ABRUZZO
Levels by Jöel
Dauvilliers (JoJo)
Walkthrough written by
Jose Boo
Note: As there are
some difficult tasks, this walkthrough maps out every move, this way the
walkthrough is more extensive, but assuming a certain basic ability on the part
of the player, so the player needs to explore on her/his own for these. What is
included is solutions to the major puzzles and the locations of all six of the
secrets. (Many thanks to the builder for pointing out the location of two
secrets that I had been unable to find.) So, the real intent of the walkthrough
is to help the player get "un-stuck" if need be during the course of
independently exploring the level.
LEVEL 1 - THE
ABRUZZI
The Caves
This adventure begins
with Lara falling and sliding down a ramp, losing some health, and landing into
a dark cave. Help yourself with the mound to take a running jump and land into
an alcove in the SE corner of the room; pick up the small medipack there and
pull the switch to open a nearby trapdoor. Jump out and climb into the alcove
at the SW corner, grab the edge and safety drop down to the next sloped surface
(make sure that Lara has full health before dropping). Slide and grab the edge
of the pit with the spikes. Shimmy to the right side and pull up doing a
backflip with twist lo land on the next slope; slide again and near the end of
the slope jump with a left curve to land onto a flat ledge.
First #Secret
Angle Lara in a SW
direction and use the binoculars to spot some items down on the ground floor. Turn
around and drop, grabbing the edge of the ledge, the wall is climbable, so move
to the right, drop to ground floor, pick up the flares and the small medipack
and return the same way to the previous ledge.
Exiting the Caves
Face west and take a
running jump to the next flat ledge at the other side of the pit. Position Lara
at the very NE corner of the ledge and face SE to take a standing jump to the
next climbable part of the wall, go up, use the switch in the NW corner to open
the door and drop into the new room.
The Neptune Room
In this room there is a
Neptune statue with a missing trident. Your goal is to get the trident and come
back here to place it and open the exit door in the W wall (near the end of the
game) but this will be a very hard work, so let's go on. From the NE broken
column ledge take a running jump to grab the ledge in the W wall, go up and use
Ctrl to open the double grated doors, go to the end of the corridor and turn
left. Going up through this sloped corridor will trigger two rolling balls, the
first when you step on the third tile and the second when you step on the
fourth tile so, make your way to avoid them running back quickly to the
entrance corridor (using the sprint key if necessary). Up is a dead end so face
N and grab the ladder in the corridor where the rolling balls fell, climb,
enter the crawlspace and kill the bug which appears in the new room. Light a
flare to discover a moveable block in the S wall. Pull it out and aside and
enter the new corridor; turn left and pull the switch which collapses the
previous room and releases a wraith. Quickly go back to the room and climb the
ladder at the NW corner, backflip to land on the upper level and light another
flare to discover a crawlspace in the S wall. Enter and drop down at the other
side.
The Spike Pits Room. Killing
the Wraith.
Slide and make your way
keeping jumping over the slopes in N, S and W sides till you land over a flat
ledge at W side. Save your game here.
There are two deadly
pits with spikes in this room. You'll have to make your way taking running
jumps clockwise around the room, landing over small triangle ledges in the S
and W walls, to finally jump into an opening at the N wall. Quickly follow the
corridor to the very end and in the left side you'll find a niche with the bird
statue which will kill the wraith; jump there, duck and wait for the wraith to
disappear; landing on this ledge also opens the nearby door at the S side of
the corridor. Go there, pick up the large medipack and drop into the hole. Light
a flare and follow the path till you can see a crawlspace to your right; go in
(from its left side) and drop onto a balcony over the Neptune room. Kill the
bug and use the skellie lever to open the door below. Safety drop to the
ground, enter the open door and watch the flyby.
First Tasks in the
Main Room.
