Legend Returns
Main Features:
Legend Returns is a freeplay-driven S.T.A.L.K.E.R. mod that blends restored cut content, new mechanics, and multiple faction storylines into one atmospheric experience.
Each faction comes with its own quests, perks, and challenges. The mod adds an expanded weapon pack, a detailed skill system, a demanding economy, new anomalies, psi-storms, and cut mutants brought back from early builds.
Built on Call of Chernobyl, it perfectly captures the eerie feel of the original games, keeps performance stable and offers plenty of side quests and exploration. Whether you join Sin, Duty, Clear Sky, or Monolith, the Zone here is harsh, unpredictable, and full of ways to test your survival.
- + Multiple factions to play with unique questlines
- + Atmosphere close to early S.T.A.L.K.E.R. builds
- + Stable and well-optimized
- - Some long fetch-and-carry missions
- - Excessive mutant spawns
- - Dumb companions & Npcs
Download & Installation
Installation Instructions
Requires Dependencies found in "Essentials" at the top of the page.
Extract Archive, move game folder to the root of your drive
Launch the mod using "Launch Legend Returns.bat".
On first launch, reset weather & lighting settings to default.
Troubleshooting & Tips
- Headbob fix: Open console with ~ and use the command “cam_inert 0.001”
- Some quests can break if important NPCs die: Make regular saves in case you need to rollback
- Mutant spawns are very high: You can lower spawn rates in config
Links
Video Review
Credits
- Bot Nikolay - SDK
- Nikita ‘Nevropotolog’ - 3D modeller, founder
- Andrey ‘Director_NTV’ - game designer
- Alexander ‘XMODER’ - 2D designer, lead encoder
- Artyom ‘rnm_016’ Shewhart - gunsmith modeller, designer
- Dmitry ‘AspirinSGD’ - quester, designer
- Denis Levshchanov - quester
- Leer Hansson - quester, encoder
- Nikita Kozhevnikov - community manager
- GSC for a great game and platform
- Team Epic for Call of Chernobyl
- Vincent_Vega for some textures from SWTC
- dezowave team for a couple of main menu textures
- AdrenoBPC for post-effect scripting during GG injury
- Tris for the scripted experience of cleaning weapons
- half5life for developments on PM quests (on v.1.3.2)
- Debrovski for the Partner Management Menu System
- Soundpath for the texture of a slug beginner
- Authors of the weapon mods OWR, OGR, Shoker, STCOP WP
- Authors of the Metro and Silent Hill series for environmental sounds
- Author of the VV mod for removing “kaos” combat music
- Stern-13 for active assistance to developers
- cari0us for help with interfaces
- Vadim Drakoshin (Lost Path) for technical assistance
- gridgt for fixing interface textures
- av661194 for numerous CoC 1.4 fixes
- Max Frolov ‘mopsm’, Artyom ‘Shev’ Shevchenko, Ivan ‘vangut’ - development participants
Financial Support
Alexander Gradov, Pavel Wolf, Danila Makushin, Timur Hadji-Muradovich Bilalov, Denis Grinenko, Nikita Persikov, Alexander Ivanov, Oleg Kovalchuk, Ivan Zaitsev
0.9 Testers
Askold Smirnov, Amir Letov, Ilya Sukhanov, Denis Grinenko, Oleg Semin