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Palace Midas |
Items: 23 |
Secrets:
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Kills: 43
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This level begins with Lara in a pool. Turn right and exit the
pool. There is a passage that is directly ahead, between two pillars,
and one to each side. Ready a weapon, and head forward. Kill the two
gorillas (1, 2) in the next room. With
guns still ready, run forward into either doorway, but instead of
turning and running up the stairs, start back flipping and get some
distance between Lara and both the doors ahead as five gorillas (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) will emerge to maul her. Kill
the five gorillas by dodging backward, jumping back into the pool Lara
arrived from if she run out of moves. The first four will come right
out of the doorways, but the fifth one seems to appear from nowhere,
so if Lara kills the first four and don't see the fifth, head into
one of the doorways and up the stairs to look for it. If it isn't
there, turn around, because it will follow her into the room. |
If Lara's not already in the room, enter it and run up the stairs and grab the large Medi Pack (1). Enter the door that opens automatically, and follow the tunnel until she reach a switch. Throw the switch, which opens the gate to the garden. Exit the tunnel and ready a weapon. Return to the room with the pool Lara entered from and turn right. Run down the stairs and into the garden. Take care of the two gorillas (8, 9) running around in there, so that they don't sneak up on Lara later. Return to the pool and head across to the passage on the other side. As Lara rounds the corner, her weapons should still be readied to kill a croc (10) there. Don't go up the stairs yet, instead turn right and head down the tunnel. With guns still readied, take a right as Lara exits the tunnel and run toward the back corner where there is a little space between the cave wall and the building. Kill the gorilla (11) that is waiting there, then grab the two sets of magnum clips (2, 3) he was guarding. Ready a weapon of choice and exit the passage. As Lara runs along the building, she will pass several open rooms. There are two lions (12, 13) waiting for her in the fourth room, so as soon as she runs past the opening to the fourth room, start back flipping and firing at the two lions. When they are dead, run past the room they were hiding in to the large corridor at the end. Ready the pistols and kill the four bats (14, 15, 16, 17) there. Head down the corridor, and grab the small Medi Pack (4) on Lara's left. Now exit this area, and run back to the stairs that she avoided earlier. Run up the stairs and ready a weapon. There is a left turn at the top of the stairs that opens into a large room. There are three gorillas (18, 19, 20) there that Lara needs to dispatch. Once she does, head toward the back right side of the room. Notice the inscriptions on the doors, then climb onto the pillar in the back. Use a running jump to get to the next pillar, then turn and walk right until she is facing the ledge above the doorway. Do a standing jump and grab and pull up onto the ledge. Turn and walk all the way to the right and do a running jump and grab to get to the ledge above the other doorway. Get the magnum clips (5) and the small Medi Pack (6) on that ledge and to a safety drop down to the ground. Head back to the first pillar, and climb on top of it. Use two running jumps to get across to the next two pillars, then a running jump and grab to get to the fourth. A standing jump will get Lara to the fifth, and a running jump and grab to get to the sixth and last pillar1. Turn right and take a standing jump onto the platform.
Door #1 UWWWW
Once on the platform, remembering what the inscriptions above the
doors looked like, throw the left-most lever. Then drop down the hole
in the center of the platform, and throw the switch at the bottom.
Exit the platform, and enter the doorway Lara just opened. |
Welcome to the infamous torch room. This is probably one of the hardest puzzles in the game, so we might as well get it over with now. There is no secret about getting across the torches. First off, walk over and drop down to the platform on Lara's right. Ready the pistols and kill all three rats (21, 22, 23) from here. Make sure Lara kills all three. Not doing so will only add insult to injury. I've heard someone say that it is possible to get across the torch room by just holding down the run key and maneuvering Lara in mid-air to get her across with a series of perfectly planted jumps. Personally, I have not been able to do it and I've tried quite a lot, so here is my technique that will get Lara across without setting her aflame, without taking a lot of damage, and is possibly the easiest, and the most forgiving, way across. Read the following paragraph in its entirety before trying this because Lara only has 10 seconds to get to the other side and she needs to perform all these steps exactly. Note that in reference to the column numbers. the first column is the first torch, so in this description, the room has five torches and five columns respectively.
Lead Bar #1
Start by walking over and turn Lara so that she is squarely facing the
first torch. Maneuver Lara so that she is two steps behind the dark
line that is just in front of the first torch. Side step to the left
until Lara is about as far left of the first torch as she can be but
is still able to run across the torch without falling off. Run
straight forward along the left edge of the first torch. As Lara runs,
toward the first torch, press jump so that she takes off just at the
middle (in respect to the length but staying on the left side) of the
first column where the torch was once burning. The goal is to land
Lara on the near left corner of the second column. If Lara lands
exactly in the spot described, she can simply turn and aim herself
toward the near right corner of the third column. Perform a running
jump toward the third column. If Lara has landed on the near right
corner of the third column, again Lara should not need to step in any
direction in preparation for the next jump. If Lara is not on the
correct corner of the second or third columns, simply and calmly
hop off of the column and into the water and try again. Aim Lara
toward the near left corner of the fourth column and do a running
jump. If she lands on the corner, and the torches re-light, don't
panic, just quickly turn and squarely face the fifth and last column
and do a running jump and grab to grab onto the edge of the fifth
column. If however, Lara is on the incorrect place on the fourth
column, do not jump off, but rather, face the fifth column and have
Lara take a hop backward off the fourth column just as the torches
re-light and grab the edge of the fourth column and shimmy all the way
to either side of the column. Pull Lara up, and immediately perform
the running jump to the fifth and final column. Lara will take a
little damage from being close to the flame, but she won't light up
like a birthday candle. Lara will jump across to the fifth column,
and be just short of it, so grab (and shimmy to the side if Lara has
traveled a little to one side during the run/jump) and again, pull up
and run forward taking a slight amount of damage from the heat.
