In a state-of-the-art facility likeAbiotic Factor’sGATE, you’ll come across a ton of advanced technology, some born of scientists on Earth and some from fantastic realms reachable through portals. One of the most common and humble, compared to the others, is the Power Cell.

A lot of different mechanical and technological items in GATE run on Power Cells, but between some prior research and the catastrophic events that occurred during your orientation, they’re not easily available. You’ll need to venture into another world and fight off hostile soldiers to get your hands on some.

Player character standing next to a station in Flathill with a Power Cell inserted into it in Abiotic Factor.

How To Get The First Three Power Cells

Thefirst three Power Cellsyou’ll find and need to obtain to progress the story arelocated in thePortal World of Flathill, and unlocking itrequires story progressionand having aKeypad Hacker (Tier One).

You’llwant to wear a Hazardous Materials Suit and take Iodine Tablets while holding or transporting them until you unlock the Hazard Crate, as Power Cells emitlarge levels of Radiation.

Player character walking through a retro arcade with a multicolored floor and tables in Flathill in Abiotic Factor.

Thetasks you’ll need to complete, including using theKeypad Hacker to unlock Silo Three, involvekilling Security Bots for their CPUsand some exploration of the Office Sector. The quickest and easiest method of doing so is to:

Once you’reinside Flathill, you’ll need to navigate adangerous, but linear paththrough the buildings whileavoiding the Composers that roamthe streets and inside certain buildings.

Player character picking up a Power Cell that’s sitting in a hanging shipping container in Abiotic Factor.

ThePower Cells in Flathill are special, static items, but they will respawn every few days, like other Portal-world resources, so visiting Flathill is the main, renewable wayof obtaining them.

Go through theshops past the starting residential area, then carefully make your waydown the street and into the first buildingon the left.

Player character about to drive a Forklift that’s been repaired and powered with a Power Cell in Abiotic Factor.

Every key pathway will be unlockedand lead you down the street,through the park, and into thefirst building on the rightfor thefirst Power Cell, then to the arcade and thearcade’s roof for the second Power Cell, an office-like building, through a library, and onto the library’s roof for the final Power Cell.

Your goals will be therooftop of every building, where you’ll find astation containing a Power Celland a Portalthat leads to thenext sectionyou need to go through.

Crafting menu recipe showing the four components, including a Power Cell, to make an Industrial Battery in Abiotic Factor.

Make sure tounlock the shortcuts as you navigate Flathill. There are several on the roofs of the buildings, and they lead to the locked, caged-off ladders that bring you back to the street level.

Once youhave all three Power Cells, you can leave Flathill andcontinue progressing through the story, though you’ll want tobring all the exclusive resources like Magazine Holderswith you.

Onlyone of the three Power Cells is neededto open thepath to Manufacturing West, so theother twocan safely beused to craft several incredibly useful items, such as thePipe Pistol, Scrapshot, andKeypad Hacker (Tier Two).

Other Sources Of Power Cells

Besides therenewable Power Cells in Flathill, there areothers you can findoutside that Portal World, with themajority being foundin Manufacturing West, but a handful of others are found in the later sections of GATE.

InManufacturing West, you canfind several of them, especially in theShipping area:

InCascade Laboratories, you can find three of them:

In theHydroplant, you’re able to find one in theback of the broken SUV near the Defense Bots, and there’s alsoone in the Village Den, in a pool ofwater with a dead scientist and a Neutrino Mapperyou can pick up.

A few can also befound in the Reactorsas well:

What Are Power Cells Used For?

Power Cells have two main uses: as acrafting materialfor severalmid-to-late-game items, and topower certain itemsaround the world,mainly Forklifts.

The first time you’ll use them is tofix the forklift by the entrance to Manufacturing West, andother forkliftscan also berepaired using Power Cells, allowing you todrive them around for traveland totransport a lot of goodsin their storage crates.

Forklifts and most other repairable vehicles or machines require a Pipe Wrench to be in your inventory, and they can be found all over Manufacturing West, usually on shelvesor occasionally dropped by breaking Wooden Crates.

Most of theitems that need a Power Cellto craft, like the Keypad Hacker (Tier Two), are eitherrequired for story progressionor somethingincredibly useful, so you’ll want to have adecent supply of themon hand and safelystored away in a Hazard Chest.

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Coil x2

Stapler x2

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