Tibetan Winter

Level by Kevin Luschert (MrXY) (November, 2006)

Walkthrough by Harry Laudie


You start with a flyby through a house and ending with Lara outside in the snow. Go south behind the column and climb through the broken window. There is a closed door in front of you. Go west down the corridor and go around the corner. Jump onto the first window ledge for flares. Jump onto the second window ledge and pull down a jump switch. You get a cut scene of a door opening and more views of the house. Get down and go to the open door opposite your entry window. Enter the large room and see a closed door in the east wall and a closed gate in the south wall.

Go up the main stairs and onto the north balcony. Go up another set of stairs and enter another corridor. Follow the corridor to the end and notice a closed door in the west wall. There are also two wall torches on that wall. Jump onto the last window ledge for revolver ammo. Now go back one window and see that it is broken. Jump up there and jump down to the outside balcony. Jump the snow columns in the north-east and pick up a torch. Jump back and enter the house again. Return down the main stairs and light the torch in the fire at the east wall next to the closed door. Return upstairs and light the two wall torches. The doors in the corridor will open.

Now jump out the window onto the balcony with the torch. Set fire to the pile of snow in the south-west corner of the balcony. You get a cut scene showing that the snow has melted. Pick up an Ice Crystal from the snow and enter the house. Now enter the open doors in the west wall. You see a walkway over two shallow water pools. And there is an obvious moving block puzzle to complete. Drop the torch on the floor and remember where you left it.

Go to the north pool and jump onto the Yin-Yang symbol block. Run and jump to pull down the jump switch on the south-east column. This raises a block in the south pool. Go there and jump on the Yin-Yang symbol block and pick up the Golden Key. Jump to the next block and pull down the wall switch. This raises three blocks in the north pool. Go there and move the yellow piece onto the Yin-Yang symbol block. Nothing obvious happens so exit the room. Return to the main stairs and go onto the south balcony.

You are stopped by a closed gate. Pull down the jump switch on the column behind you and the gate opens. Enter the room and go to the south-east wall to pick up a small medipack. Then return to the entrance and look to the east wall. Use the Golden Key in the lock to open the gate and release a man. Do not shoot him, as you need his help. Enter the tunnel and go to the end to pull down a wall switch. You get a cut scene of a gate opening. Exit this room and go down the main stairs. Go south to enter the open gate. Walk over to the man and he plays with the wall symbol. The gate opens beside you. Enter the tunnel and pull down a wall switch. Exit back to the room and go south out the open door and back into the snow. Go to the north-west corner and pick up a second Ice Crystal.

Return to the house and go up the main stairs to the north balcony. Follow the corridor back to the room with the water pools. Go to the south pool and use the Ice Crystals in the receptacles on the Yin-Yang symbol block and the yellow piece block. Two blocks rise out of the water. Now move the yellow piece to the Yin-Yang symbol block. The gate in the south-west corner opens. Enter the tunnel and pull down a wall switch. You get a cut scene of the doors opening and a view of the outside area. Pick up the torch, which should be nearby, and exit this room. Return to the main stairs and go out those large doors.

Drop the torch in the snow and remember where you left it. You may notice a cave and a closed door to the south-east. Go north and pull up onto a block. Climb the ladder to a higher block. Jump to the south-west and onto the balcony. Jump the other corner over the railing to land on the south balcony. About where you land, pick up cogwheel #1 from the floor. Go to the other end of the balcony to pick up flares. You can use the binocular to see the position of the cogwheel if you had problems to pick it up. Get back to the ground again. This time climb the block in the north-east corner. Jump up to grab the slope in the corner. This was very hard and frustrating to do. Position Lara against the wall so that the line on the wall goes through the middle of her head. Then turn to the left and jump up. After many tries Lara will grab the edge of the slope. Pull up and back flip to a column. Run and jump south to land on a ledge. Pull down the wall switch on the inside column. Look to the south-west and see two large doors open and close again. Pull the timed switch again and side flip over the balcony and run for the open doors.

When you make the run inside the doors, the doors will stay open for you. You enter a large room with a pit in the middle. Go to the north wall of the pit and climb down a ladder and onto a bridge. Go to the middle of the bridge and jump to the ledge at the west wall. Drop down to a lower ledge for revolver ammo. Then pull back up to the ledge. Get into the crawl space and the tunnel for the laser sight. Stand up and push the block at the end of the tunnel once. Turn to the south tunnel and push the end block twice. Go to the right side of that block and push it east once. There is a half-height block that you cannot get over. Go to the west wall and see a white block to your left. Turn to the right and pull out a block from the north wall corner. Move it aside and enter the tunnel behind it for the revolver. Go back to the white block and look high above it on the south wall. Shoot the small blue box and the white block descends. Enter the tunnel to pick up the cogwheel #2.

