Quake HIP1M4: Research Facility Walkthrough (All Secrets)
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When the mission first begins grab the Proximity Gun and approach the large doors to open them. Inside the first room go to the right and you'll find a Super Nailgun as well. The first thing I recommend you do is visit the locked Gold Keycard Door so that you can get Secret #1. After that you'll want to visit the room with the Silver Keycard (right down the hall) so that you can grab Secret #2 and the keycard.
Return to the four way fork in the room above you and go through the door marked 96, you'll find enemies in here along with the Thunderbolt weapon. If you look through the grates below where the Thunderbolt was you'll see a Shambler. It's up to you if you'd like to take him out from here or wait until we get downstairs.
Use the Silver Keycard on the locked door next and ride the elevator up. Clear the room of enemies and grab Secret #3 while you're up here. You'll have the choice of two paths while you're up here, one door is across from Secret #3 and that's the door we need to use to advance. The other door takes you back to where the mission started - ontop of the mining facility. Up here you'll find a Laser Cannon weapon along with an easter egg if you manage to get ontop of the roof.
Press this button then fall down into the hole
The route across from Secret #3 will take you to the room pictured above. In this room you'll need to press the button next to the computer and then fall down the hole. This will put you into the underground area where the Shambler is, before going forward turn around and go into the room that is half-filled with water. Make sure you get the Gold Keycard from this room, once you have this item you can exit the underground area.
As you can imagine our next task is to return to the locked Gold Keycard Door and open it. You'll find the most dangerous room of the level since there is lightning bolts arcing around the area. Avoid these lightning bolts since they can one-shot you, our goal is to hit the button on the 2nd floor here which will turn off the lightning.
Next, you'll want to fall down into the hole that opens up and defeat the enemies that come out of the four doors to attack you. Once they're all defeated step on the exit level portal pad here and you'll be teleported to a different more gothic looking area.
Secret #1
Secret #1: Find the Gold Keycard Door and shoot the blue light that is on the ceiling nearby. Doing this will open a hatch with some goodies inside.
Secret #2
Secret #2: Inside the room with the Silver Keycard you will want to go upstairs and run over the trigger (pictured below). The trigger is found on the top floor of this room, it's in the location where the ramp connects to the top floor. If you turn up your volume you can hear the door open downstairs when you run overtop of this trigger. Once you run over the trigger fall down and make your way under the stairs as quickly as possible.
Secret #3
Secret #3: After opening the blue door you will ride a lift up to a control room with a bunch of computers. To find the secret in this room you'll need to press a switch on the side of a computer; doing this will open a panel with the secret goodies inside.
Easter Egg
If you somehow manage to get ontop of the roof of the Research Facility you'll get the text pop up "...thought you'd get up here somehow". Aside from this message the only thing up here for you is a suit of yellow armor. You can get up here one of two ways, the first is by using a Rocket Jump and the second is by running up the slope next to the door.
