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a FAQ/Walkthrough for Half-Life by black hole sun
last updated on July 23rd
version 6.0
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The easiest just got easier!...Version History
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v. 6.0 - I re-wrote nearly half of it, but I kept the main sentance structure
intact. I made explanations a lot clearer and I fixed a boat load of grammar and
spelling mistakes, and I caught some mis-information errors.
v. 5.0 - Changed the art around--again. Added my little sig to the intro.
Another minor update but hey--what do you expect? The walkthrough is done; I
submitted this guide when it was fully completed. Im just tinkering around with
the format to make it look the best it can before I put this guide to rest and move
on. Also I found a nubering error and fixed it.
v. 4.0 - Well, as you may have noticed I brang this guide back from the version
Final simply because I kept on updating. Also for the first time I added a version
history. As for this versions changes, I removed the lame art and replaced it with
what it originally was, an alpha symbol. Other then that I reformatted, and changed
some lousy grammar mistakes.
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ii. T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
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I. Introduction
II. Weapon Details
III. Enemy FAQ
IV. Walkthrough
Level Sections:
Anomalous Materials
Unforeseen Consequences
Office Complex
Weve Got Hostiles
Blast Pit
Power Up
On A Rail
Apprehension
Residue Proceeding
Questionable Ethics
Surface Tension
Forget About Freeman!
Lambda Core
Xen
Gonarchs Lair
Interloper
Nihilanth
End Game
V. Cheats
VI. The Final Word
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I. I n t r o
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Black hole sun, wont you come...and wash away the rain...black hole sun, wont you
come, wont you come - SoundGarden
Well, here I am, come to wash away the rain of questions you have for this game, and
welcome to one of the greatest games ever created, and the guide for it. I got this
game for the first time on Christmas of 2001, and have rarely put it down since.
When Im not playing it because I get a newer one for my GCN or PS2, as sure as the
rising sun I come back to Half-Life when the newer one has worn out. This is one of
the greatest, if not the greatest, FPS of all time.
In 1998, when it was released, it had some pretty stiff competition in the FPS
genre...it had to live up to the standards of the previously released Golden Eye,
which ended up selling over 10 million copies. It had be at least as good as Metal
Gear Solid for PS1, which is regarded as one of the best PS1 games of all time. So,
this game, contrived by complete no-name developers, who never published anything
before, had to live up to some incredible quality. Yet it surpassed all critics,
however, and became the greatest thing since Doom, revolutionizing yet again the FPS
industry. If you end up not liking this game, well, the fact is you cant, and if
you do not like it you got yourself a severe case of fanboyism and denial ;)
I must admit; this was an easy guide to write for me, playing through it about the
dozen times Ive done so already, so I should provide accurate strategy and
information. I am on a three month summer vacation(w00t for me!), so I spent as
much time as I wanted with this. So, sit back, relax, and have fun with Half-Life,
and dont forget to come here with any problems or questions you might have.
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II. W e a p o n D e t a i l s
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Crowbar
The crowbar is the first weapon in the game you will be able to use. If its name
didnt tip you off, you can slash stuff with it. Use it on crates, glass, or
anything else that needs to be destroyed or broken. Its not a very efficeint or
powerful weapon, but when your run out of ammo, your crowbar is always there.
9mm Hand Gun
This 17-clip hand gun is standard issue among Black-Mesa personel. Every FPS
shooter has one of these; the one gun you can really rely on when your machine guns
ammo is depleted.
Aside from its unusually good damage rates, this is very plain. Its got decent
accuracy, even from the longer ranges, standard low recoil, and good firing rates.
A nice thing about it is it sounds really life-like; like something you hear on a
shoot-out on an episode of Cops.
Magnum
The magnum, straight out of the wild wild west, is of a great and poweful caliber
that easily kills. One shot does in a marine, three for an alien grunt, and two for
those troublesome xen masters. The main problem, aside from its abvious slow firing
rates and reloaing times, is you cant carry very much ammo for it; only a make of
41 bullets. Ammo for this gun is hard to find, so use it economically.
MP5
Containing a 50 round clip that can be emptied in less then 5 seconds, this is the
weapon of choice amongst special-ops military forces. It has surprisingly good
accuracy but low damage rates, especially against the strong alien scum youll face
in this game. It has a grenade launch secondary fire, which is the only reason its
a worthwhile weapon. The grenades in the MP5 have excellent accuracy and detonate
on impact, with just as much power a hand grenade, leaving very little (or no) time
for the enemy to escape the blast radius.
Shotgun
Found only in weapon and supply crates, the shotgun is what wed all come to expect:
loud, intimidating, powefully wild, and a good weapon for a hard-ass such as
yourself . It has a secondary fire of a double-barrel double blast, which increases
the power. Your best bet against bullsquid, marines, or vortiguants.
Gauss
A manical radiation-spewing powerhouse, this baby was born and raised in the dark
research laboratories of Black Mesa. You can fire single shots, which usually (and
literally) blow-up an entire enemy. The secondary fire allows for even more power,
it being a charged shot. However, when using the charge shot, dont let it
overcharge since unwanted things may happen...
Hornet Gun
A weapon of alien origin, usually located as a body part of an alien grunts. It
spits out hornets(duh) which on primary fire home-in on anything with a pulse. The
ammo is infinite, though the longer you hold the fire button the fewer hornets the
thing fires. Let it recharge(or create more...however it works) to let a whole pack
of the bugs loose. It isnt very powerful, but, like the crowbar, useful when all
other ammo is depleted.
Egon
Death. Destruction. God-like power. These would all be synonmys with the egon gun
if it were real. It fires a blue beam that completely disintergrates enemies when
its placed upon something. The most poweful firearm(if it could be called that) in
the game, besides the fully charged Gauss. Very useful against grunts, but its ammo
can be drained easily.
RPG (Rocket Launcher)
Long, heavy, and spits out something fun(kinda like... ;), the rocket launcher is
also a standard among FPSs. When firing rockets make sure you aim the laser at
your target the whole time; the rockets can be controlled using the laser. Its slow
to reload and the blast radius is large, making it a not-so-ideal weapon up close.
Mainly you should use it against clusters of large enemies that are somewhat away
from you.
Stachel
Deceptively looking like a back-pack, its an explosive charge that can be thrown or
placedand, then detonated on command. A large blast radius, its great for luring
ememies to it then pushing the trigger.
Snark
Smaller version of headcrabs, but much, much faster and quicker. They have low
damage rates, but can help you out a jiffy if you need to distract and get by a
large enemy. They are killed with one shot from any weapon, and self-distruct after
a while, so use them sparingly.
Tripmine
A bomb attatched to walls that gives off a laser-beam. When someone or something
disrupts its beam it detonates. Not very efficeint because of its small blast
range, and its long assembly times.
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Marines
Special forces sent in by the government to clean out any and all evidence of Black
Mesa. Their orders were simple: to kill all; scientists, aliens, personel...oh and
BTW that list includes YOU. They usually always will carry MP5s, but dont try and
use it against them. They wear protecive body armor that makes them almost as
strong as you, and couple that with Hard Mode and the weak damage rates of the MP5
and youve got yourself a suicide right there. These guys are tough to defeat; they
work together, flanking you or using cover fire. They will never be caught in the
open; they always will use cover. Your best bet is to blow them up with or blow
them away with your magnum.
Bullsquid
These strange things look and sound like mutated hogs. Mostly they spit out some
green radioactive crap at you, but if you get too close they will swing their
powerful nozzle-noses like a baseball bat. The best way to kill them is with the
shotgun, double blast. They will follow you until killed or blocked from going
farther, almost vendetta like.
