The Experiment - Intro

Level by Bojrkraider

Walkthrough by Yoav


Lara begins in a pool after the flyby is shown. Get out of the water and go through the opening to next large pool, take swimming if you want and go to next opening, enter to the mansion.

Listen to Winston and Lara dialogue:

L: the telephone in your room is ringing.
L: So, why don't you answer it?
W: I cannot. It appears the security system is activated!
L: A failure then? I wonder what caused it.

Now look left, there are two cracks covered by green curtain, climb into the second and pull the switch, you hear the trapdoor opens. Get down, go over the hole, fall down. Lara will say "Winston! We have rats in the basement!."

Push lever and get out, one of the chandelier lowers so climb onto it, jump to next one and pull Lara onto it too, look for opening in the ceiling, jump over there and pull Lara into the attic. Take short tour, at the three cages turn and go to the wooden boxes, pull back the movable box to create space between the boxes, leave the attic a while and get down to large room.

First press the switch to open the main mansion door, turn back and go to dining room, climb onto the table, pick up A Key. Make your way to second floor, enter to open room and use the key, get inside. Lara looks over the bed so climb onto the bad and pick up A Key underneath the cushion. Get out of the room and go to fireplace room, pick up the Yellow Kettle and light it in the fireplace, it will be used as a torch later.

Pull the book in the bookcase, it will open timed door at the main entrance hall, roll and start running, press on the (?) key to give sprint, jump over the fence and fall down after the stairs, keep running (at this point press on (?), Alt, Shift keys at the same time), Lara will make roll forward to get inside before the door closes. Pull the timed switch; yes, again timed running, now to door opposite, roll, start running give Lara a sprint and do the roll forward to enter treasure room. Press the switch and pull the two other switches, the door to basement opens and the fireplace turns off in second floor room. Go behind the pedestal and pull the trapdoor, press the switch there, screenshot shows the three gates in the attic.

Get out of treasure room but don't go to the basement YET, turn left before the dining room, use the Key and enter to the kitchen. Press switch to open the cooling room, look behind the hanging meat for a crawlspace, turn and get out. Climb onto the sink and look for samll niche, pull Lara into it, pull the switch there it will raise the meat. Go back to cooling room, crawl into crawlspace, pick up the A Key (Golden Key - Yoav), turn and back to the kitchen, look for movable statue. Press the switch to open the door to dining room, turn right and push the movable statue straight to opposite corner, go back to kitchen and push the statue over the dining room and place it in the open corner, the picture in the second floor opens.

Go to second floor, take with you the Yellow Kettle, enter through the opening picture, follow up stairs to second attic, go behind the boxes, press switch in corner to light the fluorescent light. At this point go to the fireplace room and climb up ladder, follow down stairs and push the movable box inside. Turn and get down through the small opening, turn left to sideboard and take an Old Book, turn around, follow into the corridor and push the movable box inside the attic. Pull the switch to lower the middle cage, push the lever, flyby shows lower block in the dark attic.

Make your way to dark attic, turn right at the top stairs, enter to the room and push the box onto the tile. Turn and go again to dark attic, pull the box inside the room, now go through the short way again to dark attic and push the box into the room. By doing this you're blocking the way into the room, so go back to this room through the fireplace room. Place the box onto the tile, by doing this the glass on the switch raises, pull the switch, the cage in the attic lowers. Go to the attic and push the lever, screenshot shows door opens, go back through the corridor, enter the small room and take from sideboard Valve Wheel, make your way to basement and don't forget the Yellow Kettle.

Follow downstairs, turn right, enter to the room with the empty aquarium. Use the Valve Wheel on the pipe, screenshot shows the aquarium full of water. Go to next room, look behind the statue for high ladder, turn back to first room, climb onto the basis and pull Lara into the crawlspace, stand and get in the aquarium, swim to other side and look for hole, get out of the water climb up and pull the switch. The high ladder lowers down, get back there, climb up ladder and pull there the switch to open door in the next room, climb down, enter the room (Lara: Yuck! Those rats!), use the A Key (Golden Key - Yoav), it will raise up the three glasses, pull the three switches and hear door opens.

The door you hear opening is in the second floor, but don't go over there right now, as you're still missing the needed Key. Take the short way through the kitchen and get out of Mansion to the training course, turn right to beginning and start the timed sequence. You must turn all three balls at the training course, and if you do it in time you'll see a flyby at the end, just keep jumping from block to block and don't stop anywhere, grab the ladder and then monkey swing, use the zip line, crawl and sprint to end, flyby shows what to do next. First press the switch to open the black gate, then turn left and go where the glass raises up. Press switch, the blocks in the water lower, get in the water, swim into the canal and pick up Bunch of Keys.

Return back to Mansion and enter Lara's bedroom, watch and listen to the flyby.
L: Um, hello, Lara Croft speaking.
A: Hello, I'm Borut Lendero, an archaeologist from Hungary. Currently I'm excavating some old ruins in the Italian Alps. But I have had some problems, ever since we've found an entrance to an
old mine. Now, this will sound strange, but... My workers are reporting, of sudden fear and a bad feeling when they're near it, and believe me, I felt the same. It's just impossible to work there, so strange... I know that you like mysteries, so are you interested in investigating the source of that...
L: (mumbling) I don't know, I am on some sort of holiday, and don't have any intentions of going on a quest for at least a month. I'm tired from the last one.
A: Well, if you change your mind, you can find me in Bolzano. Search there for the Nova corporation. My office is on the highest floor...
L: (Lara interrupts the call) I... can't... stand it. To go or not to go, that is the question.

Use the key, enter the small room, pick up Clothes, medipacks, compass and binoculars, get out, go close to green curtains and they raise up. Enter the shower room, press on faucet and Lara will do shower, after the shower the green curtains raise, get in the dressing room and press on the hook, Lara replaces her Clothes.

Get out of the mansion through the main door, go straight and pull the switch to open the black gate, turn left, pass the fish statue and enter the garden, turn right and use the bunch of Keys to open the gate to motorbike. Notice for two black closed gates from both sides, at this point you can drive the bike out through the open gate at the main and finish the level... but you miss the secret and it's worth it to find it.

THE SECRET

Drive the bike through the statue horse and turn right to motorbike ride. Turn around and drive onto the rocks, jump across the pate to other side of rocks and drive to slope, drive down through the tunnel, look from left side for ramps, drive onto these two ramps, keep driving and follow up the steep slope. The two black gates that we saw before will open, now get off the bike and press the switch, the third cage in the attic lowers. Drive the bike over to the Mansion, get off the bike and go to attic.

Push the lever, it lowers block in the dark attic, crawl into the crawlspace, stand and run to end, pull Lara into short crawlspace, turn and get down to other attic part in Mansion. Press the switch, it raises block in the room with the movable boxes, go over there and push the movable small goblet onto the brown tile, screenshot shows trapdoor opens in the fireplace room, go through the short way to this room and pull Lara into crawlspce, crawl until you can stand, jump to left side, pull switch, climb up and jump to other side. Go to mirror and you see woman playing piano. NOTICE JUMPING INTO THE MIRROR AND PICKING UP THE SMALL MIRROR IS NOT THE END.

Return to large room and go to woman playing piano, flyby shows four couples dancing, now you can drive through the open main gate onto the slope and flyby will finish the level.

For something special, press the buttons on the TV.