This is the big room
where the trident is, high at the top, so from now on I'll call this room
"The Main Room". Jump into the water and swim to the S side of the
central building. Locate the grated underwater door and open it by pressing
Ctrl. Enter and dive left into the opening and look for the underwater ceiling
switch at the NW corner. Pull it and see how a grated door opens somewhere
outside. This also releases a shark, so quickly swim out of this room and go
right; at the far SW corner there is a ledge you can climb and dispatch the
shark from there. From here jump to the W ledge and walk N to the open door. Enter
and jump into the small alcove in the SW corner; it's partially sloped, so
position Lara against the N wall and jump back with another jump to grab the
edge of the ledge above; pull up, use the wall switch to open the door below in
the NW corner and go there.
The First Mosaic
Plaque
Slide down the ramp from
its left side to land over a ledge looking the lava pit room. Standing on the
SE corner of the ledge take a running jump to the sloped N wall; grab the edge
and shimmy left to the very end; there, pull up and do a backflip with twist
and turn right in midair to land on a flat ledge in the W wall. Take the Mosaic
piece from the pedestal while hearing a nearby trapdoor opening. Turn around
and walk over the ledge to its very SE corner. Use the binoculars if you want
to spot a water opening far down in a SE direction in the middle of the lava. This
is a very tricky jump which can take you many tries. Position Lara at the very
SE end of the corner ledge and do a hard running jump with a right curve and
grab at the very end (Ctrl) to land into the water hole. If you land over the
slope Lara will burn in flames. Once you get it, dive through the tunnels till
you arrive into a room with a pronounced slope to your left; swim to an alcove
in the SW corner and pull the ceiling underwater switch to open the nearby E
grate; swim and get out to the main room. Get out of the water in the nearby S
ledge and jump into the nearby W opening to place the Mosaic. Watch a camera
showing a small underwater grate opening.
Mirror Underwater
Room
Go out, jump into the
water and swim through the opened grate at the SW corner and into the passage
till you arrive at a mirror underwater room. Swim up to the NE corner to find
an air hole where you can take a breath and save your game. It's very difficult
to look behind the mirror to find the items 'cause you can't use the binoculars
underwater, so here's what you have to do in this room: directly below the air
hole you can pick up flares; turn right to the W and in the corner near the
entrance you can pick up the Gate Key; go back for air and dive to the entrance
of this mirror room to find an underwater ceiling lever; pulling it shows you a
camera shot of a door opening somewhere in the main room (this also releases a
hammer shark in the main room waters). Remember very well this shot 'cause it
is the entrance to the second level and there are still a lot of tasks to do
before going there. Go all the way back through the underwater tunnels to the
main room, go out of the water in the nearby SW ledge and shoot the shark.
The Fountain Room
Use the Gate Key in the
nearby metal door at S wall to open it. Advance and you'll enter a huge room
with a fountain in the middle. Watch the flyby and kill the gladiator who
appears. Go to the NE corner of the room and pull a switch behind a pillar to
raise a block near the fountain; this releases another gladiator, kill him and
go to the raised block. This block is climbable from its S side; climb it and
take a running jump to the upper first level ledges (E or S). Running around
these ledges you can find two vases to shoot (one of them will give you a pack
of flares), two urns and four blocks to lower. Go to the top of the black
bridge in the middle, jump and grab the monkey swing and go to the S opening.
Going Up and Second
#Secret
Drop onto the slope
backwards (facing N), slide and grab the edge; shimmy to the very right corner,
pull up, jump back and jump again over the S slope with a right curve to land
over another N sloped ledge to the right; slide and grab the edge, pull up and
jump back to land over a safe ledge at the SE corner of the room. Save your
game. Position Lara at the very SE corner of this ledge and angle her to face
NW to the left high slope. Do a single jump and inmediately another jump over
the left slope with a left curve to grab the left ladder in the upper N wall. Shift
to your right and enter the crawlspace for a secret. Go back out, shift left to
the laddeer, climb up, go through the crawlspace and drop at the other side.
