelok arrived, as one of the Group went postal out of guilt for creating the Zone and killed them all in their pods in a manner resembling how Strelok did...and this released a "Noosphere Entity" into the lab that's fought at the end as a Pyrogeist). I'm looking forward to X-16's video, as I have my own theories about what happened there, including why there's so many dead Monolithians in the area...and it specifically has to do with information made available in Clear Sky about a certain critical system of the Miracle Machine.
@@z3r0_35 Always great to read your thoughts :) I will talk more about poltergeists in a future video, so I'll be sure to remember your theory. While I think that the labs could have operated after the disaster, it's possible that I'm just wrong. Hopefully we will learn more about the labs in April. I think you're right about the microscopes, that would make perfect sense. As for the pods, yes they might have been prototypes, since X-18 seem to also have been the place of "early" psy-emitters experiments. And yes I know about the War Lab and Lost Alpha. About X-16, don't expect it to release just yet, as I have other videos planned before that. But it will be done, no worries. I also have my theories on the monolith and military corpses.
Very interesting video. I like the amount of the small details in these locations that leave you wondering what was going on in these labs, and make you draw your own conclusions. Also that goddamn Pseudogiant, I wasn't ready when I played for the first time, and instead of rushing out of the room, I've went deeper into it while that big son of a bitch was chasing me. Enough to say, the RPG I've stumbled upon saved my life
My first time encountering it I had to run around the facility because I thought it was invulnerable to gunfire, I wasted two mags on it so I tried to find some grenades and I remember finding the RPG and fired and MISSED! I was scared af and was panicking because the giant can still hurt me because I didnt know you can jump to avoid stomp damage. Eventually I lobbied grenades at it until it died and wasted all my medkits. Wow, that was some first encounter.
Got a theory for that one pod that looks simillar to the ones used by the C-Consciousness, so the animal would be put inside the cage then gets either injected or his cage filled with chemicals, and as the mutations start to occur the scientist in the pod starts altering those mutations "by using Psy waves" in certain patterns and ways to get different ones and can be assumed that a person would go mad inside that pod which would explain why the mutants created are so violent/so heavily mutated, backed up by what one of the scientists in CoP says concerning the Flesh mutations that they have been guided by another force and completely unnatural, and now that the neurosphere is most likely merged with the scientists minds, it will continue mutating and creating new forms in human mutants and animal mutants
I've always assumed the small creatures in the pods to be fetal poltergeists. You can see stubby little arm growths but there doesn't seem to be any legs at all. Grown in artificial wombs and with an extremely unnatural and unusual growth cycle. No matter what it is, it does indicate that not all of the humanoid monsters were men who were mutated into monsters, but were born that way.
This video just confirms that the stalker shoc is still after 14 years full of mysteries. Also good idea for next series should be how shoc should look if cut and scrapped content was completed and introduced into the game and some theories about it. ( Also I can help you with that because I saw some videos and read some info that should be useful) and also thanks for the video :D it was very and very interesting
Yeah, a lot of questions remain to be answered. I don't really cover cut content because other people have already done it extensively, both on videos and through mods, but I'll consider your idea.
This was the most horrific gaming experience I've ever had to this day. Nothing like your first Stalker playthrough, at 13 years old this level made me crap my pants. I've never felt the need to get out of somewhere in a virtual space like this shithole. I got stuck at the door for a month not realizing I already had the code to it, lol. Stalker will forever have a special place in my heart, there was nothing quite like since the last instalment. I hope we get the sequel soon and it keeps all the elements that made it so uniquely horrifying.
When I first played SoC and the STALKER Lore was still fairly newborn, I always thought that the little guys in the pods where possibly recovered from the Tunguska Event. I know that Tunguska and the events of STALKER are almost 100 years apart but at that time it seemed like a good angle.
The chemical product reminds me of "Roadside picnic", where the ecologists tried collecting fruit punch anomaly samples to use as a bioweapon, but it got out of control and basically ended up killing their entire institute
Nice Video.. The unborn baby like creature in pod reminds me of Nihilanth (Final Boss) From Half Life.. When I was playing it for first time, back in 2009, I thought its another Half Life Easter Egg like Freeman PDA ..
@@anomalousdugout9557 It can be a nice Crossover Gordan Freeman in STALKER with his crowbar, Laser guided Rocket launcher and other weapons.. Imagine the possibilities of using Gravity Gun in STALKER .. to pickup and throw artifacts from distance.. or throw someone in Anomalies
@@NIKSBR I think there are a lot of similarities between S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Half-Life, even if they're not always obvious. To me it is clear that the devs drew a lot of inspiration from Valve. As for the gravity gun, in the mod Oblivion Lost Remake there is a gravitationnal artifact which acts exactly like it, and it's very fun to use !
@@anomalousdugout9557 Hal-Life was heavily influenced by the X-Files TV Show. STALKER was influenced by Half-Life, X-Files, Fallout 1/2, Stalker movie and the roadside picnic show. There was a similar creature in the X-files that looks like a fetus.
Oh, and the hazardous containers you mentioned have that infective sign, how about that? does that mean it's a biological weapon? chemical for the experiments? sample of the Fruit Punch anomaly?
Thank you very much. About the chemicals, I believe they were very important for the experiments, perhaps their biological nature was responsible for the creation of the mutants. And maybe, but that's just a wild guess, it also led to the formation of the Fruit Punch anomaly. Who knows ?
I could be wrong, but I Remember a skeleton and a box on the pipes running up in the storage room where the pseudogiant lies (starting from the room with the easter egg picture on the Wall)
After you finish discussing the underground areas, wil you discuss all the areas in the game like you did with the underground ones? Like for example what Cordon was before '06 etc
Digging the lore and theories! On side note, I believe the second body of the dead stalker, I find it hard to believe that it is either a loner or a mercenary because the armor he wears is for some reason exclusively to Zombified Stalkers. The greyish with that black pattern is not attached to any factions. Also, isn't that mutant in the corridor the swampbeast? A cut mutant that was later reused for mods like Oblivion Lost Remake and Lost Alpha DC. It's a quite interesting enemy.
