"Blood Harvest: The Tunnel": Easy Win As Infected |
In Versus mode, there is a warehouse-type area immediately after the starting safe room. As a zombie, quickly run back to the emergency door on the other side of the warehouse. There should be a forklift near the door. Spawn and push this forklift in front of the doorway. Note: You may need to break the white door in front of the emergency door to get the forklift all the way in front of the doorway. |
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"Dead Air: The Construction Site": Shortcut |
In "The Construction Site", there is a metal door and a raised fence by the barricade that you burn. Jump on the fence and follow it until it begins to go downward. At this point, jump on the metal siding "door". Note: Some practice may be required. |
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"Dead Air: The Crane": Shortcut |
In "The Crane", jump on the fence after climbing on the vent cover. Go across the fence then jump to the other side of the horizontal fence. Turn left and go to the end. Jump up and to the right to air conditioning unit box on the corner of the next building. Once on the next building, go to the left corner. Jump to the top branch of the tree below you. You will lose a lot of health after landing. However you will be at the next safe room. |
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"Dead Air: The Runway Finale" Climb On Top Of The Airplane |
Get a luggage cart near the left wing of the plane, later place at least three propane tank under it. Explode them and the cart should fly up, jump on the right moment and you should be on the wing. The place is 100% safe against the horde and boomers. However, tanks rock throwing ability, smokers and hunters can reach you. Be noted that the rear of the plane is not detailed thus you will fall under the plane and get stuck there, also this is impossible in versus.
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"Death Toll: Boathouse": Items |
Under any difficulty setting, a health pack and pills will spawn in the bathroom across the field from the house. |
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"No Mercy: The Apartments" 3 Tanks Spawn |
In expert, there is a 0.05% that 3 tanks will spawn on the floor below the roof. This is fixed in the L4D2 port of the campaign.
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"No Mercy: The Apartments" Killer Jeep Glitch |
On the first floor of the apartment, there is a military humvee crashed into the building. If you leaning against it as a Survivor or Infected, you will die immediately, tanks will take 400 damage per second if you keep standing there.
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"No Mercy: The Apartments": Easy Kills |
In level 1 of the No Mercy chapter, the Survivors must jump into a sewer hole to enter them. As an Infected, use this to your advantage. One must be a Smoker or a Hunter. Do not spawn; instead hide behind one of the large canisters in the room. Once the players open the hole and are done checking the vicinity, they will jump in. Due to the fact they must jump in one at a time or get stuck, make sure you have a clear view of the last one in line. Once all three are down and the fourth Survivor is still up, pounce or grab him. By doing this he will not be able to be saved, unless someone throws a Molotov or a pipe bomb. |
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"No Mercy: The Apartments": Shortcut |
As soon as the level starts, look over the edge of the building and down to the street. Notice the box-like object that is partway down. Drop down to it. Although you will take some damage, you will still be alive. You can then drop down to ground level and continue the level. |
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"no Mercy: The Hospital" Elevator Glitch |
If a survivor managed to get incapacitated inside the elevator for any reason, once he/she is revived he/she will not keep rising with the elevator and become easy prey for certain types of special infected.
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"No Mercy: The Hospital": Easy Win As Infected |
Before you spawn, go all the way up to floor 28, where the elevator lets out. Just outside of the elevator is a generator. Move it in front of the elevator door. , if the Survivors know what you are doing, they can move it. It will require three survivors to move an object. However if you have someone else on the Infected side, they can go a little bit further and move the forklift that is there in front of the doorway. |
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"No Mercy: The Rooftop Finale" Smoker Glitch |
There is a chance that if you stand on the pipes near the minigun and gets dragged by a smoker, you can get stuck at the electric generator without getting choked (taking damage). This glitch is very rare.
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"No Mercy: The Sewer" Ai Stuck Glitch |
AIs (Survivor and Infected alike) can be stuck while climbing the ladder leading to the entrance of Mercy Hospital. This is EXTREMELY rare.
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"No Mercy: The Sewer": Easy Way Through |
Over by the trucks is a door that you can open later. However if you have some people meleeing it, it will eventually break. |
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"No Mercy: The Sewer": Easy Win As Infected |
This trick works best as a Hunter. Before you spawn in No Mercy level 3, go all the way to the very end, at the hospital. Once up the ladder, turn to your right and there should be a dumpster. Move it all the way over to the manhole and one of two things will happen. It will either fall all the way down, which is bad because the Survivors can move it; or it will partially fall in. The survivors cannot move this at all. If you are a Tank, you can move a car over it, which is better than any dumpster. From here, do not puke on them as a Boomer. It will attract the Horde. The Horde will try to move the object away from the manhole. Then, as Hunters and Smokers, you can just attack them. They may shoot you, but every so often, you can hurt them until finally they die.
