Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobylis a survival game set in a vast open world filled with quests and rewards. To make it through, you’ll need to be well-prepared with quality gear and weapons. However, the most crucial element is armor.Securing the best equipment comes down to looting and uncovering hidden stash locations.

If you’re one of the lucky players who got their hands on the Deluxe Edition of the game, you’ll receive some additional items that can give you an upper hand. These items include some pieces of equipment, and the “Seek, And You Shall Find” quest is the way to obtain some of them.

How To Start The Seek, And You Shall Find Quest

After completing the tutorial, you’ll arrive in theLesser Zone region, specifically at theZalissya location. Here, you will need to progress through the main story until you complete the A Needle in a Haystack objective.

In the middle of that zone, you’ll spota blue quest symbol, and this marks the start of the side quest, “Seek, And You Shall Find.”

Your first objective is tocheck your stash, so head inside the housewhere the shop is located. Once inside, you’ll find a bed where you can rest, andright next to it, there will bea chest you can interact with- this is your stash.

Simply interact with it, and you’ll find theJournalist flash drive, which will then be added to your inventory.

This action will update your quest objectives, now requiring you tolocate a bunch of stashes scattered around all the different regions.

Journalist Stash Location #1

Headsouth of the Lesser Zone, where you’llfind the sewers.

Enter the one that’s open, and you’llspot a sac inside. Interact with it to collect abunch of resources.

Journalist Stash Location #2

For the second journalist stash,head east of the Lesser Zoneto a location called Sphere.Enter the base, take a left, and you’llspot a yellow ladder.

Climb it, and you’llfind a blue box. Interact with it to obtain aflash driveand anassault rifle.

Journalist Stash Location #3

The third journalist stash islocated near where you started the questin the Lesser Zone,slightlynorth of Zalissya Bar.

Keep heading north until youspot ablue truckparked beside a house, that’s where the box is. Climb onto the truck, jump onto theroof of the house, and enter through the window.Right in front of you, you’ll see a blue box.Interact with it to collect aleather jacket and a pistol.

Journalist Stash Location #4

For the fourth journalist stash, head farnorth of the Lesser Zoneto a location calledNorthern Checkpoint.There, you’ll find alarge warehouse.

Circle around it until youspot ayellow ladder,then climb to thetop of thewarehouse.Cross to the other side of the rooftop, where you’ll findanotheryellow ladder. Descend it, and you’ll see a blue box. Interact with it toobtain asubmachine gun.

Every Journalist Stash Location In Garbage

Journalist Stash Location #5

To find the fifth journalist stash,head to the far southof theGarbage region. There, you’ll come across a junkyard.

Inside, you’llspot a blue rusty minibus. Enter the minibus, and you’ll find a blue box. Interact with it toobtain ashotgun.

Journalist Stash Location #6

Head north to the Garbage region. In the northern part of this area, you’ll find a location called The Maze. Once there,you’ll come across a cluster of abandoned buses.

Walk around until youspot apile of tiresnext to a car.Climb onto the car, thenjump onto thenearest bus. Continue jumping from bus to bus until you reach a gap between them. Below, you’ll see a blue box.Drop down and interact with it tocollect a suit and a flash drive.

Journalist Stash Location In Rostock

Journalist Stash Location #7

The seventh journalist stash is located inthe northern part of the Rostock region, just a little north of alocation called Volkhov SAM. There, you’ll spot alarge white buildingthat’s hard to miss.

Enter through themain door, take a left, and keep moving forward until you reach a big room. Inthemiddle of the room,you’ll find ablue box.Interact with it toobtain asubmachine gun.

Journalist Stash Location In Yaniv

Journalist Stash Location #8

To reach the next journalist stash,travelto Yaniv regionandhead north to Yaniv Station.There, you’ll find a train, and in the middle of it, you’ll come across alocked train trailer door.

To get through,destroy the lockusing your weapon. Insidethe trailer, you’ll find a blue box. Interact with it toobtain a pistol.

Journalist Stash Location In Chemical Plant

Journalist Stash Location #9

For this journalist stash,head to theChemical Plantregion, specifically to the south, at a location called Army Warehouses. Enter the base andlook for a building with a yellow truckin front of it.

The stash is inside that buildingon the second floor.To reach it,climb onto the yellow truck, jump onto the roof, and then jump through the window. Once inside,head to thefirst roomon your left, where you’ll find another blue box. Interact with it toobtain anassault rifle.

Journalist Stash Location In Burnt Forest

Journalist Stash Location #10

This journalist stash islocated in the Burnt Forest region, near a location called Rozyizhdzhe. From there,you’ll spot a couple of ruined houses, one of which has aladder in the middle.

Descend the ladder, and in the left room, you’ll find ablue box. Interact with it toobtain a leather jacket.

Journalist Stash Location In Duga

Journalist Stash Location #11

To find this journalist stash, you must first progress throughthe main story to reach the Duga region. Once you’re in the region, head south, where you’llfind a large warehouse.

Enter the warehouse and defeat a tough creatureinside. Afterward, head to the control room and press thered button to open a cell room,which contains the blue box. Go into the room and interact with the box to complete the objective.

Every Journalist Stash Location In Swamp

Journalist Stash Location #12

In the far southeast of the map, you’llfind a region called Swamp.Head to its northwest part, where you’ll come across a location called Horodyshche Hamlet.Upon arrival, you’ll seeseveral abandoned houses and a red tractor.

Climb onto the tractor, thenjump onto the nearbywooden cabinet.From there, leap to the large house.You’ll notice abarred windowbreak the wooden barriers blocking it to gain entry. Once inside, head straight ahead to find a blue box.Interact with it tocollect a weapon and a flash drive.

Journalist Stash Location #13

For the final journalist stash,travel to the southeast ofSwamp region, where you’ll find somedestroyed wooden cabins.

The stash islocated near some beds. Interact with the blue box toobtain the Wonderer Suit.