SEARCH FOR THE MONASTERY 1
– Monastery Ruins
Level by Barry Matharoo
Walkthrough by Moonpooka
There are four secrets to find.
Waterfalls And Secrets
Lara arrives somewhere in the Tibetan mountains. Run ahead and jump up
the slope and you will find a guard laying in the snow, drag him to one side
and reveal some Uzi Ammo, then continue on to the river ahead.
Stand at the water's edge but be careful not to fall in or the current
will sweep Lara away and you will have to make your way back up steam to this
point again.
Look across the river and to your left, there’s a snowy ledge, so jump
to it then face SE. You will see the Uzi weapon up on a ledge in the hillside,
and below it is a barely visible set of ice collapse tiles. Jump to the
collapse tiles, then quickly pull up to the ledge above, then nip left and
collect 1st Secret – Uzi. Now jump back down to the water's edge and
return to the snowy ledge.
Jump up one level onto the hillside, and then make your way north along
the slippery hillside to get to the waterfall. This only entails a few jumps
over snowy slopes and it shouldn’t be too tricky. When you arrive at the
waterfall however, there is a tricky jump to do so save game. Your objective is
to jump from the blue slope, and curve round to the left so that Lara lands on
the rock in the cavern under the waterfall. Once you
have made it there, nip over to the button ahead and use it to open up a secret
for later. Now jump to the ledge behind you and collect the 2nd Secret –
Shotgun & Shotgun Ammo x 2.
Jump into the water and swim ahead, the current will take Lara on and
then will lose its grip so you can gain control again. Here is where you must
keep close to the right wall as a guard is waiting up on the ledge to your
right, but you can pull up at the corner of the river bank and take him out
before heading further down stream.
At the end of the river, collect the Shotgun Ammo from the river
bed under the waterfall, and then swim to the SW corner under the tree. Pull up
at the west bank and then nip up to the left of the tree.
Jumping Through Waterfalls
You will be facing another waterfall and can see a cavern inside.
Taking a long running jump and using action, will glide Lara inside the cavern,
and take her on a long swim through underwater passages. Lara will eventually
arrive in a small central room where she has the choice of three routes to
take. To the west, is the final room of this area where you will be placing the
two Stone of Ice artefacts, so there’s no need to go there yet; then the north
and south passages will get you an artefact in each area, and you can take
either one it doesn’t matter.
North Passage – 1st Stone Of Ice Artifact
Make your way through the passage, and then pull up into the mirror
room. There’s a burning pedestal ahead and it’s where you will light the torch
in a little while. Ok, so where’s the torch? Stand at the lake edge but (don’t
fall in as the water is lethal) and take a running jump to the alcove in the
south wall. There on the first black and white tile is the torch; you may need
to light a flare to see it; or in some cases players couldn’t see it at all, so
stand in the middle of the tile and use action, and Lara will pick up the
torch.
Now with torch in hand, jump back to the ledge with the burning
pedestal and light the torch.
The next task is to take the burning torch to the other end of the lake
by using the tiles you see in the mirror. The first one is at the north wall,
but take care not to over run the tiles as the red surrounding floor is lethal.
Once over the other side, you can light the pedestal and open the door nearby.
Draw guns before entering the new room as a guard is waiting inside.
Once he’s seen to you can move the two monkey statues onto the textured tiles
to raise a block nearby, and lower a rope. It’s simple enough now to jump to
the block from the room’s doorway, then line up with the rope and save. Lara
has to be positioned in the right place to catch the rope and this is done by
standing on the corner of the block diagonally and facing the rope, now take
one step back and do a standing jump to grab the rope. From here you need to
swing and grab an invisible pole, though it’s not meant to be invisible, it’s
just hard to see as it’s made of ice, so use the textured tiles on the pool
floor and ceiling to the left of the obelisk to recognise where the pole is. Ok
you are on the pole and can now back flip to the area behind the obelisk.
The next task is to shoot out the ice window nearby, and go through to
collect the 1st Stone Of Ice, but watch out for the blade trap when you
take it.
You can now leave, but as you exit you are being fired on by a guard
below. Try to pick him off from up top, and then notice a new block has risen
at the west wall. Jump to the block and leave the room, then simply make your
way back over the lake using the mirror tiles again, and then return to the
small central room.
