Temple Creature

a custom level made by Lukasz Croft

Unofficial walkthrough written by Selene

This walkthrough is unofficial and is not written by the maker of this level. For the official walkthrough or any questions or concerns related to the level please contact the person who has created it.

Note: There are 6 secrets in the level, but I only found 4. I couldn't get in touch with the level builder, so if anyone would like to let me know where the final two secrets are I would be very grateful. Also the description of the maze near the end is somewhat shortened, this because I found it so hard to make a detailed description of it. I have added pick-ups that I've found, enemies there and things to look for. Hopefully it shouldn't be too difficult to navigate around the maze without detailed guidance. However, if someone feels that something is missing please feel free to let me know and I will fill in these details with appropriate credits.


Lara begins the level falling into a dark room, losing nearly all her health in the process.

Finding Secret 1:

Turn left and shoot the urns on the ledge. Pick up the shotgun shells that were hidden in the one to the left. Turn around and pull the switch on the right side. This will release a fire wraith so quickly turn right again, run over to the small pool with the corpse in it and jump in to extinguish the wraith. Climb out of the pool and climb the ledge where you picked up the shotgun shells again. Do a running jump to grab the opening behind the gate you opened by pulling the switch and pull up. Walk forward and take out the dog ambushing Lara. The rightmost urn in the corner contains uzi ammo, the next one on the ledge next to it is empty. The third one is empty as well and there are some shotgun shells on the next ledge. In the blue room next to this one Lara will be attacked by some bats too. In the alcove to the left of the opening is another urn which is empty and from there you can see two beasts in a cage. These are poisonous so it's best not to let them come too close. On the wall opposite of the cage is a switch which opens the gate. Pull it and quickly jump out of the way. The beasts will continue running around inside the cage area so you can shoot them safely from outside. Go into the cage and pick up Secret 1: the Shotgun as well as two boxes of wideshot ammo. The door closes behind Lara, but the switch inside the cage opens it again. Pull it twice to open both the gate out of the cage and the gate leading out to the room you started in.

Getting The Key And Crowbar And Finding Secret 2:

Go back to the pool with the corpse and push the buttons on each side to open the gates opposite. Go through and climb the ledge ahead. Kill the beast charging from the other side of the room. The beast won't follow Lara down from the ledge, so she can jump back down and shoot at it from the safety below, occasionally jump back up on the ledge to lure it out. After it's dead go ahead and look up to the left. There's a brighter opening here so climb the ledge before the opening and draw weapons. Kill the crocodile that rushes out and once that's done enter the room and pick up the Key on the left side and some uzi ammo behind the green plant on the opposite side of the room. As Lara leaves the room a dog will be running around below so kill that too and turn right. Above you will see a ladder and a spiked bag in front of the opening. The bag won't start swinging yet so don't worry about it. Climb the ladder to the top and go around the corner to the right. Go over to the chest on the left and steam will pour out of the grate opposite of it. Kill the wasp that appears around the corner and open the chest to find Secret 2: some Uzi clips. Turn to face the grate with the steam and see the pedestal in front of it. Run over there as quickly as you can, trying to avoid losing health as much as you can, and pick up the Crowbar. Run away from the steam quickly and another wasp will appear so take that out too. Be careful to avoid the darts that shoot out from the wall above the triangular space on the wall(it's not possible for Lara to crawl in there and there's nothing of interest there either so never mind it). You will now see that the spiked bag in front of the opening has started swinging too. It shouldn't be too much of a problem dropping back down the ladder while avoiding it, especially not if crawling backwards down.

Toxic Pool Area:

Go back where you came from and continue ahead. Here you will see three beasts stomping around in a cage and two lever slots which are missing the levers. Use the Crowbar in the slot on the left to open the gate ahead(if you use the crowbar in the right slot Lara will catch fire). Take out the three beasts(backflipping off the ledge to the area below where the beasts can't reach Lara if necessary). Enter the room they came from. Proceed ahead and kill the beast greeting you. In the middle opening between the pillars on the left hand side is a closed gate up on the wall. In the alcove to the left of this you’ll find some shotgun shells. We will open that in a little bit, so for now go straight ahead towards the large closed gate at the end and pick up a large medipack in the alcove to the left of the gate. Retrace your steps towards where you entered this room. After you've passed the small closed gate that I told you to ignore for now, there will be a slanting block to the right and an open doorway with a clock on the wall behind it. Turn left and jump over the sloped block to the dark area behind and pick up some uzi clips. Now go back out and climb the slanting block opposite. Jump from there to the doorway by the clock. From there do a standing jump to the block in the middle of the pool. The water is toxic so it will kill Lara if she lands in it. Do another running jump to the ledge with the lever and pull this to open a door somewhere else and turn to kill the wasp that appears. Once that is done do a running jump back to the slanted block you came from and from there a tight running jump, angling Lara slightly in the air and WITHOUT pressing Action, to make her land on the block in the middle of the pool. Do a standing jump from there back to the entrance.

