Walkthrough for Quake II's Cooling Facility mission. Learn how to infiltrate, activate the cooling pump, and destroy the main reactor, including secret areas.
Walkthrough
- 1Head forward and drop into the pipe. Follow it outside and destroy enemies. Use barrels to get onto a crate with a Chain Gun. Press the button on the wall to open the floor beneath you.
- 2Go up the stairs across from where you started the level and follow the corridor to more stairs. Head up them and clear the area.
- 3Drop into the hole you just opened to enter a sewer. Avoid the strong current in the water.
- 4Walk along the outer edge to the left to enter a circular room with Stimpacks and Armor Shards.
- 5Walk along the left edge of the waterway and round a corner. Slowly walk down the incline and climb down the ladder on the left for a secret area with Adrenaline.
- 6Climb back up the ladder and go down the incline to a room full of ammo and enemies.
- 7Continue down the waterway to a large pool with moving platforms. Go up a platform and defeat the Berserkers.
- 8Go through the doors to enter a large room with a big pipe. Turn the valve on the pipe to complete half your secondary objective.
- 9Climb onto the crates and jump onto the moving platform in the pipe. Ride it up.
- 10Jump to the button across from you to complete your secondary objective. You will be given a new objective: return to the Reactor.
- 11Next to the button are crates. Climb onto them and then jump onto the piston moving up and down. Jump onto the next one.
- 12Follow the corridor up to a platform. Hop on and ride it up.
- 13Follow the waterway to a familiar area near the start of the level. Head forward and drop through the hole in the floor.
- 14Go through the door to return to the Reactor. Head forward and drop through a hole. Your secondary objective will update, and you need to go to the Toxic Waste Dump.
- 15Go through the corridor on the right, past the reactor core, and keep going straight to enter a large outdoor area.
- 16Find the BFG on the right. Go into the pipe on the left and follow it to a hole. Drop into it to enter the Toxic Waste Dump.
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