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The 13th Floor |
Items: 26 |
Kills: 17 |
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Lara slides down the circular ventilation shaft
and lands in a rectangular shaft. She speaks into her headset, "I'm
in." "Okay now lets see what you can do. Follow the vent to the main corridor. You've come in at the thirteenth floor. Unlucky for some," Zip, the African-American man and security-system expert that is sitting in the van below, warns her. "Unlucky for them. Any welcome party?" Lara asks. "That's your job, girl" Zip protests. "I ain't no X-ray vision super-hero." "I'd noticed the last bit," Lara replies. "Oooh, you are so sharp you're gonna cut yourself," Zip taunts. "Just remember. The less attention the better. You dig?" "Thanks, but that thought had crossed my mind," Lara replies. "Just makin' sure you're on the ball, lady," Zip tells her. "Enough talk. Contact me if you see anything," Lara interrupts. "Whew! That girl has got one bad attitude," Zip exclaims. Lara surveys the ventilation ducts. There are fans and grates. Some of the grates appear to be in severe disrepair.(follow plot) Turn left and run forward. When Lara is beneath the fan, turn right and draw the HK gun. Make sure that the gun is in sniper mode, and aim at the broken grate covering the crawlspace ahead. Crouch down and crawl forward into the low ventilation duct. Pick up the large Medi Pack (1) and continue crawling forward until Lara can stand. Step forward and Lara will look down into the room below the ventilation duct. Lara looks down into the room below and transmits the information through her headset. Lara sees a cybernetic suit hanging from a support in the room below. She asks Zip over the headset, "You getting this?" Zip replies, "Whoa baby! I'm getting too much of that. Looks like the Hulk on steroids." "You want to tell me what it's doing here?" Lara asks. "Couldn't be sure," Zip replies. "I hear that VCI is working on some new suit for the military. Suddenly, the door leading into the room below slides open and a man dressed in one of those cybernetic suits steps through. The suit makes mechanical squeaks with each clunky step. Zip is compelled to comment, "And that, sure as mom's apple pie, ain't no civilian protection." "Can't argue with that," Lara agrees. The man walks over to a large mechanical storage cabinet and presses a button. The doors on the cabinet slide open, and a large circular rack extends from within the cabinet, presenting the man with an array of identical high-tech weapons. The man removes two of the weapons from the rack, with one in each hand. "And the guns?" Lara asks. "Well, my picture ain't all that clear, but it looks like low frequency laser weapons. Limited range. You get in the way of one, and they'll have to take you out in a plastic sack," Zip answers grimly. "I get the picture," Lara answers.(follow plot) Continue forward down the ventilation duct until it becomes to short to continue running forward. Crouch down and crawl forward until Lara reaches an intersecting duct. Althouth the intersecting duct is tall enough to stand up in, stay crouched down to avoid a set of laser beams that are sliding back and forth in the duct. Turn right, crawl forward, and pick up another large Medi Pack (2). Turn Lara around and crawl forward until Lara reaches the small pit with lasers. Wait until the lasers slide overhead, and begin to slide away. Stand up and take a standing jump over the pit. Run forward until Lara is beneath another fan. |
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SECRET #1
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Turn left and draw the HK gun and, once again, make sure that it is in
sniper mode. Aim at the low ventilation duct ahead and shoot it out.
Crouch down and crawl forward. Turn right when Lara reaches the end of this crawlspace, and crawl to the very edge of the opening. Wait until the sliding sentry laser in the duct below moves to the left and flip out1 of the crawlspace into the duct below and immediately crouch down. Turn left and crawl forward and stop just before Lara crawls onto the slope. Wait for the sentry lasers arrive from behind and crawl forward when the lasers begin to slide back. Continue crawling until Lara enters the crawlspace ahead. Turn left and crawl forward until the ventilation duct ahead automatically opens. Flip out of the crawlspace and pick up a gold rose (3), which is SECRET #1. Reverse roll and run forward. Jump up and pull back up into the crawlspace. Crawl forward until Lara reaches the far end of the crawlspace and turn right. Wait for the sentry lasers to arrive and follow it forward as soon as it begins to move away. Turn right when Lara reaches the far end of this ventilation duct. Crawl forward until Lara's head is pressed against the wall of the duct. Wait for the sentry Laser to arrive and as soon as it passes overhead from left to right, stand up, jump up to grab the crawlspace overhead, and pull up into the crawlspace. Turn left and crawl forward and exit this crawlspace to the taller ventilation duct. |
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Hammer
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Turn left and run forward to the shelves with all the supplies.