Well yes, this suit is used only by zombies but also by the 2 bouncers at 100 rads bar, who are marked as loners. Perhaps this suit is only used by Barkeep's men ? As for the mutant, it is the physical body of a poltergeist. Mod makers just recycled it to make a new enemy.
@@anomalousdugout9557 I forgot about the bouncers at the bar and as for the mutant, it was the physical body of a poltergeist? I didn't know about that one. Thanks for the info.
@@XanderNiles Yes, in Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat poltergeists have no physical bodies, they seem to just disappear when you kill them. But in Shadow of Chernobyl, killing a poltergeist will reveal its corpse.
simplified explanation:the mutants were made here by ecologists and guarded by the army,examples can be bloodsuckers,izloms,etc.The experiment was stopped as the second disaster happened,freeing them,evidence of this can be the ecologist corpses in the lab
Well, maybe, but as I explained, I think it's more complicated than that. The army was not aware of the existence of X-18, and there is also evidence to point at the fact that the lab continued to operate after the birth of the Zone.
@@anomalousdugout9557 ye though like,how do we exactly explain the snorks,their pda desc says their remnats of the army or something,the ecologists would have picked up weapons later,when the grunts couldnt deal with it with funni warsaw pact
You are correct in saying that the mutants are not just a result of radiation, being exposed to strong radiation permanently destroys parts of the code that makes up your DNA which can result is mutations of a sort but they are always deformations or tumors rather than gaining new features. Heavily irradiated creatures would also be almost certainly sterile because sperm/eggs are very sensitive and easy to render ineffective. If a creature was to completely change form and/or gain abilities it would have to be done through some form of genetic manipulation, as we see a lot of similar creatures running around in the world we can be fairly sure that they are breeding and therefore not victims of random mutations.
As for the evidence that X-18 continued to operate after the zone was formed, I think the SSP-99 Ecologist suit worn by the chief is part of the evidence itself.
What happened the first time ive got there: -Had no bandages because poltergeists -Scared of the sounds -Doesnt played for 2 days because the Pseudogiant somehow came out his "arena" About the Zombified stalker,I think somehow bandits tested how could they react. As we know they very good at kidnapping from Clear Sky. Maybe Borov had connections with the X18 Scientists?
14:49 this creatures kinda look like embryos, i always thought they meant to be artificially created humans. Like Replica Forces from F..E.A.R or something.
Yeah, clones. This also explains why burers and controllers have only one skin in the entire game. Bloodsuckers have two skins, one is darker than the other. I believe the darker one was male, the lighter one was female.
@@Kreia. I think bloodsuckers have more than 2 skins, which depend on the environment they live in (forest, underground, swamp...). And arent' all bloodsuckers male ?
Notice how Snorks are in X-18? -X-18 door is locked from the time of "The Group" locking it until Strelok opens it -Fruit Punch material that was created in the Agroprom Underground was shipped to lab X-18 -Lab X-18 was known for experimentally mutating humans by "Frankenstein-ing" body parts onto single, host bodies, and exposing humans/mammals to Fruit Punch material It is absolutely possible that snorks were NOT mutated SOLELY on the surface world of the Zone, but ALSO in laboratory X-18
Please note that by in-game-cannon, psionic-active mutants were *likely* an end result of being experimented on inside laboratory X-8; nowhere else but here are there Burers seen in other laboratories.
So there are 2 snorks in the laboratory and they were created in the second explosion, so that either means that the snorks were brought into the lab for experiments or the lab had something to do with the creation of the snorks and also how the hell does a snork reproduce? Or were there tons of soldiers in the 1st exclusion zone or they reproduce via unknown means? If so then where do they get the armor, gas mask and boots or after many years they are just born with the gear? And another thing in the lore it was said that the first snork that was spotted attacked with a broken shotgun, so why arn’t the snorks using weapons?
Alright, everything I will write here is only speculation and my own theories, so don't take it as a real explanation. Since the snorks are found in the upper part of the lab, I believe that they simply managed to find a way inside, perhaps by digging their own tunnel. Moreover, I don't think that snorks are able to reproduce, and their numbers is explained by the fact that thousands of soldiers disappeared in the Zone. The piece of lore describing the first uncounter with a snork might not be 100% canon, as it is only available on old internet archives if I'm not mistaken. However, it is possible that when that uncounter happened (in 2007), snorks were only in the beginning of their mutation, and so they still knew how to operate guns, much like zombies. Meanwhile, in the games (2011 and 2012) the snorks have mutated even more after all these years, becoming much more animal and less human, and thus losing the ability to use weapons.
It has occured to me that the suit might change from playthrough to playthrough. I don't really know why or what decides which suit he will wear, but yeah, sometimes it happens.
@@anomalousdugout9557 I mean by spamming medkits sure, because it was the only way to survive such damage even then it isn't easy, I remember why now, I thought the damage was just there for you to get a move on as it wasn't that bad, maybe I didn't read well too so this happen
@@anomalousdugout9557 Yeah, there is emissions inside the chamber where the brain is obviously. In the end it is pointless anyway you end up needing the psi-helmet for going into Red Forest, tho I am curious if the zone of the Brain Scorcher is in all the Red Forest area or not, but even then I remember it doing a lot more damage then X-16 so maybe this strategy isn't feable. About this it seems you can actually skip X-18 tho you wouldn't have the Psi-Helmet so. I doubt speedrunners even care as I think as they glitch a lot.
