No-video Secrets Guide

All of the secrets, now in glorious picture format.

General Advice

NUMBER 1 TIP: Find a Multimeter Mark II. It's a secret detector that beeps rapidly as you approach a secret. There are a few multimeters scattered around the game, so don't despair if you lose one.


This guide only covers SECRETS. Fortunately, the datapads and upgrades are not well hidden, and the cabinet cards are almost always near their cabinets. Maybe I'll update this guide if a Multimeter Mark III comes out :>

Don't worry about missing secrets. You can backtrack (with the exception of a couple of linear, secret-free levels), and you will unlock fast travel. Also, most of the secrets contain like, a box of handgun bullets.

If you can't find a secret:

• Check the minimap for small gaps that could indicate a secret passage.
  
• Look for ducts and door cracks that you can slide underneath. You can slide under some very narrow cracks.
  
• The multimeter doesn't care about height. Look for rafters, ledges, or ducts above that you can climb up to. There are a few secrets that can only be reached by stacking objects.
  
• Get Master Key on the shotgun, which will make breakable wall cracks more convenient to identify and break.

Or just look below, I'm not your boss.

Pathfinder Hospital

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If you're going for the Little Plushy Man achievement, leave the bear here and come back once you've cleared the path to Dawn's home.
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1. Slide under Dr. Jones' door.


2. There's a switch right beside Dr. Jones' door. Smack the green bars off the panel with melee and hit the switch. Go right, crawl through the duct, and enter the now half-open door in the next room.


3. Knock the green bars off with melee to enter the bathroom.


4. Climb on top of the scanner and hit the switch behind. This opens the door next to the scanner room.

Pathfinder Hospital (Blue)

1. In the first room, blast out the vent fan and either slide-jump inside or put a barrel under it.


2. In the first room, climb the crates and shimmy across the ledge. There's a hidden alcove on the right.



3. In the locker room, use the locker that sticks out. This might be the only locker in the game that actually opens.


4. To get the armor near the Mortuary sign, enter the duct in the next room.


5. Open the switch cover next to the collapsed vending machine and flip the switch. This will open the bathroom door to the south.


6. Break the wall at reception with an explosive. There's a nearby explosive barrel if you lack a grenade. Otherwise, return later.


7. Go into the MRI Exam room and put a metal object into the MRI. Tuck it right into the scanner. Some nearby objects that will work: a barrel, the fire extinguisher, a soda can from the scanner control room.


8. Jump through the window above the stairwell and shimmy across the ledge.

Pathfinder Labs

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At the very end of this level, you can find a Multimeter Mark II to aid in your secret hunt.

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1. Left of the start. Open the hatch behind the crates.


2. South-east side of the Vac-Bot room. Break open the wall.


3. East of the Gwyn machine. Interact with this cabinet to open it.


4. North-east of the Gwyn machine. The code is above the bulletin board in the same room. It's 4532.


5. Security clearance, east of the warehouse. Break open the window with an explosive.


6. East of the warehouse. It's very subtle, but the left monitor is slightly lifted. Interact with it to open it. Good luck finding this without the multimeter.


7. In the warehouse. Climb the crates; the highest crate doesn't have a lid.


8. In the warehouse, nestled inside a bunch of crates.


9. Behind the Security Clearance lv. 1 door. Refer to secret #5 for the clearance card.


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You can't open the Security Clearance lv. 3 door for a while yet, so just go ahead and finish the level.
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Utility Area

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To get the blue key at the start, shoot the button next to the door.

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1. In the first duct at the start, turn right and look up. Stack chairs to reach the ledge.


2. After the stairs that break, there's a passage to the upper right.


3. Before the first combat area, there's an alcove behind the pipes.


4. In the first server room, check the rafters.


5. In the first server room, check behind the ledge where the explosive barrels are located.


6. On the ladder to the rooftop, press the switch near the "Tunnel Snakes" graffiti and then drop down to the door. The timing is strict, so I recommend quicksaving first.


