SOMA Walkthrough

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SOMA - CLIFFNOTES -VERSION
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CREATED BY: R.SCORPIO 2020 - 2021
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SIMONS ROOM

- FIND TRACER FLUID AND DRINK IT
Most things in the apt you can interact with, Interesting but not really game
related. The tracer fluid - UPpper desk drawer

-SUBWAY
Nothing here - Listen to phone call if immersiveness.

- OFFICE: NEED CODE
Code is in UPper desk drawer (LEFT side)
Read computer - lots of storyline prep.
The rest is linear. just watch..

--] A W A K E N I N G  [--

OMNITOOL FIX
- Go to red light far wall, LEFT side, throw the switch to turn on the lights
- Use fire extinguisher to bust out window (have to toss it 2x)
- Go out window, then remove lock from door. you will be able to open
   the door now
- Leave this room, and turn RIGHT,
---- follow all the way to the end hall
---- enter this room (has broken doors) and vere RIGHT DOWN the stairs
---- Once there the lights will shut off
---- skip the stairs on the LEFT, go to the next stairs, remove the lock
     (then hide - monster comes out
---- tool on the desk to your RIGHT. Read instr. you'll see you need a chip

- Run back to start room.
- COMPUTER PROGRAMING
--- Insert OMNITOOL on desk
--- click computer and select UNLOCK TOOL BOX (you'll hear a click noise)
--- Leave computer and click the slots on the LEFT sodie of the OMNI TOOL,
---  You will get a chip
--- Click on omni tool and the chip will insert.
--- back to pc, click "MANAGE TOOL CHIP" -> UPDATE
--- Your done, remove tool

- Leave Room and go LEFT
- Follow this, making LEFT TURNS, and you will come to steps going DOWN.
- Use OMNITOOL on the door

---] TUNNEL (still looks human here) [---
- Story stuff here.. enjoy
- Follow through til you get to a room (its a linear path)
- LIghts will go out.
- You have to touch the WAU. This will make the button to the LEFT active
- Press button, open the duct - you will have to click to eneter duct
- Follow this all the way, you will eventually get to another door
  "STATION CONTROL"


--] S T A T I O N  C O N T R O L  [--
- Diconnect the bot - he's hogging all the juice :-)
- turn on the console (yellow button)
- The computer (pretty easy)
--- Press button 1(LEFT) until the bar goes into the green
--- Immediately press button 2 and wait til that goes into the green
--- And finally, presss button 3 to lock it in place.
- Everything should power UP now.
- SIMON/CATHERINE CONVERSATION
- When done, a new button will appear - use that to open the exit
- Leave and take the cat-walk LEFT and follow it to the next intersection
- when you walk forward the cat-walk will collaps.
- you will fall
- you want to get to the stiars to the LEFT where you fell.
- if you sneak it is pretty easy.
- Hit the first level at the first landing to open the hatch
- then close it when you reach the top.
- Nothing in here, so continue to the top to the control room

--] C O N T R O L  R O O M [--
- Go to the room past the stairs. (under stairs room nothing)
- You will see CARL SIMKEN dead. Look at ID tag (id=login code )
- Exit back from the hallway. Now open the door on your RIGHT
- Wall DOWN the stairs and go LEFT, and shut off power
- Go to the computer
- Login with ID # (you will be logged in as CARK SEMKIN)
- Turn on STORAGE, FLOW CONTROL and COMM
- Go to main stairs in center of room and pull DOWN switch to open hatch
- Go to the computer and do the puzzle for LAMBDA
- SIMON/CATHERINE will chat a bit

--] F I R S T  M E T A M O R P H I S [--
--] GO TO LAMBDA [--
SIMON will start to see he is not normal - scuba suit
- Go to where there is a breech in the dome (by the computers) and climb out
- Follow the path that is lighted by the poles with 4 lights
- Eventually you will come to a DATA box, (listen if you want)
- Keep following the lights for one more, then stay to the LEFT
- You will come to EPISILON B, and to the RIGHT you will see a stuck bot - FREE IT
- Keep following the YELLOW lights and 4x Pole lights, the bot will follow
- The 4xPole lights will be off, but light UP as you come near them
- You should end UP at the SHUTTLE STATION UPSILON 3.
- Click the open button, the bot will lazer cut it for you.
-Go inside and swipe!