South Passage – 2nd Stone Of Ice Artifact
Carefully enter this passage as an ice trap will fall stealing some
health. Ahead is an ice collapse tile but nothing will happen if you fall
through, just climb out of the water hole and go into the main room. There’s
another lake to cross, and ice collapse tiles will be your path across, but you
can also use the outer edges to help you over. The water has a current too, so
don’t fall in or Lara will be swept away to a watery death.
Once over the lake, enter the cave passage and go right. Kill the
lurking guard and head on to the end of the passage. Go left then left at the
end of the passage, then take another left turn and see a button to use at the
end of this passage; this opens a door to another button and there are three
buttons in all.
After using the button, go east and then take a right turn, go right
again and then right once more to find the second button.
After using the button, turn and head out to the left, then go right
then right again and find the third button to use. A door is now open nearby,
so turn and head out towards the left, go left again and at the end of the
passage go right, and there’s the new open door in the south wall.
Go through and take the 2nd Stone Of Ice, then nip back to avoid
the blade trap. Turn and draw guns as another guard attacks, and then make your
way back to the lake. You can now jump into the water and swim to the central
island, but keep central or to the left to avoid that still active current
trap. Return to the small central room now, and enter the west passage.
West Passage - Placing The Two Stone Of Ice Artifacts
Go through into the new room, and notice a button on the west wall, you
have to use that first before placing the Ice of Stone artifacts, or the statue
will not turn. Use the button then place the two Ice of Stone artifacts in the
receptacles nearby. The statues will turn and an ice door will open at the west
wall revealing a pole, but before heading down, collect the Uzi Ammo x 2
from the pedestal, and then slide to the lower room via the pole.
There are four monkey statues here, and all four must be placed on the
coloured tiles nearby, this will open a central hatch for you to go even lower
underground, so slide down and then use the slope to slide into a large watery
cavern below.
Take care in here as the lake is deadly. Nip over to the ledge ahead
and look left for a wall lever to open the door on the other side of the lake,
but before you head on to the central ledges with the rope, look into the SE
corner for a pedestal and make your way over to it. Take 3rd Secret – Silver
Skull from the pedestal and then simply make your way to the central block
where you can pull up and jump to the rope. Swing to the north ledge and run
through the new passage, then drop into the water at the end and swim through
to an outside camp.
Camp Capers
The camp is littered with guards as you will soon find out. First head
south and take out the five guards that show up, then go to the hut nearby. You
can’t enter the hut but you can shoot the boxes close by it for some Grenade
Ammo & SMP.
Now see over at the south wall there is a dead guard and go move his
body, underneath him is the Detonating Key, so take it and head to the
north side of the camp. Go round the small red building to the lake, and two
more guards will attack, pick them off and use the key on the box lock by the
red building. There’s an explosion and a hole is blown in the lake floor giving
you access to an under water passage.
Dive in and swim through the underwater cavern and then up at the south
wall. Swim on and you will arrive inside the small red building. Take the Stone
of Fire from the blade trapped pedestal, then gather the LMP & Uzi
Ammo and return to the lake. Before leaving the lake, swim to the central
rock for some Shotgun Ammo, and then under the waterfall you will find
some Revolver Ammo.
You can now leave the lake and go to the keyhole box by the red
building. Climb on the box and use it to jump to the roof of the red building.
Pull up, and on the roof top you will find 4th Secret – Silver Rose.
Drop down from the roof and head into the west passage. Kill the waiting guard
and then head on under the arch to a new room.
Move the guard to your left, who’s obstructing the plinth and then
place Stone of Fire on the plinth and watch the cut scene. A hanging dish will
tip and its hot contents will melt the ice in the small lake nearby giving you
access to an underwater passage. Drop into the water and swim down into a lower
chamber, and then swim on and up into a new room.
Final Encounter
Climb out and head into the next room, and you will awaken a Demi God.
Killing this guy will end the level, but there’s one more thing to grab before
you leave and that’s a SMP hidden under the dead guard to your right;
the other corpse has nothing so don’t waste your time there. Now go gun down
that big guy and finish the level.