The best theory I read was that they are pyrogeists embryos. The fact that there is a pyrogeist in this room while one of the pods is missing its content is probably not a coincidence.
@@anomalousdugout9557 Yes that makes sense, i thought it could be the giant mutant in the room with the RPG because they look similar. But thats a better Theory
Maybe the "baby" looking creatures were failed poltergeists, and the scientists just sort of left them there, or they died after the liquid drained and the science team abandoned the place, leaving them there.
Yes, it could be possible. There is another theory that those are actually pyrogeists, because one of the tanks is empty and there is a pyrogeist in that room.
There are hints that some labs with train systems potentially lead to Russia or other parts of east Europe with the possibility of soviet era involvement, if you get round to doing a video on those labs would love to hear your opinion.
@@anomalousdugout9557 Yanov, its more of a base than a lab but the massive underground train complex, trains reach out all across the zone and right up to the cnpp and into the brain scorcher lab potentially further outside of the zone, the accident happened whilst Ukraine was part of the USSR.
@@firstnamelastname6978 Right, I think I see what you mean. It is true that the railing system in the Zone might be an interesting subject to look at, perhaps I'll make a video about it in the future.
@@anomalousdugout9557 OP either ment that the Cordon should be bigger in your opinion because it's too small or it should be bigger because stalkers in the zone say that for every wish the zone expends by five kilometers. Or after every (big) blowout. Maybe he wants to know if this is true. Whatever he ment, I'm interested in your thoughts on this.
@@xXRealXx I'm sure the Cordon is larger than what we can explore in game, much like almost every other locations. As for the rumor that the Zone is expanding, I discussed it in a lot of details in my video about the Zone. But in short, I think it's just that, a rumor. I won't believe it until it is explicitely confirmed.
Anomalous dogout i think that guy was take some guns and medkits but when he entered and discovery the lab he was infected by snorks and he lost he's guns lost and he has a low number of items in inventory and when he entered in the fire room he was dead and this is the story about that zombie guy
If the military tried to raid the lab, that means they probably knew the lab got unsealed. If they had such a sensor that could tell them when the lab was opened, it's possible that at least this lab was the work of the Ukrainean government.
Maybe, but I don't think that's how it went. According to military documents found in the Agroprom, the government and the army were not aware of the existence of X-18. What happened was that the military conducted an investigation in the Agroprom, which revealed X-18. So, their next move in the investigation was obviously to raid the lab, which is exactly what Marked One did as well after he learned the same thing. It just happens that Marked One arrived before them.
@@anomalousdugout9557 So, until proven otherwise (which seems unlikely), this is just a coincidence? Kinda disapointing, but then again, maybe it's just me searching for sensational
@@friedyzostas9998 The timing is a coincidence yes, but the fact that both the military and the Marked One went there right after Agroprom is just logical.
I bet it was probably Scammovich who traded information with the military in exchange of smuggling new weapons and armors into the Zone. He sells more stuff when you arrive at Cordon rookie village after the raid of X-18. Military and the government was aware of the existence of these labs, but they too were in the search of them. Sending troops into the Catacombs was because of that, they were trying to acquire information or any kind of document.
My theory is that the strange baby like creatures in the pods are pyrogeists. They could be either underdeveloped and died before growing into adult pyrogeists or actual fully developed pyrogeists, since we don't know yet how pyrogests actually look like behind their fire camouflage. The fallen pod with the broken glass in the same room could be the pod containing the pyrogeist Marked One has to kill to escape. I suspect the scientists put the test subjects in those pods and expose them to psy emissions from the smaller antenna like Kaimanov emitters while the scientists observe the experiments from above.
That's a very good theory, it makes perfect sense. Thanks for sharing.
Potato babies
When I played this part for the first time I thought that the one we fight was the same that has scaped of empyt pod.
same thought!
I love the idea of the Monolith faction being given repurposed X-lab security suits. The more I think about it the more sense it makes.
Yes it does make a lot of sense, in fact I would not be surprised if the Monolith faction still operates some of the labs. Perhaps some of their equipment such as the Gauss rifles are manufactured inside one of these X-labs.
The Monolith suits in the lab make me wonder once again what I have wondered for so long. How in the hell does the C-Con supply the Monolithians with such high tier gear and weapons and keep a steady supply of consumables along side it? They must have a secret way to get supplies to the CNPP like a teleporter to Antarctica or something
Yes, this is a very important mystery. There are some theories that corrupt military members directly supply the Monolith, but we don't know if it's true. Maybe I'll make a video about this subject in the future.
They probably mastered how to use artifacts and used them to their fullest until stalkers and other factions destroyed their supply line that would reinforce monolith forces garrisons in those laboratories.
Seized from experienced stalkers and bought smuggled by the military, I think someone in CoP even mentioned it
Program Ccon sleeper Agents to make Deals with other factions, infiltrate said factions and steal gear on a large scale, or even exit the zone to make Deals on the Black market
I'll never forget that door that was trying to be broken through. I stood there for a few minutes before going through it.
Yeah, Marked One had some balls to go there.
"who needs an RPG in a laboratory"
This had me rolling 🤣
The mutants in the pods in the final room were part of the early brainscorcher experiment. I don't have the text in front of me, but I believe they describe the process of growing fetuses specifically to use their brains to control the brain scorcher, and the pods are connected to the ball that looks like the larger scorcher machine on the ceiling. The x-18 version appears to be a prototype, or proof of concept version of the larger machine.
While that's probably the case, I don't see where this information is ever given. The player has to draw his own conclusions, but almost nothing is directly explained.
@@anomalousdugout9557 After going back through it, I was mistaken. They're the early stages of development of the 'miracle machine' in x-16, which itself was an early version of the scorcher. It's never explicitly stated, but it is said that the brain was "grown" for that purpose, and the mutants in x18 look vat grown, and fit with the psy experiments they were doing.