--] S H U T T L E S T A T I O N [--
YOU NOW HAVE A FLASH LIGHT (F)
-Take the broken passage on the RIGHT
- Follow the tunnel, then there will be a break in the LEFT wall,
  follow that, then back to the tunnel,
- Keep going any you will come to a room with a partially live woman
- Chat w/her if you like
- Pull the WAU tenticles - it is absorbing the power
- Run all the way back to the trams.
- Open the panel under the red light.
- Enter the functional tram.
- place the OMNITOOL in the panel
- pull all 3 switches DOWN, red button will flash
- Sit in chair - Monitor will come DOWN,
- Select LAMDA for destination
- click OK. and your off..
- Watch the movie - sorry can't bypass it


--] L A M B D A [--
- After you crash, look for the green light, pull UP on the level to
  blow the window
- DO NOT FORGET TO TAKE OMNITOOL, or you will have to walk back

- Walk  DOWN the tunnel and you will hear a phone ring, answer it..
- SIMON/CATHERINE chat...
- hard to see, but on the LEFT side there is a hatch that has EXIT
	written on it  - use it.
- Follow tunnel, and climb ladder.
- Swipe OMNITOOL.
- Wait a min and the top hatch opens with a ladder that drops
- Follow path, stay with the lights
- You will see 2 yellow lambda lights, its a pretty straight shot there.
- You will come to the building, button, swipe, drain water, enter!
- follow the hall toward the bRIGHT white light
- when you get to the grated floor TURN LEFT!
- Go around the bend and open the door on the LEFT
- MEET CATHERINE, square animated monitor.
- Follow her instructions to migrate her to the OMNITOOL
- Leave room, and go RIGHT and exit the way you came in (to the tunnel)
- enter the first door on your RIGHT (should be open now)
- *** Solve computer puzzle (Use the computer on the LEFT)
- ONce done, SIMON/CATHERINE chat. then leave the complex
- Once out, continue RIGHT...
- enter the shuttle, plug her in. chat..
- step out of the shuttle and go LEFT
- follow the lights, eventually you come UPon a strip of lights,
  keep following those.
- it will clear, but follow path til you get to the door with a red light
- swipe to open.
- go LEFT once you enter
- climb ladder, then turn LEFT again..
- follow to the wall and you will find a passage, follow that
- once you exit. continue to follow path (follow the dist. red lights)
- Look for an entrance under a canopy.
- clomb the ladder
- take stairs to top. ignore the first door - doesn't open
- follow hallway and open second door and take the stairs.
- take stairs all the way to the top
- enter door (save point)
- go LEFT, and open door
- go through hallways and open 2nd door

- go to the T and take a RIGHT
- follow that until you see F-13 on yur RIGHT and turn RIGHT
- take that to f-12 and turn RIGHT again
- short walk to f-11 and turn LEFT
- turn dial and ladder will fall
- follow to first door on the LEFT
- you'll be at F-2.3, turn LEFT and go around the corner F2.2
- walk into the shuttle bay (pretty obvious where its at)
- plug in OMNITOOL and SIMON/CATHERINE CHAT (SAVE POINT)

THIS PART SUX.. LOTS OF TIMING AND MEMORIZING THE PATH TO GET BACK

-when leaving shuttle go RIGHT this time (everything you need will be on this
 floor and the next.-
- go to the corner and follow it LEFT, and enter the room on your RIGHT.
- exit the room on the other side (same wall) you will be facing F2.1
- go RIGHT then UP the stairs
- go UP the next flight of stairs you will now be facing F3.1
- go RIGHT (note: keep that first door closed, nothing in it, but it
	will help you not to accidently run into it during the chase back)
- open the brown door (has no light above it), again leave the other doors shut
- go straight back to the stairs and go UP them.
-enter the next open door on the LEFT. and walk to the second set pair of steps
[ SPOILER ]
- you only need to pull 3 of the WAU tentilces
- the power will knock you out for a sec, and you will have to run back
- remember how? thats why you want to keep the wasted doors closed
- I just pull 1 from the second set of steps and the other two UP front.
- once you recover, you will be facing the back of the room, turn arond
  and run back to the shuttle, CATHERINE will shut the door
- SIMON/CATHERINE CHAT


