Buying this gun - or any gun from Nimble - triggers a side quest with Snag who will attempt to take Major Degtyarev's gun away dishonestly claiming the weapon as his own. All sniper weapons cost 20,000 RU, the player may or may not get this particular weapon on the first request. The player can acquire this rifle by asking Nimble for a sniper weapon.

On the other hand, the Lynx is better when the player is facing multiple targets, as it has a much healthier fire rate, although the player will need to aim for the head to have a guaranteed one-hit kill. The Gauss gun is generally better when the player needs to take down fewer targets at longer ranges as it has a mediocre fire rate but deals twice the Lynx's damage per shot and has a much higher scope magnification. The Lynx is the second-most powerful and second-most accurate gun in Call of Pripyat the first being the Gauss Rifle. Head shots are a guaranteed kill on almost any target. One of the heroes, named Sera, is blown up by a mine. But on their way, they stumble upon mutants, as a result of which the Stalkers had to hide in the basement. They need to carry them from the Cordon checkpoint to Pripyat. The Lynx is capable of outright killing or incapacitating lightly-armored stalkers and small mutants with a single body shot. Two Stalkers receive a special assignment to search for Pripyat-ChNPP blueprints.

As a result, the Lynx is more powerful and more accurate than a normal SVDm-2 as it deals a full 100 points of damage while being slightly more accurate. The Lynx has been taken apart and reassembled together by hand with many modified components. The Lynx is a unique sniper rifle and modified SVDm-2 featured only in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.

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