When progressing throughAbiotic Factor’s facility, you’ll have to travel through strange new dimensions while looking for specific resources or to get to blocked areas. The first new area through a portal, Flathill, can be a little confusing in its misty environments, countless locked doors, and enormous enemies patrolling the streets.

While it can be daunting to show up in this new town suddenly, there is a pretty straightforward path once you understand the objective. As you weave through the buildings, grab each of the three Power Cells to open a portal and progress through the next sections before ending back at the facility.

A screenshot from Abiotic Factor showing a street in Flathill with a police car, buildings, and cement columns being visibe. There is also a large bony monster that stands as tall as the buildings walking towards the player.

Abiotic Factor is in Early Access stage; for this very reason, the content of this guide might change in the future.

Flathill Power Cell One

When you first open the portal and enter it in the third Silo, you will appear in a treehouse outside a ‘Bounty Basket’ grocery store, with a couple of vehicles on the street. There will be a return portal in the parking lot to your left, butyou should go down the ladder andhead toward the yellow dooron your right.

Do not go through the portal in the parking lot unless you want to be returned to the facility without the Power Cells.

A screenshot from Abiotic Factor showing the player character aiming a flashlight at the yellow door on the roof of a building in Flathill.

Once inside the grocery store,verify tograb any food or seeds you may needand then continue through the open doorway past the security booth. Take a left and go up the stairs before dismantling the vent grate and going through, drop into the video store, and then go out the door on the left.

Once outside, you’ll be warned about the giant entities walking around that you may’t kill; you’ll have to sneak past them by using the terrain, andthe first giant is easily avoidable by sticking to the left side of the path. When it’s heading in the opposite direction,pass behind the bus stop and walk across the street next to the broken truck.

A screenshot from Abiotic Factor showing the player character holding a mug of coffee as they walk toward a yellow door with an ‘Authorized Personnel Only’ sign next to it.

If an entity sees you, it will stick its head through doors and follow you through larger ones.

Pass through the playground and grassy area before taking a left through the opening, thensneak past another entity and go up the stairs into the building with a statue of a man in front of it.Continue up the stairs andtake a left before going through the yellow door.

A screenshot from Abiotic Factor showing the player character holding a mug of coffee inside the server room in Flathill. A giant monster can be seen looking at the player as they look at it, with a ring of mist surrounding the enemy’s chest. The giant is taller than all the servers and reaches the flourescent lights hanging down.

Go up the ladder in this room and then out the door leading to the roof.Take the Power Cellout of the machine and then go through the portalthat opens to enter the next section.

Flathill Power Cell Two

After you go through the portal, you’ll appear on the roof of the arcade;go through a vent by dismantling the cover and then drop into the arcade.Go up the flights of stairs, making sure tograb the nachos and moneyin the concessions area.

After you grab the second Power Cell, you may start to notice adverse effects from the radiation. Take Iodine Tablets or wear protective gear to mitigate this.

Jump over the rope on the last flight of stairs and then out the yellow door at the top of it. Grab the Power Cell and thengo through the portalto enter the final area in Flathill.

Flathill Power Cell Three

When you enter the portal, you’ll be transported to a very dark library with a giant entity guarding the halls, soyou’ll need to sneak along the edges and climb a fallen bookcase ahead and to the left of where you spawn.Climb the bookcase, jump on top, thenjump across onto the broken handrail.

If you fall at any point from the height of the bookshelves, you will break your leg and slow your running speed.

Follow the path straight until it ends and thenjump back onto the top of the bookshelvesahead of you. Attempt to get down softly and thengo through the doorsjust underneath you.

Go along the bridge and then up the stairs to your right, andcontinue up the stairs and then through the yellow door.

Once inside the small room, there will be ayellow door immediately to your right. Going through it will take you to a kitchen with some stairs that lead into a larger office area, sowalk past the Email terminal and take a left into a large opening with a blue hologram of a person near it.

Take a left after passing through that opening, andyou should see an elevator at the end of a long hall.Walk to the end of the hallway andpress the button to call for the elevator; when it eventually reaches you,get in and take it.

When the door opens, you’ll be greeted by a giant entity standing inside a server room. It’s nearly impossible to avoid them, so you’llneed to run through the room, using the servers as cover as you avoid the monster.

Walk along the edges of the room until youfind stairs leading up to the second level. There is a yellow door with big panes of glass on your left, butdon’t go inunless you need to hide.

Otherwise,continue moving forwardalong the available path until you can go up two flights of stairs to the building’s roof.Take the Power Cellfrom the machine and thenjump through the portalat the edge of the walkway to return home.

Once the portal resources are reset each night, you can go back into the portal and get three Power Cells by going through the whole location again.