At The Top Of The Big
Room
Go to the end of this
stone bridge and pick up the large medipack from the pedestal. Turn right and
do a running jump from the right of the fence to land on a small triangle flat
ledge at the NE corner; from here a single jump E to get some flares at the
other side of the column; go back and jump into the opening in the N wall
you've passed earlier, pull the switch to see a camera shot showing a door
opening at the other high side of the room (W wall).
The Quest For The
Torch and Third #Secret
Go out and land again
over that small triangle ledge in the right side. Take a running jump SW to
land over the central stone bridge; go W to the border of the bridge and take a
running jump to the stone structure under the W column, slide and grab the
edge. Shimmy left and around the corner and all the way to the very left side
next to the W wall. Pull up and backflip with twist and a right curve to land
on the fenced W balcony. Approach the fence and do a sideflip to cross at the
other side. Enter through the new open S door and the door closes behind you. Climb
up at the gate for a secret. Go to the NE corner of this dark room and finally
pick up one torch from the pedestal.
Going Out and Down
It seems that the brown
picture tiles close the exit door, so go to the green stone tiles at the SW
corner of the room and wait till the door open; then do a running jump, taking
care not to step over the brown tiles, directly through the door. If you're
lucky the door stays open and you can go back to the fence and sideflip again
to the other side. From here, face NE and drop the torch to the ground floor,
looking carefully where it lands. Now, the best way to go down without damage
is take a running jump with grab to the NE stone structure, shimmy all the way
to the right and around the corner, pull up and do a backflip with twist to
grab the edge of the central bridge, pull up and go right to the center of the
bridge and grab the edge to drop over the black metal bridge below. From here
go to the S ledge, jump over the raised block near the fountain and to the
ground floor.
Lighting Some Items
Look for the thrown
torch and pick it up. Light it in the female statue near the entrance of this
huge room and light the opposite female statue. A block raises near the
fountain and another four blocks lower in the ledges of the first level. Use
the raised blocks near the fountain to access the first level ledges; now you
have to light the four female statues in the corners of the ledges and the two
urns in the corners too (although only the one at the SW corner is really
necessary). A camera shows a block lowering at the very top of the N wall of
the room. Go up to the top of the metal bridge, grab the monkeyswing and go to
the opening in the N wall; once there, drop, grab the edge, pull up and slide
into a new room.
The Cross of Ares
Go to the SE corner and
take an angled jump to grab the lower crawlspace (don't drop into the hole,
spikes await), pull the switch inside to open the door and go out using the
opposite ladder and through another crawlspace; Lara will lose some health in
the fall. Trespass the new open door E and pick up the Cross of Ares from the
pedestal; a trapdoor opens in the previous room.
Fourth #Secret
Face S and shoot the
center panel of the circular picture on the wall. Enter the opening and
continue shooting other panels to finally discover a small medipack and uzi
clips. Go back to the cross room and through the W opening back to the room
with the crawlspaces.
To The Second Level
Jump into the water hole
at the NW corner and follow the path and use Ctrl to open the grated underwater
door at the end. You are now under the fountain of the huge room. Use the
underwater ceiling switch under the hanging pillar at the SE corner to raise a
block in the fountain pool; swim up and use that block to get out of the pool. Go
NW to exit this huge room and return to the main room.
Fifth #Secret
Just stop when you go
out and looking down and to the right you can see the grated underwater door
you opened when you first entered in the main room. Swim again there and notice
that a block has been raised in the SE corner. Climb it and face N to do a
tricky jump over the fence at the other side; the trick here is do a running
jump with the up key pressed and hold Ctrl at the very last moment when Lara is
over the fence; any other way Lara falls into the water. Once at the other side
of the fence, look for the switch at the NW corner; pulling it you hear a door
open somewhere. Jump into the water, swim outside and to the right, continue
swimming around two corners of the central building and look for a lower ledge
in the N walkway where you can go out of the water. Do so, turn around and see
an opening in the central building. Take a running jump with grab to get there
and jump into the small niche to get the uzis.