Itchyosaur
The hardest, most terrifying enemy in the game, and not to mention the toughest to
pronounce. This, sounding like some neo-dinosaur, is a mutated shark/fish which is
fatal and nearly invulnerable in the water, unless your using a crossbow. If your
in the water with it will bite you until you are dead, each bite taking about, on
estimate, 50 health points each :O. The crowbar is nearly worthless, and your
machine guns do not work under water. Your best bet is to avoid it, but if you must
kill it use your crossbow from the water or magnum from above the water.
Headcrabs
Resembling a mutated crab, hence its name, these mainly jump and bite you in mid-
air. They are very quick in jumping, but are slow in walking or running, leaving
them as easy pickings. Try sparring ammo by using your crowbar on them.
Vortiguant
When they see you, they will charge up electricity then fire it in a burst action at
you. Like the grunt, if you get two close they will swipe at you, only they will
use their sharp claws. The magnum works best for them; one shot will do it.
Mawman
Im really not sure how these evolved...I think they were scientists who got too
close to the alien radiation and then...mutated...or maybe they were standing where
the aliens teleported and somehow combined...bah its not important. They look and
act like Resident Evils zombies: their ugly as sin, make messed up noises, walk
slowly and clumsily, then swing at you with their claws. And boy does it hurt; 20
to 50 health taken away each clean hit. Stay away and fire at them from a distance;
its a life-saver.
Alien Grunt
They usually use distant attacks, notably their in-grown hornet gun. If you get
close enough, they will swipe, which you REALLY dont want to happen... Try and use
grenades or other explosives on them; regular hand gun or MP5 fire wont usually
work. On a side note, when you are killed by them, before loading to the last
quiksave, take a look at the grunt and what it will be doing to you...youll
see :|
HoudEye
Small, plump, and otherwise hideous aliens that compare strangely to overly bloated
and mutated dogs. They charge up energy with their eyes, as you can hear them doing
so, then let it all go for a large shockwave that goes through walls. One shotgun
shell would do it it, two hangun ammo, about 5 bullets from the MP5. They are
pretty easy except when theres a lot of them together. They are immune to their
fellows shockwaves, BTW.
Xen Master
A alien straight out of Xen, these flying things float and when they see you fire
off a yellow energy blast at you. In the air and moving, they make hard targets,
and they are remarkably strong for how small they are. Use the magnum; one shot
usually takes them down.
Barnacle
Attatching itself to ceilings with a sticky rope thing hanging from its mouth, it
hopes to get something stuck in the web. If something does, the barnacle will start
sucking up the rope, sucking it along with it. These are easy to avoid, but if you
do get caught in its web just shoot at it enough and the rope wil break, and you
will fall to the ground.
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IV. W a l k t h r o u g h
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After the 15 minute intro, Barney, the security guard with a thousand lives(youll
see what I mean later), will open your door and let you out of your cramped little
car. Run to the security seals, and wait for Barney as he will unlock both.
Through the seals is the Black Mesa Research Facility. In the main reception area
of the Black Mesa Research Facility, ignore the receptionist(Barney again...) and
enter the hall to the right. Look on the wall for the letters that say Personal
Facilities. Follow the line it makes to a locker room. To the left are the tubes
containing hazard suites. Thats where youll find yours. Press the button to
raise the glass then run into the suite to put it on.
Exit the personal facilities and find the line on the wall that says Test Chamber.
Follow that to a control center, where youll engage in conversation with a trio of
old geezers who will babble some unintelligible yet scientific crap that I couldnt
understand even with a thousand-page dictionary in front of me. The dialogue will
end soon(not soon enough :P) and one of them will unlock a door for you. Enter and
follow the halls to the next pair of scientists who will talk to you about some
more...stuff. Afterwards enter the test chamber and climb the ladder to the
computer terminal. In a few seconds the scientists will go on the pager and tell
you to activate the rotors. Do so by pressing the switch on the computer. Climb
back down the ladder and wait until the test unit arrives. First note that a
scientist will tell you of a small discrepancy. Uh-oh; you know what that means.
Sure enough, right after you push in the specimen, the whole place will be plunged
into chaotic disarray.
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After a freaky cutscene in which youll be scared out of your wits(or should
be...kind of...well, a little...okay Im just a wimp), youll arrive back in the
test chamber, with the whole complex falling apart in front of your eyes. Head
back to the blown open security seal and enter it. Press use on the
malfunctioning switch, making it laboriously open the door. Grab the health pack
near the scientist trying to revive a(notice I say a) Barney, if you need it,
which you shouldnt. Follow the corridor(watch out for the computer terminal that
will fall on you when you pass it) to the two scientists that will be crouching near
a computer, talking about what went wrong. Press use on the african american
(didnt want to say black---oh crap :P) scientist until he agrees to follow you.
Run to the door and he will unlock it for you using the retinal scanner. In the
control center, some electrical bolts will come in through the window. It will blow
open the door, but if you pass through one of the beams, well...
In the next corridor a pair of lasers will be running wild; duck under them or wait
until they give you enough room to walk under them. If you pass through the lasers
you will instantly die. Take the crowbar near the door(this is the first weapon you
will receive!) near the dead Barney and use it to smash the glass off it. Crouch
under and through the displacement and press the switch on the elevator. It will
crash, as you can hear three scientists screaming as it goes down. Enter the shaft
and climb the ladder to the top. Youll encounter your first enemy; the mawman.
Try your hardest to save Barney by helping him kill the mawman with your crowbar.
If you save the Barney, not only do you get a nice, warm, special feeling inside,
you can get him to follow you and he will shoot enemies for you. This proves very
useful. With Barney, backtrack to the reception area. Once there, kill Barney with
your crowbar :O. He may try and resist, but if you slash him quickly with your
crowbar youll defeat him easily. The reason for this betrayal was to get his gun.
If he died from the mawman, you would have had to use his gun and drain ammo on the
headcrabs and mawmen. If Barney lives, then he fires at the enemy not wasting up
precious ammo.
Crouch under the hole near the desk and shoot the headcrab. If you need it theres
a health station to the right; press and hold E, your Use key, to gain lost health
back. Use the fallen mainframe as a ramp up to the shaft. Enter it and drop down
to the floor. Witness a brutal attack on a scientist by a headcrab in the
bulletproof windows to the left. Helpless to stop it, enjoy watching the scientists
pathetic attempts to save himself.
At the end of the corridor youll find a dead mawman, killed by another Barney,
though in the process he himself was killed. Take the health from the station if
you need it, then take Barneys ammo and enter the sliding doors. Youll find some
aliens that look like fat dogs with one giant eye and sound like mice. Well, those
are called houndeye. Check my Enemy FAQ for more info. Kill it with two shots
from your hand gun, then watch out because another will warp to you a little ways
ahead. To the left is a hall, head through it to find a mystery: Look up at its
end. You will see what looks like a business executive holding a briefcase, looking
down at you from the walkway. Shoot him and he will simply walk away.
Puzzling...
Kill the next two houndeye in the room then jump into the small storage room with a
medical station, if you need it. If not enter the door to your right. Kill the
headcrab then climb the ladder to the top, but dont get off the ladder; just peak
above it and youll see some mawman and headcrabs. Fire a few shots at the barrels
behind them to...take care...of the problem. To the right of where the aliens were
is a scientist cowering in the corner. Get him to follow you and lead him across
the walkway the business exec went. Youll find a mawman and a locked door. Kill
the mawman before it kills the scientist. The scientist will unlock a door to a
room full of goodies; ammo clips and 10 grenades. Take all you can carry, then go
back down to ground level where you fought the two houndeye. This time take a left
by the health station. Walk up to the locked door; a mawman will spawn(err...you
know what I mean) behind it, and it will rip open the door. Kill it, then enter the
doorway to find some clips for your hand gun. To the right of the fan is a dumpster
with a scientist in it. Looks like Black Mesa has been circumventing budget cuts.
Behind it is a health station BTW.