Congratulations, Lara has just crossed the dreaded torch
room. |
Grab the first lead bar (7), and turn around and dive into the water. Swim back to the ledge on the other side of the room and exit the room. Ready some weapons and kill a gorilla (24) that is running around the floor of the main room.
Door #2 WWUUW
Return to platform with the five switches via the gate at the bottom
that Lara opened earlier. Then raise the lever on the far left and
lower the middle lever and the lever that is just right of the middle
lever. |
Exit through the hole in the platform or safety drop to the floor and enter the door Lara just opened. Lara will enter a room with a tall vaulted ceiling being held up by a pillar. Run through the room and head down the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs Lara will find a block that looks suspiciously like the pillar above. Pull it out once to cause the ceiling of the room above to collapse and sand to pour in. Climb up the flight of stairs and continue up the next flight of stairs, and boost up into the window at the top. Turn to face the dark sandy ledge to Lara's right and do a standing jump onto it. Then walk up the slope an do a standing jump diagonally up and to the left onto the next sandy ledge. Next aim Lara at the broken pillar in the center of the room and do a running jump onto it. Then turn and face the small sandy ledge on the other side and do a running jump onto it. Do a standing jump onto the flat ledge to that is on Lara's left. Walk left and face the window and do a standing jump into the window. Enter the next room, turn right and start climbing ledges until Lara gets to the top, where she can exit to a ledge that faces an aqueduct. Draw weapons and kill the two gorillas (25, 26) and two bats (27, 28) that are on top of the aqueduct. Do a running jump over to the top of the aqueduct and then follow the edge to the right where the water enters a cave. Draw weapons if they have been put them away and wait for an opportunity to kill the two crocs (29, 30) that are swimming around.
SECRET #1
When the two crocs are dead, dive into the aqueduct and swim into the
cave. Inside, turn right, surface, and exit the water. Once Lara is
on the flat sandy ledge, turn left, climb the ledge and proceed
forward until the ledge is too steep to continue. Do a standing jump
over the ledge, then press jump again to hop over the next slope. If
Lara misses the second jump, Lara will fall into the water and she'll
have to try again. On the other side of the two slopes, turn left and
head forward and then down a little slope to SECRET #1. Get the small
Medi Pack (8) and the magnum clips
(9), then jump back into the water and
exit the water back in the main part of the aqueduct.
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SECRET #2
Walk back to the ledge that Lara came in from and look down. From here
she should be able to see a little nook with some objects below. Do a
safety drop into SECRET #2 and grab the small Medi Pack (10), shotgun shells (11), and Uzi clips (12). Now ready a weapon and jump up and down
in place. When Lara locks onto the gorilla (31), start firing and continue firing until the
gorilla is dead. Lara can check by standing next to the edge and using
the look key to see if there's a gorilla running around or just a rug
lying outside the nook. Take a standing jump out of the little nook.
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Run forward down the hallway. The first two alcoves on the right open
to the large cavern Lara visited before. Continue past them to the
fourth alcove on the right, where Lara will find a small Medi Pack
(13). Return to the second opening,
which is nearest to the ledge outside. Take a standing diagonal jump
to the ledge and immediately back flip. If Lara hasn't veered to the
side, she should land back in the opening. Ready a weapon to take out
a gorilla (32) that will emerge from the
second alcove on the left. With weapons still drawn, continue forward
until Lara reaches the last alcove. There is a gorilla (33) there as well. |
After both gorillas are dead, walk back to the second to the last alcove, and look across the chasm across to a crevice in the wall on the other side. Stand opposite the lowest part of the crevice and do a running jump and grab to get to the other side. Once there, have Lara pull herself up and grab the large Medi Pack (14) that is there. Lara may need to shimmy a little to one side to pull herself up. Hop back off the crevice and hang off the ledge and continue to shimmy to the left until she reaches a high ledge, which will be just after hearing the squeak of bats. Immediately let go of the ledge, draw pistols and kill the two bats (34, 35). Do a running jump across to the tunnel on the far right of the building where the bats came out of and follow the tunnel forward and up lots of ramps. At the top of the ramps, boost Lara up a few steps, and then into a large room with some sloping walls and broken floors. Walk over to the left slope that is at the first broken floor and face Lara toward the alcove on the right. Jump to the ledge and grab the large Medi Pack (15) and then jump or run past the rest of the broken floor tiles. Then slide down the ramp, and do a safety drop down the hole at the end. Carefully drop down the next few ledges and ready weapons. As Lara exits the room with the steps, into the room that Lara started this level from, only this time Lara is on the ledge high above the pool, a lion (36) will charge at her from the other side of the room. Lara should be able to kill it long before it makes it all the way around the ledge to her.
