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Contents

  • Essentials
    • Display
      • The Screen
    • Game Modes
      • Introduction
      • Campaign
      • Realism
      • Versus
      • Survival
      • Scavenge
      • Single-Player
    • The A.I. Director
      • How It Works
    • Game Difficulty
      • About
    • Movement and Combat
      • On Maneuvers
      • Taking a Stance
      • Ranged Combat
      • Melee Combat
      • Health and Life
      • The Environment
    • Survival Tips and Tricks
      • Survivor General Tips
      • Infected General Tips
    • Survivors
      • The Cast
    • The Infected
      • Common Infected
      • Uncommon Infected
      • The Boomer
      • The Charger
      • The Hunter
      • The Jockey
      • The Smoker
      • The Spitter
      • The Tank
      • The Witch
    • Weapons and Equipment
      • Primary Weapons
      • Secondary Weapons
      • Mounted Weapons
      • Projectile Weapons (Belt Items)
      • Weapon Enhancements (Backpack Items)
      • Explosive Objects (Carry Only)
      • First Aid (Backpack Items)
      • Health Enhancements (Belt Items)
    • Achievements Appendix
      • Achievements
  • Walkthrough
    • Campaign Introduction
      • Looking 4 Guidance?
    • Dead Center
      • Dead Center Overview
      • Vannah Hotel Floor 8
      • Vannah Hotel Floor 7
      • Vannah Hotel Lobby
      • CEDA Quarantine & Overpass
      • Walkway To Whitaker’s
      • Maul Near Liberty Mall
      • Mall: Kappel’s and Middle Mezzanine
      • Mezzanine Mayhem
      • Security and Safe Rooms
      • Filling Up the Blue 22
    • Dark Carnival
      • Dark Carnival Overview
      • Highway & Off-Ramp
      • Whispering Oaks Ravine
      • Fairground Entrance
      • Chaos in Kiddieland
      • Murder at the Merry-Go-Round
      • Tunnel of Love
      • The Screaming Oak
      • The Barns
      • Barn Storming
      • The Concert
    • Swamp Fever
      • Swamp Fever Overview
      • Plank Country
      • Alligator Sanctuary
      • Rudimentary Pathways
      • Waterlogged Wade to Crash Site
      • Tracks Past the Shacks
      • Shanty Town Center
      • Shanty Town Bridge and Outskirts
      • Plantation Village
      • Plantation Mansion
    • Hard Rain
      • Hard Rain Overview
      • Burger Tank
      • Streets of Rage
      • Entrance and Refinery 1
      • Refinery 2, Plant Ruins, and Cane Field
      • Backtrack through Field, Plant, and Refinery
      • Retreat to the Safe Room
      • To the Safe Room on Second Street
      • Town Escape
    • The Parish
      • The Parish Overview
      • Bienville District
      • Bienville Park
      • Bedlam at the Bus Depot
      • Urban Flight
      • Sam’s Hot Impound Lot
      • The Cemetery of Saint Roche
      • One-Way Street and Jazz Club
      • Slaughter in the Quarter
      • Mayhem on the Mean Streets
      • A Bridge Too Far
      • Attack at the Military Evac
    • Scavenge Mode
      • Scavenge Mode: Basics
      • Dead Center: Atrium
      • Dark Carnival: Motel
      • Swamp Fever: Plank Country
      • Hard Rain: Milltown
      • Hard Rain: Sugar Mill
      • The Parish: Park
    • Survival Mode
      • Survival mode: Basics
      • Dead Center: Atrium
      • Dark Carnival: Motel
      • Dark Carnival: Stadium Gate
      • Dark Carnival: Concert
      • Swamp Fever: Plank Country
      • Swamp Fever: Plantation
      • Hard Rain: Burger Tank
      • Hard Rain: Sugar Mill
      • The Parish: Bus Depot
      • The Parish: Bridge
  • DLC
    • The Passing
      • New Features
      • Campaign: The Riverfront
      • Campaign: Streets & Alleyway
      • Campaign: The Park
      • Campaign: Pool Hall
      • Campaign: Pipe works
      • Campaign: River Tour
      • Campaign: The Sewers
      • Campaign: The Port
      • Scavenge Maps
      • Survival Maps
  • Video
    • The Basics: Top Ten Tips
    • Know Your Enemy (Part 1)
    • Know Your Enemy (Part 2)
    • Leave Them Dead: Weapons Detail
    • Tips Scavenge and Survival Modes
    • Campaign Tactics: Dead Center
    • Campaign Tactics: Dark Carnival
    • Campaign Tactics: Swamp Fever
    • Campaign Tactics: Hard Rain
    • Campaign Tactics: The Parish

Left 4 Dead 2 Guide › Walkthrough › Hard Rain

Hard Rain Overview

Stage 1: Milltown

Fuel is in short supply and Virgil needs to keep the Lagniappe ticking over. Enter what was once a mill town under threat, but now its streets are devoid of life; only the undead stalk their prey here. Seek the sugar mill from here.

Stage 2: Sugar Mill

An abandoned sugar refinery had seen better days even before the apocalypse struck. Now an ominous, depressing presence hangs over this place. Can you hear weeping? You will; wretched Witches lament their life here.

Stage 3: Mill Escape

After you escape across a sugar cane field and grab the diesel fuel, the weather takes a turn for the worse. A massive maelstrom of rain, wind, and poor visibility conspires to add another layer of tension as you retrace your steps.

Stage 4: Return to Town

This is a storm for the ages — one you may not survive if you don’t seek shelter during the intermittent squalls. Fight your way back through the torrential rain, seeking the safety of a Safe Room you disregarded earlier.

Stage 5: Town Escape

Virgil is a wily captain; he retreated so his boat wouldn’t be swamped by the unclean ones. Now you need to summon him while fighting the elements and crowds of the Infected in a rooftop finale on the burger store.

Uncommon Infected: Road Crew

Construction workers driven rabid by viral infections or worse litter the landscape in this township. Noice-muffling head gear covers their ears, so they only react to movement they see. They don’t join the throngs when a Pipe Bomb is lobbed, but they are still able to hear car alarms.

Achievements

These Achievements are available during this campaign. For advice on completing them, consult the Appendices at the back of this guide

Image Achievements Description
Weatherman
Survive the Hard Rain Campaign
Sob Story Navigate the Sugar Mill and reach the Safe Room without killing any Witches
Still Something to Prove * Survive all campaigns on Expert.
The Real Deal* Survive a campaign on Expert Skill with Realism mode enabled
Confederacy of Crutches* Finish a Campaign using only melee weapons.

*=Requires completion of this campaign, plus additional tasks.

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