[[ D E L T A  ]]
- grab the omni tool
- push on the exit door, and it will trigger teh bot to cut you out
- walk to the center of of DELTA
[PUZZLE]
- You have to call one of the transports. To do this, you have to
  mess with the two devices diaganal from each other. One shows you the signal
  the other orients the antenna. figure that out. and continu
[/PUZZLE]
- ONce done the transport will arrive (under teh awning ZEPPLIN TRANSPORT)
- SIMON/CATHERINE	 chat
- You need a chip, take the stun gun from the toolbox to theLEFT of you (just opened)
  just press the orange button and a panel will open
- take that and shoot the big robot rambling on (not your buddy bot)
- takes 3 hits, then grab the chip. go back to the transport and install it
- SIMON/CATHERINE	CHAT-
- Hit the switch and you are off!
- SIMON/CATHERINE CHAT


[[ T H E T A ]]

- UPon arrival just walk straight ahead.
- open the panel and power everything UP
- enter and swipe, then enter THETA
- once in, grab a tool box (front of you to the LEFT) then
   go UP the ramp RIGHT of the entrance and break the window (takes 2 hits)

- plug in the OMNITOOL at the first desk on the LEFT (in front of window)
- SIMON/CATHERINE CHAT then she will unlock all the doors
- exit room (via door or glass), and go UP the ramp across the hanger
- enter the first door you come to.
- follow hallway to the first intersection
- turn RIGHT and follow it to the door,
- remove lock, and enter
- to the RIGHT is a computer and a box to the RIGHT of it - open that
  take out a cartridge
- once in the room go RIGHT to the next room
- then go to the room attached to that (has all the cyclinders)
- go tot he 2nd cylinder and take the new cartrigde (you will have to rotate it a coUPle times)
- go back to the prev room to the computer terminal and insert it
- we need some power...
- leave back to the hanger and take the next door - LEFT on the catwalk
- CATHERINE will talk about some monster
- take the stairs all the way DOWN.
   NOTE: one of these steps are broke, so on the way back you will have to
         "click" to climb.
- once at the bottom, you want the door across the room, not the
  2 on the LEFT. You'll know as the room looks pretty clean, just spooky
- Your objective is all the way to the back of the room,
  I found it easier to just stay to the LEFT most, and just zig your way back there.

- first you will have to hit the button
  panel will open.
  flip switch DOWN.
  go hide - as it is powering UP. takes a few seconds.
  then you need to hit the switch UP within 40 seconds or
     or you will have to start over.
- now that the power is on, run back to CATHERINE, and she'll tell you to run a sim.
- go back to the room where you found the chip
- once in the computer pick BRANDON.
- press RUN (it will fail)
- run out the room and back DOWN the hallway to the intersection
- turn RIGHT this time, open the door - should look like living quarters
- go in BRANDON'S ROOM - click on computer and read posts
- if you havent already listen to the data on the wall (REQUIRED! or story will not progresss)
- that will fufill what we need so far
- run across to CATHERINE scan room and insert chip
- copy the BEACH over to it.
- now go back and run the sim with the NONE and ALICE selected
-run back to CATHERINE
- SIMON/CATHERINE CHAT


]] DUNBAT [[
- HEAD back to the hanger and use the OMNITOOL to open the dock
- once you enter, take care of a small matter: look to your LEFT and move
  the ladder to the air duct (the button will be red RIGHT now)
- GO TO THE other side of the room and plug in the cord to the machine.
- press orange button and start turning dials
  no matter what you do, your gonna get knocked out after the 4th dial
- now go back to your ladder and climb UP, hit the open button and enter the duct.
- follow the duct, you will fall a level. but keep going to the end.
- you will end UP in the ARK room. put OMNITOOL in computer on your LEFT.

