Escaping the initial chaos of the GATE Cascade Research Facility is only the first step. What was supposed to be a hub of scientific achievement is now a deadly tomb thanks to a massive containment failure. This Abiotic Factor The Office Sector Walkthrough is your no-nonsense guide to surviving this nightmare, locking down an escape route, and living to craft another day.
What You’ll Read:
Entering the Cafeteria & Escaping Lockdown
Your run starts in the Cafeteria. Talk to Dr. Thule, then get ready to work. The main doors are locked, and you need an Energy Brick to bypass them.
Head down the stairs to the right and look for a yellow Storage door. Grab the duct tape off the shelves and dismantle the three vent grates on the back wall. The left and middle vents hide more tape, but your main path forward is the right vent with the yellow light.
Inside, you will meet your first enemy: a Carbuncle. Just walk up and stomp it. It drops radioactive raw meat, so don’t hold onto it forever.
Keep moving until the game prompts you to craft Throw Nets. Make a batch of three. You need them immediately for Pests, annoying little headcrab knockoffs. Net them, then stomp them.
Loot absolutely everything on your way. Grab the Toolbox and the screwdriver, then dismantle the metal pipes on the walls for parts. Head through the orange door, snag the flashlight, and jump into the next vent.
Drop down into the kitchen. Clear out the Pests and loot the room. Make sure you grab at least one Knife; it is your best early weapon.
Check the computer through the yellow door to unlock the Shiv recipe. Back in the kitchen, hit the red and green buttons to open the gate. Kill the Pest messing with the door outside and talk to Dr. Jager. He will tell you to get to work on that Energy Brick.
Setting Up Your First Base & Power Grid
Grab a Power Supply Unit by smashing the PC in the nearby Security Office. Build your Crafting Bench and plug it into the wall. Once you craft your Energy Brick and slot it into the Cafeteria door, the tutorial phase ends. The clock starts ticking.
Nighttime introduces a massive problem. At 8:00 PM, the power cuts out. Anything without a battery goes dead until 6:00 AM. You need a dedicated power grid.
Use Tech Scraps to extend a cable from your single-wall outlet. Hook up two Makeshift Batteries in a row, then attach a Plug Strip to split the power. Run those new lines into individual batteries connected to your Crafting Bench, Repair & Salvage Station, and Refrigerator. This daisy-chain setup guarantees your base stays operational all night long.
Next, lock down your food and water. Haul Water Coolers back from the lobby and build a couple of Portable Stoves. You can boil Tainted Water in a Cooking Pot to clean it or fry up raw meat.
For endless food, build Garden Plots using wood, plastic, hoses, and soil bags. Plant Tomato Seeds and make sure the water bar stays filled. Later on, you can upgrade these to Super Tomato Seeds by combining them with Enethiol and Anteverse Wheat at your bench.
If you’re new to this game, you might need to read our Abiotic Factor Beginner’s Guide
The Main Quest: Evacuating via Manufacturing
Once you beat the Peccary and talk to the security officer, your objective updates. You need to escape through the Manufacturing Sector.
Take the stairs to the left of the guard and make a right. Follow the tunnel icon on your screen and the hallway signs until you find a dying worker named Grayson. He is bleeding out next to a dead forklift.
Grayson drops some bad news. That forklift is blocking your only way out, and you need a Power Cell to start it. Those cells were transferred up to the third floor. Finding them becomes your main mission for the zone.
Surviving the Data Farm & Farming Tech
Head up the stairs behind the map board to find the entrance to the Data Farm. Watch out for the Pests and Peccaries roaming inside.
Smash every computer monitor and tower to collect Coils and component parts. Break the office desks to harvest Wood Planks. You will need a massive pile of tech scrap to progress.
You also need Security Bot CPUs to craft advanced tools. Wait until night, when the power goes out, to hunt them. You can find an easy target docked near the lobby fountain.
Hide behind the fountain and poke the robot with your Makeshift Spear. Back away immediately after striking. Do not let it get close to you. If it closes the distance, it uses a high-speed melee attack that deals heavy damage and stuns you. Once the bot drops, hack the body apart with a bladed weapon to rip out the CPU.
Finding the Power Cells (Level 3 & Portals)
The Far Garden Detour
To get to the third floor, head up to Reception on Level 2 and take a left toward the Security Office. Watch your head to avoid the sparking wire in the ceiling. Slot an Energy Brick into the blue machine to open the blast door, then take the elevator up. You will find a glowing purple portal that drops you into the Far Garden. Fight through the enemies, navigate the electrified pipe over the water, and jump through the second portal to finally reach Floor 3.
Crafting the Keypad Hacker
Explore the Level 3 offices until you find Dr. Mayfield. Talk to her to unlock the Keypad Hacker blueprint. You need three Security Bot CPUs to build it. Hunt down two more bots to get the remaining CPUs; you can find one docked near the Data Farm entrance and another on Level 3. Craft three Computation Bricks, a Controller, an LCD Screen, and an Infrared Emitter to assemble the Keypad Hacker at your bench.
Retrieving Power Cells from Flathill
Bring your Keypad Hacker back to the Silo 3 doors. Use it on the card swipe machine to force the doors open. Hack your way past the garage doors inside until you hit another portal. Jump through to enter Flathill. This is where you can finally retrieve the Power Cells.
Unlocking Manufacturing West
When you return from Flathill, make your way back to your base and drop off your extra loot. You only need to carry one Power Cell with you. Leave the other two safely in your storage crates.
Head up to Level 2 and walk past the blast door until you reach Grayson and the dead forklift. Insert the Power Cell into the forklift. The machine will power up and move out of the way. This clears the path and officially opens your route into the Manufacturing West sector.
Hidden Loot & Secrets (Optional)
The Office Sector hides a few high-value items that make your life much easier if you know where to look.
- The Early Anvil: You need an anvil to build the Repair & Salvage Station. While the power is out at night, the fan in the Storage Room vent stops spinning. Crawl past it to the Flow Control room to find a free Anvil.
- 21-Slot Security Backpack: This is a massive upgrade over your starting space. Head to the Level 2 Data Farm and look for the blue office with glass windows. Jump over the nearby railing onto the metal catwalk and follow the pipe down to find the pack on a dead scientist.
- The Lead Vest: You can snag some early protection in Bio Lab D. It’s sitting on a counter and provides a small defense boost against early threats.
- Raw Peccary Sausage Recipe: Check the GATE Terminal in the back-right room of the hallway with wooden floors near the Level 3 elevator. Reading the emails here unlocks this cooking recipe.
That’s all. Did I miss anything from Abiotic Factor The Office Sector Walkthrough? Let me know in the comments below.
FAQ
How do I get power at night in Abiotic Factor?
You need to build a power grid using Makeshift Batteries and Plug Strips. Connect your devices to the batteries so they stay charged when the facility lights go out at 8:00 PM.
Where do I find the Keypad Hacker blueprint?
Speak with Dr. Mayfield on the third floor. She provides the recipes for the hacker and its various sub-components.
How do I kill the Security Bots?
Use a blunt weapon like a Desk Leg or a Makeshift Spear while they are docked at their charging stations. Attack from cover and back away immediately to avoid their stun melee. Don’t waste your crossbow bolts on them
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