Hermit

 is a major character appearing in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha.

"A travelling salesman."

- PDA contact biography

Background

 * According to the briefing from Deedee, Hermit is a former colleague.
 * He is alluded to by the Snitch as a reclusive scientist on Countryside. Since there is only one other person apart from Bandits and Military, this could very well be that person...

Side missions

 * He offers his side missions only when the player is in possession of the Functional psi-helmet (after completion of Find the scientist.), provided that the player accepted his offer to lead him to the underground entrance and survived. If the player performs this unaccompanied, Hermit may remove himself from the board.


 * Eliminate the bandits (Countryside)
 * Eliminate the boars (Countryside)
 * Find a blue parasite artefact
 * Find a green parasite artefact
 * Due to his reclusive nature he may be unwilling to talk. Making a game save in his location and immediately reloading the save seems to 'cure' this behaviour.


 * He offers two elimination tasks but they may not run concurrently.

Trivia

 * v1.30013 - 1.4005:


 * He has the appearance of Nimble in the released game.
 * He has changed his appearance in 1.4005 to sport a tougher look not really matching his demeanor. But the developers forgot to change the PDA picture, it is still showing Nimble.
 * He is a member of the Loners, whether or not he was formerly a scientist.
 * The biography "info" is probably a nod to his clone's appearances and functions in the other S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games (his appearance in Clear Sky).
 * v1.4007:


 * The id tag picture is changed from that of Nimble to one of "No Data".