Earth conquered by Combine aliens. Humanity survives under oppressive control after Black Mesa.
| Played | 19 times |
| Cloned | 1 times |
| Created | 19 days ago |
| Last Updated | 5 days ago |
| Visibility | Public |
| Size | 0 |
| Type | Quarantine Exclusion Zone |
| Coordinates | (-718, -3341) to (649, -1277) |
The Wastes stretch from City 23’s northern wall to the southern Frontier’s alpine edge—a blighted zone twisted by Xen contamination. Once fertile grassland is now overrun with pulsing yellow-orange biomass that engulfs abandoned towns and shattered infrastructure. Hostile life thrives here: headcrabs, their zombie hosts, and new regional variants roam freely. Barnacles hang from ruined overpasses, and antlion colonies tunnel beneath the tainted soil. Combine Overwatch deploys suppression teams from fortified outposts, battling the spread of Xen flora and hunting down escapees heading for the Frontier. Toxic pools fill dried riverbeds, and shifting atmospheric effects obscure vision. Periodic spore releases make respirators essential for any human daring to enter this deadly no-man’s-land.