• This is part 7 of our complete Gears of War 2 game guide, featuring Act 4 Hive.

  • Priorities

    1. Follow the path up to an open door that leads into a tunnel. On the other side you'll get swept into a cutscene.
    2. Stick with Dom until you come to a button that raises the lift. Follow him a little further and you'll hit another elevator. In the next room, the way across is flooded. Use the valve to the left to close the sluice gates and drain the water.
    3. As soon as you enter the center section where the water was, Locust drones appear on the other side. Grab cover and shoot at the one that goes left to the valve before he can drown you. Kill him at risk to your health, as he can kill you with that valve.
    4. After he's down, it's a regular firefight. Mop up and cross the flood area.
    5. Ahead is another elevator. At the bottom you'll come out into another big room. Here you'll fight a mauler and some wretches.
    6. Concentrate fire on the mauler, especially while it's far away. Melee the wretches if they get close and keep firing on the mauler until it goes down. Mop up and head left.
    7. As soon as you hit the cover here, a spotlight will shine in your eyes as drones take positions ahead. There are snipers, a theron guard, and a troika in the distance that are all hard to snipe at because of the light.
    8. Pick your shots here. Wait until you know you can hit a guy, or figure out where to aim ahead of time, then pop down and heal. Pop up again when you're in good shape for a fast shot at the troika or the snipers.
    9. With the major players in this battle out of the way, the rest is easy. Clear the area and look for ammo.
    10. Go up to the left when you've policed the bodies. You'll see two yellow-screened Locust terminals, the first of which will draw you to it for the objective. Don't touch it yet.
    11. Collectible! Locust Terminal. Instead, go past the first terminal to the second yellow one and check it for a collectible.
    12. Now press the other terminal to move the story forward. After the cinematic, weave through the capsules until you come to a terminal. Then follow Dom forward.

  • Answers

    1. You'll see an enemy patrol up ahead. Take cover and watch them leave.
    2. Collectible! Locust Prisoner's Journal When the patrol has moved on, bypass this terminal and head left. Hug the wall the terminal is on near the truck and look for a piece of paper on the ground.
    3. Return to the terminal, then follow Dom. You're gaining on that patrol, but you can still sit tight and hide from them.
    4. Repeat the process at the next terminal. Check it, take cover, follow the patrol.
    5. Move up through the various pieces of cover, then sit for a second while the patrol moves on again. When Dom gives the all clear, head up to the terminal. That'll trigger another cutscene, and also an attack.
    6. Enemies will take turns alternating which flank you have to defend. You'll start with wretches and a bloodmount from either side, starting with the way the enemy patrol went, which we'll call right.
    7. When they're down, drones and a grinder come at you from the right. Take them out fast and head to the left side cover to deal with two therons and a couple of drones.
    8. That's the last wave. You'll get the There's a Time for Us Achievement during the next cutscene.