Search it to find a Hammer (4). Reverse
roll, run across the room and side step to the left. Search the
shelves with the supplies on the opposite side of the room to find a
pair of HK gun clips (5). Turn right and run to the shelves below the ventilation duct. The shelves with the supplies on the left do not hold any items of interest, so side step to the right and search the middle set of shelves to find a small Medi Pack (6). Take two steps back, away from the shelves, jump up, and grab the opening to the ventilation duct above. Pull up into a crouched position and turn right. Crawl forward until Lara returns to the taller ventilation duct. Stand and turn left. Walk forward until Lara reaches the pit that is protected by lasers. Wait for the sliding sentry lasers to arrive, and when they begin to slide away, take a standing jump over the pit and immediately crouch down. Crawl forward and turn right when Lara reaches the adjoining crawlspace. Crawl forward into the crawlspace. Crawl forward until Lara is past the ventilation opening where she spied the man in the cybernetic suit earlier. Continue crawling forward until Lara returns to the ventilation duct that she first arrived in. Crawl into the initial duct and allow Lara to stand. Turn left to find that things have changed in this duct. There are two sentry lasers guarding this duct now. One is higher and the other is lower3. Wait for the lower sentry laser to slide away and immediately run forward two blocks, and duck down to allow the upper sentry laser to pass overhead. When it moves forward, immediately stand up and take a standing jump over the lower laser. Run forward and duck down just before the upper laser hits Lara. Continue crawling forward until Lara is at the far end of the duct. Turn left and crawl forward until Lara's head is pressed against the ladder mounted on the wall of the shaft. Wait for the upper laser to arrives and begins to move away. Immediately stand, jump up and grab onto the ladder. Climb up and pull up into the upper duct. Run forward until Lara reaches a ventilation grate that over looks the room that contains the Iris. "Whoo! You'll get a spider dropping there and it's toast," Zip exclaims over the headset. "Find me some way to turn this off," Lara tells him. "Don't get you knickers in a twist. I'm on the case," Zip replies. "Look what I have to work with," Lara sighs. "Don't knock it, Lady. I'm your eyes and ears," Zip proclaims from the van. "More of those and less of the lip would be preferable," Lara warns.(follow plot) Continue forward and pick up a pair of HK gun clips (7). Turn right and run forward. Lara will step up to a higher duct. In the room below, Lara will see the man in the cybernetic suit that she saw earlier. Ahead is a metal gate that has been locked with a small padlock4. Hop backwards until Lara is just standing on the upper duct. Take two steps forward so that Lara isn't on the very edge of the upper duct. Draw the HK gun and put it in sniper mode. Take aim on the padlock and blow it apart with a single round from the HK gun. The duct will collapse, and Lara will slide backwards down the duct5. Turn left and use the scope on the HK gun to target the man's head. This is the only part of the man that the suit does not protect. Take a single headshot to take down the VCI cyber-trooper (1). When its safe, turn back to the left, walk forward until Lara just clears the upper panel of the fallen ventilation duct. Turn around and pull up onto the top of the ventilation duct. Turn around and pull up into the part of the ventilation duct that did not collapse. Walk forward until Lara comes to a broken grate that leads down a shaft to a lower ventilation duct6. Run forward and drop into the shaft. Reverse roll and run forward down the duct ahead, and do not stop until Lara is well past the duct. Explosions will shoot flames through the vents of the duct that Lara just passed through. Lara will take damage if she is caught in the explosions. Turn left, step forward and pick up the small Medi Pack (8). Turn right and climb up the ladder into the room above. Angle Lara to the right and run forward to the wall. Jump up and grab the bottom of the alcove above and pull up into the alcove to find a pair of HK gun clips (9). Turn around and survey the room. Lara must climb up the strange ladder, but there is a sentry laser sweeping back and fourth across the ladder. Now step forward to drop to the floor of this chamber. Run forward to the ladder and run around the ladder. Grab onto the ladder and shift all the way to the right. Climb up the ladder until Lara is just below the sentry laser. Climb up the ladder as soon as the sentry laser sweeps to the left and keep climbing until Lara reaches the platform at the top of the ladder. Turn left, draw the HK gun in sniper mode, and take aim on the panel with the bullet holes. Shoot it out and run forward. Pull up into the duct and turn left. Run forward and pick up a pair of HK gun clips (10). Reverse roll and walk forward