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.