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Venice |
Items: 30 |
Kills: 24 |
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Lara now finds herself at the dead end of an alley in Venice. Immediately ready pistols and head toward the open end of the alley. A doberman (1) will attack, so quickly dispatch it. With pistols still readied, exit the alley and immediately make a right and duck under the balcony that is above Lara on the right. An Italian cultist (2), packing an semi-automatic with a silencer will be running around above Lara on that balcony. He cannot fire at Lara when she is hiding directly below him. Now face the wall, and then take a couple of back flips away from the wall so that Lara locks onto to the cultist, and then after taking a couple of pot shots, take a couple of jumps forward to hide from his gun fire. Repeat until he's dead. Now, with guns still readied, move toward the alley directly opposite the balcony and a second doberman (3) will appear. Kill it and move forward. A thug (4) carrying a baseball bat will run out of a room, so start firing at him while back flipping away. After killing him, Lara can holster her guns, and pick up the small Medi Pack (1) that the thug was carrying. Continue down the alley, past the doorway that the thug emerged from, to the end of the dock and dive into the water and swim under the doorway and into the boat house. Ignore the speed boat for now. Surface inside the boat house and exit the water onto the deck on Lara's right and press the switch on the wall which will open a door elsewhere. Then dive back into the water and return to the shack on the dock. Enter the shack that the thug came out of and jump onto the table and grab the box of flares (2). Then press the switch on the wall to open the trap door and climb up the ladder. When Lara can climb no further because the trapdoor above her is closed, press the jump button to back flip off the ladder onto the upper floor. Press the switch on her left to open the trap door above and close the one below. Lara can climb up the next ladder or just pull up onto the roof of the shack. |
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Boathouse Key
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Once Lara is on the roof, ready pistols and face the window. Jump up
and shoot out the window, then vault onto the windowsill. Step
forward and shoot out the window opposite the first, if Lara didn't
accidentally already do so. Step up onto the windowsill and take a
standing jump onto the red awning outside. Walk across the awning and
take a standing jump to the balcony that the cultist was previously
shooting at Lara from. Walk over to the body of the cultist and pick
up the key to the boathouse (3) that he
dropped. Then take a standing jump back to the awning and a running
jump back to the window. Now, step back in the hallway, draw weapons and turn right. Drop into the hallway and head to the left through the door that Lara opened earlier. As soon as she enters the next room a doberman (5) will appear, so kill it and continue into the room. Cross the covered bridge and throw the switch at the other end of the bridge, which will open the door outside that is high up on the wall. After throwing the switch, turn around and and head back into the main room and take a hairpin turn to the right. Shoot out this window and climb onto the windowsill and take a running jump and grab to reach the red awning across from the window. Take standing jumps to cross to the next two awnings and one more standing jump to reach the ledge with the door. Climb into the doorway and throw the big switch to open the wooden gate to the canal. |
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Automatics
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Dive into the water below and swim under the door and now use the key
to open the boathouse doors. Jump back into the water swim over to
the dock with the shack and exit the water. Lara will have a gunfight
with a cultist (6) and after he is dead
pick up a pair of automatics (4) off of
him. Return to the boathouse, and climb into the speedboat. Pilot the speedboat out of the boathouse and take a right and enter the gate. As soon as Lara enters the gate, it will be dark, so light a flare to help her see where she's going. |
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SECRET #1
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To the right is a passageway containing SECRET #1, the stone dragon (5). Exit the boat, grab the stone dragon, and the box of flares (6). Don't bother dropping into the hole at the end of the dark tunnel. Lara will be going down there soon enough. | ||
| Continue along the canal until Lara reaches a drop. Go ahead and drive the speedboat over the waterfall into the room below. | |||
SECRET #2
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Get out of the boat, swim around and on the bottom of this room is SECRET #2, the gold dragon (7). After grabbing it, get back into the boat. | ||
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Exit the room with the waterfall, and Lara will find herself in a
large room with brick columns. As soon as she enters the room, stop
the boat, and exit the speed boat on the left and collect two sets of
Uzi clips (8, 9) that is on the floor of
the canal just to the left of the boat. Lara may need to light a
