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Upper Storage Note
  • 1 of 6: It is possible to get up to the lab's left upper storage area, even though it doesn't have a ladder leading up to it like the right upper storage area does.
  • 2 of 6: If you didn't bring a barrel into the lab with you, find a loose piece of equipment, like the monitor that's in the dim area underneath the one you're trying to get up to.
  • 3 of 6: Put your item on top of the small animal cage, then jump onto the cage, then the item, and then the upper storage area.
  • 4 of 6: There's nothing you can do up there except break the monitor that's perched precariously on a crate before Dr. Kleiner's pet headcrab can get around to it.
  • 5 of 6: To do that, either nudge up against the monitor until it breaks and falls, or pick up a nearby item and hit it with that.
  • 6 of 6: NOTE: You could break it from down on the main floor by carefully tossing a small item at it.