  • Hornet's Nest

    1. You start in a big room with a lever just ahead. Note that it raises cover: You'll run across more of these. Run to the left and grab the ammo and the Torque Bow if you want it. Then head out the door in the top right corner of the room.
    2. Collectible! Locust Jailor Document. Just ahead, the hallway forks. Take the right fork under the drawbridge. When it bends left, look for a piece of paper on the ground.
    3. The path loops back to where it forked. Ahead is a dead end, but just left of it is a door you can kick down.
    4. Locust appear in the area ahead as soon as you clear the door. Look out for a theron guard in the distance, winging Torque Bow bolts at you from the tower.
    5. When the ground floor is clear, race forward and take the stairs along the right side of the tower. Clear it of guards and kill the theron in the top. Hit the switch here to open the way forward.
    6. The open door allows two flamers to come charging in, though. They're backed by two therons and some other drones.
    7. Get your Lancer out and head to the stairs. Let Dom get ahead of you if you're playing alone, as the flamers will stop to fight him. Shoot at their tanks to take them out, then revive Dom.
    8. Go through the door. It closes behind you. Grab ammo and take cover as soon as you hit some.
    9. You need to kill the bloodmount up ahead first. The rest of the troops are easy to deal with once it's dead. Concentrate your fire.
    10. Mop up the last of the troops. Go through the doors the Locust came through. If you head left, you'll find a spiral staircase that leads to some grenades.
    11. Go through the next door and you'll be in a huge room with little cover and lots of Locust on the far side. Use the lever nearby to increase the amount of cover you can use and try to clear out the Locust troops quickly.
    12. TIP: Look for Locust explosives behind the enemy position to knock out more soldiers at once.
    13. TIP: Behind your position on the left side is a Longshot that'll make things easier.
    14. After you've killed a few guys, you'll hear Marcus screaming about a Locust lowering your cover. Look up to the right to see a drone running for a lever. Kill him to keep life easy.
    15. Right around the time you drop that Locust, a reaver will drop in. With your large pieces of cover intact, you can fall back and the reaver can't really get to you. Lay into it with your regular weapons.
    16. An explosion soon after creates more cover in the center of the room. Move up and finish off the last of the drones. Grinders will come through a door behind the Locust position afterward. Use cover to avoid their Mulchers and kill them.
    17. Go through the door and follow the path into another large room filled with pillars.
    18. Collectible! Human Finger Necklace. As you enter this room, big iron doors start to close. Ignore the first one and head up the stairs with Roadie Running. Ahead will be one that is closing that you can just make it under. Inside, hang a right and wander around until you find a human finger necklace. You can then go to the other end of the room and use a switch and the troika in the next battle.
    19. You'll face opposition in the next big room, including two large mauler-like enemies called Butchers.
    20. Butchers carry big swords and are lighter and slightly more agile than maulers, but they're easier to kill because they have less in the way of defenses. Just stay back and unload until they die.
    21. Clear out the drones and move into the open area outside the door. This is a big food preparation area, marked by dead rock worms to the left.
    22. Move through the room by using the trenches for cover. Clear out drones and move up until they're all dead.
    23. The door will open after you've cleared the way to reveal a flamer at the far end of the room. Kill it from far away.
    24. Now head through the door and take the stairs into a hallway. There's a door to the left just ahead, but pass it and go to a second door for ammo. Then backtrack to the middle door and try to catch the Locust soldiers ahead unawares.
    25. Blow up the flamer to the left on the overhead bridge in the next room to collapse the structure. As you move into the room, a butcher is ahead but be careful of the crossfire you'll take from the left. That position is elevated, which spells bad news for you.
    26. Stick to the side of the bridge for cover and kill the butcher. Another one will show up over there in a few seconds, but relax for now. Move along the bridge toward the stairs at the far end.
    27. Kill the second butcher and move up to flank the Locust forces in the higher area.
    28. Follow the path up until you reach another big room. To the right is a flat, wide-open area with little cover; a sure battle location. Head down to the left to find a lever. Pull it to raise some cover on the higher ground.
    29. Move up to the cover. The whole area starts to change and Locust troops will move in ahead of you. There's a big coverless gap between the two positions.
    30. Look right for an orange Locust explosive. Blast it to knock down a pillar that provides a place to hide. Move to that cover and use grenades and gunfire to clear out the Locust.
    31. Killing the last of the soldiers triggers a cutscene, and now you're defending this position. Start by pulling the lever right next to you to raise the cover. There's also a cover-lever behind your position.
    32. Take out the tickers and the drones as best you can. The faster the better. After a few seconds, a reaver will drop in to give you hell. Keep moving and blast it, trying to stay clear of enemy fire from the other side of the area.
    33. Another reaver drops in after the first is dead. Kill it quickly, then look to the gate behind you. It drops to reveal a mortar team.
    34. When the mortar fires, jump clear of your cover and run straight at the mortar soldier. Kill it and you'll earn the Better Wrapped in Beacon Achievement.
    35. Go through the open gate and grab that mortar from the ground. There are also grenades nearby. Pull the lever to give yourself some cover.
    36. When the gate drops, be ready with the mortar. The enemy has a mortar team too: It's right up front, to the right. Kill it fast.
    37. As soon as the way is clear, run in and pull the lever at the back of the area to raise more cover. A gate opens in the room's back left quadrant, and there's another mortar team setting up way in the distance.
    38. There's a Locust explosive right next to the mortar team back there. Focus your fire on it for massive damage. If it does manage to get a shot off, just run in any direction away from where you were standing.
    39. Another gate opens up ahead, and this one has a mortar, tickers, and two grinder.
    40. Quickly find the lever and pull it for cover, then backtrack and find a spot to get set. Use grenades or anything else big to put some hurt (or death) on the grinders. If you hear someone yell incoming, move away immediately and as fast as you can.
    41. Also, try to hit the Locust explosive to do more damage to the backup drones behind the grinders.
    42. When the battle is won, take a second to run around and gather weapons and ammo. Then take the stairs up to the right.
    43. Now that you're reinforced, grab the ammo and grenades, then pull the lever to end the chapter.

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