Notice the drainage hole in the center of the room. Down it are two headcrabs; kill
them before you drop into it. Also before you drop into it, look across from the
hole to a mawman, blocked by a metal framed fence. You have to get across that
fence. Drop into the drainage hole and youll come to some sewage pipes. Look
around a bit to find a wheel. Turn it and the water levels will rise, forcing
Gordon to swim. As the levels rise, guess what! You can reach higher areas then
you could before! Ahhhh--the laws of physics at work... Swim to the roof of the
pipes and find another drainage hole, this one allowing access to the other side of
the metal fence.
In the next area youll find a lift. This part is very tricky. Save right here
(F6). Press the lever by the dead Barney to make the lift descend, and jump on and
over the rail to catch up with it. However, infinite crabs appeared out of a
shaft. While your going down, they ALL will attack making this part impossible,
UNLESS YOU DUCK. So, right when you get on the lift, go to the point nearest the
wall and duck. This way the crabs will not see you, thus wont attack.
At the bottom your lift will act as a bridge from the muck, which coincidentally has
a large shredder hidden in its shallow depths. Take the health from the station if
needed, then kill the newly teleported houndeye. Break all the boxes with your
crowbar to reveal a good many clips for your hand gun. Enter the corridor and stop
at the bridge. A bullsquid will materialize in the air about a five feet above the
bridge, but the damn heavy things impact will cause the bridge to collapse. Use
the pipes to the right as an alternate route. Jump from the highest point near the
shaft to where the bridge was leading(the shaft leads to the same place).
Take the batteries in the hall then proceed to find another area with a broken
bridge. Before hopping down, though, look at the aliens across the muck. The big
bullsquid will kill all of the headcrabs, doing your job for you. Nice to know the
bullsquid have no political affiliation. Kill the it once it has outlived its
usefulness then drop into the muck(theres a health station in the dark corner to
the right). Follow where it leads(watch out for the barnacles) to another health
station and to the other side of the muck. Enter the door, follow the shaft, to a
jumping puzzle. Climb both ladders to the top, then use the hanging crates as a
means to cross the abyss.
From here, find the elevator behind you. Press the switch to open it, the press it
again inside to make it go down...or up...whatever.
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In the dark area there will be about 5 crabs to your left. Dont worry about any of
them; sit back and watch them all get zapped by the exposed electrical wire. Since
your name is not Rambo, you also cannot cross its path. Enter the small shaft just
before the wire and follow it right to the area behind the locked doors. Watch the
scientist get eaten by the barnacle(hehe...thats funny to watch) then proceed to
the small room to the right. That is where you can power down the electrical wire.
Do so by pulling the lever then exit from the doors and proceed to the table. Push
it to the window, jump on top of it, and break the glass with your crowbar/enter the
office region.
To the left youll find a small brown door thats not openable. Wait a second and
mawman will break it open for you(dont kill it until he finishes opening the
door!). In there youll find two clips for your hand gun. Go back to the place
where you entered and look through the broken window. In the office youll find
water on the floor(???), a headcrab on a table, and another electrical wire hanging
from the ceiling. Well, put the pieces together and youll find that youll be
fried if you step on the floor. So, jump on the table and RUN to the light switch.
Turn it off to turn off the electricity. Before entering the shaft throw in one or
two grenades to take care of some future problems. In the shaft youll find a large
moving fan...dont get in its path. Crouch under it to the next part of the floors
ceiling. It will break and you will fall to the floor. Kill the two headcrabs that
will fall with you, then push the two crates together and align them with the ladder
above you. Once done, get on the ladder and take it to the part of the ceiling from
which you fell, then break the grate and fall to the next level of the ceiling.
Break the next grate to a new area patrolled by a chain gun, or turret. Wait a few
seconds for some dumbass scientist to run into the area, chased by a headcrab, and
watch them both be killed by the rain of bullets. Wait for the turrets sound to
stop. That means its back in its shell, or whatever you call it, and it cannot
sence your presence. Jump from where you are and hide behind the metal crate. RUN
to the area under the turret to its switch and turn it off.
In the corridor to the north youll find the shotgun(finally: a decent weapon...)
and some ammo for it. Enter the corridor the scientist and headcrab came from.
Youll find about 7 headcrabs; throw two grenades at them, run away, then come back
after the boom to find the place secure; messy, but secure.
Head up the stairs and from there find Barney(that guy is everywhere!). Get him to
follow you, and go down the ramp. A few aliens will teleport; let Barney kill
them. Afterwards take all the clips of ammo from the crates. Now go back up the
ramp to the next large chamber. Youll find it littered with mawman and headcrabs.
Let Barney take care of them all then go to the boarded up entrance. Break it down
with the crowbar and continue to the entrance to the freezer. Kill the two mawman,
take the health, then enter the freezer. The door will lock behind you.
First your going to have to eliminate any and all alien monsters...so you go do
that. When you find a switch, pull it with use to make the platform above you
start going back and forth. Backtrack to where you entered the freezer and find the
ladder. Use it to get to the shaft. Break it open using the jump while crouching.
The Crouch-Jump will be a very important tactic for you to utilize in this game, so
get used to it. Following the shaft youll come to a ledge, and following that
youll come to the platform you set in motion. Get on it then get quickly get to
the other side.
You being in the dark here, it may be wise to turn on your light[F]. If you have it
on youll find a headcrab, so kill it and follow the shaft to its end. It will be a
small ventilation area...I do hope our Gordon doesnt have claustrophobia. Take the
ladder up(theres some shot gun shells littered around here...what a strange place
for them to be located :|) and enter the shaft. Follow that to the end to another
area with some stairs. Dont worry though; there is no turret awaiting, but there
are some headcrabs and mawman to deal with. Take care of them(if you enter the
locked office to the left using the Crouch-Jump technique, youll find some shotgun
shells and health) then enter the shaft. In there youll have to play a deadly game
of jumping ladder to ladder making your way upward. Atop youll be on an inactive
elevator. Break the grate, drop into it, and press the switch.
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Exit the elevator and turn right. Ignore the frantic scientist and take what you
need from the health and HEV stations. Continue down the hallway to face a mounted
turret; use a grenade or double-barrel buck shot on it. Continue past it(a
vortiguant will spawn once you pass the turret) and youll find some tripmines.
Shoot at their mechanisms from a distance to be rid of them.
Navigate to the kitchen area with a pair of soda machines to the right. Two
vortiguants will teleport to your location; kill them then enter the hall to the
left.
Youll face two turrets, destroy them then hop up on the crates to the top. Youll
veiw two more turrets; destroy them then drop down. Once you do RUN to the fire
door, get through it, then smash the glass with a bullet to make the fire door
slowly close. You closed the door because youd otherwise face around 20 headcrabs
that will teleport, one after another. The crabs cannot enter through that iron
mounted barricade, if you didnt know.
Jump up and past the crates to a hall with spilled water. The water makes it
slippery; you could easily fall into the empty shaft or go around the corner to
unsuspectingly face a turret. Walk or crawl past the water, destroy the turret, and
then break all of the boxes to reveal a good many clips and grenades.
Go up the ladders, pass the walkway(watch for the barnacles) to find what all of the
science team and the many Barneys have been whispering about: the government has
arrived! Your saved! But before you rush into the arms of the military officer watch
him for a moment...a scientist will run to him, but the marine will shoot and kill
him! Apparently the government is your new enemy; in the game as well as in real
life ;) I guess the government chose to cover this up...by killing everyone and
anything that knows about the Black Mesa project. Well...thats democracy at work
for you.
Kill the new enemy and take his gun, the MP5. Take the clips for it on the crates
then get on the elevator. Atop youll come to a coordinated assault from the
marines. Try and kill them up-close, as from afar as they like to shoot grenades at
you. A single or double shotgun blast should do them in. Either way kill
everything then head up the ramp to the walkway.
