Pictures
in the Dark
Level by
B. Howaito (June, 2009)
Walkthrough
by Harry Laudie
The
level starts with a flyby of a desert area and beetles pouring from a hole in
the ground. You start as Lara in a tunnel. Run south and then east. You are in
the outside area in the rain. Continue east over the hills to a cliff. Jump off
the cliff and into the water below. Many beetles
should follow you into the water. If beetles land on the ground, lure them into
the water. Otherwise, they follow you into the level.
Get onto
the ground and go east. Follow the cave north and into another cave in the
north-east corner. Go north and pick up flares.
Safety drop into a dark hole in the ground in the middle of the last cave. Land
on a slope and slide down. Go east into a temple area and a door closes behind
you. Run down the steps as the camera view changes. You arrive at a water pool
with a fountainhead on the wall. Go south to pick up flares
and notice a closed door in the south wall. There is another closed door in the
north wall.
Dive
into the water near the fountainhead and pick up flares.
Swim through the underwater tunnel to the west. Surface in another cave. Pull
up onto a south-west ledge and crouch down to pick up a small medipack. Go to the dark north-east corner and pick up the Pharos Knot off the ground. Return through the
underwater tunnel to the first water pool. Pull up on the east ledge. Go
north-east to place the Pharos Knot in the wall receptacle. The door opens in
the north wall. Enter the open door and go north-west to the edge of a pit.
Climb the wall down into a pit. Go south-east through a doorway.
You are
on a ledge above another pit. Hop the blocks down to the bottom of the pit. The
vases are empty. Go north to stand on a gray tile. You get a flyby of a door
opening somewhere. Climb the blocks to get out of the pit. Return to the first
pit and climb the wall. Go south back to the pool area. Notice an open door in
the upper south wall. Dive into the pool and swim north.
Swim
north and pick up a small medipack off the pool
floor. Pull down an underwater lever on the north wall under another
fountainhead. Swim back to the first pool and pull up. Enter the newly open
door in the lower south wall. Enter a room and the camera view changes. Pull up
through a hole in the ceiling. The camera view is still annoying. Go north to
find the open door. Follow the side ledges north to an opening. Use two ropes
to swing north and land on a ledge. The third rope was not necessary. Stand on
a face tile. You get a cut scene of a door opening on the other side of the
wall you are standing beside.
Drop
into the water and swim north and west to pull up onto a ledge. Go north
through the doorway. The camera view changes. Run up the steps and a door opens
as you approach. Run over the bridge and though the open door from the cut
scene. Go to the end of the tunnel and climb a block. Pull up into a crawl
space in the north wall. Crawl to the end and stand up. Go east down the blocks
and drop into a room with a water pool on the ceiling. Note from Moderator: This appears at first glance to be a
misprint, but "a water pool on the ceiling" is exactly what it is. In the north wall is a closed door. Climb
the structure in the middle of the room.
It is
possible to climb to the top and jump up into the water. But do not do it or
you can be stuck. Note from Moderator: Save first and try it, just for fun. Near the middle height of the structure, do
a triangular run and jump to grab the south ledge. Go south and drop into a
hole in the dark floor. Follow the tunnel east to a small room. Jump over the
water and ignore the wall ladder for now. Go to the north-west corner and jump
up to grab a crevice. Shimmy to the right and pull up into an alcove. Jump up
to grab the ceiling and monkey swing south. Drop onto a ledge and pick up the Hathor Effigy. Safety drop to the ground and now
climb that west wall ladder. Shimmy to the right at the top and release. Go
east and stand on a pink tile. You get a cut scene of the door opening in the
room with the structure.
Return
west and climb a second wall ladder around the corner. Shimmy to the right at
the top. Use the floor lever and the door opens in the west wall. Go through
the door and you face the pool. You cannot swim down to the floor below. Go
around the pool and enter the tunnel in the west wall. Jump over the spike trap.
Then back flip to avoid a rolling spike ball. Do these same jumps over the next
two spike traps. Jump over the last spike trap and climb the block. Run off to
the side to avoid another rolling spike ball.
Note from Moderator: Or
simply stay put, and the spike ball will veer aside and miss you. Continue up the blocks and pick up the Ornate Handle. Go down the blocks and jump the spike
traps again. Return to the pool area.
Go south
to a room with a yellow floor and a platform with a moveable tower. If you push
the tower onto the east face tile, you catch fire. Do not do it yet. Push the tower onto the west face tile. You
get a cut scene and notice that the yellow floor is gone in front of the
platform. Push the tower onto the north face tile. Nothing is seen to happen.
Push the tower onto the east face tile. Nothing is seen to happen. But the tile
is now safe. Safety drop into the room below and go north. Jump back to the
structure and get down to the floor. Enter the open door in the north.
