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Lara Croft finally arrives at the airport in Port Moresby,
Papua New Guinea (Skip down to wallkthrough). It's
been a long flight, and she is feeling edgy from the sense of lost
time. She quickly exits the airport and hails a cab. The taxi driver
offers to help with her bags, but she insists on carrying them
herself. She tells him to take her to the Ela Beach Hotel. The
tickets and hotel reservations were already arranged by Willard. All
she knows is that he would contact her with further instructions once
she has arrived and checked in.
Lara checks into a garden view room in the Ela Beach Hotel that
has been reserved in her name. She pulls open the curtain and looks
over the beautiful hotel grounds. She's still on edge, so she makes a
call to room service to have a light meal brought up. Within twenty
minutes, someone arrives with her tray of food. He sets the tray on a
table, and Lara drops a few kinas into the boy's open palm. The boy
smiles and leaves. Lara lifts the cover off of the plate and looks
over the meal. The dinner consists of goat meat with a side of
potatoes and bananas and various local vegetables wrapped in banana
leaves and boiled in coconut milk. Lara regrets for a moment, that
she didn't simply order the pork, but she is relieved, after taking
the first bite of the goat, to find that it's all quite palatable.
After enjoying her meal, she lies back on the huge bed and
waits...
Time passes. Perhaps minutes. Perhaps hours. Lara just lies
there staring at the ceiling... waiting... Finally the phone rings.
Lara snaps up and grabs the receiver, "Yes?"
"I trust the accommodations suit you?" Willard asks.
"They're just fine," Lara replies. Getting down to business, she
asks Willard, "So where is this island specifically?"
"It's about a hundred miles north west of New Guinea," Willard
tells her, "It's a small island. Some locals who know it call it
Kuru, but it's unincorporated so you won't find any island by that
name on any tourist map. The island is located at one hundred
fifty-one degrees zero minutes ten seconds west longitude and eight
degrees thirty minutes five seconds west latitude. I believe you'll
have to get there by boat. Can you arrange some sort of
transportation and get a hold of a navigational chart?"
"I'll make do," Lara answers. "Is there anything else I need to
know about Kuru? I don't like surprises."
Willard replies, "Barr's journal only states that Smythe was lost
there. Aside from the fact that I hear that there are still
practicing cannibals on the island, I don't know much more."
"Lovely," Lara mutters. "Thanks, I'll contact you when I return."
She sets the receiver into the cradle. She pauses and then dials for
the hotel operator. "Hello?" Lara asks, "Could you recommend an
airline that charters small planes?" Lara pauses, "Yes, any reputable
one will do. Thank you."
Lara waits for an answer on the line. After a moment a young
woman's voice comes onto the line, "Hello, Air Niugini."
Lara answers, "Hello, do you have any charter planes?"
"Yes, but only a few," the woman replies, "Where do you need to
go?"
"One of the islands north west of here," Lara answers. "I need to
hire a small plane for just one passenger."
"Of course," the woman answers. "When do you need to
fly?"
"Could I get someone to fly me out tomorrow morning?" Lara
asks.
"Yes, Lenny is available tomorrow morning to fly you," The woman
answers. "Your name?"
"Croft. Lara Croft," Lara replies.
"How will you be paying for this?" The woman asks.
"Cash," Lara answers.
The woman answers, "That will be just fine. Lenny will meet you
at the airfield tomorrow morning at six."
"Thank you," Lara answers.
Lara gets a troubled night's sleep. It's always hard for her to
sleep soundly the night before she travels. In the morning, she
dresses appropriately for the warm and humid conditions and carries
her gear down the elevators and steps into the lobby of the hotel. A
doorman opens the hotel's front doors for her, and she steps outside.
She hails a taxi to take her back to the airport.
Lara arrives at the airfield, and a dark-skinned man is walking
around a Cessna 150 with a clipboard in his hands. The man smiles and
introduces himself, "Hi, I'm Lenny. Ms. Croft, I presume?" Lara
smiles back, and gives him a nod. Pleasantly, he announces, "Step
aboard."
