Chapter 2: Intensive Care

Dead Space guide · Isaac searches for the Captain's RIG to gain security clearance and access the medical deck.

Isaac travels to the Medical Deck to retrieve the Captain's RIG and acquire Security Clearance Level 1 to progress through the Ishimura. To reach the morgue where the body is located, Isaac must assemble a bomb to destroy a barricade blocking the ER hallway using hydrazine and a shock pad. Along the way, he acquires the Kinesis module and encounters mutated crew members while navigating quarantine lockdowns.

Items

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Kinesis Module: Found directly at the start of Chapter 2 on the floor near the severed leg by the Medical Tram StationPulse Rifle: Carried by a dying security officer right after entering the Medical Deck through the Tram Station doorsWeapon Upgrade: Cartridge Rack (Plasma Cutter): Found sitting on a desk inside the Ishimura ClinicStasis Pack Schematic: Located on an examination bench in the Main Lab Changing RoomPulse Rounds Schematic: Resting on a counter inside the Imaging Diagnostics roomHydrazine Tank: In the Zero-G Therapy room, floating near the far end of the chamberShock Pad: Located on a bed in the Main Lab's Intensive Care Unit (ICU)Captain's RIG: Dropped from the mutated corpse of Captain Matthius after defeating him in the Morgue

Secrets

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Node behind Stasis Door | Shoot the power box through a broken window into the Infant Care storage room to unlock the door containing an upgrade Power Node.

Enemies

Slasher

Weak to Limbs

Standard Necromorphs that charge; dismember their arms or legs to kill them quickly.

Lurker

Weak to Three tentacles extending from back

Small infant-like Necromorphs that cling to walls and fire three projectiles at once.

Infector

Weak to Glowing appendages / wings

Bat-like creatures that rapidly transform dead human bodies into new Necromorphs; prioritize killing them immediately.

Captain Matthius

Weak to LimbsSteal / drop Captain's RIG

Encountered as an enhanced Slasher in the Morgue immediately after the Infector turns him.

Tips

Shoot off the legs of incoming Necromorphs first to drastically reduce their movement speed and conserve ammunition.
Use Kinesis to impale Necromorphs with severed Slasher blades or environmental poles to eliminate enemies without firing ammo.
Stomp on all dead human bodies in the Morgue before activating the console to prevent the Infector from turning them into additional enemies.

Not listed for this area: shops and people.

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