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Half-Life 2: Episode One Hints

Tip for Getting Two SMG Grenades

  • 1 of 7: There is a way to get two SMG grenades in this area instead of just one, but it requires you to restrain yourself and not break open these first two supply crates yet.
  • 2 of 7: Instead, battle the nearby soldiers as detailed in the hints below this tip's hints, then approach the door leading into the big supply room.
  • 3 of 7: Don't go in, but instead use the gravity gun to pull out the two supply crates that you can see on a shelf just inside.
  • 4 of 7: Stand back and throw those crates against a wall to break them, but don't pick up their contents (which will include one SMG grenade) yet.
  • 5 of 7: Now go back and break open the two supply crates you saw when you first entered this chapter section.
  • 6 of 7: One of them will also contain an SMG grenade, so you can pick it up and then go get the other one from the crates that you got from the supply room.
  • 7 of 7: NOTE: You have to do it this way because neither of those crates will yield an SMG grenade unless your current SMG grenade count is zero when you break the crate open.