Tomb Raider: Underworld walkthrough

Tomb Raider: Underworld

Text & Screenshots by Dr. Hugh

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© December 2008 Bert Jamin (www.gamesover.com)
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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 3
THE MIDGARD SERPENT

Part 4
THE SERPENT Pool

You’re free to run and look around the pool. Where you picked up from last save you see some rocks in front of you and a narrow ledge on top.

There are three Serpent Statues sprawling water from their mouth: two on ground level and one high up (causing the waterfall).

Turn left to see a golden ring under the lower jaw of a water spitting Serpent Statue. Jump to the flat rock right of the Statue, pull up and again notice the ring and a golden horizontal pole hanging from the right side of the Serpent’s upper jaw.

The ring under the Serpent’s jaw

The ring and the pole

Run/jump to the pole from this ledge. Lara’s weight will lower the pole causing the Serpents head to close and stop the water flow.

Jump to the pole

The Serpent’s mouth is closing

Being fully closed the water flow is blocked

That will cause the pool to be drained.

The pool is draining fast

The ring is meant to reopen the Serpent’s mouth causing the pool to refill and we don’t want that for the moment, do we?

First look to your right (turn the camera view) at the staircase and the entrance ledge. You will notice a series of narrow ledges in the corner leading downwards.

Narrow ledges are now visible

So turn around hanging from the pole and swing/jump back to the ledge.

Turn around

Jump back to the ledge

Return clockwise around the pool and in a corner you will notice a block with eye-catching runes that you or may not have seen when you passed here before. When approaching you will hear a chime sound like the one of the Treasures. Yet when you examine the back of the block you will find nothing. You can’t move it nor can you jump on it. Strange. Perhaps we’ll find out later, so let’s keep this peculiar rock in mind.

The mysterious rock with the Runes

Run further to the corner of the entrance ledge with the narrow ledges you just saw from the pole.

You can see the top narrow ledge from here

Hang from the upper ledge and let go to two narrow ledges below. You will see another pillar on the left with narrow ledges too.

The top 3 narrow ledges

Now a nasty sequence will follow where speed is your main concern. Drop down to the lowest narrow ledge which is crumbling fast by Lara’s weight. Quickly press yellow (Interact) to hang from both hands and shimmy all the way to the opposite side while the parts of the narrow ledge on your left are all falling into the poisonous water. At the end prepare a jump to the narrow ledge on the next pillar that is also crumbling fast, shimmy right and jump to the steady rock behind the third pillar. Checkpoint.

Drop to the lowest narrow ledge and press yellow

Shimmy to the opposite side

Prepare a jump to the narrow ledge on your right

Shimmy to the right

Jump to the rock

Now you see two flat rocks against the wall. Left are a number of narrow ledges at different heights and right is a horizontal metal narrow beam sticking out of the wall and supporting a perpendicular narrow beam.

Jump from the first to the second flat rock and turn right. Now you see that the beam construction has an U-shape.

Turn right on the second flat rock

The beam construction seems U-shaped from here

Jump to the narrow beam, stand up and notice from here that the beam construction has an M-shape! The second beam on the right is broken and the first has a seemingly crumbling part in the middle.

Jump to the narrow beam

Stand up and notice the M-shaped beam construction

Walk right and at the crossing turn left and slowly walk until you feel the middle part of the beam crumbling. Hang from the beam and shimmy a bit to your left. Wait a while until the beam section drops into the water causing a gap.

An alternative crossing is shimmying to the right while repeatedly pressing LB (Sprint).

Here you feel the beam starting to crumble

Wait until the middle section drops down

Slowly walk to the end of the beam, turn your camera behind Lara’s back and jump over the gap to the other part.

The end of the beam

Turn the camera behind Lara

Jump over the gap

Continue to the next crossing, turn your camera behind Lara and jump over the gap.

Stop at the crossing

Turn the camera view behind Lara

Jump to the next section (2 views)

Walk straight-left right until the end of the protruding beam and let go to the floor.

From the crossing walk to the end of the broken beam

At the end you can drop down to the floor

Go right (your back to the pool) and two Zombies will emerge from the pool. Get them into pieces with your Karate kicks.

Kick these Zombies into hell

When you proceed two more will attack. This time combine a few shots from the Shotgun with some stomps for a change.

You can fool around with them as you like

The corner pillar has a narrow ledge. Stand facing it slightly to the left side and jump to it. When you grabbed it shimmy left around the corner. Stand up.

