Part 39

Immediately after the previous section, you'll encounter an area with land mines. The guide suggests using a combined explosion of a grenade and land mines to kill an enemy, or using an AR grenade or pistol sneak-shooting as alternatives.

Proceed past the vortigaunt's former location into an alley with a tripmine. You can bypass it by jumping over from rubble.

Move towards the steps ahead, watching for falling cinderblock rubble. Back up quickly if it starts falling to avoid damage.

Descend the steps and jump over another tripmine. Quicksave.

The next tripmine is at the bottom of more steps. Jump over the left end of the laser and strafe left past the steps to avoid damaging rubble.

Run to the wall ahead and use hand grenades to destroy a sniper's nest above. Quicksave beforehand and consider moving back slightly before throwing.

Near a dead security guard, grab the shotgun. Ignore the tripmine on the right and head towards a small land mine area. You can shoot the mines with an assault rifle or pistol, or avoid them. Hug the left wall, go straight to the wall ahead, turn left, hug that wall to the corner, then move under a sniper's nest.

Get out the assault rifle, quicksave, and lob an AR grenade into the sniper's nest from near the barbed wire barricade. Run back to the wall quickly to avoid damage. If you fail, quickrestore and retry. You can shoot the land mine first if preferred.

Go to the right end of the barbed wire barricade, crouch under it, and shoot the two explosive barrels ahead and to the left.

Move past the barricade to a fallen electrical structure. Jump-crouch onto its base and run up to the building's roof.

On the roof, find a large grate-covered fan. Go past it to a blackened hole in the roof. Crouch-drop through the hole onto wooden crates to avoid damage and reach section c2a5d.

Bash crates in the room to find a health pack. Go through the door, turn left, bash more crates, and push through a partly open door to bash crates and find an unset tripmine.

Return to the hallway and navigate heavily tripmined areas. Avoid detonating any tripmines or explosive barrels.

Jump over the first tripmine from the steps. Jump onto the railing near the second tripmine. Quicksave before attempting to run along the railing, as it often triggers the mine. Alternatively, try jumping over the false detonation point.

Past that, enter the door on the left. Bash the first two crates. Push the smallest crate against the next-smallest, then jump-crouch onto the smallest, crouch-walk onto the biggest, and then onto the big window's ledge. Drop carefully to the floor below.

Shoot the two headcrabs ahead with your pistol.

At the corner, turn right and go forward to find a large crate. Bash it to get another unset tripmine.

To exit, use a tricky method: From the last crate, turn around, go to the nearest tripmine on a wooden crate. Quicksave, then carefully jump-crouch onto the tripmine, then onto the crate it's attached to. Crouch-jump to a nearby crate, then jump-crouch onto the railing and drop onto the escape lift. If the jump to the railing is difficult, jump over another tripmine beam to a crate next to the railing, then jump-crouch over the railing. (Note: You may need to drop to the floor and push a crate up against the railing.)

Once on the escape lift, use the button panel to descend.

After the lift stops, find the Hornet Gun on the floor. Use its altfire mode to blow up explosive crates. Bash remaining crates and collect supplies.

Have the Hornet Gun equipped as you proceed.