Tomb Raiders Traveler's Guide: Meteorite Cavern -- Walkthrough

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	Meteorite Cavern	Items: 7		Kills: 7¹
	Willard and the artifacts	Lara will start this level at one vertex of a narrow diamond-shaped ledge with Willard on the opposite and lava in the center and all around the ring. Extending radially from the ring are four corridors with the four artifacts. The spider creature will start along in one direction toward Lara, and that's Lara's cue to start running in the same direction around the ring to stay in front of it. The creature walks slightly faster than Lara runs, and it is tempting to try sprinting around the ring, but don't because it's hard to maneuver Lara while sprinting. Instead, take a running jump along the straight parts of the ledge every so often to get a little lead on the spider. Run along and every so often check to make sure that the spider hasn't jumped up and reversed direction. Keep running to stay on the opposite side of the ledge from the spider creature. If the spider creature stops moving, it can launch two fireballs and that will kill instantly. If, while running around the cavern, the spider catches up to Lara, then it will strike at her with its front arms, inflicting significant damage with each strike. The spider creature will not die so long as the meteor is floating in the middle of the room. The best Lara can do is stun it, and this is what Lara has been saving all those rockets for. Draw the rocket launcher and keep it ready while running around the ledges. When Lara is opposite from the spider creature, stop, turn and face the spider creature, fire a rocket at the spider, and then continue running around the ledge ahead of the spider. It takes five rockets to stun the spider, so after firing the fourth rocket, run around the ring until Lara is running along one of the straight legs of the ledge, and she can see that she's approaching a corridor that contains an artifact, turn and face the spider. Fire one more rocket to stun the spider. Turn and sprint down the corridor and pick up an artifact. Reverse roll and sprint back to the ledge. The spider should be just getting up, so draw the rocket launcher and go ahead and blast a spider creature once while it's down and start running around the ledge. Repeat this process until Lara as retrieved the Infada Stone (1), Element 115 (2), Ora Dagger (3), and the Eye of Isis (4). After collecting the final artifact, fire four more rockets at the Willard spider creature¹ (1) to kill it. Run over to the tunnel that is flanked by two columns which are scalable stone ladders. Angle Lara toward the left ladder and take a running jump and grab to reach the ladder. Climb up the ladder and when Lara's hands are lined up with the floor of the ledge above, shimmy to the right until Lara is hanging by just her hands. Pull up and step forward into the tunnel that Lara slid in from. A few steps into the tunnel, turn left and enter the side tunnel. Run forward until the tunnel is two short. Crouch down and crawl forward until Lara can stand. Turn left and vault up to the next tunnel. Run forward until Lara is on a ledge high above the meteorite cavern. Turn left, jump up and grab the ice hand holds in the ceiling above. Swing forward across the cavern. Release from the ceiling when Lara is over the stone ledge. Turn right and walk forward out to the end of the ledge. Turn right and take a running jump to the small stone ledge. Turn right, jump up and grab the next ledge above. Turn around and angle Lara to the left. Take a running jump to the next small ledge on the opposite side of the opening. Run forward and climb up out of the cavern. Run forward and turn left. Run past the steel crate and turn right. Enter the tunnel and run forward. Slide down the tunnel and turn right. Run forward toward the tunnel opening and draw weapons. Kill the two RX-Tech stormtroopers (2, 3) outside. The first will appear from the left, just outside the tunnel, and the second will be further out in the compound. Collect a large Medi Pack (5) from the body of the first guard and Desert Eagle clips (6) from the body of the second. Step forward and a RX-Tech flamethrower (4) will step out from between the two buildings ahead. Back flip away from him and kill him. Another RX-Tech stormtrooper (5) and another flamethrower (6) will arrive. After killing all three, collect Desert Eagle clips (7) from the first dead flamethrower. Run forward past the fence and draw weapons. Turn left and kill another RX-Tech stormtrooper (7) that's running around inside the dark building. Turn left and run back past the fence. Turn right and run down the alley between the two buildings. Turn right and run forward and watch a helicopter fly overhead. Run forward to the gate in the fence and when the helicopter lands, the gate will open. Run forward to the helicopter. Lara approaches the RX-Tech helicopter and opens the door. The pilot of the helicopter turns and is surprised to see Lara's beautiful face. A smile crosses his face as evil thoughts race through his head. Lara isn't intimidated, and smiles back. With lightning speed, he reaches for his gun, but Lara draws first, and shoots, killing him. She hauls his body out of the chopper, and climbs inside, closing the door behind her. She sits in the pilot's seat, and the Huey lifts off. As Lara turns the helicopter, she notices that RX-Tech has no intention of letting her get away unchallenged. She fires the chopper's guns at a ground based gun turret, blasting it to bits before it can turn and take aim. Suddenly alarms on the chopper's instrument panel go off as a surface-to-air missile locks onto her helicopter. Lara, keeps her cool and waits for the missile to draw near. She suddenly pulls the chopper up and the missile narrowly misses the chopper. Lara quickly pulls away as RX-Tech sends a second Huey to chase her down. The second chopper closes and fires its machine guns, riddling the tail of Lara's helicopter with holes. Lara thinks quickly and turns the helicopter into a snowy pass, causing the second chopper to loose sight of Lara. When the second chopper enters the pass, the pilot finds the pass empty. He scans back and forth looking for Lara's helicopter. Suddenly, Lara's helicopter descends from above and she fires the guns. The pursuit helicopter explodes in a ball of flames. Lara turns and pilots the helicopter away. (follow plot)

	Summary	In order of appearance:
	Pickups	1 Infada Stone 1 Element 115 1 Ora Dagger 1 The Eye of Isis 1 Large Medi Pack 1 Desert Eagle Clip 1 Desert Eagle Clip 7 Total	Kills	1 Dr. Willard 2 RX-Tech stormtroopers 1 RX-Tech flamethrower 1 RX-Tech stormtrooper 1 RX-Tech flamethrower 1 RX-Tech stormtrooper 7 Total
	Footnotes: For some reason, each time you stun Willard (spider creature) the kill counter will be incremented. We count Willard as one kill. Your final kill total may vary depending on how many times you stun him.