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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7.1.1 Arctic Sea - Helheim: The Six Statues

7.1.2. Arctic Sea - Helheim: The Left Tower

7.1.3 Arctic Sea - Helheim: The Right Tower

7.1.4 Arctic Sea - Helheim: The Central Tower

7.2 Arctic Sea - Yggdrasil

7.3.1 Arctic Sea - Out of Time: The First Button

7.3.2 Arctic Sea - Out of Time: The Third Button

7.3.3 Arctic Sea - Out of Time: The Second Button and Grand Finale

Level 7
ARCTIC SEA

Sublevel 1
HELHEIM

Part 4
THE CENTRAL TOWER

Enter the Central Tower. There is a snake-like main passage and a number of 4-way intersections. At these intersections the main passage turns left or right whereas the two remaining ways are dead ends.
There are also a number of rock obstructions each with an opening you can swim through. Some of the dead ends have rock obstructions that actually lead through a hole into a room.
So basically all you have to do here is following the main passage and exploring the dead ends at the intersections. There is nothing else to be found besides Treasures and a Health Potion.

The passage seems blocked by a 1^st rock obstruction. Swim to the upper right corner and find an opening you can pass through.

The 1^st obstruction is at the Entrance

The opening in the upper right corner

The 2^nd obstruction has a hole on the left side.

The 2^nd obstruction

Swim through and meet your 1^st intersection. The main passage is on your right, the left is an empty dead end and straightforward is a room blocked by a rock obstruction. You can clearly see a hole on the left.

The 1^st intersection

Swim through the hole into the room and find Treasure #17 on the floor.

Swim through the hole

Treasure #17 on the floor of the room

Go out and follow left along the main passage. In front of the 3^rd obstruction lies a Health Potion. Pick it up and swim through the clearly visible opening.

The Health potion

Swim through the opening

At the 2^nd intersection the main passage follows left and the two other passages are merely empty dead ends. Go left.

The 2^nd intersection

Swim straight to the 3^rd intersection passing the stairs going upward. The right way is a dead end and the main passage turns left.

The stairs to the 3^rd intersection

The 3^rd intersection seen from the dead end

From the dead end turn left and swim through the hole in the top of the 4^th obstruction. Find Treasure #18 on a rock in the room.

The hole in the 4^th obstruction

Pick up Treasure #18 from the rock

Leave the room and turn left into the main passage. Follow up the stairs until you reach the 4^th intersection. Straight through is a dead end and the main passage turns right.

Up the steps to the 4^th intersection

The 4^th intersection

Turn left and find a hole in the upper left corner of the 5^th obstruction. Pick up Treasure #19 in the room.

The opening in the left corner

Find Treasure #19

Leave the room and swim straightforward to the main passage where the 6^th obstruction has a hole on the left. Right behind the obstruction a staircase is going upward. In the right corner lies Treasure #20.

Swim through the hole on the left

Pick up Treasure #20 at the foot of the staircase

Swim up along the staircase to the 5^th intersection.

Up along the staircase

The 5^th intersection

The left way goes up along a staircase leading to a dead end and the main passage turns right. Straightforward is the 7^th obstruction. Swim through the hole on top of the rocks and follow the staircase in the room going up to Treasure #21.

Swim through the hole on top of the rocks

Collect Treasure #21

Leave the room through the hole and turn left to follow the main passage along a broken staircase leading upwards to the 8^th obstruction. Swim through the hole and arrive at the 6^th intersection.

A broken staircase leading to the 8^th obstruction

Through the hole of the obstruction

The 6^th intersection

A straightforward swim leads to a dead end and the main passage turns left. Turn right through the hole in the 9^th obstruction and pick up Treasure #22 from the floor of the room.

Through the hole into the room

Find Treasure #22 in there

Swim out straight into the hole of the 9^th obstruction and follow up along the staircase to the opening on top.

Through the hole in the main passage

Stairs leading up to an opening

On top of the stairs you will enter an air filled space.

The water ends on top of the stairs

Continue ascending the stairs and a Cut Scene will start. Lara is overlooking a hall with a pool and a pillar lighting up electric red. Natla is flying in from above.

The hall with the pool and the lit pillar

Natla is flying in

Lara takes her Camcorder and is filming everything Natla is doing.

