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Half-Life 2 Hints

Section 1: Finding the Lab (d1_eli_01)

  • 1 of 10: Sail over to the concrete wharf on the left that has a ladder marked with a lambda symbol that leads out of the water.
  • 2 of 10: After you've parked the airboat one final time, walk along the wharf until you pass under the large metal tower with power lines attached, then turn left.
  • 3 of 10: In a dark back alley is an open fence door near a poster that says "RESIST." (If you can read it through all the white graffiti, that is.)
  • 4 of 10: Push past the barrels blocking the doorway and enter the small shed-like area just past it, where you'll be scanned by the resistance guys.
  • 5 of 10: After the scanning process is over, Dr. Judith Mossman (whom you saw briefly during your failed teleportation in Chapter 2) will blather on as she leads you to the elevator that goes down to Dr. Vance's lab.
  • 6 of 10: NOTE: Based on what Dr. Vance says when he first sees you, he's apparently supposed to be the black scientist guy who helped you open a retinal scan door soon after you left the test chamber in the "Unforeseen Consequences" chapter of the original game.
  • 7 of 10: After Dr. Mossman walks off and Dr. Vance says to feel free to look around, you've got some time to kill in which you could just stand and wait or walk around and look at various things, getting comments from Dr. Vance on some of them.
  • 8 of 10: There'll be a bit more conversation when Alyx shows up, and Dr. Vance will activate a big, fancy machine in one corner for you to play with, but it's basically just another waiting period until Alyx decides to take you outside and introduce you to the incredibly useful and versatile gravity gun.
  • 9 of 10: NOTE: When you and Alyx pass by the side passage to Ravenholm, you can get more info about Ravenholm from Alyx by moving a short distance down the passage.
  • 10 of 10: Section 2: Meet the Gravity Gun will begin when you and Alyx enter an airlock similar to the one you were scanned in earlier.