In the warehouse near the end of the level, immediately after the area with the gas station and the lift, there is a forklift which you can use to block the door the survivors must go through. When the level starts, do not spawn. Instead, quickly go to the warehouse. When you get there, spawn and start pushing the forklift to the door. To push the forklift, keep attacking it. It will move very slowly but you will have time to push it before the Survivors reach it. The only way the Survivors can move it is by throwing pipe bombs at it repeatedly. |
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"The Sacrifice: The Docks" Floating On Water |
At the beginning of the level, there is a body of water from a lake. If you hold the jump key while jumping in the water, you will not drown and will be floating on the water. You can walk above the water. Note this glitch is only present in the L4D1 version of the campaign.
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Achievements |
Complete the following task to unlock the corresponding achievement.
Achievement | How to unlock |
101 Cremations | Set 101 Infected on fire.
| Akimbo Assassin | Survive a campaign firing no guns other than pistols.
| All 4 Dead | Kill all four Survivors on one life as a Tank.
| Back 2 Help | Leave a safe room to save an incapped teammate and bring them back
| Barf Bagged | Cover four Survivors with Boomer bile at once.
| Big Drag | Drag a Survivor x distance with your tongue.
| Blind Luck | You or another Survivor take no damage after being vomited on by a Boomer.
| Brain Salad | Make 100 headshot kills.
| Burn the Witch | Light a Witch with a Molotov.
| Chain Smoker | Constrict two Survivors on one life as a Smoker.
| Clean Kill | Shove a Boomer and then kill him without him splashing on anyone.
| Cr0wnd | Kill a Witch with a single headshot.
| Dead Baron | Survive the Dead Air campaign.
| Dead Giveaway | Heal a fellow Survivor when your own health is below 10.
| Dead Stop | Punch a Hunter as he is pouncing.
| Dead Wreckening | Dole out 5000 total Survivor damage as a Special Infected.
| Do Not Disturb | Sneak past all Witches in a campaign without disturbing one.
| Double Jump | Pounce two different Survivors on one life as a Hunter.
| Drag and Drop | Rescue a Survivor from a Smoker's tongue before he takes damage.
| Field Medic | Heal 25 Survivors with a first aid kit.
| Grim Reaper | Survive the Blood Harvest campaign.
| Ground Cover | Save another Survivor from a Special Infected while on the ground.
| Helping Hand | Revive 50 incapacitated Survivors.
| Hero Closet | Rescue a Survivor trapped in a closet.
| Hunter Punter | Shove a Hunter off of a pinned and helpless Survivor.
| Jump Shot | Headshot a Hunter while he's leaping.
| Lamb 2 Slaughter | Incapacitate a Survivor after he has entered and exited a safe room.
| Man vs Tank | Single-handedly kill a Tank.
| Mercy Killer | Survive the No Mercy campaign.
| My Bodyguard | Protect any Survivor from an attacking Infected 50 times.
| No Smoking Section | Kill 10 Smokers as they are pulling helpless Survivors.
| No-One Left Behind | Beat a campaign with all 4 Survivors.
| Nothing Special | Survive a campaign with no Survivors taking damage from Specials.
| Pharm-assist | Give pain pills to 10 Survivors.
| Pyrotechnician | Blow up 20 Infected in a single explosion.
| Red Mist | Kill 1000 Infected with a mounted machine gun.
| Safety First | Play through a campaign with no Survivors taking friendly fire damage.
| Spinal Tap | Kill an Infected with a single blow from behind.
| Stand Tall | Survive a campaign without being incapacitated.
| Stomach Upset | All Survivors complete a campaign without being vomited on.
| Tankbusters | Kill a Tank without it dealing any damage to a Survivor.
| Toll Collector | Survive the Death Toll campaign.
| Tongue Twister | Kill a Smoker who has grabbed you with his tongue.
| Towering Inferno | Light a Tank with a Molotov.
| Unbreakable | Beat a campaign without ever using a first aid kit on yourself.
| Untouchables | No Survivors take damage after contacting the rescue vehicle.
| What Are You Trying To Prove? | Survive all campaigns on Impossible.
| Witch Hunter | Kill a Witch without any Survivor taking damage from her.
| Zombicidal Maniac | Survive any campaign on Impossible.
| Zombie Genocidest | Kill 53,595 Infected.