7. Just before the loading zone, look for a vent to the upper right.

Pathfinder Hospital (Orange)

A straightforward level.

1. On the rooftop, barrels conceal a ledge in the corner.


2. On the rooftop, break and enter through the first window.


3. Just before the loading area, break the lock on the gate. No need for a key, just shoot. Melee the barrel through the gate to knock it open.

Utility Area 2

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If you're going for the Gwyn Simp achievement, don't buy the confidence booster yet. You must save up 5000 selver coins, burn your portable medkits and health, and then buy the booster AND 1000 selvers' worth of healing without leaving the vending machine screen.

You can complete AFK in the sauna room while alt-tabbed out of Selaco.
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1. In the outdoors area, to the right of the EXIT building.


2. A crafty secret leading to the Security Clearance card. In the detonator room, there are three switches to pull that will open a door. They are: to the left of the detonated wall, in a vent, and behind a loose brick near the floor (interact with it to shift it out of the way).



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Make note of, and ignore, the koala bear in the detonator room for now.
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3. East of the security doors, behind the pump. Slide under the gap.


4. Northwest of the security doors. Break the ceiling hatch.


5. In the southwest corner of the water room, dive into the spot indicated by a "Deep Water" sign.


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At this point, enter the next level to get the purple key. You'll be back later for the rest of the secrets.
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Welcome back.

6. Just after the purple door. Stack some containers on on top of the doohickey and go up.


7. Go around the loose grate that drops you into the Broken Seal bar.


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The Broken Seal bar is a nice spot to complete the Crime Averted achievement. Bust the fish tank and carry a live fish down to the restroom sink. Don't fret if you miss this chance, there are other fish tank-filled sink pairs later on.

You can also complete Bar Fight here by plugging a credit into the jukebox.
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8. In the wine cellar, behind the barrels.


9. in the wine cellar. Break this wall. There's an explosive barrel in the restroom if you need it.


10. In the kitchen. Check the dumbwaiter.


11. In the second wine cellar, up high on the ceiling duct. Stack barrels to reach it.


12. Right before the loading zone, press the fake wall beside the Mega Secret. Ah, nostalgia.


Mega Secret: Go back to the detonation room near the start, grab the koala, and drop it into the chute just before the loading zone. Should you lose this level's koala, there are a few other koala bears later on in the game, including one that is very difficult to miss.

Water Treatment

1. There's a cabinet card on the north end of the first room.


2. After the garage fight, dive into the water across from the lift.

3. South of the kitchen. Press the lights in the right order to open this secret. There are FIVE lights, one is up the stairs. If starting from all lights blue, hit 3, 1, 4, stairs, 2.


4. South of the kitchen. There's a switch hidden beside the desk that opens up the door just before the yellow key.


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If you're stuck wondering how to proceed after using the yellow key, these glass panes can be broken --it just takes a few shots.


There's also a multimeter on this north end of this level, accessible just before the generator.

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5. South end of the water-filled hallway. The room contains a breakable window.


6. Cabinet card, south end of the water-filled hallway. Move the debris out of the doorway.


7. Just before returning back to Utility Area 2. Wade into the water-filled alcove.

Parking Garage

1. Jump on top of the parking office.


2. When crossing the water into the second section, dive down and left.


3. In the safe room, check behind the crates to the right.


4. Just before the loading area, check on top of the crates behind the elevator.

Parking Garage 2

1. In the Pluto Burger. Slide under the freezer door.

Selaco Streets

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There's a multimeter near the flaming world graffiti.

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1. In the fenced off section of the covered parking lot. Jump onto a car and cross the ledge to get over the fence.

The loot is hidden behind some crates in the opposite corner.


2. West of the covered parking lot.


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You can get Burger Flipper inside the PCNERD store, if you want to get Unionize!


There's also one of many Space Bro machines available, should you like to try for the Save the World, bro! achievement. The shot upgrades stack with themselves, so aim to refresh and upgrade your shot just before the timer expires.
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3. Cabinet card, on a roof of the southern building. The cabinet is just south of the card; slide under the door gap.