flare to see in the darkness. Now turn around and swim back toward the boat, swimming past it to a ledge that is against the wall to the right of the boat. As soon as Lara spots the two rats (7, 8), ready pistols, dropping the flare, and kill the rats. After the rats are dead, jump back into the water and return to the speed boat. Head forward into the room and to the left, where there's a dock, and a wooden deck. Pull the boat forward until it is against the doors. Have Lara exit the boat and swim back to the wooden dock. Pull up onto the deck and immediately ready pistols. Kill the rat (9) that is on the deck and shoot out the window. A cultist (10) is inside the room, so ready weapons and kill him quickly and grab some clips for the automatics (10) off of his body. Enter the window, and throw the lever on the right wall near the back, which will close the first set of doors of the lock and raise the water level. Then in the opposite corner of the room, there is a short hallway with shotgun shells (11). Lara may need to light a flare to see it. Then exit the small room, climb up the ladder, and jump into the water. Underwater Lara will find a lever. Throw it and the last doors of the lock will open. Return to the boat, and pilot the boat forward. When Lara exits the the locks, immediately hang a right and move forward slowly down the canal, staying to the left. Stop as soon as she reaches the corner, where there is a wooden dock and a cultist (11) guarding. Exit the boat onto the dock and ready shotguns. Two blasts from the shotgun will bring down the cultist, at which point Lara can collect 2 boxes of shotgun shells (12, 13) and a large Medi Pack (14) from him. Now return to the boat, and turn left around the dock and continue forward, straight down the canal, taking a right at the end of the canal. Lara will pass underneath a bridge and arrive at another dock with gondolas tied to it. Exit the boat at the dock and ready weapons. A thug (12) with a baseball bat will emerge from the doorway. Kill him, relieve him of the small Medi Pack (15) he was carrying, then kill the two rats (13, 14) that are running around inside. Now enter the dark room and throw the lever on the left wall near the back, which opens a door elsewhere, then turn around and exit this room back to the wooden dock outside. |
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SECRET #3
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Have Lara turn left upon exiting the room and walk toward the covered bridge that is overhead, and have Lara jump up, grab, and pull up to it. Ready pistols and shoot out the window. Walk inside and collect SECRET #3, the Jade Dragon (16), and four clips for the automatics (17, 18, 19, 22). Drop back down to the wooden dock below. | ||
Iron Key
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Return to the boat, and steer it into the narrow canal just opposite
the wooden dock. When Lara emerges onto a wider canal, turn left to
find the door she opened earlier. Enter the door, and the door will
slam shut behind her. Pick up the Iron Key (21) from the water, and then have Lara climb up
the wall on the right. There is a doberman (15) and a thug (16) in the room above, so be sure to have her
climb up the wall which leads to the floor where she can pull up
rather than just dangle helplessly on the wall. As soon as Lara pulls up into the room, the thug and dog will attack her, so ready weapons, reverse and back away from them while firing. After they are both dead, pick up a small Medi Pack (22) off the thug. Throw the switch to open the large doors. A cultist (17) will have arrived below. Lara can jump down and try to kill him face to face, or she can walk over to the door on the right and shoot at him through the crack between the door and the wall. Return to the speed boat, and turn it around. Maneuver the boat back down the canal, which takes a crook to the left, past the narrow canal Lara came by, and underneath a clothesline. Take a left when she reaches the end of the canal this canal, and a right at the corner of the next. After she passes the lock, continue to the end of this canal, where she must then make a right, until she reaches three gondolas. Moor the boat near the dock and exit the boat. Climb up onto the dock, and then onto the wooden crate. Turn and face the red awning that to the left, walk to the edge of the crate and take a standing jump and grab to get to the awning. Have Lara pull up onto the awning, and then walk over towards the bridge on the right. Have Lara draw pistols and take a standing jump over to the bridge, and immediately back flip back to the awning. From the awning, Lara can safely pick off the doberman (18) and thug (19) that appear from the left. |
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Steel Key
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After the thug and the dog are dead, jump over to the bridge and, with guns still readied, run toward the open courtyard. A cultist (20) is waiting for Lara on the left. Take him out quickly, then retrieve the steel key (23) from him, and also take a large Medi Pack (24) off the dead thug. | ||
First Canal Gate
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Use the key to unlock the door and enter the room. Drop down into the
hole and throw the switch on the wall to open one of the canal gates.
Another cultist (21) will have arrived to
investigate all the shooting, so climb back out of the hole, waiting
to make sure that the coast is clear. Have Lara pull up, ready
weapons, and run out into the courtyard to take on the cultist.
Retrieve two clips (25, 26) for the
automatics from the him when he's dead. Keep those pistols ready, and have Lara walk back towards the bridge along the right side of the wall. When she reaches the foot of the bridge, have her turn and face the right, then look down the canal. Another cultist (22) is running around below. Take him out from this location, but don't be too brash, because he can hit Lara from where he is, so do side jumps out onto the bridge and duck back behind the wall when the cultist turns to take aim at Lara. |
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Underwater Mines!
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After that cultist is dead, return to the speedboat. Back up the speed boat a little to build up speed, and the accelerate the boat forward and crush the gondolas. Stop after Lara is past the gondolas. The water in the narrow canal ahead is mined, and Lara needs to detonate them with her boat. Saving the game before attempting this may be prudent. If this maneuver is poorly timed, Lara will be blown to bits. Aim the speedboat down the narrow canal and accelerate boat into the canal. Just before the boat hits the first mine, have Lara jump out of the boat. | ||
Second Canal Gate
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Swim back to the dock where Lara killed the last cultist, and pick up
two M-16 clips (27, 28) off of him.
