Back to Basics 2008 - The Mystery of Oiccaprac
Level by Christoph
Walkthrough by José
FIRST STATUETTE
Once in the water climb the grey block and use "Ctrl" in front of
the wooden wheel to grab it and at the top automatically jump and grab the
wooden ledge. Jump into the water at the other end of the passage and climb on
the NW ledge to see a receptacle in the E window (for later). Jump again into
the water and use "Ctrl" in front of the W underwater door to open
it. Dive through the tunnel and emerge into a room with another wooden wheel.
Use it as before from its E side to jump and grab the high W wooden walkway.
Run around the room to the end and enter in the high S opening. Make your way
to avoid the swinging spike maces and in the next small room climb onto the
green block and standing in the most high corner jump to grab the W ladder and
climb (there is a spike trap at the top of the E ladder). Climb the block and
use the switch to lower a block in the room below. Go down and get the first Statuette in the S alcove. Make your way back to
the beginning, in the room with the underwater door.
SECOND STATUETTE
Dive now through the N underwater opening and look for a nearby underwater
switch in a small niche in the ceiling behind you (S). Pull it to open a door
in the next room (notice the cage W, for later). Dive N and use the E ledge to
get out of the water. Notice another receptacle in the E window for later. Jump
into the W opening (before closed with the door you opened with the underwater
lever) and go all the way through the dark corridor till you arrive in an
outside area. Shoot the small dino from
your safe position and go down to ground floor to shoot a native. Climb over the green block at the S side
of the hut with the gray texture on his top and run from its right side over
the big vase next to the wall of the hut (there are problems if you want access
from the left side or the center) and use the switch to open a trapdoor in the
pool behind you; dive in and use the underwater levers in N and S walls (over
the dart emitters) to lower a block in the hut. Go there, shoot the dino and take the second Statuette from the pedestal.
FIRST SECRET
Go out and climb the gray block W, turn around and do a running jump to
grab the edge of the roof of the hut, shimmy left and around the corner to the
very end, climb and jump back to land on a flat triangular ledge, jump SE over
the rocks and get Secret #1: the uzis. Go back to the zone where you first entered
in this outside area.
GOING BACK
Now you have to go back to the first rooms where the receptacles are to
place the Statuettes (in the high windows, do you remember?). Now you have two
options:
Option 1: From the pool, look E and see that a block has lowered in E wall; go
there to a room with a big pit and horizontal poles. Take a running jump and
use the two poles to get the other side. (Some people have had problems using
these poles.)
Option 2: Jump over the E border of the pool and situate Lara exactly one tile
distance of the S gray pillar and in the very E border. Angle Lara in a S-SE
direction and take a standing jump to grab the thin edge of the gray ledge.
Then pull up and use the same dark passage you used before to get into this
area to go back to the beginning rooms. (It's not easy to get the exact
position.)
HEAVY SILVER KEY
Once there, place one of the statuettes in the receptacle in the window and
dive to the other room S to do the same with the other. An earthquake happens
and now the rooms are dry, so use the ledges to safety drop to the bottom, go
through the N passage and find the cage to your left. Push the cage to the very
end and follow the path, avoiding a boulder, to arrive at another outside area.
Go left behind the cascades and pick up a medipack
in a hole in the water. Go out and jump over a triangular ledge in the NW wall
(still behind the waterfall) and pick up the Heavy
Silver Key in the dark small grotto.
SECOND SECRET
Go out and use a green ledge at E wall to jump to its right and enter into
a crawlspace. Use the switch there to open a door outside. Go there and use the
key to raise a block, climb it and follow the path till you find a small medipack to your left. Pick it up and turn
around 180º to see a switch up on the ledge in front of you. Pull it and go
back a little where you came from to find that a block has lowered, revealing Secret #2: the shotgun.
THIRD SECRET
Go back where you pulled the switch, enter into the next room, climb the
ladder and follow the path to another outside snowy area. Go W near the border
of the abyss and take a running jump over the snowy mound to reach the most W
side and get Secret #3: a medipack.
Hop up E and jump forward to slide back down to the other side.
THE MASK
Go back to the temple entrance, climb the block and do a running jump E to
grab the jumpswitch over the entrance and lower another block. Enter into the
small room and retrieve the Mask. Now go
all the way back to the outside area with the cascades, shoot two raptors and place the Mask in its receptacle in
the NE structure. A door opens in the south corridor near where you avoided the
boulder, so go there and enter a new W corridor.
THE OICCAPRAC TALISMAN
Use the wheel to open the W door (roll when you get there), enter and use
the switch to open a trapdoor above you and release a wraith. Quickly climb the ladder and run near the
gray statue in the next room to get free of it. In the NW corner there is a medipack. The next task is a bit tricky 'cause
the time the block is raised is very short. Pull the switch near the entrance
to raise a block behind you, quickly take a rolling back flip, run and jump
onto the now-lowering block and continue with a run/jump in one flowing
movement to grab the pillar. Finally get the Oiccaprac
Talisman.
THE ESCAPE
Go down, shoot the natives and avoid
the boulder that has fallen from the ceiling, crawl under the moving blade, go
down the ladder and shoot another native
(or avoid him by jumping in the pool). Go back the way you came and watch out
for another boulder when going down the green ramp (duck into the alcove to
your left). A little more ahead you've got a camera shot of the room with the
big pit filled with water, and another two natives
attack. After disposing of them, climb the ledges of the N room where you
placed the first Statuette (facing N and using "Ctrl" from its right
side) and jump into the high N opening. Go up the ramp and jump into the water
(beware of the boulders 'cause they are still moving) and dive into the E
underwater opening. In this new water room there is a fixed camera and when you
approach the center a ladder is shown. Climb onto the box near the ladder and
jump to grab it, go left and through the last passage to finish the level.
07-01-2008