There is a door on Merak with too much value behind it to be forgotten. Bunker 44 holds treasures and artifacts. Finding the entrance is only half the job: before the lock gives way, you need to assemble its code.
Field tale: the first fragment
The stalkers set out with a damp map and every intention of being back before nightfall. Their confidence ran out before their supplies. In an abandoned settlement, one found a torn note: no route, no name — just a digit and a mention of forty-four. They almost left it behind. Then they pocketed it. On this island, even rubbish occasionally knows more than you do.
A code measured in footsteps
The following days became one long march. Anomalous mist, rusted ships along the coast, unfamiliar campfires in the dark. Each new lead added another fragment to their notes, but none offered the whole answer. While the group argued over how the pieces fit, their lookout listened to the forest. Fortunately, the forest was still only listening too.
A door that can wait
They reached the bunker near dusk. In front of them was a lock. Behind it was everything that had made them carry that battered sheet across the island, examine every find and return to places they had sworn to avoid. “Shall we open it?” asked one. Someone studied the collected digits. Their lookout watched the road behind them. On Merak, a good plan starts with someone still looking back.
Your expedition starts here
The event challenges you to find Bunker 44 and assemble the key to its lock — a code from the pieces you discover. Treasures and artifacts await inside. There is no ready-made combination on this page: follow leads, keep your findings and compare what you learn. Arriving in style will not convince the door to open.
A story, not a walkthrough
The stalkers’ tale and mini-comic set the mood of the search. They do not reveal the actual digit locations, the code order or the entrance. The island itself is where you will have to look for answers.
The treasure is behind the door. The code is somewhere on your next expedition.