Half Life 2 Episode 2 Gnome Location

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The Garden Gnome, likewise known as Gnome Chompski,^[1] is an object from Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Half-Life: Alyx. While seeming insignificant at first, it is in fact office of a popular achievement that requires the player to carry the gnome to the final location of the game.

Tactics

One-half-Life 2: Episode Two

To The White Forest

The Garden Gnome located under a wooden console with some drinking glass bottles before exiting the communications building.

The Garden Gnome can be institute within the communications building, next to the leave door nether a wooden panel with some drinking glass bottles .

This Vortal Coil

The Gnome tin can be left in the sleeping room with Alyx and the Vortigaunts.

Freeman Pontifex

Leaving the Gnome in the room overlooking the settlement with the monitor and sniper rifle will interrupt the role player's progress, as this room cannot exist returned to afterward descending into the settlement. However, if the gnome is placed leaning confronting the door facing the bridge, it will autumn through in one case the door is opened from the far side. Alternatively, rather than conveying the Gnome through the infested settlement, it is possible to pick information technology up and throw it with the Use key onto the virtually side of the bridge and recall it once the Muscle Car is reached.

Riding Shotgun

The Garden Gnome is difficult to ship in the Muscle Machine, and so the player volition accept to bulldoze slowly. The player should non leave the gnome in the car when entering the barn, as the Muscle Auto may be moved to make room for the Combine APC that arrives after the barn encounter, and the gnome may exist lost. Instead, information technology is possible to exit the gnome on the ground at the barn when escaping the Hunter-Chopper, proceeding to the next loading bespeak in the train tunnel, then reversing to the previous stage and driving back to the barn to selection upward the gnome. The Chopper will not be nowadays, making it easier to ship the gnome through this department.

A possible way to bear the gnome is to shove it nether the back covers of the car. Putting the gnome in that location will prove to exist a small challenge, just once in, the gnome volition not be easily removed past sudden jerks and braking. The gravity gun is required to shove the gnome in too equally extract information technology. Alternatively, placing the gnome behind the passenger seat so that it will simply drop out of the machine if the brakes are slammed hard enough.

Under the Radar

The gnome tin can be left in the garage with Alyx and the rebels, it will be in that location afterwards destroying the Autogun. During the Combine ambush at the White Woods Inn, the gnome tin can be left in the business firm while disabling the shields. The player may also driblet the gnome down the hill before driving down information technology, once this is all washed, they can drive further and leave the gnome almost the start of the race against DØG to the base and then come back and call up information technology.

Our Common Fiend

The Garden Gnome inside the rocket, along with Lamarr.

The achievement can only be earned by placing the Gnome within the rocket and endmost the hatch door.

Half-Life: Alyx

In that location are two objects with the gnome's blueprint in the game: a bottle opener in its shape that is stuck on Russell'southward fridge, or Gnome Chompski himself, which can be constitute sitting on a couch in the junkyard exterior Russell's lab. Conveying either of these objects through the unabridged game right up until Alyx Vance enters the Vault earns the achievement Gnome Vault of My Own.

It is imperative that the player hold onto the gnome during all loading screens, every bit it will disappear otherwise.

Entanglement

The actor can option upwardly either the gnome or the canteen opener from its starting location before boarding the train.

The Quarantine Zone

Later on disembarking from the railroad train, the histrion tin throw the gnome down into the trainyard near the Quarantine Zone archway: it will exist there when Alyx emerges later on. It tin be left while Alyx unlocks the massive door, just if left in the wrong place information technology will be punted away when the door is opened.

Make sure to have the gnome before jumping down through the pigsty in the subway roof for the beginning major zombie fight, as it volition exist inaccessible if it was left anywhere else previously. During the encounter, the player can put the gnome downward on a subway seat, and if so desired it tin can remain there until the player has cleared the zombie hordes and upgraded their gun, whereupon they tin can get back and retrieve information technology.

During the scene with Gary, the player can drib the gnome downwardly into the pit from where Gary is summoning garbage, as they will go downwardly at that place anyway on their way out.

Is Or Will Be

The player tin can put the gnome downwards side by side to the tunnel that is also nighttime for them to enter without the flashlight: information technology will be there once they have equipped the flashlight later on. It can be left on the table at the front of the nighttime room full of zombies and retrieved once the room is cleared. It can be left adjacent to the door that is missing its turning wheel and picked up once Alyx has the cycle.

It is not recommended to throw the gnome down into the trainyards at Fairview Junction while on the bridge, as it may disappear when the map reloads. Withal, it can be left at the lever for the train switch while Alyx tries to hack the train, and will be there when Alyx throws the switch to crash the train.

