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=== Campaign === The Barge is the longest chapter in this campaign. It opens in the brick factory safe room. All the Survivor bots will grab shotguns. Once ready, open the exit door and players move through small, dark internal space containing a few Common Infected and a couple of [[propane tank]]s. Bright sunlight streaming in through an open doorway reveals a wide vista taking in a truck loading area containing a couple of semi-trailer rigs, stacks of bricks and numerous passive Common Infected. General tactics here initially involve shooting down individual enemies at a distance. Look for a partially crushed shipping container and note a propane tank and [[gas can]] nearby, these can be sniped to dispose of Infected standing within range of their effects. During this time it is almost certain that a Smoker and Hunter plus Horde will spawn. The Horde will normally pile over the chain link fence seen on the right next to the brick factory doorway. (In case of need, players can return to the safe room to restock on ammo.) Moving forward into the loading area, check out the aforementioned partially crushed shipping container (beware of any infected found here) for minor supplies that occasionally spawn inside. Turning right, teams head for an oil tank farm, which can be discerned through a gap in its surrounding fence. On approaching this gap, another horde is likely to materialize from the front and from the rear. Once it's clear, teams enter an area shrouded in mist and containing a shallow pond. Numerous common infected are normally loitering around and provide good sniping opportunities for players equipped with hunting rifles. A small pumping station is evident nearby and should be searched for supplies such as throwables. As teams skirt the pond in an anti-clockwise direction, they should be on guard since a tank may spawn at any moment. (Be careful if he does because he may throw one of the abandoned cars and thereby take out all or most of the survivors.) Exiting the tank farm area, teams will notice one of the many amorphous 'industrial' buildings encountered in this chapter. This one is a small truck workshop containing a number of Common Infected and, occasionally a Tank. By leaning into the rear window, a player can quickly set off the [[explosive barrel]]s found standing up against the far wall and so help clean out this building. Once inside, teams will notice a stairway leading up to the floor above and a hole in the ceiling. On proceeding up the stairs, teams enter the remains of an office with windows overlooking a loading area featuring a multi-bayed gravity feed hopper system to dispense some commodity into semi-trailer rigs. Various numbers of loitering Common Infected will be seen. Snipe them from the office windows, use a [[pipe bomb]] and expect a horde attack supported by at least one Hunter, Smoker and Boomer. A Witch can sometimes be found in the vicinity too. Once clear, jump down onto the tanker semi-trailer unit underneath the windows and move forward under and past the gravity hopper structure. Immediately to the left is a small building in front of which are always found supplies and weapons. Note the Explosive Barrels opposite on the right. Continuing onwards for a short distance brings the team to a road on the opposite side of which is one of the more important buildings in the chapter. Immediately in front is an alarmed car, and off to the right is a blocked road bridge and a few passive Common Infected. If a team is moving slowly, one of the many 'hurry up' Hordes will spawn around this time, so keep an eye out for that alarmed car! Teams have two options at this point. One choice is to press on through the building, collecting what they need from the ammunition and supplies that are always found inside. This option is best for teams that are in a hurry. The second option is to enter, resupply, and then exit via the same route they came in, and climb up onto the roof via a ladder set into the wall down the alleyway on the building's left (viewed from the vantage point from which this structure is first seen).The ladder brings teams up onto a broad flat roof overlooking a river basin occupied by a half-sunk fishing boat. Excellent sniping can be enjoyed from here among the many common infected seen below. In addition, when yet another "hurry up" horde spawns, it is almost impossible for them to attack players ensconced on the roof, and they can be shot down with ease. Once the basin is clear and safe, teams can jump from the roof onto the nearby shipping containers and then to the ground. After restocking on ammunition, teams proceed to wade across the basin through the water. Beware! A smoker will invariably spawn near or on the building just vacated, and a snagged team member can be difficult to reach quickly since movement through the water is very slow. After checking the Easter Egg in the form of the St. Lidia II fishing boat (the self-same vessel that featured in the Death Toll finale) and dispatching the inevitable Boomer found in the area at this point, teams leave the water and climb up onto a wrecked steel barge half filled with dirt and packed with Common Infected. (If you are unlucky, another horde will spawn here too.) Proceeding to the stern of the barge, teams jump off and find themselves looking at another anonymous building. This one contains supplies, and it is worth entering to secure them. Alternatively, the building can be skirted entirely. A Boomer and Hunter are almost certain to spawn and start stalking the team around here. Players will notice propane bottles and at least one gas can in and around this building (check inside the small garage across the street too). Once again, teams are given choices as to where to go next. One course is to head straight on down an inclined road to another truck loading area. The other option is to head across the street and enter the building there. Since this building contains supplies