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A detailed walkthrough for Quake IV's hub area, guiding you through combat, item collection, and objective completion, including the Chain Lightning Mod and tram alignment.

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A detailed walkthrough for Quake IV's hub area, guiding you through combat, item collection, and objective completion, including the Chain Lightning Mod and tram alignment.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Grab the LARGE HEALTH PACK on the right.
  2. 2
    Wait for a Strogg Flyer to drop off four Tactical Transfers.
  3. 3
    Find cover and snipe them with your Railgun.
  4. 4
    After the fight, rejoin Ashworth near the locked door to receive the CHAIN LIGHTNING MOD for your Lightning Gun.
  5. 5
    Follow your teammates through the door and battle five Tactical Transfers and one Gunner in the hallway. Use your new mod, Grenade, or Rocket Launcher.
  6. 6
    Before riding the lift, explore the area:
  7. 7
    Get fully patched up by the Tech and Medic.
  8. 8
    Head towards the door opposite the lift, unlock it, and find SHELLS, two CLIPS, and ROCKETS.
  9. 9
    Head back inside, turn right, and go straight through the next door to find a HEALTH STATION and five ARMOR SHARDS.
  10. 10
    Exit this room, unlock the door to your left, head back outside, then through the other door on the left to find two CLIPS and a SMALL HEALTH PACK.
  11. 11
    Go outside again, run past the landing area to find four ARMOR SHARDS and two SMALL HEALTH PACKS.
  12. 12
    Ride the lift up to the second level.
  13. 13
    Defeat two Berserkers.
  14. 14
    Go through the door named "Bridge Control" and activate the bridge panel.
  15. 15
    Go back down and rejoin Scorpion Squad.
  16. 16
    Head outside through the door straight ahead and help secure the bridge, facing a Strogg Marine, a Gunner, and a Gladiator.
  17. 17
    Ask Duncanson and Ashworth to patch you up.
  18. 18
    Cross the bridge and proceed through the door on the right. Collect SHELLS, four CLIPS, and two SMALL HEALTH PACKS in the hallway, and defeat a Strogg Marine.
  19. 19
    Enter the tram hub. Collect more SHELLS, CLIPS, and two SMALL HEALTH PACKS.
  20. 20
    Defeat three Tactical Transfers with your Railgun.
  21. 21
    Behind the nearby computer, claim five ARMOR SHARDS.
  22. 22
    Drop down into the area with pipes. Turn around and crawl under the floor to find some DARK MATTER CORES.
  23. 23
    Follow the blue pipe up to the ledge, step on the steel girders to the right, and follow them to the center.
  24. 24
    Turn left, cross to the other side of the room, jump back up on the platform, and follow it up some steps.
  25. 25
    On the left, find BATTERIES and two LIGHTNING COILS.
  26. 26
    Follow the path back to the locked door you passed before to find crates containing CLIPS, SHELLS, GRENADES, and BATTERIES.
  27. 27
    Turn around and head through the door on the right side of this room.
  28. 28
    Battle five Strogg Marines in this hallway and find a crate in the corner holding SLUGS and BATTERIES.
  29. 29
    Follow this hallway to the next room, which contains GRENADES and ROCKETS.
  30. 30
    Go through the next door and ride the lift down to meet Cortez.
  31. 31
    Find a way to rotate the tram.

Objective: Align Tram Car

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