Flame

The  is an artifact found in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha and all canon S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games except S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl.

"No, this won't hurt you, but it's rather hot. It emits a bigger glow than your average artifact, but that is to be expected with a nature like fire."

- Inventory description

"Born in the 'Burner' anomaly. This artifact forms in areas of high thermal activity. Produces powerful infra-red emissions, which intensify metabolic processes, healing wounds before its bearer's very eyes. As this artifact is very rare, it is extremely valuable. Emits radiation."

- v1.4007

Overview

 * v1.30013 - 1.4005:


 * May be found in the wild in the Generators level at the second anomaly field as one of its major spawn components (50% of spawns)
 * Occasionally found upon dead NPCs.


 * v1.4005:


 * Loses any bulletproofing that it had up to v1.4002, becomes less useful to the player, but sells for 18000.


 * v1.4007:


 * Gets assigned a parent anomaly.
 * Property set is reworked to be a 'bleed control' artifact.
 * Exceptionally difficult to spawn from Burners...

Trivia

 * v1.30013 - 1.4005:


 * A synthetic artifact in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha.
 * Manufactured by the player using an Artifact Merger to combine Fireball, Night Star and Stone Flower precursors.
 * Generally easier to source than the more superior Rock artifact due to the relatively common abundance of its components.


 * v1.4007:


 * Instead of being an artifact that the player may synthesize, it now becomes a required ingredient in the artifact recipe for the Gold beads artifact.