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Chapter 7 of 15

Gears 5: Act II, Chapter 3: Forest for the Trees walkthrough

Inside the New Hope research facility, Kait looks for answers about the Swarm.

  • About 36 min in the videos
  • 4 parts · 10 steps
  • 1 boss

Compiled from 1 playthrough video and 4 guides · checked Oct 19, 2026

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Video: Lone Wolf on YouTube (solo run). Loads from youtube-nocookie.com only when you press play.

What each player can do here

P1 · Kait (JD in Act I)
  • Gas clouds fill parts of the facility; you need Jack's protection to cross them.
P2 · Jack or Del
  • A co-op partner can play Jack as a support seat.
  • Stim (the protective boost) gets the squad through the poison gas.

If your skill levels differ: Uneven pair: the newer player can take Jack, the support robot (scans, fetches, opens doors and revives), while the steadier shot takes a soldier seat and carries the gunfights. How to split the roles

New Hope gate

Part 1 of 4. Get into New Hope and past the guard at the facility.

  1. BothCrawl through the hole in the big door to get into New Hope.
  2. BothA Stump guards the research facility entrance; hit it from range or work around its flank, since its fire chews through ice cover.

Warden

Part 2 of 4. Beat the armoured guardian.

  1. BothGo through the facility's narrow corridors until a Warden blocks the way.

Gas and robots

Part 3 of 4. Cross the gassed wing quietly.

  1. BothTrigger Jack's protection before each gas cloud, then cross it.
  2. BothIdle robots fill the next rooms; as in the hotel, kill them from behind one at a time.
  3. BothA Flock ambushes you in a tight space past the next door; keep firing and dodge when it charges.

The lab

Part 4 of 4. Reach the lab and get out alive.

  1. BothGo through the prison and the strange nursery, vault through its window, and climb the ladder to the lab.
  2. BothGo down to the lower floor and use the console there to start a cutscene.
  3. BothThen run: gas floods the building, so keep Jack's protection up and head up the stairs to the exit.
  4. BothOutside, clear the enemies below before you slide down, then run the last gas-filled corridor with protection on.

Boss

WardenAn armoured guardian

  1. Helmet: Bullets barely hurt it at first: shoot the helmet off its head.
  2. Headshots: Then keep hitting its head, and dodge its charges and leaps, which come fast.

Extras and notes

  • IGN's guide counts 6 collectibles in this chapter.
Sources (5)

Steps compiled from 1 playthrough video and 4 text guides, checked Oct 19, 2026, and written in our own words. We did not play the game for this guide. A step marked “single source” rests on one guide so far.