STOLEN ARTIFACTS
Level By Debbie Overstreet
Walkthrough written by the author and provided with the level download.
The level opens with Lara standing in front of a motor bike. Climb onto
the bike and proceed through the barriers. A door will open. Get off the bike and
activate the two jump switches. Secret number one is the uzi. After Lara grabs
the goodies turn and shoot the vases. The one on the right has a swarm of
locusts. Lara can outrun them with minimal damage. The vase on the left will
open the next door. Shoot the vase closest to the next unopened door and this
will trigger it to open. The other two vases hold a wraith and a shotgun. The
sentry gun will be shooting at you so you will have to be quick and watch your
life while you grab the gun.
Run through the open
door and jump into the water. The wraith will die when it hits water. Now climb
out and there is another jump switch on a brick column. Jump and pull the
switch. A cut scene will play showing an underwater door opening. Before you
hunt for that door turn to your right and notice the dark land area beyond the
opening in the wall. There are some flares nearby. Grab those and proceed out
into the land area.
Turn to your right and
pick up the uzi ammo lying on the ground. Go to your left and pull the switch.
A cut scene will play showing the underwater door next to this body of water
open. Grab the arrows on the rock and swim on into the tunnel. A furnace will
fire up under Lara but it can't hurt her. Swim to the end of the tunnel and
pull up onto the ledge. A dead guy and his bike are in front of you. Get on the
bike and ride down the tunnel.
Just keep going and
hang a left and keep going to the end of that tunnel. Jump off the bike and
climb up. Follow the tunnels until you climb up on the ledge with secret number
2, a lasersight. Go forward and push the lever switch. Another cut scene will
play showing a door opening and a bike. Keep working your way past the switch
and up to a ledge. You should be able to see the bike.
You are back where you
started the level. Climb on and follow the familiar route to the end where the
sentry gun is. Park the bike and jump off. Go straight ahead into the water and
swim down. To your left is the open door from the switch you pulled on the
column. Swim through this door and on up and pull yourself out. A bike awaits
you. Before you climb onto the bike however open up a few doors using the
levers. Once you make it past the lever rooms, crash through the bike wall at
the end turning left as you do. At the top of the stairs turn left and run over
the bad guy. Go towards the end of the path and get off the bike, pick up the
ammo and jump over the railing into the water below.
Swim to your left and
pull out. Pick up the second armour piece on a corner nearby. There are also
some other pickup items lying about. A couple of guards may try to stop you.
You can take care of them or just jump out the front of the building. Once out
of the building slide on down to the bottom and turn to your right. You will
see a damaged staircase to your left. Proceed up and when you get near the top
use your revolver and lasersight to shoot the blue swinging light. The doors
will open. Arm yourself and go in. A bad guy is in the room with you, take care
of him.
Near his bike is a
jump switch. Pull the switch and watch the cut scene. Now for some great biking
fun! Climb onto the bike and go on out the door and to your right. I have
tested and retested this part of the level. My advice is that you step on the
break(alt) if you think you are losing control of Lara and this will slow the
bike down quickly. Take some time and explore. There is a third armour piece
and secret 4 somewhere on these hills. After you accomplish this and are
finished playing head on down toward the bottom of the slope. Jump off the bike
and into the ravine. Lara will fall quite a ways landing in water.
There is a fourth
piece of armour on the floor and secret 5 on a rock nearby. Grab those and go
to the opening at the end of the tunnel. Get some air before entering. Swim
down the tunnel turn to your right and keep swimming through this tunnel until
you can swim up. Keep swimming up through the flooded room and to the square of
air above you. Two switches are in this small room. Pull each switch and watch
the cut scenes. Jump back into the water and swim to the top of the flooded
rooms, just keep going on up through the passages until you see the top. Listen
for secret 6 to chime and look down and pick up the large medipak then climb
out. You are now back inside the room where you killed the guard and grabbed
his bike.
Climb out and walk straight
and turn to your right. One of the switches you pulled opened the double doors
to an orange colored room with two more switches. The switch on your right
releases some locusts. The left switch plays a cut scene and opens the other
door down in the ravine. If you want you can take a different route than this
one. I'll give that route to you after I explain the ravine route. Go back out
to the broken stairs and hop all the way down and jump into the ravine again.
Go through the now open door and pick up secret 7 inside the tunnel and on your
right. Keep swimming turn right and swim to the end. Pull out and kill the two
bats flapping around you and pull the switches around each corner. One switch
opens the doors above you and the other opens the doors leading out of the
level.
Pick up the fourth
piece of armour and climb up and out of this room. Look for the fifth piece of
armour nearby and then find the bike near the front of the building just before
the open doors. Turn and take care of the bad guy sneaking up on you. Get on
the bike. You are near the end of the level and although this part is tricky it
can be done. Ride through the barriers until you get to the end. A sentry gun
is just around the corner. If you are fast and don't bang into any walls you
can make it past this sentry without catching on fire. You will have to be fast
and keep an eye on Lara's life and replenish it before you make the jump or she
may not survive the fall.
After you get past
this go through the next few barriers until you get to the double doors and
swinging light. The shatter vases contain a revolver and another lasersight.
Shoot the light and get back on your bike and go through the doors, down the
passage and slightly to the right. Another sentry awaits but just keep fast and
to the left and you can slip by it. At the end you will see the portal to end
the level. Pick up all the goodies lying about then walk towards the portal.
Alternative Route:
Go out to the stairway
and walk down a few steps, turn to your left and notice the water. Go to the
bottom and walk over to the left and jump over onto the platform below. There
is a lever switch to push. Do that and a cut scene will play showing the
underwater door open. Get the large medipak from the ledge nearby and jump into
the water, swim through the door and pull yourself out at the end.
There are a couple of
goodies to your left to grab. Next to the helicopter there is a can of fuel.
Beyond that in the corner on the right is a door that will open after the can
is shot. Shoot the can and the helicopter will explode. Neat effect! Now jump
into the open passage and swim down and up into a dark room. Pull the switch
and a cutscene will play showing a set of double doors opening. Shoot the vase
to open the door out of this small room. Walk forward and notice the bike.
Before you can get on the bike a guard will try to stop you. Get him and then
get on the bike.
This part is tricky but it can be done. Ride through the barriers until
you get to the end. A sentry gun is just around the corner. If you are fast and
don't bang into any walls you can make it past this sentry without catching on
fire. keep an eye on Lara's life and replenish it before you make the big jump
or she may not survive the fall. After you get past this area go through the
next few barriers until you get to the double doors and swinging light. The
shatter vases contain a revolver and another lasersight. Shoot the light and
get back on your bike and go through the doors, down the passage and slightly
to the right. Another sentry awaits but just keep fast and to the left and you
can slip by it. At the end you will see the portal to end the level. Pick up
all the goodies lying about then walk towards the portal. That's it! I hope you
enjoyed the level.
*If you want to take full advantage of this level and not miss anything
you can save the route to the helicopter for last. After jumping into the
ravine for the second time and after you grab secret 7 inside the tunnel you
can turn and go back through the larger tunnel at the opposite end, stopping
for air and swim up to the top again to return to the room where you first
killed the guard and took the bike next to the jump switch. Go outside to the
broken stairs and to the water and switch on the left. Take it from here and
complete the level without missing anything.