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Scanner Armor Tip
  • 1 of 4: When you turn the corner past the crate, move forward just a little bit and wait for a scanner to fly up and hover around you so you can do the quicksave-destroy-get-battery routine on it.
  • 2 of 4: It's much faster and easier now that you have a crowbar to whack the thing with!
  • 3 of 4: Also, you can go back past where you bashed the crate and wait around for other scanners to show up.
  • 4 of 4: You'll have to be patient, but you can wait for scanners and then get armor batteries from them until your armor rating is 100.