The basics - The basics - Introduction STALKER: CoP Guide

Each secret described in this guide is presented with two maps. The first is a "general map", on which hideouts with equipment are marked with red dots (orange dots show "better" weapons - sometimes a rare machine gun, a sniper rifle or a suit). Hideouts lying near the main spots from the general maps are precisely described (location, contents) together with the description of the whole location. Blue dots symbolize anomalies from which you can gain artifacts (sometimes more than one, even if the description shows something else... the number is random). The coordinates from the artifacts chapter also refer to the "general maps".

The second type of maps are those included in "missions" subchapters. Mission descriptions and coordinates of characters refer to them. The symbols used to mark spots on them are explained in the missions descriptions.