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2) Unidentified Weapon\Item 62\Gauss Rifle
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat - Enhanced Edition

2) Unidentified Weapon\Item 62\Gauss Rifle

Follow this guide to find the Gauss Rifle, a powerful Monolith weapon, in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat - Enhanced Edition. Includes walkthrough steps, item locations, and rewards.

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Follow this guide to find the Gauss Rifle, a powerful Monolith weapon, in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat - Enhanced Edition. Includes walkthrough steps, item locations, and rewards.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Speak with Kovalsky in Pripyat to receive the mission.
  2. 2
    Go to the basement and speak with Captain Tarasov.
  3. 3
    When ready, tell Tarasov, and you will be transported to the hospital.
  4. 4
    Follow Tarasov to the building and up to the first floor.
  5. 5
    Wait for Monolith soldiers to appear outside the opposite building.
  6. 6
    Eliminate the 3 Monolith soldiers and quickly search their bodies for the weapon.
  7. 7
    After the mission updates, you will be ambushed by approximately 10 Monolith soldiers.
  8. 8
    Locate and kill the soldier with the Gauss Rifle on top of the building to the left of your original ambush position.
  9. 9
    Pick up the Gauss Rifle and return it to Kovalsky.
  10. 10
    Kovalsky will ask you to take the weapon to a technician.
  11. 11
    Speak to Gary and travel back to Zaton (costs 1000 RU).
  12. 12
    Speak with Cardan about the weapon. He will fall asleep.
  13. 13
    Wait 2 hours and speak with Cardan again. He will give you a keycard. The mission title will change to "item 62".
  14. 14
    Head to the Iron Forest anomaly and the marked location on the map.
  15. 15
    Go down the stairs to a keypad-locked door, which should now be open.
  16. 16
    Proceed down the stairs into the room and collect the grenades from the metal cabinet.
  17. 17
    In the next room on the left, eliminate 4 zombies and collect the ammo at both ends.
  18. 18
    In the subsequent room, kill 2 more zombies and grab the ammo on the iron shelves before exiting.
  19. 19
    Continue down the hallway and stairs to a large room containing a new mutant. Kill it.
  20. 20
    Climb the ladders and proceed to the north side of the room to find a stash.
  21. 21
    Make your way along the upper gangway to the southwest corner and drop through a hole in the vent.
  22. 22
    Follow the vent into a new room.
  23. 23
    Pick up the "documents concerning item 62" from the desk. This triggers a cutscene and the "Laboratory X8" mission.
  24. 24
    Exit the room, go up the stairs, and open the locked door at the top to return to the surface.
  25. 25
    Go back to Cardan, return his keycard, and he will give you 3 scientific medikits.
  26. 26
    Give Cardan the "documents concerning item 62". He will take the Gauss Rifle and ask you to return in two hours.
  27. 27
    Speak to Cardan again. He will return the Gauss Rifle and documents to you.
  28. 28
    Speak with Kovalsky to complete the mission.
Tips
  • Professor Hermann will pay 12,000 RU for a copy of the documents about item 62.
  • Owl will purchase other documents and the module for a few hundred RU.

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