At the top enter the doorway, cross the walkway, and youll come to a preemptive
strike from the marines. Throw a grenade from the ledge you are on to the floors
below. This might kill a few, but it surely will scatter them all. Next, run away
from the entrance, otherwise youll be bombarded by their grenades they never seem
to run out of [face_angry]. Get to one of the lower walkways and snipe off the rest
of the remaining marines, then go to the elevator. Press the switch to make it go
up and youll come to the surface. Take health from the station, then RUN to the
center of the large fenced area. It will be a bomb shed. Enter it then go down the
ladder. Suck up some health from the chargers then enter the shaft. Wait for an
explosion and a rain of debris will fall from the sky, allowing you a quick drop
into the wreckage and to make your way to the bottom. Crouch into the vent shaft
and get to the loading point. If done quickly enough, youll avoid all military
interference that would have come from above.
From this shaft, navigate through about 3 more shafts, but watch out; some are
decoys that contain only ammo or other supplies. Find the correct ones and youll
arrive at the silo control room. Press the switch, then take the shotgun ammo.
Enter the silo doors.
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Take out your crowbar and use it against the barricade. Kill the two headcrabs on
the other side then pick off from a distance the bullsquid. Head to the controls
(watch the mawman that will break open the door) and pull the lever. This will make
a lift come up. Get on it then press the switch to...guess...make the lift go down!
Take the health then get on the tram car. Press use on its controls and press
forward to make it go faster. While on it, your practically invincible against all
the monsters that would cause you harm. It will run over some, swish past others.
Once the tram car reaches and goes past a wooden arm jump off. Why? The car will be
out of control from here on out and cannot be stopped. If you stay on it will throw
you into a pit of radiation when it hits the blockade. So, make your way down the
tunnel to where the tram car stopped. Jump on the blockade, then use the blockade
to jump to the ledge to the right. Follow that ledge to the end and youll
encounter a bullsquid. Double barrel it between its eyes(if you can figure out
where those are), climb the ladder and enter the pipe. At its end jump out and kill
the bullsquid. Before climbing the next ladder, kill the bullsquid in the green
radiation. Use the pipework as a bridge from the toxic muck, and jump from it to
the health kits and batteries.
Again use the pipework as a bridge for the radioactive sludge, and get on the lift.
Press the switch to make it go up. At the top, go to the right-hand corner and peer
around it. Youll find a bullsquid feeding off a dead scientist. Stand back and
shoot the explosive barrels...then view the gruesome sight with pleasure. On the
walkway about 7 houndeye will attack you. One shell from your trusty shotgun will
do in each one. Theres another houndeye on the bridge; shoot the barrels near it
to blow it up. However, a portion of the bridge will be blown up as well. Simply
make a running leap across that gap.
Enter the silo by turning the lever. Listen to the strange noise that sounds like
someone banging against the floor. Go through the control room to find a monster
loking like a large and mutated finger pulling a scientist to his death. Try
pressing the Test Fire but it wont work. Continue on and find Barney. Hell
say Be Quiet! It hears you!. Barney is correct. Enter the room with the
explosives to get a look at this beast. It has no eyes, but, as Barney pointed
out, it does have a keen sense of hearing. When they hear you, well, look at what
the monster will do to the other Barney shooting at it from the ledge :|. You must
either crouch or walk past it, as running makes way too much noise. They are
invincible as of yet, so dont even try firing at them. When your on a ladder,
there is no way to stop them from hearing you, so stay on the ladder until they are
done smashing the floor in front of you, then throw a grenade somewhere as a
distraction. Make your way to the first boarded up entrance. Smash it open with
your crowbar or grenade and enter. Cross the next bridge, but it may be broken, so
jump across it. Enter the door, trek the hall. At the first ladder, look down with
your flashlight on. Youll see a pair of mawmen. Drop a grenade to take care of
them, then climb down the ladder under the grate. There, stay on the pipe(ignore
the monster behind you) and follow where it leads, to the left to another ladder.
Head up and youll find another mawmen. Put enough holes in him and hell die.
Grab the grenades, press the switch to open the door. Kill the two monsters then
descend the ladders to the base of the large and inactive fan. Press the switch to
turn it on, then head back up to the top. From there jump into the turning blades
and youll float to the ceiling. Smash the boards with your crowbar, then enter the
shaft. Kill the headcrabs and progress to the oxygen and fuel room. Press the
switches to turn them both on, then climb the ladder.
Return to the room with the giant monster, but this time enter the other boarded
entrance, this one on the bottom near the monsters base. Proceed across to the
bridge. Before or on it, shoot the explosive crate near the bullsquid to blow him
up. Cross to where the monster was, take the health kits if necessary, and continue
on down the hall. When you find the spilled water, note its location. There are
crates in the next room; position them as a bridge for the water. Test your bridge
so that you can cross the water without actually touching the water. Why? Youll
learn later.
Ignore the elevator(it will malfunction and drop into the radioactive goo) and use
the railing to jump to the ladder. Make the long climb down, then jump to the
platform. Cross the spilled radioactive matter when you find it, knowing youll
lose at least 15 health. An enormous cylinder power station is what youll come
to. Get on the platform, press the switch, and let it swing you to where you need
to go. Climb the ladder and youll find another of these swinging things, but this
one is out of control and is swinging dangerously from point to point. Avoid it and
climb up any of the two ladders on this level. Atop the generator press the button
to activate it. Do the same for the other side. After this is done, let it be
known that you can now destroy the big monster.
Backtrack to where you made the bridge of crates to find that the water is now
electrified and would kill on contact. Now...arent you happy we(I is more like
it) thought ahead?
Back at the monsters lair, head back up the ladders to the room with the explosive
crates. From there, head back to the room where the monster pulled the scientist to
his death. The Test Fire button is now operational. Press the switch and put on
some sunglasses, cause this babys gonna burn big.
Go to the hole the monsters occupied. Climb down the ladder then scale the rocks to
the bottom(MAKE SURE YOU LAND IN THE WATER POOL!). Take the Barneys magnum and
some ammo for it, then dive back into the pool. Enter the hole on the right, and
find the new area to the side. Surface onto the platform. Climb down the ladder to
find an HEV and health station. Climb on the pipes, trace them to another set.
This one looks strangely like a submarine. Turn the wheel to extend the tube, then
enter it. At the end a weak portion of the pipe will collapse from your weight, so
make sure you land on a crate to break your fall. Kill the headcrab, grab the
health, then break the boxes to find a new item: the tripmine. Enter the hall to
encounter a new horror.
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This new horror, which youll find by walking forward a bit, is an immense alien
called a gargantua. Hes invincible to all else but electricity. Watch the
marines feeble attempt to kill it, then while the gargantua is distracted RUN to
the small corridor behind the marines. From there kill the vortiguants and run past
the flaming pipe. Dont get on the bridge; it will break and would plunge you head
first into a maelstrom of about 10 headcrabs. Snipe them all from above then drop
down.
Follow the corridor, killing vortiguants along the way, to some dark closed doors.
Use the wheel to open them and enter the radioactive pit. Climb the ladders, kill
the marines, and at the top destroy the turret with a well placed bullet. Turn
right and youll come to a bunker area filled with the omnipresent military. One is
shooting from the cover of explosive crates; you know what to do. Eliminate all the
marines in the bunker then go to the lift. Throw a satchel on it and make the lift
go down. When the lift is at bottom detonate it, blowing all of the set tripmines.
Take the lift down again and follow the walkway to a set of stairs. Go to the
lowest level to find a submerged power converter. Break the boxes that are blocking
its motion, then head back up the steps to the second lowest level. Press the
switch on the console to reactivate power to the station.
