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Portal Revolution Chamber 8 Solution 1
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How to solve Portal: Revolution Chamber 8

Advanced lasers.

I didn’t expect Portal: Revolution to get so difficult so quickly, but Chamber 8 in Chapter 1 is a challenging one. Though it took me a while, I’ve completed Portal: Revolution Chamber 8 so I can teach you how to do it.

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Portal Revolution Chamber 8 Solution 2
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Portal: Revolution Chamber 8 is all about lasers and elevators. Contrary to Portal 1 and 2, lasers don’t hurt you in Portal: Revolution, which is very useful to know in this puzzle. First, place your blue portal on the ground wall and walk through. Press the button to spawn the glass box.

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Now, shoot your blue portal over to the wall on the platform. Walk through the orange portal and place the glass box in line with the laser shooting through the blue portal to activate the switch.

  • Portal Revolution Chamber 8 Solution 3
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You’ll notice the elevator in the center of the room rises. Shoot your blue portal on the lower wall to cut off the laser switch which brings the elevator down. When you are on the elevator, place your blue portal back on the laser wall.

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Once up top, shoot a blue portal on the wall facing the switch. Grab the normal box and walk through the blue portal. Drop the normal box and shoot your blue portal at the laser wall. Grab the normal box, walk through the orange portal, and place the normal box on the ground switch.

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  • Portal Revolution Chamber 8 Solution 8

Now, repeat your steps to get up the elevator. Once at the top, place a blue portal on the wall opposite the laser switch. Walk through it and spawn a new glass box. Place the glass box so it shoots through the orange portal to the laser switch on the other side. Now, walk through the orange portal and walk through the open exit door.

Well done! You’ve beat Chamber 8 in Portal: Revolution. You might as well navigate over to our Portal: Revolution Chamber 9 guide because I think that puzzle is even harder than this one.


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Noah Nelson
From his early days of blog-style music, movie, and game reviews to working as the Esports Writer at Coastline Community College, Noah Nelson now works fulltime as a Staff Writer for Attack of the Fanboy and PC Invasion. He has been helping gamers everywhere with Destiny 2 god rolls, Warzone 2 DMZ missions, and collectibles in any indie game for over a year and a half. His Bachelor's Degree in English Rhetoric and Composition with a minor in Journalism from CSULB has shaped him to be a strong writer and editor. His fondest gaming memory is playing Sly Cooper 2 after begging his mom (for hours) to play it before his birthday and he still cries myself to sleep remembering the time he accidentally saved over his 99% completion save file in Kingdom Hearts 2.