until Lara notices a VCI guard (2) patrolling the room below. Draw the HK gun set in sniper mode again. Take aim into the chamber and set the gun to target the guard's head. The guard patrols the room in a circular path, so instead of sweeping around trying to target his head, set the target at a fixed height and wait for the guard to walk past the point that Lara has targeted and take him out with a single shot. If the guard is alerted to Lara's presence, he will activate a machine gun turret on the ceiling, which will make exploring this area much more difficult. Run forward and crouch down when Lara reaches the end of the ventilation duct. Flip into the room below. A bank of lasers prevents further progress down the hallway to the right. Instead, draw the HK gun and take aim on the low ventilation grate ahead and slightly to the right. Blow apart the vent and run forward. Crawl into the ventilation duct and follow it as it turns to the right. When the ventilation duct is tall enough to stand, do so and draw the HK gun again. With the HK gun set in sniper mode, target the vent grate ahead and blow it apart. Crouch down and crawl out of the ventilation duct. When Lara emerges from the ventilation duct, Zip will call her via the headset and comment on the sleeping guard, "Check it out, man! No regard for company security. Sleeping like a baby. Somebody could just glide in and slide that ID card out from under his nose. Somebody slinky, that is."(follow plot) Follow Zip's advice and turn right. At this point Lara must not run, but rather must walk to avoid waking up the guard. If Lara wakes up the VCI guard (3), he will call on a second guard (4) for help and activate an overhead machine gun turret. Walk forward, toward the glass security office, and turn left. Walk into the office and turn right. 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High Level Access Card
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Walk to the table and turn left. Take the High Level Access Card
(11) from off the table and turn right.
Walk forward to the card reader on the wall and use the access card to
open the door to the storage room on the right and deactivate the bank
of lasers in the hallway outside. Turn right and walk into the storage room. Walk all the way to the back of the storage room and side step to the left. Search the shelves on the left which are against the back wall to find a pair of HK gun clips (12). Side step to the right until Lara is standing in front of the shelves on the right and search it to find a small Medi Pack (13) and another pair of HK gun clips (14). Turn around and walk out of the storage and continue walking forward until Lara crosses the security office. Turn left and step out of the security office. Turn right and walk forward down the hallway. Turn left before Lara reaches the map of this floor and push the button to open the doors to the large freight elevator. Side step to the right, and step forward into the large elevator. Turn right and walk to the elevator control panel. Use the panel to ride up to the sixteenth floor. Turn right and walk out of the elevator. Lara will spot a couple of guards having a conversation at the hallway to the right. Walk forward and draw the HK gun in sniper mode and take aim on one of the two VCI guards (5). Lara can target the top of his head and take him out with a single headshot from behind the large wooden crate. The other VCI guard (6) will immediately investigate. Aim a little lower than the top of the wooden crate and slightly to the left of it. Lara can take out the second guard with a single headshot when he rounds the corner of the crate. A third guard may appear at this point if he notices the shooting. If he does, Lara can take him out in the same manner, if not, she will deal with him later. Turn around and walk to the other end of this hallway by navigating between the bundles of metal cylinders. Turn left at the far end of the hallway and use the access card to open the double triangular doors to Lara's right. Turn right and enter the control room. There are two VCI workers (7, 8) in this room. If Lara does not draw her weapon, they will not attack, but if she does they will panic and activate an overhead machine gun turret. Enter the room and walk around the console that extends from the right toward the middle of the room. Run to the square metal console in the middle of the room and turn right. Push the button to activate a hologram of the Iris and open a door at the other end of the hallway outside. Turn right and exit the control room and navigate through the two bundles of metal cylinders and the crate. When Lara is past the crate walk forward carefully until she can just see down the hallway that leads down and to the right at the far end of the hallway. If Lara didn't take care of the VCI guard (9) that is guarding this hallway earlier, she can take him out now. Draw the HK gun and set it to sniper mode. Wait until he turns and walks away from Lara down the hallway to side step out into the hallway, take aim on his head and take him out with a single shot. Run down the smaller hallway to the bottom, and turn left. Enter the chamber ahead with the metal frame that forms a dome, and the door behind Lara will slam shut. The Iris is several stories down below this room. Run around to the other side of this room and the door ahead will automatically open. Enter the next room and the door will slam shut behind Lara after she passes through. Run forward and turn left when Lara is past the VCI worker (10). Step forward and press the button to open the locker to her right. An orange suit will slide out and an object will drop out of the suit. |