4. Yoga studio, in the rafters. Stack containers to reach it.


5. Security clearance in (or kind of in) the yoga studio. Blast the lock off of the southernmost vent and enter.


Smash through the grate to get the card.

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Don't forget to check out the Pathfinder Labs lv. 3 door.
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Selaco Streets 2

The sky failure on this stage is SO COOL.

1. Close to the start, under the grating. There are some destructible crates that will let you in.


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Take note of how you can disable laser gates with junction boxes, as a few secrets make use of that.
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2. Before entering the streets, break the wall in the stairwell and stack boxes to reach the hole.


3. The LIBTERRA library secret. There are four indestructible numbered books hidden throughout the library that need to be placed on their corresponding pedestals. Once the books are in place, the Mystery shelf will open.

Book 1 is on the Action sign:


Book 2 is behind the crate next to the Romance wall shelf (not the small shelf):


Book 3 is under the desk next to Mystery:


Book 4 is in the bathroom, under the collapsed stall:


4. Near the Donkey Monkey sign. Jump on the fuse box to reach the roof of the shed.


5. South end of the map. Shoot the junction box.


6. Climb the ladder and follow the narrow ledge around the building.


7. Check the rubble south of the ladder for a hidden passage.


8. After the first gate, check behind the SpaceGlobe billboard.

Sal's Lair

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You can obviously get Homecoming and Little Plushy Man here. You'll have to manually walk the bear back home.
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1. Breakable wall at the Mammoth turret. Push aside the plate at the end of the firing range.

Office Complex

1. At the top of the stairwell. No, the *very* top. You'll have to make a couple of difficult jumps. I used a nearby printer to jump the first gap, and a slide jump to cross the second gap.


2. Top of the elevator shaft.


3. In the yellow key room, break the crooked painting.


4. Breakable wall on your way back to FunCo Toys. Would you believe it took me an hour to find this secret?

Administration

1. Clearance card. Very obvious secret, but inaccessible until the end of the level when the power is back on.


2. Just south of the clearance card, on top of the roof. Use chairs to climb up.


3. From secret #2, turn east and slide into the vent.


4. Very subtle breakable wall in the construction area.


5. Near the power cell, under the nearby ramp.


6. Above the south gate after it opens up.

Courtyard/Exodus Plaza

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Courtyard

Courtyard itself doesn't have any secrets.

Shooting range secret: Once you enter the Courtyard saferoom, you can access and complete the shooting range secret. Set the range to Time Attack, 60s, Random distance, Always moving. Score 3200 points.

While you're at the shooting range, get DPS LFG by chucking a bunch of hand grenades at the dummy.

You can complete the Sharpshooter achievement in Courtyard. Open the laser gate (there's a junction box on the other side), stand on one end of the road, and shoot an enemy on the other end.
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Exodus Plaza

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Upon entering Exodus Plaza, scan your finger at the Arachnocola machine for Daily Bonus.
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1. At the beginning of the Exodus Plaza level, break the wall on the left.


2. Outside the mall, drop down to this ledge.


3. A ceiling alcove in the Old Planet Feasts kitchen.


4. Back door of Selacotronics. Move the barrels.


5. Slide under the door beside the detonator site, hit the detonator, then take a look inside.


6. Mall plaza elevator, stand on top of the elevator as it ascends.


7. THIS SECRET. Investigate the upper right of the yellow Donkey Monkey VERY CLOSELY. Hit the tiny switch and run over to the ? poster.


8. THIS SECRET, part 2. Break the poster inside the secret #7 alcove, hit the tiny switch, and run to the screen behind the alcove.


9. You'll need Security Clearance lv. 5 for the last secret. Just...enter the lv.5 door. You can get the card in Exodus South.

Exodus Plaza - North

1. Blast the screen. Take note of the code inside.


2. Play the punching machine in the arcade and punch the hell out of the bag.

Exodus Plaza - South

Man, the secrets on this level are tough to find.
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You can do the Overkill achievement here by grabbing the protein shake from the gym and then the bunny hopper from the Quickmart.