Your channel is perfect dude. I hope it grows further and you keep on making lore videos on stalker... thank you a lot!!
Oh it is far from perfect, but it's better than nothing I guess. Thanks for the comment :)
Just started STALKER game begins with SoC in 3 days and begin to replay again. I've seen a few of our videos of loots, artifacts, and theories, and quickly you got my subscribe. Awesome content. Such as dedication to this franchise. Cant wait for STALKER 2
Thank you very much stalker. Good luck in the Zone !
Stalker 2 hype hopefully we will be able to explore the whole lab in the new one
I hope so, but I have a feeling that it might not be the case. I guess we'll see soon enough.
They going add a lot of Labs. Believe me.
i hope in stalker 2 there more new areas to explore yes its nice to explore old areas but we have explored them countless of times i just hope theres more new than old
Why do people call it stalker 2? It's the fourth game in the series
@@shatpmannf7su you could say it like that but it's still in the same "type" like it makes sense like for example with AC2 the ezio trilogy made sense because after that the games never came back to the events of there
I thought the corpses were brought in by the snorks you encounter in the lab. They would be nimble enough to drag their meals through the tunnels or ceiling vents
Oh that could be possible as well, I did'nt think of that. But the corpses are not really in the same rooms as the snorks, so I'm not sure.
@@anomalousdugout9557 maybe not all of them, but my headcanon was the two you encountered were coming back from their hunt on the surface. Creepy buggers that's for sure
I am kinda curious as how large some of the devices and equipment is, which is impossible to transport inside the lab from the way you came and there's no large door for outside access of any kind on the surrounding area and inside the building itself, this led me to believe that the lab is constructed first before the building itself, as in, whoever built this place, dug the earth and built the lab, placed the heavy equipment, leaving containers behind in what eventually became the storage area (rather strange because there's no gantry crane for handling containers inside that room, since if it's really a storage area for containers, at the very least, it would contain tools for moving the containers around, especially since there's no large door in that room to bring the container inside in the first place) before finally buried the lab and built the building outside as a disguise
Yeah that makes a lot of sense, I did'nt think much about that. In that case, it's possible that X-18 was built before the first disaster and not after 1989, which is quite important.
There is a crane outside but not big opening which might mean the equipment was lowered down while the lab was being built and every experiment was planned beforehand. Teere's also a lot of large concrete pipes laying around outside and around it, so maybe the construction of those tunnels was simultaneous and connected to the construction of the lab.
Could be some sort of freight elevator somewhere, that plus the trains and vehicles could do the job
The large equipment may have been built while other sections of the underground was being built by transporting building supplies piece by piece down into the excavation. This has been done before. This was done in the manufacturing company I worked for. It’s also possible that it was one big excavation that was open to the air until all of the equipment and machines were built. Then everything was walled up and covered in earth.
There must be labs still working, I mean the Monolith turned the mostly harmless gaussrifle into the most deadly weapon in the game...
Yes, I believe that's correct.
And also labs that produce these humanoid mutants
There seems to be an almost endless supply of them
If they were just the result of experiments prior to the disasters , Their numbers would be extremely low and wouldn't keep existing for so many years especially that they don't reproduce and Stalkers kill alot of them on daily basis
I’ve speculated that the Barkeep and Borov might’ve been former staff at X-18, possibly maintenance or security personnel since they don’t strike me as the scientific types; that could explain how they have keys. Of course Borov could’ve just as easily stolen a key from somewhere, and Barkeep might’ve either found the other himself or somebody brought it to him as a weird trinket and traded it for some vodka.
As for that second corpse in the room with the Comet, it’s possible that the body has been down there long enough that it’s decayed more than the other one, but the extreme heat of the anomaly in the room has slowed down putrifaction by basically slow-roasting the remains and killing off most of the bacteria inside the body. This guy might’ve been down there since the Faction Wars in late 2011. Also note that he isn’t wearing a regular mercenary suit, but the same suit worn by Barkeep’s bouncers in Rostok, who’re also Loners.
Regarding “Smoked” and his stash, it might be possible that this was left behind by the group that would eventually become known as the Monolith faction, judging by the presence of one of their suits. If true, that provides a bit of insight into the group’s history prior to when they marched north in mid-2011 or so. Of course it could just be that some of Monolith’s equipment was developed in X-18, which is equally fascinating.
That could be true, who knows ? I always wondered how Barkeep knew that the clandestine factory described in the Agroprom documents was there. He even gives the exact coordinates of the entrance.
@@anomalousdugout9557 And what about the other parts that I’ve edited in, regarding the corpse and the stash with the Monolith suit? I’m still watching the video and adding my thoughts as I go along, but any further theories will be added as replies to this thread.
@@z3r0_35 Well I think your theories make a lot of sense, thanks for sharing.
@@anomalousdugout9557 Had to step away for a bit, resuming now, and with that here's some more responses:
One thing I find odd is that Poltergeists in SoC leave bodies, but not in CoP. It's possible that, perhaps, Poltergeists can be produced naturally in the Zone (possibly as a sort of living, sentient anomaly) or artificially, and it's only fully artificial Poltergeists that can leave bodies. The exception to this are Pyrogeists due to the immense thermal energy contained in their bodies...or what qualify as such, which, upon being compromised, is released in a violent burst of heat and psyonic energy like a balloon being popped. Another difference between the games is that the ones in CoP can only see you if you’re moving...except the one in X-8, the ones in SoC and Clear Sky don’t have this limitation at all. The thing that all of the latter have in common is that, for the most part, you encounter them in enclosed spaces, unlike the “blind” Poltergeists encountered out in the open in CoP. Maybe the “natural” Poltergeists rely on sound to navigate their surroundings and identify threats, even very faint ones, and an enclosed space would amplify those noises enough that just your pulse or breathing is enough for them to locate you. Artificial Poltergeists, rarely seen outside of X-18 (usually in the Wild Territory) don’t have this limitation as they seem to have functional eyes, but by CoP’s events months after SoC, the last of the artificial Poltergeists have been erradicated or else remain in isolation somewhere.