Backtrack to the gargantua. Run to the huge entrance to the left, the only one big
enough for the gargantua itself to fit in. Make it follow you; yes, thats right,
follow you. Run into the door and youll find a power station of sorts. Get on the
walkway then pull the lever to activate electricity. If done quickly enough, when
the electricity was activated the gargantua would have electrocuted himself by
trying to follow you further. After it explodes, enter the door to the right(you
cannot pass the two electrical pads), go back to where the gargantua lurked, and
youll find a tram. Run it onto the yellow pad, and find that you must rotate it to
get the tram facing the correct direction. So, go back to the broken bridge that
overlooked the 10 headcrabs, but this time enter the boarded up door. Youll find a
dying Barney, and a lever. Pull the lever then jump out the window back to your
tram. Get on it, then run it at max speed to get smash past the barrier.
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Run the car past the water filled corridors, then bring it to a stop at the first
marker that could change the cars course. You need to go left, but something
hanging from the ceiling is blocking you. So, back up and go straight. Make the
next marker point up for straight. Continue going along until you find a platform
to the right with a few dead marines and a bullsquid. Get off there. Kill the
bullsquid then head up the steps. Break the crates and destroy the chain gun, then
press the lever to move the thing that was blocking you. Ride your car back to that
junction and into the tunnel.
Continue on and youll find a part in the tram line where it splits and it goes to a
new, shorter track leading to a dead end. If you get on it it will act as a lift
and take you and the car up. Stop and get off before you do that. Climbs the
ladders and kill the marines first, then go back and put the car on the circular
platform. It will go up.
Get off at the broken track switch and look left. Youll see a battle taking place
between marines and some vortiguants. Kill them all, with the help of the useable
chain gun to the far right if you want, then head up the steps. You know what to
do: kill all the marines and vortiguants. Boy that never gets tiring :). Head down
the steps, kill any opposing marines, and head into the tunnel. Dont worry if you
dont have a tram car for this part, just stay on the sides so you wont get
electrocuted from the rail. Youll find a raised platform with some marines on it.
Kill them and enter the hall next to the sandbags to encounter another vortiguant
vs. marine fight. Kill them all as usual, then break open the boards to find a
Barney and some ammo. Take them then progress down the hall to find a gunner in the
cover of sandbags. This is hard; try and throw a grenade into the small slit he
looks out from. It may get him, may not, but keep tying at him and hell eventually
die.
Enter the fire door, climb the ladder and kill the marine. Enter the next fire
door and enter the rail tunnel. Crouch under the trip lasers, which would activate
nearby turrets, and ignore the bullsquid. Ignore the door to the left, unless you
desperately need ammo. Stop right after you pass the door and get off the tram car,
if your on one. While crouching, keep following the tunnel and youll find a marine
manning a rocket-launching sentry. Throw a grenade at him and blow him up, then
return to your car(if you have one, which isnt required to complete the level).
Round the corner to the left of where the gunner was then get off the car and on to
the platform to the right. Get the health from the station, then kill all of the
vortiguants then proceed to some dark green crates. Shoot out the tripmines and
Crouch-Jump on the crate to get over it. Head up the slanted elevation and kill the
marines. Press the lever to open the barriers. Go back to your car(another tram
car to the left may start moving; with a marine on it) and enter the left hand
tunnel.
When you reach a bunker area to the right, DISREGARD IT AND RUN PAST !!! There is
another gunner in there, this one nearly impossible to eliminate. Since its not
required, just ignore him and run past the barrier, without your tram car.
Progress on until you reach another circular lift for your tram car. Ignore it and
head to the elevator. Put a satchel on it, then send it up. Detonate it when its
atop. This will take care of some pesky mines and explosive barrels.
Find the ladder leading down. Halfway the game will load, and youll see at the
very bottom a trip laser. It will set off four turrets in the area. Drop down a
satchel and detonate to destroy one turret and kill a mawman. Avoid the laser and
proceed to take out the turrets one by one. Theres a large crate near the tram
line to the left. Get behind it then peak around it. Youll spy a marine behind a
block of sandbags and another gunner. Quickly run across to the next set of
crates. From there, crouch to the sandbag block. Take out your MP5, then stand up
and fire a grenade into the bunker with the gunner. If you have no grenades for you
MP5, use a hand grenade. If you have neither, throw in a satchel. If you have none
of those, well, sorry buddy, but your screwed.
Through the corridor to the right youll start to hear a pair of marines talking
about this Freeman fellow. A well placed grenade between them will kill both.
Remember this location and the bay door to your right for later use, then trek to
the blast door. Enter it using the door pad, then enter the next blast door. Kill
the local marines then enter the next blast door. Youll find a room rigged with
TNT, with some trip lasers along the steps. Crouch under the first two then lightly
jump over the third. Enter the door, kill the two marines, then find the button to
launch the shuttle. Press it. Everything will be locked up until the rocket leaves
the atmosphere, so youll have to wait. Afterwards backtrack to the large bay door
I told you to remember. Its now open. Get in its tram car then ride it to its end.
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For the first part of the level your going to have to swim underwater. Enter the
shafts until you find some floating barrels acting as a bridge to the platform.
Enter the door and head up the ramp. Watch the mawman, BTW.
In the next room you WONT want to fall into the water...an Itchyosaur is swimming
around in it. Walk around the walkway to a ladder. Climb it and find HEV and
health stations. Talk to the scientists then jump from the cliff to the cage with
the crossbow. Pick it up and the cage will fall into the water. You going to have
to kill the Itchyosaur now, but you dont have to do it in the water. Get back onto
the walkway and shoot at it when it surfaces for air. It will take a while, but
better safe then sorry. Youll know its dead when it makes a loud groan and starts
to floats face down.
After it dies immerse yourself into the muck and dive to the bottom. Turn the wheel
and enter the passage it unlocks. Swim to the surface and youll be on another
walkway overlooking muck containing two Itchyosaurs, so dont fall in. The bridge
will partially collapse in one section, and a vortiguant will teleport, so be on the
ready. Jump into the hole in the fence and avoid the hagworms. At the power
generators station, avoid the bullsquid and climb the ladder. Press the switch to
activate the generator pads, then observe and memorize the pattern they follow.
Jump across from pad to pad to the other walkway. Kill the teleported headcrab then
enter the hall. Right when you reach the health station a bullsquid will teleport
behind you so again, be wary.
Kill every vortiguant and headcrab to get the scientist to open the seal. Talk to
him then press the switch to open the door. In the chamber, it will be very, very
cold. If you have any batteries or HEV power, youll lose one point per second
while in their. If you dont have any HEV power youll lose one health point per
second. So, ignore all of the enemies and run like mad, trying to find an exit.
Youll find it in a ladder leading down.
In the hall youll find many vortiguants, some already materialized and some that
will teleport. Kill them all then take the lift up. Youll find Barney about to
tell you something critical, but before he does hell be shot from behind. Hmmm...
Heres the lowdown for this area: Youll hear a lot of footfall from someone
running; when you hear that, that means an assassin is nearby. An assassin is a
female that looks like a black robot. You have to kill them nearly on the spot;
they shoot about 2 bullets then run off before attacking again.
After they are all dead get up on the platform and turn the wheel to open a shed.
Enter it then walk towards the tantalizing health. The lights will go out, and
youll be beaten and knocked out by some marines. Dont worry; its unavoidable.
You will lose about 20 health when this happens; and you CAN die from it. Listen to
the conversation from the rogue marines as they disobey orders and dump you off to
be killed. You will soon black out.
When you come to youll be in a garbage masher, completely weaponless. Use the
crates to get out before your squished, and grab the crowbar on the other ledge.
Use it to the grate then fall down it.
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Get out of the pipe and head into the ravine to the right. Two headcrabs will
teleport. Since you have only the crowbar, try and avoid them to save health.
Turn the wheel on the silo then QUICKLY climb the ladder and get on the descending
wooden platform before it gets too steep. At bottom, enter the pipe. Kill Barney
to take his useful handgun, then jump into the vat to the right. It contains
biohazardous viruses and other corrosive materials; dont fall in. Use the debris
as a bridge to get to the pipe. Youll come to another biochemical processing
center; jump across the vats to the other side.
