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The Times Expedition1 |
Items: 20 |
Kills: 14 |
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| Under the pale light of a torch, the ominous figure of a half-man, half-beast statue looms. Suddenly debris falls from above as Lara Croft slides down an overhead ramp. Lara manages to keep her balance as she adjusts her weight to slide around a sharp corner. Her slide finally comes to a halt at the bottom of the ramp in front of two of these large man-beast statues. | |||
SECRET #1
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Before going forward through the doorway and down the ramp, use the
right direction button to TURN RIGHT until Lara is facing the ramp she
just slid down. To the left of the ramp is a dark corner. Use the
flare button to LIGHT A FLARE and then use the forward direction
button to RUN FORWARD into this dark corner. With the pale green light
of the flare, Lara will find a small passageway with a low-lying
ceiling. Run to the end of the passageway and do a REVERSE ROLL to
face the opposite way. With Lara's back against the far wall, use the look button and the down direction key to LOOK UP and see a ledge above. Use the walk button and the forward direction key to WALK FORWARD to position Lara right under the ledge. Press the jump key to JUMP STRAIGHT UP and hold down the action key to GRAB the ledge. Now use the forward direction key to PULL UP to the top of the ledge. Move forward up a short ramp until Lara can walk upright no further. CROUCH DOWN, and while still holding down the crouch button, press the forward direction key to CRAWL through the gap. Once Lara is through this short gap, she will be able to stand upright again. Move forward against the wall ahead, Once again, Lara must JUMP STRAIGHT UP and GRAB the ledge above. Now use the forward direction key to PULL UP to the top of the ledge. Run forward towards a lower ledge. This time, press down the action key followed by the forward direction key to VAULT UP onto the ledge. Repeat this vaulting maneuver to climb up the next two ledges ahead. |
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Shotgun
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Once Lara has pulled up onto the final ledge at the bottom of a slope,
there will be a sound to indicate that she has found an area that is
SECRET #1. Turn right and enter a short passageway and see a couple
items on the floor. Position Lara over the items using the walk key
and then use the action key to PICK UP a blue-colored box of wideshot
shotgun shells (1) and also a shotgun
(2). Notice that once Lara picks up the
shotgun, she will automatically receive a red-colored box of regular
shotgun shells. Turn around and exit this short passageway. Turn left and run forward to drop down off the next three ledges. Once at the bottom near the short gap, turn right and slide down a slope that deposits her at the bottom of the room where she originally started. |
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Use the forward direction button to RUN FORWARD toward the doorway
ahead and down a slope towards a torch that lights the end of the
narrow corridor. At the bottom of the slope, turn right to enter a
large hallway with massive ornamental pillars on either side. Have
Lara DRAW her pistols before entering this hallway. Cautiously run down the hallway and Lara will encounter four red scorpions (1, 2, 3, 4). Use a combination of forward and backward jumps to avoid being stung by the scorpions. Lara should be able to shoot while jumping and easily dispose of the scorpions with a few shots each. Note that the look button can be used to have Lara switch targets. After all the scorpions are dead, run forward into the next room which features a trench in the middle and also houses two large half-man, half-beast statues. Run off the edge into the trench ahead. Lara will find a canister of flares (3) to the right, and a small Medi Pack (4) to the left. VAULT UP out of the trench and proceed forward through a doorway. Lara will enter a room with three black jackal statues on each side. SPRINT forward down the stairs. About halfway down the stairs, Lara will start to feel the ground shaking. Once Lara is through the doorway at the bottom of the stairs, quickly run to the right and REVERSE ROLL to see a lethal spike ball roll by. An easier method to avoid the spike ball is to go to the left or right of the stairs, and run down one of the slopes and wait for the spike ball to roll by. Run back into the room with the jackal statues. Turn to the right and step up onto the slope beside the staircase. While standing at the bottom of the slope, turn and face the wall. Use the action button and forward direction button to jump straight up and grab the high ledge above. If Lara is unsuccessful in grabbing the ledge above, it is likely because she is too close to the jackal statue and is unable to grab the ledge below the statue.Use the walk key and right direction button to SIDESTEP RIGHT to position Lara at the bottom of the slope so she is able to jump up and grab the ledge above. Pull up onto the ledge to find a box of wideshot shotgun