Another mystery is how would the lab have kept operating with the potential hazard of anomalies in the area? Maybe early in the Zone's existence, anomalies were limited to the surface and the air, and only began to spread underground as the Zone continued to expand. As for the rest of the lab, maybe we'll see more of it in STALKER 2?
The large microscopes are probably electron microscopes specifically, possibly being used to check samples of the chemicals from Agroprom for impurities or other defects in production to see if the batch in question is suitable for use in experiments or if it needs to be thrown out and replaced.
The containment pods in the lab? Those don't just look like the C-Consciousness' pods, they're the *exact same design* as those pods. Those might be prototypes for the pods that would later be set up in the C-Consciousness' bunker, a laboratory known as X-2 or the War Lab in cut content. In fact, Lost Alpha uses a variant of X-18's layout for X-2, and X-2's layout - which was modified into X-8 in CoP - for X-18 (though that mod took a lot of creative liberties and is definitely non-canon, so take it with a grain of salt - it should be noted that in Lost Alpha, the C-Consciousness was long dead by the time Strelok arrived, as one of the Group went postal out of guilt for creating the Zone and killed them all in their pods in a manner resembling how Strelok did...and this released a "Noosphere Entity" into the lab that's fought at the end as a Pyrogeist).
I'm looking forward to X-16's video, as I have my own theories about what happened there, including why there's so many dead Monolithians in the area...and it specifically has to do with information made available in Clear Sky about a certain critical system of the Miracle Machine.
@@z3r0_35 Always great to read your thoughts :)
I will talk more about poltergeists in a future video, so I'll be sure to remember your theory.
While I think that the labs could have operated after the disaster, it's possible that I'm just wrong. Hopefully we will learn more about the labs in April.
I think you're right about the microscopes, that would make perfect sense.
As for the pods, yes they might have been prototypes, since X-18 seem to also have been the place of "early" psy-emitters experiments. And yes I know about the War Lab and Lost Alpha.
About X-16, don't expect it to release just yet, as I have other videos planned before that. But it will be done, no worries. I also have my theories on the monolith and military corpses.
Very interesting video. I like the amount of the small details in these locations that leave you wondering what was going on in these labs, and make you draw your own conclusions.
Also that goddamn Pseudogiant, I wasn't ready when I played for the first time, and instead of rushing out of the room, I've went deeper into it while that big son of a bitch was chasing me. Enough to say, the RPG I've stumbled upon saved my life
My first time encountering it I had to run around the facility because I thought it was invulnerable to gunfire, I wasted two mags on it so I tried to find some grenades and I remember finding the RPG and fired and MISSED! I was scared af and was panicking because the giant can still hurt me because I didnt know you can jump to avoid stomp damage. Eventually I lobbied grenades at it until it died and wasted all my medkits. Wow, that was some first encounter.
Thanks. All these details are insignificant for a casual player, but a goldmine for lore enthusiasts.
That is EXACTLY the content i searched for, thank you! :D
Great then, thanks :)
Got a theory for that one pod that looks simillar to the ones used by the C-Consciousness, so the animal would be put inside the cage then gets either injected or his cage filled with chemicals, and as the mutations start to occur the scientist in the pod starts altering those mutations "by using Psy waves" in certain patterns and ways to get different ones and can be assumed that a person would go mad inside that pod which would explain why the mutants created are so violent/so heavily mutated, backed up by what one of the scientists in CoP says concerning the Flesh mutations that they have been guided by another force and completely unnatural, and now that the neurosphere is most likely merged with the scientists minds, it will continue mutating and creating new forms in human mutants and animal mutants
Yeah that could be what was going on, nice theory.
Another top video, great accompanying footage. Thanks for replying to everyone in the comments its amazing to see.
Thank you stalker, I do my best :)
I've always assumed the small creatures in the pods to be fetal poltergeists. You can see stubby little arm growths but there doesn't seem to be any legs at all. Grown in artificial wombs and with an extremely unnatural and unusual growth cycle.
No matter what it is, it does indicate that not all of the humanoid monsters were men who were mutated into monsters, but were born that way.
Love your videos dude i can't stop watching
It's unfair that you have only 3k subs keep it up
Thanks. Well 3k is already good, I don't expect much more.
This video just confirms that the stalker shoc is still after 14 years full of mysteries. Also good idea for next series should be how shoc should look if cut and scrapped content was completed and introduced into the game and some theories about it. ( Also I can help you with that because I saw some videos and read some info that should be useful) and also thanks for the video :D it was very and very interesting
Yeah, a lot of questions remain to be answered. I don't really cover cut content because other people have already done it extensively, both on videos and through mods, but I'll consider your idea.
@@anomalousdugout9557 Thanks :)
I love these videos such a under rated channels
Thank you.
Good one , i learn so much . Thank you !
Great then :)
Great video. Thanks for doing these!
Thank you, I will continue.
This was the most horrific gaming experience I've ever had to this day. Nothing like your first Stalker playthrough, at 13 years old this level made me crap my pants. I've never felt the need to get out of somewhere in a virtual space like this shithole. I got stuck at the door for a month not realizing I already had the code to it, lol. Stalker will forever have a special place in my heart, there was nothing quite like since the last instalment. I hope we get the sequel soon and it keeps all the elements that made it so uniquely horrifying.