Enter the shaft, and at the end youll have to make your way under some submerged
crushers. At the end of the swimming youll find another junk processing place.
Press the middle switch to make a conveyer belt move in another direction, the
direction you need to go. Press the switch near the dead bullsquid and Barney to
temporarily stop to smashers. Quickly get on the belts and get past them.
Get past all the hazardous machinery, and youll come to a set of treadmills. Get
on the first available one, then where it would dump you into a vat of green stuff
drop to the next. Avoid the next vat by dropping to the next below treadmill.
Youll next come to a conveyor where a tripmine is in place. Throw a satchel at it
from a distance, back up, and set it off to take care of the problem.
Next youll have to jump back and forth between treadmills to avoid getting crushed
by the roller things. At the end jump to the right hand treadmill and enter it.
Escape the mechanical teeth of the crusher by dropping threw them, then trek across
the radioactive pit. Enter the shaft to find your way back to civilization.
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Climb the ladder, smash the grate, and youll find about 10 houndeyes al loosed from
their cages(damn screwy Black Mesa personell...what are they thinking, keeping
houndeyes as pets!?). If you have any satchels, use them, or use your magnum.
Remember not to get into their vision. After they are dead, notice the electrified
fence. Look past it to its power supplier. Shoot at it(it will look like a
computer) and the door will open.
Across the hall youll find an alien grunt sealed behind a sheet of glass. Man does
that look scary. You have to let him out by smashing the glass of the switch,
otherwise the door wont open. Use a satchel or magnum on the alien grunt; if you
have neither, God help you.
Down the hall youll find another testing chamber with some headcrabs behind a
fence. Press the switch near the health station to kill them all, then kill the
marine who will inspect what the noise was about. Pass the health station to find
Barney. Listen to his wonderful wisdom, then get him to follow you, a.k.a. kill
stuff for you. In the reception area let Barney loose on the marines. Hell do the
work, and he shouldnt yet be killed. Take the shotgun ammo, youll need it later.
Down the hall go up the steps to find another testing chamber with some headcrabs.
Sic Barney on them. He probably will be killed at this point, but he saved you a
lot of ammo and work, so you salute him, mister! Where the headcrabs were you can
find a crossbow and 5 snarks, just so you know.
Kill the next two marines in the hall then proceed to the next testing chamber.
Notice the tripmines. If you blow one of them, about 6 marines will arrive, and at
the same time a pair of alien grunts will emerge from their cells. So, blow the
tripmines and run for cover, letting the marines and alien grunts duke it out.
Afterwards kill the remnant then enter the once tripmine guarded hall.
Pass the explosive crates and kill the marine to your left. For now, all you have
to do is clean out the entire area of bullsquid, headcrab, and marine. After they
are all dead, find the area where there are some explosive crates that wont blow up
when you shoot them. Go near them a get a conversation between a Barney and a
scientist. Heres a bit of their dialogue(it may be a little inaccurate...Im
basing this on memory alone here) :
Barney picks up gauss and says: Whats this?
Scientist: Put that down, now. Its an experimental weapon.
Barney fires it through the wall and says: Woah! Why arent we using it?
Scientist: Its much to powerful.
Barney starts charging it up.
Dont let it overcharge!
Barney: Huh?
Both: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Lol...that was amusing. After the wall is blown open take the gauss from the
remains of Barney and scientist and press the switch. This will activate a laser
beam. Find all of the auxiliary laser beams and activate them, then go to the
primary laser control room. Press the switch and watch how the shield comes down to
intercept the laser. After its done, go to the crate and move it so that it will
block the shield from descending where its supposed to. Press the laser button
again; the shield will go back up and the laser will blow open the wall.
Jump to the pipe, then jump down to the crate. Youll lose at least 25 health doing
this, I do hope you can handle it. Talk to the scientists then go into other room
with the machine gone wild and turn it off. Get one scientist to follow you and
lead him back to the reception area. Hell use the retinal scanner to open the
door.
NOTE: If both of the scientists die, youll get a strange and mysterious mission
failed screen and the game will load where you last saved.
Enter the swinging doors. Destroy the tri-pod chain guns on the roof then enter the
tunnel. Make sure you dont blow the explosive crates up when your close...move
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Kill the local marines(boy do I sound treasonous) then get to the dam. Take out
your gauss and put it to use on the apache that will fly overhead. Two fully
charged shots will bring it down. Jump into the dams dirty water then groan
because youll see a pair of Itchyosaurs. For now you can avoid them; swim to the
ladder. Climb it then press the switch to turn off some fans underwater. Now you
have to kill the Itchyosaurs. Use your crossbow; three shots should do in each, and
hopefully you have the ammo. Swim to the bottom and turn the wheel so that the
grates open. When they open far enough, let go of the wheel and swim into them
before they close.
There are no enemies in this area; just a dead scientist and a battery. Pick it up
then proceed to the ladder. Climb it and enter the tunnel. Smash the boxes to pick
up some ammo, then climb the ladders. Another apache helicopter will emerge from
beyond the bluff. Again, bring it down with your gauss.
Atop, enter the opening in the rocks. Kill the areas marines then enter the silo.
Turn the wheel to open a drain hatch youll need. Follow the sign where it
says Storm Drain Hatch. Youll find a mine field. This is very easy; simply hug
the rock wall to your right. Youll encounter only one mine, which is passed an
overhanging rock structure. Jump over the barbed wire and enter the hatch.
At the end of the pipe youll have to snipe off a marine and a chain gun. Do so
before dropping down. Get to the lowest point, dropping from ledge to ledge.
Youll face a few marines; you know what to do. Cross the bridge by using its
cables instead of its wooden steps(they will break). Cross the catwalk, and youll
face another apache chopper. There are rockets located in a small cavern within
the wall; take them but dont use them yet. Use your gauss for this part.
Afterwards scale the cliff by using its ladders and stepping stones. When you come
to the pipe a headcrab will pop out; watch it.
Through the pipe and above it is a bunker area swarming with blood hungry government
cronies known as marines. The best strategy for this is to snipe them from the
pipes. Since there are two ends and two exits to the pipe, this makes it easier.
When you snipe off a marine from, say, the left end of the pipe, the marines will
all concentrate fire and grenades on that end. So, while they are occupied, go to
the other end and give them a wake up call. Then go to the other end, and on and on
until they are all deleted from your computers RAM.
Use your rocket launcher on the tank; youll need the gauss for later. Take all the
ammo and health thats to the left of the tank then press the button to open the
door. A peaceful area you will find...as you should have learned, never trust a
peaceful area. Theres another rocket-firing tank past all the crates. To beat it,
get out into the middle of the street(yes, the middle!) and RUN towards it, firing
charged gauss on the run. This should destroy it easily.
NOTE: The tanker will reveal a secret area if it shoots the wall to the left of it:
a ravine with a few marines and lots of ammo. This area isnt required, though.
Enter the doors to a mine field. An alien grunt and a vortiguant will teleport;
watch out for them, then head right. Shoot out the tripmines then kill the
invisible gunner with a single rocket. Take the dead Barneys gun then throw a
grenade at the floor of the mine field to set off all the hazards in the vicinity.
Kill the next gunner from below using a rocket, then crouch under the barbed wire to
the other side. Use a gauss, rocket, grenade, or a lot of ammo from your other guns
to destroy the computer terminal blocking your way. Get past it then hop on the
felled antenna. On the roof of the building make your way around the shafts to a
hole. Drop into it.