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Another Half-life Reference |
Very rarely, Louis will exclaim, "Man, I feel like Gordon Freeman!", alluding to the protagonist of the Half-Life series.
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Civilian Glitch |
To get this glitch working, you need to use the command 'ent_remove' and goes into third person or third person shoulder mode. Aim EXTREME CAREFULLY at your character's weapon and remove it, you must remove all you character's weapons (including throwable weapons). If successful your character will be moving in his/her ' Base Build' (span their arms widely and no animations for being attacked and 'float moving') status which can lead to hilarious results. Please note that it will be fixed when picking up a weapon and the game WILL crash if you aimed wrongly thus removed your character.
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Cut Pistol 'empty' Reload Animation |
First, you must have only one pistol, empty 14 rounds and left 1 bullet in you pistol. Reload the pistol, as you are reloading, immediately pick up a second pistol. The cut animation should play, please note that it will not always work.
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Dead Rising Reference |
The amount of zombies you have to kill for the "Zombie Genocidist" achievement (53,595), is the same zombie kill count and achievement in Dead Rising. |
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Death Toll: See Newburg Burning |
You can see the city of Newburg from the "Dead Air" episode burning at the end of "Death Toll". |
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Defeating Survivors |
When Hunters are on fire, their pounces and attacks on Survivors do significantly more damage per hit. Use this to your advantage and deliberately set yourself on fire with the many fire pits or burning cars, then attack. This allows you to easily down Survivors. Note: This only works for Hunters, not Smokers, Boomers, or Tanks. |
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Defeating Tanks |
To kill a Tank faster, throw a Molotov cocktail or a gas tank and shoot it. When the Tank is on fire, shoot him with an assault rifle. |
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Defeating Witches |
To kill a Witch faster, throw a Molotov cocktail. When the Witch is on fire, shoot her with an automatic shotgun. |
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Developers Console Cheats |
At the main menu, select "Options," then "Keyboard/Mouse." Enable "Allow Developers Console." During gameplay, press "~" to access the console. Type in "Sv_Cheats 1" and press "Enter" to enable the cheats. Then, enter any one of the following:
Code | Effect |
map [map name] | Start LAN server; enable while in "Campaign Lobby" screen
| changelevel [map name] | Quick change map
| tongue_range [#] (Default 750) | Sets the maximum range of the smoker's tongue attack
| z_witch_burn_time | Amount of time before a burning Witch dies from fire (does not affect damage caused by fire)
| z_health | Change Zombie Health
| z_speed | Change Zombie Speed
| director_no_human_zombies 0/1 | Disables/enables controllable Boss Infected on any map
| director_panic_forever 0/1 | Enables/Disables never ending panics.
| director_force_panic | Forces a panic event
| give ammo | Full Ammunition
| give pistol | Get Pistol
| give autoshotgun | Gives auto shotgun
| give health | Gives full health
| give gascan | Gives gascan
| give hunting_rifle | Gives hunting rifle
| give molotov | Gives molotov
| give oxygentank | Gives oxygen tank
| give pain_pills | Gives pain pills
| give pipe_bomb | Gives pipebomb
| give propanetank | Gives propanetank
| give rifle | Gives you an Mk 47 (machine gun)
| give first_aid_kit | Gives you first aid kit
| z_spawn weapon_SMG | Gives you the SMG.
| god | Invincibility
| director_no_mobs [1/0] | No mob rushes
| firstperson | Play in first person (default); this cheat is only necessary if thirdperson mode is enabled
| z_witch_damage [#] | Sets the amount of damage a Witch's attack does.
| thirdperson_mayamode | Sets the camera to be fixed in place while in either third person or third person shoulder mode. Enter once to turn on and enter again to turn off.
| thirdperson | Sets the camera to be in third person mode.
| thirdpersonshoulder | Sets the camera to over-the-shoulder third person mode
| z_common_limit | Sets the maximum amount of regular zombies
| z_tank_health [#] | Sets the maximum health of the Tank
| z_frustration_lifetime [#] | Sets the number of seconds until the player loses control of the Tank from not attacking survivors
| sb_friendlyfire [1/0] | Sets whether or not bots (and only bots) are allowed to do friendly fire damage
| director_stop | Shuts off all wanderers, mobs, specials, and bosses
| z_spawn zombie | Spawns 1 Zombie
| boom | Spawns a active pipebomb under you.