You can also get It's not a bug, it's a feature! at Rolf's Haircuts. Chuck the hair spray into the trash bin.
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1. The bank vault secret. Easy to find, but the code is not nearby. You'll have to search the Exodus North theatre for it, see the previous section. It's 1996.


2. Inside the vault, press the recessed drawer.


3. Behind the crates in Galactic Couture.


4. Breakable wall in the Quickmart.


5. Grab a chair and climb the rubble in Works Better Than a Placebo. (South of the bank.)


6. Interact with this wall panel in Rebuild. Not the cabinet, the wall panel.


7. Buy a Vac-Bot from the dispenser and then grab the grenade inside. You'll have to manually interact with the grenade to pick it up.


8. Check the closet in Decorate.

Exodus Plaza - Front Entrance

1. Climb the ladder to the north of the start and jump over to the secret.


2. Break the junction box above the laser gate.


3. A high-up grate on the way to the Full Bloom Florals side entrance.

Plant Cloning Facility - Offices

1. At the start, go right from the ladder.


2. Also at the start. Go to the dining tables and look up.


3. A fairly involved secret. In the CEO's office, press the button under the desk. The map panel on the right will open up. Press the five buttons in sequence, then press the lit panel on the bookcase pillar.


The map panel is pretty good at showing the switch locations, but pictures are below.


4. Breakable wall in A.Clark's office.

Plant Cloning Facility - Offices 2

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There's a Vac Bot that you can save here for a valuable secret in a later level. The screwdriver that you need is at the end of the level, near Jonathan.


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1. Breakable vent cover in the duct inside A.Costa's office.


2. At the duct corner, go upwards.


3. Breakable wall beside the first heavy barrel.


4. Open the bathroom using the code that you can get from the conference room in the previous level. (Interact with the conference room TV.) It's 2779.


5. Security clearance in Jonathan's room. Turn off the stamper, slide under the door, push the heavy barrel under the stamper, and restart said stamper.


6. Move a heavy barrel over to the floor panel in A. Costa's office. A room with a barrel will be revealed during the final ambush.


7. Breakable grille in the Elevator Access office.

Starlight Exterior

1. Slide jump across the big planters. If you're worried about overshooting, aim for the trees.

Security Clearances and Accessing Starlight

You need Security Clearance lv. 6 to access Starlight. As a reminder, here are the card locations:

Pathfinder Labs: North part of the level, east of the warehouse. Break open the window with an explosive.


Utility Area 2: Go to the room where you're first introduced to the detonator. There are three switches to pull, that will open a door. They are: to the left of the detonated wall, in a vent, and behind a loose brick near the floor (interact with it to shift it out of the way).



Selaco Streets 1: Go to the yoga studio south of the big covered parking lot. Blast the lock off of the southernmost vent and enter. The card is at the end of the passage, where all the bodybags are located.


Administration: Enter the office at the start of the level.


Exodus Plaza - South: Located outside the Decorate store, at the south end of the level. Imagine a card sitting on the crates in my photo.


Plant Cloning Facility - Offices 2: Go to Jonathan's room. Turn off the stamper, slide under the nearby door, push the heavy barrel under the stamper, and restart said stamper. The card will be on the broken conveyor belt.

Starlight Lobby

1. Up high in the rafters. Make a chair tower to get above the safe room.


2. From secret 1, walk south and slide through the grate.


3. Just like secret 2, but on the other side of the lobby.


4. Go to the southwest storage room and slide under the door.

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That's all you can get for now. Get the Starlight keys. Don't worry about missing anything, you can re-enter the individual Starlight levels after you clear them.
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Welcome back. Head back to the storage area in the Starlight lobby before getting the weapon.

5. In the red storage room, check behind the crates for a vent.


6. In the final room with the weapon, crawl into the firing chamber.

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There's a multimeter here, but if you've been following this guide, I'm not really sure you need it at this point?