and enemies, if time is not a problem, it is a good idea to go in and deal with matters there. A small reception area leads onto a passage containing a number of closed doors. Teams should search these rooms until they arrive at the room at the end of the passage. This one has a window overlooking a truck loading yard featuring a tall gravity feeding system for ore or gravel. Yet again, it is a case of sniping from the windows to clear the area below and fighting off a horde that will attack from the yard below and from behind (the infected will smash down the wall to get to the team). Expect this attack to be supported by at least one smoker and one hunter. Enter the loading area and inspect the ore hopper. A vertical ladder on the right leads up to a small platform that may be of interest for sniping or refuge purposes. An inclined stairway on the left brings teams up onto a larger platform, giving them access to ammo, weapons, supplies, and a health station containing pills. A very stiff fight is coming up next, so now is a good time to heal, restock on ammo, and switch Tier 2 weapons, if desired. Once ready, teams now enter the dreaded gravel pile that features so prominently in this campaign's promotional video. Options here are essentially two-fold. Option one is to plug on up the gravel pile, disturb the crows, and face a crescendo horde that is occasionally reinforced by a tank. Teams can expect to take heavy damage by the time the curtain comes down on this stanza. It's a good idea to battle through and enter the conveyor belt gantry. This forces enemies to attack from only two directions and makes them relatively easy to defeat. Option two is to avoid the gravel pile entirely and stay on the dock side until teams reach a semi-trailer unit. The Crescendo Horde will spawn (without alerting any crows), but this position forces its members to attack from an arc of less than 180 degrees, making this an easy fight. A few enemies will come under the semi from behind, but they should not be a problem. However the gravel pile battle is fought, once it is over, teams head down the conveyor belt gantry to the ore ship alongside the dock. On arriving on deck, turn left and proceed to the stern to collect health and supplies before proceeding onto the starboard gangway to collect fresh weapons if wanted. On arriving on the well deck, teams can either jump down the hatchways and fight the Infected lurking there, or they can simply proceed along the deck to the prow, firing opportunistically down at any enemies seen via the open hatches. A smoker, hunter, and boomer plus a "hurry up" horde should be expected, and if it has been a while, teams may even encounter a tank. From time to time, a witch will be parked up at or near the stem of the ship, which is awkward since you will have to engage her in order to leave the ore ship and move on. The same location will always provide supplies such as throwables. (Look for a burning red road flare if you're unsure of which direction to take.) Looking over the prow of the ore ship will reveal another half-sunk barge filled with dirt and a large number of alert Common Infected. A hunter will almost always start creeping up too. If available, a pipe bomb will even up the odds, especially if the team is running low on ammo, as is sometimes the case at this point. If teams are hurting for health and ammunition, let those team members who are in the best shape take over from here on. Proceed along the barge and jump across onto land again. A small area will contain a significant number of common infected, but fortunately they are in a choke point and can be taken down with relative ease. If you are low on ammo, make maximum use of pistols because there is a probability of a hard fight coming up. Once the area is clear, take a moment to regroup because there is a final bout of heavy combat coming up. Once ready, the team needs to jump up onto some boxes and look over a wall to see into a parking lot in front of a vehicle repair workshop. Beware that this action will shortly trigger a horde that will attempt to swarm over the wall to get at the team. Tactics range from pulling back from the wall and potting them as their heads appear over the top of the wall through to standing on the wall or bailing over the wall and meeting them on the other side with melee weapons. (Note that a good sniper can improve the odds by setting off any explosives seen outside the workshop doors just before or during this event.) Health and a grenade will usually be seen on the cab of a pickup truck parked next to the wall. Once over the wall, proceed into the workshop and look for minor supplies—bbut do not relax because there could be a supreme challenge coming up very shortly! If available, have one team member grab a gas can, and everyone should note any propane bottles across the road. On exiting the workshop, a few common infected will also be spotted outside in the street (with an occasional witch), and over the road is the building containing a loading dock and this chapter's closing safe room. If playing with AI bots, they will usually speed-run across the road, kill any enemies, and enter the safe room. However, once in a while, a tank spawns and must be taken down; this is why caution should be observed and explosive resources should be deployed in the street outside. If the tank does arrive, team members may be low on health and ammo, and the outcome can become a distinctly 50:50 proposition for these individuals. Fortunately, this is an uncommon phenomenon, and most times, teams can sprint to the locker room secure in the knowledge that they have not had to fight this finale at such a disadvantage. '''Tip:''' As a way to conserve health kits, if anyone is near death by the time they reach the safe room, kill them. When the next chapter starts, they will return with 100 health, saving 1-3 health kits for later use if the team is struggling during the next chapter.
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