Flash

The  is an artifact that appears in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha and all other canon S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games.

""Electra" sometimes births this artifact. Stalkers readily use it because of its good qualities. Not a bad price and a good external look make this artifact appealing to collectors."

- Encyclopedia entry

"Born in the "Electro" anomaly. This electrostatic artifact is a powerful absorbent of electricity, which it later discharges. Flash is capable of protecting its bearer from electric shocks of up to 5,000 volts. Emits radiation."

- Encyclopedia entry

Overview

 * v1.30013 - 1.4005:


 * Another effective endurance restoring artifact, but made less effective for the Lost Alpha.
 * In keeping with the peculiar behaviour exhibited in the Base Game, the artifact will only be visible to the player between the hours of midnight and 05:00h after which it will rapidly vanish from sight (but still remain broadly in situ) until the next period of visibility.
 * v1.4007:


 * Changed property set.
 * Becomes an "electro protect" item (similar to Sparkler, Twinkle and Lightning)
 * Retains the visibility property seen in earlier games and releases.

Trivia

 * v1.30013 - 1.4005:


 * An essential ingredient for the Artifact Merger synthesis of the Electra, Snowflake and Sauron's eye artifacts.
 * The world model for this artifact is shared with the White Sun artifact.
 * v1.4007:


 * No longer used in any of the revamped Artifact recipes seen in this release.