Follow our comprehensive guide to Harold Halibut's Chapter 1.2, 'The Hang of It.' Learn how to clean the filter station, feed the fish, and progress through the early stages of the game.
After exiting the tube system, you’ll encounter another cutscene with Professor Mareaux. Follow the Professor to the laboratory, where she’ll provide you with some tasks and the PDA. Use the PDA to navigate the main menu and select the To-Do list. In this submenu, you’ll find your Main and Optional Tasks.
Note Entry: All Water Intro, you'll automatically achieve this note after getting the PDA from Professor Mareaux.
- 1Clean the Filter Station
The filter station is situated in the lowest section of the Lab District. Here’s how you can get to the filter station and how you can clean the filter pump:
- Go out of the lab and walk to the left until you see a T-section with the signs Lounge and LVL 1.
- 2Keep going down the flight of stairs until you get to a sign that says Filtration Pump014F.
- 3Head to the right side of the floor until you reach the Filtration Pump014F room.
- 4Once you enter the Filtration Pump Room, you’ll see a lever on the upper right. Take the short set of stairs and interact with the lever.
- 5After interacting with the lever, you’ll see a bunch of symbols on your screen. Don’t panic; simply highlight the symbol with the orange glow.
- 6You’ll now have two selectable symbols ㅅ and ∝🗌' _. Highlight and select the_'∝🗌** symbol and then the 🌀?** symbol to flush out the filter, completing the task.
- 7Feed the Fish
To feed the Fish, approach the machine next to the countertop table. Interact with the machine only to find it’s out of fish food. The next step is to find a man named Cyrus to get some fish food. Here’s how you can get to Cyrus and feed the fishes:
- Head straight out of the lab until you get to the T-Section with the signs Lounge and LVL 1.
- 8Take the stairs to LVL 1 and go right until you reach a greenhouse-looking room. You’ll know you’re taking the correct route once you see the sign Botanical Concepts 022F and Observatory.
- 9Enter the Botanical Concepts 022F room and interact with Cyrus. A short cutscene will play, and he’ll give you the fish food.
- 10Return to the lab and interact with the fish feeder machine. Once done, you'll automatically get another Main Task.
- 11Go to the Agora Arcades
After completing both tasks, Harold mentions that he needs to go to the Agora Arcades. Simply exit the lab and go straight to the Tube System, and you’ll encounter a cutscene where Harold mentions that the ticket reactivation may take a while. He’ll exit the Tube System, and you’ll be given a new task.
- 12Watch the Announcement
Once Harold exits the Tube System, you’ll get a new objective: You need to watch the announcement through the lounge. Go to the left from the Tube System until you get to the T-section again. Instead of going left and down the stairs, go right through the small Lounge room.
After walking into the room, you’ll get a short cutscene where you meet Chris. After a short conversation, you and Chris will watch the announcement together. He will then oblige you to sleep afterward.
Note Entries:
- Chris in the Lounge, Ask every question available while talking to Chris.
- 13Buoy Announcement, After watching the announcement with Chris.
- 14Time to Sleep
Upon exiting the lounge, the All Water announcer will mention that all Tube Systems will now be closed along with a few lights going out due to curfew. Head into the lab, go left from the fish feeder, and down the stairs, where you’ll find your room. Interact with the bed and proceed to the next day.
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