Alpine Creek is the first chapter in the customized Cold Stream campaign which was subsequently released in beta format as a DLC offering in March 2011. The chapter opens with a reversed cutscene showing players the route to be followed. The Survivors spawn in the bed of a fast-moving stream or creek flowing through a wooded area. In single player, you will start equipped with a single Pistol, two Bots will have submachine guns and the third will also have a single Pistol. Health and a melee weapon (usually an Axe) are available under the water next to the starting point (note that you will not have the usual option of picking up a pump shotgun or submachine gun at this stage). If playing as Nick, Ellis will make a general statement to the group that he learned to use a gun before he learn