Lara Croft & the Forgotten Scribe.

Sacred Hall.

Go left to the W side, turn around to the vase (E) and shoot it from here (I have to be careful, sometimes these vases are sometimes filled with oil). The lever behind you is for later. Go walk over the tight rope and pick up the Harcesis Key. Drop down into the pit and pick up a Small Medipack. Climb back up to the W side.

Go back E and crawl backwards into the opening, drop and shoot the vase there for more Uzi ammo. Go E and all the way to the end left is a door, a Timed door we’ll get to in a bit. There’s nothing in the vases here. Head back to the pool, jump left to go W, there is a ladder left around the corner (Remember this ladder as this is one of the ways back up). Don’t go up yet but first climb up the W wall there and in that passage you’ll find the Uzis. Go back down from the passage.

Shoot the Hydra while side flipping left and right and the Revolver will be left behind and a block lowers in the wall. On the same wall are two receptacles for later. Shoot the vase from a distance (if you didn’t already during the battle) and pick up a Small Medipack. Go into the new passage NW.

The Lost Key.

Step on the bird like tile, the blocks stop so go back and use the available lever(s). Start the blocks up again by stepping on the other tile and stop the blocks again in a different position, so you can use the remaining lever(s) the gate in the room E opens up. Behind one of the blocks is a broken grate, when you step close, Lara gets the message: ”I can’t get through this gate, maybe if I keep looking I’ll find a way through” (we’ll be back when we have some explosives).

Go back to the previous corridor and find 4 pillars you can push, along the N and S wall, on each pillar is a symbol like in the clue. Pick up the Shotgun ammo and take one of the pillars, look on the pillar to see what symbol it represents. Push the pillar in the room N and look at the tiles, there is a small dark square on some of them and when you look on your note you can see where the pillars need to go. If placed correctly, one of the scones on the N wall will ignite. Move all 4 pillars onto the matching tiles. The gate N opens and now you can move two of the pillars onto the two remaining marked tiles, go all the way S through the corridor where an alcove opens up after you shoot that Warrior, In the alcove is Secret #1, Golden Skull #1 and an Explosive Arrow. Go back to the room where the pillars are and to the open gate N, better safe your game here.

Go N along the left wall to a green vase and look up right, there’s a ladder in an opening in the ceiling, run and jump to grab that ladder, go up and back flip into the cave. Go S and find a Small Medipack left and the First Harcesis Key to the right. Get back down the ladder and run N near a vase on the left (W) you’ll hear a boulder coming down, run like a mad person to the S to hide less you get killed by a blast. Go back N and look for the lever behind the pillar (N wall). Save, pull the lever and turn right, jump away from the boulder’s path. Now go where the boulder went (NE) and climb up into a crawlspace in the S wall, grab the Shotgun ammo and go further in. Throw the Timed lever to get Secret #2, Golden Skull #2.

Be careful of the burners in the next room. Hop into the alcove NE to use a lever lowering a block in the floor, pick up the Crossbow NW and Uzi ammo SW. Jump down in the hole and avoid the moving blocks N to pick up the First City Key on one side and a Small Medipack on the other side. Climb out and leave E, through the cave and S through room with the pillars, to the right again, to the passage with the moving blocks. Remember that broken grating? Stop the first moving block in the left alcove and go into the alcove to the right, shoot the grating with the crossbow (explosive arrow) and get Secret #3, Golden Skull #3. Go out and W, through the crawlspace, jump down and you are back in the Hydra room.

Sacred Hall (2).

In that room you can get Shotgun ammo and Uzi ammo on a pedestal left. When you stand in the NE corner and look up into the room, you’ll see a Ball switch. You can shoot it now with the Crossbow. Draw the Crossbow, look up and then shoot. Or you can go for the Medipack later when you have the Lasersight. Save first before you do this as it takes some practice and we don’t want to loose to much ammo… Climb the block that went up and on the first floor is a Large Medipack. Get out, go left through the pool and look for the crawlspace over that hot grating N, stand face to the wall and carefully side step on the grate. Grab up and climb up to the Tunnel of Fire.

