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
Sublevel
3
THE MIDGARD SERPENT
Part
1
THE XIBALBA STATUES ROOM
We
start by the deadly pit where Lara read the Mayan Hieroglyphs. A Journal Entry
has been unlocked. Read it.
The beginning of the Sublevel
At
the right side between the pit and the bike there is a lever on the wall.
However, it won’t work, because it is blocked. So we have to find a way to
unblock it!
This lever won’t work yet
Turn
around, pass between the pit and the bike and enter a room. Turn right and look
down at a staircase going down.
A staircase going down
Hop
on the bike and drive from the stairs. Down the stairs there are two air filled
jars in the right corner so don’t ever bother wasting your time with them.
Turn left-right-right and at the left corner where the hallway turns left there
are two jars. Get from the bike and smash the brown jar containing your Treasure
#29.
The brown jar contains Treasure #29
Back
on the bike follow left-left, drive down from two staircases and then through a
corridor with three spike pits you have to pass, so speed up.
Pass the two first pits and then brake. On your left is a Health Potion to pick
up.
Over the first two pits
Now brake for the Health Potion
You
already noticed some horizontal poles on the walls that will come in handy right
now, because the third pit has two sunken ramps that we will have to raise.
Jump to the pole near the Potion you just picked up and hang close to the wall.
Stand on it and jump to the left narrow wall. When touching the wall press jump
to reach the upper pole. Hang from it and face the narrow ledge on the opposite
pillar by the wall. Swing/jump to it.
Jump to the pole and then face the left wall
Stand up and jump to the wall,
immediately pressing jump
Jump to the upper pole
Swing/jump to the narrow ledge
The
L-shaped narrow ledge will lower down by Lara’s weight causing the log ramps
to rise. But then you will hear some nervous clicking and a number of enormous
spiders escape from the pit – one by one. Shoot them with the Pistols while
hanging from the narrow ledge.
The narrow ledge will lower and the ramps will rise
Shoot the giant spiders
Now
you’re thinking when Lara drops down to the floor the narrow ledge will rise
again causing the ramp to lower again? Don’t take my word for it and try.
Drive your bike backwards to the top of the previous log and pull up to cross
the third pit.
The correct distance to start the jump
An easy flight
When
the passage turns to the right take the Health Potion from the corner where it
turns to the left.
Another Health Potion for Lara
Turn
left-left and drive from the stairs. At the right end of the stairs is one more
Health Potion.
Health Potions by the dozens here
Back
on the bike now! Enter a room with Xibalba Statues and a Cut Scene will start:
The entrance to the Xibalba Statues Room
The
Lords of Xibalba were said to kill visitors for sport by sending them into
devious trap rooms
Then
Lara is attacked by two giant spiders and a few small nephews. Keep running
backwards in circles while constantly aiming and shooting with your Pistols.
Two giant spiders with their cubs
Return
to the closed door, pick up a Health Potion and smash a jar in the corner for
Treasure #30.
A Health Potion
The jar containing Treasure #30
Left
of the door where your bike is standing there are narrow ledges on the wall.
Jump to the first one, vault up to the second and then to the third which is
wider, where you shimmy to the right and prepare a side jump to the narrow ledge
on your right at the same height.
Jump up to three narrow ledges and shimmy right to prepare a side jump
Shimmy
right and prepare a right jump. Shimmy right again and jump up to the higher
narrow ledge. Shimmy left and prepare a left side jump.
Shimmy right on this new ledge
Vault up to the higher narrow ledge and
prepare a left jump
Make
a left jump to the narrow ledge. Pull up and find your 31st Treasure
in the alcove.
Left to the narrow ledge
Pull up and collect Treasure #31
Hang from the ledge and drop down to the floor. That’s just a little damage taken that soon will heal.
Turn
around and run to the set of staircases on the opposite side. There’s a Health
Potion on the floor on the right corner of the staircase. Ascend the few stairs
on your right and find a second one (the adjacent jar contains merely dust).
Then on your right there’s a third one.
On the corner of the right staircase
Above a few stairs on the right
By the column on your right
Now
you’ve taken all goodies hidden in this room, so it’s about time to leave
from here. Let’s examine the floor and the Statues.
In front of the 5 steps descending from the door you will notice two pressure
pads. Our favorite puzzle in Tomb Raider!
Two pressure pads in front of the door’s stairs
Around
the inner circle of the room there are 7 sitting Xibalba Statues of whom 5 are
carrying a decorated club in their right hand. Inside the circle there are 4
colored square holes: yellow, red, silver and turquoise.
The 4 colored square holes
Notice
a club with a golden band in front of one of the Statues. Pick it up and stand
between the feet of the Statue. Stick it into its right hand and the Statue will
lower down.
Pick up this club
Stand in front of the Statue and stick
it into its right hand
The Statue will lower
Ascend
the staircase behind the Statue and find a second club on top. Take it and
return to the circle of Statues. Stand in front of each of the remaining Statues
to find the one that still misses a club in its hand. It’s the left one coming
down from the stairs. Stick it into its hand.
The club on top of the stairs
Stick the club into its hand
Now
a Cut Scene will show you how four of the Statues will lay their club down on
their legs.
Four of the Statues lay down their club on their knees
The
octagonal prism containing the 4 colored squares is rising from the center of
the circle.
The central octagonal prism is rising too
Go
to each of the Statues with horizontal clubs acting like handholds. These
Statues can now be rotated.
Try any of them. Grab the club and rotate the Statue counter clockwise through
180 degrees.
Grab the club and rotate the Statue
A high door will then open
Repeat
for the three other Statues.
The three other doors sliding up
Now
you’ve got all 4 doors opened and you will have to explore each area behind
them. The sequence doesn’t matter, start going in through any you like.
Say - start with the one on top of the staircase: that is the easiest accessible.
The entrance on top of the staircase
Go
inside and get a Checkpoint where you should also make a manual savegame.