Tomb Raider: Underworld

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4.1 Southern Mexico - The Unnamed Days

4.2.1 Southern Mexico - Xibalba: The First Mayan Calendar

4.2.2 Southern Mexico - Xibalba: Into the Temple

4.2.3 Southern Mexico - Xibalba: The Second Mayan Calendar

4.3.1 Southern Mexico - The Midgard Serpent: The Xibalba Statues room

4.3.2 Southern Mexico - The Midgard Serpent: The Four Colored Keys - The Silver Key

Southern Mexico - The Midgard Serpent: The Four Colored Keys - The Golden Key

Southern Mexico - The Midgard Serpent: The Four Colored Keys - The Red Key

Southern Mexico - The Midgard Serpent: The Four Colored Keys - The Turquoise Key

4.3.3 Southern Mexico - The Midgard Serpent: The Crafted Skull

4.3.4 Southern Mexico - The Midgard Serpent: The Serpent Pool

4.3.4 Southern Mexico - Land of the Dead

Level 4
SOUTHERN MEXICO

Sublevel 2
XIBALBA

Part 2
INTO THE TEMPLE

 

There are three square pillars on the left each having a hole where you can stick in the pole. Observe all three and notice that the left one is the tallest and moreover, it is containing a narrow ledge on top of the hole. So this is the pillar you want.


The 3 pillars with holes

 

Go to the left pillar and stick the pole into the hole


Press B1 to stick the pole into the hole


Hang from the pole


Stand up


Jump up to the higher narrow ledge

 

Shimmy left around the corner and vault up to the higher narrow ledge.


Shimmy left around the corner


Vault up to the higher narrow ledge

 

Left of Lara is another pillar with a narrow ledge on the same height. Shimmy to the corner and make the jump.


Prepare a left jump


Hang from the narrow ledge on the left pillar

 

Left you can see climbing stones on the Temple’s wall. Shimmy left around the corner and jump backwards, grabbing one of the stones.


Shimmy left around the corner


Prepare the backward jump


Jump backwards to the wall

 

Use the climbing stones to go to the right as far as you can.


Climb to your right and then jump right


Your second row of stones

 

Go to the far right and notice a narrow beam behind you.


You’ve reached the far end with the narrow beam behind you


Jump backwards to the narrow beam

 

Walk along the narrow beam to the next pillar and then turn right where you will spot a narrow ledge on a next pillar.


Walk along the narrow beam


Turn right at the end and prepare a jump to the narrow ledge


Hanging from the narrow ledge

 

Shimmy left around the corner and further to the protruding narrow beam on the left side of the pillar. Stand up at the end and turn slightly left to prepare a jump to a narrow beam on the next pillar.


Shimmy to the narrow beam


Stand up on the narrow beam and turn slightly left to prepare your jump to the next protruding narrow beam

 

Hang from the beam and shimmy left to the left protruding narrow beam where you pull up.


Shimmy to the left protruding narrow beam on this pillar


Pull up and turn right


Jump to the narrow beam in front of you

 

Standing on this beam protruding from the temple wall jump up to the higher narrow ledge, and shimmy right around the corner.


Vault up to the narrow ledge


Shimmy right around the corner

 

From where you’re hanging now you can see two things: a lower narrow ledge to reach the floor and a jar in the corner.


To the lower narrow ledge and then to the floor


The jar in the corner contains Treasure #22

 

Next you have to get out of here. Turn around the corner on your left and notice a horizontal pole sticking out of a square pillar. Jump to the pole and stand up. Vault up to the higher horizontal pole. Swing/jump to the opposite bar.


Standing on the lower pole


Vault up to the higher pole


Standing on the opposite bar

 

Jump to the opposite ledge and pull up.


Jump to the opposite ledge


Pull up

 

Then turn around and notice a jar standing on the opposite pillar. Jump to the pillar, break the jar and get your 23rd Treasure.


Turn around and notice the jar on the pillar


Jump and take Treasure #23

 

Jump back to the ledge and turn left around the corner where you will see a grapple ring on a lower ledge.


A grapple ring on a lower ledge


Grapple on the ring


Slowly walk to the edge


Let go down to the lower floor

 

Turn around and notice a jar standing inside a hole in the wall. Break it to get Treasure #24.


