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Half-Life 2 Hints

How can I get to the next safe room?

  • 1 of 12: Leave the safe room you're in and go back the way you came. (Head right as you leave the safe room, in other words.)
  • 2 of 12: Stay at the doorway that leads outside and shoot down any soldiers who appear on a higher walkway just ahead of you.
  • 3 of 12: NOTE: You can run through the doorway and to the left to find a few supplies, but they probably aren't worth the risk of getting shot up by the striders and the endlessly respawning soldiers on the nearby wall.
  • 4 of 12: Go back to the safe room and past it the other way to find some stairs leading up.
  • 5 of 12: Send your squad up first to see if there are any remaining soldiers nearby. There shouldn't be (besides the endlessly respawning ones on that one wall), but if there are, help your squad finish them off.
  • 6 of 12: Then send your squad back to the safe room while you go up the stairs and run straight for a spot with three supply crates. (There's a lone supply crate on the way, but don't stop for it.)
  • 7 of 12: As soon as you reach the crates, turn around and run back for the safe room.
  • 8 of 12: Wait until you hear two warp cannon shots before you leave the safe room again. (Both of those shots are necessary to open up pathways ahead for you.)
  • 9 of 12: Run back to where the three supply crates were to find that the area's been blasted.
  • 10 of 12: NOTE: Ignore the soldiers who shoot at you from a higher ledge nearby -- they're the endlessly respawning ones.
  • 11 of 12: Gun down a Combine elite who magically appears near you when you drop down, then pick up any health and armor you need before you run onward.
  • 12 of 12: Go through a hole in the back wall of the area, then drop down into a really low area and run across it to get to the second safe room and its many supplies.