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Portal 2 Hints
How can I get all of the redirection cubes down to the main floor?
1 of 13: One of them starts off down there, but the other two don't.
2 of 13: While standing on the portal-friendly flooring near the aerial faith plate, look back toward the starting platform.
3 of 13: To the left of it is a very small ledge with a redirection cube on it.
4 of 13: Looking up, you'll see that the ceiling directly above that ledge is portal-friendly.
5 of 13: Put a blue portal on that ceiling, then put an orange portal on the floor (or a portal-friendly wall). You can then drop down onto the cube's ledge.
6 of 13: You'll probably land right on top of the cube, which makes it impossible to pick up and carry. Edge carefully over to where you can drop onto the ledge, then pick up the cube and drop down to the main floor.
7 of 13: The third cube is going to be harder to get. It's on a similar small ledge that's much higher up, directly across from the exit alcove.
8 of 13: There's no portal-friendly ceiling above it, though there are two portal-friendly wall sections to the right of it.
9 of 13: The section nearest the ledge isn't going to be helpful, but the one that starts just past the wall corner will be.
10 of 13: Have you investigated this chamber's portal-flinging gimmick yet?
11 of 13: You're going to need to portal-fling yourself onto that cube's ledge.
12 of 13: Follow the directions given in the question about the portal-flinging mechanism, noting that you'll have to turn left after you're thrown up into the air, then relocate the blue portal to the top left corner of the portal-friendly wall surface mentioned above.
13 of 13: When you do it right, you'll end up knocking the cube off of its ledge. It'll probably fall down onto the starting platform, which you can easily portal yourself onto. (Or since you'll need a cube on that platform eventually, you might want to just leave it there.)
