RETURN TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH

Level by davep83

We're blessed with two walkthroughs for this level, the first by manarch2, the second by the builder himself.

Walkthrough by manarch2:

You start on a high ledge in front of a lava lake. Turn around go around the right ledge, you can see SECRET 1 on a slope, make a banana jump over the slope to hear the sound. It doesn’t register though. Now get to the opposite ledge of the lake and do the same jump to hear the sound of SECRET 2 (also not registered). Jump down the slope on this ledge and jump to the lava platform, then jump across the platforms and find a Little Medikit in the corner with the skeleton head and also a Cross for SECRET 3 with a far jump in the middle.

Now make your way to the end of the platforms and jump into a pit in the middle of the wall, shoot the wall and crawl though the long passage. In the next area jump to the rear left part of the slope structure, jump and grab a crawlspace at the last moment. [Comment by Gerty: “If you go to the right and stand on the corner, look down and see that opening? Just run off and use CTRL, this saves you a lot of shimmying”]. Shimmy left, around the corner, further left, around another corner and eventually climb up. Turn around, jump to the opposite alcove and drop on the slope in the center. Slide down and jump to a wall alcove. Drop down the ledge and shimmy left, around the corner, drop to the floor at the end. Turn right and shoot the wall, slide down the slope and over the hole (the boulder that chases you falls in it), in the next room kill four bats and shoot all walls (while ducking, standing and jumping) you can see. Run on the collapsible tile, jump to the next one and then on the safe ledge to your left, jump to the next breakable tile in the right corner and to the next safe ledge, shoot two bats. Also shoot the wall behind you, climb up the block, shoot the left wall and get through the crawlspace. Shoot another wall at the end and drop in the sewers.

Swim and follow the current to a waterfall room, pick up a Little Medikit and climb out. Pull the switch to open the door and in the next outside area kill two ahmets and ten snakes (some of them in the water). Run to the right of the two huts and jump in the sea, find a hole in the floor and in the next room you can pick up the first Key Stone. Get back out again. Jump on the top of the slope near the hut, shoot the right and left wall and jump to the crevice. Shimmy left and climb up, follow the passage to a room with some big mushrooms. Kill a spider , drop on the floor level and find a timed button under a high door to open it. Now return and jump to the vertical pole, backflip onto the mushroom and jump to the next mushroom, the next pole and on the last mushroom. Now you can jump to the open door before it closes. Shoot the rear middle nest (all others have flying insects in them) to get Thor’s Hammer. Jump up to the ledge above the closed door, push the button and drop on the last mushroom. A wraith chases you - return all the way to the hut and jump in the water to extinguish it. Jump back in the passage, kill a pterodactyl.

Follow the passage and find a ceiling trapdoor, open it and climb up. Don’t go to the bumpers yet but in the other direction, drop on the ledge and shimmy around the corner until you can stand up, turn around and jump across some platforms to eventually get the next Key Stone. Return to the trapdoor junction and now head to the bumpers. Get through the first one, push the button, get through the second and pick up the next Key Stone, return to the junction and drop, then head through the left passage to reach some rails. Go left and pull out the boxes to reveal a passage. Jump on the broken rail part, on the next, shimmy left on the ledge to get around the wagon and jump to the next ledge, avoid the blades and jump to the ledge with the button. Push it to see a cutscene of a dinosaur. Return to the block puzzle, turn and find a ladder to climb back up in the junction passage.

Head out to the hut and through the open doors at the hut’s end, there is another open door behind now, pick up 4x Normal Shotgun Ammo and the Shotgun. Get in the next room and shoot a T-Rex. Get further and shoot another T-Rex and four raptors. Push two buttons in the corners and head to the other side of the room. Pick up a Little Medikit in front of the slope. Return all the way to the rails now and see that the room with the lava is flooded, but the water is poisoned so swim quickly to the other side and climb out. Place the three Key Stones and climb in the passage opposite the receptacles. Stay on the left side and slide in a room, this is a lift through a blade room so watch out till you reach the top. Avoid some more blades and jump in the water. Swim up to the top and reach an outside area again. Head through the valley and kill the man who shoots at you from the right at the helicopter. Jump up the slope and you can see the start area. Pick up the Green Key the man leaves to finish this level.

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Walkthrough by davep83:

At the start, keep moving forward to the northern most edge of the volcano. Turn left and move forward a few spaces. If you look down into the volcano, you should be directly inline with a granite block which you may stand on without being harmed. Dropdown and slide onto this granite block. Run and jump to the next set of blocks, then two more sets of blocks. You can jump to the block which contains a small medi pack then jump back where you came from. Continue jumping onto the next 3 sets of blocks, then jump into the large hole in the lava. If you see crosses floating in the volcano area, leave for now.

