THE QUEST OF GOLD 1 - CANADIAN FOREST

Level by Thibault Chatelus (TC 14)

Walkthrough by Dutchy

The Land Rover got engine trouble, so you’ll have to go on foot. Turn E from where you stand and look under the first tree behind the small rocks to find the Uzis, get them by crawling to them. Proceed E and follow to a narrow path between to sloped ledges, a Bear comes around the corner, get up onto the R hand sloped ledge and shoot it. Follow the path up a cave and watch out for those Icicles. A Bold Eagle attacks when coming out of the cave, quickly stand backwards in the L hand SE corner and shoot it, it can’t harm you from here. Go on following the trail to where another Bear attacks, just after that you can climb into the L hand CS in the corner behind the tree. Follow the CS to a small cave where another passage leads you to the Mine Canyon.

The Mine Canyon.

2 Bold Eagles attack. Shoot them from standing in a corner and see the deep canyon with the railway tracks. There are some buildings in the E cave, but first we go W. Hop to the slope there and go up to the Power Site. 2 Baddies stand guard behind the Cabana, get some Ammo from one of them and have a look around, you can go in 3 directions from here.

Cabana square.

N route:

Go into the next forest area and shoot the Bold Eagle, a Bear a bit further, climb over the ridge to the L and find a ½ MP up in the SW corner of the forest. Look in the trench (NW) behind the ridge you climbed for Secret#1, a pile of Ammo, then go over the ridge in the E to find another ½ MP in the SE corner of the forest. Go on to the N and shoot your next Bold Eagle, watch out for the pit after you went up the slope where you had to jmp up. Runjmp over the pit and proceed to an old corroded building where a Baddy will open fire, go around the L side of the building and have a look inside to spot the Valve wheel, you’ll have to collect later after you got the Crowbar.

The Fuse.

Find the passage with the overhead piping in the E and follow to the end to come to a cave with a snow hill in the centre, shoot a Bold Eagle and a Bear and go down, look around for a ½ MP L and climb the block with the tree SE, runjmp onto the snow hill and shoot the box to get the Fuse from it. Go back through the passage NW and follow the path back, all the way to…

Cabana square.

W route:

Go W past the Cabana and into the Ice cave there. Shoot the Bear and go on into the SW corner where a wide opening gives access to a deep cave with a frozen lake, drop/hang from the edge and go shimmy R to where you can drop/grab a lower crack, go R and drop onto the pillar in the dark corner, roll and runjmp/grab to the pillar W. Enter the CS and follow to another cave with a switch in the E. that will drain the lake in the deep cave, get the Flares on your way out and crawl back to the deep cave, drop from the side of the pillar and then down into the dry lake.

Head N and shoot the 3 Bold Eagles and come to a dark pit with Ice ledges, jmp over to the other side and from the white ledge a standjmp/grab into the opening with the door, go in and shoot the Baddy. Find the Shotgun on the floor and some Ammo behind the table next to the entrance and most important the Cabana Key on the work bench. Head back over the Ice ledges and be careful, there are 2 Bears running around in the next cave, try to shoot them from the ledge or just hop in and mingle. Go S and into the dry lake, R and climb up in the corner, there’s a ladder near the tree and when upstairs again follow the cave back to…

Cabana square.

Go E and along the R side past the Cabana to the next corroded structure, till you are at a crevice in the S wall

S route:

Climb up in the crevice in the rock wall and shoot the 2 Bears down in the next cave, drop onto the lower ledge and head to the ladder NE where you can go down to a lower passage, follow to an area with a Bear and go to the SE corner passage to the tracks in the Mine Canyon, go onto the track and head S. To the R is a small door, open it and shoot the Baddy. Go to the L and into the lower tunnel at the red barred fence open the trapdoor on the other side and climb up to place the Fuse in the NW corner of the generator. A gate opens in the N side of the Canyon, Get the ½ MP from the N side of the room and head back through the tunnel, climb up at the most L (NW) corner at that red barred fence and go out to the Canyon. Shoot the Bear there and head carefully N over the track, it’s damaged. Standjmp from one step back from the edge and a runjmp to the next part of the track and go up to the Mine cart. Shoot the 2 Baddies down on the tracks while you slide down and pick up the Secondary Complex Key one of them drops. E are some buildings we will visit alter to get the 2 Valve wheels. Head back S (you can go over the snowy side of the track and jmp back to where the Mine cart is) and up to the Canyon, to the S over the damaged part and into the passage R of the S cave, to get back (shoot another Bear) to the passage that leads to the ladder up to the cave at the…

Cabana square.

The Secondary Complex.

Head E and jmp over the corner of the Canyon to the ledge where you shot the Eagles, look for the snowy ledge with the ladder on the E side of the Canyon and runjmp over to it, climb up and go in the building, shoot the 2 Baddies and go to the caged off area S, get the Ammo from the work bench and open the door in the back with the key you have, go in and shoot the next Baddy. Get his Ammo and look for the box to shoot to the R, inside is more Ammo, another Baddy shows up and asks for the same treatment as the others.

Follow the passage to a green area and head up to the SE door, inside you have to shoot the Baddy and open the N door, the E one comes later after you’ve collected the 4 Valve wheels needed in that room. Go E to the last room and get the Crowbar from the desk and head back to the green area, up into the other building W and coming out of that passage L at the steel fence. Follow to where you can climb a ridge overlooking the canyon and from the SW tree you can do a curved runjmp to a tree over the S cave. Go up to get Secret#2, all kinds of Ammo and a MP.

The 4 Valve Wheels.

Climb down from the ledge at the tree to land on the lower track and head N again, over the damaged part of the track and up to the N complex. Down the slope and E, find the most E structure and get that 1st Valve wheel from it, turn around and go into that W building, get the ½ MP from the work bench and the 2nd Valve wheel in the back. Coming out, you are under fire so shoot that Baddy and head back to the Canyon, to the S and into the R hand passage to get back to the Cabana. Go to the W side of the Cabana, shoot the 2 Baddies and find the Keyhole L of the path to the entrance, go in to get the 3rd Valve wheel. Go out and look for the ½ MP dropped by the 2nd Baddy and go around the N side of the Cabana to the E, L into the N route and follow the trail (watch out for that pit), shoot the Bear and go get the 4th Valve wheel from the building there. Head back to the Cabana square and L to the canyon, over to the Secondary Complex.

Using the Valve Wheels.

Follow the route down to the steel fence, shooting a Baddy. Through the S passage to the green area and up to the E building, open the E door and place the 4 Valve Wheels on the axles, the go to the N room where you found the Crowbar before and find the E door open.
Go in and go to the door past the piping, follow the rooms to one with a desk, from which you can get some Ammo, a Baddy opens fire, so go to the W room fast and take him out, get the Gold Mine Key from the desk and a MP from the box, shoot more Baddies and head back to the green area, through the passage to the fence and L there to the ridge where you jmped to the secret before, from the lowest part of the ridge, you can just run down onto a sloped ledge and slide to the track below, enter the S cave and look to the L for a Control panel that needs a Key. The S gate to the Mine opens, shoot the Baddies and go down to dig some Gold…

End of a nice level.

30-12-2004.