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Portal 2 Hints

How can I get up to the lowest floor?

  • 1 of 9: After moving up to the base of the big structure, turn left to see a tall, narrow wall that's portal-friendly.
  • 2 of 9: At the top of the wall is a small walkway and a door. You can't go through the door, but look above it to see a portal-friendly slanted surface.
  • 3 of 9: Due to its position, that slanted surface can be used to portal-fling yourself onto the structure's lowest floor.
  • 4 of 9: Looking around for portal-friendly flooring, you'll find a large patch of it under the center of the structure.
  • 5 of 9: Look up from there to see that the four nearby vertical support columns all have portal-friendly surfaces.
  • 6 of 9: You could probably get enough momentum for your portal fling if you dropped down to the floor from one of the highest metal crossbeams.
  • 7 of 9: Put a blue portal near the bottom of one of the vertical columns' highest segments, then put an orange portal on the floor (or on the base of the narrow portal-friendly wall) so you can get up onto the crossbeam that's next to the blue portal.
  • 8 of 9: Move around on the crossbeam if necessary until you can put the blue portal on the slanty surface that's above the door and walkway.
  • 9 of 9: Look down and adjust the position of the orange portal so you can drop into it, then do so to get flung onto the structure's lowest floor.