Wings of Apocalypse - The Beginning

Levels by Kurtis Scout

Walkthrough by manarch2


Level 1: New York Backstreets

Secrets: 7

The Save Locations, First Secret

A flyby shows you the part of the town you visit. You don’t have any weapons yet. Approach the end of the bridge you stand on and Lara gives you a hint where you can save the game – by running in any bus stop you find in this city. The first two ones are, coming from the bridge, either left (S) or right (N). Altogether there are five bus stops to find here.
Go N first and then W, following the street. Enter the building with glass walls ahead of you and go around the desk with the telephone on it to find a Bronze Shield for Secret 1. Go out of the building again.

On the Roofs

Go W now and when you see a door to a parking place to the right, head into the left (S) passage and Lara states there is a movable block. Push it three times N and climb on it. Also remember the fire of the beggar in this passage. Thereon stand-jump to the pole, grab it and jump to the far platform. Climb the right hand ladder up to the roofs. Follow the roofs SE to a roof with a Pepsi sign on it, here you can find Secret 2, another Bronze Shield. Now head to the NE roof and perform a long run-jump to the E balcony. Go around the corner and jump over the right railing to another ledge, then jump left and find a Little Medikit. Return on the last balcony and open the door.

The First Flat

In the passage, there are two doors, the left one leads you to a bathroom with nothing to do thus go right into the bedroom. Lara advises to open the cupboard so do so (stand one step in front of it) to find the Crowbar. You can actually open both boards – you will find two Crowbars! Return outside and go right around the corner. It’s best to safety-drop on the floor since the jump to the last roof is very hard and as you know you cannot safe. You will loose only a little health.

The Store Room

Now get to the central street of the town leading from E to W, and find a door opposite a fence with a beggar behind it. Open it and enter a pub. Go SE behind the counter and pick up the Store Room Key, then return outside again. Now go all the way SW to the far corner of the town and find the keyhole for the key on the W side of the building, use it to open the door and enter. In the SW corner some lasers block the way to some items. NW there is a ladder, climb it up. At the end of the walkway run-jump and grab the opposite ledge, climb up and jump over the left railings to the other side and pick up another Bronze Shield for Secret 3. Jump back and climb the ladder, then use the Crowbar to open the door to your right.

The Pistols

You are again on another balcony. Go left around the corner and safety drop into the fenced courtyard. Find Secret 4, a Silver Shield, here and open the door leading back to the store room using the Crowbar. Climb back up to the top (return on the balcony). Again go left around the corner, but now run-jump to the pole and from here to the opposite balcony. Around another corner jump to the next ledge and finally right onto the last balcony with a door, open it and also open the door in the passage, then find the Pistols in the far left corner, then head out again. Jump on the last ledge and from here safety-drop down.

The Battery

With the Pistols in your backpack, head SE opposite a bus stop and find two brown double doors on the E side of a building. Open them and shoot the electricity box on the W wall to use the switch. This opens the N double doors opposite the passage with the pushable and the beggar. Notice a receptacle left of the switch. Head out and before goingall the way back there, head S and find a fence to your right. Go just left of the fence and to the end and jump into the water. Swim W along the fence until you see a building on Lara’s right side, turn S and swim straight S to hear the secret sound (thanks Soul) for Secret 5, but there is no Shield to pick up. You can get out of the water when you swim to the NE corner of the town and then W to find some stairs. Now head W to the door you have opened and find the Battery between some left cars. Head out.

The Torch

There are two Torches I have found, but you only need one. Here are the paths:

1) Go NE of the glass building. You can spot a tree near the corner of the streets, go to the right of it and run onto the flat part of the slightly lowered part near the tree. Look down and pick up a nearly invisible Torch.
2) Go far SW and to the corner lattice and find a Torch just left of the tree.

To light the Torch, simply head back in the passage with the beggar and light it on the inflamed bin. Return on the streets again.

The Sewers

Now return to the chamber with the switch that opened the double doors to place the Battery in the receptacle right of the switch to open a trapdoor. Drop down with the Torch and follow the passage. Do as Lara advises and light the bin to open the door in this room. Drop the Torch and jump in the water behind the opened doors. Follow the passage until you can climb out.

