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Portal 2 Hints
How can I get up to the exit door?
1 of 10: Did you notice what happened when you moved the storage cube from its original location?
2 of 10: The laser beam that it was blocking was able to reach its receptacle.
3 of 10: That caused a lift over next to the exit door's upper floor to rise.
4 of 10: As with most lifts, this one doesn't go up and down on an automatic cycle. That means it's going to stay up and out of reach as long as the laser beam is hitting its receptacle.
5 of 10: Putting the storage cube back on the light bridge to where it blocks the beam isn't going to help, since you need it on the big red button to keep the exit door open.
6 of 10: Once you get on the lift, you'll need to somehow make the cube stop blocking the beam's path without leaving the lift. That's the only way you can ride it up.
7 of 10: To summarize, you need the storage cube to be blocking the laser beam until you get on the lift, after which you'll need the cube to stop blocking the beam and start pressing down the big red button.
8 of 10: Once that's all set, get on the lift and turn to face the way you came.
9 of 10: Relocate the blue portal to the wall section that's just to the left of the orange portal. That'll cause the cube to drop onto the big red button.
10 of 10: The lift will rise with you on it, and you can then go through the exit door. (Provided the cube didn't fall off the big red button after landing on it. If it did, you'll have to go set things up and try again.)