In the large hole, shoot the wall straight in front of you. Crawl down the crawlspace, then slide into the area with a big rock formation in the middle, jump to the ledge on the left, jump forward to the next ledge, then jump forward-right so you are at the opposite side to where you came into this area. Align yourself exactly with the rock formmation so it's sloping side is behind you. Backwards jump onto the slope. At the last second, grap the gap in the wall. Shimmy around the wall until you reach a gap, climb into this gap. Jump into the gap in the rock formation opposite. Hang off the ledge inside the rock formation and drop down. Jump to the gap in the outside wall in front of you, hang off the ledge, drop down and quickly grab the gap below. Shimmy around until you can't shimmy anymore and drop down. Turn right, and shoot the wall in front of you. Slide down with rolling balls in pursuit, jump over the hole, keep sliding, then dispatch the bats at the bottom. Shoot all the shootable walls you can in this area, then jump from the collapsing floor, to another collapsing floor, then quickly move left to more secure footing. Dispatch more bats. Jump forward-right to another collapsable, move forward to firm ground and climb up.

Shoot wall, then move to end of tunnel, crawl through remainder of tunnel, shoot wall, hang off ledge, and drop into water. Swim forward and right and let the current carry you. swim under and out of waterfall, and climb out of water. Press switch on wall to your right. Go through the door behind the switch and dispatch all the creatures in this area.

Drop Into the underground sea in front of you, to your left in front of a large hut and collapsed pier, there should be a block of a different colour, collect the small medipack. Follow the coastline to your right until you reach a hole in the sea floor. Swim into this hole and collect the first keystone at the end. Swim out and forward. Climb out of the water. On the stone wall behind the other large hut, you will see a couple of shootable walls, shoot both, and dispatch the flying creature. Jump from a large pile of sand into the right hand tunnel, keep going until you reach a pull down trapdoor. Pull this trapdoor down, climb up into the left tunnel, you will be in front of 3 hammers which control a disused mining operation. Wait until the first hammer is at the top and just about the come down and jump into the righthand alcove. Pull switch to allow full access to rail area below. The middle hammer is now turned off. Move under 3rd hammer, and collect 2nd keystone. Return through 3 hammers, go through tunnel, and this time next to the trapdoor, Go down the right tunnel (ie in front of you). Shoot wall at end. Hang off ledge, sna shimmy round until you get to a gap Climb into gap, jump onto rock to your left, then jump to another rock, and jump foward and pull up into an alcove. Collect 3rd keystone.

Slide down onto sand and dispatch bats. Go back to the 2nd large hut on your left (one with 2 tunnels on the wall behind it), and jump and climb into the same tunnel you did before. This time follow tunnel round until you drop into a disused mine railway line. Behind you, pull one of the blocks twice so you can see a lava pit below. Follow railline over lava pit, jump over, or shimmy past, old mine cart. Jump to left railline with rock cutting saws over it. Wait until the saws are fully over the railline and jump to it and then jump to the right railline again. Pull the switch to let dinosaurs loose in area next door. Follow railline back from where you came from. Go past pullable blocks and align yourself up with the climbable wall from where you dropped into this area. Go back through tunnel and at the end hang off ledge, shimmy to your left and climb into 2nd, sloping tunnel - if a shootable wall is in the way, you'll need to drop to sandy area and shoot it first.

Go to end of tunnel and jump to long root in front of you, climb up and back flip to large mushroom. Jump to 2nd large mushroom, and dispatch spider. Jump down to ground and go to your left (opposite wall to where you entered this area). Near the 3rd mushroom area, pull the switch on the wall - this will open a timed door above you. Quickly get into where you entered this area, jump onto 1st large root, climb up, backflip onto 1st mushroom, jump to 2nd mushroom, jump to 2nd large root, climb up backflip onto 3rd mushroom. Run and jump through open door before it closes. Climb up and crawl to a fine slope just before the beehive at the end (there should be a hammer picture above it), shoot this beehive, collect thors hammer, and crawl out. Jump up into the alcove above and pull switch, pull up again into short tunnel. A ghost will start chasing you. Drop down onto 3rd mushroom. Drop down onto 4th mushroom and collect small medipack. Drop down and exit this area, go through tunnel, drop out onto sandy area, and jump into the sea to dispatch the ghost.

Climb back onto sandy area, and go through the 2 large doors which are now open. Go through gate, collect shotgun and ammo. Drop down into dinosaur area. Dispatch dinosaur by getting underneath it and shooting with shotgun just once. Lava has now moved to rail area next door after earthquake. Once done, do same with 2nd dino and take care of smaller dinos. Right at the end of this area, there is a small patch of grass, collect small medipack next to this. Go back to just before entrance to this area. Pull 2 switches - one to your left and one to your right. Exit area by climbing through newly opened gate and out through large doors.

Back in the sandy area, jump into first large hole in the wall again, go down tunnel, drop down back into railline, past pullable blocks. This area is now flooded and railline has completely collapsed. Swim quickly from one end to the other as water is quite hot with lava under it. Climb out at the end. Go forward and half way down, turn left. Place 3 keystones into slots. Climb into newly opened door behind you. Slide onto platform. This will begin to rise. There are many rock cutting saw's here so keep to the left wall at all times. When you get near the top jump back to avoid rock transporting mechanism. Go forward and jump into water. Swim up water tunnel to the top.

Jump out of water, go forward, turn left, and dispatch enemy who is also after your artifact. There is a helicopter key where he once stood. Before you collect this, slide down back to volcano, which is now full of water. The 3 secrets are now collectable. The first one is on the righthand slope, 2nd one is on lefthand slope, and 3rd one is on a granite block which was inaccessable before.

Exit volcano and climb back onto area with helicopter. Collect key on the ground. Level complete.

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