He will stop asking for artifacts if two of his 'artifact squads' are killed in Tempting Business side mission. Most of the missions given by Beard can be countered by taking one from Sultan which puts the player on the opposite side of the mission for profit.Īlong with selling the players artifacts, Beard can also give the player missions to find artifacts he needs, the player will be given a period of time to find the artifact if the artifact is not found in time, another stalker in the Zone will find it and the player will have the option to buy it off the other stalker or trade a 'high-end shooter' for it before they make it to Skadovsk and give it to Beard.Īlternatively, if the player is an avid anomaly-diver, they can gather artifacts and return to Beard to ask which artifacts he needs - he'll pay a hefty fee if the player has it immediately available, and the player won't have to worry about competition from other Experts. He isn't on very good terms with Owl, since he sides with Sultan.īeard offers various missions on aiding the Stalkers in Zaton, some of which branch out into more missions, and ultimately lead to gaining the achievement ( A Friend of Stalkers) if the player completes enough of them.
He constantly finds himself in conflicts with Sultan, the Zaton Bandit leader. He is arguably the leader of the local Loners in the Zaton. He is the bartender on the Skadovsk who also is an Artifact dealer.