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Entering the Old Mill
I Hate This Place

Entering the Old Mill

Follow this guide to successfully enter and navigate the Old Mill in I Hate This Place. Learn about the enemies, items, and shortcuts within.

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Entering the Old Mill

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
  1. 1
    Head northwest in the Forest until you reach a gate. Use a key to enter.
  2. 2
    Defeat the Broodmother and smaller spiders. Collect the 'That’s a hell of a spider' achievement.
  3. 3
    Enter the bunker entrance north of the battle arena, leading into tunnels.
  4. 4
    Find the TV save point, campfire, and note near a map.
  5. 5
    Crouch and move west, fighting spiders. At the path split, head northwest.
  6. 6
    Defeat tentacle men and a hazmat enemy. Loot containers west of the locked door.
  7. 7
    Head southwest, burning down the obstacle with explosives.
  8. 8
    Follow the path east at the split. Crouch under supports and break another obstacle.
  9. 9
    Head southeast, then east through an electrified area. Defeat the large enemy and find a first-aid kit.
  10. 10
    Collect the 'Minecart Brake Lever' from a broken mine cart. Turn off the switch to make the electrified zone safe.
  11. 11
    Head southwest, defeating a hazmat enemy and tentacle man protecting lootable boxes.
  12. 12
    Return to the previous path split and head west. Defeat a large enemy and reach a broken mine cart.
  13. 13
    Use the 'Minecart Brake Lever' and Fuel to activate the cart.
  14. 14
    Enter the activated door to find a Workbench, TV save point, note, and containers.
  15. 15
    Use the cart to move to a previous area and go through the newly unlocked door with a green light.
  16. 16
    Find a first-aid kit and TV save point.
  17. 17
    Continue along the path, fighting ambushing spiders. At the split, going northwest leads to a dead end with lootable containers.
  18. 18
    Head northeast, fighting a large enemy and looting a first-aid kit.
  19. 19
    Loot 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.
  20. 20
    Continue along the southern paths, which merge. Defeat large spiders and find a trapdoor. Loot a box north of it.
  21. 21
    Open a shortcut northwest of the trapdoor leading back to a previous area.
  22. 22
    Go through the trapdoor and follow the path southeast. Defeat a large spider and find a first-aid kit.
  23. 23
    At the path split, head east to find a TV save point, a 'Crank', and a lootable box.
  24. 24
    Return to the path split and head west, crouching under supports. Find two boxes near a ladder (shortcut to tunnel entrance).
  25. 25
    Go back up the original ladder. Head northeast, sticking to the left wall until you see another ladder.
  26. 26
    Climb the ladder. Defeat a tentacle man. Loot a box southwest of the trapdoor.
  27. 27
    Head south of the trapdoor, defeat a large spider, and find a box.
  28. 28
    Head east of the trapdoor, defeat a tentacle man. Follow the path north, defeating a large enemy. Loot boxes and crates.
  29. 29
    Use the 'Crank' on the machine to open doors below.
  30. 30
    Return to the trapdoor and go down. Head northeast and northwest, then northeast through the opened doors.
  31. 31
    Climb the ladder at the end to leave the tunnels.
  32. 32
    Head northwest to reach the 'Druid’s Hut'. Loot a box to the left of the steps. Use the Workbench.
  33. 33
    Enter the Hut to find a box, Stove, and another box. Read the note on the north table.
  34. 34
    In 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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