When I first played SoC and the STALKER Lore was still fairly newborn, I always thought that the little guys in the pods where possibly recovered from the Tunguska Event. I know that Tunguska and the events of STALKER are almost 100 years apart but at that time it seemed like a good angle.
Alright, that's an interesting take.
14:48 this may be bodies of poltergusts or whatever you call them in a diffrent state?
Yes, maybe. I have some doubts because these "embryo" things have no arms while poltergeists do, but it's still possible.
nice Learned alot about lab X18 from this thanks
The chemical product reminds me of "Roadside picnic", where the ecologists tried collecting fruit punch anomaly samples to use as a bioweapon, but it got out of control and basically ended up killing their entire institute
another excellent video - thank you :)
Well thanks :)
Singing pipes are still the most memorable detail about this lab for me
Nice Video.. The unborn baby like creature in pod reminds me of Nihilanth (Final Boss) From Half Life.. When I was playing it for first time, back in 2009, I thought its another Half Life Easter Egg like Freeman PDA ..
Thanks, oh yes you are right, it does ressemble the Nihilanth !
@@anomalousdugout9557 It can be a nice Crossover Gordan Freeman in STALKER with his crowbar, Laser guided Rocket launcher and other weapons.. Imagine the possibilities of using Gravity Gun in STALKER .. to pickup and throw artifacts from distance.. or throw someone in Anomalies
@@NIKSBR I think there are a lot of similarities between S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Half-Life, even if they're not always obvious. To me it is clear that the devs drew a lot of inspiration from Valve. As for the gravity gun, in the mod Oblivion Lost Remake there is a gravitationnal artifact which acts exactly like it, and it's very fun to use !
@@anomalousdugout9557 Hal-Life was heavily influenced by the X-Files TV Show. STALKER was influenced by Half-Life, X-Files, Fallout 1/2, Stalker movie and the roadside picnic show.
There was a similar creature in the X-files that looks like a fetus.
I like your videos alot :) don't stop making them
Oh, and the hazardous containers you mentioned have that infective sign, how about that?
does that mean it's a biological weapon? chemical for the experiments? sample of the Fruit Punch anomaly?
wait, wait, wait..
did the Agroprom create the fruit punch anomaly? :O
Thank you very much. About the chemicals, I believe they were very important for the experiments, perhaps their biological nature was responsible for the creation of the mutants. And maybe, but that's just a wild guess, it also led to the formation of the Fruit Punch anomaly. Who knows ?
was doing a monolith run on anomaly; noticed the keypad went from 1-9 then swaps to 9-1 to enter it... cant unsee it
I could be wrong, but I Remember a skeleton and a box on the pipes running up in the storage room where the pseudogiant lies (starting from the room with the easter egg picture on the Wall)
I just checked and could'nt find him. Perhaps it's from a mod, or I'm just blind, it's also possible.
Great video bro, thanks a lot
You are welcome :)
Great video like always. Greetings from Uruguay fellow stalkers
Thank you stalker, and good hunting.
I am kinda envious of the people who will go down there for the first time ever in Stalker 2
Oh yeah, that's gonna be something. If we can go there, that is.
They will probably rage quit and go back to fortnite
@@CM-bk8lo Ahah those won't even pass the Cordon.
@@anomalousdugout9557 yeah once they figure out you cant customize blue hair on your character
i am waiting for this moment too. damnn i want to get scared a lot lol
Laboratoy X-18 is the scariest thing in stalker
Probably, yes. At least for now.
After you finish discussing the underground areas, wil you discuss all the areas in the game like you did with the underground ones? Like for example what Cordon was before '06 etc
I don't think so. Either we have very little information or it's not that interesting. But maybe I'll change my mind, who knows.
@@anomalousdugout9557 We'll see then
Digging the lore and theories!
On side note, I believe the second body of the dead stalker, I find it hard to believe that it is either a loner or a mercenary because the armor he wears is for some reason exclusively to Zombified Stalkers. The greyish with that black pattern is not attached to any factions. Also, isn't that mutant in the corridor the swampbeast? A cut mutant that was later reused for mods like Oblivion Lost Remake and Lost Alpha DC. It's a quite interesting enemy.
Well yes, this suit is used only by zombies but also by the 2 bouncers at 100 rads bar, who are marked as loners. Perhaps this suit is only used by Barkeep's men ? As for the mutant, it is the physical body of a poltergeist. Mod makers just recycled it to make a new enemy.
@@anomalousdugout9557 I forgot about the bouncers at the bar and as for the mutant, it was the physical body of a poltergeist? I didn't know about that one. Thanks for the info.
@@XanderNiles Yes, in Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat poltergeists have no physical bodies, they seem to just disappear when you kill them. But in Shadow of Chernobyl, killing a poltergeist will reveal its corpse.
@@anomalousdugout9557 I already beat SoC and I'm currently replaying it and I'll look for those small details that I missed in my first playthrough.
"Who needs RPG in laboratory?" :D :D
X-18, home of poltergeists and if I'm not mistaken the lab where the Monolith suits were created.
Home of the polterigeists that's for sure, as for the Monolith suits, perhaps, we don't really know why we can find 2 of them here.
My theory is that the chemicals made in agroprom were tested in X18 for filling the tanks that the CCON float in
simplified explanation:the mutants were made here by ecologists and guarded by the army,examples can be bloodsuckers,izloms,etc.The experiment was stopped as the second disaster happened,freeing them,evidence of this can be the ecologist corpses in the lab
Well, maybe, but as I explained, I think it's more complicated than that. The army was not aware of the existence of X-18, and there is also evidence to point at the fact that the lab continued to operate after the birth of the Zone.
