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Half-Life 2 Hints

How can I leave Lighthouse Point?

  • 1 of 7: Just wait around somewhere in the lighthouse until a resistance member catches up to you and says to follow him.
  • 2 of 7: If this never happens, search the entire base area carefully for surviving Combine soldiers. If there aren't any, then the game has glitched, and you'll have to restore a save from before you destroyed the gunship and try it again. This glitch is rare, but it does happen.
  • 3 of 7: Follow him all the way down to the bottom of the lighthouse, where he'll open a secret door for you.
  • 4 of 7: When you're ready, go through the secret lighthouse door and start making your way carefully along the narrow cliffside walkways.
  • 5 of 7: Look for a soldier to appear on the clifftop above you when you drop down to the ledge that has the supply crate on it.
  • 6 of 7: After watching a dropship fly off with your jeep, save your game and then make running jumps across the gaps in the cliff path.
  • 7 of 7: Right past the last path jump, you'll enter a dark, rocky tunnel that takes you to Section 3: Antlion Country.