]] ARK ROOM [[
- SIMON/CATHERINE chat
- get into the capsule for inspection...(I think this is required. never did it w/0 doing it)
- SIMON/CATHERINE CHAT
- go to the terminal, you will see it says no device connected, go to the side of it
  and plug the cable in.
  [[[** PUZZLE ** }}} GT THE TERMINAL WORKING
    sys_physics_rigid
    sys_physics_fluid
    sys_phys_buoy
    sys_wmod_atmo
    sys_interface_scan
    sys_wmod_dynlight
    sys_gen_veg_adv
    scn_forest
    pkg_soma_hum
    env_mod_river
    ext_moon_full

hit next
click DUMMY
	-> start simulation
	-> change the RESOURCE DOWN TO 5%
	-> Pause when it says DUMMY.
	-> RUN DIAG.
EXIT the termimnal..
SIMON/CATHERINE CHAT

[[ ELEVATOR FIX ]]
This next part we need a chip, it is on a person, that person is in omega management room
with a cracked glass. - we could break it, but then you have to deal with a monster
so the next few steps allow you to unlock that door w/o drawing too much attn to monster.

- GO to the elevtor and swipe
- take a 2nd LEFT (not the immediate one)
- go all the way to the catwalk
- then take a RIGHT, thenanother RIGHT back into the facility
- go past the broekn wall and take the first LEFT.
- follow it all the way DOWN to the security room. straight ahead.
- to get the door unlocked (with the cracked glss) lock another door,
  this will give us the power we need to unlock the other door
- take the cat walk back to omega management
- now the door will open
- get the chip off BRANDON,
- head back to the security room (where you opened the doors) we have to
  reprogram this chip
 - put in the terminal and program it
 - NOW run back to elevaort, insert, pull levers, close door and press
 - you will enter elevator
 - hit transport - doors will close.
 [[ if you did all the above, you should have very minimal encounters with a mob. ]]

- ELEVATOR will fall, and stop.
- open trap door in the floor
- go DOWN.. no matter how you do it, you will fall and blackout
- clomb backUP to the first door - SIMON will move automatically when you reach it
- follow hallway
- take first LEFT and go to stairs... WAU will try to kill you.
- you will become one of those deformed machines you have been seeing.
- break free by moving around
- you'll find your back at the entrance again.. this time go striaght to the next door
- go LEFT from where your standing
- ignore the first door as yyou turn RIGHT, go across that grated passage
- follow to the next door straight ahead
- open it, and enter. you will pass a double door and come to a
  chair by a desk with air duct straight ahead.
- very short walk to the exit duct
- drop DOWN, and go LEFT to the next door
- open that, follow the passage DOWN to another duct on your RIGHT.
- follow this, should take you to a storage room - one exit. use it.
- the next following rooms only have one exit, use those.
- you will get to a room with a red lock on the LEFT, we're gonna fix that
- go to the next room
- this room you need to take off the electric panel on the far end and
   prime the power.
now go back to the preve room and open the door

]] TIME FOR A SWIM [[
- jump in the water
- go RIGHT and take the ladder all the way UP
- walk the catwalk to the end. off to the righ tyou will see a red eye
- take the catwalk to that section
- take the ladder UP
- walk across the cat walk, and DOWN the ladder that on the LEFT
- look LEFT and DOWN and you will see a chain fense UP against a door
- jump DOWN to this ledge.
- remove the screen
- enter the tunnel
- follow it, when you get to the end go LEFT, RIGHT is closed - we'll fix that
- go to the end of this room and pull the level, it will open that door
- now go back to the door and follow the tunnel
- you will get blasted with water and shoot you out of the building.
  ( no you cannot go back through the tunnel LOL, I tried)

]] LIFTING THE OMNICRON QUARANTINE [[
- head on DOWN the path you are faceing. IT IS pretty straight forward.
- when you get there you cannot get in.
- look to your RIGHT, there is a dome like structure, go to that, enter from the
  ladder under it.
- Omnicron does'nt work here (yet)

]] PUZZLE [[ get the power back on.

