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How can I get from the tunnel's end to the Citadel?
1 of 15: You're going to have to look around for alternate means of progress, such as jutting rocks and narrow ledges.
2 of 15: Pick up any health packs you need from the end of the tunnel, then look to the left.
3 of 15: Drop from the tunnel end to the large rock in the left corner, then to a couple of lower rocks.
4 of 15: Keep carefully dropping down rocks until you come to a spot where there's a big gap with a steep slope just past it.
5 of 15: Jump to the slope and slide down it, then jump over a small gap at the slope's base.
6 of 15: NOTE: If you keep accidentally falling into the abyss after sliding down the slope, try doing it again while holding the "Move back" key to slow your descent a little.
7 of 15: Just ahead on the left is a small side cave with a headcrab in it.
8 of 15: TIP: Move past the cave quickly to get the headcrab to leap to its death, then return to the cave for a health pack.
9 of 15: Your ledge comes to an abrupt end just a short way past the headcrab-and-health cave.
10 of 15: But notice the pipe that's sticking out of it, pointing toward the Citadel.
11 of 15: Look at the particular part of the Citadel that the pipe is pointing to.
12 of 15: It's moving up and down.
13 of 15: Run along the pipe and drop onto the little up-and-down platform when it's up.
14 of 15: Wait until it goes down and then back up again (just to be safe), then hop to a nearby metal ledge.
15 of 15: You're now on firm "ground" in the Citadel, and can make your way along inside it.