They load Lara's gear into the Cessna. It's an old plane from
the 1960's, and it's showing its age. The little two seater is
particularly cramped, because it looks like Lenny has made some
slight modifications the plane to allow for additional fuel. Lenny
looks over and asks, "Okay, where to?"
Lara smiles and asks, "They don't bother with flight plans here do
they?"
Lenny answers, "C'mon, this is a small island, and this is a small
plane. I told them we're going north west about a hundred miles. You
tell me where."
Lara pulls out a navigation map, and points to a tiny nameless dot
on the map and says, "Here."
Lenny begins to protest, "Lady, are you nuts? What are you
looking to see there? Don't you know the people down there are going
to eat you for dinner?"
"Look Lenny, I thought your job was just to fly me there, and
that's what I'm paying you for, not to ask questions." Lara gently
says and smiles.
Lenny takes the navigational chart, looks it over and mumbles to
himself, "she thinks she's a National Geographic photographer or
something...." The old plane taxis out to the runway and Lenny applies
the throttle and the little plane's engine sputters and pops as it
accelerates down the runway. It's not the most graceful take off,
but it lifts off the runway and he turns the plane northward.
When the plane reaches the island of Kuru, Lenny flies the plane
over the southern shore of the island once to look for somewhere to
land. However, the island is covered with dense vegetation. He
informs Lara of the situation, "Sorry, there's nowhere for me to land.
We've already made two passes over the island. If we keep this up, we
won't have enough fuel to get back."
Lara looks over the island and points to a lagoon on the southern
end of the island, "Can you slow down and fly the plane in low down
there?"
"Sure," Lenny tells her, and begins to dip the plane low toward
the lagoon. Suddenly, he ponders the purpose of this little maneuver
and asks, "What are you thinking?"
"Get in low, and I'll hop out," Lara tells him while stowing away
her gear and strapping on her backpack.
"Wha?" Before Lenny has enough time to argue with Lara, she's
already got the passenger door open. Stuff is blowing all about in
the cockpit. Lenny starts to scream, "Are ya out of your
mind?"
Lenny wants to pull up, but Lara is already mostly outside. The
plane is in low and just passing the edge of the lagoon. Lenny is
about to pull up when Lara pushes off, clear of the plane, and manages
to twist her body to dive safely into the waters of the lagoon. Lenny
circles the plane back around once more to see if Lara's all right.
Lara surfaces in the waters below and raises her arm to give him a
thumbs up. He waves back, but without any means to land and his fuel
running low, he turns the plane back to Port Moresby. (follow plot)
When Lara arrives in the South Pacific, she will be
swept into the lagoon by the tide. Don't worry about the tropical
fish in this lagoon. They aren't dangerous. Immediately turn left and
swim to the rocky ledge. Climb out of the water on to the low ledge
and turn right. Climb up onto the higher ledge above and collect a
small Medi Pack2 (1).
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Smuggler's Key
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Turn right and dive into the water. Swim forward and to the right of
a coral reef and into the side lagoon. Swim down to the bottom of the
lagoon to the purple coral and pick up the Smuggler's Key (2). Turn back and swim back to the main lagoon
and turn right. Swim forward to the left of the the sand bar to a
rocky ledge that pushes up from the water. Pull up onto the the rocks
and pick up the small Medi Pack (3).
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SECRET #1
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The rock formation is squarely between the beach and a cliff. Turn and
face the cliff face and take a running jump and grab. Shimmy to the
right until Lara can pull up. Turn right and take a standing jump
that is angled slightly to the left onto a rock ledge which is SECRET
#1. Turn right and take a running jump and grab to reach another rock
ledge, where Lara can pick up a pair of MP5 clips (4).
