• This is part 3 of our complete Gears of War 2 game guide, featuring Act 2 Denizens.

  • Scattered

    1. There are three different paths you can take when you start. One leads left, one right, and the last is a ladder behind your grindlift. This is deceptive, however; all the paths end in the same place, and the ladder can lead you to both the left and the right path at a fork just up ahead.
    2. Just pick one. Dom will take the opposite route, but there's not really anything along the way that you'll miss by going either right or left. This is just a walk through the Hollow to give you an idea of what you're dealing with.
    3. Follow the path you pick until you reach a barrier. Cut it with your chainsaw and flank the drones fighting Carmine to save him.
    4. Run over to the grindlifts and grab ammo and grenades. When the Locust appear, take cover and fight them off until they're all dead. Watch out for tickers, which appear later in the battle.
    5. Now go the lift and hit X. When you go through the tunnel, it seals behind you.
    6. Follow the path down to where another team of gears is fighting off some Locust. Stop at the grindlift along the way for some grenades.
    7. Move up, grab ammo, and take cover near where the Locust are amassing. Look for tickers among the drones; kill them behind enemy lines and you might be able to take a few extra Locust with them.
    8. At the end of the battle, two boomers show up at the very back of the area. Blast them from afar with active reload Lancer ammo and they shouldn't be a problem.
    9. TIP: You can pick up the boomers' Boom Shots for seven shots of explosive power.
    10. Head to where the Locust came from. It grows dark, and the path ahead will be blocked. Follow your team and Jack toward the red bioluminescent plants.
    11. Before long, your team will be attacked in the dark by Wretches, which move fast and use melee attacks to hit you. Blast the ones you can see with your Lancer.
    12. TIP: An effective strategy against wretches, especially ones you can't see, is to just run around with your chainsaw revving. Hold down B to keep it running. Any wretch you run into, whether you see it or not, will be cut in half.
    13. Continue down the path and cut through the barrier to start the next mission.

  • Indigenous Creatures

    1. A big gross monster, called a Rock Worm, appears ahead of you and snacks on the red glowing fruits. Shoot one off the ceiling to demonstrate that you can lure it where you want it to go.
    2. You'll use the rock worms ahead as mobile cover. Treat them like any other obstacle and use the fruit to send them where you want them to go.
    3. Take the path down to the left. You should see a grindlift on the left side of the area. Bear left and you'll see a barrier you can cut through to grab some ammo.
    4. Collectible! Gear's Journal. There's also a big sheet of paper right here next to the lift.
    5. You'll soon come to a fork. Pick a side, grab the grenades and ammo from the grind lift, and head down toward a Locust checkpoint. It's outfitted with a troika.
    6. Use the rock worm and the glowing fruit to create mobile cover, allowing you to get closer to the checkpoint. A well-placed grenade will clear the troika, then just finish by mowing down any other Locust troops.
    7. TIP: Try to hit the Locust in the face here, because they're hard to hit on the ground. If you leave them down, other drones can revive them, just like you and your teammates.
    8. Head into the checkpoint. Grab the red Locust ammo boxes if you're carrying any of their weapons, including the Boom Shot. Then climb the ladder at the back.
    9. On your right, a barrier will blow up revealing tickers. Blast them, then head left to find more ammo and grenades. Return to the right and catch up with your squad.
    10. Out ahead, a rock worm will appear to give you cover just as an emergence hole opens dead ahead of you. Throw a grenade to seal it and finish off the Locust here.
    11. Keep going until you see some grindlifts. Grab cover up ahead at the sandbags and find a sniper rifle near the lift to the right. Use it to pick off the roughly one million snipers that are set up ahead of you.
    12. You can also run forward to find more cover, and use a rock worm that appears there as cover to get closer. Hit the glowing explosive pack near the Locust position to take out several at a time.
    13. When that's done, follow the rock worm that appears ahead as you move up. Pick a path and use the sniper rifle to shoot down at the Locust patrol before it can move into cover.
    14. At the top, you'll come across another Locust position. Focus first on the troikas, as they'll give you the most trouble. Then mop up the drones.
    15. Just as you finish killing the standard troops, a reaver will drop in more or less in the middle of everything. If you're still carrying that Boom Shot, now's a good time to put it to use. Two good shots takes the reaver down.
    16. Otherwise just tear into it with what you have. Keep moving if you're in the open to avoid its rocket attack and take cover when you can. When it's down, you'll get a checkpoint.
    17. Collectible! Kantus Scroll. Look to the edges of this area. You should see one that has an ornate railing, with an ammo box nearby. Look for an item on the ground that looks like a scroll.
    18. Grab what ammo you can and get ready for another fight. The big doors at one end of the area burst open, allowing drones, wretches, tickers and a pair of boomers to come at you.
    19. You can jump on the troika here to do some damage, but your best bet is to grab cover. Pick off the little guys as they come at you, then turn your attention to the boomers. Mop up what's left afterward.
    20. When you've got all the ammo and weapons you need from the area, proceed through the door. Go all the way down until you reach a troika with a team defending it.
    21. Clear the drones and get on the troika to shoot across and help defend Alpha Two. There also is ammo around for you to use if you still have a Longshot sniper rifle or other long-range weapon. Finally, a mortar on the ground to the right of the troika helps as well.
    22. Follow your team further down and mantle the low wall to end the mission.