Do you remember the door
you opened with the ceiling underwater switch in the mirror room? Well, now
it's time to go there. Go out of the niche, turn right and right again around
the corner; in the far SE corner of this main room is that entrance, so go
there jumping over the water and enter to change to...
LEVEL 2 - THE
MONSTER OF THE ABRUZZI
The Four Horses Room
You enter a room with
four horses, shoot the gladiators who attack and pull the four switches under
the central female statue; a door opens in the N wall. Go there and push the
moveable block once, a camera shot shows us a closed door in a garden at the
very end of the level. This is the first of four triggers to open that door and
get the final secret of this game.
The First Mosaic
Piece
Go back to the switches
and pull up the W switch; the door at the NW corner opens. Enter and take a
couple of jumps over the slopes to go up. Go to the exit of this corridor and
take a look at the room from here. First do a hard running jump from the very
corner of the triangular ledge to grab the pillar in the west wall and pick up
the revolver ammo. (I got it with Lara facing west and using sidesteps left to
place her at the very corner of the ledge.) Go back to this triangular ledge
and this time do a running jump to the E pillar (it's easier). Kill the bug and
use the rope to get to the next pillar with the switch in the E wall and once
there use the switch to display another rope. Use this second rope to get over
the last pillar at the S wall and pick up the first Mosaic piece.
The Moving Pillars
Room
Safety drop down to the
floor and pull down the W switch and pull up the S switch; the door at the SW
corner opens. Go there, drop into the hole and use the Cross of Ares to open
the door. Jump over the slope at the right side, slide a bit and jump turning
right to land into a recess at the W wall side. From here go W and position
Lara at the very SE corner on the final W ledge, judge the pillars' movement
and take a running jump when the pillars are still down to land on the NE
corner of the first pillar; quickly take a standing jump over the second pillar
and a running jump to grab the edge of the recess in the N wall.
Shimmy right till you
can stand up near the E side and kill the bug. The next jump is easier, you
don't need to use the W pillar if you don't want to. From the very E tile,
angle Lara SE and time the blocks' movement to do a running jump to land over
the most E block, must be a running jump with grab (Ctrl) or Lara will hit a ceiling
tile and fall down; inmediately take a single jump to grab the S climbable
wall, go around two corners and looking at the pillars you've passed, time
again another backflip with twist to get over the last pillar and quickly climb
into the S passage or sidejump left into the E passage. Uf! Save your game.
A Second Cross of
Ares
Go first into the S
passage to get the lasersight, go back and enter the E passage. Kill the
gladiator in the next red room; when you go through the SE corridor and pick up
the revolver ammo two more gladiators appear, one of them will drop another
Cross of Ares when he dies, so use the cross to open the N door.
The Revolver
In the next room you see
the revolver when you enter, but you can't pick it up yet. Go to the SE corner
and pull a moveable block to get a small medipack. Now push the block over the
tile where the medipack was (I suppose this is one of the triggers to open the
door for the last secret, 'cause the author's note says that there are four
switches (?)but there's not a camera shot), go to the nearby blue NE tile near
the revolver and jump to grab the edge of the upper N ledge, go W and grab the
crack in the next wall (running off the ledge), shimmy around the corner and
pull up. Use the pole rope to get access to the high alcove in the S wall,
climb the W block and pull the switch to deactivate the spikes in the revolver
tile. Now you can safety descend and pick up the revolver. Go back to the lava
room with moving pillars.
The Second Mosaic
Piece
Shoot the well visible
swinging ball near the center of the ceiling, go back to the red room and the S
door is now open. Dive through the underwater caves till you find an airhole at
the end (NE corner). Go always to the right to finally find the second Mosaic piece.
Again always to the right to find a lowered block giving access to the big lava
room. Pillars are static now and you can easily take a running jump in a NW
direction to land over the pillar, from here a running jump W to the recess and
finally another curved running jump to the N ladder next to the entrance. Shimmy
around the corner and return to the four horses room.
