- The Facility is the roguelite campaign mode added in Hot Dogs Horseshoes Hand Grenades 2, offering runs through procedurally varied bunkers.
- Extract before you die: falling or dying without extracting loses all carried loot and kit items.
- Recyclers convert junk into resources, but resources must be withdrawn and extracted to the hub to count.
- Meat and mustard are key currencies for upgrading wearable gear like belts and backpacks.
- Start with certification courses at the range before attempting campaign bunkers.
What Is The Facility in H3VR 2?
The Facility is the flagship new mode in Hot Dogs Horseshoes Hand Grenades 2, transforming the series' classic sandbox gunplay into a roguelite extraction campaign. Instead of waking up to a flat menu of experiences, you now spawn as a hot dog protagonist inside a hub complex, with a wrist manual, quest-giving NPC friends, and a giant multi-floor facility to loot. Runs are semi-randomized: levels rearrange themselves each visit, meaning memorizing layouts only gets you so far. Your goals are simple in principle — gather loot, kill hostile sausage agents, recycle junk, and extract back to the hub before you lose everything.
The hub serves as your base of operations. From here you access training certifications, challenge ranges, sandbox zones (including a long-distance sniper range), the spawner, and the campaign bunkers via fast-travel levers.
Video Highlights:
- Full first-run walkthrough of the Facility campaign, including Bunker One: The Upper Reach
- Demonstrations of the recycler, ammo machines, ATMs, and pneumatic extraction tubes
- Live gameplay of the hub, certification courses, and sniper sandbox running on Quest 3
- Death and loot-loss mechanics shown explicitly when falling into the black abyss
Before touching the campaign, complete the shooting certification range. The tutorial courses cover movement, gear handling, tactics, grenades, and firearm types — a free, zero-risk way to learn the controls before betting your loot on a run.
Hub, Kit, and Progression Systems
Your kit is your lifeline. Kit capacity is extremely limited at the start — often just a single inventory slot — and only expands through gear you find or unlock. Belts let you carry magazines and ammo, backpacks add storage slots, and items persist only if you extract successfully.
| System | Location | Function |
|---|---|---|
| Hub | Main base | Fast travel, shops, buyers, NPCs, campaign access |
| Wrist manual | On your wrist | Quests, work orders, and task tracking |
| Spawner | Hub | Unlock and test weapons with earned resources |
| Recycler | Facility floors | Converts junk items into resources |
| ATM | Facility floors | Withdraw and deposit credits |
| Ammo machine | Facility floors | Refill magazines with matching ammo |
| Extruder / pneumatic tube | Extraction points | Send extracted items back to the hub |
| Certification range | Hub | Tutorial courses for core mechanics |
Recycled resources stay on the floor where you recycled them. You must withdraw them and extract them to the hub for them to upload permanently. Recycling junk then dying means losing it all.
Key currencies and resources:
- Credits: cash found on enemies, in ATMs, and scattered around levels; used at buyers before runs
- Meat: harvested from blobs and enemies; required for wearable upgrades like the Chemist leather belt (50 meat)
- Mustard and ketchup: common recyclable resources gained from blobs
- Scanned items: using the scanner on objects may register them for use elsewhere, such as in the spawner
Dying or falling into the abyss without extracting strips your entire kit — including weapons, backpack, and belt. Progression levels and hub unlocks persist, but everything carried on that run is gone.
Extraction Runs: Step-by-Step
A successful run follows a reliable loop. Follow these steps to convert a chaotic facility dive into banked loot.
Prepare at the Hub
Check your wrist manual for work orders, buy supplies from the buyer if you have credits, and equip your best belt and backpack. Bring a gun with available ammo.
Enter the Bunker
Use the hub's fast-travel lever to enter the campaign. Loot methodically — check bathrooms, offices, and side rooms for ammo, credits, meat, and gear.
Recycle Junk On-Site
Feed broken guns, containers, and scrap into recycler units. Withdraw the resources so they're ready for extraction.
