The Crane

The Crane is the second chapter of the third campaign, Dead Air. The Survivors are in the View Harbor Hotel's kitchen. They get back to the rooftops, by passing through the hotel's upper floors, to then reach the crane. In the first Crescendo Event of the Campaign, they must activate the crane, that lowers a container, to get to another rooftop. The survivors are usually given two Gas cans to burn the Infected. Later, the survivors arrive in the upper floors of an office complex. They navigate down through the office, out the main entrance, to finally reach a safe house across the street. One of the cars has an alarm and can attract the horde.

Tips

 * NOTE: This is considered an exploit! It is possible to skip the crane crescendo. To do it, you jump onto the vent to the right of the crane, then onto the fence around the crane. You follow it around until you reach the gap facing the next rooftop. You run and jump, and then land on an electrical box, (it should be noted that if you are low on health and your speed is impaired, you cannot make this jump. Trying to do so in this state will kill you) then up on the next roof. From the roof over you can jump into the tree, with a substantial health hit, then make it to the ground. This effectively skips the rest of the map.


 * Smokers are especially troublesome on this level, as they tend to spawn on higher rooftops, and are hard to shoot. The best tactic is to simply keep moving, and punch a survivor as soon as they are ensnared.


 * A horde will typically spawn as you're ascending the fire escape at the beginning of the level. When exiting the safe house close the large metal door directly in front of you. Occasionally, hordes will spawn from inside the room behind it. Taking this small precaution will eliminate the threat. (The Infected can't break down metal doors!)