Going Outside and
Opening the Lair of the Monster
Pull up the E switch and
down the S switch to open the door at NE corner. Inside pick up the large
medipack from the pedestal, place the Mosaic pieces, enter the door and notice
a raised block in the corridor to the left (for later) and remember where it
is; go right and follow to an outside area. Shoot the gladiator there. Go W to
the duct with red waters and to the N pillar. From here you have to do a tricky
banana jump around the pillar to land on the other side. Once there pull the
switch to turn the water safe. Jump into the water and pick up the large
medipack and the Clue. Examine the Clue:
"Kiss the five
columns and the monster shall appear suddenly."
Of course, you don't
need to "kiss" the columns, but standing over the tiles of the five
columns in front of the entrance door, the N grated door opens and the monster
awakes.
Dealing with the
Beast
There is a trick to do
the next task more easily and obtain some extra time to deal with the monster. When
you activate the monster, it delays some moments before shooting you with its
fireballs or releasing the locusts. You can make a good use of that extra time
doing this:
First step over the two
more E column tiles and the two more W column tiles, leaving the central tile
to the end. Now position Lara in front of the central column facing N and save
your game. Light a flare (inside, the monster cave is dark) and run over the
last tile straight ahead to enter quickly through the door which opens; the
monster is active now but you have a few moments to jump the safe tiles around
the monster in an anticlockwise direction and give refuge to Lara behind a
column in the NW corner of the room. Save your game here 'cause the next moves
are hard, and you have to be lucky.
A Hard Monkeyswing
Position Lara at the
very SW corner of the tile and when the monster goes to spit out a fireball
take a running jump over the next high block and inmediately roll; wait for the
monster to shoot again and at the last moment jump and grab the monkeyswing
very near the wall (the ceiling is sloped), the fireball should hit the wall
just below you; quickly move E to a safe place near the E pillar protected from
the fire shoots; you can save your game here. Now position Lara near the border
of the pillar and judge the right time to monkeyswing to the next pillar; save
your game again here. Finally take a try to continue the monkeyswing to the
crawlspace in the west wall and enter.
Killing the Monster
But you are not really
safe here, swarms of locusts will still pester you, so don't lose time and run
through the corridor till the end and pull the switch to lower the nearby
block. Go out and jump to the low tile behind the pillar to protect yourself
from the fire shots and spot a small crevice far in the E wall. Use the
revolver + sight to shoot the swinging ball inside and now you can take a long
breath; the monster is gone. Now you can go back to the corridor with the
switch and shoot the vase in the niche to pick up a large medipack if you want.
Return to the lava room.
Opening the Door for
the Last Secret
When the ball breaks
there's a camera shot showing a block lowering somewhere. Do you remember the
raised block in the corridor near where you put the two Mosaic pieces? That
block has lowered now, so use the safe tiles to get out of this lava room
(notice the ladder in the N side of the S pillar) and go back there, enter the
passage and push the block once and nothing happens [the builder explains
that its purpose is simply to free up the passage], so pull the block to
its original position, go to the four horses room and open the middle door in the
N wall (all four switches down) and pull the block once. Open again the NE door
(pulling up the E switch) and go now through the left corridor. Push the block
once S and pull it back to where it was. Go again to the four horses room and
use the switch to access again to the middle N door; enter and push the block
once. Go out and use the switch again to open the NE door and go back into the
left corridor. Push the block once W and this time yes, get a camera shot of a
door opening somewhere, but this secret is only available at the very end of
the level, so go back to the lair of the beast, jump over the safe tiles and
locate the ladder in the N side of the pillar you've seen before. Climb and
follow the corridor to return to...
LEVEL 1 - THE
ABRUZZI (SECOND TIME)
Going Up
If you want you can go
all the way through the E, N and W walkways hanging and shimmying left to pass
the big vases to pick up some uzi ammo at the end. If not, take a running jump
(without grab) to land on the cornice of the central building. Locate the
ladder in the S side near the place where poor Indy died, so close to his
objective. Climb this ladder and shoot a bug. The NW vase contains revolver
ammo.
