I Hate This Place: The Source's True Form Guide

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Walkthrough

1
Head northwest in the Forest to a gate, then north to find a large spider egg. Use the key to enter.
2
The Broodmother and smaller spiders will attack. Use ranged weapons like the Submachine Gun or Riot Shotgun. Keep distance and focus fire on the Broodmother if it pulls you in.
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After the fight, head north to find a bunker entrance leading to tunnels.
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Follow the tunnels, using the map to navigate. Find a TV save point, campfire, and a note.
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Crouch and head west, then northwest at the split. Defeat tentacle men and a hazmat enemy.
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Head southwest, burning an obstacle with explosives. Follow the path, heading east at the next split.
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Crouch under supports, break another obstacle, and follow the path to a box. A shortcut door is northeast of the box.
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Head southeast, then east through an electrified area. Defeat a large enemy and find a first-aid kit.
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Northeast of the kit, find a broken mine cart and a switch to turn off the electricity.
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Head southwest, defeating a hazmat enemy and tentacle man to loot two boxes.
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Return to the previous path split and head west. Defeat a large enemy to reach a broken mine cart.
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Use the Minecart Brake Lever and Fuel to activate the cart, opening a door.
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Go through the door to find a Workbench, TV save point, note, and containers.
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Use the cart to return to a previous area and go through the newly opened green-lit door.
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Follow the path, finding a first-aid kit and TV save point.
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Continue, fighting large spiders. At the split, going northwest leads to a dead end with lootable containers.
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Head northeast, fight a large enemy, and find a first-aid kit.
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Loot a box to the right, dealing with tentacle men to the southeast and a large spider to the southwest.
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Continue on either southern path, which merge. Defeat large spiders and find a trapdoor. Loot a box north of it.
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A shortcut northwest of the trapdoor leads back to a previous area.
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Go through the trapdoor and follow the path southeast, fighting a large spider and finding a first-aid kit.
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At the path split, head east to find a TV save point, a Crank, and a lootable box.
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Return to the split and head west, crouching under supports. Find two boxes near a ladder (a shortcut to the tunnel entrance).
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Go back up the ladder you originally came down from. Head northeast and find another ladder.
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Climb the ladder and defeat a tentacle man. Loot a box southwest of the trapdoor.
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Head south of the trapdoor, defeat a large spider, and find a box.
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Head east of the trapdoor, defeat a tentacle man, and take the north path. Defeat a large enemy. Loot a box to the left, crates to the north, and a box to the right.
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Use the Crank on the machine on the right to open doors below.
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Return to the trapdoor and go down. Head northeast and northwest, then northeast through the opened door. Climb the ladder at the end to exit the tunnels.
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Head northwest to the Druid’s Hut. Loot a box to the left and use the Workbench.
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Inside the Hut, loot a box, find a Stove, and another box. Read a note on the north table.
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In the next room, find a TV save point and a bed. A trapdoor with a button is inaccessible for now.

Tips

Bring Fuel x2 and an Electric Grenade x1 before proceeding.
Crafting all weapons at the Workbench unlocks the 'Arsenal' achievement.
The spider battlefield is one of the 41 locations needed for the 'Full picture' achievement.
Molotov Cocktails are effective for burning obstacles, but Grenades and Mining Explosives also work.
The Submachine Gun and Riot Shotgun are effective against spiders.

'That’s a hell of a spider' achievement for defeating the Broodmother.

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