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Drop into the water and swim to the beach3. Climb up the rock steps in front of the hut
and run inside. Use the smuggler's key in the lock on the far wall to
open the trapdoor4. Safety drop into
the hole and Lara will take a little damage when she lands. Step
forward and collect the crystal (5).
Step forward and drop down to the trench below. Walk forward and a
bamboo trap will shoot across the tunnel, with its previous victim
hanging on it. Crawl underneath the trap and run forward. Follow the
tunnel as it turns right and continue walking forward.
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Harpoon Gun
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When Lara steps out into the cavern, draw weapons and Lara can kill a
tribesman (1) above and to the right who is
shooting darts from a blow pipe. Lara can also take out two crocodiles
(2, 3) that are swimming around in
waters. When the crocs are dead, drop into the water and pick up a
harpoon gun (6) and a bundle of harpoons
(7) right beside the gun from the bottom
of the pool.
Swim forward along the length of the pool2. About half way down the length of the pool,
swim to the right side of the pool and pick up another bundle of
harpoons (8). Continue down the pool and
just before reaching the end head to the left side of the pool where
Lara can find another bundle of harpoons (9). Turn around and swim back to the other end
of the pool to the small rock ledge in the right corner. Surface and
pull back up to the rock ledge.
Take a running jump to the next stone ledge. Take a standing jump to
the ledge ahead. Jump and climb up to the ledge above with the
torch. Turn right, jump up and grab the vines on the underside of the
rock bridge above. Swing forward until Lara crosses to the opposite
side of the pool. Turn right and take a standing jump to the next
ledge. Run forward along the ledge to the end where Lara can turn
left and climb up onto the ledge above. Step forward and climb up to
the next highest ledge. Turn left and walk to the end of this ledge.
Take a standing jump and grab to reach the small hole. Quickly climb
into the hole and pick up more MP5 clips (10) before Lara gets a footing on the vines
below the hole. If Lara doesn't manage to grab the edge of the hole
but instead grabs onto the vines below the hole, she will need to
climb to the top of the vines, release, and quickly grab again to hang
only by her hands.
Back up and have Lara lower herself out of the hole until she finds
footholds on the vines that are growing on that surface. Take a back
flip back to the ledge. Turn around and run to the opposite end of the
ledge. Take a running jump to the next ledge. Run forward and turn
right. Jump up and grab the vines on the underside of the ledge
above. Swing forward until Lara can drop down to the bridge that the
first tribesman was standing on. Turn right and run to the opposite end
of the ledge.
Turn left and walk to the edge. Lara can't see what's beyond the sharp
edge, but take a standing jump forward over the sharp edge. Lara will
land on a slope and slide forward. Take a jump over the the gap to
land on a ledge beyond. Reverse roll and draw a weapon. There is
another tribesman (4) on the ledge above
trying to shoot Lara with his blow gun. Walk backwards and then side
step to the right in order to move diagonally along the ledge. When
the tribesman shows himself, fire on and kill him. When he's dead, turn
right and take a running jump and grab to clear the deadly spikes and
reach the ladder above. Climb the ladder and when Lara reaches the
top, pull up and grab the large Medi Pack (11) on the right.
Hang from the ledge again and shimmy to the left9 until Lara clears the crevice and pull
up. Turn and head to the left. Collect a crystal (12), and then pick up a small Medi Pack (13) from the tribesman. Run forward off the
end of the ledge and Lara will fall onto a small stone ledge. Hang off
the ledge and shimmy to the left. Pull up when Lara is past the
crevice. Turn left and take a standing jump and grab to reach the
next ledge. Pull up and turn right9.
Run into the tunnel and follow it as it winds right and back to the
left. Lara will find herself at a rope bridge that crosses over a
valley.
