Recent Eruptions

What are Eruptions?

Every 2-4 hours, the Zone in Stalcraft gets angry and releases deadly waves of radiation. In Stalcraft it's easy to see, as the sky turns hellish red, everything starts shaking, and sounds of agony can be heard in distance. This is called an eruption, also known as emission or blowout.

When this happens, within 2 minutes you'll start receiving increasingly deadly damage. To avoid it, you need to hide in an underground shelter or The Bar base.

You can check for nearby shelters on in-game map, or on StalcraftMap.

What does NOW (warm-up) mean?

When an eruption starts, it won't damage you instantly. You have a bit of time to get into a shelter.

This grace period lasts about 2 minutes and is indicated by the (warm-up) text.

What does NOW (damaging) and NOW (deadly) mean?

An eruption starts damaging you, and as time goes, the damage you receive becomes higher. Soon enough it becomes impossible to survive if you're not in a shelter.

This lasts for about 1 minute and 45 seconds after the warm-up and is indicated by the (damaging) and (deadly) text.

What does NOW (safe) mean?

As eruption is close to an end, the damage it deals drops significantly.

Roughly 0 minutes and 15 seconds before end the damage drops significantly and it should be safe to leave the shelter. This is indicated by the (safe) text.

How long do eruptions last?

An eruption lasts about 4 minutes. This includes the warm-up, normal damaging, deadly damage, and safe period.

Someone said Artifacts?!

You want your own Bracelet, huh? Well, watch out for eruptions then!

Artifacts can spawn in anomalies all the time, but for 30 minutes after eruptions they have significantly increased spawn rate. Perfect time for artifact hunters!