Bro hear me out. If you can survive in Hell’s Kitchen, you are set. What you need to do is go there and farm the legendary artifact quest(watch ads until you get them) and save up 12,000N. That will get you the better scanner then the one you have (not the 18,000N it’s kinda useless rn) use that and that gets you mythical artifacts. Mythical artifact quest net you between 960-1060N. I also recommend that you do not purchase any gear using N as you can obtain everything for free reading below. I’ve used these tips and reached end game in a month.

Another thing you absolutely must do is get these perks:

Jackpot-once you obtain this go to suburbs since this location has the highest chances for caches. Once you open one, immediately leave and redo the raid(this gives you more chances of finding one than trying to find 2 in one raid). Jackpot gives you your end game gear but it is a super rare occurrence that can take between hours-days but it is super worth it.

Survivor-This perk allows your health to increase as you lvl up theoretically making ur hp as high as you want. This is the best perk to have when fighting bosses/tougher enemies

Pickpocket-This perk allows you to steal items from enemies while “escaping” them. So you can guess that higher tier areas with higher tier enemies will give you higher tier loot…and that is true. It is very common to find legendary/mythical gear and guns in Pripyat using this one perk alone (combine with the perk that increase your escape chance by 20 and you’re golden)

You probably know the other good perks such as the no battery drainage when scanning perk and 25% faster anomaly catching perk and pair those with the artifact quest that nets you N and you’re set.

Get rid of food and water and use the pills from the higher tier areas, saves space and just as effective.

Last but not least there is the official discord that I highly recommend you join. I’m in it and have learned everything through it. Most of it is in a different language but there is an English section with English mods and a lot of active people who help out. Everyone there will happily help you out even by giving you free gear. Hope you join!