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SECRET #2
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Turn right immediately after Lara steps onto the rope bridge. Take a
running jump and grab to reach the rock ledge to the right off the
mouth of the tunnel5. If Lara grabs
the rock face below the ledge, she will have to climbe up before
pulling up onto the ledge. Walk forward and take an angled standing
jump to a higher ledge above and to the left. Lara will land on
SECRET #2. Turn and take a standing jump to a ledge on the right and
collect a pair of grenades (14). Turn
around and take a standing jump back to the ledge on the right. Turn
left and take a standing jump back to the first rocky ledge. Turn
right and take a standing jump back to the rope bridge and turn
right.
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Cross the bridge and enter the cave on the opposite side. Draw
weapons and turn and face right. Step backwards until a native warrior
(5) emerges from the opposite side. Do
not step back any further and take him out, taking a jump over him if
necessary. Reverse roll and crawl forward. A blade will sweep out of
the wall ahead. Crawl under the blade and turn right. Stand when
Lara is beyond the blade. Lara will look at the sunlight that is
filtering down through a window in the roof of the temple.
Avoid stepping into the sunlight. It will activate dart guns and
prevent the next button that Lara finds from working properly. Turn
right and run around to the right side of the room. Turn right and
find the button. Push it to close the first set of windows. The
spikes on a platform in the middle of the water will also be
withdrawn. Lara can now safely walk over and claim the large Medi Pack
(15).
Take a running jump over the stream to land on the ledge that was
formerly covered with spikes. Vault up and crawl forward to collect
the crystal (16). Lara will set off
three different dart guns when she collects the crystal, but she
should be all right if she stays crouched down 6.
Crawl backwards and drop back to the ledge below. Drop into the water
and Lara will be swept down stream, over a waterfall. Lara will fall a
long distance and take a little damage when she hits a small slope in
the middle of the waterfall. Lara will splash into a pool and be
swept over a second waterfall. She will finally end her wild ride by
landing on a stone platform.
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Serpent Stone #1
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Turn around and face the waterfalls. Angle to the left
or right and jump through the waterfall to a tunnel behind the falls.
Run inside and pick up a Serpent Stone (17). Turn around and walk back to either mouth
of this tunnel. Face the block that extends out from the waterfall
and get Lara to walk as far into the corner nearest to the block as
possible. Run diagonally out of the tunnel, and Lara should skip over
to the block.
Turn left and take a running jump to ledge beyond the waterfall.
Turn left and run along the ledge in the rock face and follow it as it
curves to the right. Drop down to the ledge below to collect a
crystal (18). Climb back up to the higher
ledge and turn right. Climb up to the higher ledge and draw
weapons.
Angle to right and run forward the between the two trees, and continue
running forward past two more trees on the left. When Lara reaches the
corner of this glade, turn left and run forward. Reverse roll and
take out a native warrior (6) that is
making his sneak attack from behind. Turn around again and run forward
and between the two trees on until Lara reaches a valley and a large
pool of quicksand with a rock in the middle.
Take a running jump to the rock and darts will shoot across the
rock from the valley walls. If Lara stays to the near or far edge of
the rock, she won't get hit by the darts. Crouch down and crawl under
the darts. Turn left and walk to the corner and angle Lara slightly to
the right. Take a running jump to the ledge on the valley wall and
pick up a large Medi Pack (19). Turn
around and walk to the far right corner. Take a standing jump down to
the rock. Turn left and take a standing jump down to the
valley.
Draw a weapon and run forward. Just before Lara
reaches the cave, reverse roll and take out a native warrior (7) that will attack from behind. Ahead, in the
cave, the tunnel drops down to a shallow pool. Turn around and run
forward, back to the quicksand pit. Take a running
jump and grab to reach the rock in the middle of the quicksand pit.
Take a standing jump to the other side of the quicksand pit. Keep the
forward key pressed and Lara will not fall into the quicksand pit, but
don't worry if Lara falls in, because she can climb right out.