| fire | Spawns a lighted molotov right on the floor under you.
| z_spawn [bossname] | Spawns a special infected (infected names:hunter,boomer,smoker,witch,tank)
| z_spawn mob | Spawns a zombie horde
| z_spawn boomer | Spawns boomer at location of crosshair
| z_spawn hunter | Spawns hunter at location of crosshair
| z_spawn smoker | Spawns smoker at location of crosshair
| z_spawn tank | Spawns tank at location of crosshair
| noclip | Toggles No Clipping Mode
| z_witch_allow_change_victim [1/0] | True/False setting that allows the witch to change targets instead or focus on the one survivor that alerted her first
| sv_infinite_ammo 1 | Unlimited Ammunition
| retry | You can unlock achievements while using cheats (after entering sv_cheats 1, enter retry so that it will restart the game with the cheats on)
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Drag Healing |
There is a glitch when being dragged by a smoker while being healed by a survivor, the survivor is dragged away while being healed while the healer survivor will still standing still at that location.
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Easy "Akimbo Assassin" Achievement |
Start a mission and shoot a few zombies using only your pistol. Then, select the "Take a Break" option and allow the NPCs to complete the level. |
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Easy "Cr0wnd" Achievement |
Play under the Easy difficulty setting. Get an auto-shotgun and find a Witch. Quickly approach the Witch with lights off and force her to rise. Quickly shoot her head as she stands. |
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Easy "Dead Stop" Achievement |
Use a shotgun and run at a Hunter, hitting [Melee] repeatedly. |
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Easy "Helping Hand" Achievement |
Go to a safe house, preferably with a combat shotgun. Incapacitate the other three members of your group, then revive them. Doing this counts toward your achievement. It is easier with a combat shotgun because it deals a lot of damage fast. In a single player campaign, make sure all other survivors are in the lower red health area. When you incapacitate one of them, the others will try to revive them. You then need to shoot the others before they revive the incapacitated players or you will not get the points for reviving. |
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Easy "Man Vs. Tank" Achievement |
Start a new game in "Dead Air" under the Easy difficulty and select the finale. Once you have made it to the tanker, restock on ammo, grab a pipe bomb or Molotov cocktail, then answer the radio and start the gas pump. Once the pump is activated, run around to the right-hand side of the rescue plane and prepare to fight off the horde. A benefit of this position is that the horde cannot come at you from behind. When it is time for the Tank to appear, it will usually spawn on the far side of the plane. Run up to opposite side then run back and forth without coming around the plane to your side. Your AI teammates will not shoot the Tank when it is on the other side of the plane. By crouching you will be able to easily aim at the lower body from beneath the plane and take it down quickly.
The open area at the end of "Death Toll" is a good location to unlock this achievement. There is enough room here to fend off the horde yourself and deal with the tank. |
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Easy "Stand Tall" And "Unbreakable" Achievements |
Select the Easy difficulty while playing offline. Let the bots clean up the enemies on the map. If you get healed, you can restart the map after dying and not have it count against you. |
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Easy "Unbreakable" Achievement |
If you have a health pack and are low on health, pause game play and select "Take A Break". While you are idle you will be healed. When it is done, rejoin the game and the healing will not count against you. Note: This was done under the Easy difficulty setting. |
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Easy "Untouchables" Achievement |
In No Mercy, Level 5, when you climb to the rooftop, there is a small building with a satellite dish by where the helicopter lands. Climb on top of this building. There is a small staircase on one of the sides leading up to a sealed door (only zombies can open it). Stand above it on the edge, and knock the zombies down as they come up. Eventually one will knock the door down. The Survivors can stand against the back wall in the room, and no infected will come in, including the Tank. Once the helicopter lands, throw a pipe bomb, and quickly run to the helicopter. |
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Easy "Zombie Genocidest" Achievement |
This can be done anywhere, except in Versus mode. You must kill 53,595 zombies. When playing in Campaign mode, you get a few friends (Louis, Bill, Zoey, and Francis) to help you. The bots can sometimes kill the zombies and special Infected more than you can. In order to kill more zombies than the bots, find a sniper rifle. Get to a high area and snipe each zombie. You can also go lower, but turn off the flashlight or your snipe can be ruined by the attack of a zombie. The best levels to do this are any until the finale in "Blood Harvest"; "The Greenhouse" and "Crane" levels in "Dead Air"; "The Church" and "The Town" in "Death Toll"; and the first three levels in "No Mercy". |
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Easy Kills As Infected In No Mercy: The Sewer |
The Survivors must jump into a sewer hole at a certain point. As an Infected, use this to your advantage. While playing as a Smoker or Hunter, hide behind one of the large canisters in the room. Once one of the Survivors open the hole and are done checking the vicinity, they will jump in. Due to the fact they must jump in one at a time or get stuck, make sure you have a clear view of the last one in line. Once all three are down and the fourth Survivor is still up, pounce or grab him or her. By doing this, he or she will not be able to be saved, unless someone throws a Molotov cocktail or pipe bomb.