- open the manual over ride panel and pull the lever
- pull the other lever DOWN
- open both wheels.
- go back to the manual overrid and pull the lever again.
- water will drain now go UP the ladder (heal)
- put omnicron in terminal (cant read anything from human)
- SIMON/CATHERINE CHAT
- GO TO THE red lighted panel and solve this PUZZLE.
- behind you is a malfunctioning terminal - click the button with random letters
  this will give you the code you need 5422
- go to the terminal next to CATHERINE, and click OMNICRON button, enter code to
  lift quarintine

- clomb back DOWN, use OMNITOOL and swipe, this will fill back UP with water
  allowing you to exit this building and head back to omnicron.

- enter omnicron, swipe and the usual wiat to drain.
- malfunction, leave and go LEFT to the broken ladders and catwalks
- it is a straight shot to the next door, dont fall, follow the catwalk
  you will come to a ladder, go DOWN and enter the door.
- Now you can get in.

]] OMNICRON RESEARCH FACILITY [[

- take the door on the LEFT (we'll get back to the other shortly)
[ follow signes for the "DIVE ROOM"
- follow stairs all the way UP, and enter the door.
- then take the RIGHT door (containment F1)
- once inside, only door to exit is across from you (LEFT and RIGHT locked) use this door
- go RIGHT and take the first door on the LEFT (dive room is farther DOWN but its locked)
  this room is part of the DIVE ROOM.
- once in, continu to the RIGHT through an open door that leads to a hallway
   follow this to the next door, open it to the DIVE ROOM
- walk in and put the OMNITOOL in place and CATHERINE willchat away...
- go RIGHT to the terminal table and press the orange button.
- then go open door "D"
- click on the power suit.
- go back to the terminal, and try to activate suit (wont work, OFC, missing parts)
- after chat, all the locks will be open..

TO GET THE MATS, WE'RE GOONA START FROM THE 1ST FLOOR AND WORK OUR WAY UP TO DIVE ROBOT

[[ CHIP ]]
- go back DOWN stairs  EAST STAIRWELL F1.(leave and take containment F2 - F1)
- you will end UP where you were when you got here, now enter FB and head to the terminal
  in front of you.
[[ PUZZLE ]] this one is pretty easy.
it will unlock the door to the LEFT. (SOUTH HALL FB)
- ENTER ROBOT REPAIR BAY.
[[ PUZZLE ]] another easy one. this will get you the chip.

[[ GEL ]]
- head back UP to the sitars and back to CONTAINMENT F1 (has the doctor chair in the center of the room)
  to the LEFT is a control panel
- override this one - no puzzle but will unlock the door directly across from you and behind you
- go through the one behind you.
- you will have to go through a scan and another door before you reach the next room
- go to where the gel is at (behind glass) and press the button, - it fails (duh)
  needs another chip.
- we'll fix this one... grab it (the door popped open when it failed)
- go to the glassroom, and put it in the 2nd compartment.
- move the lazer over it and apply gel
- remove it, insert it back in the safter glass panel, open and take gell

[[ POWER PACK ]]
- leave the room and take the RIGHT door and go RIGHT to the maint room
  SOUTH STAIRWELL
GO UP the stiars.
take a RIGHT and enter the door on the LEFT CONTAINMENT F2
- another terminal to override. No puzzle (just make sure UPPER FLOOR is selected.
- go LEFT to the power room
- skip the STORAGE on the RIGHT and go to the open room
- Make your way to the back of this room, Remove the panel and take the last power pack
  there are two panels in this room, its the farthest one in the back.
- once you get that, make your way back to the DIVE ROOM (where omnicron is at)
  YES you will be chased. get truckin!!! :-P

[[ ACTIVATE THE SUIT  AND SWITCH ]]
- go back to the suit and add everything - stir well LOL
The rest is self explanitory, CATHERINE will guide you

[[ PUZZLE ]]
You will have to sync the computer to the RIGHT of the chair pretty easy.
157 (hint)