Unlock the door at the top of the steps with the iron key. As soon as
Lara unlocks the door, have her face right, ready weapons and back
away from the door. Another cultist (23)
will appear, so take him out and grab the small Medi Pack (29) he drops. Two shotgun blasts here would be
the most efficient. Enter the room by running up the stairs. Turn
all the way around and throw the switch on the wall to open the second
canal gate. Turn around and exit this building and have Lara get into the second speedboat. Slowly turn the boat to the left and pilot it through the narrow canal with the gates Lara has opened. When she reaches the wide canal, take a right. Then take the first left and drive under the clothesline again. Continue forward, past the kink in the canal, into a dark tunnel until Lara emerges on the other side. She will need to take a left to follow the canal, at which point she will come to a dark passageway to the right, while the canal continues to the left. |
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| At this point there are three different methods to finish this level. Choose from the three methods below depending on how much "cheating" can be tolerated to complete this level. To be precise, the method described is not so much a "cheat", as it merely takes advantage of the exit method intended for those who where unable to locate the key to the boathouse and thus must complete the level without a boat. | |||
"The Correct Way"
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Lara should pilot the boat into the dark passage and pull it right up
against the deck inside, where there is an Italian cultist (24) waiting. The door to the inlet will close
behind her. She must then exit the boat onto the dock, ready weapons,
kill the cultist, then grab the clips for the automatics (30) off of his dead body. Two pops from the
trusty shotgun, is the recommend method for dealing with him. Get back into the boat and line it up squarely with the left part of the ramp, so that she can pilot the boat directly ahead and jump the short ramp as well as the taller ramp outside. Then exit the boat, press the button that is on back wall, and get back into the boat. The following section is timed starting from when Lara's speed boat crosses the shorter ramp, so avoid errors. Turbo the boat over the first ramp, at which point a distant clock-tower will begin to chime to remind to hurry. Then turbo it up the second ramp, crashing through the windows and crushing the gondolas below. Pilot the boat straight ahead at full speed, down the canal, until Lara reaches a narrow canal, that was formerly blocked by gates, that is ahead and slightly to the left. Use the brakes to slow the boat down to accurately enter the narrow canal without taking any damage. Upon exiting the narrow canal, hang a sharp right and use the turbo to head for the doorway and into the dark tunnel before the shuts. If Lara cannot make it through the doorway in time, she will have to backtrack and try again, otherwise she can pilot the boat forward to exit this level. |
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"The Cheaters Way"
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For those that are speedboat impaired, it is important to note that the timer on the exit door does not start until after the boat crosses the short ramp. To cheat, have Lara pilot the boat into the dark passage, which is guarded by the cultist (24). Exit the boat, kill the guard, grab the automatics clips (30), and then push the button. Instead of returning to the boat, then swim under the doorway that is now closed, and take a leisurely swim to the left as Lara exits the dark room, back down the canal, and onward to the exit. | ||
"The Best Way"
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The problem with the method above is that it's a darn shame to miss
out on the speedboat jumping the ramp. It's really quite
magnificently rendered. The best solution is a compromise. Have Lara
pilot the boat into the dark passageway, where the door closes behind
her, and maneuver the boat so that it is adjacent to the wooden deck
with the guard. Exit the boat, and ready the shotgun. Kill the guard
(24), grab the clips for the automatics
(30) from his body. Return to the boat pilot the boat out of the dark area by jumping over the short ramp. Now maneuver the boat alongside the left wall of the canal near the back corner of the building. Exit the boat, swim back to the dark room. Climb onto the wooden deck, and throw the switch. Jump back into the water and swim out of the dark room by going under the door. Climb back into the boat, and complete the level without stress. Turbo boost the boat up the long ramp, through the windows and down the wide canal. At the end of the wide canal, zip a little to the left into the narrow canal that was formerly blocked by gates. Then hang a sharp right at the end of the narrow canal and exit the level. Note: Why is it important to pilot the boat into the dark room with the guard at all? If Lara tries to swim into the room, the cultist will take pot shots at her and she will take significant damage before she even climbs onto the deck to retaliate. By piloting the boat into that room, she is given the opportunity to hop out of the boat right onto the deck without taking very many hits. This is also why it's important to pilot the boat directly into the room and parking it adjacent to the deck. She will jump out of the boat onto dry land giving her the opportunity to pull out the shotgun and take out the guard. |
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| (If you're having trouble with finishing this level, click here to view the full details on ways to exit this level.) | |||
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Summary
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In order of appearance: | ||
Pickups
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1 Small Medi Pack 1 Flares 1 Key to the Boathouse 1 Automatics 1 Stone Dragon 1 Flares 1 Gold Dragon 2 Uzi Clips 1 Automatics clips 1 Shotgun Shells 2 Shotgun Shells 1 Small Medi Pack 1 Small Medi Pack 1 Jade Dragon 4 Automatics Clips 1 Iron Key 1 Small Medi Pack 1 Steel Key 1 Large Medi Pack 2 Automatics clips 2 M-16 Clips 1 Small Medi Pack 1 Automatics Clip 30 Total |
Kills
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1 doberman 1 cultist 1 doberman 1 thug 1 doberman 1 cultist 2 rats 1 rat 1 cultist 1 cultist 1 thug 2 rats 1 doberman 1 thug 1 cultist 1 doberman 1 thug 1 cultist 1 cultist 1 cultist 1 cultist 24 Total |
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