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Easy Wins As Infected In Blood Harvest: The Tunnel |
There is a warehouse-type area immediately after the starting safe room. Quickly run back to the emergency door on the other side of the warehouse. There should be a forklift near the door. Spawn and push this forklift in front of the doorway. Note: You may need to break the white door in front of the emergency door to get the forklift all the way in front of the doorway. |
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Easy Wins As Infected In No Mercy: The Hospital |
Before you spawn, go all the way up to floor 28, where the elevator lets out. Just outside of the elevator is a generator. Move it in front of the elevator door. If the Survivors know what you are doing, they can move it. It requires three survivors to move an object. However, if you have someone else on the Infected side, they can go a little bit further and move the forklift in front of the doorway. |
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Easy Wins As Infected In No Mercy: The Sewer |
In the warehouse near the end of the level, immediately after the area with the gas station and the lift, there is a forklift which you can use to block the door the Survivors must go through. When the level starts, do not spawn. Instead, quickly go to the warehouse. When you get there, spawn and start pushing the forklift to the door. To push the forklift, keep attacking it. It will move very slowly, but you will have time to push it before the Survivors reach it. The only way the Survivors can move it is by throwing pipe bombs at it repeatedly.
This trick works best as a Hunter. Before you spawn in the No Mercy campaign, Level 3, go all the way to the very end, at the hospital. Once up the ladder, turn to your right, and there should be a dumpster. Move it all the way over to the manhole, and one of two things will happen. It will either fall all the way down, which is bad because the Survivors cannot move it; or it will partially fall in. The survivors cannot move this at all. If you are a Tank, you can move a car over it, which is better than the dumpster. From here, do not puke on them as a Boomer, as it will attract the Horde. The Horde will try to move the object away from the manhole. Then, attack them as Hunters and Smokers. They may shoot you, but every so often, you can hurt them until finally they die. |
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Faster Melee Attacks |
Rapidly tap [Melee] and [Weapon Switch] alternately to double your melee speed. |
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Floating Tanks |
Tanks will float when dead. |
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Half-Life Reference |
In some of the newspapers seen throughout the game, Dr. Breen from Half Life can be seen. |
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Hunter Runs While Crouched |
As a Hunter in "Ghost mode" (blue screen), walk into an object that you can move through (for example, a crate or door). Press [Crouch] for a moment. If done correctly, your view will be crouched and you will run twice as fast while still in Ghost mode. After you spawn, your Hunter will be completely silent and cannot be detected by Survivors, as well as be able to run around. In this state you can pounce immediately without having to wait for your meter to build. However, you can only pounce once, otherwise the glitch will end. You can die and try it again in Ghost mode. The same thing happens when crouching again and jumping. You can still melee, climb, and walk off edges. |
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Hunter Wall Jumping |
Use the following trick to jump off the walls of buildings as a Hunter in Versus mode. Crouch to charge your jump. Click the Mouse to jump. As soon as you hit the wall, quickly turn your character around so that you are at least facing 180 degrees away from your original point of view before the Hunter begins to drop. Quickly Click the Mouse again while still holding [Crouch]. You will be propelled off the wall and further into the air. This trick is useful for reaching higher places. It may require some practice. |
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Infected Revive Incapacitated Survivors |
You can revive incapacitated survivors as an infected. Simply go up to the downed survivor and press the 'use' key. The infected name will appear on the survivor's screen as '[Name] is helping you ', the infected will not say anything but the survivor will still respond. Unconfirmed in L4D2.