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Starlight Red

1. Bust open the window to the north of the start.


2. Breakable wall in the bathroom.


3. North of the "airlock". This hatch only opens in the latter half of the level, after you restore power.


4. North of the "airlock". The code is in the nearby control room. It's 1338.


5. Near the purple door, below the catwalk.


6. Get in this vent and make a barrel tower. This vent only opens after you restore power.


7. South part of the map. Hop in.


8. In the room with the electric gates, slide under this grating.

Starlight Green (and Purple, briefly)

1. In the starting offices, use the suspicious keyboard.


2. Near the employee pass, slide into this small passageway.


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Starlight Purple

You'll enter this section using a small cargo elevator. Prepare yourself for a butt-clenching fight.

1. When you're done, investigate the eastern room.


As a little bonus, the cabinet card is back here.


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3. In the server room. The code is 1337.


4. A fairly obvious breakable wall in the northeastern offices.


5. The code for this safe can be found on the pink-colored laptop. The code is 7243.


6. Same spot as secret #5. Squeeze through the right side of this broken grate.


7. Back at the starting offices, enter the stairway vent and go into the security office with your employee pass.

Starlight Purple

Big level.

1. After taking the elevator down, send it back up and slide under the fence.


2. At the north end of the train line, check behind these crates.


3. Northwest end of the map, behind these crates.


4. Centre of the map, climb up into this duct.


5. First crane room, up on the western rafters.


6. Other side of the first crane room, up on the eastern rafters.

Starlight Blue

1. Cabinet card in the starting room.


2. In the starting room, after the first fight. Check the northeast corner of the room.


3. South part of the starting room. Break the glass and press the panel inwards.


4. Second section, in the area with the mines. There's a keypad in the southeast part of the room, and the code can be revealed by rotating the light in the southwest part of the room. The code is 1778.


5. Northern labs, on top of the light.


6. Northern labs, behind the periodic table poster. Bash the poster.


7. Bathroom, check behind the last toilet stall for a vent that leads into the secret room from behind.


8. Circular conference room, southeast section. Slide into a duct under the desk.

Afterword

A thousand thanks to Altered Orbit for including so many accessibility options, including exploration mode, map markers, and HUD invisibility. This guide would've taken twice as long to make without those options. I'm excited for the full version!!

Thanks for the multimeter too. I love kicking that little guy across the room.

P.S: if you plan to leave a comment, please also mention a part of Selaco that you thought was super cool.

[Ryu]

Thank you so much for this. Hate video guides, really appreciate the effort.

[Alek_Sturmgarde]

i still can't fid the keycards in starlight purple..

[E-Rex]

Starlight Purple has me so stumped rn, getting up to the rafters specifically, how do we get up there?

Also this has been a great guide all through out, appreciate you and the time you put into this.

[Golden Dragon]

Um...
"There's a Vac Bot that you can save here for a valuable secret in a later level. The screwdriver that you need is at the end of the level, near Jonathan. "
Later level? Where? Or not implemented yet?

[Jingseng]

Note: office complex should have 5 secrets, but only 4 are listed here.

Also, i didn't like that the keypad for the hidden rebel base didn't actually need a code - when up until then, they always did (also, you spend a substantial amount of time leading up to that moment not thinking about Sal, who is barely mentioned in ONE message at the hospital, and also you don't know that you live inside there and that you of course know the code... to the place you had to break into). And here's one with turrets aiming at you. I did like the interior of the base though.

[S001-PRIMAL]

The code for the parking lot keypad is 5119

[Drvanilla]

Starlight Red: #6, becomes accessible after enemies punch out from the air grate, not after power is on. Thank you for the guide!

[Merge]

Hello there.
For Starlight Purple last secret (6) above crane is changed.
Now you need to find hidden switch in the room (where you can get through vent) near regular switch. And go back to this vent.
And from secret 6 you can go to secret 5 directly.

[BOT Tux]

Can you get the security clearance in Plant Cloning Offices AFTER exploding the plant? I can't seem to find a heavy barrel to push

[Abigail]

Figured it out: you have to beat Admiral Tychus' challenge