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Vaporum Walkthrough

Level 5: The Riddle of Steel (to L6)

  1. Regular Mace

    In the chest here lies a Regular Mace, a phonodiary and a note.

  2. Drone

    The cannon drone patrolling behind the grate can be incapacitated by any area-of-effect gadget without any danger to yourself, or you can choose to encounter it later.

  3. Ambush

    Stepping here will close the door behind you, and a solitary ray drone will attack from the east.

  4. Lever

    Pulling this lever will drop all stationary crates except the westernmost one into the floor and raise two secret walls, releasing two more ray drones.

  5. Lever

    This lever will drop the final stationary crate into the floor and also reopen the door next to 3.

  6. Gear

    Kill the acid roach that’s coming around the bend and take the gear from this box. This will close the door next to it but we will ultimately require two gears to get through.

  7. Pressure Plate

    This pressure plate will close the door behind you, leaving you stranded in the room with two assault guardians. A lever around the bend will reopen the door.

  8. Lever

    Flip this lever to close the southern pressure plate and open the northern one. Follow that corridor in the only direction you can go: north.

  9. Pressure Plate

    This pressure plate will close the door behind you, leaving you in the capable limbs of a welder drone and two spiderlings. Laying waste to them will open the door to 10. Before going there, turn the handwheel almost hidden away in the southwest quadrant.

  10. Repair Kit

    This chest has a Repair Kit. Next to it is a switch; flip it to spawn an acid roach, a roachling and a heavy guardian. Their death will open another door to 11.

  11. Energy Cell

    From this chest you can pick up an Energy Cell and some ammunition. Flip the switch next to it to spawn the next set of creatures: a ray drone and a cannon drone. Destroying them will open the door to 12. Again, before going there turn the handwheel hidden in the northeastern quadrant.

  12. Brick

    This chest has two Fumium Capacitors, a Brick, and a note. Flip the switch next to it to spawn the last pair of enemies: an assault guardian and a great roach. The roach will drop a Rusty Key. Killing them will also reopen the way out, but first visit the northwestern quadrant.

  13. Secret #11

    Turn the last handwheel in the northwestern quadrant to open the secret wall to this chest, which holds a Spring-Bolt Mace and some ammunition.

  14. Crate

    Push this crate out of the way and terminate the welder drone that’s trying to kill you.

  15. Pressure Plate

    Stand here and weigh down the pressure plate with the Brick through the broken grate to open the door.

  16. Battered Warhammer

    Kill the assault guardian, then check this chest for a Battered Warhammer and a note.

  17. Locked Door

    Use the Rusty Key on this keyhole to open the door next to it.

  18. Crate

    Push this crate north to block off the continuously spawning welder drones, and kill the heavy guardian who is about to murder you.

  19. Template Box

    Place the Gear in this box. We’ll need to return later to use the forge to duplicate it.

  20. Advanced Protector

    Break these crates to claim an Advanced Protector.

  21. Lever

    Pull this lever to open the door at the other end of the corridor, then walk all the way back around to 8, and flip that lever. Down the now-accessible corridor, flip the lever to close the pit next to here, then continue south (green arrow).

  22. Enemies

    Waiting next to here is an assault guardian, and floating across the pits are two cannon drones. Take them out, then turn your attention to the fireball trap. Just under the fireball dispenser is a button that opens the secret wall.

  23. Secret #12

    In this chest you will find a Commando Harness and Momentum.

  24. Pressure Plate

    This pressure plate will open the door ahead. In the room is a fire turret, which cannot be damaged. Follow a flame around to the other side. The pressure plate at the far end of the room will send it into the floor. This is the only fire turret in the whole game.

  25. Pressure Plate

    Stand on this pressure plate for seven seconds (until the audible timer runs out) to open the door next to it. The chest has Mechanic Gloves, Mechanic Boots, and a note.

  26. Crate

    Pull this crate to block the spectral orb dispenser, then press the button at the north to open the door.

  27. Gadgets

    In this crate you will find an Advanced Servo Booster and an Advanced Aim Stabilizer. Return west and take the stairs down to Level 6 (B). We’ll need to clean up there before we can return here to complete the rest of this level.
  1. Elevator down to Level 4.
  2. Stairs down to Level 6.
  3. Elevator up to Level 7.

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