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Part 2
Half-Life: Alyx

Part 2

Complete walkthrough for Half-Life: Alyx Part 2, covering chapters like 'To White Forest', 'This Vortial Coil', and 'Freeman Pontifex'. Includes objectives and tips.

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Complete walkthrough for Half-Life: Alyx Part 2, covering chapters like 'To White Forest', 'This Vortial Coil', and 'Freeman Pontifex'. Includes objectives and tips.

Walkthrough
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    3.1a Meet the ASAs:
    1. Wake up inside a tilting train car after the Citadel's destruction.
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    Find Alyx Vance at the end of the car.
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    Open the car door, grab the Gravity Gun (GG), and proceed to the next car.
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    Open that car door and drop to the ground.
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    Exit the area once a portal storm causes boulders to clear a path.
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    Navigate a linear tunnel, dealing with Zombies (Zs) if necessary.
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    Enter the building and close the door behind Alyx to prevent her from exiting to fight.
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    Help Alyx set up the radio and wait for her to finish talking to White Forest.
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    Enter the next tunnel, run, and jump over a Poison Spider (PS). Let Alyx handle it.
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    Use the Gravity Gun (GGP+) to clear the tunnel car blockage.
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    In the train yard, find the path to the top of the Control Room (CR) building.
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    Enter the gate control room, raise the gate, and exit via the trapdoor.
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    After Alyx is attacked by a Hunter (H) and saved from Antlions (ALs) by a Vortigaunt, find the mine elevator.
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    Yank the Key (KB) from the gears and ride the elevator down.
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    Collect goodies in the mine shack.
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    Locate the elevator, crank the hand wheel to raise it, and pass your floor for extra goodies.
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    Use GGP- to collect them on the way down, then step off onto your floor.
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    Look for more goodies and proceed through holes in the flooring.
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    You'll reach a hole above another level; drop down quickly and run in the direction of a pale white thing.
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    This is an Acid Spitting Ant (ASA). Avoid its spit by strafing and sprinting.
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    Follow the track that bends left, noting ore cars blocking Line Of Sight (LOS) to more ASAs.
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    Sprint toward the cars and into a narrow room on the left.
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    Collect weapons and ammo. Use the Gravity Gun (GGP-) to pick up an Energy Tool (ET) from the table.
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    Turn to face the hole near the locker. Move along the right wall toward the hole.
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    Drop the ET into the hole as you pass by on its left side. Use GGP+ to clear the material blocking the hole.
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    Use GGP- to grab Suit Battery (SB) from the locker.
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    Open the door to the right of the lockers, backstep to the wall.
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    Use GGP- to grab Pulse Rifle (PR) ammo from the locker, then drop into the hole.
  • 3.1b Looking for just the right hole in the floor:
    1. Creep under the tracks with the ET.
    2. Clear debris and junk blocking your path to ground level.
    3. Be aware of ASAs behind steel beams, maintaining 4-5 feet from fences.
    • Tips
    • Acid Spitting Ants (ASAs) spit acid, which is damaging. Maintain distance and be aware of their access points.
    • When clearing debris, be vigilant about your position, especially with ASAs behind fences.

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