Snark Mine

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The Snark Mine^[1] is a biological tripmine used by Xen armies to hinder Gordon Freeman's progress at the entrance of the Lambda Complex. They were possibly installed by Vortigaunts or Alien Grunts.

[edit] Overview

Snark Mines are hanged in mid-air at the center of a corridor near web-like structures completely barring the way, apparently hanging from the ceiling with some sort of yellow energy thread. Two purple rays randomly come from the mine, probably acting like sensor lasers.

To proceed further, the player can either destroy the webs, which will often cause the mine to explode and release five Snarks (two couples, then a single one) or crouch under the mine and avoid activating it (breaking a nearby web will however trigger the mine regardless). The mines can also be directly destroyed when shot or tripped. When exploding, a Snark will destroy the nearby web.

[edit] Gallery

Snark Mine between two webs.

Alien Grunt stationed near a Snark Mine.

A Snark Mine above a hatch, the only way to proceed further.

[edit] Notes and references

Weapons of the Half-Life universe
Half-Life		.357 Magnum · Black Mesa Crossbow · Crowbar · Glock 17 · Gluon Gun · HECU Double Turret · HECU RPG · HECU Sentry Turret · HECU SPAS-12 · Hivehand · Land Mine · Laser Tripmine · M198 Howitzer · M2 Browning Machine Gun · M202A1 FLASH · Mk 2 Grenade · MP5 · Satchel Charge · Snark · Snark Mine · Tau Cannon · Xen Sentry Turret
Half-Life: Opposing Force		Barnacle Gun · Black Ops Mortar · Combat Knife · Desert Eagle · Displacer · M249 Squad Automatic Weapon · M40A1 Sniper Rifle · Mark IV Thermonuclear Device · Pipe Wrench · Shock Roach · Spore Launcher
Half-Life 2		.357 Magnum · Alyx's Gun · Annabelle · Combine Sentry Turret · Combine SPAS-12 · Crowbar · Headcrab Shell · Hopper Mine · Hunter-Chopper Bomb · Laser Tripmine · Manhack · MK3A2 Grenade · MP7 · Overwatch Sniper Rifle · Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle · Pheropods · Ravenholm traps · Resistance Crossbow · Resistance RPG · Rollermine · Stun Baton · Suppression Device · Tau Cannon · USP Match · Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch		S.L.A.M
Portal		Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device · Aperture Science Sentry Turret · Rocket Sentry
Half-Life 2: Episode Two		AR3 (non-existent) · Autogun · Magnusson Device
Half-Life (cut)		Black Hole Gun
Half-Life: Opposing Force (cut)		Flash Grenade
Half-Life 2 (cut)		AK-47 · Brickbat · Combine Guard Gun · Combine Launcher · Desert Launcher · FIM-92 Stinger · Fire Extinguisher · Flare Gun · GR9 · HK-707 · Hopwire Grenade · Ice Axe · Immolator · Incendiary Rifle · Molotov Cocktail · MP5K · MP7 · Physgun · Pulse Shield · Rollerwand · S.L.A.M · Sniper Rifle · Socket Wrench · Sticky Launcher · Stun Baton · Thumper · XM29 OICW
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast (cut from Half-Life 2)		Harpoon
Half-Life 2: Episode One (cut)		Vortex Hopwire

Xen
Creatures		Alien Controller · Alien Grunt · Barnacle · Boid · Bullsquid · Chumtoad · Gargantua · Headcrab · Houndeye · Ichthyosaur · Leech · Manta Ray · Nihilanth · Snark · Tentacle · Vortigaunt
Headcrabs		Headcrab · Fast Headcrab · Gonarch · Lamarr · Poison Headcrab · Standard Headcrab · Headcrab Shell
Zombies		Zombie · Fast Zombie · Gonome · Poison Zombie · Standard Zombie · Zombine
Vortigaunts		Vortigaunt · Vortigese · All-Knowing Vortigaunt · R-4913 · Sweepy · Uriah · Victory Mine Vortigaunt · Vortigaunt Camp · Vortigaunt Shepherd · X-8973
Flora		Light Stalk · Fungus · Tree
Weapons		Sentry Turret · Hivehand · Snark · Snark Mine
Other		Crystal
Creatures (cut)		Archer · Charger · Fast Walker · Flocking Floater · Kingpin · Mr. Friendly · Panther Eye · Sand Barnacle · Snapbug · Stukabat
Headcrabs (cut)		Brickbat
Vortigaunts (cut)		Vorti-Cell
Weapons (cut)		Black Hole Gun