shells (5). Use the backwards direction button to HOP BACK off this ledge and quickly press the action button to GRAB onto the ledge. Release the action button to have Lara safely drop down to the floor below. This maneuver is called a SAFETY DROP. Do a REVERSE ROLL to face the opposite wall. Run up to the bottom of the slope on the opposite side of the stairs and once again jump up to the ledge above. Pick up a pair of Uzi clip (6) clips at the top. Safety drop down to the floor. Run back into the room with the spike ball and turn right. Enter a hallway that leads to a large chamber with a huge golden statue of Osiris seated at the top of a slope. Run up the slope and when near the top, vault up the left wall just behind another statue of a seated jackal. LIGHT A FLARE and drop down to the dark area on the opposite side of the wall. Lara will land on the floor littered with gold coins. Turn left and run down this trench to pick up a small Medi Pack (7) and a quiver of crossbow normal bolts (8) towards the corner of this room. Reverse roll and run all the way back down the trench. Do a RUNNING JUMP over the large gold urn at the end of the trench. Have Lara make her way around the other fallen urns to the wall that was on the right side of the slope. Once again, vault up the wall behind the jackal statue, light a flare, and drop down to the dark trench on the other side. In this trench, Lara will find a large Medi Pack (9) and a box of wideshot shotgun shells (10). Reverse roll and run back down the trench. Once again, do a running jump over a large gold urn that sits in a depression at the end of the trench. Notice that behind this urn are scratch marks on the ground that indicate this urn had been moved from a marking of heiroglyphics on the floor a couple blocks away. Position Lara in front of the urn and press the action button to have Lara grab the urn's handle. While holding down the action button, press the backwards direction key to have Lara pull the urn backwards one block. Hop back, then do a STANDING JUMP over the urn to reach the other side of it. Reverse roll to face the urn once more. Before moving the urn one more time, Lara should do a little preparation for what comes next. If Lara has found the shotgun, she should equip herself with it now by selecting it in her inventory. At this point, there is no difference whether Lara selects normal or wideshot ammo. If Lara still only has her pistols, they will still suffice. Position Lara in front of the urn, then press the action key followed by the forward direction key to push the urn once. Pushing the urn on top of the heiroglyphics will cause a cinematic view to follow that shows a stone block being raised from the floor in the room with the spiked ball. As soon as the camera view centers back on Lara, DRAW her weapon and do a BACKWARDS FLIP to avoid being bitten by two jackals (5, 6). These jackals are the same ones that were frozen as statues at the bottom of the slope and now have become animated to attack Lara. If Lara has the shotgun readied, she should be able to dispose of the jackals quickly at close range with one shot each. Otherwise, she will need to take quite a few shots with the pistols to kill them. |
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SECRET #2
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Put away weapons and vault up the wall at the side of the trench. Run
to the end of the wall where there is a stone head of a large cat-like
creature hung on the wall. Draw pistols and fire at this head until it
explodes. Lara must to the same to the other stone carving. To save
time, Lara can face the opposite wall, take a RUNNING JUMP and GRAB to
reach it. Climb up on the wall, turn, and shoot the stone head on the
other side. Destroying both heads will cause a trapdoor to the left of
the large Osiris statue to open. Run to the end of the room with the gold Osiris statue and vault up onto the platform. Drop down through the trapdoor opening and run to the end of the small tunnel. Vault up at the end of the tunnel and turn right. Position Lara against the ladder and press the action button followed by the forward direction key to have Lara CLIMB UP the ladder into SECRET #2. |
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Crossbow
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Once she pulls up to the top, run right around a corner and Lara will enter a small room above and behind the Osiris statue. To the left she will find a quiver of poison crossbow bolts (11) and to the right is the crossbow (12) itself. Exit the room and drop down the hole where the ladder is. Run back out the secret tunnel and pull up onto the platform with the Osiris statue. | ||
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Have Lara make her way back to the slope at the entrance to this
room. Run back through the tunnel that leads to the small room with
the spiked ball. Lara should be able to see that there is now a large
stone block in the center of the room. Have Lara do a RUNNING JUMP
right onto the stone block without stopping her run down the hallway
to avoid being bitten by three jackals that have now entered this room