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Access Code Disk
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Turn right, step forward and pick up the Access Code Disk (15). Reverse roll and head back to the door to
the chamber above the Iris. Almost all of the lockers are empty,
except for one on the opposite wall, but there are no items of
interest to be found in that locker. Approach the door, and it will open automatically. Run through the doorway and around the metal dome-shaped frame. As Lara approaches the opposite door, it will open automatically. Run through the doorway and turn right. Run up the sloping narrow hallway until Lara emerges in the wider hallway above. Turn left and run forward down the hallway. Run around the crate and turn left. Reenter the elevator and turn left and use the control panel to bring Lara back to the thirteenth floor. If Lara walks out of the elevator, she can avoid waking the guard she encountered earlier who would in turn call for the second guard. Turn right and walk forward out of the elevator. Turn right and walk toward the security office. Turn right when Lara reaches the far end of the hallway and walk past the soda machine. Walk to the end of this hallway and turn left at the computer terminal. Use the access code disk to open the grate above and to the right. Side step to the right and pull up into the opening. As soon as Lara pulls into the ventilation duct, explosions will burst around a pole in an adjacent shaft. Walk forward, turn right and wait to examine the pattern of explosions. There are a series of seven explosions that start from the top of the shaft and move to the bottom. Aim Lara at the pole and after the first two explosions fire, Lara can run forward and take a jump to the pole to slide down to the bottom. If Lara gets caught in the explosions, they will ignite her and kill her. |
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SECRET #2
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When Lara is part way down the pole, back flip off the pole to land on a tunnel that leads away from the pole. Quickly hop backwards away from the pole to avoid the explosions. When Lara reaches the end of the tunnel, she can pick up a gold rose (16), which is SECRET #2. Run forward and wait until the explosions are not nearby. | ||
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Drop to the bottom of the pole and turn left. Run forward until Lara
reaches a crawlspace. Crouch down and crawl through. Stand up when
Lara emerges on the other side and run forward across the
catwalk. Part way across the catwalk, Lara will notice another man in a VCI cybersuit. Zip chimes in over the headset and Lara will stop to listen, "Uh oh! You're going to have to play some fancy moves to get past this quarterback." "You got any suggestions? Anything to distract him?" Lara asks. "I got a suggestion right here: Go find a different way out! 'Cuz you don't want to know what happens when you make the Hulk mad." Zip answers. "Indispensable information as always," Lara quips. "That face ain't got armor on it, right? Well, that's how you're gonna have to do it. You're one hard-boiled lady. Now, you'll think of somethin'," Zip offers. "What exactly am I hiring you for?" Lara wonders aloud. "My extraordinary knowledge of security systems, and my unsurpassed skill in crackin' them. Not to mention my ineffably addictive personality," Zip shoots back. "You're right. I won't mention it," Lara huffs.(follow plot) |
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Cloth
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Run across to the opposite end of the catwalk and enter the tunnel
beyond. When Lara reaches an opening, turn right and enter the small
dark storage room. Turn left and search shelves that are against the
left wall to find a cloth (17). Take a hop back and turn right. Run forward and search the shelves against the back wall to find a small Medi Pack (18). Reverse roll and exit this storage room. Turn right and continue down the hallway and turn left. Run to the far end of this second catwalk and take a hairpin turn to the right. Walk down the stairs until Lara reaches the floor of this large room. Turn right and walk along the far end of this room. Do not run to avoid alerting the guy in the cybersuit. Walk forward until Lara reaches the other side of this room. Turn right and walk along the wall past the two doorways on this wall. Turn left when Lara is past the second doorway. Use the access card on the card reader to open the door. Turn left, walk forward and turn right to enter the doorway. Do not step too far into this room, but turn right as soon as Lara steps into this research lab. There are two glass cages that contain beetles. |