Opening The Large Gates- Finding A Use For The Key:

Go past the entrance to the toxic pool, towards the closed gate, and as soon as you reach an opening between the columns look left. You will see the gate that you opened a little while ago. Climb up there and enter the new room. The urn on top of the block is empty, but go behind the block to the side closest to the two torches. Stand in front of the block and press Action. Lara will reach into a hidden niche, causing the large gates at the end of the room to open. You will hear a beast running around in the room below so either drop down and kill it or pick it down from the safety above. Either ways, once it's dead go through the large gate you just opened. Shoot the croc in the water ahead before jumping in yourself. Swim to the other side and unlock the gate ahead with the key you found earlier.

Dark Room With Two Levers:

As you go through, the gates will close behind Lara and she will be ambushed by a dog. Once it's dead, go left and shoot the urn next to the lit sconce to get some uzi ammo. Enter the crawlspace on the left and stop and draw guns before she crawls all the way through. Shoot the two scorpions appearing here and crawl on. The urn on the right contains a scorpion too so it can be missed out on. Go to the left and left again and pick up the flares. I couldn't find anything of interest in the next room apart from a bat and some beetles. Crawl back out where you came from. Go to the closed gate at the end and pull the two levers to open it. In the next room you will see that on the right is a blue moveable block and a bright yellow area ahead with a different looking tile on the floor in the middle. To the left is an equal section, but this time with a blue area and a yellow moveable block. Push/pull both these block onto the middle tile(the one standing out from the rest of the floor) and the gate between the blue and yellow area will open. Go through the next dark section and stop before you reach the doorway. The brown block you see ahead is really a sliding door, so go as close as you can to trigger it and stand to either side of the doorway and jump ahead as the door slides away.

Getting Secret 3- Entering The Maze:

Shoot a croc in the pool on the left side and see that there is an underwater lever one each side of the doorway where you entered. But first jump in the pool and swim under the walkway to find a lever. Pull it to open the underwater gate to the left of the gate you came through. Swim up and you will be greeted by a croc, so quickly swim back down and up and pull back up on dry land before blasting loose on it. When it's dead jump back in and swim up where it came from. Here is an EXTREMELY narrow opening, but if you try wriggling Lara up and down and side to side, she will manage to squeeze through. In this room you can pick up Secret 3: one small and one large medipack. When leaving the room swim through the opening from either side of the block and she should make it through. Surface for air and then pull the underwater levers on each side of the walkway to open the gate ahead leading into the maze.

The Maze And Exit- Finding Secret 4 And The Torch:

I found it difficult to try making up a map or a description of where to find what in this maze, although it is fairly small. What I found was some flares, shotgun shells and a torch and picking up the torch I was attacked by a caveman and a wasp. You can light the torch on the burning barrel where you entered the maze. In the maze there is a light brown block with a face on it, this is moveable. Pull it out once, go around to the right and pull it once more. Go back around to where you first pulled it out and enter the hallway beyond. Don't worry about the blades flanking the doorway, they won't budge for now. The urns in the two first alcoves are both empty. There are uzi clips in both of the second set of alcoves. And on the purple pedestal amidst the gas you will see the Uzis. Brace yourself, use a medipack if you're low on health and run over to the pedestal, pick up Secret 4: the Uzis and immediately backflip to get away from the gas. Turn around and walk towards the now clanking blades and take out the wasp that appears. Carefully time your run past the clanking blades and wander around the maze until you find a black gate. Use the Crowbar to pry this open. Go to the right and pick up the shotgun shells to the right of the statue holding the fire. Go straight ahead and up the ramp to the closed gate and as there’s no finishing trigger this is actually counted as the end of the level. ;)