  • Disturbing Revelations

    1. Follow your squad down further in the Hollow. You'll soon come to a waist-deep pond with a staircase at the far side. Grab the Longshot here, then climb the stairs.
    2. You'll enter a battle with a new kind of Locust enemy: the Kantus. He carries a powerful burst-firing pistol, the Gorgon pistol, and chucks poison Ink grenades at you.
    3. Thin out the numbers of the Locust assisting the Kantus. You'll deal with some tickers, wretches and drones.
    4. TIP: On the ceiling to the left is a red glowing fruit you can shoot down. Doing so brings a rock worm into the middle of the room, providing you additional cover.
    5. TIP: Kantuses have the ability to resurrect fallen Locust soldiers. Make your shots headshots to keep them down, and make the Kantus your top priority in order to make the other soldiers vulnerable.
    6. When the doors open in the center of the wall, concentrate your fire on the kantus. When he's dead and you've mopped up, search the area for ammo. Then head through the door.
    7. Collectible! Locust Emblem. To the right of the door the kantus opened for you, just beyond the threshold. Look for a red Locust ammo box. It's nearby.
    8. Continue along the path until you come to a fork. It doesn't matter which way you pick; soon you'll be fighting.
    9. If you take the top path, you'll have to shoot down red fruits for a rock worm in order to provide Dom and Carmine with cover. When you do so, however, you'll be swarmed by wretches.
    10. After clearing the room, look for a switch near the door. Use it to open the way through. On the other side is a troika.
    11. Dom and Carmine will clear the big gun for you, so head down to the left and take on the kantus and drones there. Also you'll have to deal with another troika, but you should still have your Longshot. Use it.
    12. When you've thinned the numbers down, the doors will open and a boomer and more drones will appear. Just keep your cover and gun them down as they run at you. Doing so will help you stay clear of getting hit by that Boomshot.
    13. Finishing these enemies ends the mission. You'll also receive the That Sinking Feeling Achievement.

  • Sinking Feeling

    1. Proceed into the new sinkhole ahead. Grab ammo as you go. Before long, you'll encounter another new Locust enemy: the Bloodmount. It's essentially a mean Locust horse that carries a drone and can tear you up with melee attacks.
    2. As you head down, you'll encounter a running Stranded and right after, Locust. Concentrate first on the bloodmount, as it's the most deadly.
    3. When you've cleared the way, keep going down. You'll have Locust ahead of you and snipers to your right. Clear out the ones ahead before engaging the snipers.
    4. TIP: Around here, maybe a little bit closer to where you fought the first bloodmount is a mortar that does well against the distant snipers to the right.
    5. Collectible! Ilima City Help-Wanted Ad. Head toward the snipers, just past a wrecked car, to find a scrap of paper on the ground.
    6. Continue forward and a reaver will drop in to attack you. Steer clear of its rocket attacks and hit it with the strongest gun you have.
    7. When the reaver's down, keep moving. Grab ammo as you come to it.
    8. In the next big area, a tunnel opens up that spews drones, including snipers. Run the furthest to the left you can go, grab the Longshot, and turn toward the tunnel.
    9. Clear the enemies at the tunnel out as fast as possible, as a reaver is on its way to make your life more difficult. When it shows up, jump behind the angled piece of cover just behind you.
    10. Start out your fight with the reaver by dropping the drones on its back. If you still have the Boom Shot, this is the best weapon for the job.
    11. Now hit the reaver hard with whatever you have. Keep clear of its rocket attacks and you should do fine. When it's dead, mop up the Locust across the gap.
    12. Go through the new path and grab the ammo. Go all the way left for grenades, then enter the building by taking the path to the right.
    13. Take cover under the Locust ambush and survive as best you can. Knock down the enemy soldiers if you can, keeping a special eye out for Grenadiers. These guys have little armor, carry shotguns, and will heave annoying grenades at you.
    14. After a moment, Cole will show up to rescue you with a cinematic.
    15. Collectible! COG Tag. After the cinematic, look to the left of the path where the rest of your squad goes. Inside another room you'll find a dead soldier and his COG tags.
    16. Follow your squad out. You'll come to a graveyard. The first thing you'll deal with is a reaver. Keep moving to avoid its close-range spearing tentacle attack.
    17. When that's done, you'll face drones coming out of the tunnel, followed by a kantus. Kill the shaman first, then mop up the remaining drones.
    18. Grab all the ammo you can handle and go into the tunnel. Keep going until you find some man-size capsules along the way. A little further and you'll find Baird, get the Freebaird! Achievement and end the mission.

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