This is no ordinary building your in. It has only three enemies, which are
headcrabs, but the place is rigged with tripmines for some reason which I cannot
begin to think of. If one of them goes off, no matter how secluded it seems from
the rest, so do all the others. You may think: So what? All I have to do is find
cover and I have no problems, right? Wrong-Oh. In case you didnt know, this is a
nuclear missile storage facility and the chain reaction would set off the two nukes
it houses. The screen will gamma white then load at the previous save point, adding
a nice scare affect and sense of suspense. So, crouch under the first tripmine,
jump on the rail to avoid the second, and jump over the next. You should now see
the two very large missiles above you. Kill the two idiot headcrabs that would
start the chain reaction, then make your way to the steps. Watch the tripmine then
head up. Kill the headcrab, then jump over the trip laser. The button will bring
up a cargo lift, but before you do so make sure you break the box thats on it.
Jump out onto the cargo platform, then use it to jump to the lift blocked off by the
tripmines. Take it down.
Kill the marines and pick up the hornet gun. Go down the corridor, then destroy the
turret in the truck. The road will be filled with alien grunts. Well, a jet will
come and bomb them back to the test tube they came from. Blow up the tank using
your gauss. Before continuing break the boxes to the right to pick up valuable
health and ammo.
Eliminate the annoying gunner above then enter the building. Kill the marines then
find Barney upstairs. Get him to open up the storage room to find a crap load of
ammo, explosives and health. Still on the second floor, jump outside the window to
the ledge. From there jump on the two terminals then to the ladder. Kill the
marines atop and use the cemented roofing tiles as stepping stones to the other
side. Youll come to a helicopter landing pad. Move towards the shed door and it
will blow open revealing some alien grunts. By then you should hear the sounds of
some kind of plane. It will be full of marines, so let them eliminate the grunts
before shooting it out of the sky.
Enter the shed the alien grunts came out of and climb the crates to the rocket
launcher. Shoot out the other shed door then spill the guts of the grunts that come
out with it. Enter it and man the gun youll find. Crouch and fire at the 20-25
alien grunts that will teleport. Afterwards use the blow pad(an alien thing that
blows upward when you step on it) to reach the higher levels. Watch the battle with
the grunts and marines then destroy both.
Enter the shaft and watch out for the annoying snarks. At some point some marines
below will shoot out and break the shaft. Youll land in an auto shop. Kill the
marines then open the door. An explosive crate...and someone just threw a grenade
at it. Stand back. The door will be sealed off by falling debris, so youll have
to find another way out. Press the switch to make the platform come down. Press it
again to make it go up, only this time go up with it. Jump through the hole then
kill the marines. Man the rocket launcher the blow the shed door open. Use the
rockets to kill the grunts that will offer themselves as a sacrifice.
Youll find another battle between alien and marine. Let them wear themselves out
then attack and finish them off. Enter the door by the walkway. To the right a
part of wall will be smashed open by a corpse of a marine and an alien grunt will
follow. Kill it then find yet another alien vs. human battle. Again spectate for
a while before moving in.
Use the blow pad to get on the roof. Break the grate then drop into the water.
Enter the tunnel. Halfway a marine will open the end and drop a satchel. This will
make a large fireball explosion, so get back into and under the water and duck to
avoid the flame.
Kill the marines and headcrabs then enter the next pipe. Get Barney to follow you
(hes upstairs) to the door switch. Back outside, kill the teleported alien grunts
and make him follow you to the guardhouse. Hell open a door for you. Enter to
find another gargantua. As in Power Up, you cannot kill it using conventional
means. So, run past it and through the parking lot to the other side. Grab the
healths and use the blow pad to the water vat. Jump down onto the next blow pad as
to avoid gravitys crushing properties, and get on top of the silo to the ground-to-
air missile control system. Make the targeting lines target the large antenna. It
will fall down. Next, make the machine blow up the wall that the antenna will lean
against. Use it a final time to break open the hatch. The gargantua will have
broken the seal by now; run past him and use the antenna as a bridge. Enter the
tunnel to end this LONG section.
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The sky is falling, the sky is falling! Ack, everyone the sky is falling! Well, not
quite, but the rock ceiling above you sure is. Avoid the blocks and use them to get
to the doorway. Enter it and hop over the railing. Draw the two alien grunts
towards you then get back into the controls room. Press the lever and activate the
drone gun. Ahh...dont it feel good to use what for so long has hindered you
against your enemies?
Head towards the stop sign and turn right(take my word for it: ignore the passage to
the left). Kill the alien grunts then shoot at and destroy the
alien...spherish...cocoon? and three snarks will emerge from it. They will all
plunge themselves into the water and self destruct shortly. How convenient :)
Thats the advantage in this game that you have over the enemy: your not stupid(if
you are, well, at least you have me telling you what to do). Enter the hatch using
the wheel to an underground sewage system.
Push the metal crate into the water on the LEFT HAND SIDE! If you put it on the
right hand water tunnel, youll have to deal with another damnable Itchyosaur. Use
the crate to jump over the metal fence. Kill the headcrab and avoid the deep water
with the Itchyosaur. Duck under the turning wheels(what purpose, exactly, do they
serve?), avoid the hagworms and keep under the water because there is hot steam
above it.
Knock over the tripod chain gun, and knock off the marine while your at it. Take
the rocket supplies and ascend the ladder. Use them or the gauss on the tank, then
continue past it to a health station and a chain gun. Enter the elevator and take
it down.
Avoid the radiation spills and progress to another alien vs. predator fight. Kill
whoever wins then man the tankers gun. Blast open the seal then man the machine gun
and mow down the vortiguants and alien grunts that teleport. Afterwards round the
corner and destroy the alien crafted drone gun. Press the switch and enter the
large doors.
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Press the button to make the lift with the truck go down; go down with it. Kill off
the local headcrabs and bullsquid. Head up the ladder and grab the shotgun ammo.
Enter the door past the dead scientists to find a storage area, unfortunately
littered with assassins. Put the elusive females to death, break the boxes and head
up. Fight will you another assasin(sounded like Yoda there didnt I?). Take care
of her then cross the walkway. Head down to find an HEV and health station. Take
what you need and go to the elevator. Go down on it you naughty thing you and
youll find an antechamber of sorts. The way right is locked; the left is the only
option. Before you do, place a tripmine near the explosive barrels to your right.
Youll find its use later. Enter the door and several grunts will teleport. Kill
them then youll hear another grunt, this one behind you. That tripmine will do its
work now. Once the area is clear, head up the ladder to the scientist.
Take the crossbow ammo clips and let the scientist use the retinal scanners to open
the door. Get on the lift and head right. In the room youll pick up the mother of
all guns: the Egon gun. Try it out on the pet headcrabs. Youll see just how
powerful it is. No more bar fights for Freeman :).
Go back and take the lift up. Kill the grunts in the area then get on the walkway
entitled in a blue Coolant System 01. At the door, turn around because a
vortiguant will spawn, ready to shoot at you in the back. In the coolant chamber
kill all the grunts/vortiguants, the usual drill, then press the button to make the
machine go and do whatever its supposed to do.
Now get to the walkway leading into the orange coolant chamber. Turn off the steam
with the wheel and enter the door. Kill the alien grunts and head up. Another
grunt will teleport to the catwalk; hell break it and fall to the ground, so dont
be on it when he does. Enter the coolant chamber and press the lever to activate
the pumps.
Backtrack to the beginning where the elevator was. Turn right and follow the sign
that says Maintenance. Youll find Barney, head past him and down the steps to the
scientist and the lot of ammo and health. Take it all and head back up, this time
following the other sign(I forget what it says :P). Enter the door and youll face
off with a crap load of grunts, some that will teleport after others die. Kill them
all with the Egon and jump into the water. Swim into the tunnel, past the loading
point to the reactor core. Press both wheels to increase the water levels. Ride
the wave up and kill the grunts, avoiding the electrical bursts coming from the
reactor and keep heading up to the top and the door.
Enter the elevator shaft and climb the ladder. Jump to the platform and get inside
the room Barney is in. Take the health from the station and get Barney to follow
you. In the hall a LOT of vortiguants and grunts will spawn; let Barney take care
of them, if not weaken them. Continue to a wheel on the wall. Turn it to turn on
some steam. Walk down the hall and a vortiguant and an alien grunt will spawn; draw
them into the steam and they will die instantly. Turn off the steam then round the
corner. Three more alien grunts; run back and turn the wheel to make them die a
fiery death.
