Follow this guide to successfully enter and navigate the Old Mill in I Hate This Place. Learn about the enemies, items, and shortcuts within.
Walkthrough
- 1Head northwest in the Forest until you reach a gate. Use a key to enter.
- 2Defeat the Broodmother and smaller spiders. Collect the 'That’s a hell of a spider' achievement.
- 3Enter the bunker entrance north of the battle arena, leading into tunnels.
- 4Find the TV save point, campfire, and note near a map.
- 5Crouch and move west, fighting spiders. At the path split, head northwest.
- 6Defeat tentacle men and a hazmat enemy. Loot containers west of the locked door.
- 7Head southwest, burning down the obstacle with explosives.
- 8Follow the path east at the split. Crouch under supports and break another obstacle.
- 9Head southeast, then east through an electrified area. Defeat the large enemy and find a first-aid kit.
- 10Collect the 'Minecart Brake Lever' from a broken mine cart. Turn off the switch to make the electrified zone safe.
- 11Head southwest, defeating a hazmat enemy and tentacle man protecting lootable boxes.
- 12Return to the previous path split and head west. Defeat a large enemy and reach a broken mine cart.
- 13Use the 'Minecart Brake Lever' and Fuel to activate the cart.
- 14Enter the activated door to find a Workbench, TV save point, note, and containers.
- 15Use the cart to move to a previous area and go through the newly unlocked door with a green light.
- 16Find a first-aid kit and TV save point.
- 17Continue along the path, fighting ambushing spiders. At the split, going northwest leads to a dead end with lootable containers.
- 18Head northeast, fighting a large enemy and looting a first-aid kit.
- 19Loot a box to the right of the path. At the next split, deal with tentacle men (southeast) and a large spider (southwest) before looting the box.
- 20Continue along the southern paths, which merge. Defeat large spiders and find a trapdoor. Loot a box north of it.
- 21Open a shortcut northwest of the trapdoor leading back to a previous area.
- 22Go through the trapdoor and follow the path southeast. Defeat a large spider and find a first-aid kit.
- 23At the path split, head east to find a TV save point, a 'Crank', and a lootable box.
- 24Return to the path split and head west, crouching under supports. Find two boxes near a ladder (shortcut to tunnel entrance).
- 25Go back up the original ladder. Head northeast, sticking to the left wall until you see another ladder.
- 26Climb the ladder. Defeat a tentacle man. Loot a box southwest of the trapdoor.
- 27Head south of the trapdoor, defeat a large spider, and find a box.
- 28Head east of the trapdoor, defeat a tentacle man. Follow the path north, defeating a large enemy. Loot boxes and crates.
- 29Use the 'Crank' on the machine to open doors below.
- 30Return to the trapdoor and go down. Head northeast and northwest, then northeast through the opened doors.
- 31Climb the ladder at the end to leave the tunnels.
- 32Head northwest to reach the 'Druid’s Hut'. Loot a box to the left of the steps. Use the Workbench.
- 33Enter the Hut to find a box, Stove, and another box. Read the note on the north table.
- 34In the next room, find a TV save point and a bed. Note the inaccessible trapdoor.
Tips
- Bring Fuel x2 and an Electric Grenade x1.
- Weapons like the Submachine Gun and Riot Shotgun are effective against spiders.
- Keep your distance from the Broodmother.
- Molotov Cocktails or Mining Explosives can be used to burn obstacles, but are less effective against the mobile Broodmother.
- The 'Arsenal' achievement requires crafting every weapon at the Workbench.
- The 'Full picture' achievement requires finding all 41 locations, including the spider battlefield.
- 'That’s a hell of a spider' achievement.
- Access to the Druid's Hut and its crafting/save points.
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