Superweapon

There are non many opportunities to put the gnome down to free upwards the histrion'due south hand, though information technology tin can be left at the orange keycard door while the actor retrieves it from upstairs and gets their first glimpse of the Vault. Upon reaching the catwalks above a room afterwards the grenade introduction, the gnome tin be dropped downwardly and picked up when the histrion goes down at that place afterwards. It can likewise be left there while the player clears out the various Combine soldiers in the subway, and picked up as they caput for the Northern Star.

It may be tempting to leave the gnome in the courtyard outside the Northern Star, simply because of diverse map reloads it will not be there when they return at the finish of the chapter.

The Northern Star

In that location are a number of loading screens in this affiliate, then it is imperative to know when to be carrying the gnome. Generally, sections with door or elevator puzzles where the player has to travel to find a power source or other means to unlock it provide opportunities for the player to leave the gnome behind while performing said tasks – merely remember to option it up before going through these entrances. During the Poison Headcrab pit section, outset head upwardly to the door blocked by the free energy field and leave it there – it volition exist there afterward disabling the field.

Arms Race

The gnome can be dropped to the floor in the tall scissor lift puzzle room and picked up one time the player reaches the flooring. The gnome can also exist left on the platform before the crane puzzle needed to enter the distillery, and picked upward once the histrion has finished the puzzle and killed the Combine soldiers in the courtyard.

Jeff

The gnome may seem to pose a trouble during this chapter due to a combination of the histrion having to encompass their rima oris well-nigh Jeff and needing a costless hand to throw bottles to distract the monster, but at that place are several opportunities to exit it in places while the role player deals with various puzzles. It can likewise be left on the floor of the room with the locked door while the player locks Jeff in the freezer. Upon get-go seeing Jeff from above while talking with Larry, experience free to drop the gnome down into the hallway, as the player volition travel there later. Be certain to pick it upwards before going through the window as it is not possible to get dorsum to this area. The gnome can so be left near the door to the elevator while the player deals with the power, and picked up and brought inside for the elevator ride with Jeff.

Upon getting to the massive door leading out of the distillery, the player volition need to pick upwardly three ability cells. The gnome tin be left in this surface area, freeing up the role player's hands for the more than forced Jeff run across while searching for the ability cells. It can exist picked up in one case Jeff has finally been disposed of and brought into Antlion tunnels.

Captivity and Revelations

In that location are not many opportunities to go out the gnome backside for extended periods: in general, the best strategy in each department is for the histrion to put the gnome downward, clear out enemies, and option information technology up again before moving on.

Breaking and Entering

Once again, there are few opportunities to get out the gnome backside. There is, however, one loading screen in detail where it is imperative that the player is holding on to the gnome: the scene where the Vault comes crashing downwardly, destroying buildings in its path. It may be helpful to quicksave during this sequence, as if the gnome disappears the last autosave will exist overwritten to after the Vault's devastation.

In society to fulfill the physical requirements of the accomplishment, Alyx must continue to hold the gnome until she enters the Vault, all the way up through the tractor beam ride.

The achievement will be granted upon completion of the game.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two


	Ship the garden gnome into space.

Half-Life: Alyx


	Earned by carrying the gnome to the Vault.

Trivia

The gnome motif is based on a famed prank in which a real gnome statue is stolen from a house'south yard and and so returned quondam later with photographs showing it in front of various tourist landmarks.
The gnome can as well be seen in ApertureScience.com on top of the mantelpiece and it may motility randomly on its own.
The gnome too makes an appearance in Left 4 Dead 2, known equally Gnome Chompski. An achievement requires the Gnome, similar in Episode Two, to be carried all the way to the rescue vehicle in the Dark Carnival campaign. Doing and then gives the player the accomplishment "Guardin' Gnome" and unlocks the Rochelle's Depeche Style t-shirt for the thespian's avatar on the Xbox 360 version.
Using cheats will non prevent the role player from earning the achievement as long every bit the sv_cheats command is gear up to 0 earlier dropping the gnome into the rocket. The Xbox 360 version tin can be achieved with cheats turned on or off.
Another mode of getting the Episode Ii achievement is by using "ent_setname gnome" on any pickable entity (e.g. a bucket).
Hunter-Choppers, Hunters and Combine Soldiers will sometimes target the gnome if the player is carrying information technology with the gravity gun. They act as if the player is carrying a Manhack or a Magnusson Device.
The gnome tin can be grabbed out of the rocket through the door and carried the balance of the game, the actor will still become the achievement.

Listing of appearances

ApertureScience.com (Not before Christmas 2007)
Half-Life two: Episode Two (First appearance)
The Final Hours of Portal 2
Half-Life: Alyx

References

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