MAYA RUINS

Level by Indycatalan

Walkthrough by Treeble


The adventure starts off in a small area with nothing but a trapdoor ahead of you. It opens as you approach, so drop to the dark cave beneath. Straight ahead of you is a pushable pillar; push it as far as it will go to reveal a crawl space with a small medipack and flares, the latter of which will definitely come in handy throughout this level.

Go back through the other corridor and push the wall switch at the end to open the door a few steps back. Climb through the open trapdoor in the end and pull back the statue nearby to retrieve the CROWBAR that was under it. Use it to pry open the grey door on the other end of the room and two compies show up to greet you. Make a mental note of the trapdoor, we'll be back soon, but for now jump over the slope near the doorway and go through the foliage for a small mazeish area.

You can use the god rays in the middle as a general point of reference. You can collect a few ammo pickups on the South and East passages of the room, but what really matters here are the two crawl spaces on the North end. Inside one of them is the BRONZE SECRET (
SECRET #1), and you can grab more from the other one. Return to the previous area and follow the corridor.

Dive into the river and find an underwater lever below the bridge to open an underwater door. Swim inside to climb out in a small chamber, throw the wall switch on the wall with the carved face and the trapdoor we saw earlier on will be opened. Backtrack there and drop in to find the OLD KEY near the center of the room (it is quite small, light a flare to spot it if necessary).

Return to the river area and climb out of the water near the bridge to locate a keyhole. Inside, jump over the spike pit and to a wall lever nearby. This retracts some of the spikes below, allowing you to collect the SKELETON KEY. Head back outside and up the bridge to use it, dealing with the tribesman along the way.

Drop through the trapdoor and swim past the narrow passage (notice a darker block along the way), then use the crowbar to pry open the grey door and, as the mystery music plays, turn left to push a wall button. A gate to a pyramid opens, allowing three angry tribesmen to rush towards you.

Once you're in the clear, go around the pyramid and locate a small depression on the floor with a skeleton, use this as a reference to find a jump switch on the pyramid itself. This lowers the darker block in the narrow underwater tunnel we came through, so head back there find the SILVER SECRET (
SECRET #2), as well as some crossbow bolts around the corners. Return to the pyramid.

Climb the block on the North wall and use the hanging platforms and swing poles to reach another grey door you can open with the crowbar. Push the cage once and go around to maneuver it around; your goal is to push it towards the face-carved wall in the back to open the nearby trapdoor. Drop inside and negotiate the short jump sequence to collect the DISC.

To return, grab the climbable wall and shimmy all the way left, then slide with a mid air backflip to grab the edge. Return to the pyramid and place the disc on the receptacle. This opens the gate up on the wall to the right, use the block to climb up to it. Light a flare to spot a wall lever on the North side, then move the cage around so that you can push it off the edge.

Drop down and push the cage to the ornate tile on the SW corner to open the trapdoor at the top of the pyramid, but don't make your way up there yet. The wall lever we've pushed a few moments prior has lowered a block in the SE corner; go inside and push a button to open the path to a small caved in area with a burning pedestal. Grab the medipack beneath the skeleton and the GOLD SECRET (
SECRET #3) from the alcove, then retrace your steps back to the pyramid.

Now you can climb it all the way to the top. Drop down the shaft to some water chambers below and immediately to your side is an underwater lever. Activate it and carefully swim past the wall mounted blades, surfacing on a lava filled room. Negotiate the simple jump sequence to get across and finally claim the GOLD IDOL from the pedestal to finish your adventure.