The Orange Box
Codes
(Half-Life 2) Codes
Enter the code while playing Half Life 2. No specific requirements other then the game. Can be entered at any time on any level. Using cheats does not disable achievements.
| Code | Effect |
|---|---|
| LB, Up, RB, Up, LB, LB, Up, RB, RB, Up | Invincibility |
| Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B Button A Button | Restore Health By 25 Points |
| Y B A X RB Y X A B RB | Restores ammo for current weapon |
| Left, Left, Left, Left, LB, Right, Right, Right, Right, RB | Unlock All Levels |
Contributed By: ShionTheFurry, HyperZeroX, sivolev, gmreedy
(Portal) Codes
Enter these codes anytime during gameplay.
| Code | Effect |
|---|---|
| Down, B, A, B, Y, Down, B, A, B, Y | Create box |
| LB, Up, RB, Up, LB, LB, Up, RB, RB, Up | Enables invincibility |
| Up, Y(2), X(2), A(2), B(2), Up | Fire energy ball |
| Up, Y(2), B(2), A(2), X(2), Up | Fire rocket projectile |
| Y, A, B, A, B, Y(2), A, Left, Right | Portal placement anywhere: |
| Up, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Y(2) | Portalgun ID 0 |
| Up, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, X(2) | Portalgun ID 1 |
| Up, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, A(2) | Portalgun ID 2 |
| Up, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, B(2) | Portalgun ID 3 |
| X, B, LB, RB, Left, Right, LB, RB, LT, RT | Upgrade Portalgun |
Contributed By: JustDave, Shinji_Vin
Unlockables
(Half-Life 2) New Title Screen
Beat Half-Life 2 to get a new title screen.
Contributed By: dejectedgeek
(Portal) Alternate Title Screen
Complete the game
Contributed By: AbeVigoda
Achievements
Complete each achievement to get the allotted gamerscore.
| Unlockable | How to Unlock |
|---|---|
| "Radiation Levels Detected" (5) | Get through the toxic tunnel under City 17 in Half-Life 2. |
| Acid Reflex (5) | Kill an acid antlion worker. |
| Anchor's Aweigh! (5) | Get the airboat. |
| Aperture Science (40) | Earn gold medals on all Portal challenges. |
| Atomizer (10) | Disintegrate 15 soldiers by throwing them into a Combine ball field. |
| Attica! (5) | Destroy the gunship in the hospital attic. |
| Barnacle Bowling (5) | Kill five barnacles with one barrel. |
| Basic Science (10) | Earn bronze medals on all Portal challenges. |
| Blast from the Past (10) | Find the HEV Suit Charger faceplate in Eli's scrapyard. |
| Bone Breaker (5) | Kill 30 enemies with thrown physics objects. |
| Bug Hunt (10) | Use the antlions to kill 50 enemies. |
| Cache Checker (10) | Find every radar cache in chapter Under The Radar. |
| Camera Shy (5) | Detach security cameras from the walls. |
| Car Crusher (5) | Use the cars to squash 15 antlions in Episode One. |
| Citizen Escort (15) | Don't let any citizens die when escorting them to the escape train. |
| Conservationist (5) | Kill five enemies with the same energy ball. |
| Containment (5) | Contain the Citadel core. |
| Counter-Sniper (5) | Kill all of the snipers in City 17. |
| Cupcake (10) | Beat two Portal advanced maps. |
| Deadly Harvest (5) | Kill an enemy by planting a hopper mine. |
| Defense of the Armament (20) | Save the missile silo from the Combine offensive. |
| Defiance (5) | Throw the trash at the guard in the beginning of HL:2 |
| Dynasty (10) | Win 20 games. |
| Elevator Action (10) | Survive long enough to get on the parking garage elevator. |
| Escape From City 17 (20) | Escape City 17 with Alyx. |
| Fight the Power (10) | Shut down the supression device by disabling its generators. |
| Flamethrower (5) | Set five enemies on fire in 30 seconds. |
| Flushed (5) | Kill an enemy with a toilet. |
| Follow Freeman (10) | Gain command of a squad of rebels in the uprising. |
