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The Orange Box: Portal Hints

Section 1: Last Test and Big Detour

1 of 18:
In the first room you come to, there's a bouncy energy orb that you need to get into its receptor.
- How can I get this orb into its receptor?
2 of 18: The orb will power the nearby moving platform, so hurry over and get on it before it gets away. (Or stand and wait for another one to appear.)
3 of 18:
There are several obstacles to watch out for as you travel along on the moving platform. Hints for each are below.
4 of 18:
After you pass the last of those hazards, you'll approach a large incinerator area where the computer intends to bake you like a frozen pizza. What a hot foot!
- How can I escape fiery doom here?
- I made it to a safe ledge, but how can I move on from here?
5 of 18:
Exploring the room past the ledge you landed on, you'll find some stairs that'll partly collapse when you try to climb them.
- How can I get up these stairs?
6 of 18: At the top of the stairs, find the door that's ajar and open it all the way with the "Use item" key.
7 of 18:
In the next room, go up some stairs to reach an unopenable door and a padlocked fence door.
- How can I get past either one of these doors?
8 of 18:
Open the door past the fence door with the "Use item" key, then move into the large fan room beyond.
- How can I move on from the fan room?
9 of 18:
Past the fan room is a large toxic-floor room that you'll need to get through.
- How can I get through the toxic room safely?
10 of 18: At the top of the stairs past the toxic room, jump over the railing to get on top of a large storage cube tube.
11 of 18: There's a big hole in the tube, so drop in and let yourself be blown along.
12 of 18:
When you stop, drop down onto the cube dispenser port to break it and fall into the test chamber below. (NOTE: It's Chamber 09 from Chapter 3.)
- How can I get through this test chamber?
13 of 18:
At the bottom of the elevator shaft, look into the nearby room for a way to get in.
- How can I enter the room?
14 of 18: Explore the room until you find out which way you're supposed to go.
15 of 18:
There's another red paint sign on the wall that's next to the upper walkway that the large horizontal piston keeps ramming.
- How can I get up to that walkway?
16 of 18:
The walkway quickly dead-ends at a large wall grating.
- How can I get through the wall grating?
17 of 18:
You'll find yourself at the bottom of a short fan shaft, with a large opening that's out of reach.
- How can I get up to that opening?
18 of 18: Move down the passage past the opening to get Section 2: Bunch of Piston Areas to load.

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