Run forward between the two trees until Lara reaches the slope. Side
step to the right until Lara can climb up the the muddy ledge
above. Turn left and run to the end of the ledge. Turn left again and
climb onto the tree. Turn right and climb onto the rock ledge. Turn
around and take a standing jump to the thick short branch. Turn left
and walk forward onto the triangular ledge. Angle Lara to the right
and take a standing jump to another triangular rock ledge. Walk
forward to the very back of the triangular ledge and aim Lara at the
next rock ledge which protrudes from the rock wall that is slightly
above this one. Take a standing jump and grab to reach a rocky ledge.
Pull up and pick up the shotgun shells (20). Turn around and side step to the left.
Angle Lara to the right and take a standing jump back down to the
triangular ledge. Take a standing jump back to the tree branch. Turn
right and take a standing jump back to the flat ledge.
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Serpent Stone #2
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Turn left and walk forward past the tree trunk. Turn left again and
take a standing jump to the branch growing from the other side of the
tree. Walk forward until Lara reaches the rock ledge. Take a running
jump and grab to reach the branch of the opposite tree. Turn left and
pick up a Serpent Stone (21). Turn around
and walk to the far end of the branch.
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SECRET #3
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Climb up into a hidden alcove above the branch and pull up into SECRET
#3. Step forward and pick up Desert Eagle clips (22). Drop backwards back to the branch
below.
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Turn left and take a standing jump to a small triangular ledge on the
side of the stone structure. Turn left again and step forward to
slide to the ground below. Turn left and walk past the tree to safety
drop to the ledge below. Turn left and run along the ledge to the
other end. Turn left and walk out to the ledge that protrudes out from
the rock face. Turn right and walk forward to the very edge. Take a
standing jump to reach the ledge that protrudes from the center of the
waterfalls7.
Take a running jump and grab to reach the ladder. Climb up the ladder
and shift to the right when Lara reaches the top. Lara can release
into a small tunnel. Turn right and follow the tunnel as it bends
around to the left twice. When Lara reaches the end of the tunnel,
turn left and climb up the ladder. When Lara gets to the top of the
ladder, turn right and climb up onto the rock pillar. Step forward and
collect a small Medi Pack (23). Hop
backwards and safety drop back to the ground.
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Serpent Stone #3
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Turn around and run forward and to the left to the area to the left
of the stone structure. When Lara reaches the rock face, turn left
and climb onto the low ledge. Turn left and kill a native warrior
(8) that's lurking in the tunnel
ahead. Take a standing jump to the ledge in front of the tunnel that
the warrior emerged from. Turn around and take a running jump and grab
to reach the higher ledge. Turn right and take a running jump to
reach a small triangular ledge on the side of the stone
structure. Angle right and take a standing jump to the ledge with the
torch. Collect the third and final Serpent Stone (24).
Turn right and slide down the slope to the ground. Turn right and run
forward to the right corner. Climb up onto the low ledge and turn
left and take a jump up to the higher ledge. Enter the tunnel and
place a serpent stone in each of the three carved snakes to open the
three gates in sequence.
Step all the way into the tunnel and slide down the slope. Turn right
and run forward, up the the slope and out onto the ledge. Draw weapons
and turn right. A native warrior (9) will
attack. Take him out and continue forward, past two trees, to the end
of this ledge and collect a small Medi Pack (25) from an alcove beside a third tree. Turn
around and run back back to the first tree and turn left.
Slide down to the village below and draw weapons.
Turn left and take out a native warrior (10) that will emerge from the hut ahead. Turn
around and run to the forward to the tunnel opening that leads up a
steep slope. Climb up onto the ledge just right of the tunnel
opening. Lara must be to the very left of the ledge to in order to
climb up. When she gets up onto the ledge, grab the grenades (26). Drop down to the ground and enter the
tunnel and reverse roll to alert a tribesman nearby. Draw weapons and
run forward. Take out a tribesman (11)
with a blow pipe on the ledge that Lara just slid down.
