Welcome to the third part of our walkthrough for Routine.
You’ve managed to access the A.S.N. and have arrived at an ominous corridor with a corpse lying on the floor. You came here to do one thing: shut down the network.
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Table of contents
Initiating the Shutdown
Move along the A.S.N. corridor to spot a corpse on the floor. There’s a Tape Recorder right next to the body. Interact with it and listen to the recording.
There’s also a Wireless Access Point on the wall that you can use to save your progress.
Continue along the corridor till you reach a large dark room. You can see a shockwave emitting from the object at the center. The Core is inside the object.
You’ll also spot a faint red glow coming from a terminal on the left section of the room. Head towards the terminal.
The terminal screen is filled with error messages. If you initiate the shutdown sequence in this state, it’ll show a memory error. So close all the dialogue boxes first.
Once that’s done, click the Shutdown tab (bottom-left) on the screen. This will trigger the shutdown sequence. Click Initiate. You’ll see a dialogue box that tells you to continue the shutdown process in the next terminal.
Exposing the Core
You’ll find a second terminal in the same room with a red glow around it. Walk up to the terminal and choose Continue. This will bring up a new dialogue box that tells you to make sure three nodes are lowered.
Note down their numbers. This is randomized for each playthrough. For us, they were A3, A9, and A10.
In the central part of the room, you’ll see a series of nodes with raised handles. Each node has a number associated with it. Find the nodes mentioned in the terminal and interact with their handles to lower them.
You can use the Ultraview Module to check the node number if it’s too dark to see.
Once you lower all three nodes, return to the terminal. and choose Continue. You’ll see another dialogue box.
Turn toward the core to spot two release switches. You have to activate both of them.
Once that’s done, the core rises out of the object. Switch to the normal mode in your C.A.T. and fire a blast at the core. This will trigger a cutscene.
The Lunar Surface
You’ll find yourself transported to a different location. The Core Housing is just up ahead, but there’s nothing around it. It almost looks as if you’re standing on the Lunar surface.
Head toward the core. There’s nothing you can do here.
Walk around the surface for a while. You’ll hear a clicking sound.
Look at the ground to spot a White Fish flapping its tail. Head toward it to trigger another cutscene and complete the chapter.
This concludes the first part of our walkthrough for Routine. For more interesting articles related to indie games, check out the links below:
- Into Indie Games Homepage
- Sleep Awake Complete Walkthrough – All Chapters
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion Walkthrough and Guides
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion Review
- Winter Burrow Review
Muhit Rahman lives off two things: gaming marathons and endless cups of tea. He writes guides, reviews, and occasionally forgets that real life doesn’t come with checkpoints. His favorite genres are Soulslike and Metroidvania, with Dark Souls III, Hollow Knight, and Dota 2 forever holding top spots on his all-time list.
