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F.E.A.R. Hints
Divert power to Vault door
1 of 20: Turn around from where Mapes is and head down the walkway.
2 of 20: Go to where there are two ladders leading down on either side.
3 of 20: Both ladders lead to the same area, but if you take the one on the left, you'll pass through an optional spot with a medkit in it on your way to the area past the other ladder.
4 of 20: Past an automatic door and a short ways down a walkway, you'll encounter four Elite Replicas two at a time.
5 of 20: Remember that the Elite Replicas have heavier armor and more powerful weapons than the regular kind, so be extra cautious in your SlowMo attack-and-retreat strategy.
6 of 20: After searching their areas for supplies (including in a small area down a ladder), find the locked security doors that have the fancy opening panel to the left of them.
7 of 20: Go through a couple of rooms and up a ladder, then across a catwalk and around a corner to get to the next combat area, which has three Elite Replicas in it.
8 of 20: They're easy to take down if you turn on SlowMo right before going into their room and then shoot them in the upper body with the repeating cannon. (Note that the third Elite Replica is on an upper walkway at first, but he should jump down after you open fire on the others.)
9 of 20: Go up the stairs and explore around the large pipes while crouching to find a supply stash with a medkit and a prox grenade in one spot.
10 of 20: There's a bashable grating leading to a crawlway in another spot nearby.
11 of 20: There are two bashable gratings further along in the crawlway, but the one that's above you isn't useful, so go out the other one.
12 of 20: TIP: Before you go up the stairs and through the automatic door, head forward from where you exit the crawlway and turn right to find a ladder. Climb it and run along until you get to where a reflex booster is setting on a barrel.
13 of 20: After you walk along a catwalk and go through another room, you'll find yourself on the upper walkway of a room with five Elite Replicas down on the floor, at least two of which can be easily seen (and SlowMo-shot) right off.
14 of 20: After you've shot 'em all down from above, jump over the railing to get to the floor below.
15 of 20: TIP: To minimize damage, jump over the railing on the lowest segment of the walkway and try to land on a large crate.
16 of 20: When you're done looking around for supplies, find the next locked door in the back of the room.
17 of 20: As soon as you go through that door, three robot sentries will activate and hover over the catwalk around the corner.
18 of 20: Use SlowMo to help you quickly peek around the corner and shoot them down one by one. (Get the repeating cannon from the previous room if you need to, since it works really well.)
19 of 20: Keep going until you come to where you can see into a room that has two machines busily moving barrels around in circles.
20 of 20: In the big power link room, you'll find one of the two blue "activate" panels that you need to use right off. (If you aren't at the power link room yet, the question in the previous hint will tell you how to get there.)