| Fratricide (5) | Do whatever it takes to survive. |
| Friendly Fire (5) | Knock down a turret with another turret. |
| Fruitcake (20) | Beat four Portal advanced maps. |
| Get Some Grub (20) | Squish every antlion grub in Episode Two. |
| Giant Killer (10) | Survive the rooftop strider battle in the ruins of City 17. |
| Gordon Propelled Rocket (5) | Unlock the rocket launcher lambda cache in chapter Under The Radar. |
| Grave Robber (5) | Steal a Zombine's grenade. |
| Grey Matter (5) | Get 25 headshots as a Sniper. |
| Gunishment! (5) | Destroy the Combine Autogun thats in the Junkyard |
| Hack Attack! (5) | Kill five enemies with a Manhack. |
| Hallowed Ground (5G) | Escort Gregori safely through the church cemetary |
| Hard to Kill (10) | Get five kills in a row without dying. |
| Hardcore (15) | Accumulate 1000 total kills. |
| Head of the Class (5) | Play a complete round with every class. |
| Heartbreaker (10) | Complete Portal. |
| Heavy Weapons (5) | Get the airboat's mounted gun. |
| Hit and Run (5) | Run over 20 enemies with the car in Episode Two. |
| Hot PotatOwned (10) | Kill a Combine soldier with his own grenade. |
| Impenetrable Defense (10) | Successfully defend Dustbowl without giving up a capture. |
| Impossible Defense (30) | Successfully defend Gravel Pit without giving up a capture. |
| Into the Breach (5) | Help Griggs and Sheckley hold off the antlion invasion inside the mine shaft. |
| Keep Off the Sand! (20) | Cross the antlion beach in chapter Sandtraps without touching the sand. |
| Lab Rat (5) | Acquire the fully powered Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. |
| Lambda Locator (15) | Find all lambda caches in Half-Life 2. |
| Lightning Offense (10) | Win Well in 5 minutes or less. |
| Little Rocket Man (30) | Send the garden gnome into space. |
| Live Bait (10) | Help Alyx snipe 30 enemies in Episode One. |
| Long Jump (5) | Jump 300 feet. |
| Malcontent (5) | Escape the apartment block raid. |
| Master of Disguise (15) | Trick an opposing medic into healing you. |
| Meet the Hunters (10) | Survive the Hunter ambush with Alyx |
| Neighborhood Watch (35) | Save all buildings outside the missile silo from destruction. |
| Nemesis (5) | Get five revenge kills. |
| One Man Army (5) | Destroy six gunships in Half-Life 2. |
| OSHA Violation (5) | Kill 3 enemies using the crane. |
| Pacifist (10) | Contain the Citadel core without killing any stalkers. |
| Partygoer (5) | Make the correct party escort submission position decision. |
| Payback (10) | Kill a Hunter with its own flechettes. |
| Pedal to the Metal (5) | Beat DOG in a race to the White Forest base. |
| Pinata Party (5) | Find and break every web cache in Episode Two. |
| Plaza Defender (10) | Survive the generator plaza standoff in chapter Anticitizen One. |
| Powerhouse Offense (5) | Win 2Fort with a shutout. |
| Puttin' On a Clinic (15) | Defeat the chopper in Episode Two without any misses. |
| Quiet Mountain Getaway (10) | Survive the Ambush in White Forest In |
| Relentless Offense (20) | Win Hydro without giving up a capture. |
| Revenge! (10) | Destroy the hunter-chopper in Half-Life 2. |
| Rocket Science (20) | Earn silver medals on all Portal challenges. |
| Secondary Silo Secured (5) | Secure the launch doors on missile silo 2. |
| Singularity Collapse (25) | Destroy the Citadel's reactor core. |
| Submission (5) | Put the trash in the garbage can in HL2. |
| Targetted Advertising (5) | Pin a soldier to the billboard in chapter Highway 17. |
| Team Doctor (5) | Accumulate 25000 heal points as a Medic. |
| Terminal Velocity (5) | Fall 30,000 feet. |
| The One Free Bullet (40) | Beat Episode One firing exactly one bullet. Grenade, crowbar, rocket, and Gravgun kills are okay! |
