Tomb Raider:
Underworld
Text
& Screenshots by Dr. Hugh
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2.1.1 Coastal Thailand, The Remnants - Climbing Up
2.1.2 Coastal Thailand, The Remnants - Into the Temple
2.2.1 Coastal Thailand, Bhogavati - Going Down
2.2.2 Coastal Thailand, Bhogavati - Open Ruins
2.2.3 Coastal Thailand, Bhogavati - Inside the Ruins
2.2.4 Coastal Thailand, Bhogavati - Shiva and Kali
2.3 Coastal Thailand, The Ancient World
2.4 Coastal Thailand, Puppet no Longer
Level
2:
COASTAL THAILAND
Sublevel
3:
THE
ANCIENT WORLD
After
having killed about a hundred of spiders coming out of the square opening hang
down from the front edge. Dow below there is a narrow ledge (very deep). Drop
down and press B1 to hang from both hands. Then let go to the lower narrow
ledge.
Hang from the front edge
Let go to the lower narrow ledge hanging from 1 hand
Press B1 to hang from both hands
Drop to the lower narrow ledge
Underneath
the ceiling you notice a golden ring hanging from there. Drop down and
immediately grapple on this ring. Let go to the floor.
Immediately grapple on the ring
In
front of you between two protruding walls there is square block decorated with a
Skull. Approach the block.
Approach this block
Cut
Scene: Lara wants to take something from her backpack an electric blue fire will
fill Lara’s left hand: the Gauntlet of
Thor. She will touch the block with the Gauntlet: the Runes start shining
electric blue like the Gauntlet and two giant doors will open for a few seconds
and close again.
Lara explores her backpack...
and gets the Gauntlet of Thor
I
can see where the rumors of Thor’s godlike strength come from.
Then
a yellow hand will appear so press B1 and Lara will touch the doors. The blue
Runes will shine more. Press B1 to
touch the doors with both hands and press LAS left to open the doors.
Touch the doors again
LAS left will open them
Press
B1 to release the left door and enter the newly accessible area beyond the
doors. A bunch of spiders will attack, so prepare to use your pistols.
From
here on certain walls will light up electric blue when you touch them with the
Gauntlet. The magic will vanish when you leave this place, so stay inside until
your job is finished in there!
Proceed
to the walkway leading to a tree on a round platform. About the middle of the
walkway look all around the hall.
Run along the walkway
Stop here and look all around
This
hall is a dome-shaped cylinder with a cylindrical pillar in the middle on which
you see a small tree and a pedestal. The ceiling is covered by the branches of
an enormous tree.
There
are three bands of ledges with broken parts that surround the hull of the
cylinder. The walkway is connected with the central cylinder.
Now
this whole structure: central cylinder and the walkway are constituting a
rotating mechanism. The purpose is to rotate the set into different positions in
order to find openings that lead to hidden goodies. Nothing more than that,
besides exiting the place.
Look
down from the walkway where you see a golden ring hanging from the side.
Remember this ring. Lower down there is an enormous deep pit.
You
also see that the central cylinder goes all the way down but it has a polygonal
ledge in between that goes around it – although you can see broken parts in
there too.
A ring hanging form the side wall of the walkway
The central cylinder with its lower ledge around it
Go
to the left side of the walkway. There is a ring hanging on the wall there too.
Then there is this giant statue standing going to the bottom of the pit.
Then
look left and slightly on your right notice a golden ring on a wall with runes.
Grapple
on the ring and jump to the wall hanging from the cable. Let go to the ledge
below and turn right to find your 26th Treasure.
Grapple on the ring
Jump to the wall and let go
Your 26th Treasure found on the ledge down below
Return
the same way by grappling on the ring above and when almost there swing left to
reach the walkway automatically again. (Be careful to stand on the correct place
because there is a second golden ring to the left.)
Climb up to the ring again
Swing left to the walkway
Proceed
to the tree on the top of the central cylinder and observe the mysterious
Statue. Then a Cut Scene will start.
This was long before the upper
Temple
was added
Turning around she notices Proto-Norse Runes again
Lara
takes the camera in here hand:
My
son, your treasures here and far – this Gauntlet’s twin, your belt,
Megingjord, and the mighty Mjolnir – are protected by the dead to keep Jórmungandr
subdued.
But
the map’s been destroyed, and recently.
Turning
to the pedestal:
If
one of Thor’s Gauntlets was here, it’s gone now.
What’s this?
Lara reads a sentence written on the pedestal
“Natla
– I see your goal and am your puppet no longer – Richard James Croft”
That’s
where you hid the Artifact. You sly old fox.
Now
if I can just make it back to the boat...
On
the other side of the gap you see another block with a Skull and an exit.
Facing
this Skull, walk straight and hang from the edge. Drop down to narrow ledges 6
times. On the 5th drop you will hear the chime announcing a Treasure.
Drop down the lowest ledge and see the yellow hand on top.