Follow the
tunnel to a large room. Ignore the gunwoman below on the floor for now. Run and
jump north onto a platform. Run up the
steps at the north wall. Run and jump to the south roof and pick up flares. Run and jump into the upper openings in the
north wall. Search the tunnel behind them to pick up two
small medipacks, crossbow, blue shotgun shells, crossbow normal ammo, crossbow
poison ammo, crossbow explosive ammo, red shotgun shells, shotgun, flares,
grenade gun, and grenade normal ammo.
Go back
to the middle and drop onto the steps again. Enter the lower south wall
openings. Follow the tunnel east and to the left to climb down a wall ladder.
Follow the bottom tunnel west and down some steps in a tunnel. You finally
reach the ground floor. Shoot a strange looking gunwoman who has Lara's face and an invisible chest.
Sometimes the head would also disappear. You may meet that gunwoman in the
tunnel on the way to ground floor. Go to the south-east corner and pull back
the column. Follow a corner triangular crawl space. Stand up in a large room
for secret #1. The secret count states 68. Go
north-east to pick up flares next to the steps.
Go up the steps to the east wall and pick up Uzi's
and two Uzi ammo. Crawl back to the earlier
room. You hear the secret sound again and the secret count states 152. Note from Moderator: My count showed 231 and 81 respectively, so
it must be some random thing.
Ignore
the water pools. The smaller one is a pit trap. Go up the steps and follow the
tunnels to the wall ladder. Climb the wall ladder and back flip to the upper
tunnel. Go west and south to jump back
to the platform. Run and jump south and into the tunnel again. Follow the
tunnel to the room with the structure. Climb the west wall blocks and go back
through the crawl space. Go west to return to the room with the bridge. Drop
into the water and pull up on the east ledge. The vases are empty. Go north
through the doorway.
Follow
the tunnel to two closed doors. The north tunnel is blocked by sand. Pick up flares and combine the pieces to make the Portal
Guardian. Use it to open the east door. Enter the open door and just follow the
tunnel to a room with a waterfall. Pull up into the east wall corner crawl
space. Crawl through and drop onto a ledge. The vases are empty but go south to
pick up flares. The room below has a deadly
fire trap floor. Jump east to a small ledge and then east onto the far ledge.
Follow the east tunnel and pick up the Pharos Pillar
from the ground. Jump over the deadly pit and follow the crawl space and the
tunnel back to the other closed door.
Use the
Pharos Pillar to open the door in the west wall. Follow the tunnel to a room
with a pool and a bird statue on a ledge above it. Dive into the water and swim
down and to the west. Swim past a face button on a wall. Swim to the end and
surface. Pull up onto the west ledge. Enter the doorway in the north-west
corner. Shoot a strange gunwoman and follow the
tunnel. Shoot another three gunwomen and enter a
large room. Shoot two gunwomen. Get into the
water trench and push the moveable tower to the south end. You gate a cut scene
showing that the underwater tunnel is now dry. Follow the tunnel back to the
dry pit and dry underwater tunnel.
Drop
into the pit and see the closed door. Follow the tunnel back to the face
button. Push the face button and return to now open door. Run and jump next to
the south wall to get into the door. Follow the tunnel to a room with the
camera view changes. Run up the steps and pick up the Horseman's
Gem. You get a flyby of the door where you entered this area. A wraith starts to fly around you. Quickly exit the room
and run east. Go past the face button to the end. Stand jump the slopes and
pull up out of the pit. Pull up onto the ledge over the dry pit and crouch near
the bird statue until the wraith explodes. Go south-east to exit this area.
The
north tunnel is now open. Go north to a pit. Grab the ceiling and monkey swing
over the pit. You enter a large cave. Go west and shoot four gunwomen. Continue west and place the Horseman's gem in the
receptacle on the west wall next to a column. The door between the columns
opens. Enter the door and follow the tunnel to a pit. Grab the east wall
crevice and shimmy left and over the pit. Drop on a ledge before a water hole.
Dive into the water and pick up flares from the
south-east corner. Pull up onto the ledge above you in that corner.
Climb
the wall ladder and pull up into a trench. Go up the steps. Follow the steps
upwards and into another tunnel. Follow the tunnel to a large open area and
shoot three gunwomen. This was difficult because
of the fixed camera view. Go east into the rain and towards a castle. Go to the
left behind the hills and shoot three gunwomen.
Continue east and shoot two gunwomen hiding
behind a wall. Go up the steps and shoot the Lara guard.
This was different than the regular gunwomen. Continue up the steps to reach a
water pool. Dive into the water and swim east to end the level.
06-jun-2009