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Invincibility While Reloading |
Press [Reload], then hold [Melee] to knock back attacking zombies while reloading your gun. |
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Keep CPU Characters From Healing You |
When offline, there is a way to keep CPU characters from healing you. When a CPU character is trying to heal you with first aid, take out either your own first aid or pain pills. The CPU character will immediately stop healing you. Note: As soon as you put your healing item away, they will try again. This is useful when trying to get the "Unbreakable" achievement. |
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Kill Two Zombies With One Bullet |
Use a sniper rifle and zoom in on a group of zombies. When you see a zombie standing behind another one, shoot at the one in the front. The zombie in back will also get shot. |
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Left 4 Dead Self-references |
In the hospital levels of "No Mercy", you can find a lot of X-rays with only four fingers. This is a reference to the game's cover art.
If you are an Infected when the elevator in "No Mercy" is activated and moving down, the number of what floor it is on will not change from "04", which is a reference to the "4" in the game's title.
In the hospital starting safe room of "No Mercy", there is graffiti on the wall reading "I killed..." and then lists different variables, including 53,594. This is the number of Infected you must kill to receive the "Zombie Genocide" achievement. |
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Map Names |
Use one of the following entries with the changelevel or map codes.
Level | Code |
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Campaign mode |
| Blood Harvest | The Woods changelevel l4d_farm01_hilltop
| Blood Harvest | The Tunnel changelevel l4d_farm02_traintunnel
| Blood Harvest | The Bridge changelevel l4d_farm03_bridge
| Blood Harvest | The Train Station changelevel l4d_farm04_barn
| Blood Harvest | Farmhouse Finale changelevel l4d_farm05_cornfield
| Dead Air | The Greenhouse changelevel l4d_airport01_greenhouse
| Dead Air | The Crane changelevel l4d_airport02_offices
| Dead Air | The Construction Site changelevel l4d_airport03_garage
| Dead Air | The Terminal changelevel l4d_airport04_terminal
| Dead Air | Runway Finale changelevel l4d_airport05_runway
| Death Toll | The Turnpike changelevel l4d_smalltown01_caves
| Death Toll | The Drains changelevel l4d_smalltown02_drainage
| Death Toll | The Church changelevel l4d_smalltown03_ranchhouse
| Death Toll | The Town changelevel l4d_smalltown04_mainstreet
| Death Toll | Boathouse Finale changelevel l4d_smalltown05_houseboat
| No Mercy | The Apartments changelevel l4d_hospital01_apartment
| No Mercy | The Subway changelevel l4d_hospital02_subway
| No Mercy | The Sewer changelevel l4d_hospital03_sewers
| No Mercy | The Hospital changelevel l4d_hospital04_interior
| No Mercy | Rooftop Finale changelevel l4d_hospital05_rooftop
| Versus mode |
| Blood Harvest | The Woods changelevel l4d_vs_farm01_hilltop
| Blood Harvest | The Tunnel changelevel l4d_vs_farm02_traintunnel
| Blood Harvest | The Bridge changelevel l4d_vs_farm03_bridge
| Blood Harvest | The Train Station changelevel l4d_vs_farm04_barn
| Blood Harvest | Farmhouse Finale changelevel l4d_vs_farm05_cornfield
| No Mercy | The Apartments changelevel l4d_vs_hospital01_apartment
| No Mercy | The Subway changelevel l4d_vs_hospital02_subway
| No Mercy | The Sewer changelevel l4d_vs_hospital03_sewers
| No Mercy | The Hospital changelevel l4d_vs_hospital04_interior
| No Mercy | Rooftop Finale changelevel l4d_vs_hospital05_rooftop
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Minigun Launcher |
Stand behind any mounted minigun on any level, and melee it. You can do this by yourself or get other people to help. Every time your gun hits the minigun, its launching strength will increase. Once you hit it enough, jump on top of it. This will either make you bounce very high or launch you across the map to your death. Bouncing straight up on it allows you to get to unreachable places such as buildings, airplanes, barriers. etc. |
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Orange Box Reference |
Near one of the escalators in the subway, there is an ad for "Orange Box" Juice, which is a reference to Valve's Orange Box game compilation. |
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Play As Infected |
Enable the "ent_fire !self setteam 3" code. After spawning and dying, press [Jump] until the camera changes into Free Roam mode. Then, enable one of the following "z_spawn" codes to play as that type of infected:
z_spawn smoker
z_spawn tank
z_spawn boomer
z_spawn hunter |
