Lab X-18
Type	Secret laboratory
Notable loot	Documents from X18, Part 3. AKS-74N with a Grenade launcher. 2 Medkits. 1 Monolith Suit. Varying amounts of ammunition. Night Star in a stash.
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X-18 is a secret laboratory located underneath the Dark Valley. It has a reputation as being one of the most terrifying locations in the series.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Brain Scorcher 2 Contents 2.1 Mutants / Anomalies 2.2 Items 2.3 Other 3 Trivia 4 See also 5 Gallery

History Edit

X-18 is a laboratory that was used to study the effects of psychic radiation on living cells, set up in the wake of the 1986 disaster. Its end came when after receiving too much radiation, an experiment broke out and destroyed most of X-18; it did this by opening all the other containers, and releasing the other experiments. The surviving staff members locked themselves out of the main hall by a series of large coded doors. Eventually, the experiments reached them through the piping, and killed them off.^{[source/verification needed]}

Eventually, Stalkers began venturing into the laboratory for any treasures that may remain there. Few survived, many died from shock, whilst others were at the mercy of the Poltergeists.^{[source/verification needed]}

Borov, the bandit leader in Shadow of Chernobyl, discovered that the door may not have been locked, he then proceeded to lock it, keeping what treasure may be inside safe for him to collect at a later date. Borov was always too afraid to enter the lab after locking it, thus it remained locked until Strelok unlocked it, using the keycard he recovered from Borov after killing him.^{[source/verification needed]}

Brain ScorcherEdit

X-18 also helped in the creation of the Brain Scorcher, which is located in the Red Forest.

Contents Edit

Mutants / Anomalies Edit

• One Pseudogiant.
• Two Snorks.
• Six Poltergeists.
• One Pyrogeist in the room with the documents.
• Burner anomalies.

Items Edit

• "Documents from X18, Part 3", that the Barkeep requires.
• AKS-74N fitted with a Grenade launcher.
• Two Medkits.
• Two Monolith Suit. One in a drawer, one in a safe.
• Varying amounts of ammunition.

Other Edit

• Two dead Ecologists.
• Two secret stashes (one containing a Night Star).

Trivia Edit

• While the location of X-18 is beneath the Dark Valley, On the PDA , it is depicted as an above ground location close to the Red Forest. This is because no map exists of the area.

See also Edit

• Walkthrough

GalleryEdit

v • d • e Locations Shadow of Chernobyl Cordon · Garbage · Dark Valley (Lab X-18) · Agroprom Research Institute (Agroprom underground) · Rostok (100 Rads) · Wild Territory · Yantar (Lab X-16) · Army warehouses · Red Forest (Lab X-19) · Pripyat · Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Monolith Control Center) Cut Dead City · Old swamp · Old Yantar · Generators (Monolith war lab) Clear Sky Great Swamp · Cordon · Garbage · Dark Valley · Agroprom (Agroprom underground) · Yantar · Red Forest · Army warehouses · Limansk · Limansk Hospital · Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Cut Black Digger's stash · Cartographer's place · Jupiter factory · Pripyat underground · Bridge over river Pripyat · Call of Pripyat Zaton · Yanov · Pripyat (Lab X-8)