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Half-Life 2 Hints
How can I get to that pipe?
1 of 9: Follow the path along until you come in sight of a multi-level catwalk near some large pipes.
2 of 9: There are soldiers on those catwalks, so quickly toss some bugbait over there and move back to where they can't shoot you.
3 of 9: After they're all dead, explore around under the catwalks until you find a ladder that you can climb to get to the lower catwalk.
4 of 9: From there, jump over the railing and onto a small grassy ledge with two supply crates on it.
5 of 9: Make your way along until you have to jump a path gap, then immediately look to the left for a dark alcove with a headcrab and more supply crates.
6 of 9: Right past that is another pipes-and-catwalks setup where you need to throw bugbait ahead to get your antlions to kill off the soldiers for you.
7 of 9: The pipe entrance you seek is just above you, and you get to it by carefully walking and/or jumping up a set of short, zig-zagging paths.
8 of 9: As soon as you're on the tiny path that leads up to the pipe, toss some bugbait at the pipe's entrance and crouch down to let the antlions kill off the fast zombie for you.
9 of 9: Then you can hop up there and enter the pipe.
