A Guide To Repair in Stalker GAMMA

So following on from my getting started guide I thought I would cover the essence of the repair side of the crafting system. This covers the basics of repairing your weapons and armour as well as repairing a weapon from scratch that you might have picked up off a mob.

Questions ands comments welcome, obviously if I missed anything and you have any other tips feel free to mention them.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:59 Item Details and Types of Repair Kits
06:35 Highlighted Items and a comment on weapon parts
10:39 Repairing a Knife
12:15 Repairing a Rifle
14:05 Repairing Armour
16:17 Repairing a Pistol from scratch
25:40 A Look at the Workbench and Closing Comments

[MeatSnax]

Anomaly and Gamma are both FANTASTIC mods and games in their own right, but my god is the combination of tiny, cramped, low res icons, complicated repair system, and in depth stats for every item confusing. I considered it a victory when I was able to quickly identify that I'm buying the right ammo for my gun.

[TheUnum]

You sir, are a godsend for someone like me who just came back to GAMMA after six months away and was hit by the Big Stick of Confusion.

[MrFrostyankles]

It should be noted for armor...
The reason to replace the individual parts is to get the percentage high enough to use the sewing kits. This is good if you find some heavily damaged armor you want.

[snaildad]

Thanks for the help man! I've been using the same busted SKS for a few hours now and because of this video now I can use it without it jamming after every shot lmao

[EvilDarkForcesRus]

Neat guide, i wasn't actually aware you could repair components below 10%/clean below 20%(?) with the relevant toolkit & always assumed parts below 10% were essentially junk & weapons below 20% durability required a technician to clean, as the lowest cleaning kit requires base 20%, nice to know in case of emergency/weapon i really want to use but have no spare parts somehow in my stash hoard.
A good rule of thumb when hunting for parts is to check every weapon/armor piece you come across & always salvage 60% or higher weapon parts & 50% or higher armour parts to stockpile for future gear repairs.
I like to have around 10~ steel wool & 20 duct tape as cheap supporting materials when repairing guns/armour in the field whilst industrial grease/kerosene can be stockpiled in your stash to support internal component repairs.
When repairing armour, as mentioned you need to replace the internals to begin with, always start with cheap/common mats such as durable textiles, cloth sheets or the like which you get from disassembling items like boots & underwear with a grooming kit/swiss knife (never waste multitool charges on anything but weapons) you only need to get armour to 65% durability before you can start using repair kits to get all the way to 100%, potentially saving rare armour components for better gear/other equipment in the future

[dplind]

You are making this series of games way less confusing! Thanks man, you are doing the zone's work!

[Reachermordacai]

Thank you for the video, much appreciated. I know this video was put out in June so it's slightly outdated, however you can now drag and drop gun parts in to guns straight from the inventory. No need for using the workbench.

[indiomutis]

This video is the real panacea for all us newcomers around, thank you so much for this tutorial, extremely useful and well explained!

[TinkyTheCat]

IMO it's best practice to frequently maintain your armor and weapons. Higher condition requirement repair tools/solvents are cheaper and more abundant as loot than those which let you salvage gear in poor condition. Keeping your equipment in good shape not only has it at peak effectiveness, but saves money on repairs, healing and ammo in the long run.
Edit: I also recommend keeping a couple of those cloth bandit facemasks on hand. They give a +6 or so bonus when cleaning guns, and they drop *all* the time.

[toocompettoochill]

Appreciate the guides Bandanner. Really helping keep the progression moving forward instead of backwards. Would love to see a video on how to set up hideouts!

[deathbyteabag]

dude you are legend, i was getting rather pissed off because i couldnt tell which armor to repair for the stats.... didnt even know about hitting control to see stats

[Woadie]

I know this is late, but I still love this video. Anytime I come back to the game I watch this because I'll forget how to repair something. Thanks, G.

[pa]

Holy tetten, thanks, I was like " damn why my gun at 100 conditions and my parts are trash " you saved me a lot of time and rubles

[toothpik]

I thought I was on top of this, but I've been using the tools interface to replace armour fabrics as you do for weapon parts. Didn't even think to look at the sewing kits... Thanks for this vid 🍻

[gustavolemos]

If you want to check some pro tips about cost/repair to save a lot of money in the long run, read this:
you always have to think about the amount of money you are spending on repair. to find the cheapest way, most effective money/percentage wise.

like, in the case of melee weapons and the scissor tool (dismantling tool) its most cost effective to just use the sharpening stone raw without any other auxiliary item, as you can buy it pretty cheap like, 2, 5k RU 20% each use and have 4 uses. cheaper than repairing directly thru the technician. besides that, its more useful to use other material to guns wich dont have such a cheap alternative for repair as knifes. you will usually find it on bodies too, not that rare.

Always have a stock of cloth sheet (synthetics) as its the cheapest way to boost your repair/cost ratio. its abundant while you dismantle armor of people you kill. it gives 2% more to almost any repair in the game and its basically free. dont need to have any contidion so its a good use for those 0% ones. you could use other textiles, but all the others have other uses like making better backpacks, this one doesnt.

Never use two cleaning products at the same rapair, its more effective if you use other auxiliary itens instead (this works for armor and guns). let me make an example:
if youre using a spray for 15% and you use a cleaning oil together, you will get 25% condition repair.
but if you use the spray with cloth sheet, or even a steel sponge, first then use the cleaning oil with another cloth sheet or steel sponge, you could get 25%+4% (or 25%+14% if using sponges).

The most cost effective itens for repairing guns are, the silver cleaning oil and the cleaning solvent. if you just want to boost your overall weapon durability. for clothes, its best to keep them over 90% as it tends to worsen the stats of the armor as it goes lower. its pretty cheap to buy those 90%+ repair glues. using the cloth sheet method is advised.

guns and armor works diferently, as in guns you have parts and gun condition separetedly. in armor you only have the overall condition, as you repair the armor all pieces are repaired together. if your weapon has too many low condition parts it will jam often. but definetly dont let your barrel get bad as it will lower your damage output.

look for high tier guns with good barrel so you can find or repair the other parts without having the needed repair kit thru field repair mechanic, as most advanced guns will need advanced tool kit, wich is late game. this way you can use a good 7.64x54 sniper rifle early and steamroll your progression.

[AmishMinister]

an idea for a video could be health related. What items to use, etc. One of the most daunting things to my friends I’ve introduced is health and food.


For example: most players don’t know you can double up on them and heal up without visiting a doctor or resting.

Even a playthrough I’d watch, though I know those tend to die off on YouTube a bit.

[shaunbryndzia]

Great tutorial. Your videos are making this amazing but daunting game easier to understand. Keep up the great work.

[sassymcmahon]

With the slotting in and out parts for weapons. Pretty sure you can use field strip to swap damaged parts out with better ones. You don’t need a workshop or the repair kit to just swap parts.

[Raven_ARG]

Great video man. Thx.
One thing regarding guns: You can simply drag the parts on the gun to replace them without a kit (except the barrel, which you need to do it on the workbench).
This lowers the weapon overall condition a bit tho when you do it on the run without kits (except in the workbench)

Regards

[PSImage]

For minute 26 I might have an explanation on why is different repairing an armour and a weapon: for a weapon you repair a clearly defined component, system etc. For armour when using sewing kit you can sew armour plates, fabric for arms, inner side of the clothing etc. So if you sew/glue an armour you are doing it to every tear, not only on specific, well defined part