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Tomb of Tihocan |
Items: 26 |
Secrets:
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Kills: 17
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At the beginning of this level, Lara will be falling into the water.
After splashing down, swim down and forward to the end of the long
underwater tunnel. Then swim down deeper into the tunnel, turning
around as Lara dives, and then swim forward and pull the underwater
lever to lower the water level. Turn around and swim back up and
surface and exit the water on the side with the switch. |
Throw the switch and ready a weapon, preferably the shotgun. Run forward into the tunnel with the door Lara just opened, and as Lara approaches the door, be ready to take out a croc (1) that is in the room. Enter the room and climb onto the lowest ledge on left, then run up the stairs. Climb up the next two blocks. At this point Lara should be able to recognize the dart tubes on the wall in front of her and on the wall on the left. Run forward and drop down to the ledge ahead. Turn left and do a running jump to get to the lower part of the strange shaped ledge in the middle of the room. Then take a standing jump and grab to get to the small ledge in ahead. Then take a running jump to the longer ledge on the far wall. By avoiding the center column, Lara will completely avoid setting off the darts. Climb up into the tunnel, and throw the switch and flood the room. Dive off the the ledge and notice that one the gray block is now floating. Swim into the tunnel that was formerly hidden behind the block and grab the small Medi Pack (1). Surface next to the gray block and pull up onto it and head forward into the tunnel. Dive into the hole at the end of the tunnel and swim down, forward a little, then down even deeper toward the grate below. Then swim forward to a switch and throw the switch to lower the water level and change the currents in the tunnel. Now if Lara has more that three quarters of her air left, then swim up, and forward down the extremely long tunnel, otherwise stop for air and then swim down the tunnel. The current will sweep Lara much further along than she could have gone otherwise. Surface in a little room with a rat (2) running around. Ready a weapon while in the water, then pull up out of the water and immediately kill the rat. Now pull the block once so that it is not under the ledge, and climb onto the block. Climb onto the ledge above the block, then turn left and climb onto the little ledge above and to Lara's left. Then climb again to get to the upper ledge of the room. Turn left and walk forward, and carefully make a jump onto the pillar diagonally to forward and to the left. Ready weapons, wait until Pierre appears in the passageway in front of her. Start shooting at him, and if necessary, take a backflip onto the large platform to give Lara a little more room. Keep firing until he runs away. Take a standing jump and grab to enter the passageway, and then run forward until Lara reaches the steel jaws. Time a standing jump through the steel jaws. Run forward until Lara reaches a hole. Ready a weapon, and kill the croc (3) that is running around below. Then drop down into the hole and run down the stairs into the room below. Pick up the two sets of shotgun shells (2, 3) and the magnum clips (4).
SECRET #1
Now look around on the floor of the room and notice the three blocks
of floor bricks that are discolored and oriented differently from the
others. These are pressure plates. Step on all three of them, to
open a door into SECRET #1. The slanty blocks should suggest how to
get the items in this room. Stand facing the lowest slanted piece of
floor and back up until Lara's back is against the second slanted
block. Take a standing jump toward the first block, then tap jump to
backflip off the first slant, tap jump once to jump off each of the
next three successive slopes. After jumping off the last slope,
immediately press action to grab onto the ledge and pull up. Get the
large Medi Pack (5) and the shotgun
shells (6) and then safety drop back down
to the ground, and exit this room.
