Knowing how to repair weapons in STALKER 2 is essential, as keeping your gear in peak condition will give you a much better chance of surviving the wasteland. The problem is that repairs aren't easy, requiring the help of a Technician to restore the durability of your equipment and stop your guns from jamming at the precise moment you really need them, and their expertise isn't cheap. But, the alterative is dealing with unreliable weapons when you could get ambushed in STALKER 2 by bandits and other horrors. With all that in mind, here's everything you need to know about repairing weapons and what to do with broken guns.
How to repair your weapons in Stalker 2 using a technician
To repair weapon durability in STALKER 2, you can get a Technician to fix your guns in exchange for coupons. Technicians are a type of merchant you can find in larger settlements, like the starting town of Zalissya (not long after escaping the first of the STALKER 2 Anomalies), where a character called Lens will fix your weapons (in the building next to Warlock's bar).
To get any technician to repair your STALKER 2 weapons, speak to them, then press X (on an Xbox controller) to open the Technician menu. Once there, select a broken weapon and press X again to fully repair in exchange for coupons, bringing its durability back up to 100.
Repairing any weapon will cost you a surprisingly high amount of money, with the cost increasing based on the amount of durability that needs to be restored, so more significant repairs for a weapon will set you back more cash, as with the Stalker 2 Drowned gun, which costs over 10,000 coupons to repair! Note that Skif's Pistol can be repaired for free but if you upgrade it, repairs will start to cost coupons too.
Since weapons degrade through repeated use and exposure to hazardous areas, there aren't any ways to prevent wear and tear entirely. Bear in mind that the more a gun's durability falls, the less accurate it becomes and the more likely it is to jam, so it's always best to ensure you've got sufficient coupons for emergency repairs.And since STALKER 2 fast travel only works between settlements, if you get caught out in the Zone with broken gear you've got a long and perilous walk head of you.
What to do with broken guns in Stalker 2
While you can sell damaged weapons with a yellow shield icon, weapons with a red cracked shield icon cannot be sold for coupons in Stalker 2. That means, in the early game, it's often better to just find new guns in the world to replace broken ones instead of shelling out exorbitant amounts of money to fix the unremarkable weapons you've found so far. If your weapon has any attachments on it, make sure you remove those first and, as our STALKER 2 tips say, make sure you unload any ammo too.
Your other option is to obviously just pay the fee to get it repaired if it's a weapon you really like. However, you could instead drop it or put it in a stash, then put a map marker on that spot. That way, you won't be carrying a deadweight gun and you can easily grab it later once you've got the required coupons to get it repaired.
It's not long after reaching Zalissya where you'll have the choice to kill or help Squint in STALKER 2, the consequences of which we've explain there.
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