Face the narrow ledge on the pillar

Jump and hang from it

Shimmy left around the corner

Stand on the narrow ledge

You’re standing between two close square pillars. Between the walls you can perform a chimney jump. Three jumps will get you to a narrow ledge on the second pillar. However, if you miss a jump you’ll drop dead into the pool and will have to start allover with the two last Zombies!

The chimney jump

Shimmy left around the corner and at the end prepare for a backwards jump ending on a narrow beam.

Shimmy left and prepare a backward jump

End up at the tip of a narrow beam

Walk right at the section and drop down to the floor.

The spot to drop down

On top of the black block lies a Health potion at your disposal.

Jump up the block and take the Health Potion

Turn around and notice a golden ring hanging from the ceiling. Grapple on it and jump forward from the rock. Hang from the rope and exactly face the opposite black rock.

Grapple on the ring

Jump forward and face the flat block on the opposite side

Swing back and forth to get high enough for your jump to the opposite rock.

Jump and land on the opposite rock

Checkpoint. You may save your Game here too.

Looking around from this rock there’s no way out except a golden ring that may help to grapple on. The ring is hanging from what seems a pillar in the water next to the enormous head of a half drown Statue.

Grapple on the ring and pull it towards you.

Grapple on the ring

Pull the pillar towards you

It’s not a pillar but some kind of wall attached to the Statue. It obviously has a crevice in it. Loosen the grapple and jump to the crevice. Shimmy left until you see a narrow ledge appearing behind Lara.

Jump to the crevice

Shimmy to this correct position

Jump backwards to the narrow ledge. Shimmy left around the corners until she is hanging from the corner from where to jump to an opposite ledge. Already two Zombies constitute the welcome board.

Jump backwards to the narrow ledge

Shimmy left until the last corner

Jump backwards to the ledge and take care of the Zombies. During your fight you may break the jar near the pillar that contains your Treasure #47. Check your PDA.

Jump backwards and fight the Zombies

You will probably have picked up Treasure #47 during the fight

The Jar with the Treasure was standing next to the Health Potion which you may pick up now. Then two more Zombies will arrive. Use Karate to get rid of them. Now the coast is clear.

This Health Potion stood next to the Jar

Play game with the Zombies

The third pillar contains some narrow ledges. Jump to the grey block between the 2^nd and the 3^rd pillar and from there to the first narrow ledge. Then vault up to the second.

Jump to the grey block

From the block to the first narrow ledge

Vault up to the second narrow ledge

Shimmy around the right corner and prepare for a jump to the horizontal pole sticking out of the upper jar of the second water spawning Serpent’s head. Jump to the Pole and Lara’s weight will lower its head to cut off the water flow, just like she did with the first Serpent’s head.

Prepare the jump to the pole

The mouth will close and cut off the water flow

This will cause the pool to drain more.

The pool is draining deeper

A platform in the middle of the pool is now accessible. Turn around hanging from the pole and notice narrow ledges on the neck of the serpent. The first one can be reached by hanging from the grey block. Swing/jump back to the block.

Turn around and notice the narrow ledges on the Snake’s neck

Hang from the block and shimmy to the upper narrow ledge on the Serpent’s neck.

Hang from the block

Shimmy right to the narrow ledge

Hang from the upper narrow ledge

Drop down to the lower narrow ledge on the Serpent’s neck and from there to a black ledge just above water level. Turn around and look at the central platform.

Drop down to the lower narrow ledge

And then to the ledge above water level

Turn around and face the central platform

Jump to the platform and, yes... there arrives your new welcoming couple of Zombies to fool around with.

Two inevitable Zombies

You’ve kicked one of the buggers into the pool

Run around to explore the central platform for goodies and notice a Treasure lying on the first of two blocks. Run to the corner from where you may jump straight to the Treasure which is your #48.

Notice a Treasure lying on a higher block

Go to the corner

Jump straight to the block and take Treasure #48

Jump down to the lower ledge and jump back to the central platform.

Let go to the lower platform

You will see a big screw in the center of the platform that has two golden rings attached. This screw has to be turned clockwise into the floor.

Grapple on the right ring and pull it towards you. Keep running around until you can’t go no further.

Grapple on the right ring

Keep pulling the ring when always walking left

At this point you can’t go further

Then grapple on the other ring and turn the screw further in until it is tight.

Grapple on the other ring and finish the job

A spectacular cut scene will show a whole transformation of the Statue ending up in a door that will open.

The giant Statue will bow its head

The high Snake’s mouth will close and cut off the waterfall

The arms of the giant Statue open wide

A hidden door in his chest is revealed

Run around the corner to find a pillar with a narrow ledge and jump to the ledge. From here you already notice a Health Potion lying on top of the short pillar. Jump to the top and pull up. Take the Health Potion.