Tunnel of Fire.

Time the burner and go down the steps, jump over to the ledge and approach the gate to open it. Do not shoot the vase yet, but jump to the ledge S to open that gate too, jump back and now over to the ledge W. When the gate is open, turn around and shoot the vase E an explosion follows. Jump back E and turn around to shoot the vases S and W. Collect the 3 Harcesis Keys where the vases used to be. Notice the dark wall in the W alcove, we’ll be back… Now jump to the dark ledge NW and drop down to the ledge below. Walk over the steel bar to the S and jump with a grab onto the ledge with the Large Medipack. Save and look down NW, there’s a vase in that deep pit, when you shoot that later you can get another Secret. Jump back to the ledge and jump to grab the ladder N (don’t grab the ladder in the corner against the wall but somewhere in the middle). Go up to the roof and jump to the ledge SE. Shoot the last vase you see S and grab the monkey bars to get over there and grab the 4^th Harcesis Key. Go back over the monkey bars and jump to the crawlspace SE. Follow up and shoot the Warrior, get the Small Medipack he leaves behind. On the W wall is a lever to open the door next to it. Go over the beam to get Secret #4, Shotgun ammo and Golden Skull #4.

Go to the middle of the bridge and jump E onto a slanted roof there. Grab the edge and drop down, jump down to the ledge in front of the arch on the N wall. Go in and get the Flares, in the next room shoot both Warrior and spider, on the E wall is the place to use the Harcesis Keys. The door NW opens, go all the way to the back room.

The Second City Key.

Push the block S and then onto the symbol tile next to the pillar. Watch the show and go back into the opening E to make your way back up to the structure. Get the Second City Key from the top. After climbing down from the structure, go to the SW corner of the room, down the new hole and get Secret #5, Golden Skull #5. Leave NE, back into the passage NE and get one floor down, go E and out right to the room with the ledges. Look down NW into the pit below, you can shoot the vase there now. Now that black wall in the W alcove should be down. Jump W, climb up N, turn around and jump to the ledge in front of the W opening. Go in and get Secret #6, Golden Skull #6. Jump E, and jump over to the NE and get out to the Sacred Hall.

Sacred Hall (3).

Jump NE to the ledge there and then crawl into a crawlspace. Go through, use a lever on the W wall to stop the Timed burner at Secret #7, Golden Skull #7. Then grab Revolver ammo and a Small Medipack. Now that gate for the last Skull should be open (better go for it now), it’s on the ground floor of the Hall, into the passage W with the wall torch, keep left over the red pool and take a right there, the gate is open and reveals Secret #8, Golden Skull #8.

In case you didn’t go for it yet, look up in the room, shoot that Ball switch and climb the block that goes up, on the first floor is a Large Medipack. Go back to the Hall, up the steps SW and over the big blocks to that ledge SE. Enter the opening in the S wall.

Harcesis.

In front of you (N) is a lever, do not use the lever N (will start a burner tile) but go into the opening right and jump down, use the lever there, roll and climb up, Lara walks into a room and lights a flare, she throws it onto a star like object: It is some sort of mine ! So better NOT step on that other star thing after you met the Scorpion!

Go N and up the stairs and under a vase is Shotgun ammo, then get some Arrows SW.