- once the drama is doen, grab CATHERINE and exit through the big round door
- take a RIGHT on the catwalk. follow it to the ladder
- it will take you to the elevator, plug in CATHERINE AND start UP the elevator
[[ lOTS OF CHATTING HERE...]]
eventually the elevator will get stuck. Go on the top side,
open electrical box and turn the UPper LEFT button to fix it.

sit DOWN to start it back UP again.
More cut scene..

when elevator lands start walkng the path,
- there is a light switch to the RIGHT, pull DOWN
- next one pull DOWN, it will light UP BLUE lights. follow those.
- eventually you will arrive at a small building. you can pull the lever inside
  but it will break.
- go back outside by the sign, and go forward a little, yhou will see
  a green light. start following that and more lights will show UP.
- just follow the green and blue lights.. should get you to an old building to the LEFT
- enter that, and go to the pack and pull the leveR DOWN.
- pwer will kick on, go back outside, and go al ittle further and there will be a terminal
- click tau. and wiat, and a BOT will come out.
- follow the bot, it will light your way to TAU.
- sadly it gets attacked and put out of commision,
- now follow all the green lights..
- it will take you through a long cavern, when you exit DO NOT GO TOWARD THE LIGHT
  BAD FISH :-)
- follow the cable in the ground to the RIGHT. IT WILL lead you back to the
  BLUE lights.
- after al ong walk you will tome to TAU.


[[ TAU ]]

- lk all the way im, passing a coUPle door, til you get to an
  accessable one on the LEFT.
- open that and follow a chain of rooms to open.
- what is do, is kill the lights as I go through each room
- You will come to a big round door. Open this. door then start backtracking
- monster will come out of this room. You want to get in here, but if you go
  in reverse you should beable to enter from the other side (its a circle)
- once yuou get into this access walk DOWN the hall
- take the first LEFT and follow that, then another LEFT for a big door agian
- while that is opening, open the next door and hide there. remember this room
  we need  to return here later
- enter the round door again and follow it to a ladder and climb UP. You will have
  to go through another door.
- take a RIGHT, and you will comem to a ldder going DOWN.
- its short, its broke, follow the hallway and doors until you get to the lviing quoarters
- go in the room marked DISPATCH
- OPEN another door and use the terminal to unlock the INFIRMARY (UPPER RIGHT ROOM)
- exit this room and now go to the infirmiray, take the stairs UP, and enter infirmary
- Have a conversation with SARAH.
- Most of this is self explanitory - she gives you the ARK.
- once you have the ARK. head back to the dive room.
- It is pretty straight forward, you will have to deal with a coUPle puzzles
- Once the ARK is picked UP nad the room fills with water. it willjam
- there are 3 pillers you need to pull that will allow the water to flow
- Now just chase the ARK, you will get blocked and need to circle back.
- Keep an eye on the RIGHT side is you come back for a small tunnel
- go through that, and there is a sorta "boss fight"
- You decide whether to put your arm in or not. No RIGHT answer.
- once you escape, you will have to follow the lights again to PHI


]] P H I [[
(MOST THE LABELS ARE ON THE FLOOR)
- Go all the way DOWN the hall to the back room and plug in CATHERINE/OMNITOOL
- GO TO the room directly behind and take the ladder DOWN.
- go straight across the room slieghtly to the LEFT and enter the ELETRICAL Room
  GRAB	 THE powerpack off the RIGHT hand wall.
- leave the room and go LEFT all the way DOWN to the heal, then turn RIGHT
  follow to this door, put the power pack in and open the door ARK will be here.
- go in and take the ARK
- Take it back to the next room and enter the LOADING PLATFORM
- GO IN and drop itin the torpedo launcher (on the platform)
- Now we need to power this room, so go get the power pack you used to open the ARK room
- go back to the terminal and pres the big orange button
- go back UP to carolyn
- take OMNITOOL and go to the LAUNCH DOME
- SWIPE and fill, wait and enter round door
- follow catwalk to your first RIGHT UP the stairs, and plug in OMNITOOL


 E N D  O F  T H E  G A M EAST

 The rest is pretty self explanitory

 TIP: STAY AFTER CREDITS - THERE IS MORE!