Trouble finishing the Barn in Dark Carnival

[BMW529]

Has anyone finished the Barn segment on expert level in a solo campaign with the bots? I keep getting killed after I throw the switch and make the final run for the safe house.

[Bikes]

A bile would probably help a lot. You also want to get through as fast as mortally possible since they will keep spawning massive amounts until you're at the saferoom door.

[BMW529]

I figured on a bile, but I never get one generated to pick up. I only saw bile on the opening chapter and managed to save it till the merry go round. I have been using the pipe bomb, but it doesn't hold them off as long. And yes the respawn is brutal.

[Derrick]

You just have to save it longer. Alternatively use the mutation- Gib fest. Everyone gets an m60 with unlimited ammo.

[BMW529]

GREAT! thanks for that one.

[Evans]

If you are dying on the way to the safe room, try this.


Wait until the hordes "even out" meaning they stop coming continuously, and start coming as large mobs spaced out by a few seconds.

This makes killing them exponentially simple, as if you have a combat shotgun, you can blast all 30 or so infected away, and reload before the next horde arrives.

[Marked One]

You need to use a bile, biles only generate on the first map and the last map. Not in between. Get someone to hold on to a bile for the game

[Fletch]

Military sniper can shoot all the way through unlimited zombies in a row.

[BMW529]

@Marked One. I'm playing with Bots. They don't hold S#$%. Wish they did. They would probably just waste it first chance like health and pills lol.
@PuffDaddy I get attacked from behind because my bots are killed before the gates open. I like the idea though, if I could only deal with what is in front of me.
@Fletch I'll try it. Always used the Desert Machine gun and katana and pipe bomb and adrenaline.

[Hi im Thotd]

For me, i would save a bile jar from the first chapter and try to find adren, once the gates open, use ur bile and adrenaline and rush to the saferoom. dun kill the common infected coz they will continously spawn after u kill them. Or, if ur lucky enough to find a chainsaw, unleash it on the horde as u run towards the saferoom.

[BMW529]

Oooohhh...never thought of chainsaw. That sounds cool. I almost made it with the sniper rifle. Just short of the safe door. I got held up looking for the damn gnome on the ground.

[Fletch]

Oh come on dude. If you are struggling to finish it then at least try and do it once without rescuing the gnome. Does make you seem a bit ungrateful/time wastery/stupid with the gnome comment when people are trying to help you.

Edit: even more so - just checked - nearly 900 hours of L4D2. I'm sure you have the gnome already.

[Hex]

If your doing it solo on expert for the first time ditch the gnome.
Your best bet is to have bile+adrenal+melee weapon. Throw the bile to the side when gate opens, pop adrenal as your running in and switch to melee weapon. Keep swinging and dont stop till you hit the safe room. You should be able to weed whack the commons but Tank placement, Jockeys and Smokers can be an issue.

[BMW529]

@ Fletch: I have that many hours because I pause the game and don't turn it off. I'm not an expert, but if I turn the game off, don't I have to start all over again at the highway to get the "Finish on Expert" achievement? And sorry about the gnome part. I always threw the gnome over the fence from the other side so it landed in the path to pick it up. I never made it to that corner to turn for the door, let alone pick it up. And I am really appreciating the suggestions and help from everyone.

[BMW529]

I want to thank everyone for their help. I finally got through the barn and into the stadium for the finale. :-)

[Paladyne]

KLAATU BARADA NIKTO! THREAD NECRO/HIJACK POWERS ACTIVATE!

I've been doing a bunch of gnome runs on Dark Carnival just for the fun of it, and because there's a surprising number of people who don't have the achievement yet, even people who've been playing for awhile.

That chapter 1 bile helps a lot for the chapter 4 gauntlet, and downgrades the hardest part of the campaign to The Coaster, which ain't so bad. Especially if we happen to find two biles in Chapter 1 and somebody else is willing to sacrifice their grenade slot for a couple chapters as well.

The purpose of the thread necro is to compile a (hopefully) comprehensive list of spawn locations for those little green jars of love, since apparently that information doesn't exist anywhere on the 'net.

Please add any you're aware of that I've missed:

• The open truck/van that you come to within the first 20 seconds of the campaign opening. Spawns with pills, gas can, or propane.
• The campfire on the highway proper, where you can go left over the overturned bus or right down to the humvee. Typically spawns with a tier 1 gun, pills or a shot, sometimes a gas can, and sometimes frag or fire ammo.
• Just below that campfire, at the humvee in the corner of the map. Typically spawns with a tier 1 and/or an ammo pile, and sometimes pill/shot/defib.
• Motel office. Tier 1, sometimes ammo pile, pills, frag/fire ammo, defib, propane, and probably more.
• The top left berm when sliding down the slope to the creek. Lots of potential other stuff in this area too.

That's all I know of for sure. It seems to me I've seen it at the pool also but the last half dozen or more times I've checked it hasn't been there, so I'm starting to doubt my memory. Also not sure if there's a spawn tucked away in some random room I'm not aware of; it wouldn't surprise me.

The most I've seen at once was four in the chapter: two at the campfire, one in the office, one on the berm. Made me so sad I only had one grenade slot. :P

(Also, on that note: I totally don't understand why players will pick that thing up and immediately huck it downrange. Even if it's a lowly moltov, I'll wait until I either have a replacement or a genuine need.) :P