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Reload Shotguns During Melee Attacks |
This trick works with either shotgun because reloading causes the bullets to stack, and they are not reloaded with one single clip. To perform this trick, press [Melee] as soon as you choose to reload. You character will initiate the melee action, which will knock the Infected back, and therefore cancel the reload animation. Despite this happening, your gun will continue to reload. This makes it much easier to keep yourself safe while reloading the shotgun. |
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Safe Area |
When hordes of Infected appear, try to find a room with a door and no windows. Go inside, and close the door. The Infected may break the door, but when you see a hole in it, shoot the Infected trying to break it down. Your teammates can handle most of the Infected. |
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Shortcut In Dead Air: The Construction Site |
There is a metal door and a raised fence by the barricade that you burn. Jump on the fence, and follow it until it begins to go downward. At this point, jump on the metal siding door. Note: Some practice may be required. |
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Shortcut In Dead Air: The Crane |
Jump on the fence after climbing on the vent cover. Go across the fence, then jump to the other side of the horizontal fence. Turn left, and go to the end. Jump up and to the right to the air conditioning unit box on the corner of the next building. Once on the next building, go to the left corner. Jump to the top branch of the tree below you. You will lose a lot of health after landing; however, you will be at the next safe room. |
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Shortcut In No Mercy: The Apartments |
As soon as the level starts, look over the edge of the building and down to the street. Notice the box-like object that is partway down. Drop down to it. Although you will take some damage, you will still be alive. You can then drop down to the ground and continue the level. |
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Split-screen Mode |
Insert an Xbox 360 controller. Use a text editor to edit the "360controller.cfg" file in the "left4deadcfg folder" directory. Replace its content with the following:
unbindall // Prevent mouse/keyboard control when gamepad is in use (to prevent autoaim exploit)
joystick 1
joy_advanced "1" // use advanced joystick options (allows for multiple axes)
joy_name "L4D Xbox360 Joystick Configuration"
joy_advaxisx 3 // x-axis controls GAME_AXIS_SIDE (strafing left and right)
joy_advaxisy 1 // y-axis controls GAME_AXIS_FORWARD (move forward and back)
joy_advaxisz 0 // z-axis is treated like a button
joy_advaxisr 2 // r-axis controls GAME_AXIS_PITCH (look up and down)
joy_advaxisu 4 // u-axis controls GAME_AXIS_YAW (look left and right)
joy_advaxisv 0 // v-axis is unused
joy_forwardsensitivity -1.0 // movement sensitivity
joy_sidesensitivity 1.0
joy_forwardthreshold 0.1 // movement dead zone settings
joy_sidethreshold 0.1
joy_pitchsensitivity 1.0 // look sensitivity
joy_yawsensitivity -1.5
joy_pitchthreshold 0.1 // look dead zone settings
joy_yawthreshold 0.0
joy_variable_frametime 1
joy_autoaimdampenrange 0.85
joy_autoaimdampen 0.5
joy_lowend 0.65
joy_lowmap 0.15
joy_accelscale 3.0
joy_accelmax 4.0
joy_response_move 5
joy_response_look 1
joy_autoaimdampen 0.3
joy_autoaimdampenrange 0.85
joyadvancedupdate // advanced joystick update allows for analog control of move and look
// Alternate control 1
bind "0" "slot10"
bind "1" "slot1"
bind "2" "slot2"
bind "3" "slot3"
bind "4" "slot4"
bind "5" "slot5"
bind "6" "slot6"
bind "7" "slot7"
bind "8" "slot8"
bind "9" "slot9"
bind "a" "+moveleft"
bind "c" "+voicerecord"
bind "d" "+moveright"
bind "e" "+use"
bind "f" "impulse 100"
bind "h" "motd"
bind "m" "chooseteam"
bind "q" "lastinv"
bind "r" "+reload"
bind "s" "+back"
bind "t" "impulse 201"
bind "u" "messagemode2"
bind "w" "+forward"
bind "x" "+mouse_menu QA"
bind "y" "messagemode"
bind "z" "+mouse_menu Orders"
bind "`" "toggleconsole"
bind "SPACE" "+jump"
bind "TAB" "+showscores"
bind "ESCAPE" "cancelselect"
bind "SHIFT" "+speed"
bind "CTRL" "+duck"
bind "F1" "Vote Yes"
bind "F2" "Vote No"
bind "F5" "jpeg"
bind "MOUSE1" "+attack"
bind "MOUSE2" "+attack2"
bind "MOUSE3" "+zoom"
bind "MWHEELUP" "invprev"
bind "MWHEELDOWN" "invnext"
// controller2 bindings
cmd2 +jlook // enable joystick look
cmd2 bind "A_BUTTON" "+jump;+menuAccept" // (A) button - Jump -menuAccpt allows us to make selections on hud menus
cmd2 bind "B_BUTTON" "+reload" // (B) button - Reload
cmd2 bind "X_BUTTON" "+use" // (X) Use
cmd2 bind "Y_BUTTON" "lastinv" // (Y) button - swap pistol/rifle or z_abort -used to respawn as a ghost.
