TR Forge Advent Calendar 2010 – Curse of Winter
Levels by Codo, Horus, Luke, Piper, Soul, Tifa Nazah, uranos1
Walkthrough by manarch2
Curse of Winter
Go W behind the left arm of the big sphinx and in a clockwise direction around
it. You can find a Rope in the first little hole, a Crowbar in the white tent
and a Shovel in another bigger hole. Go back E and into the arms of the sphinx.
Go up the ramp of the white block and use the Crowbar to push down the block.
The Crowbar is broken now. Push the block under the scaffolding and climb up
the ladder. Turn right and jump on the right arm of the sphinx. Head W and run
to the other side, then S up the second scaffolding. Jump E over two platforms
to the ladder and climb up. Place the rope on the extended beam looking SE and
run over the ledge to grab it. Swing and jump to the left arm of the sphinx. Go
a bit W to the non-snowy spot on the arm and use the Shovel facing E. You get a
Female Cartouche. Slide down S of the arm and run W and up the walkway around
the sphinx. At its end place the Female Cartouche and run back after watching
the cutscene. Climb and jump all the way back up to the left arm of the sphinx
and look SW. Jump with a little right curve to the just created block. Climb up
the ladder and jump twice W to the two platforms. Climb another ladder and get
to the top of the sphinx’s back. Go W and shoot the ice the bird is frozen in.
Then you have to shoot the big bird, it’s not hard when running and jumping all
the time. Pick up the Animal Cartouche and place it E in the receptacle. Two W
blocks raise; climb on one of them and up the platforms to the ladder. Climb it
to the top and you will find a hole in the snow. Look at the hole facing S and
jump to the S ledge of it. Shimmy as far right as possible and drop. On the
floor roll forwards. Pull the lever to let the knife freeze. Jump over the hole
and into the next room. Shoot the NW vase for a Little Medikit. Jump to the
jumplever, pull it down and slide to the next area. Jump on the breakable tile
and jump once more to prevent from falling in the spikes. Climb up the ladder
in the corridor to get the Large Medikit you maybe saw while climbing up the
sphinx. If you want you can climb back the way you came and left around the
pillar. Drop in the dark passage and quickly jump on the ladder again to
prevent yourself from the boulder. When it’s away run into the dark for Flares
and climb back to the corridor with the ladder. Drop in the S hole with the
breakable tile and into the tomb. Shoot two bats (no need to pull the lever)
and drop in the N hole.
Curse of Winter (Part II)
Slide down around 2 seconds, then perform a jump with a right curve on the
middle slope. Slide but jump over the opening trapdoor. The boulder behind you
will fall in it. Head left of the little room and jump over the slope. Jump
further, then to and fro with right curves until you get to the N slopes. Jump
again to and fro with left curves and then over the E one, with a big left
curve, then perform a backflip with a mid-air turn and grab the ledge. Shimmy
left and climb up, then (again) backflip with a mid-air turn and a left curve
onto the safe platform. When finally done run E into the new tunnel. Pull the
lever and see a cutscene of a boulder rolling into a door. The door closes
afterwards. After the cutscene pull the lever again and you now have to be
quicker than the boulder; therefore there are two paths. The hard path is when
Lara turns around and runs into the darker, left room. If you want this path,
jump on the ledge in front of you, run a bit up the ramp, avoid the boulder
with a jump to the left slope, jump on the second and with a right curve to the
third. Jump to the swingpole and jump over the next two slopes. On the safe
platform immediately run and jump right and then to the door. The easy path is
completely different; instead of running in the dark chamber climb up the right
ledge and backflip with a mid-air turn, then directly stand-jump up the slope.
SECRET: Go E of the entrance to the snowy area
and jump in the N passage for a Large Medikit and Flares. Get back and throw
the switch again, then, if you still want the easy path, climb back up again.
Run S through the snowy area and into the hole in the other part of the area.
Jump directly into the door.
