Since its release on November 20, 2024, STALKER 2 is a success on Xbox and PC. Good news for the community: patch 1.0.1 is available and improves the gaming experience. Hundreds of bugs are fixed and the title is more balanced.
Despite the praise from the press and players, notably its atmosphere in a post-apocalyptic zone, STALKER 2 has several bugs. Some are useful to players, notably for unlimited money or the possibility of moving quickly around the map. But others are very annoying and patch 1.0.1 takes care of correcting them.
STALKER 2 patch 1.0.1 fixes 650 bugs
GSC Game World is therefore deploying this patch which corrects balancing issues and problems with the Xbox controller. In all, patch 1.0.1 fixes 650 bugssuffice to say that the work was colossal for the team after more than a decade of development, notably disrupted by Russia's attack on Ukraine where the studio is located.
Patch 1.0.1 puts an end to crashes, optimization issues, lighting anomalies and even gameplay imbalances. Be careful, however, because the update is very cumbersome: it requires you to completely reinstall STALKER 2, soit 130 Gowhether on Xbox or PC. That's bad news if your connection is not good enough to quickly download the title which also requires a huge configuration.
Patch 1.0.1 of STALKER 2 East currently being deployed and full patch notes are available on the GSC Game World Steam page.