Run forward and enter the first hut on the left and pick up a rocket
(27) from the right corner. Exit the hut
and turn right. Run through the tall grass between the hut and the
tree. Take out another native warrior (12) that will attack from the left 8. Run forward and to the right of the large
gates. Turn right9 and collect a
crystal (28).
Turn around and run forward and turn left when Lara reaches the large
gates. Enter the large hut with the fire on the left. Behind the fire
is a small Medi Pack (29). After picking
up the pack, exit the hut and turn left. Run forward to the pool and
the waterfall and angle left and run forward toward the hut. When
Lara reaches the hut, turn right to find another passage. Draw
weapons and run forward to take out another tribesman (13) armed with a blow pipe.
Run forward through the pass and follow it as it turns right. Run
forward past the tree and draw weapons. Turn left and take out a
native warrior (14) that will attack.
Walk forward toward the swamp and turn left. Vault onto the block and
side step to the right. Draw weapons and kill the tribesman (15) running around on the ledge ahead. Take a
jump up to clear the ledge. Run forward over the slope onto the
ledge. Turn the wheel on the left to raise a bridge to gain access
another part of the village.
Turn left and take a jump onto the slope and run forward onto the flat
rock ledge. Turn right and draw weapons to kill a native warrior
(16). Run forward to drop to the ground.
Run back to the pass and follow the pass as it bends left. Draw
weapons and kill a second native warrior (17) that will attack ahead. Run forward until
Lara reaches the hut. Turn left and run back toward the main gates.
Run past the central hut and run to the right. Run counterclockwise
around the hut on the left until Lara reaches the stone wall.
Turn right and run forward to the wooden drawbridge. Before stepping
onto it, jump up and grab the ledge above. Pull up and step forward
and collect the box of shotgun shells (30). Hop backwards to the ground. Run forward
and draw weapons. Run between the two huts and two native warriors
(18, 19) will attack. Kill them quickly
and proceed past the huts.
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SECRET #4
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Turn right and run forward to a dark cave, which is SECRET #4.
Reverse roll and kill a native warrior (20) that will make a sneak attack from
behind. Now that it's safe, turn back around and collect shotgun
shells (31) and MP5 clips (32). Reverse roll and exit this cave. Run
back, past the path between the two huts.
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Turn left and enter the hut on the left to collect a box of flares
(33). Exit the hut and turn left. Run
forward and climb up to the higher ledge. Run forward and to the right
to the passage between the hut and the rock wall. After Lara follows
the bend to the left, draw weapons and reverse roll to take out a
tribesman (21). Reverse again and run
forward to the the next hut and turn left. Enter the hut on the
right. Turn the wheel to open a trapdoor in the tree house and
immediately reverse roll and draw weapons to kill a native warrior
(22). Exit this hut and turn
right.
Run forward and angle to the right to drop down off the higher ledge.
Run forward and turn right at the ladder and climb the ladder into the
tree house. When Lara reaches the top of the ladder, back flip off
the ladder. Angle Lara to the left and run forward to the window. The
wooden bars will automatically open as Lara approaches. Vault up into
the ledge.
Walk forward to the very edge and take a standing jump onto the the
roof of the hut. Keep the jump key depressed to jump off the roof
onto the wooden ledge to the left. If Lara back flips onto the ledge,
she'll need to turn around9. Draw
weapons and enter the tunnel ahead. Avoid the flames on the left and
turn right instead to take out another native warrior (23). Continue to the far end of the tunnel and
turn right.
Walk out to the end of the tunnel and take a running jump to the
bamboo ledge ahead. Run forward and take a running jump, over the
gap, to the bamboo ledge. Run forward and stop before Lara falls into
the hole. Turn left and collect a bundle of harpoons (34) from the dark cave on the left. Turn around
and run forward and take a jump onto the roof of the hut. Walk
forward and locate the bars that have nailed onto the tree branches
above. Jump up and grab the bars. Swing forward and follow the bars
as they lead to the right and back to the left over the field of
spikes. Release when Lara reaches the end to land on the roof of
another hut.
