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Getting the Yellow Key (7)
Duke Nukem 3D

Getting the Yellow Key (7)

Find the Yellow Key in Duke Nukem 3D by navigating the Crate Room, Office, and Fire Station, battling Enforcers, Pig Cops, and Sentry Drones.

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Find the Yellow Key in Duke Nukem 3D by navigating the Crate Room, Office, and Fire Station, battling Enforcers, Pig Cops, and Sentry Drones.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Enter the Crate Room and be prepared for attacks from Enforcers and Sentry Drones immediately behind the door. Grab the Body Armor.
  2. 2
    Go right into the crate room. Fight a Trooper and Pig Cops firing from a window on the left.
  3. 3
    Go around the right corner to fight Troopers, a Captain, and Sentry Drones. Collect the Large Medikit in the corner.
  4. 4
    Climb the boxes; find Atomic Health on one stack and Devastator Ammo on another. Destroy the Mounted Gun firing from across a wall.
  5. 5
    Jump onto the ledge to get a Portable Medikit and proceed into the next area.
  6. 6
    In the Office, immediately grab the Shotgun and Devastator Ammo.
  7. 7
    Use Night Vision Goggles (found on a bookshelf) on a darkened wall to reveal Secret 2. Find RPG Ammo in front of this wall.
  8. 8
    Locate Night Vision Goggles on a bookshelf, Steroids on another, and a Laser Tripbomb beside that bookshelf.
  9. 9
    SECRET 1: Above the couch, open the painting facing the TV to find two Mounted Guns and a Freezer.
  10. 10
    SECRET 2: Destroy bottles on the two bottom shelves of a shelf (or use a Pipebomb) and walk through the wall to get a Portable Medikit.
  11. 11
    Destroy the wall in the Office to return to the waterway. Fight the Commander in the waterway to proceed.
  12. 12
    Return to the Crate Room entrance area and enter the next door. You may be attacked by a new Commander from the Crate Room.
  13. 13
    The next area initially contains two Enforcers and a Sentry Drone.
  14. 14
    In the Radio Station Area, find a Large Medikit and two trashcans in the corner. Break open a trashcan for Shotgun Shells.
  15. 15
    As you move further in, two Enforcers will drop from the radio station roof. A Mounted Gun is in the distance.
  16. 16
    Progress to the red-bricked building (Fire Station) and be fired upon by new Enforcers.
  17. 17
    Inside the Fire Station, defeat numerous Pig Cops using Pipebombs.
  18. 18
    Jump on the fire truck for a Holoduke and Shotgun Shells.
  19. 19
    Find a Portable Medikit in a medical compartment on the wall.
  20. 20
    Blow up a crack in the wall. Defeat two Pig Cops behind the staircase.
  21. 21
    Collect three Shrink Ray Ammo at the base of the staircase.
  22. 22
    At the top of the stairs, find an Atomic Health and Shotgun Shells.
  23. 23
    Around the corner, defeat a Commander hiding in shadows and two more waiting.
  24. 24
    Proceed down the hallway, collect the RPG, and press the wall switch.
  25. 25
    A column will descend, revealing the Yellow Key and a fireman's pole. Collect the Yellow Key.
  26. 26
    Head to the KTIT radio station. Sentry Drones will have spawned as you backtrack.
Tips
  • Be wary of Sentry Drones in the Crate Room, as they can significantly damage your health.
  • Use Pipebombs to clear out the Pig Cops in the Fire Station.
  • A difficult-to-see Commander is hiding in the shadows around the corner after the Fire Station stairs.

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