Lead Bar #2
Follow the ledge all the way around to the other side of the room,
being careful not to fall off the ledge. Run into the tunnel and at
the end of the tunnel have Lara boost herself up into the window on
her left. Walk out of the window onto the ledge which is the top some
columns in a room that should be familiar. Then turn right and do a
running jump across to the top of the other pillar. Enter the room,
and turn right to the pool. Ready a weapon, preferably the shotgun,
and look into the pool. Kill the croc (37) and then jump in and swim forward. Follow
the underwater tunnel, and surface and exit the water at the other
side. Run forward to the sandy slope and climb up onto the ledge on
the left. Ready pistols, and walk forward and kill the two bats
(38, 39). Continue walking until Lara
reaches the edge of the window and do a jump onto the roof of the
building. Walk over to the other side of the roof and pick up the
second lead bar (16), then ready a weapon
and kill the two lions (40, 41)
patrolling the floor. Do a safety drop down to the floor and exit
down the stairs. If the lions ran away when Lara started shooting them,
ready weapons as Lara exits the room and hunt them down, or have
Lara hang from the edge of the roof and let them come to her. After
they're both dead, head forward back to the pool Lara entered this
level from, and turn left and head up the stairs and back to the room
with the five switches and doors.
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Door #3 WWUWU
Climb back up to the five switches and raise the switch that is just
to the right of center, and lower the rightmost switch. Drop down the
center of the platform or safety drop of the platform and enter the
door Lara just opened. Be sure to start walking as soon as Lara enters
the room so as to not get hurt as she goes by the spikes. |
Once inside the spiked room, go through the doorway on her right and pull the block that is behind the ramp twice. Climb over the block, and drop down the other side. Enter the tunnel hidden behind the block and throw the switch which raises the pillars in the spike room.
Lead Bar #3
Exit the tunnel and have Lara boost herself onto the ramp and head
upwards. After Lara climbs a flight of stairs, walk until she reach the
edge of the window and do a standing jump onto the pillar outside.
Turn to the right and do a running jump onto the block in the back
corner. Turn left and use running jumps to get across the the next
four columns. When she is on the last column facing the window on the
other side, walk forward until Lara is at the edge of the column
facing the window, then do a standing jump forward and immediately a
back flip back onto the column. Ready the pistols and shoot at the
gorilla (42) Lara just woke up from the
safety of the column. When the gorilla is dead, do a standing jump
into the room and grab the third lead bar (17). To exit this room Lara can either repeat
the jumps back through the room or do a safety drop out of the little
room, being careful not to come down on a spike. Exit the room, and
return to the top of the platform with the five switches.
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Door #4 UWWWU
Raise the center switch and lower the left most switch. Drop back
down to the floor. Ready a weapon, because Lara might as well take
care of this now. Run just into the doorway of the room that Lara
just opened, and the start hopping back. As soon as the lion (43) runs out, kill it. Exit this area for now
through the large corridor and back down the stairs and then past the
room with the pool, down the stairs on the other side and to the
garden where Lara killed a gorilla or two earlier.
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Midas
Run past the sundial and get Lara onto the platform on the right.
Turn around and face the ledge, and do a standing jump and grab to get
onto the roof. Grab the large Medi Pack (18) and enter the tunnel on Lara's right and
enter the Midas room. Stand in front of the hand and use the three
lead bars and turn them into gold bars. Just for kicks, Lara can
jump onto the hand, but be sure to save the game first. After Lara
has converted all three bars of lead to gold, exit the Midas room
and return to the garden.
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SECRET #3
Back in the garden room, locate a switch that is against the right
wall near the gate and is hidden by the bushes. Throw the switch and
enter the gate that Lara just opened, which is SECRET #3, and walk up
to the steel jaws. Time a standing jump through the steel jaws and
over the broken floor tile. The easiest way to do this is to stand in
the middle and jump just as the jaws are starting to open. Scattered
within the room are magnum clips (19), a
small Medi Pack (20), and shotgun shells
(21). Then exit this area the same way
Lara came in.
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Exit the garden room and return to the room with the platform and the
five switches. Enter the last doorway, which Lara opened earlier, and
climb the stairs all the way to the top and exit onto the fenced-in
ledge. Run all the way around the pillar to the front, and grab the
shotgun shells (22). Exit the terrace
and head half way down the stairs and enter the room with the three
alcoves. Use one gold bar in each of the alcoves to open the exit
door. Enter the door and slide down the ramp to exit this level.
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Summary
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Pickups
6 Small Medi Pack |
5 Large Medi Pack1 5 Magnum Clips 3 Shotgun Shells 1 Uzi Clips 3 Lead Bars 23 Total
Kills
3 rats |
10 bats 4 crocodile 20 gorillas 6 lions 43 Total
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