Grabber

The  is an anomaly appearing in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha from v1.4007.

Overview

 * v1.30013 - 1.4005:


 * Largely invisible.
 * The locations of two specimens have long been a source of confusion for being decorated with "huge puffballs" which in early versions could be made to jump by throwing bolts at them.
 * The locations also spawned 'Rusty Hair' type artifacts that frequently became trapped within the active radius of the anomaly.
 * The anomalies were exceptionally dangerous to explore.
 * The gamefile control codes were almost certainly not defined by any "zone_grabber" as this was absent from the code.


 * v1.4007:


 * Хваталка = Grabber.
 * Game coding subsumes the Ameba property set into the control files for Grabber. With the absence of the corresponding "ameba_spore" from the gamefiles in v1.4007, this may explain the absence of "puffballs" in he Cordon swamps.
 * Also invisible.
 * The "Grabber" is mentioned in the anomaly set of the Elite anomaly detector.
 * These Grabber anomalies replace whatever was previously coded at the Cordon swamp locations.
 * (The previously seen "puffballs" are absent)
 * Still exceptionally dangerous to explore.
 * In addition to Cordon, several instances replace some of the Ameba anomalies near the "BTR ladder" in Pripyat Underground.
 * Other occurrences on other levels are open to speculation.

Trivia

 * There is a lack of wildlife nearby, except for the occasional bloodsucker in Cordon.
 * Players may kill their actor in the anomaly to precipitate Artifact Spawns (ironically fulfilling the initial Kill Strelok task that was cancelled)
 * N.B. The spawn results may be observed on the console, but actual spawns take 10-15 seconds to activate.