On both ways you slide down a bit, then jump over the knife blade hole. At the
fire lake jump up to a monkeyswing and get to the other side of the corridor,
avoiding the temporary fires. Drop onto the slope and jump to the safe tile in
the lake. Jump to the SW block, using the higher part of the tile, then to the
SW shore and finally to the four levers. These ones turn the fires off and on.
To turn off all fires pull the first, the second, the third and the forth lever
down and the third one again up. Jump to the NE block and follow jumping over
the other ones, to finally get to the N exit. On the NE stones pick up Flares,
then find a lever in the SW corner.It turns off the spikes over the central
platform. Now get to the W wall and jump up the rocks. Head E and jump to the
ladder, climb up and use the “ladder to monkeyswing”-move to swing around the
right corner where you can find a jumplever. Drop to it and use it to turn off
the spikes on the platform. Pick up the Violet Ankh and place it SW near the
door that opens then. You arrive at a big chamber; on the middle E wall is a
Little Medikit. Now go S to the statues and shoot a bat. Now go W behind the
right statue and jump over the spikes. Pick up a Large Medikit and pull the
timed lever down that raises a block in the first part of this chamber. Climb
out and run back, then left and up the block. Pull the lever that raises
another block E. Jump and run there and pull it quickly down. You have to do
this two times more to and fro, then an earthquake happens. Now run to the
middle of the W wall and climb up the structure there. Shimmy left around two
corners and drop to a jumplever. Pull it down and you will fall to the floor.
Climb back up again and shimmy again in direction of the jumplever until you
can climb up at a risen platform. Jump E to the dog statues, drop to the ledge
and shimmy around, then jump to the second platform E. Shimmy around the left
corners until you reach the second jumplever; use it and drop back on the
floor. You get a little cutscene of the cellar room. Drop in the hole in the
central part of the room and go S upstairs. Get the Green Ankh Piece 1 and push
the floor lever. Ignore the hole for now, take the Flares and leave the cellar
again. Climb up the NE blocks, then shimmy right and climb in the crawlspace.
Trigger – one by one – the first two boulders in the right corridor and quickly
sprint to the left hole and hang on the ledge there. You have to duck under the
third when triggered. The forth is a bit more difficult; you have to run on the
last tile, then quickly jump back and duck. If done, climb up the ladder and
get another Crowbar. There are many things to pry off the wall, but only prying
off the Green Ankh Piece 2 in the NW corner doesn’t result in instant death.
Climb out again and head S. Combine both Ankh Pieces to the Green Ankh and
place it in the S receptacle. The tiles a bit N of you lower, get down there.
Two jumplevers S and E have to be pulled down to open the SE door. Shoot the
giant scorpion in the following room. Get some Flares W on a pedestal. There
are two levers – W and E of the entrance – in this room. Pull the E and then
the W one and quickly climb up the central structure. Kill two scarabs here and
climb down the ladder. Jump in the water and pull three underwater switches,
then pick up a Large Medikit and get in the open passage. In the next room get
in both of the N and S passages to drop in the holes, avoid some little scarabs
and push a floorlever each. In the next chamber jump over the marked tiles (the
other part of the floor is deadly) and push the floor lever. Return all the way
over the tiles, in the underwater tunnel and up the ladder to the last room and
enter the W door there. In the W room you can find Flares, the Grenade Gun,
Grenade Ammo. Don’t take the Torch yet as this could cause a bug. Go back and
into the N room in the passage. Shoot the wall with the Grenade Gun and enter a
dark tunnel. On the end you get to a electricity puzzle. Your task is to change
the direction of it – now the E mirrors get current, we want the W ones to get.
This map shows how it should float:
Pull the switch in the middle of the area to turn of the electricity.
After you solved this puzzle the rope on the container can be pulled; this
opens the W exit doors. Enter the outside area and pull down all four levers on
the two pillars. Go E and look through the mirror to see the broken wall at the
W side of it. Run through it and jump up the stair. Run to your horse and the
level ends.
THE END