@@anomalousdugout9557 ye though like,how do we exactly explain the snorks,their pda desc says their remnats of the army or something,the ecologists would have picked up weapons later,when the grunts couldnt deal with it with funni warsaw pact
You are correct in saying that the mutants are not just a result of radiation, being exposed to strong radiation permanently destroys parts of the code that makes up your DNA which can result is mutations of a sort but they are always deformations or tumors rather than gaining new features. Heavily irradiated creatures would also be almost certainly sterile because sperm/eggs are very sensitive and easy to render ineffective. If a creature was to completely change form and/or gain abilities it would have to be done through some form of genetic manipulation, as we see a lot of similar creatures running around in the world we can be fairly sure that they are breeding and therefore not victims of random mutations.
Yes, that's right.
nice video. I hope u do more videos like this
Thanks, my plan is to cover all the labs and underground locations. I've done 3 of them so far, only 5 more to go.
As for the evidence that X-18 continued to operate after the zone was formed, I think the SSP-99 Ecologist suit worn by the chief is part of the evidence itself.
I lightly shat my pants at agroprom from the bloodsucker. Yesterday at x 18 it was like a full load. By the pattern x 16 will be even more fun. Yay.
What happened the first time ive got there:
-Had no bandages because poltergeists
-Scared of the sounds
-Doesnt played for 2 days because the Pseudogiant somehow came out his "arena"
About the Zombified stalker,I think somehow bandits tested how could they react. As we know they very good at kidnapping from Clear Sky. Maybe Borov had connections with the X18 Scientists?
The first time in X18 is always an unforgatable experience. Nice theory about the zombified stalker, I could see bandits toying with him.
Lab x18 is the first place that can make me feel scary
*WHO NEED A RPG IN A SECRET LAB*
Me: *tO sHOot pEsudOgIaNd*
The ambiance there is just something else.
14:49 this creatures kinda look like embryos, i always thought they meant to be artificially created humans. Like Replica Forces from F..E.A.R or something.
yap, they do look like big embryos
Yes that's right, perhaps that's what humanoid mutants are.
Yeah, clones. This also explains why burers and controllers have only one skin in the entire game.
Bloodsuckers have two skins, one is darker than the other. I believe the darker one was male, the lighter one was female.
@@Kreia. I think bloodsuckers have more than 2 skins, which depend on the environment they live in (forest, underground, swamp...). And arent' all bloodsuckers male ?
You're either french or Belgian. I saw your game tell you to hit 'espace' when you died in an earlier video so you definitely have an AZERTY keyboard
Ahah, now that's a real clue !
“I mean, who needs RPG in a Lab” i laughed.
I rarely make jokes, but that was one of them.
@@anomalousdugout9557 good one
What if some of the people that were able to go inside the labs before Marked One where former workers of said labs?
That's definitely possible.
Finally, X-18
Yes, about time.
Might need an rpg when its out of control
Yes, an extreme measure, but probably effective one.
Cool. Thx
Great :)
Notice how Snorks are in X-18?
-X-18 door is locked from the time of "The Group" locking it until Strelok opens it
-Fruit Punch material that was created in the Agroprom Underground was shipped to lab X-18
-Lab X-18 was known for experimentally mutating humans by "Frankenstein-ing" body parts onto single, host bodies, and exposing humans/mammals to Fruit Punch material
It is absolutely possible that snorks were NOT mutated SOLELY on the surface world of the Zone, but ALSO in laboratory X-18
Please note that by in-game-cannon, psionic-active mutants were *likely* an end result of being experimented on inside laboratory X-8; nowhere else but here are there Burers seen in other laboratories.
So there are 2 snorks in the laboratory and they were created in the second explosion, so that either means that the snorks were brought into the lab for experiments or the lab had something to do with the creation of the snorks and also how the hell does a snork reproduce? Or were there tons of soldiers in the 1st exclusion zone or they reproduce via unknown means? If so then where do they get the armor, gas mask and boots or after many years they are just born with the gear? And another thing in the lore it was said that the first snork that was spotted attacked with a broken shotgun, so why arn’t the snorks using weapons?
Alright, everything I will write here is only speculation and my own theories, so don't take it as a real explanation. Since the snorks are found in the upper part of the lab, I believe that they simply managed to find a way inside, perhaps by digging their own tunnel. Moreover, I don't think that snorks are able to reproduce, and their numbers is explained by the fact that thousands of soldiers disappeared in the Zone. The piece of lore describing the first uncounter with a snork might not be 100% canon, as it is only available on old internet archives if I'm not mistaken. However, it is possible that when that uncounter happened (in 2007), snorks were only in the beginning of their mutation, and so they still knew how to operate guns, much like zombies. Meanwhile, in the games (2011 and 2012) the snorks have mutated even more after all these years, becoming much more animal and less human, and thus losing the ability to use weapons.
In my version of the game the dead stalker next to the enterence wears a sunrise suit
It has occured to me that the suit might change from playthrough to playthrough. I don't really know why or what decides which suit he will wear, but yeah, sometimes it happens.
Mine had a rookie jacket.
Ah yes I remember going to Lab X-16 I think before going here, that was pretty dumb gameplay wise. I don't even know why I end up doing that.
Is it even possible to do that? I never actually tried.
@@anomalousdugout9557 I mean by spamming medkits sure, because it was the only way to survive such damage even then it isn't easy, I remember why now, I thought the damage was just there for you to get a move on as it wasn't that bad, maybe I didn't read well too so this happen
@@yellownomadglitch3309 Alright, I understand. Also there are actually no emissions inside the lab, so you won't take damage there.
@@anomalousdugout9557 Yeah, there is emissions inside the chamber where the brain is obviously. In the end it is pointless anyway you end up needing the psi-helmet for going into Red Forest, tho I am curious if the zone of the Brain Scorcher is in all the Red Forest area or not, but even then I remember it doing a lot more damage then X-16 so maybe this strategy isn't feable. About this it seems you can actually skip X-18 tho you wouldn't have the Psi-Helmet so. I doubt speedrunners even care as I think as they glitch a lot.
cool videos Dude!
