Chapter 7: The Keeper

Chapter 7, part 1

Inspect the left side of the church to find [5 MATCHES] on a bench. There are also [2 SHOTGUN SHELLS] on one of the many benches a little more to the front. Talk to Joseph to trigger another scene.

After this, move through the hall and enter the large room. In the corner to your right are large grey vases; these are the new crates if you will, which contain [RANDOM ITEMS]. There are many of them in this room. You can also find [500 GREEN GEL] at the far other side, but beware of the nearby trap. Lastly, there are [2 PARTS] to be found on the altar.

Move to the large painting and head upstairs. There are three enemies up ahead, including a fat one. Take them out and explore the room for [1000 GREEN GEL] and [2 SNIPER RIFLE ROUNDS]. There are also vases with [RANDOM ITEMS]. Move around the corner of the hall and grab the [7 HANDGUN BULLETS] and some vases with [RANDOM ITEMS]. Head back and inspect the [OLD LITHOGRAPH] to continue. The room behind it contains [2 PARTS] and [800 GREEN GEL], as well as the [CATACOMB NOTE], which has a very cheerful message. Head downstairs, break the vases on both sides, then smash the lock open and place the litho inside the middle slot, which will open the two gates. First walk to the red door in the upper right corner and inspect the floor for [300 GREEN GEL]. The room contains [LILY'S BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT]. Enter the save hub to find the [CATACOMBS FOUND] newspaper, as well as the [MISSING PERSON POSTER - CHRIS] (from the billboard).

Back in the 'real' world, head down the stairs on the (initial) right, which lead to a room with a large spiked device. You can find [500 GREEN GEL] and [3 PARTS] here, as well as some vases with [RANDOM ITEMS]. The table contains [AUDIO TAPE - GUARDIAN].

Continue through the hall, dismantle the trap, and don't drop down the hole. Instead, while standing in the hall, shoot the two cogwheels to make the trap drop. Catch a piggyback ride to the top and defeat a two-headed monster to open the door. Move on and destroy the vases to reveal a hidden passage. Crawl through, collect the [300 GREEN GEL], disarm the trap up ahead and defeat the two-headed monster that comes to live. There's an [AXE] in the debris near the wall-pillar, should you need it. Open the gate with the wheel, but immediately stop doing it when a bunch of two-headed monsters come out of the double doors nearby. This is quite the group, so you might want to grab a spark bolt, aim it at the floor, wait until they're all stunned and hurl a grenade at them. This should do the trick. The room they came out of contains [2 SHOTGUN SHELLS]. The poisonous gas below isn't too healthy, but the game first displays a meter for how long you can manage without losing health.

Chapter 7, part 2

In any case, open the gate and continue. Three more of those creatures will come alive. One efficient way to deal with them is to have the third one drop down as well, then climb into the hall and pull the lever to waste them with the trap. Continue and you'll end up in the center room. Place the litho in the rightmost slot, then take the left path (or save your game).

Turn the valve to cut off the gas leak and head through the doors. Around the corner of the next hall are several two-headed creatures. Move slighty into the hall so that one of them will show up, then shoot the one hanging from the ceiling a couple of times, triggering a spike trap, probably killing the first. You can kill the one in the cell any way you want. Search the cells for [4 MATCHES] and [5 HANDGUN AMMO], plus an [AXE]. Ignore the gate on the far right for now.

Head upstairs, sneak past the bomb and pull the lever on your right to waste the creatures below. Head back to the gate you passed by and go down to collect [2 PARTS], [500 GREEN GEL], [3 SNIPER RIFLE ROUNDS], [4 HANDGUN AMMO] and a [SYRINGE]. Go back to the hall and enter the room straight ahead, with the torture chair in the middle. Stay crouched, because there's a bomb at the back. Nonetheless you can collect a [GRENADE] from behind it too.

Now continue down the hall. Note how the safe on the ground moved just a little when you moved by... Head down the ladder and The Keeper will show its head, well, not literally of course (with the safe and all). Quickly move to the first valve and turn it, then go to the second valve. A creature appears so kill it first, then turn the second valve. Grab the [3 HANDGUN AMMO] near the ladder at the end of the walkway, then climb down. [C]

Head down the hall and three creatures will appear. Shoot the bomb with your handgun for a decent effect, waste any stragglers any way you wish. You'll reach an intersection afterwards. The gate to the left is closed (but watch the bomb), so head right and go around the corner to find a wheel. When the gate is open, do NOT rush around the corner, because there's a tripwire-bomb, a new type that is fairly tricky to spot. Crouch and disarm it, then continue. There are a couple of crawling creatures ahead but they're fairly harmless; a few rounds will do them in. You can find [500 GREEN GEL] on the right side of the hall. Move to the end afterwards and turn the wheel.

Move through the hall and go up the long ladder. You can find a [HARPOON BOLT] sticking out of one of the corpses in this room. Continue and get the last litho. Place it in the final slot and be sure to save your game afterwards.

Chapter 7, part 3

Head down the stairs and the large gate will open. As you enter, The Keeper appears. Cut yourself loose and take a few steps back. When you step back in you must quickly run to the other end of the hall without stepping in any of the traps; that would mean instant death. We won't lie; it's not easy. Here's a rough guideline on which directions you should run in: Left (also left past the fourth mine that is lying relatively to the left side; but NOT the fifth mine, which is quite far to the left), Right, Left, Right, Middle.

THE KEEPER

TIP: You'll rely mostly on effective explosive bolts for this fight, so be sure create more of them via your inventory when you run out.

Free Leslie in the next room and collect the [6 HANDGUN AMMO] and [1 SHOTGUN SHELL], then use the lever. This will trigger a scene and start the boss fight with The Keeper. The easiest way to deal with him is to stay the hell away from him. He'll drop nasty traps in which you can get stuck, but try to avoid those. Circle around the cage and shoot an explosive bolt in the floor. Do this twice and it should drop him - temporarily. He's worth 1000 Green Gel. Now move to the other room (there's an [EXPLOSIVE BOLT] in the hall, and take note of the valve) and quickly - that is as QUICKLY as you can - turn the valve.

If you're fast enough you can do this before The Keeper revives, allowing you to enter through the door and enter the next chamber. Here you can find [8 HANDGUN AMMO] and [3 PARTS]. You will have to use the valve again to close off the gas, and again The Keeper will come after you. Use explosive bolts to deal with him. When you manage to turn the valve, return to the previous chamber (with the first valve) and look to your left; a new path has appeared.

Unfortunately, The Keeper isn't too happy about it and destroys the valve you needed to turn. But... wasn't that a valve lying on the table in the hall connecting to the very first room? Yes, it was. Head back and collect the valve, waste The Keeper one more time, quickly turn the valve and head downstairs. A scene will play (and be prepared to wiggle the left stick).

Head outside and turn right; you'll find [800 GREEN GEL] at the end (head upstairs). Go all the way back and move in the other direction now. [500 GREEN GEL] can be found in the corner of the walkway, and another [500 GREEN GEL] is lying near the ladder at the end of the hall. Go down the ladder to finish the chapter.