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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 › Survival Mode

Dark Carnival: Stadium Gate

You begin at the far end of the ground near the barns roof, with ladder access up onto the rooftop itself and a tarmac pathway down some steps to a switch that begins the Survival Match. Nearby is scaffolding. The largest expanse of open ground is near the collection of barker huts and kiosks adjacent to the barns, where large oak trees grow and there is more space to move.

Although the roof of the barns (accessed via a ladder) and the sunken turnstiles area (where the lever is to begin the match) are both possible places to hold out, the roof is very dangerous because Special Infected can carry you well away from your friends and drop you off the roof, causing nasty damage.

The turnstiles area is just too compact to survive there for long, although standing on the scaffold back-to-back is the best bet if you want to try. The usual location to make your stand is the barker hut courtyard. Lay down suppressing fire and projectiles by the kiosk (1) to stop incoming foes and use the open area nearby (2) for strafing and rescuing friends carried off by the enemy.

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