Down the ladder contains is only some sparse health and ammo, so unless you need it
enter the door marked Core Level 3. Here is your first encounter with portals.
One doesnt do anything, the other warps you to the next portal which is visible
through the fence. When the moving platform is under the portal though the fence,
enter the portal. From there, enter the side that is marked Port 02 and look up.
Again you must time your entrance to the portal so that you fall onto the platform,
not back to the ground. Duck under the pipes then enter Port 07 when the timing
is right. Now simply enter the final portal, Port 02.
In here you have to use the platform and press both switches on the sides of the
room. Once you do, enter the portal.
Ignore the headcrabs and head up the ladder. Enter the room with Barney and
scientist. Theyll blab to you for a while...while they do take all of the goodies
in the supply chambers. You should get practically full everything, including
health and HEV. After the talk the scientist will let you have the long jump. The
long jump, hence its name, triples the length you can jump. To use it, Run, then
Press Duck, then quickly press Jump. Practice it for a while then get Barney to
follow you into the portal chamber.
Get up the ladder and on top of the platform. From here, wait for the scientist to
get the portal going. Sure enough, once he does more alien scum will emerge. This
time they are flying things called Xen Masters. Three shots with the magnum should
do them in. Your objective here is not to keep yourself from being killed, but the
scientist working the portal. So just kill every Xen Master you see. With the help
of Barney this should be no problem. About 10 seconds after the scientist says Its
almost ready... jump down and RUN to the portal. Let the scientist fend for
himself now, then wait for him to say Go! You must go now!. Jump in and youll be
teleported to the alien world of Xen.
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Well, these are the last few levels in the game. For some reason I hated Xen
(pronounced Zen)...I dont know why. Probably the unrealistic and overdone sci-fi
level design got to me. Oh well, back to the FAQ.
Youll find yourself on a floating platform. Use the long jump to get to the next.
Kill the grunt and houndeye, then hop to the closest moving platform. Make your way
to the bottom platform. Avoid the alien sentries and houndeyes and enter the small
crevice in the rock walls. Break the webbing and go up to all three...things that
look like theyre important...and press E on them all. Next, find the butterflies
(???) trapped behind webbing. Break the webbing and wait. They will fly to the
things you switch on and make a portal. How this occurred I havent the slightest
clue. Anyway enter the portal.
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Pick up the ammo then face big momma(what the game calls it), or, more technically,
the Gonarch. Basically its a big-ass spider with a big-ass pouch, spawning all the
crap you have to kill day after day. Its main weapon will be spitting some toxic
acid at you, but it will also let loose some baby headcrabs or, if you get to close,
it will run you over. So, now your aware of the hazards, take out your egon gun and
aim for the pouch. Dont let go or budge until the monstrosity runs away. Follow
it through a tunnel and past a loading point. Fall into the hole in the center the
find a healing pool(a puddle of water that heals lost health). Use it, as by now
Im sure youll have use for it, and fire some rockets or egon/gauss lasers at it
until it runs again.
Follow it again, this time your able to kill it. Run away from its damnable baby
headcrabs and shoot at the pouch enough and it will FINALLY die. Drop down the hole
the dead gonarch will make then drop to the ledge. A healing pool is its contents;
heal up before you enter the portal.
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The platform you are on will crumble, not giving you enough time to jump to the
portal. So, run to the opposite side, past xen masters and grunts, to a small
cavern. In it kill the grunt, the break the webbing, and fall down the hole. Pass
the sparsely guarded tunnels and youll come to some more webbing, this blocking a
large pillar from moving up and down. Break it then get on the pillars top when its
fully down. Let it take you up, then jump to any one of the moving-floating
platforms. Use the platforms and carefully make your way to the lowest one, and
from there jump on one of the flying things. It will take you to the portal; jump
into it before the flying thing disappears.
Exit the cavern and jump on its roof. From here you have a birds eye view of the
area. Scanning it youll find a pair of grunts and vortiguants. Kill both, and
right when you do be wary because two more grunts will teleport. The cavern ahead
of you and by the things that look like oil drills contain some health, ammo, and a
healing pool. Stock up then head to the other cavern to the left. In it contains
another gargantuan. Dash past it to a small hole in the wall, reachable only by
ducking into it. The gargantuan will lose you and run away to somewhere where he
wont be a problem. Get out and jump onto the rocks ahead of you, then leap to the
opposite side. Crouch or walk past the fanged beasts seen in Blast Pit to an area
with two grunts and a portal. Ignore them and enter the portal.
In this alien infested area is a lot of grunts and xen masters. Put the pests out
of their misery then cross the bridge to the other side. Pass the lifts to a blue
tube. Enter into it and it will act like a healing pool. Youll find a lot of
these along your way. Another thing youll find a lot of are large barrels. They
contain alien grunts, so its not wise to open any.
Use the lifts to get higher(haha) to the treadmills. Jump to the second one and
follow it to a pool of toxic water. Quickly jump out and kill the xen masters and
grunts. Across from the treadmill is a grunt, kill it. Kill all of the next grunts
and xen masters in the area then enter the doorway. Take the lift up, kill the
grunt. Youll come to a hallway full of barrels containing alien grunts. Take out
your egon gun and get ready to blast away at the grunts and xen masters in here.
Take the health packs then continue to an entrance blocked by a pair of barrels.
Throw every satchel charge you have in front of the two, then detonate. It should
blow the alien grunts limbs all over the place. Kill the xen masters with your egon
then enter the healing tube. After your finished enter the vents. Drop down by
using the posts to break your fall. Kill the grunts, xen masters, and all else and
take the lifts up. Jump into the portal.
Jump from platform to platform in the empty space to the portal. Enter it to go to
the final boss.
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First, before I describe the boss/how to beat it, let me explain the logic of this
creatures name, which is an interesting tidbit IMO. Annihilation. Thats what its
name comes from; look at it again: an-NIHILA-tion. Haha gee Im smart.
Aright, now Ill get back to the boss. Nihilanth attacks in three ways: by throwing
the standard energy balls at you, much like the ones xen masters fire, only 10x more
powerful. It also spawns various enemies, or throws portals at you which, if comes
into contact with you, sends you off to a meaningless puzzle room which the only
purpose is to get back to the nihilanth. Since you cannot outrun them, avoid them
by getting behind the pillars.
To attack it, first you must destroy the three yellow crystals from which it charges
up with. A pair of rockets will do in each one, but chances are you dont have 9
rockets at your disposal. A clip from your handgun should do it as well. After you
destroy the crystals, shoot nihilanths head until it opens. Once it does, run to
any of the blow pads and use it. Youll get to see the inside of the aliens head.
Its basically another crystal, so just shoot at it until its destroyed, thereby
destroying nihilanth and the evil ailen race forever, or at least till Half Life 2.
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At the cutscene youll find that mysterious man who made cameo appearances all
throughout the game. After he explains a few things youll end up in a car much
like the one you started the game on. Hell give you a choice: work for him by
entering a portal, or well...youll see. I would recommend working for him though.
Well, either way, congratulations on beating a marvelous game such as this. I hope
you enjoyed this FAQ, as I sure enjoyed writing it.
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Right click on the Half-Life icon. Click properties then click shortcut. At the
end of the location type: -dev -console. During gameplay press ~ to display the
text prompt and type in sv_cheats 1. Press ~ and enter one of the following console
commands to activate the corresponding cheat function.
Effect Code
God mode god
Adjust gravity sv_gravity <-999 - 999999>
All weapons and ammo impulse 101
Developer mode on developer 1
Verbose developer mode developer 2
Developer mode off developer 0
Suicide kill
Map select 1 /map