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Bottle of Chloroform
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Walk forward to the first refrigerator and search it to find a bottle
of chloroform (19) and a large Medi Pack
(20). Turn around and walk forward and
turn left to exit the research lab before one of the glass cages
breaks open. Soak the cloth with chloroform, and walk up behind the man in the VCI cybersuit. Do not allow Lara to get too close or he will hear her. Use the chloroform soaked cloth on him. Lara climbs up onto the back of the cybersuit and holds the chloroform soaked cloth against the man's face. He struggles, but Lara holds on and after only a moment, he falls. |
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Bottle of Chloroform
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Reverse roll, run forward and turn right. Lara can now reenter the
research lab, which is now devoid of bugs. Turn right and run to the
second refrigerator, which is to the left of the first. Search it to
find another bottle of chloroform (21)
and a small Medi Pack (22). Reverse roll, run forward, and turn left. Exit the research lab and return to the larger chamber outside. Turn left and run toward the doorway that the VCI cyber-trooper was guarding. Use the access card on the card read on the right side of the door to open it. Side step to the left and run forward into the next area. When Lara steps into the narrow part of the hallway, stop to pick up a pair of HK gun clips (23). Draw the HK gun and step forward. As soon as the door ahead opens, another will close behind Lara. Immediately take a couple of back flips and target the head of the VCI cyber-trooper (11). Take him down with a single headshot, and run forward. |
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Iris Lab Access
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Just past a lower beam in the hallway ahead, stop and pick up the Iris
Lab Access (24) disk. Run forward and
turn right. Use the Iris lab access at the computer terminal to open
the doors ahead and to the left. Side step to the left and walk forward down the hallway. The door behind Lara will close after she steps into the next area. Turn left and walk forward until Lara comes to the edge of the glass window. Crouch down crawl forward, but stop a little ways before Lara reaches the corner of the glass-enclosed room. When the guard turns around and walks away, follow him and duck into the first alcove on the left. Stand in the back left corner of the alcove and the guard will not see Lara. Turn around and wait and watch for the guard to walk past. When he walks past from right to left, follow him and duck into the second alcove. Once again, stand at the back left corner and the guard won't see Lara. Turn around and wait for the guard to walk from left to right, before running out and to the left. Run toward the control room that is ahead and to the right. Zip will call Lara on the headset, "Now this ain't gonna be easy. This door operates on that pass you got 'cept it needs two inserted at the same time." "Meaning what exactly?" Lara asks. "Meaning, against your better judgment, try not to go killing that guy 'cuz we need him, yeah?" Zip replies.(follow plot) Immediately reverse roll, and draw the HK gun to take out the VCI guard (12) that was patrolling out side the laser lab. If Lara is quick he may never get a chance to activate the overhead machine gun turret. Reverse roll, draw the HK Gun and step forward to find a VCI worker (13) in the orange suit standing in a the control room ahead. In order to follow Zip's advice7, keep your guns trained on the worker in the control room, and he will repeatedly duck down and beg, "Don't shoot." Keep the gun drawn and walk toward him until he submits to Lara's will. Lara will stand by one of the card readers and wave her gun at the worker to indicate that he should go to the other card reader. They slide their cards simultaneously and the door at one side of the control room will open. Lara gestures to the worker that he should turn around and he obeys. Lara steps up behind him and clocks him across the back of the head with her gun and tells him, "Sweet dreams." |
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SECRET #3
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Fire a few rounds at the worker. When he's dead, turn around and draw
the HK gun. Take a few shots at the worker in the orange suit and
kill him against Zip's advice8. After killing the worker, Zip will reprimand Lara,
"Kech, shoulda know you can't get a leopard to change its spots.
