Shanty Town

"If anybody could survive this...it would be people, who live like this..."

- Rochelle


 * For the actual in-game town, see Village En Marais.

The Shantytown is the third chapter of the campaign Swamp Fever in Left 4 Dead 2. This chapter is home to a Crescendo Event, in which a rusty ramp must be dropped to move to the next shack on stilts. The loud creaking of the rusted ramp attracts the Infected. There is a mixture of houses with stilts and those without most half flooded with the rising swamp waters.

Campaign
Pack up your guns and start running! The safe room contains various weaponry and health kits. When you're done, go out and search what is left of the swamp people's home. Staying too long will cause a Horde to spawn from the gate that a car has been stuck in. Search the houses to find various Gas cans, grenades, and temp. healing items. Once you're done, go to the house northwest of the safe room (in Survivor's point of view). It contains various items. Leave by the backdoor and you'll find the small fenced area which does nothing important. A Tank tends to spawn here, so keep moving to a fallen tree that has smashed onto a trailer. This allows you to get a bird's eye view of most of the town.

Most of the houses here are useless and contain a few items, so keep moving until you find some moss rocks. Climb on them to the a small walkable wood version of a "swamp" street. Instead of going to the main path, wander off to the two houses across from the needed path to find various grenades, ammo stashes and weapons there. Once you're done searching, go to the electricity pole (the one that you see in other campaigns) and check for a Grenade Launcher, which often spawns there. A Witch tends to spawn around here, so be careful.

Once you're done, search the last remaining house for now to find a "checkpoint" that contains weapons, temp. healing items and the occasional Health Kit. Proceed through the swamp, noting for Tanks. There is a small "swamp" portapotty that most players do not notice to the left of the "checkpoint" house that serves as a Rescue Closet. Once you reach the other shantytown, search the two shantyhouses for various items such as Adrenaline shots. A Tank spawns here, so if it does, fall back and after it has been killed start the Crescendo. You have several options on how to do this: Once players follow options 1/2, move quickly through the shantyhouses, searching for supplies when needed. The last shantyhouse contains various items, notably weapons and a Gas can or two. A swamp portapotty is located across the house and serves as a final Rescue Closet for anyone who died during the Crescendo. Go across the wooden bridge and kill the Infected.
 * Option 1: Players will fall back to the "checkpoint" house and hold off all waves from there. Though this does not award you with an achievement, it does save health in the long run and it focuses all the Commons and any Specials into a line of fire rather then being surrounded. Restock on the guns on the table and proceed when necessary.
 * Option 2: Players will hold the Infected off at the second house. This is usually recommended on Easy or Normal due to the low amount of damage received, but this usually is dangerous as of course, Smokers can pull people off and they will have a hard time being saved quickly. Melee weapons are a must if doing this option.
 * Option 3: The most dangerous of all, players will rush to the safehouse at their own will. An Adrenaline shot, Pipe bomb/Bile bomb is absolutely needed to distract a wave of Infected that spawns while the ramp is lowering. Players must jump onto the roofs and avoid being hit by Commons, Hunters and Smokers. Use an Adrenaline shot to rush to the safehouse. They must be wary of any Witches and/or Tanks if they have not appeared yet, and is not recommended on higher difficulties due to the damage and reaction time of the Infected.

The safe room is quite easy to access. Just climb up some wooden stairs taking a 180 degree turn and the safe room is there. Just take notice of any Witches that tend to spawn on or around the wooden stairs/path to the safe room, and of course, Special Infected that spawn in the safe room at times. Close the door and take a breath, you're almost going to get rescued now!

The Survivors
With humans controlling the Special Infected, things can only get harder. However, they can't spawn until you leave the safe room. That doesn't mean that you should let them form up and make a plan though! Hurry up and get your supplies, and get running!