Once you find out where the Parking Garage Key Card is, things start to get complicated, as you still need to finish exploring the Police Station. It won’t be an easy journey.
Assuming you already have the Heart Key hidden behind the relief (next to the owl in the Private Collection Room), return to the Chief’s Office and go through the east door. Head downstairs to reach a part of the building you couldn’t explore before.
Continue to the end of the hallway (board up the window if you have any Wooden Boards), collect the High-Grade Gunpowder (White) from the locker at the end and open the door to the Interrogation Room. Once inside, you’ll find Handgun Ammo on your left and a Bejeweled Box at the far end. Now run back to the second floor and don’t stop until you reach the Chief’s Office.
Yes, that was a Licker bursting through the glass. If you played the original, you probably managed to avoid having a heart attack. Now, remember the Red Jewel we picked up earlier? Combine it with the Bejeweled Box to obtain the S.T.A.R.S. Badge. Examine the back of it to discover that it’s a USB Dongle Key.
Return to the landing and go upstairs this time. You’ll find some Wooden Boards, a Flash Grenade and Handgun Ammo in the lockers. Carefully open the door to the East Storage Room and watch out for the zombie.
Once inside, avoid the southwest corner (there’s a lone zombie there) and pick up the Flame Rounds and the Large Gear (which takes up two inventory slots). Then use the Heart Key to open the locked door. You’ll find a Boxed Electronic Part, which you need to examine to obtain the Electronic Part. There’s also a Combat Knife stuck in a mannequin.
To free up some inventory space, return to the Private Collection Room through the door south of the Chief’s Office and place the part in the power panel. Then head back to the third floor and go through the door leading to the Balcony.
Climb down the ladder to reach the crashed helicopter. There’s some Handgun Ammo on the bench beside it. Then go down the northern stairs, watching out for the two zombies near the Boiler Room. Head over there and pull the lever on the wall.
Before heading back up, you’ll find two Green Herbs south of the stairs you just came down. Once you’re back upstairs, pull the lever in the corner near the crashed helicopter. Since you changed the direction of the water flow using the previous lever, this will put out the fire.
Now the horror really begins. When you go through the door next to the helicopter and start crossing the hallway, the terrifying Mr. X, a Tyrant, will appear. Don’t waste your ammunition on him. Retreat to the Balcony and run back to the Chief’s Office to save your game. Things are about to get very serious.
Once you’re upstairs, turn around and head to the far end. There are some Shotgun Shells on the shelf. The next room is a safe room. Don’t carry the Electronic Part with you, as we don’t need it yet. Make sure you bring the Square Crank and Diamond Key, though, as we’ll need both.
Pick up the items (ammunition and gunpowder) from the lockers and the Electronic Part beside the beds at the back, then return to the hallway. The far end is packed with zombies, so take them out and use the fuse to raise the shutter and return to the east wing of the Police Station.
Go through the door leading to the Fire Escape and head upstairs toward the crashed helicopter. Go north, past the Art Room, and raise the shutter to reach a stairwell.
Head upstairs and you’ll find some Wooden Boards and a Flash Grenade in one locker and Handgun Ammo in the other. Go through the door leading to the East Storage Room. In addition to two zombies, a herb and some Shotgun Shells, you’ll find the Large Gear we need.
Now go out onto the Balcony and climb down the ladder—with disastrous results. Pick up some Handgun Ammo near the helicopter and head downstairs. There are some Green Herbs to the southeast, but your destination is the Boiler Room. Be careful, as two zombies will burst through the door when you approach.
Inside, you’ll find some Gunpowder and a safe room containing the Club Key.
Leave the Boiler Room and you’ll see a lever next to the door in the courtyard. Pull it, then head upstairs and pull the other lever beside the crashed helicopter to put out the fire. Enter the hallway, approach the helicopter and... the terrifying Mr. X will appear.
You need to avoid him and head down the stairs next to the Chief’s Office to reach the ground floor of the east wing. Continue to the end of the hallway, pick up the High-Grade Gunpowder (Yellow) and use the Club Key to open the Observation Room.
Once inside, you can climb through the broken observation window to collect some Handgun Ammo. However, what we really want is the box on the table. Combine it with the Red Jewel you found during your first visit to the Police Station to obtain the S.T.A.R.S. Badge.
Next to the dead zombie, you’ll find the Confiscation Report, as well as some Gunpowder on the zombie itself.
Your first objective now is to reach the Main Hall of the Police Station. Mr. X can appear almost anywhere, and he’s fast and extremely deadly, so avoid him whenever possible. Bear in mind that Mr. X can enter the Main Hall, but he cannot enter designated safe rooms such as the Darkroom or Chief’s Office..
By the time you reach the Main Hall, Marvin will have turned into a zombie. You’ll have to kill him, but be careful because this can attract Mr. X. You may be better off simply avoiding him. Head west and be careful in the hallway beyond Reception: there’s a Licker here, so don’t run if you can help it.