You're gonna have to try the not so pleasant way now. Through that
vent, and while you're going through it, why don't you have a think
about what you just done." Immediately reverse roll, and draw the HK gun if Lara doesn't already have it out. Take aim on two VCI guards (14, 15) that will charge out of a tunnel on the far side of the laser lab. If Lara is quick to snipe them, they won't have a chance to activate the overhead machine gun turret. This is best done with the HK gun in sniper mode once again. Target the guards through the glass windows of the laser lab. Do not zoom in too closely so Lara can target faster. Take them out with a quick headshot for each. When both have fallen, run forward and turn left. If the overhead machine gun turret has been activated, then Lara will have to take some damage and sprint down this hallway and around the corner to the left. If the gun is inactive, Lara can take her time making her way down the hall. After Lara rounds the corner, walk forward until Lara comes to the tunnel that the guards emerged from. Turn left and peek down the hallway at another VCI guard (16) that is standing in the tunnel. Draw the HK gun in sniper mode and wait until he turns his head. When he does, take a hop back, aim for a headshot and take him out. Walk forward into the tunnel, but stop before reaching the bend in the tunnel. Draw the HK gun and turn right. Carefully stay out of sight, but aim around the corner. Wait for another VCI guard (17) to appear and take him out with a single headshot. When this guard falls, proceed down the tunnel and follow it as it bends to the left until it meets an intersecting tunnel. Stop before entering the next tunnel because there is a sentry laser sliding back and fourth in this tunnel. Crouch down and crawl into the T-intersection. Turn left and wait until the sentry laser slides towards Lara and over her head. Quickly run forward and pick up the gold rose (25), which is SECRET #3. Wait until the sentry laser slides forward, away from Lara before running forward to the T-intersection and crouching down again. Turn Lara to the right. Wait for the sentry laser to approach Lara and slide past. When it does, stand up and run forward into the hallway ahead. Run forward, and a door will slam shut behind Lara. Behind the door ahead is the Iris, but is still protected by an electric field. Turn to either way and run up the ramp. Take a hairpin turn and run up to the next ramp. |
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Turn and run up the either of the ramps ahead.
Take a hairpin turn until Lara reaches the top of the ramps. The door
at the top of the ramp will open. Turn and enter the control
room. Take a hairpin turn to the right to find a switch that will deactivate the electric field briefly. Take a hop back, away from the switch, and run out through the door. Continue along that path, down the first ramp and take a hairpin turn to the left. Angle Lara to the left and run down the next ramp, across the middle platform and down the next ramp. Take a hairpin turn to the right and run down to the bottom ramp. Turn right and run forward into the tunnel ahead. The door will open automatically. Follow the ramps up and to the right, and then back to the left. Angle Lara to the left, run to the middle of the ring and take the Iris artifact (26). Run around the pedestal that the Iris was hovering over and head into the doorway at the far end of the room. Run forward to exit the Iris chamber. |
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Summary
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Pickups
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1 Large Medi Pack 1 Large Medi Pack 1 Gold Rose 1 Hammer 1 HK Gun Ammo 1 Small Medi Pack 1 HK Gun Ammo 1 Small Medi Pack 1 HK Gun Ammo 1 HK Gun Ammo 1 High Level Access Card 1 HK Gun Ammo 1 Small Medi Pack 1 HK Gun Ammo 1 Access Code Disk 1 Gold Rose 1 Cloth 1 Small Medi Pack 1 Bottle of Chloroform 1 Large Medi Pack 1 Bottle of Chloroform 1 Small Medi Pack 1 HK Gun Ammo 1 Iris Lab Access 1 Gold Rose 1 Iris Artifact 26 Total |
Kills
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1 VCI cyber-trooper 1 VCI guard 1 VCI guard 1 VCI guard 1 VCI guard 2 VCI workers 1 VCI guard 1 VCI worker 1 VCI worker 1 VCI cyber-trooper 1 VCI guard 1 VCI worker 2 VCI guard 1 VCI guard 1 VCI guard 17 Total |
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