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Climb back up the stairs, up out of the holes, past the steel jaws and
take a standing jump back to the room Lara entered from. From the
pillar turn right to see a alcove with a shotgun shell and a swinging
blade. Face the alcove and take a running jump and grab to get to the
alcove. Grab the shotgun shells (7) and
take a diagonal jump to the long ledge to Lara's right on the other
side of the swinging blade. |
When Lara lands on that ledge, the blade will begin to swing. Turn around and walk forward toward the edge as close to the edge as Lara can without getting sliced. Take a hop back, and time a running jump and grab toward the passageway across from the blade, when the blade is at the lowest part of its swing as it is swinging to the left. Enter the passage and head forward until Lara reaches a ledge. Turn around to drop and hang off the ledge and shimmy right along the crevice until Lara can pull herself up. Pull up, and head forward and around the corner and throw the switch to flood the room below. Drop down into the water below and surface in the slot. Swim over to the tunnel and ready a weapon while in the water. Pull up into the tunnel and take a few steps forward to wake up the rat. Kill the rat (4) and jump into the water on the other side. Swim down and back up and surface and ready some weapons. Pull up into a room with some spikes and shoot the cougar (5) running around in this room. Run straight ahead into the tunnel and pull the inconspicuous lever that is on the wall to open the high door and return to the room with the spikes.
Gold Key #1
Climb up up onto the higher of the two ledges and look up into the
room above. Ready a weapon and kill the two gorillas (6, 7) from the alcove below. Lara may need to
take little hops in place to shoot at them from the tops of her
jumps. Take a standing jump and grab to pull up into the room above.
Walk forward and take a standing jump and grab to grab the lowest part
of the crevice on the left. Shimmy until Lara can pull up into the
doorway Lara opened earlier. Enter the room and grab the large Medi
Pack (8) and the Gold Key (9). Return to the doorway and take a standing
jump over the hole. Then drop down the hole across from the door and
onto the lower ledge below. |
Head forward into the next room with a pool and use the gold key to raise the blocks. Take three running jumps and one standing jump to cross the pool and grab the small Medi Pack (10) on the other side. Then enter the room ahead. Head forward until Lara reaches the block that is between two pillars. Push or pull the block twice until it is on the writing on the floor and them immediately climb onto the block. Ready a weapon and from the top of the block, kill the gorilla (8) that just emerged from the door Lara opened. Enter the room it emerged from and grab the magnum clips (11) and the shotgun shells (12) that he was guarding. Then return to the block.
Rusty Key #1
Push it twice toward the wall with the two doors until it comes to a
rest on more writing on the floor. Immediately climb onto the block
again and ready a weapon and shoot the gorilla (9) that emerged from the another door Lara
opened. Face the upper door that opened and take a standing jump and
grab to get into the room. Time a careful jump through the metal jaws
and grab the large Medi Pack (13) and the
first Rusty Key (14). Time a quick run
back past the metal jaws and drop to the floor below, and enter the
room the gorilla emerged from and grab the shotgun shells (15), and return to the block. |
Pull the block twice away from the upper door until it is on more writing. Again, immediately climb onto the block and ready weapons to kill the four rats (10, 11, 12, 13) that emerge from the room Lara just opened. Enter the room the rats emerged from and grab the small Medi Pack (16), then return to the block.
Rusty Key #2
Push the block twice away from the wall with the two doors until it is
on the last patch of writing. The last door will open. Walk into the
doorway to the edge of the threshold. Press forward and then jump to
run forward and take a running jump into the alcove across from the
door avoiding the two boulders rolling towards Lara from both sides of
the room. Pick up the second Rusty Key (17), then return to the floor of the room and
grab the small Medi Pack (18). |
Use the two rusty keys to open the door on the opposite side of the room from the entrance to this room, which reveals a long ramp.
SECRET #2
This would be a good place to save the game. Walk to the edge of the
ramp, and side step all the way to the right. Turn Lara so that she
is facing the rocks on the left of the ramp and instead of sliding
down the ramp, jump forward and repeatedly make blind jumps until Lara
lands on a flat area to the left of the ramp near the bottom.
Ahead is room full of broken floor tiles with an alcove on the
opposite side. Any combination of jumps can be used to get across,
except all six jumps must be done without pausing. (eg. face forward
and jump: forward, left, forward, forward, right, forward; or face
left and jump: right, forward, right, right, back, right; etc...
However, if Lara is starting by facing forward or backward, she must
take a step back, away from the edge of the doorway, or after a few
jumps, she will overshoot one of the ledges) The last jump will place
Lara into SECRET #2, where she can pick up uzi clips (19) and magnum clips (20). Safety drop down to the floor, run back
to the entrance, and climb back up to the entrance.