Run forward onto the roof of the hut ahead and head to the tree house
on the right. Take a jump from the roof of the hut to the ledge in
front of the tree house. Enter the house and press the button on the
wall to raise a ledge over the burners in the tunnel. Immediately
reverse roll and draw weapons to take out another native warrior
(24) that will enter the house to attack
Lara.
Exit the tree house and turn left. Run forward and slide to the
ground. Turn left and run forward and climb the ladder back into the
other tree house. Angle left and head to the window. Take the standing
double jump from the window, off the roof of the hut, to the wooden
ledge. Enter the tunnel and turn left.
Carefully take a running jump over the flames to land on the wooden
ledge that Lara just raised. Take a running jump forward to the
alcove ahead and push the button to open the two wooden gates.
Immediately reverse roll and take out another native warrior (25). Walk forward and ignore the button on the
right which would just lights the burners under Lara's feet. Instead,
turn left and walk forward.
Walk forward and stop before Lara gets to the double blades. When the
blades move forward take a running jump past them. Run to the end of
the tunnel and turn the wheel to open the gate to the left and a gate
in the bottom of the pool. Turn left and slide down to the ground.
Run forward and to the right of the pool.
Jump into the pool and swim into the open grate. Swim forward and
when Lara reaches the bend, take a flip turn and quickly swim back to
shallow water. Kill a crocodile (26)
that will emerge from the tunnel. When the waters are safe, swim back
into the tunnel and follow it as it turns left. Surface and climb out
of the water.
Climb the ladder and turn right. Run forward out of the tunnel onto
the rope bridge. Continue forward into the next tunnel and follow it
as it turns right. Finally take a standing jump and grab to reach the
last tree house.
Lara steps into the main end room of the tree house and finds a
man in is forties dressed in army fatigues lying on a thatch bed in
the corner. He's holding a cigar in one hand and a rolled up paper in
the other. A constant droning of flies can be heard in the room. The
man is intermittently swatting insects with the rolled up
paper.
"Not interrupting am I?" Lara asks.
The soldier, who is a commander in the Australian Army, looks Lara
over and answers with a distinct Australian accent, "Not bleedin' are
yer? Not about to use this place as a dunny10?"
Lara answers the Australian commander, "No and no."
He lowers his guard and says, "Good. Good. Just don't want any
fly-carrying visitors in here." He thumps on his bandaged left leg,
which is missing below the knee.
Lara nods sympathetically, "Right, I understand. What
happened?"
The soldier replies, "Woke up in the jungle with one of those
little blokes snacking on my leg, didn't I?"
Lara is surprised by his answer, "A tribesman? It isn't usual for
them to eat right off the bone like that."
The soldier continues, "Well, it was dark an' I never got the
bugger, so I can't be sure." His voice as well as his countenance
darkens, "Somethin spooky is in that jungle." The soldier stops and
watches as a fly circles his head. He watches it and readies the
paper as he continues, "Our air-carrier crashed up in the mountains.
Every night some of my men would vanish without a trace, others fled
in fear, then this happened." The commander points to his leg, "So I
brought the men down to shore for safety only for us all to be
captured by this greedy mob. Some sort of sacrifice to their god who
lives up in the hills." The fly lands on the commander's bed, and he
swats it with the paper. "Though it seems I've not been invited to the
barbie."
Lara looks him over and tells him sarcastically, "Maybe you're the
dessert. Ripe flesh can be a bit of a delicacy around here."
The commander isn't cheered up by her humor, "For real?"
Lara walks over to the window and looks out over the swamp. She
hears the sound of drums and natives and her voice becomes urgent,
"Listen, we'd better get you out of here. Do you know how the tribe
cross the swamp down there? Which stones they tread on?"
