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Half-Life 2: Episode One Hints

First Group

  • 1 of 7: By the time you finish exploring and getting supplies, your first group of refugees will probably have already joined you.
  • 2 of 7: Go into the building near the rocket crate to find yourself in a huge maintenance building for the train yard.
  • 3 of 7: TIP: Open up the locker in the small area between the outdoor area and the maintenance building to find lots of crossbow and .357 ammo.
  • 4 of 7: Head all the way to the back on the other side of the building, looking for a doorway near a small mounted gun emplacement.
  • 5 of 7: Lead your people down a short corridor and into the room where one guy is standing guard next to a door you can't open.
  • 6 of 7: This is where escapees can board trains from, so consider these people safe and go back for another group.
  • 7 of 7: TIP: There are two supply crates in this room, plus a nice new .357 Magnum and some ammo for it on top of one of them. There may also be some pulse rifle ammo in an open locker near the door that's just past the mounted gun.