The side quests feature some of the best contentStalker 2: Heart of Chornobylhas to offer. Gray’s Last Hunt side quest is no different, during which players get a chance togo toe-to-toe with a unique mutant bosscalled the Hornhead. It’s a really tough mutant to beat, given how the bullets just bounce off the parts of its body that are covered in armored scales. However, there’s a way to take it down quickly; let’s discuss how.
How To Start Gray’s Last Hunt Quest in Stalker 2
Players can start Gray’s Last Hunt side mission rightafter completing the Dark Timesmain mission inStalker 2. You’ll need to head back to the Pile Driver POI in the Red Forest region and talk to Arkhyp Lichen about Gray’s job. He’ll share how Freedom stashed some loot in a boar cave, but another mutant arrived at the location and chased everyone out.
The mission is to track the mysterious mutant and get a huge reward for it. Once the dialog is over, you’ll need to head west to the objective marker to track down the mutant. Once you arrive at the open field, Hornhead will appear, leading to a fight with the mutant.
Hornhead is anarmored mutantthat resembles a moose but with a disfigured body. It’s got sharp horns and armor scales on its body that will ricochet bullets while inflicting insignificant damage to it. During the fight with the Hornhead, boars, rodents, and blind dogs will also spawn in the area, making the fight a lot trickier.
Hornhead will use the following attacks on the players.
The best weapon to use against the Hornhead is ashotgun,most preferably a Saiga D-12. It’s best to target the beast on the neck or either on the head, right under its big horns. Landing enough shots will bring the Hornhead mutant down. Once it’s down, ensure to loot the stashes in a cave nearby for some additional loot.
As you’re leaving the area, Arkhyp will radio Skif and reward him with18000 coupons as a reward. This will mark Gray’s Last Hunt side quest inStalker 2as complete.
