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Palace Midas |
Items: 23 |
Secrets:
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Kills: 43
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This level begins with Lara swimming through a tunnel and approaching
a gate. The gate will open automatically for her when she approaches
it. After Lara swims beyond the gate, she will find herself in a
small pool with dolphins on the pool's walls. The gate will close
behind her, sealing off the tunnel she entered from. Turn right and
exit the pool. Ignore the two passageways to Lara's left and right
for now. Draw a weapon and head forward into the passage that is
directly ahead which leads to a large room strewn with broken pillars.
Kill the two gorillas (1, 2) that attack
in this room. |
With guns still readied, run forward into either doorway at the far end of the room. Instead of turning and running up the stairs, reverse roll and run back into the broken pillar room. Take a running jump and land on top of one of the broken pillars. From the relative safety of this height, take out three gorillas (3, 4, 5) that enter this room from the direction of the pool. After they are down, turn to face the two doorways at the back of the room and watch for two more gorillas (6, 7) that were waiting in the cavern beyond to emerge from the doorways. If they don't emerge, Lara can enter one of the doorways and run up the stairs to look for them. If Lara's not already in the next cavern, enter either of the doorways and run up the stairs to find a cavern with a large doorway embedded in the cave wall. Run up the stairs to the large double doors. The right door will open automatically as Lara approaches. Grab the large Medi Pack (1). Enter the door 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. Exit the garden and run back up the stairs to return to the central room with the pool. This time head straight across to the passage on the other side, making sure to keep weapons drawn. Stay near the left wall as as Lara turns right around the corner to keep her distance from a crocodile (10) waiting in ambush. After the croc is dead, run to the end of the passageway but don't go up the stairs yet. Instead turn right before the stairs and head down a long winding tunnel that leads to a large cavern. When Lara exits the tunnel, she will see that this cavern houses a large structure which is an aqueduct. 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 structure. 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 base of the aqueduct, she will pass several open rooms on her right. 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. Lara can jump up onto one of the rocky ledges opposite the aqueduct to safely take down the lions When they are dead, run past the room they were hiding in and turn right into a dark corridor. Ready the pistols and kill the four bats (14, 15, 16, 17) that fly out of the darkness. Head down this dead-end corridor, and grab the small Medi Pack (4) on Lara's left. Now exit this large cavern through the long tunnel to 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 tall corridor that leads 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 while making note of the inscriptions above the doors along the wall. Climb onto the pillar in the back. Use a running jump to get to the next pillar, then turn and walk left until she is facing the ledge above the doorway. Do a standing jump from the edge of the pillar 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, pull the left-most lever down to open one of the
doors below. Then drop down the hole in the center of the platform,
and throw the switch at the bottom to open the gate to Lara's left.
Exit this chamber, 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 Lara might as well get it over with now. There is no secret to getting across the torches. First of all, 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. Climb back up to the main level after they're dead. It is possible to get across the torch room by just holding down the run key and maneuvering Lara in mid-air, getting her across with a series of perfectly planted jumps2. However, the easiest and most forgiving, way across is as follows. Read the following three paragraphs in their 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 pull up out of the water. Climb back up to the main level and exit this room. Ready some weapons and kill a gorilla (24) that is running around the floor of the main room. If Lara doesn't find the gorilla in this room, she may have to run back down the tall corridor at the entrance of this room to find it.
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 run to the door Lara just opened. |
Lara will enter a room with a tall vaulted ceiling being held up by a large pillar. Run past the pillar into a passageway opposite the entrance. Turn right 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 an earth shaking crash as half of the ceiling of the room above to collapse and piles of sand to pour in. Climb up the flight of stairs to a landing. 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 walk to a ledge that faces the top of the 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 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 as she slides down 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, jump back to to
the opposite ledge and 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, reverse roll, draw pistols and kill the two bats (34, 35). Do a running jump across to the tunnel on the far right of the structure and follow the tunnel forward and up lots of winding 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. If Lara falls through the tiles, she will land in the crocodile pool that was in the cave at one end of the aqueduct. Slide down the ramp, and drop down the hole at the end. Carefully drop down the next few ledges and ready weapons. Exit through the doorway and Lara will be on the high ledge above the dolphin pool that Lara started this level from. 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 opposite platform. Enter the
room, and turn left4 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 doorway. Walk over to the other side of the roof and pick up the second lead bar (16). 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 to the stairs and back to the room with the five switches and doors.
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 find the block that is to the right of the ramp. Pull the block out twice, then climb over the block, and drop down the other side. Enter the tunnel hidden behind the block, turn right, and throw the switch which raises six 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) on the pedestal. To exit this room, walk back to the edge of the opening and angle Lara to the right. Perform a standing jump diagonally to the right to land on the ground below, being careful not to come down on a spike. Exit back into the main room. Exit this room through the tall corridor and head back down the stairs. Run past the room with the pool and down the stairs on the other side and to the garden where Lara killed two gorillas earlier. Run past the sundial and head to the right to vault up onto a ledge. Turn around and face the the platform on top of the pillars where Lara will see a large Medi Pack (18). From the edge of of the lower ledge perform a standing jump and grab to get onto the roof and grab the Medi Pack.
Midas
Enter the tunnel on Lara's right and down into a small cave with the
remains of what used to be a huge statue of King Midas. Enter the
Midas room and stand against the side of the hand and press the action
key to use the three lead bars. Lara will use the hand to turn the
three bars of lead 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, vault out of the Midas room and return to the tunnel. Exit the tunnel and drop down the left side of the platform to return to the garden.
SECRET #3
Back in the garden room, locate a switch that is on the right wall
that is hidden by the bushes near the garden fence. Throw the switch
to hear the gate on Lara's right creak open. Enter the gate that Lara
just opened and turn left to find SECRET #3. Walk up to the double
steel jaws and time a standing jump through the steel jaws and over
the broken floor tile which covers a spiked pit. 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). Lara will receive a pair of magnums here
if she isn't already carrying them. Exit this area the same way Lara
came in, again with a timed jump through the double steel jaws.
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Exit the garden room and return to the room with the platform and the
five switches. Enter the doorway in the base of the platform and
climb up the stairs to the top of the platform.
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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. Enter the room, climb
the stairs all the way to the top and exit onto the fenced-in
balcony. 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 large exit door to the right. Run through the doorway and slide down the ramp to exit this level.
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Summary
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Pickups
6 Small Medi Packs |
5 Large Medi Packs1 5 Magnum Clips 3 Shotgun Shells 1 Uzi Clips 3 Lead Bars 23 Total
Kills
3 rats |
10 bats 4 crocodiles 20 gorillas 6 lions 43 Total
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