| Think Fast! (10) | Kill an Elite Soldier with his own energy ball. |
| Trusty Hardware (5) | Get the crowbar. |
| Turret (5) | Accumulate 10 turret kills with a single turret. |
| Two Points (2) | Use DOG's ball to make a basket in Eli's scrapyard. |
| Twofer (5) | Defeat both antlion guards outside the White Forest |
| Vanilla Crazy Cake (30) | Beat all six Portal advanced maps. |
| Vorticough (13) | Discover the hidden singing vortigaunt cave in chapter Water Hazard. |
| Warden Freeman (10) | Survive the second turret standoff in Nova Prospekt. |
| Watch Your Head! (5) | Make it to the bottom of the Citadel's main elevator shaft in one piece. |
| What cat? (5) | Break the mini-teleporter in Kleiner's lab. |
| Where Cubbage Fears to Tread (5) | Defend Little Odessa from the Gunship Attack |
| With Friends Like these... (10) | Play in a game with seven or more players from your friends list. |
| World Traveler (5) | Play a complete game on every map. |
| Zero-Point Energy (5) | Get the Gravity Gun in Black Mesa East. |
| Zombie Chopper (25) | Play through Ravenholm using only the Gravity Gun. |
| Zombie-que (5) | Use flares to light 15 zombies on fire. |
Contributed By: Guard Master, Shadow., DismemberedEye, elfboy486, supersonicguy, SuperKnuckles7, SuperSpartan777
Easter Eggs
Hidden Left 4 Dead trailer
To get a trailer for the upcoming Valve game Left 4 Dead, wait at the game select screen (the one where you choose between Portal, Team Fortress, or Halflife 2). After a few minutes You will be taken to a demo video of the three orange box games. Wait for the video to end, then wait again. The next time the video comes up, it will be a Left 4 Dead trailer.
Contributed By: MPHtails
Half-Life 2 Cheats
Codes
Console Commands
Use the [~] key during gameplay to bring up the console and enter the following commands there:
| Code | Effect |
|---|---|
| play demo_name | Plays demo.(change demo_name to the demo you want to be played) |
| record demo_name | Records a demo of all the user's actions within the game until the "stop" command is issued. |
| stop | Stops recording the current demo. |
Contributed By: gamefreaksl
How to Spawn NPCs
Access the console, type in "npc_create npc_<name>" and replace the name with one of these:
| Code | Effect |
|---|---|
| antlionguard | |
| mossman | |
| monk | |
| metropolice | |
| manhack | |
| launcher | |
| kleiner | |
| ichthyosaur | |
| headcrab_poison | |
| poisonzombie | |
| rollermine | |
| turret_floor | |
| turret_ceiling | |
| zombie_torso | |
| zombie | |
| vortigaunt | |
| strider | |
| stalker | |
| cscanner | |
| headcrab_black | |
| headcrab_fast | |
| combinegunship | |
| combinedropship | |
| citizen | |
| breen | |
| barney | |
| barnacle | |
| antlion | |
| alyx | |
| combine_s | |
| crow | |
| headcrab | |
| helicopter | |
| gman | |
| fastzombie | |
| eli | |
| dog | |
| pigeon | |
| seagull | |
| combine_p |
Contributed By: Cloud Runner 777, Shadow.
Obtain and use the Super Gravity Gun in early levels
You must have sv_cheats 1 and access to the console for this to work. Enter the following commands in the console in order:
| Code | Effect |
|---|---|
| map d3_citadel_04 | Changes you to a level where you start with the super gravity gun |
| give weapon_physcannon | Gives you the gravity gun again |
| changelevel d1_trainstation_01 | Switches you to the first level, replace d1_trainstation_01 with other map names if you want |
Contributed By: Aurulieus
Weapon cheats
To spawn armor, ammo, weapons, or any items of the nature, first open the console. Then type the following command:
give"weapon entity"
In place where weapon entity is, you input one of the codes below.
