A comprehensive Quake II walkthrough for the Receiving Center mission. Discover secret areas, find the Rail Gun, and learn strategies to shut down the alien Processing Plant.
Walkthrough
- 1From the start, kill the guards and enter the corridor. To the left are laser beams, to the right is a door.
- 2Approach the lasers and find a button on the right wall. Pressing it opens a large grate leading down into a pipe. Drop in.
- 3Follow the pipe to a large room filled with lava. Kill the Guard below, then drop down.
- 4Press the button on the wall to lower a bridge. Cross it, then pull the lever on the right to drain the lava.
- 5Drop into the empty lava pit and press a wall button to open a pipe above.
- 6Climb the stairs out of the pit and go down the corridor on the right to a platform. Ride it up and jump into the opened pipe.
- 7Follow the pipe and climb the ladder. You will encounter a Brain; kill it.
- 8Head into the corridor to find a button. Press it.
- 9Return to where you climbed out of the pipe and ride the middle platform up to a Flak Jacket. Drop into the room below.
- 10Head up the stairs on the left and go through a door. Cross the bridge and turn left to find a wall button. Press it.
- 11Go through the door next to the button. You will be at the other end of the corridor that was blocked by laser beams at the start; they are now disabled.
- 12Go right and you will be on a bridge with Stimpacks. Jump into the waterfall to find a secret level called Sudden Death.
- 13In Sudden Death, you have 30 seconds to grab as many items as possible, including Stimpacks, Armor Shards, ammo, weapons, Bandoliers, Heavy Packs, and a Hyper Blaster. You will return to the bridge after 30 seconds.
- 14Drop into the water below the bridge and head through the corridor to find a secret area and the Rail Gun.
- 15A walkway lowers; head up it and face the Parasite.
- 16Continue to the end of the corridor and go through the opening to kill a Guard and two Gunners.
- 17Strafe left and try to kill the Guard across the way before he reaches the bridge and explodes it. Quick save/load may be helpful here.
- 18Cross the bridge and blow up the crates to get a Quad Damage.
- 19Go left and defeat a Gladiator.
- 20Enter the room on the left with lasers on the floor, then go through the door on the right to end the level.
Secret Areas: 2/4 found.
Tips
- The Rail Gun is a powerful weapon acquired in this level.
- Be mindful of the bridge that can explode if the Guard reaches it.
- The Sudden Death secret level offers a significant amount of valuable items and weapons.
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