Ravenholm

Half-Life 2 guide · Survive the zombie-infested town with Father Grigori.

Gordon Freeman enters the desolate, zombie-overrun mining town of Ravenholm after fleeing the raid on Black Mesa East. Guided and periodically assisted by the eccentric survivor Father Grigori, you must navigate street traps, rooftops, and dark alleys using the Gravity Gun and improvised weapons. The chapter ends when Grigori helps you board a mining cart lift that leads to the graveyard exit and the railway mines.

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The "Zombie Chopper" achievement requires completing the entire chapter of Ravenholm using only the Gravity Gun, which is easily failed if you fire any conventional weapon even once.

Achievements here

Zombie Chopper MissableComplete the entire Ravenholm chapter from start to finish using exclusively the Gravity Gun to attack.

Hallowed GroundEscort Father Grigori safely through the graveyard and reach the mine entrance.

Bone BreakerUse the Gravity Gun to launch heavy physics objects at enemies until you kill 30 of them.

Achievement guide and roadmap →

Items

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Shotgun: Given directly to you by Father Grigori from a rooftop platform after surviving a wave of fast zombies

Enemies

Standard Zombie

Weak to Headshots or severed by sawblades

Torso host controlled by a standard Headcrab that attacks with claw swings.

Fast Zombie

Weak to Shotgun blasts to the chest or sawblades

Skinned, quadrupedal runner that leaps from rooftops and climbs drainpipes while screaming.

Poison Zombie

Weak to Explosives, sawblades, or focused shotgun fire

Sluggish, swollen carrier carrying multiple Black Headcrabs on its back that it throws at you.

Standard Headcrab

Weak to Crowbar or Gravity Gun prop impact

Basic parasitic creature that leaps at your head.

Fast Headcrab

Weak to Buckshot or fast melee strikes

Spidery, rapid parasite that skitters quickly along the ground.

Poison Headcrab

Weak to Direct buckshot or prop throws

Black, hairy parasite whose venom instantly drops your health to 1.

Tips

Conserve your firearm ammunition by using the Gravity Gun to launch circular saw blades, cinderblocks, and propane tanks scattered throughout the streets.
Activate Grigori's environmental traps, such as spinning propeller engines and dangling car-battery cranes, to clear large swarms without wasting resources.
If bitten by a Poison Headcrab, get to safe cover immediately; your HEV suit's antidote will gradually restore your lost health back up over several seconds.

Not listed for this area: secrets, shops and people.

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