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In Deathloop, you’ll have to visit the same locations over and over again until you gather everything you need to complete a perfect loop and kill all the Visionaries. Sometimes this means visiting the same area more than once in a loop, which is why you’ll quickly learn how to get around without getting into too much trouble.

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This is especially true once you’ve acquired special boosts like the Shift Slab or the Spring Heeled trinket. However, acquiring -and infusing- those will take you some time. So when you’re just starting out in this game best thing you can do is learn how to move safely without relying on any ability. And if you want to learn how to traverse Updaam, keep reading.

Why Should I Unlock The Archives Gate In Updaam?

Well, this gate is in the way of two points of interest: The Moxie and Colt’s lower tunnel entrances, so by finding the code to unlock it, you’ll be able to freely move between the upper and lower tunnels, a shortcut if you will.

How To Unlock The Archives Gate

iron gate note in updaam

Unlike other games, in Deathloop you can’t just go and google the codes online. Here you have to find them yourself, since they’ll be different for every player.

To unlock this gate, the first thing you have to do is get close to it. Once you do, you’ll notice a note glued to one of the gate’s sides. Just keep in mind that to read the note, you’ll have to be in front of it (if you see it from behind, you won’t be able to interact with the note).

Note in the iron gate updaam

Upon reading the note, you’ll learn that the gate is glitching, and every time “the phone dials out,” the gates open - very convenient, isn’t it?- So with that in mind, all you have to do now is, well, ring the phone!

Where To Find The Phone Booth

Phone booths in updaam

Luckily for you, a couple of phone booths are just on the balcony above the gate, as if they were waiting to be hacked.

From here, you have two options, either find your way into that balcony so you can use Colt’s hacking device on one of them or, depending on where you’re standing, try to aim Colt’s Hackamajig at the nearest booth.

deathloop hacking the phone

Either way, once the booth is hacked, a phone will ring, and you’ll automatically learn the code to the gate.

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