Watch Security Systems
Gunshot sensors and high-security weapon gates trigger alarms that summon enemy waves. Either comply, or toss unauthorized weapons over the gate.
Extract via Pneumatic Tube
Place items in the pneumatic transfer and press extract. You can save and resume runs later — extraction banks your loot, levels you up, and pays out.
Rescue trapped NPCs (like the one stuck behind a control panel) — they open doors, hand out work orders, and reappear at the hub as quest-givers.
Enemies, Hazards, and Combat Tips
The Facility is guarded by hostile hot dog agents — melee attackers with metal pipes, gun-toting soldiers, and scientists who can call for backup. Combat physics are heavy and satisfying: impacts register on bodies, and explosives (including some enemy devices) deal real damage to you.
| Threat | Behavior | Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Melee agent | Charges with pipes, heavy physics | Keep distance, one-shot them with any gun |
| Armed soldier | Fires projectiles, drops ~$1 each | Use cover, aim carefully, conserve ammo |
| Scientist | Can call backup when alerted | Eliminate quietly before alarm triggers |
| Security alarm button | Summons enemy waves | Avoid pressing; useful only if you want a fight |
| Gunshot sensor | Detects gunfire, raises alarm | Use melee or avoid fighting near sensors |
| High-sec weapon gate | Triggers alarm for unauthorized weapons | Throw weapons over or drop them through |
| Exploding devices | Detonate when enemies are near | Destroy from range first, always |
| Black abyss | Instant death, full loot loss | Never trust unmarked drops; jump carefully |
Hot dogs take no fall damage from heights — but the black abyss is different. Falling in without extracting loses your entire carried kit and all run loot.
Ammo is scarce. Reload at ammo machines with matching caliber, never waste rounds on distant non-threats, and keep a melee weapon (knife, baton, or wrench) as a backup slot filler.
Loadouts, Loot Priority, and Goals
Not all loot is equal. With tiny inventory capacity, prioritize items by value per slot.
Loot First
- Credits and cash stacks
- Better belts and backpacks
- Health items and meat
- Working guns with ammo
Recycle or Skip
- Broken and old guns
- Metal containers and boxes
- Mustard and ketchup blobs
- Unknown small items
Situational
- Weapon attachments (banana foregrip, sights)
- Scanner if unowned
- Map terminals (reveal level layout)
- Keys like Section Zero key
Notable mechanics worth exploiting:
- Health pickups exist — grab them when hurt, as damage persists through a run
- Map terminals display floor completion percentage (52% → 64% → 79% → 100%) and mark ammo machines, ATMs, and exits
- Save points mid-run let you resume later instead of forcing one continuous session
- Bathrooms often act as low-traffic safe spots for reorganizing inventory
First Session Goals:
- Complete shooting certification at the range
- Rescue the trapped NPC and report to Formeat
- Extract once with recycled resources banked
- Unlock a belt or backpack upgrade with meat
- Map a full facility floor to 100%
FAQ
Q: What happens if I die inside the Facility?
You lose everything carried on that run — weapons, belt, backpack, ammo, and unextracted resources. Your level, hub unlocks, and quest progress persist. Extraction through the pneumatic tube is the only way to bank loot.
Q: How do I carry more items in the Facility?
Find or unlock belts and backpacks. Belts hold ammo and magazines, backpacks add storage slots. Belt upgrades like the Chemist leather belt cost meat (50 for that model), so farm meat during runs.
Q: What does the recycler do?
It converts junk items — broken guns, containers, blobs — into resources. Resources stay on that floor until withdrawn and extracted to the hub, so always withdraw before moving on or extracting.
Q: Is the Facility the only mode in Hot Dogs Horseshoes Hand Grenades 2?
No. The game also includes certification training courses, challenge ranges, sandbox zones with a full spawner of weapons and attachments, and a long-distance sniper range. The Facility is the roguelite campaign layer on top of these.