Raising a Block at
the Top of the Room
Use the rope to get into
the opening in the S wall. Crawl in and light a flare to locate the moveable
block in the SE corner. Pull it two times and crawl around it to enter the new
passage. Locate another moveable block in the E wall and push it till you can
do so no more. Pull the switch here and see a small grate opening in the
previous room. Go back there and see that the floor in front of the grate has
changed. Go to the first moveable block, crawl to the other side and push it
from its E side to the very end. Jump over it and jump to grab the S crawlspace
under the grate. Crawl, turn left and pull up to pull another switch and see
how a block rises in the main room. Go all the way back there using the rope at
the end. If you want you can run off the ledge to the left before using the rope
to land over a low ledge losing some health and pick up some uzi ammo, go down,
take a running jump to the cornice and use the ladder to go up where the
trident is.
The Trident
Once on the high
platform, use the raised block to take a running jump over the central blue
structure. From here take a running jump with a right curve to grab the ladder
at the SE corner, climb it and from the top take another running jump to land
on the central cages which protect the trident. From the NW corner, take a difficult
running jump with a right curve to grab the right part of the NW pillar edge. Pull
up and pull the switch to release a rope which will help you to get the
opposite pillar S. Pulling the switch there lowers the cages which protect the
Trident and the uzi ammo. Runjump there or safety drop to the floor and use the
raised block to get there and, at last, retrieve the Trident and the ammo.
Using the Trident
Jump into the water at
the bottom of the room (using the shift key you get a nice animation) and make
your way to return to the room with the Neptune statue with the missing
trident, through the door you first entered into this big main room (NE
corner). Place the Trident and the door in the W wall opens. Use the column
ledge to take a running jump and grab the pillar and enter the door. But this
is not the end. There are still some tasks to do.
Room with Deadly
Waters
Another room with deadly
water, so do a running jump to grab the first collapsible tile, pull up and a
standing jump to grab the edge of the second; up again and jump to grab the
climbable pillar. Shimmy to the right around two corners and position Lara four
steps down from the ceiling, do a backflip with twist and grab the edge of the
next tile, shimmy right to the corner, pull up, turn a bit right and do a
standing jump over the next tile to the right; without stopping take another
running jump to grab the edge of the next tile. Shimmy to the left and around
the corner and position Lara at the center of the tile facing N. Don't jump
over the ledge at the corner (spikes). Pull up and take another running jump to
grab the rope, swing and jump to grab the edge of (or land on) the N ledge. Turn
around and facing S shoot the difficult-to-see swinging ball into the gap in
the far S wall to open a nearby trapdoor. Go into the W opening and drop into
the hole, then continue to an outside area.
The Motorbike
There are two openings
in this area. Go first to the NE opening, the wall here is climbable so use it
to descend at the top of the pit. Go to the NW corner and pick up the small
medipack from the top of the block. Return to the climbable wall. Jump over the
block and use the climbable wall to go up and before you reach the top,
backflip to land over a ledge in the E wall. From here, take a tight running
jump in a SW direction to the next ledge. Finally take another running jump in
a NW direction to land on the ledge with the switch. Pull the switch to open a
door above.
Use the climbable wall
to go up the higher ledges and enter this time in the SE opening. At the end
there is a small room with the quad-bike. Mount and go out all the way over the
ledges to the NE opening, up the ramp and to the next level...
LEVEL 2 - THE
MONSTER OF THE ABRUZZI (SECOND TIME)
Sixth #Secret
Continue driving till
you see an opening to the right and a pedestal with a scroll. Pick it up and
read it if you want. It says that if you made before the opportune tasks the
gate should be open. Enter and pick up the shotgun and some packs of shotgun
ammo. (What do you want this gun for now?) Go out, kill the bug and the
gladiator, mount the motorbike and drive NE to finish this excellent and
laborious level.
Finished 03/10/2007
Missed two secrets.