The Seal Of Astaroth

Level by Ruediger Abend

Walkthrough by Yoav

Start the level with a flyby showing Lara standing on a high cliff. Drop down onto the ledge from the left side, crawl and get the flares. Turn back to grab the edge and drop down between the two slopes, jump over the slope to the ledge from your right and kill the ninja there and pick up his uzi clips. Go forward, drop and grab the edge, shimmy to the right under the crack and drop down onto a slope, crawl outside; there's a ninja from the right side, get his uzi clips.

Turn left, grab the pole to slide down, jump over the half block-slope into a hidden hole, then climb onto the block and drop down to ledge below. Grab the edge, drop down and grab the edge of a large crack below, shimmy to the right and when you reach the corner keep shimmying and climb up the ledge. Head to the right, in front of you there're a ladder to climb down, ignore from this ladder as you can't reach it, just drop down to the ledge below, you might lose a little health.

Notice for a small red scorpion trying to sting you, keep forward, shoot on another scorpion, turn to right you'll come to a lever, pulling this lever will open the double door to enter the catacomb later. Drop down to left ledge, turn to the right and keep dropping down over the slope, slide and grab the edge, drop to grab the edge of an opening below. Climb into a Secret Place, get uzi clips, keep dropping down onto a slope and slide down to the desert.

Head to the west over the Jeep, kill the ninja and take the medipack in front of the Jeep. Back the same way you came, and keep forward where you see two burning pedestals, there's also a small pool but nothing else interesting. Leave this place over the north to a place where you can pass and reach the opening of the catacomb, but first shoot on ninja and a small red scorpion.

Enter the catacomb past near a grave from your left, keep going forward to a room with four movable statues, shoot on a bat then pull/push each of the four statues one step forward. Get the flares from the right side, you also clear some space, it will help you to get out later from the closed gate. Head to the big room, in each wall there's anclosed gate but not for long time, as soon as you step onto the square block at the middle you open those gate at the same time. The three Templar Knights are free and doing their way into the room, also fire ghosts show up and all they want is to burn you. Note: I never found anything to do with the two movable goblets.

You do not have too much time to look in the passages you just opened, you need a place with water and fast, take the left opening, run to the passage, turn to the right, climb the stairs, ignore from the lever as a second fire ghost is flying after you, you crawl into the room and drop into the hole with water. Back to the lever and save the game, when you pull this lever it will open a timed gate at the right side passage, run as fast as you can to the big room and from there to the right side passage pass and drop down through the open gate. Proceed and climb onto the block, go next to the ladder, climb up to the passage above, keep going forward, you slide down to hall with a few poisonous green water pools.

Draw your pistols and shoot on the monster who is hiding at the left alcove, proceed forward on the long block and take care of more two monsters that attack you from both sides. Go to left opening, but before you climb down, jump to the space in front of you, grab the edge and pull Lara into it to Secret Place, take medipack.

Drop down to the passage above, at the right moment run to pass the spikes trap and pull the lever, it opens gate in a room that you reach later. From where you're standing near the lever you can turn back and pass the spikes trap, or you can go forward but then you have to run faster and lose health to pass the hidden spikes trap. Anyway, back to the room above then head to the other side of the room, at the end look in a green water for a hole with normal water.

Jump into the hole, down the underwater passage and get out of the water in a room with two lion statues, shoot the bat, go to next room and pull the lever there to open the gate behind the statue you pushed earlier.

Go through the opening, you need to get across the pit in front of you, run jump over the ledge, keep to next ledge, run jump and grab the edge, climb onto it. Now you need to be quick but also careful when you are moving on this ledge to other side, trying to avoid from two spiked boulders rolling over to you from the slope right above Lara's head. After you get alive from this trap, and you're still on the ledge, get rid of the two ninjas who are shooting on you from the faraway room.

Drop onto the invisible ledge down below close to the lava, run jump forward to grab the climbable wall, climb up to the room above. Go to the opposite opening and slide down, back through the middle passage to a room you've been to earlier. Proceed to the place with the four statues, go through the open gate over the Jeep, but the level will get to the end before you reach it.