Hang from the ledge
Drop down 6 times to the lower narrow band
When
you press B1 the camera will turn all the way up until you see the wall of the
walkway turning electric blue. Lara will then touch the pillar side with the
blue Runes with both hands.
The camera shows the wall of the walkway and the ring hanging from it
Press LAS right to rotate the pillar as far as you can (90 degrees).
Start the rotation
Final position
Then
let go and return left into the opening revealed by the rotation. Here you find
Treasure #27.
The opening that contains Treasure #27
Exit
the opening and turn right. Jump across the broken part of the ledge. Go to the
end wall (that is the side wall of the walkway) where a blue “Q” for a
grapple ring will appear. Look up left to see the ring I took your attention to
before.
Grapple
on the ring and hang against the wall. Swing left/right and jump to the left
ledge.
Look
left to see the curved ledge that ends by the edge of a gap.
The curved ledge ends at a gap
Turn
around and approach the wall with the blue Runes and notice the yellow hand
appearing, meaning it is moveable. Press B1 to hold your hands against the wall.
You have to position the walkway such that the wall is at the end of the gap. In
order to do that you have to pull it first and somewhere between two supporting
beams stop and slip around from where you can push it all the way to the end of
the gap.
Pulling first
Running to the other side
And then pushing until the end
Let
go, look upward and see the grapple ring on the side of the walkway’s wall.
Grapple
on the ring, jump to wall swing left/right/left and let go to the central
cylinder’s lower ledge again.
Look up at the grapple ring on the wall
Your second swing to the left
Let go at the highest point
Land
on the lower ledge of the central cylinder
Go
left and jump across the gap.
Jump across the gap on your left
Turn
right: you’re standing back in front of the section of the central cylinder
with the blue Runes where you dropped down from.
Climb
up to the circular platform with the tree (6 jumps, then climb up overlooking
the walkway – which has rotated and is standing in another position now. First
shoot all the bats that like Lara’s blood.
Run
to the end of the walkway and turn right to see a Treasure. Run/jump past the
corner and collect your 28th Treasure.
The walkway has rotated again
Run/jump from here
Take Treasure #28
Now
you’ll have to align the walkway with the other exit. Return to the platform
on top of the central cylinder, go down to the lower ledge, grab the blue part
and turn it counter-clockwise. A cinematic will then show you that the walkway
is aligned with the other exit.
Start rotating
The final position
The walkway is now aligned with the other exit
Climb
up again to the platform. Cross the walkway and in the middle hang down from the
left. Shimmy left until you hanging right above the grapple ring. Let go and
immediately press B2 to grapple on the ring. Lower down like in the screenshot.
Swing left/right/left to reach the left ledge.
Hang above the ring
Hang from the ring
Swing left and let go
Turn
left and see how the curved ledge goes around the giant Statue. You have to
pull/push the wall of the walkway again to its final point by the edge of the
gap – the same way like you did before by crossing around between two
supporting beams somewhere in between.
The curved ledge going behind the Statue
Grapple
on the ring on your left (on the blue wall) and swing/jump to the lower ledge of
the central cylinder again.
Grapple from here
Swing left
Land on the lower ledge of the central cylinder
Cross
the gap on your left and climb up to the cylindrical platform. The walkway is
now aligned between the new exit (on your right) and the giant Statue. Run to
the end, turn left and find your single Relic
in this Level behind the Statue. This will increase Lara’s Health permanently
for the second time and heal all wounds.
The new alignment of the walkway
Meet the Relic
Lara Stamina has increased again
The
walkway’s current position is too far away from the new exit to jump to it.
Therefore, it has to be rotated some 20 degrees clockwise to align it again.
Climb
down to the lower ledge on the central cylinder and jump over the gap on your
right. Use the grapple ring on the wall to swing/jump to the opposite ledge on
your right.
There
are two ways how to do this. You can either perfectly align it by pulling the
wall far enough (look upward and see if the walkway is in front of the exit’s
ledge). This would cause a difficult grapple swing/jump though – but not
impossible. It would represent a clean
ending.
An
easier way is pulling the blue walkway wall until it is somewhat in the middle
of the previous support beam. Grapple and swing/jump left to the lower ledge of
the central cylinder right in front of the hole where you found Treasure #27.
Make sure you jump left from a low position or you’ll jump through a gap and
drop dead.
Pull the wall until the previous support
beam
Look to where you will have to grapple swing/jump to
Jump from this point
Safely land on the lower cylindrical ledge
Cross
the gap on the left and the blue panel should now in be between two parts of the
ledge – above a gap. Jump to it and climb up to the cylindrical platform.
Climb up and pull up and notice how the walkway is skew regarding to the exit.
The blue climbing section is above a gap
The walkway is not exactly aligned
As you can see on the screenshot the walkway is not entire aligned with the exit. Walk over the walkway and at the end the corners should exactly meet. Run/jump over the corner to the exit path.
Run/jump from here
A
small cinematic will start. Lara lost here Gauntlet.
And I am Thor no longer, it seems
I
wonder how he charged it up again?