As soon as you enter, you’ll see an item on the table. Don’t pick it up yet. There’s some Gunpowder and a Hand Grenade in the room. Now pick up the item on the table, the Jack Handle, and get ready: Mr. X will enter the room.
Use the shelves to force him to take the long way around, leave through the door you entered and, while being extremely careful of the Licker, run to the Darkroom. They won’t enter this room. While you’re here, you can develop the Roll Film still in your inventory. It reveals a locker combination... for a locker we’ve already opened.
Make sure you have the Jack Handle and USB Dongle Key in your inventory, as we’re going to need them. If you’re running very low on Handgun Ammo, store both your handgun and its ammunition and bring whatever submachine gun ammo you have instead. Things are about to get hairy, but you need to leave the room and head upstairs (walk if the Licker is the only enemy around) to the second floor, cross the Shower Room and reach the S.T.A.R.S. Office.
Once there, insert the USB Dongle Key into the computer tower. Then use the computer to open the armory gate and collect the MQ 11 / Lightning Hawk and the Letter to S.T.A.R.S. Members.
Leave the office and head south along the hallway to enter the Linen Room. Inside, you’ll find some Gunpowder and another Portable Safe. If you’re brave enough to go all the way back to the Safety Deposit Room, you can insert the missing Spare Key and enter the following locker numbers to collect these items:
Whatever you decide to do, your next destination is the Library. Remember to bring the Jack Handle with you. Place it in the jack and move all the bookshelves to the right.
Once you’ve done that, climb the ladder and cross the shelves to reach the upper-floor balcony. There’s a Green Herb in the bottom-left corner, but be careful: there are also two zombies and, of course, Mr. X.
Go through the southwest door and you’ll find the Repair Plan on the table. Next to it is a machine where you need to use the Large Gear you’ve been carrying around all this time. This will lower a staircase. Head upstairs and take the Small Gear from the machine.
Now head back downstairs, place the Small Gear in the machine in front of the stairs, retrieve the Large Gear, go back upstairs and place it where the Small Gear was originally. You can now collect the Electronic Part after removing it from its box.
Before continuing, you can leave the Clock Tower through the west door if you like. At the end of the hallway, you’ll find a Large Gunpowder. We recommend combining it with some High-Grade Gunpowder to create ammunition for your special weapon—the shotgun or grenade launcher. You now need to return to either the Chief’s Office or the Jail, depending on whether you’re playing as Claire or Leon.
We recommend running to the Library, leaving through the door leading to the Main Hall and, from there, heading up the east side to the Chief’s Office or down to the Parking Garage, depending on your character. The rest is entirely in your hands... and the Tyrant’s.
Back in the Private Collection Room, place the second part in the power panel and solve the Private Collection Room circuit puzzle. If you’re having trouble, here’s the solution:
Note: Bear in mind that the electronic power panel puzzle solution is different in the 2nd Run. Click the previous link to see the solution.
Go inside and approach the key card. A cutscene will play when you try to pick it up. Once it’s over, you’ll have to Escape Chief Irons.
Before heading down to the Parking Garage, use the Item Box in the room off the east hallway and make sure you’re carrying both Electronic Parts. You should also bring plenty of ammunition. There will be three dogs in the Parking Garage, so take them out and enter the Jail.
When you reach Ben’s cell, use both parts on the power panel beside it and solve the Jail circuit puzzle.
Note: Bear in mind that the Jail door power panel puzzle is different in the 2nd Run. Click the previous link to see the solution.
The cell door will open, allowing you to pick up the Parking Garage Key Card. You’ll also find Ben’s Memo and a First Aid Spray inside the cell. Get ready, because this is where the fun begins. When you try to leave, all the cell doors will open.
You can’t go back through the previous hallway. Instead, pull the switch in front of you. This will open the gate on your side and allow you to leave through the northeast exit... which is exactly where the Tyrant is coming from. Quickly shoot him in the head until he drops to one knee, then run to the Parking Garage.
After the cutscene, open the gate and follow Ada through the streets until you reach Gun Shop Kendo.
Inside the shop, you’ll find a Hand Grenade, the Long Barrel for the shotgun and some Handgun Ammo. Head into the back room to watch a cutscene. Then continue along the only available path. At the far end, before the path turns west (after the "earthquake"), you’ll find some Handgun Ammo.
Continue a little farther and you’ll reach a safe room. Don’t worry about... "that." The handgun will be enough. Seriously. Keep going until a cutscene plays, then run—run like you’re being chased by a giant mutant alligator.
You need to watch which side its head is on when it tries to bite you: if its head is on the left, move to the right, and vice versa. When it knocks the pipe loose, a single handgun bullet will take care of the problem.
Continue a little farther and, after another cutscene, your next objective will be to Find Annette.