The commander's voice grows weary and grave, "Yeah, but I'm
stayin' put. With this wound, I'd be like a fill-up station to ever
diseased bug in the bush." He hands her a map and manages a weak
grin, "I'd rather be the main course at the real feast." He lies back
and rolls over, "Hey, If y'see any of my men alive in there, direct
them to the north shore will yer? Away from here."
Lara assures him, "Of course." The commander lies back, rolls
over and falls alseep.
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Summary
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In order of appearance:
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Pickups
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1 Small Medi Pack
1 Smuggler's Key
1 Small Medi Pack
1 MP5 Clip
1 Crystal
1 Harpoon Gun
1 Harpoons
1 Harpoons
1 Harpoons
1 MP5 Clips
1 Large Medi Pack
1 Crystal
1 Small Medi Pack
1 Grenades
1 Large Medi Pack
1 Crystal
1 Serpent Stone
1 Crystal
1 Large Medi Pack
1 Shotgun Shells
1 Serpent Stone
1 Desert Eagle Clips
1 Small Medi Pack
1 Serpent Stone
1 Small Medi Pack
1 Grenades
1 Rocket
1 Crystal
1 Small Medi Pack
1 Shotgun Shells
1 Shotgun Shells
1 MP5 Clips
1 Flares
1 Harpoons
34 Total
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Kills
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1 tribesman
2 crocodiles
1 native
1 native warrior
1 native warrior
1 native warrior
1 native warrior
1 native warrior
1 native warrior
1 tribesman
1 native warrior
1 tribesman
1 native warrior
1 tribesman
1 native warrior
1 native warrior
2 native warriors
1 native warrior
1 tribesman
1 native warrior
1 native warrior
1 native warrior
1 native warrior
1 crocodile
26 Total
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Footnotes:
- Although there are four secrets in this level, you are only
required to collect three of them.
- Thanks again to Tim Morrow who pointed out that I was a couple of
pickups short.
- Lara can also slide down a rocky slope into a tunnel that leads
to a tidal pool to shortcut part of this level. She can then climb up
to a higher ledge, run forward and take out a native warrior. Have
Lara run forward to the edge of the pit of quicksand and pick up this
level's walkthrough at the sentence that reads, "Take
a running jump and grab to reach..." which is just after kill
number 7.
- The path that we have chosen to take you through this level is
the one that maximizes the number of pickups and kills. This will
mean a lot of backtracking. Other "one way" shortcut paths will cause
you to miss some kills and pickups, but you can follow them by
clicking on the links in the footnotes.
- At this point Lara can climb down to the valley floor. She can
backtrack further back toward the tidal pool to kill a native warrior
by taking a side jump to the left and picking up this walkthrough at
the paragraph that begins with, "Draw a weapon and
run forward." which contains kill number 7. Otherwise, Lara can
turn around walk to the quicksand pit and continue from the sentence
that reads, "Take a running jump and grab to
reach..." which is just after kill number 7.
- At this point, Lara can slide down the chute to the coastal
village, skipping all the serpent stones. If you choose to do this,
you can skip to the paragraph in the walkthrough that begins with,"Slide down to the village below..." which is the
paragraph that contains kill number 10.
- If Lara is not backtracking, then she will need to pick up the
serpent stone that is behind this waterfall. Follow the directions in
the the paragraph that reads, "Turn around and face
the waterfalls."
- To keep with the Tomb Raider tradition of a unreachable large
Medi Pack in each game, inside the hut ahead and on the right is an
unreachable large Medi Pack that is floating on quicksand. As far as I
can tell, there's no way to get it, so if you could get it and get out
of the quicksand room, the total pickups for this level would be
32.
- This "double jump" can be kind of a problem for some players. A
way around it is to simply angle Lara to the left from the window and
take a running jump directly to the wooden ledge.
- Thanks once again to Igor Kudrnovsky for his editorial work on
this level in correcting three incorrect lefts and rights.
- "Dunny" means "toilet". Thanks to Don MacDonald, who originates
from New Zealand, for his Aussie to American translation.
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