The Organic Manipulator cannot be spawned because the map chooses whether or not it is organic. Refer to another cheat for that weapon.
| Code | Effect |
|---|---|
| weapon_357 | 357 Magnum Revolver |
| weapon_bugbait | Bug Bait (from Antlion Guards) |
| weapon_crossbow | Crossbow |
| weapon_annabelle | Father Annabelle Grigori's shotgun, uses 357 magnum ammo |
| item_dynamic_resupply | Fragmentation Grenade |
| weapon_crowbar | Gordon's classic |
| weapon_smg1 | MP7 with grenade launcher |
| weapon_ar2 | Overwatch Standard Issue Pusle-Rifle |
| weapon_pistol | Pistol |
| weapon_rpg | Rocket Launcher |
| weapon_shotgun | Shotgun |
| weapon_physcannon | The Manipulator |
Contributed By: Jack the Smack, Shadow.
Half-Life 2: Episode One Cheats
Console Commands
To enter this commands you must open up the console by pressing the "~" key.
| Code | Effect |
|---|---|
| hurtme # | Damages you for however much damage you put as the number. |
| maps | Lists all maps |
| sk_plr_dmg_357 # | Set Damage Value for .357 Magnum |
| sk_plr_dmg_crossbow # | Set Damage Value for Crossbow |
| sk_plr_dmg_crowbar # | Set Damage Value for Crowbar |
| sk_plr_dmg_grenade # | Set Damage Value for Grenades |
| sk_plr_dmg_pistol # | Set Damage Value for Pistol |
| sk_plr_dmg_ar2 # | Set Damage Value for Pulse Rifle |
| sk_plr_dmg_rpg_round # | Set Damage Value for RPG Rockets |
| sk_plr_dmg_buckshot # | Set Damage Value for Shotgun |
| sk_plr_dmg_smg1_grenade # | Set Damage Value for SMG Grenades |
| sk_plr_dmg_smg1 # | Set Damage Value for Submachine Gun |
| sk_max_357 # | Set Max Ammo for .357 Magnum |
| sk_max_crossbow # | Set Max Ammo for Crossbow |
| sk_max_grenade # | Set Max Ammo for hand Grenades |
| sk_max_pistol # | Set Max Ammo for Pistol |
| sk_max_ar2 # | Set Max Ammo for Pulse Rifle |
| sk_max_ar2_altfire # | Set Max Ammo for Pulse Rifle energy orbs |
| sk_max_rpg_round # | Set Max Ammo for RPG |
| sk_max_buckshot # | Set Max Ammo for Shotgun |
| sk_max_smg1_grenade # | Set Max Ammo for SMG Grenades |
| sk_max_smg1 # | Set Max Ammo for Submachine Gun |
Contributed By: Shadow.
Passwords
Passwords
Hit the '~' key to open a prompt, type "sv_cheats 1" and enter codes.
| Password | Effect |
|---|---|
| Impulse 101 | All guns, extra ammo. |
| showtriggers_toggle | Draw game triggers. |
| mat_normalmaps 1 | Draw normal maps. |
| mat_normals 1 | Draw surface materials. |
| notarget | Enemies can't see you. |
| npc_kill | Kills all npc’s in the area. |
| vcollide_wireframe 1 | Only objects effected by physics are wireframe. |
| impulse 200 | Removes the weapon model from the screen. |
| ch_createjeep | Spawn a scout car. |
| ch_createairboat | Spawn an airboat. |
| impulse 83 | Spawn an airboat. |
| god | Toggle god mode on/off |
| noclip | Toggle walking through walls on/off |
| mat_fastnobump 0 | Turn off bump mapping. |
| mat_wireframe1 | Wire frame models. |
Contributed By: TotalSpaceshipG, Darth1337, Shadow., Mephisto852
Portal Cheats
Unlockables
New Intro Screen
Beat the game
| Unlockable | How to Unlock |
|---|---|
| Cake Intro Screen | Beat Portal once. |
Contributed By: Jankers
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