(7, 8, 9). Draw pistols and dispose of
the jackals easily from the safety of the block. Holster the pistols and have Lara turn and face south to find a small gap above on one of the walls. WALK to the edge of the block and do a STANDING JUMP and GRAB onto the edge of the gap. While holding the action button, press the crouch and forward direction button together to to have Lara pull into this small gap. Press the forward direction button to CRAWL FORWARD through this low lying tunnel. Once Lara can stand upright at the end of the tunnel, run forward. She will notice the bodies of two crumpled mummies (10, 11) lying to the side of this hallway. When Lara reaches the end of the hallway and turns right, these two mummies will awaken and start to chase Lara. Have Lara continue around the corner and head towards a mummy (12) lying in the middle of the hallway dead ahead. The third mummy awaken and follow. It is no use trying to shoot these mummies, as no weapons will kill them. However, a shotgun blast will throw them back a few feet. It is just easiest to sprint around the mummy at the end of the hall and drop out the opening. The mummies will not follow Lara out the opening. Lara will drop down onto a landing that leads to a large room filled with water and a large boat floating in the middle. Before Lara moves another step, draw weapons, preferably the shotgun. If Lara has run out of normal shotgun ammo, she will have to choose the wideshot ammo at this point. Have Lara approach either the right or left slope that leads to the water. Lara will quickly realize that the wateres are infested by crocodiles. Lara will find that there are two crocodiles (13, 14) already in the water right in front of her. Lara should be able to kill them from the dry slope while they are still in the water with two or three shotgun blasts each. WADE into the water to waist-high level to lure a two more crocodiles (15, 16) to swim over from the opposite side of the room2. |
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Revolver
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Before going back into the water, use the pistols to shoot two large
vases to either side of the wall. The vase to the the south is empty,
but the vase on the northern slope contains a valuable revolver (13). Lara can determine which direction she is
facing using the compass. Pick up the revolver and enter the
water. Lara must swim under a ledge that is between the two slopes on this near, or eastern, side of the room. On the underside of this underwater ledge is a small lever. Position Lara under the switch and press the action button to have Lara pull it down. Activating this switch opens up a grate on the wall at the far end of this room. Quickly surface if Lara is running out of breath at this point. Then swim across to the far end of the room and wade out of the water on the other side. Position Lara against the wall with the opening that was once covered by the grate. Use the action button and forward button to vault up and pull up into the opening. Run forward down a winding tunnel and head down some stairs. Notice that at the bottom of these stairs is a grill in the ground with some breaks in the lattice. |
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Vase Room
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Lara will enter a small two-level chamber filled with ornate
vases. Some of these vases hold valuable items, while others hold
untold dangers. Once Lara enters the room, draw pistols to have her
shoot open the vase directly to her left or is west of her. She will
find this vase is empty. Rotate to the right, and shoot the vase down the room directly to the north of Lara. Blasting open this vase will release a swarm of deadly scarab beetles that will nibble away at Lara's health if she comes in contact with them. Furthermore, Lara cannot use any of her weapons to kill these little creatures. Quickly HOP BACK over the broken grill on the floor and up the stairs. Lara will see that the beetles cannot cross the broken grill and will fall into the pit below3. |
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Lasersight
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Run back down the stairs and over the grill to re-enter the room. Turn
forty-five degrees to the left and shoot the vase towards the
northwest side of the room. Then shoot the other vase in the
northwest corner of the room and more beetles will be released so Lara
should dispose of them by hopping back behind the grill. Run back
to where the vase was near the northwest corner of the room and find
that it contained a valuable lasersight (14). This laser sight can fit onto the revolver