Exit this area and jump back to the bridge. Drop onto a ledge in the north-west corner and pull down the wall switch. Safety drop onto the water. The door is open in the north-east corner. You can climb the blocks for a large medipack before entering the doorway or pick it up later. Enter the room and go east to pick up a torch and light it on the fire. The middle wall torch on the east wall will open the gate in the south wall. All the others will open a trap door and drop you into the room below. However you can easily jump some blocks and return to the room with the torches.

Bring the torch with you and enter the south doorway. It is an elevator shaft and the floor rises. At the top enter the only opening to pick up cogwheel #3 from the floor. The gate opens for you and you are back at the top of the pit. Drop the torch near the gear train. Before placing the cogwheels, climb down the ladder and jump the ledges to get to the bottom of the pit. Return to the room with the torches and then south into the empty elevator shaft. You get secret #1 and a Golden Rose from the floor of the shaft. Now use the ledges to get back to the bridge and climb up the ladder. Place the three cogwheels in the gear train at the north wall. The gate opens beside the gears. Enter the tunnel and pull down the wall switch. You get a cut scene showing that the pit is flooded.

Go to the pit and notice that the gate near the bottom is open. First, swim into the crawl space in the west wall again. Swim over the half-height block and get secret #2 and a Golden Rose. Swim back to the pit and swim into the lower opening in the south wall and pick up the Detonator Key. Swim back to the room and pull up. Exit the room and go back to the outside area. Go to the south-east corner and notice the TNT box in the cave. Use the Detonator Key to open the door in the south wall. Enter the tunnel and pull down the wall switch. You hear an explosion. Return to the cave and see that the back of the cave is now open.

First, go and retrieve one of the torches that you should have brought with you. Go through the cave and enter another area with a house. Go to the south wall and enter the open doorway. Drop the torch and run and jump to pull down the wall switch on the east wall. A block rises in the middle of the room. Take the torch and hop onto the block. Hold the torch to the ceiling and get a cut scene of a hole appearing in the ceiling. Before you climb up into the hole, exit the house. Look for a vase on the upper east balcony above you. Shoot the vase and a gate opens beside the shattered vase.

Now climb the hole in the ceiling. Pick up revolver ammo from the north-west corner. Exit onto the balcony and turn to the right and pick up the Old Key. If you look to the west balcony you can see a crowbar. Safety drop to the ground and go to the north wall. Use the Old Key to open the door. Enter the room and go to the north-west corner. You can shoot the empty box. Stand on the higher brown box and pull down the trap door that is above you head.

Pull up into the room and see a closed door. Go out the broken window and onto the balcony. Go to the right and follow the balcony. Pick up a crowbar and notice another closed gate in the corner. You will have to return here later. Now return to the room. Use the crowbar to open the door. Enter the small room and shoot two boxes. You should find flares and the Rusty Key that were hiding under the boxes. Exit the room and go outside into the snow. Look for a key lock in the north-east corner. Use the Rusty Key to open the gate in the east fence.

Enter the next snow area and see another closed gate in the north wall. Go south through a large opening and find two small buildings. Use the crowbar to open the first door in the west building. Enter the stable and jump up onto the bale of hay behind the north-west horse. Pick up the Golden Key and exit the stable. Go to the east building and use the Golden Key to open the door. Enter the building and go to the north-west corner. Pick up the Yin symbol from inside the chest on the floor.

Exit the building and go to the second door in the west building. Pull down the wall switch, side jump, and run through the quickly closing door. Go to the south-west corner for a small medipack. Go to the north-west corner to pull down the wall switch. The trap door opens in the south-east corner. Get into the hole and follow the crawl space to pick up the Yang symbol. Exit the building and return to the earlier buildings with the ceiling trap door. Return to the balcony where you got the crowbar.

Continue to the closed door. Make the Yin-Yang symbol and place it in the receptacle on the column in front of the door. The door opens so enter the room. Pick up the Artifact and get a cut scene of a gate opening. Get down from the balcony and go out the east gate. The north wall gate is open. Go there and see a helicopter. Run towards the helicopter and the level ends.

01-dec-2006