Wheatley's testing track

"You're not going to believe this. I found a sealed off wing. Hundreds - HUNDREDS! - of perfectly good test chambers. Just sitting there. Filled with skeletons. Shook them out. Good as new!"

- Wheatley

Wheatley's testing track is the testing track created by Wheatley during Chell's journey through Test Shaft 09. It is made of 19 Test Chambers.

Frankenturret "Dedicated" Chamber
The very first "test" designed by Wheatley. It features several Frankenturrets and a button they were intended to walk on. They can not actually accomplish this, deactivating if the player orients them in a fashion by which they might actually do it.

After Chell completes this chamber, Wheatley welcomes her and potato GLaDOS, and sends her to test chambers made for humans.

"Self-made" Chamber
Numbered "01/01," this is a test made entirely by Wheatley, and the first one intended for humans. It is very simple: a switch must be used to drop a Frankenturret on a button. Between them is a "deadly moat" that is neither deadly nor a moat, as Wheatley admits he could not figure out how to fill it with the toxic goo. One notable feature is the word 'TEST' made out of lights on one of the walls. In the developer commentaries, Valve mentions this as a parody of beginning mappers.

Instead of making a second test, Wheatley decides to make Chell go through this chamber twice. However, being not satisfied with this, he then guides Chell through chambers made by GLaDOS.

Test Chamber 01
The first chamber to introduce Excursion Funnels, the player needs to use the Funnel to reach a Frankenturret and direct it onto a button located on the ceiling. Originally made by GLaDOS, Wheatley defends the idea he made it by adding the word 'TEST' to the wall with white panels, saying "Not entirely, not entirely. Look at the word 'test', on the wall there. That's brand new."

Test Chamber 02
A chamber similar to one seen in an Excursion Funnel trailer. Wheatley claims to have made it himself from many other smaller tests. Considering the test seen in the trailer, this may or may not be true. He attempts to give Chell the solution to the test because it's taking too long, but is unable to.

Test Chamber 03
Upon walking in, Wheatley says he found hundreds of test chambers in a sealed off wing. This is the first test chamber Wheatley does not obtain his solution euphoria.

Test Chamber 04
Wheatley at this point decides to mock Chell like GLaDOS did instead of motivating her, but isn't very successful at that. The chamber once again features several bottomless pits and Excursion Funnel puzzles.

Test Chamber 05
Wheatley plays classical music during this level to convince GLaDOS and Chell that he is not a moron. He also pretends to have just finished reading books, including one by Machiavelli.

Test Chamber 06
Wheatley moves this test chamber closer to his lair to try increase the solution euphoria. This is notably the only test chamber without an Excursion Funnel.

Test Chambers 07 to 10
Since Wheatley moves Chell closer to his lair, these Test Chambers are unreachable.

Test Chamber 11
Desperate to get the solution euphoria, Wheatley decides to tape ten tests and watch them all at once. However, Chell refuses to comply with either of his requests, namely to solve the test ten times as quickly and to warn him before she solves it so as not to "spoil the ending".

Test Chamber 12
The chamber is rocked by huge tremors as the rector core continues to destabilise. Wheatley vainly attempts to convince GLaDOS and Chell that these are programmed into the test chamber "for old times' sake". After the test is solved, there is still no euphoria for Wheatley, and he seems to be coming to terms with it. The elevator to chamber 13 is "out of service - because it melted", so Wheatley rigs an Excursion Funnel to transport Chell there instead. However, a rail breaks, sending a test chamber hurtling towards Chell. It is halted by some more rails just before it hits her, but Wheatley, true to his programming, turns off the Excursion Funnel and lets Chell and GLaDOS to fall into the abyss. Luckily a catwalk breaks their fall.

Test Chambers 13 and 14
Due to the Excursion Funnel being shut off, these chambers are unreachable.

Test Chamber 15
Upon walking into the test chamber, Wheatley is surprised to find that Chell survived the fall from the tractor beam. Upon solving the level, Wheatley states obvious hints that he is planning on killing Chell.

The player can see P-body running away as he opens a wall to create a solution to the puzzle.

Test Chamber 16
This was the last actual test within Wheatley's test tracks. The chamber primarily utilizes Repulsion Gels, which are used to rid the Turrets that were an obstacle to the exit.

If one of the turrets are saved from the gel, it can be used to fire at Wheatley's broadcast monitor screens.

Test Chamber 17
This test serves the purpose of tricking both Chell and GLaDOS into a trap without them expecting it to be happening this soon. The two are catapulted into an Excursion Funnel that eventually leads to a panel, which then will catapult directly into a huge chamber filled with Crushers.

If you spawn a sphere using a cheat code and use noclip, you can go through the door and you can discover a pitch black room, just like in GLaDOS' Test Chamber 21.

This test is the first level of Chapter 9: The Part Where He Kills You.

Test Chambers 18 and 19
It is unknown what these two tests are, or even if they exist, as Wheatley had already planned the trap early by faking the test in Test Chamber 17.

Test Chamber 75
One of the many test chambers Wheatley had constructed in an attempt to capture Chell and GLaDOS after she had escaped his death trap. When Wheatley figured out where the two are headed, he simply moves this test chamber towards their path, destroying the bridge, leaving the only place to go is to go inside the very chamber.

Upon entering, Chell is greeted by six Defective Turrets. This was not intended as he had thought the turrets he deployed were the functional ones. When he realizes that Chell was not hit by a single bullet, he begins deploying the regular turrets outside the test chamber.

On the panel with the test chamber number, the normal test icons are all replaced by the same picture of turrets shooting at the little stick person.

List of appearances

 * Portal 2