Thank you.
Nice video good for RP in DayZ Stalker Renegate server
Alright, have fun in RP.
Hey its a superb like it mate...
Thanks :)
16:25
These mutants in the pods could be baby Psychdogs or what are they called?
The best theory I read was that they are pyrogeists embryos. The fact that there is a pyrogeist in this room while one of the pods is missing its content is probably not a coincidence.
@@anomalousdugout9557 Yes that makes sense, i thought it could be the giant mutant in the room with the RPG because they look similar. But thats a better Theory
Lab X-18 is is like a science project from 7nth grade except it was made into a labaratory
Ahah yes.
Maybe the "baby" looking creatures were failed poltergeists, and the scientists just sort of left them there, or they died after the liquid drained and the science team abandoned the place, leaving them there.
Yes, it could be possible. There is another theory that those are actually pyrogeists, because one of the tanks is empty and there is a pyrogeist in that room.
@@anomalousdugout9557 Maybe!
For the second Coprse inside X-18 maybe an Mercenary Spy? if of course the Mercs make it inside of X-18 and he was kept there because he was Zombified
Yes it's possible, who knows.
My question does the number means its older or what?
You mean 18 ? We don't know, but that might be the case.
There are hints that some labs with train systems potentially lead to Russia or other parts of east Europe with the possibility of soviet era involvement, if you get round to doing a video on those labs would love to hear your opinion.
What hints and labs are you exactly talking about ? The Pripyat Underpass perhaps ?
@@anomalousdugout9557 Yanov, its more of a base than a lab but the massive underground train complex, trains reach out all across the zone and right up to the cnpp and into the brain scorcher lab potentially further outside of the zone, the accident happened whilst Ukraine was part of the USSR.
@@firstnamelastname6978 Right, I think I see what you mean. It is true that the railing system in the Zone might be an interesting subject to look at, perhaps I'll make a video about it in the future.
keep up the work :)
Thank you, I will do my best.
0:01. When you walk into your sister's room whilst she's undressing but it's not Alabama.
Indeed.
So you think the cordon should be expanded
What do you mean ?
@@anomalousdugout9557 OP either ment that the Cordon should be bigger in your opinion because it's too small or it should be bigger because stalkers in the zone say that for every wish the zone expends by five kilometers. Or after every (big) blowout. Maybe he wants to know if this is true.
Whatever he ment, I'm interested in your thoughts on this.
@@xXRealXx I'm sure the Cordon is larger than what we can explore in game, much like almost every other locations. As for the rumor that the Zone is expanding, I discussed it in a lot of details in my video about the Zone. But in short, I think it's just that, a rumor. I won't believe it until it is explicitely confirmed.
@@anomalousdugout9557 Hmmm, okay
@@anomalousdugout9557 by the original design expanded on and the map made bigger
hey can you make a video about LAB X-19 i mean yeah don't rush on it :)
Of course, I will make videos about all the labs, and X-19 is next. It should arrive soon.
@@anomalousdugout9557 man i can't wait 😎👍
I mean yeah i hype for that
You Rock !
Thank you.
Anomalous dogout i think that guy was take some guns and medkits but when he entered and discovery the lab he was infected by snorks and he lost he's guns lost and he has a low number of items in inventory and when he entered in the fire room he was dead and this is the story about that zombie guy
Yeah, that could be possible.
@@anomalousdugout9557 yeah because i dont think that guy was going there with nothing maybe he was infected by snorks
Anomalous dugout is the oxhorn of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Maybe.
This Videos are so cool next x16 this Giant microscop is a Laser the Same you can See in lost Alpha in lab x2
Thanks ! X-16 will take a bit more time to make, don't expect it too soon alright.
Ok
subbed :D
Thank you very much.
ok
Yes.
If the military tried to raid the lab, that means they probably knew the lab got unsealed. If they had such a sensor that could tell them when the lab was opened, it's possible that at least this lab was the work of the Ukrainean government.
Maybe, but I don't think that's how it went. According to military documents found in the Agroprom, the government and the army were not aware of the existence of X-18. What happened was that the military conducted an investigation in the Agroprom, which revealed X-18. So, their next move in the investigation was obviously to raid the lab, which is exactly what Marked One did as well after he learned the same thing. It just happens that Marked One arrived before them.
@@anomalousdugout9557 So, until proven otherwise (which seems unlikely), this is just a coincidence? Kinda disapointing, but then again, maybe it's just me searching for sensational
@@friedyzostas9998 The timing is a coincidence yes, but the fact that both the military and the Marked One went there right after Agroprom is just logical.
I bet it was probably Scammovich who traded information with the military in exchange of smuggling new weapons and armors into the Zone. He sells more stuff when you arrive at Cordon rookie village after the raid of X-18.
Military and the government was aware of the existence of these labs, but they too were in the search of them. Sending troops into the Catacombs was because of that, they were trying to acquire information or any kind of document.
upload more
Sorry, I can't be faster than that. One video per week is already a lot of work, so I'll stick to that for now.
@@anomalousdugout9557 thx pal
Nice 1st !!!
Nice.
New vid
Yes.
X-18 is the worlds most shit dungeon I swear 90% of X-18 is getting shit thrown at you and is never worth doing properly
make more videos or i unsubscribe.
Go ahead.
@@anomalousdugout9557 i will
im going to the cnpp and will bring 10 dudes with me, and we will find your house and take you back to the cnpp. make a wish for me will ya ?
@@ii_ii146 Alright, good luck.
@@anomalousdugout9557 why are you so mean to me... ? make more videos or i turn off the internet in my house.