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Step onto the ramp and slide into the pool below. As soon as Lara
hits the water, begin to swim forward, past a shallow, until she
reaches a gray stone block, where she can pull herself out of the
water. Exit the water, and ready pistols, and kill the croc (14) that chased Lara all the way over to this
block. Then enter the tunnel and turn right and climb up the rocks.
Climb up until Lara reaches a tunnel that leads out to a sandy ledge.
Run around to the left of the rock ahead and walk up onto the top of
the rock. Walk to the edge of the rock, which has a slope down the
other side. Turn around and face away from the slope and slide down
the slope backward, grabbing the edge at the bottom. Pull up and
immediately press jump, and Lara will backflip onto the upper ledge
opposite the boulder. |
Climb up to the ledge above and throw the switch which opens a under water doorway, then dive into the water below. Swim into a tunnel that leads to another under water room, turn right and continue to swim forward through another underwater tunnel. Then swim down and to the right and continue swimming forward until Lara can surface in front of the entrance to the tomb. With Lara in the water in front of the tomb entrance, facing the entrance squarely, dive down and swim forward under the tomb entrance, and then to the right. Ahead will be a slanted rock with a underwater tunnel below it that leads upward and to the left. Swim up the tunnel, then into the tunnel with the metal door Lara opened earlier, and then surface in the room with another switch. Throw the switch to open the door to the tomb, and then return to the water and swim back through the tunnel. After the tunnel, swim to the right and upward toward the sandy ledge that is to the left of the tomb entrance, and exit the water there. Ready a weapon and walk toward the tomb via the small sandy ledge to Lara's left. As she approaches the tomb, the statue will explode to life1. Immediately, jump back a couple of times while firing at the centaur (15). As soon as Lara reaches the wide sandy ledge, begin to jump sideways left and right, never staying in one place longer than it takes to make another jump. With this method Lara should be able to kill the centaur without getting hit by any fireballs. Eventually the centaur will explode.
Pierre, Scion #2 & Gold Key #2
With weapons still readied, enter the tomb to finally have it out with
Pierre (16) once and for all. Turn and
face the two pillars on Lara's left and walk through the right
passageway. Pierre will be directly opposite her, and approaching
[usually] from the left. So as soon as Lara has her sights locked on
Pierre, begin firing at him, while jumping to the side (right) to stay
away from him. Keep the scion pedestal between Pierre and Lara the
whole time and shoot at him as Lara jumps. Do not stay in one place,
and keep shooting until he goes down. After he's down, pick the Gold
Key (21), the second piece of the Scion
(22), and his magnums (23) off of him. |
At this point if Lara is in the mood to kill everything on this level, return to the entrance of the tomb, and walk to the threshold with guns drawn. The other statue will explode to life. Do not step out of the tomb, but instead jump back and take pot shots at the centaur (17) as it runs past the door way. If it stops in front of the doorway use the side jump method while inside the tomb to hit the centaur while avoiding its fireballs. The centaur will not enter the tomb. Now return to the room where Lara had her gunfight with Pierre, and climb onto one of the short platforms at the corners of the room. Do a standing jump and grab to get to the ledge on the side of the room, and get the magnum clips (24), repeat this process on the other side of the room where there is another set of magnum clips (25). Then run along ledge at side of the room toward the white banisters and potted plants at back of the room. Take a standing diagonal jump from the side ledge to the main ledge. Run behind of the left set of banisters to pick up a large Medi Pack (26), then use the gold key to open the door on the other side of the room. Safety drop to floor of the room and enter the doorway and enjoy the next cut scene and full motion video.
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Summary
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Pickups
4 Small Medi Pack |
4 Large Medi Pack 5 Magnum Clips 6 Shotgun Shells 1 Uzi Clips 1 Magnums 2 Gold Key 2 Rusty Key 1 Scion 26 Total
Kills
6 rat |
3 crocodiles 4 gorillas 1 cougar 2 centaurs 1 Pierre 17 Total
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