How to find a way to get to the Exhibition Park in Atomic Heart and defeat the Hedgehog-7 Hedgehog

Butcher79

March 4, 2023

"What the coming day has in store for us" in Atomic Heart loads, in addition to the next puzzles, a very difficult boss battle, of course, if you don’t have cheats or the debug menu like mine. In this guide, I'll show you how to find a way to get into the Exhibition Park, lower the Vulture, and defeat the boss. EZHH-7 "Hedgehog" or hedgie.

When you arrive at Solnechnaya Station, you'll find an area full of useful items and hidden Proving Grounds - solving these (let's call them arenas) unlocks powerful weapon upgrades. Your first goal is to get to the Exhibition Park, which is located in the center of the Arena on your map. Going to the Arena, you will find that all the gates are locked.

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How to find a way to get to Exhibition Park

Look at your card. South of the Arena, on the edge of the lake with the Boat Station. There is a tower here - go there to hack the camera controls.

Hack the camera at the Boat Station, then look towards the structure with the Shuttlecock in the middle of the lake. With the help of the camera, you can unlock the front door.

Lower the neck through the repeater terminal

After opening the door through the Camomile chamber, enter the room and use the repeater to lower the neck. Run to the craft and grab onto the yellow pipe the quest marker is pointing at to take off.

Use Griff's cable to get into the park

Once higher, Grif will launch ziplines to stabilize himself. On these ziplines you can get to remote parts of the map. Use the cable that leads to the center of the Arena.

You will land right at the entrance to the Exhibition. In the Arena, you will find that the gate is no longer locked. Stop and resupply at the nearest Eleanor, then save your game as it's going to be HEATING ahead!

How to beat the Hedgehog-7 Hedgehog in Atomic Heart

Using the device in the center of the Arena will summon the boss.

HPH-7 Hedgehog is a powerful, incredibly fast boss and can be hard to predict for your first fight. You will need a ranged weapon. A shotgun or a standard pistol is good for fighting the boss. You won't need a lot of ammo. Before this fight, replenish your inventory with a good supply of healing items.

Useful ammunition before the battle: MP hand pistol with electric cartridge. Lots of healing items.
- Unlock the upgrades "Double Evasion", "Evasion Invulnerability" and "Movement Speed".
- The electro is too weak, except for. Shotgun can work here, but the short range makes it difficult. If you have Kalash, it also works well, but is not required.

Hedgehog starts by riding around the area. Use dodges and unlock the invulnerability dodge upgrade to make avoiding damage much, much easier. You can also increase the run speed in the character menu for this boss.

When the Hedgehog jumps, it crashes into the ground, creating a deadly shockwave. Jump and dodge it to avoid damage. If the Hedgehog jumps near you, it is recommended to reflexively jump up and dodge, even if you can't see her.
Do not shoot! Wait until after a series of attacks, she will pause and show a red-yellow glowing weak spot. Shoot the glowing engine to damage it.

She also has a ranged attack. Move to the side to avoid damage, or use a quick dodge. This is also where the second character upgrade "Evasion" comes in handy.
After destroying the three weak spots, she will go on a rampage. Try to lure her to a green pillar and activate it with a shocker to stun the robot, or just heal and try to stay alive until she exposes a weak spot.

NOTE: By luring the Hedgehog onto the device in the center of the arena, you are guaranteed to get a stun. You can also activate several of these devices throughout the arena with [Shocker]. This is the best strategy.

Destroy four weak points to defeat the Hedgehog. After each destroyed place, the garden “peaceful” robot will recover faster. That is why you will need an accurate weapon that deals high damage against robots. Don't forget to loot when you're done with her!

There are a couple of achievements for defeating the boss:

Achievement "Spinning, spinning" - given for killing the Hedgehog.
Achievement "Strike" - Kill the Hedgehog without firing a shot: use melee weapons and the environment.

When you reach the exhibition, you will start the task "Cloudy Mirror».