S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Zone of the Chernobyl

This fortified brick gate marks the boundary between the relative safety of the outer Zone and the madness of Yantar. Once a service checkpoint for scientists and military personnel, it now stands partially ruined—its barbed-wire fencing and rusted gates failing to hide the horrors beyond. Crates and debris are scattered around the entrance, hinting at past supply drops or desperate defenses. Overgrown foliage pushes in from all sides, as if nature itself is trying to seal the place off. But it's not the ruins or the defenses that keep stalkers away—it's the ever-present hum of PSI emissions. This is the threshold of the Yantar Psi-field, an invisible, brain-scrambling force that turns unprotected minds into twisted wrecks. Only stalkers with specialized equipment—like the Psi-helmet—can press forward without succumbing to madness. Beyond this gate lies the mobile lab and the graveyard of minds. Only the prepared survive here.