Half-Life 2: Chapters & Locations
All 14 chapters in campaign order, from City 17 to the Citadel. Chapter summaries contain story spoilers.
Point Insertion
01 · Arrive by train, pass through the station and flee Civil Protection through the city’s apartments.
A Red Letter Day
02 · Visit Kleiner’s laboratory, collect the HEV suit and take part in a teleport experiment that goes wrong.
Route Kanal
03 · Escape through drainage tunnels and canals, gathering your first firearms while Civil Protection gives chase.
Water Hazard
04 · Pilot an airboat through waterways, solve route-opening puzzles and confront a pursuing Hunter-Chopper.
Black Mesa East
05 · Meet Eli and Mossman, receive the Gravity Gun and practise with Alyx and Dog in the scrapyard.
We Don’t Go to Ravenholm…
06 · Cross a deserted mining town overrun by zombies. Use environmental traps and follow Father Grigori’s guidance.
Highway 17
07 · Drive the scout car along the coast, defend New Little Odessa and navigate the damaged highway and railway bridge.
Sandtraps
08 · Continue toward Nova Prospekt. Avoid disturbing the sand before acquiring bugbait and leading antlions against Combine defences.
Nova Prospekt
09 · Assault the prison with antlion support, overcome guards and find a path through its ruined cell blocks.
Entanglement
10 · Rejoin Alyx, hold off Combine attacks with turrets and uncover what happened to Eli inside the depot.
Anticitizen One
11 · Return to a city in revolt. Lead resistance squads through streets, buildings and underground passages.
Follow Freeman!
12 · Help Barney attack the Overwatch Nexus, disable its generators and fight through Strider-controlled streets.
Our Benefactors
13 · Enter the Citadel, travel its prisoner transport system and use the supercharged Gravity Gun against Combine forces.
Dark Energy
14 · Confront Breen at the Citadel’s summit and stop his escape through the dark-energy reactor.
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References
Covered edition: The original Half-Life 2 campaign. Episode One, Episode Two and Lost Coast are separate adventures.