Go out S and jump around right onto the pillar, face S and jump up to a small ledge there. Face E, take a step back and jump to grab that iron bar, swing over into the opening E and see a gate opening up. Go further inside, left is a reach-in-hole, inside is Uzi Ammo and you’ll see a ledge going up. (To the S is a shortcut passage back to the ground floor, which was the gate opening up). Go back out W and run jump to grab that iron bar, swing over to grab the small ledge W. From there a jump onto the block on the S wall. Notice the closed gate inside. Jump into the alcove SE to get a Large Medipack. Jump back out to the block and over to that small ledge NW. Climb up N onto the block go down the other side and walk over the iron bar. Lara will be taken up, turn around and grab up to the ledge in front of you. Better get out the Crossbow with Explosives fast…

Walk S and jump to grab the crack in the E wall, shimmy around right till you are on the ladder. Use the new move (sprint) to get one ledge up when the burner stops. Go in left and up, jump over the ladder and get the Large Medipack. (That long ladder leads down to a huge button around right. When you use it a block lowers there, turn around you’ll see a short ladder, that’s the exit to where the scorpions were…No need to go there now). Hop back over the ladder and walk up to the edge of the high floor. Look up S there to spot the ladder and go up to a crawlspace, go through and into the next room.

Get the Explosive Arrow there. Jump over to the W and use the button, that gate we saw before opened up (look down and below the burner S is the entrance to that gate). Turn around and shoot the skeleton when he gets close (In the S side of this room are a gate and gem receptacle, for later).

Back down for the Activation Gem.

Now you have two options:

The Hall of Fire.

Time the burner to jump to the pillar (right) and into the opening W (Or climb the ledge left and jump from there directly to grab the opening). Quickly shoot the Harpy. Then hop down to the left hand pillar, jump to the higher ledge in front and face N, avoid the burner when you climb the ladder. I jumped to the ladder and went all the way right, waited for the burner to disappear and climb up one grab, waiting again, repeat climbing up short bits till you can get into an alcove  (savegame). Push the button and a block lowers in a pool below.

Go to the W side pillar of the 4 in the middle of the room, grab up to the crack and hang far away from the burner on the middle pillar, use Alt to grab the top of the pillar and pull up in a W side corner. Now time the rotating burner on the middle pillar and jump to the one SE, wait in a far away corner and then jump to the one E. Grab the Activation Gem in the alcove E. Step out again and from the lower part of the ledge a hop down onto a slanted block N, go get some Shotgun ammo in the alcove E.

Use the Activation Gem.

This is where you saw the iron bars move, take one step from the edge and hop to grab the swing pole. Jump off on a ledge, turn around and take the other one to end up hanging E (hold the forward key down on this jump or you might end up short). Shimmy right passing the burner and pull up, get the Uzi ammo from the pedestal and turn shoot the skeleton, then jump to his ledge (SW). Pick up Shotgun ammo and use the big button to lower that cage. Go back to the burner N, hang from the side of the ledge and shimmy to the burner, drop to the ledge below, turn facing E and hop back, grab the edge of the floor and drop down again. Go back to the ladder E, go down to that opening with the crawlspace.

Go through the crawlspace again, face W on the ledge and take one step back (this costs health). Now stand jump with Ctrl down into the opening W. Carefully avoid burners and mines. Climb up E, and again and jump careful down. Get the Revolver ammo and go N into opening on the left. Use the button and go back to the S and into a new opening. Behind the swinging axe on the right is Uzi ammo. After the burners a Small Medipack behind the swinging axe on the right, the exit is also on the right.

In that passage you’ll get a message (I don’t trust that boulder one bit).

From the entrance ledge you can stand jump and grab to the far pillar left with the flames on it, go around to the other side and wait till Lara pulls her feet up, tap the sprint key and grab the ladder above. Back flip and jump SE (Ctrl), hang on the ladder and drop/grab and crawl in. Use the lever and get the Revolver ammo near a fire basket.

Crawl out and use the ladder to get up and make your way back to the entrance (make use of that thin platform on the S wall, jump down NW from it). Go back to the demigod room, a flyby kicks in. Go up the stairs and to the left.

Go further through the passage and down to the ground floor to use the Golden Star. Save…. After the cut scene you can get the Harcesis Device and slide down, at the end jump over the flames (savegame). Grab the Crowbar from the floor and go S where the block lowered.

Sacred Hall (4).

09-23-2010.