Stalker 2's first patch is coming next week - here's what it will include

In anupdateposted to Steam over the weekend, the studio said it has identified a number of issues, and listed its priorities.

Memory allocation failures - "which previously caused the game to exit unexpectedly, particularly around rendering, skeletal meshes, and quest-related cutscenes" - are first on the list, followed by main quest progression issues, including NPCs getting stuck in objects, incorrect quest markers, and issues with quest cutscenes. Main quests like Visions of Truth or A Minor Incident will be revised "to ensure smooth transitions, avoiding rare cases of players not being able to proceed further".

Here's everything else scheduled for a fix in the first upcoming patch:

Gameplay and balance adjustments, including:

Cutscenes and visual fixes, including:

Softlock fixes, including:

User interface improvements, including:

Noted to be addressed in future updates:

Right now there's no word on when the patch will go live, but GSC Game World hinted it's coming "during the week to come" to both PC and Xbox Series X/S.

"The game has been out for several days now (it’s still surreal to say that), and we've been following your feedback in all possible forms carefully," the team said. "To the more than one million stalkers in the Zone, thanks for playing - that means the world to us."

"Full of anomalies in more ways than one, Stalker 2 is a mess of bugs and jank that nonetheless stays faithful to the open world survival shooter of yesteryear," readsEurogamer's Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl review.