Almost every resident of the CIS has even heard about such a wonderful game like “Stalker”, because it tells us about an alternative reality, in which, after the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the noosphere broke, from which everyone who was there irretrievably changed, as physically, and mentally. Mutants, artifacts, as well as many research centers studying the anomalous nature of the region appeared. One of their achievements was the Gauss gun. In this article we will tell you in detail where to find this gun in different modes, parts of the Stalker, as well as a bit of history.
History of creation
For the first time, this type of rifle appeared in the first part of the Stalker, which was called the Shadow of Chernobyl. At the penultimate location “Pripyat” the player was met by multiple enemy forces, they were everywhere, even on the roofs of abandoned houses, from which we were fired from Gauss. The rifle itself is incredibly rare, and if you didn’t kill the “Monolith” correctly, we can safely say that you don’t touch it anymore in the game. There is also the possibility that the corpse of this fighter will fall, but there will be no cartridges for the rifle at all. All this is due to the fact that the development of the first part was carried out in incredible haste, many types of weapons were cut, not to mention locations, cars and much more.
If we talk about the mention of this rifle, then on the Dark Valley location, right in front of the bandit base, we could save the stalker from a bloodsucker, for which he thanks us with the information, they say, they sell a Gaussian gun at a pig farm for only 800 rubles. We come there, give stalkers 800 rubles, which at the very beginning of the game can change a lot, but in return they don’t give us anything, and even more: we are kicked out of the pig farm, because they have no Gauss rifle, and this money will go to charity. After that, you can safely kill them, and from the stalker “Ghoul” will drop a special silent rifle “Viper”.
This all happened in the first part, but now in the second, whose name is "Clear Sky", you can quite easily find this rifle. The right to acquire it is given to players whose actions are impeccable (statistics can be found in the PDA), after which each merchant will gladly sell you the Gauss and the first generation exoskeleton.
"Call of Pripyat" tried to be as similar as possible to the first part, which actually happened, because in this part the rifle comes again from the roof and again from the corpse of the fallen soldier "Monolith". After raising it, a special quest is activated, which we will talk about a little later.
Real analogues
Fortunately, or perhaps even trouble, such weapons exist in the modern world, although they are quite stationary. In the Stalker series of games, they made it clear to us that the Gauss gun is mobile and so deadly only because of an autonomous power source. The power of the game and real guns are slightly different. But both of them are incredibly murderous anyway.
In real life, the name of this gun is “Railgun”, from one name it can be understood that the barrel of this gun contains two long magnets, and at the very beginning a projectile that is not an insulator, because will not respond to a colossal magnetic field. A huge magnetic field is created due to the high voltage that can provide 19 thousand houses, and this is a small city.
During the flight, the projectile collides with an obstacle, and because of its incredibly high speed (more than 1.5 kilometers per second), it does not need an explosive element, because one kinetic energy is enough not only for an incredible impact force, but also for flashing through almost any obstacle. The Railotron plans to equip US High Command warships by about 2020, but full-scale development of a power source capable of loading such a murderous gun is underway. They told about the real sample, now it is necessary to find out where to find the Gauss gun. By the way, the cannon can be obtained in a cheat way, but we do not recommend doing this, because this violates the gameplay, unlike user modifications, in which this rifle is fully implemented. There are many similar mods, but finding them is not difficult.
Where to find a Gauss gun in Call of Pripyat?
To activate this incredibly interesting quest, you will first need to get to Pripyat, but before that, assemble a team from Givi, the former Monolitovets and the alcoholic Dolgovets, who is sitting in a tower near the Yanov station. Only now each of them will need your help. To get one out of debt, the other to find the meaning of life, and the third to drink well. All quests are incredibly interesting, so we recommend you to go through them, after that you can call them with you through the abandoned tunnels under Pripyat. Upon arrival you will be met by a military detachment, thanks to which you can get this gun.
After negotiations with the military, you are sent on a mission where you need to free the old hospital from the Monolitovites. After the destruction of half of the opponents there will be a message that a sniper with an unusual rifle appeared on the roof. Kill the sniper, take away the Gauss gun and go to the general for dry cleaning. After some thought, you are sent to Cardan on the ship.
Cardan says that during the Soviet era he was a scientist and developed this gun, and to fix it after scraping in Pripyat, we need to go down to the laboratory near the transformers. After the dialogue, he kindly gives us the key card, and we descend into the dungeon for the drawings of the Gauss rifle. We give all the documents to Cardan, and he gives us the repaired rifle.
Where to find a Gauss gun in the Shadows of Chernobyl?
In this part, everything is much more complicated, because the chance to get a gun will be practically at the penultimate location - in Pripyat. In front of an abandoned stadium, you will be shot at by the Monoliths from Gauss. Each hit on you will be critical, and if in the head, then fatal. Shooting their forehead is strictly not recommended, because because of this, the gun will fall on the roof, which can not be climbed in any way, so you will need to run from cover to cover, and then shoot this fighter sideways. A soldier with a rifle falls to the ground. If you are very lucky, then in the corpse backpack you will find cartridges. By the way, ammunition is almost impossible to find, only from very rare hiding places. Traders cannot find them.
Where to find the gun in the "People's Solyanka"
The question of where to find the Gauss gun of the stalker Prokopenko is asked by many, because the developers from the AMC made this quest very, very difficult. To get it, you will first need to get a pass to the debt territory, then go up to Petrenko and talk with him on various topics, after which she will tell us that a Gauss pistol disappeared somewhere in the Dark Valley. We run to the pig farm, which was mentioned above, go to the barrel on a support, which is located directly opposite the stone fence, and under the barrel the gun will lie unattended. You can understand this yourself if you open the PDA, and in the instructions for the quest look at the screenshot.
Is it possible to improve a Gauss rifle?
As already mentioned, all parts of the "Stalker" were created in incredible haste, from which not all capabilities were realized, including weapon modifications. Yes, in “Call of Pripyat” and “Clear Sky” there is a mechanism for improving weapons, but not all units. This problem is happily solved by user modifications. In the “People's Solyanka” of 2017, you can buy a special case with tools from any dealer, or go to the Bar, where two professors will improve the characteristics of not only the Gauss gun, but also other rare weapons.
What ammunition is needed?
In "Stalker. Call of Pripyat" the Gauss gun has as many as 2 types of ammunition: high-quality, i.e. production, artisanal. Two data of the type of ammunition for the same rifle are distinguished only by penetration force, as well as by price, which forces the players to pay attention to the second option. Factory can be purchased from stalkers for about 2000 rubles, if you are in good relations with the seller. Handicrafts can be created for us by Cardan after completing the quest that we talked about above. He will create artisanal ammunition for us for a fee in the form of vodka.
Finally
We hope that after reading this article you understand what a Gauss gun is. This weapon is the most powerful, so the demand for it is incredibly large. If for some reason you were unable to get a Gauss rifle, then you can tweak the game’s configuration, after which it will be sold by the desired merchant.