Lara records everything on the Camcorder

Natla is standing before a complicated closed door that she is opening like a slide puzzle.

Natla is working on the door puzzle

When the door is opened she gives Lara a big smile and takes off into the air again. After the Cut Scene you will get an Autosave.

Natla’s done her job well

The Autosave spot

Go to the left wall and find Treasure #23 in a rounded jar in the left corner.

A rounded jar in the left corner to smash into pieces

Your 23^rd Treasure for taking

In the right corner is a Health Potion to grab. There is also another rounded jar on the right side of the central ledge to smash containing Treasure #24.

A Health Potion on the right side

Another rounded jar

Take Treasure #24

When you turn around you will notice a Rune on the Entrance wall. When Lara approaches the Rune her Gauntlets will light up and the interactive sign will appear. Press yellow to touch the Rune so it will glow electric blue.

Approach the Rune

Touch it

It will turn electric blue

If you stand on the central edge overlooking the pool and wait long enough you can hammer down 3 Yeti’s and 2 Zombies in the pool. They can’t reach you from where you’re standing but this pool is infested with Yeti’s and Zombies, so the more you get down in advance the better.

Get Yeti’s and Zombies down from above

Hang from the ledge and let go to the lower ledge (notice a rounded jar). Quickly smash the jar and take Treasure #25

Hang from the ledge

Let go to the lower ledge and see the rounded jar

Smash the jar and collect your 25^th Treasure

Here these damned Creatures can reach you though. Wait long enough to get a whole army appearing one by one: I counted 6 Zombies and 4 Yeti’s. Perhaps if you wait longer there will appear more, but you can’t wait forever.

Hammer the Zombies and Yeti’s down one by one

Jump to the horizontal narrow column over the pool and walk to the other side. Jump to the ledge containing 2 jars of which one is rounded.

Jump to the column

Walk to the end

Jump to the ledge

Smash the rounded jar and take your 26^th Treasure.

Your 26^th Treasure was hidden in the rounded jar

Turn right and on the big pillar notice another one of these strange Runes you can touch so it glows electric blue. Also take a note of the location.

The Rune on the pillar

Touch it

The Rune turns electric blue

Jump back to the narrow column (careful: this jump is tricky. If you jump next to the column into the pool you will die). Walk to the ledge you came from and jump to it.

Prepare a jump to the horizontal narrow column

Walk to the end and jump to the ledge

Near the vertical narrow column face the pool and notice a short narrow column in the pool. Jump to it, perch on it and face the narrow ledge near the waterfall.

Jump to the short narrow column

Perch on it facing the narrow ledge

Jump to the narrow ledge and shimmy all the way to the left. Prepare a backward jump to a short narrow column behind Lara, next to the tall one (you cannot see the small column from here).

Jump to the narrow ledge

Shimmy left and prepare a backward jump

Jump and perch on the short column

Face the tall narrow column and jump to it. Lara will grab and hold it. Climb to the top and perch on the column.

Jump to the tall narrow column

Climb up

On the opposite side is a ledge with a Treasure. Jump to the ledge and pull up. Take your 27^th Treasure.

Jump to the ledge

Pull up and take your 27^th Treasure

Turn to the narrow column that is standing on a lower ledge. Jump and perch on it.

Jump to the narrow column and perch on it

Press red to grab the column and then slide down. You will see a Health Potion and a rounded jar down there.

Grab the column

Slide down to the ledge

Take the Health potion and smash the jar containing Treasure #28.

The Health Potion and the rounded jar

Take the Potion and Treasure #28

On the opposite side of the ledge notice another ledge with a Health Potion you can jump to. Jump, take the Health Potion and notice a third strange Rune on the big pillar.

Turn towards the next ledge

Jump to it and take the Health Potion

Approach the Rune, touch it and watch it glowing up electric blue. Take a note of this place too.

Approach the Rune

Touch it

It glows up electric blue

Then face the ledge with the rounded jar and jump to it. Smash the jar and pick up your 29^th Treasure.

Face the ledge

Jump to it and smash the rounded jar

Take your 29^th Treasure

Return to the previous ledge and further back to the ledge with the narrow column. Turn right and notice a tilted narrow column resting on two rocks. Face the column piece and jump to it.

Face the angled column segment