A hole in the wall, a jar and Treasure #24

 

Get out and run to a next room where you can jump to a block by the wall. Turn around and notice an L-shaped ledge slightly on your left. Jump to the ledge and find two jars in the left corner. The brown jar contains Treasure #25.


Jump up to the block and pull up


Jump to the L-shaped ledge


Get Treasure #25

 

Vault up to the next ledge and pull up. Go left and notice a grapple ring on one of the ledges in front of you (you have used thus grapple ring before to get down). Grapple on the ring.


Jump up to the ledge and pull up


Grapple on the ring from the left side

 

Move to the right side in order to get the cable around a block standing on a pillar. Press b1 to retract the cable and the block will fall down to the lower floor.


Walk to the right side on the ledge while retracting the cable


Get the block down


The block knocks a hole in the floor

 

The falling block has caused an opening in the floor from where some 6 bats will attack which you can easily shoot with your Pistols.


Nasty bats

 

Hang from the edge and drop down to the floor with a little damage. Then hang from the edge of the pit (caused by the falling block). Let go to the lower narrow ledge.


Hang from the edge and let go to the floor


Hang from the edge of the pit


Let go to the lower narrow ledge

 

Shimmy all the way to your left and notice climbing stones below you. Let go to grab the stones.


Shimmy left


Drop down to grab the stones

 

In a niche on your right you can already spot a brown jar. That must contain a Treasure! On your left behind you notice a narrow vertical round column. Go as low as possible and prepare a backward jump to the column.


On a lower position prepare a backward jump to the column


Hang on the column

 

Slide down to the floor getting from the column’s pedestal. Jump to a couple of ledges of which the highest has some kind of a Skull lying on it. Take that Skull.


Jump down from the column’s pedestal


Jump to the first ledge


The second ledge has the Skull on top

 

Then a whole bunch of spiders is attacking Lara. Pistols do a fine job.
Now you want to go to that niche with the jar? Go down and jump to another pedestal with a low narrow cylindrical column. Stand on top of the column and face the wall with a narrow ledge. Jump to the narrow ledge and shimmy left around the corner. Jump left to the niche and pull up. And there is your jar containing Treasure #26.


Hanging from the low column


Perching on the column face the narrow ledge


Jump to the narrow ledge


Shimmy left around the corner


Jump left and hang from the edge of the niche

 

After having collected your 26th Treasure hang down from the edge again and drop to the floor. Go to the middle high column and climb all the way up until you are perching on it. Face the square pillar slightly to your left and jump to its lower narrow ledge. Vault up to the higher narrow ledge and shimmy left to prepare a jump to the narrow ledge on your left at the same height.


Climb the middle large pillar to perch on


Face the narrow ledge on the opposite column and jump to it


Vault up to the higher narrow ledge and prepare your jump to the left

 

Shimmy left until the end and let go to the lower narrow ledge.

  


Get down to the lower narrow ledge

 

Shimmy left around the corner and let go to the stones in the wall. Climb up diagonally left from the stones past the corner.
Go as far up as you can and then vault up to a next series of stones (LAS up + B4). Continue left around the corner and stay high.


Shimmy left around the corner


Jump left to the stones


Make your way up around the corner


Jump up to a next set of stones

 

Jump left to a next set of stones and go left as far as possible to jump to a broken pole hanging from the ceiling.


Left is your next row of stones


Jump left to a hanging pole


Hang on the pole

 

Climb up a bit and turn your back towards the climbing stones of the opposite wall. Simply press B4 to jump to the stones on the wall. Climb a bit higher to your left and jump up to a higher narrow ledge (you will have to press B1 to hang from both hands).


The location to jump to the wall


Jump backwards to the stones on the wall


Vault up to the higher narrow ledge

 

Shimmy left and prepare a jump to another narrow ledge on your left.
Shimmy left and jump up to the higher full ledge. Also here press B1 to hang from both hands (it keeps raining here in Mexico ) Pull up. This is a Checkpoint.


Prepare the left jump


Shimmy left and then jump to the higher ledge


Pull up here

Go to Part 3:
THE SECOND MAYAN CALENDAR