The Subway Station

You can find a pushblock puzzle in the W. Pull the left block located directly on the S wall twice, then push it once W. Climb on it and pull the high block once. Now climb on the block where the high block was on previously, then jump and grab the ceiling trapdoor to open it. Climb up into the higher room and use the floor lever to open a door in the station. Drop down again and before searching the door pull the single block on the N wall away to get the Motel Key. Now go W and at the end of the passage go left to find the open door. Climb the motorcycle and drive along the E rails. At the end you can drive up some steps. Climb off for a minute and crawl through the passage at the left end of the rails and enter another bigger room to find Secret 6, the Gold Shield, plus the Shotgun nearby and also Normal and Wideshot Shotgun Ammo in the upper corners. Return through the crawlspace and mount the bike. Drive up the stairway and climb off the bike again at the end to open the door with the Crowbar. You are back outside again.

The Motel

Drive all the way NW to the motel and get off the bike. Use the Motel Key to open the door and enter the motel. Go up the stairs and find a passage with three doors. The first one hides the bathroom, but there is nothing to find. Go right and then open the left door. Search the cupboard for Kurtis’ Diary, then exit again and open the opposite door. There is nothing to find in the cupboard but you can activate the switch on the right wall. Back in the passage spot an open trapdoor and climb to the motel roof. Go E behind the block to find Secret 7, another Silver Shield. Approach the helicopter to make the level change.


Level 2: Croft Estate

Secrets: 5

To the Hall

You start this level in Lara’s bedroom. Open the door in the far left corner. Lara tells it is now possible to save wherever you want, but it isn’t. You can open the left hand doors to the bathroom, but there is nothing to find for you. Follow the passage and open some more NE doors to enter the main hall.

The Trophy and the Pool Room

In the hall follow the upper walkway and push-open the second left doors on the other side, follow the passage into the trophy room. Take out the Pistols and shoot the glass of the three pedestals. On one of them you can find a Bronze Shield for Secret 1 (8), in another one a Sun Piece. Return to the main hall and now open the first door in this part of the upper walkway. Use the jumpswitch on your right to open a door back in the main hall for later. Dive into the pool and climb out at the end, then follow the SE passage to the lower part of the main hall.

The Wine Cellar

Go SE here to find a passage to the dinner room, and behind the table you can find a Silver Shield for Secret 2 (9). Return out and head NE to find the door you have opened with the jumpswitch. Enter the passage and at the end open the doors to the wine cellar. Open the doors to your left and right around the corner you can find a Silver Ball. Head back out to the main hall.

The Garden

Back in the poolhouse find a receptacle for the Silver Ball far N on the ground floor. Placing it opens a door in the garden. Head back to the main hall and open the door leading outside using the nearby button. Climb the ladder left around the corner of the entrance to find a Little Medikit and a Bronze Shield for Secret 3 (10). Drop down and go E in the garden to find the open door. Go to the graveyard and find Secret 4 (11), another Bronze Shield, behind the far N grave. Go S and into the garden. You can absolve the training parcours or not, but at the end you can find Secret 5 (12) in the pool – the next Silver Shield. Also find the Library Key S behind some arches. Return all the way back into the mansion and in the main hall.

The Library

Go up the stairs again and then left, the first right opening leads back to the bedroom where you started this level, but we don’t want to return here. Open the second right door using the Library Key and shoot another two glasses on the pedestals. On one you can find the next Sun Piece, and on the opposite wall you can use a jumpswitch to open the door NW in the main hall. Return to the main hall.

The Cellar

Run downstairs and enter the NW open door, then follow the passage around a right corner and open the doors. In the piano room find a S crawlspace, at its end you can use a lever. Return to the piano room and in the passage, another door here is now open. Follow the passage into the cellar and shoot the picture of the Mona Lisa. Enter the crawlspace and at the end pick up the Moon from the pedestal. Back in the cellar run upstairs and to the main hall.

Placing Sun and Moon

Head outside again and to the N wall.
Combine the two Sun Pieces to form the Sun and place it in the left receptacle, then place the Moon in the right pedestal. The double doors between the receptacles open, loop around the right wing of the gate but watch out not to hit the finish trigger 1 sector nearby and press the switch. The door next to the fountain raises, go inside the lockup behind to claim uzis and uzi clips for Secret 6 (13). Get back to the main gate and head through it to finish this level.

THE END