or crossbow if Lara is carrying either of them. While on on the bottom floor of this room, shoot the vase that lies along the north wall to find that it is empty. Run around some pillars to the west wall of the room and shoot the remaining vase to find a box of revolver ammo (15). To climb up to the second level of this room, Lara needs to position herself under the part of the ledge above that is not near a pillar. However, Lara must be careful not to pull up too close to the torches in the middle of the room or she will catch fire. The safest method is to pull up on the ledge directly in front of the either vase on the second level. JUMP STRAIGHT UP and GRAB the north ledge to pull up directly in front of the vase. Step back from the vase, draw pistols and blast it open to find another box of revolver ammo (16). Run around the ledge and shoot the vase along the south wall to reveal a small Medi Pack (17). Finally shoot the vase in the southeast corner to find that it is empty. Drop back down to the bottom floor of the room being careful to avoid the torches. PULL BACK the urn in the northeast corner of the room once, then run around the pillars to the opening that the urn was blocking. Run up a flight of stairs to find a room with three vases. Shoot open the first vase that Lara encounters to the right of the room to find another box of revolver ammo (18). Shoot open the middle vase to find a canister of flares (19). The final vase to the left contains a red scorpion (17). Exit this room by running down the wider stairs on the other side. Lara will enter a large room with a wide pit in the middle. If Lara drops into the pit, she cannot climb out the other side, but must use the block to climb out on the same side she entered the room. To cross this pit, Lara must attach the laser sight onto either the crossbow or the revolver and shoot out one of the two stone cat heads on either side of the room. Use the look button to aim through the scope, and use the direction keys to center the crosshairs and red laser beam on either one of the stone heads to destroy it. Once one of the heads is destroyed, sand will pour into the pit and raise the level until Lara can traverse the pit to the other side. However, filling the pit with sand also animates the three mummies (18, 19, 20) on the other side which are indestructable. Position Lara to the left side of the pit and SPRINT across past the mummies on the other side. When Lara starts to ascend the stairs, a spiked ball will roll down the right of the stairs, narrowly missing Lara. Run through the narrow hallway to the right of the top of the stairs. The mummies will not follow Lara up further. However, running through this narrow hallway triggers a second spiked ball to roll down. Quickly run into a small alcove to the left of the stairs where Lara can stand over a grill to avoid being crushed by the spiked ball. |
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Gold Mask
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Exit the alcove and run up the narrow slope. Lara will enter a large
chamber with a large gold statue of a seated Osiris on the opposite
side. The tall grate behind Lara will drop shut when she enters the
room. In front of the Osiris statue is a tall podium with an Egyptian
death mask on top of it. Run up the steps and position Lara in front
of the podium. Use the action button to have Lara hop up and pick up
the Gold Mask (20) from the top of the
podium. Picking up the gold mask will also trigger grate to lift up on the north wall of this chamber. Exit the chamber through this opening and run down a hall. Turn right to continue down the hall until Lara reaches a hallway at the base of a wide set of stairs. When Lara enters this hallway, the grating behind her will slam shut. A huge swarm of scarab beetles will descend the stairs to nibble at her heels. Quickly run up the steps and into either or the short hallways to either side of the large room at the top. These hallways contain a grill on the floor that the beetles will fall through. Some beetles in this huge swarm may actually survive crossing over this grill, so Lara should jump back and forth over the grill until all the beetles in the room are disposed of before continuing on. Once all the beetles are dealt with, head over to the east end of the room with a shut door. Notice that there is a handle to a trapdoor on the ceiling of this room. Face north under the handle, and JUMP STRAIGHT UP and use the action button to grab the handle. Lara will be able to use her body weight to pull the trapdoor down. Position Lara under the ledge above and again jump straight up to pull up into the room above. Lara will find herself in a large room with a sunlight streaming down from above through ornamental patterns on the ceiling. Run up the stairs past the jackal statues and towards the lighted doorway to exit this tomb. |
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Summary
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In order of appearance: | ||
Pickups
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1 Wideshot Shotgun Shells 1 Shotgun 1 Flares 1 Small Medi Pack 1 Wideshot Shotgun Shells 1 Uzi Clips 1 Small Medi Pack 1 Regular Crossbow Bolts 1 Large Medi Pack 1 Wideshot Shotgun Shells 1 Poison Crossbow Bolts 1 Crossbow 1 Revolver 1 Lasersight 1 Revolver Ammo 1 Revolver Ammo 1 Small Medi Pack 1 Revolver Ammo 1 Flares 1 The Gold Mask 20 Total |
Kills
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4 red scorpions 2 jackals 3 jackals 2 mummies 1 mummy 2 crocodiles 2 crocodiles 1 red scorpion 3 mummies 20 Total 14 Maximum |
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