Welcome to the Into Indie Games walkthrough for Chapters 5 and 6 of Aphelion, The Outpost and The Base respectively.
Aphelion is a cinematic experience set on a planet known as Persephone, where Ariane and Thomas are trying their best to find evidence that human life can exist. Travel through this beautiful yet dangerous landscape where you’re under constant watch by an alien entity. For more information, you can visit the game’s official Steam page here.
The Outpost covers Ariane’s journey as she learns more about the ice that exists on Persephone, and The Base will have you playing as Thomas, trying to uncover the dark secrets in the story of Aphelion.
Visit the Aphelion walkthrough hub here to find more walkthroughs on the other chapters of Aphelion.
Table of contents
Chapter 5: The Outpost
Inside the outpost, you can interact with various items to learn more about the story of Aphelion. However, in order to progress, head down using the ladder inside the lab. After going down, move straight and take a right to find a rover manual.
Interact with the rover repair manual and go back up using the ladder. Once you ascend, you will find your rover on your right side at the end of the room. Interact with the rover here to get its memory card.
After obtaining the memory card, head down again and exit this lab using the airlock at the end of the room. As you go outside, jump down, look back, and take out your EM scanner. Match the frequency here, as shown in the image above, to fix the anomaly root.
Climb back up using the rocky ledges and destroy the anomaly up top using your EM scanner. This unlocks a winch point that allows you to get across to the other side.
Use the ledges on the other side to descend and jump onto the next platform. Enter the small room in this section. Interact with the machine inside the room to analyze the piece of ice. You’ll need to interact with other computers in the room as well to leave. Leave the room next, take a left, and jump across the ditch.
Nemesis Strikes
The mysterious alien that can spot you with noise comes back, and we now know that it’s referred to as Nemesis in the story. A new gameplay mechanic is unlocked in this section.
Head towards the right side of the creature to spot an anomaly. Use your EM scanner to match this anomaly’s frequency, which creates noise and distracts Nemesis.
This allows you to use anomalies as decoys. It gives you enough time to get to the left side, jump across the gap, and climb ledges to reach the next section. Once you get to the top, use your winch to destroy the barrier and head inside the next part of the outpost.
Interact with the spectrum amplifier inside the lab, which is the glass pillar right in front of you. This triggers a cutscene, which marks the end of The Outpost chapter in Aphelion.
Chapter 6: The Base
You’ll switch to playing as Thomas at the start of this chapter. Slide down the stream of water in front of you and keep heading towards the path on your left.
Take a right after going through the narrow passage, and you will arrive near an abandoned base. There are oxygen tanks here that you can use to replenish your oxygen.
Restoring The Power
Once you interact with an airlock door at this base, you’ll find out that you need to restore power. Open your pathfinder, and follow the objective marker to the building atop a hill.
You’ll find an oxygen tank near the lift here at the top. On the left side of the lift, there is a winch point where you can use the winch to open up a path that allows you to get inside.
Once you go inside, slide through the narrow passage in front of you to get to the other side. Turn left after squeezing through, and you’ll find the switch that allows you to turn power back on.
After turning the power back on, use the lift to go down. Make sure to replenish your oxygen first if it’s about to run out. Once you’re down, use the pathfinder to reach the rover hatch. Interact with the hatch to update your objective.
Take a right, followed by a left from the hatch to reach a rover, which you’ll need to dissect. Connect your suit to an oxygen tank nearby and interact with the rover to get the required item. Take that item back to the hatch and use it to get inside the base.
Exploring The Base
Inside the base, head straight ahead through the door in front of you. You can interact with a few items on your way to learn more about the story and the narrative of Aphelion as well. Keep heading through the hallways and doors until you arrive in the locker room.
After entering the locker room, head straight again and squeeze through the half-open door here. You will spot a bloody trail on the ground.
Follow the trail to reach the commander’s quarters, which will be locked. Enter the password 020845 to unlock the door and get inside.
Interact with the body inside to trigger a cutscene and get access to the navigator that allows you to unlock doors around the base. You’ll now need to backtrack your steps. Squeeze through the half-open door again and unlock the door on your right after getting out.
Another cutscene plays once you enter this newly unlocked door, which starts an escape section. Run straight, take a right, followed by a left, and squeeze through the narrow space ahead.
Head right again after getting out, then take a left and another right to get through the door on the other side. Make sure to replenish your oxygen, as you’ll find a tank here as well.
Run down the stairs and crawl through the tight space in front of you. Keep following the straight path ahead to get back to the safe area inside the base.
Finding The Medical Bay
Follow the straight path ahead after escaping to progress. You’ll arrive at a junction where you should go left first to find Malcolm’s body. Next, take the right route to find the medical bay.
Follow the linear road ahead to get out of the building. Go right and interact with the pillar that’s blocking the door to trigger a cutscene. The cutscene marks the end of The Base chapter in Aphelion.
This also concludes our walkthrough of The Outpost and The Base chapters in Aphelion, which followed both Ariane and Thomas on Persephone.
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