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Portal 2 Hints

Gel Pump Station

1 of 8: Push open the next door, then walk into the extremely tall cavern that the gel pipes run through to get from the enrichment spheres to the gel pump station.
2 of 8:
You're going to have to get up to the gel pump station in stages. The first stage is to get onto the lowest floor of the large structure in the center of the cavern.
- How can I get up to the lowest floor?
3 of 8:
Next, get yourself up to the second floor, and then to the third floor.
- How can I get up to the second floor?
- How can I get from the second floor to the third floor?
4 of 8:
To move up to the fourth floor, you're going to have to use the big side area with the force-fielded doorway and three gel leaks.
- How can I get to the fourth floor?
5 of 8:
From the fourth floor, you need to move up to a small walkway that's underneath a large pipe shaft.
- How can I get onto the walkway?
6 of 8:
Go to the end of the walkway and look up into the pipe shaft, then figure out a way to get up to the gel pump station.
- How can I get up to the pump station?
7 of 8:
In the pump station, you'll need to get the giant hatch in the ceiling open, then find the elevator in the area above it.
- How can I get the hatch open?
- How can I get up to the elevator?
8 of 8: Enter the elevator to be taken to Chapter 8: The Itch.

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