cmd2 bind "R_TRIGGER" "+attack" // RT - Main weapon - Primary trigger
cmd2 bind "L_TRIGGER" "+attack2" // LT - Melee
cmd2 bind "R_SHOULDER" "+lookspin" // RB - Fast 180 spin
cmd2 bind "L_SHOULDER" "toggle_duck" // LB - Duck - is also used to give objects to people.
cmd2 bind "STICK1" "vocalize smartlook" // LS - vocalize
cmd2 bind "STICK2" "+zoom" // RS click - Rifle Zoom
// Fixed bindings, do not change these across joystick presets
cmd2 bind "BACK" "togglescores" // (back) button - scores
cmd2 bind "START" "pause" // (start) button - pause
cmd2 bind "S1_UP" "+menuUp" // Hud menu Up
cmd2 bind "S1_DOWN" "+menuDown" // Hud menu Down
cmd2 bind "UP" "impulse 100" // DPad Up - Toggle flashlight
cmd2 bind "LEFT" "slot3" // DPad Left - grenade
cmd2 bind "RIGHT" "slot4" // DPad Right - health
cmd2 bind "DOWN" "slot5" // DPad Down - Pills
At the main menu, select "Options", then choose the "Keyboard/Mouse" selection. Enable the "Allow Developers Console" option. While playing the game, press ~ to display the console window. Type "Exec 360controller.cfg" and press [Enter], then set your split screen mode with the following console codes: "ss_splitmode 1" ("Horizontal-Cut" for standard monitors) or "ss_splitmode 2" ("Vertical-Cut" for widescreen monitors). Connect to a server. Join the server with the "connect [IP address] 2" console code. You must now set the Xbox 360 controller to player two (with the light on the Xbox logo pointing to "2"). To do this, quickly unplug and reinsert the Xbox 360 controller while the game is running. You can now play in Co-op mode in split-screen. |
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Star Wars Reference |
The APC in "Blood Harvest" is marked "TK-421" is a reference to the stormtrooper in Star Wars that Luke Skywalker and Han solo incapacitated. |
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Stay Alive Longer |
When hordes of Infected appear, find a room with a door and no windows. Go inside and close the door. The Infected may break the door, but when you see a hole in it, shoot the Infected trying to break it down. Your teammates can handle most of the Infected. |
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Stronger Hunter |
When Hunters are on fire, their pounces and attacks on Survivors do more damage per hit. Use this to your advantage, and deliberately set yourself on fire with fire pits or burning cars, then attack. This allows you to easily down Survivors. Note: This only works for Hunters, not Smokers, Boomers, or Tanks. |
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Tank Object Glitch |
Go near a movable object that just previously punched by a tank and you can get incapacitated or killed by it. This might be the object is moving slightly rather than immobile to the point it is hard to notice or impossible to notice at all.
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Team Fortress 2 References |
Before the finale in "Dead Air", while still in the safe room you can sometimes see a box which advertising Team Fortress 2.
John Slater, who is the voice actor for the person who drives the boat in "Death Toll", also voices the sniper in Team Fortress 2. |
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Third Person Shoulder Mode |
You can play the game in third person shoulder mode without cheating. Open the developer console and type in 'thirdpersonshoulder'. The crosshair in this camera view is not aligned properly and bullet will go slightly to the left, type in these commands should make it better: 'c_thirdpersonshoulderaimdist 720', 'c_thirdpersonshoulderdist 40'. If your computer is laggy, type in this command to decrease lag: 'cam_ideallag 0'.
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Unbreakable Door |
If you are low on health and need somewhere to hide, find a bathroom stall. Go inside the stall and close the door. The door never breaks down. This works well if you are trying to heal yourself. |
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Witch Door Glitch |
If a witch is at the other side of the door when you opened it, the witch will not be startled but will instead run away as she has killed a survivor. This is unconfirmed in L4D2.
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Witch Smoker Glitch |
If you startled the witch and being dragged by the smoker at the same time, the witch will instead free you from the tongue but will still chase after you. Please note that this WILL NOT work on 360 version of the game.
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Zoey Has Three Hands |
On the movie poster for "No Mercy", look closely to see that Zoey has three hands holding her gun. |
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