The
Adventure of the Hollow Mountain
By Marksdad
This walkthrough was provided by the author and is posted, along with
screenshots, at:
http://www.hedgy.de/marksdad/walkthroughs.html
You start in a valley with your back to a locked gate. The object of the level
is to exit through it. Run forward up the valley, immediatley
being set upon by three wart hogs. On the valley floor are three pools. One
contains a med-pack, the furthest gets you inside the
mountain itself.
A short movie sequence, upon entering, will indicate where you're
supposed to go. High up, isn't it? First, observe the small pool of water
behind the rocky hill. Keep this in your mind. Next, jump up onto the column
with the face. You will notice a small door opening. Jump down and run into the
opened room. On a block are some uzis and ammo. You
can use these to shoot the approaching crocs, if you like.
Back on top of the 'face column', make a run / jump to the column to its
left, then another run / jump to the column set against the wall. Climb the
ladder. A long climb. Once through the gap in the
walkway above, shimmy to the right and drop. Now run to the end and drop down
onto the lower shelf and proceed to the low parapet at the end. Pull up, slide
forward, jump / grab the next parapet and immediately repeat the maneuvre. Now face the wall and climb / shimmy right to the
top of the next platform. Run forward and jump / grab the ledge. Shimmy right,
pull up and jump into the gap across the deep drop. Crawl
forward, get the med-pack and continue out. Look up to see the opening and
climb to it to aquire the first trident. Run back and
drop down.
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Now, this is the fun part...although it's rather trial and error. Remember
the pool of water? You have to line yourself up and jump
down...
...down......into it:
Have fun!
Once in, swim beneath the door and into the tunnel, avoiding the croc. Pull
up and run forward but duck into the alcove to avoid the tumbling boulder. Get
used to it, there are plenty more of them! No time to rest, though, as you
arrive at a tiny indoor settlement populated by crocodiles. Run past them into
the passageway ahead, jump the fire pit, turn right
into the low hall. Shoot the hog, run to the end, turn left, collect the
med-pack and run back to a small drop where the second trident is located. Now
run forward into the open.
At the end of the small gully, enter the maze. This is easy when you
know how. Simply take every left turn until you arrive at a very long, dead
straight tunnel heading off into the distance. Ignore the left turn here, and
continue on 'till the end. A door opens in front of you as you approach, and
you find yourself back in the huge room, close to the small water pool. You'll
see the open doors ahead.
Run through to the pool. Shoot the crocs, jump in, collect the goodies
and climb out the other side. Step forward and jump back. After the two
boulders land, run through and up the ramp, veering left or right to avoid
another boulder bouncing down. Then proceed up the ramp and climb the ladder.
Jump / twist / grap the opposite ladder and pull up.
Next comes the fire puzzle. As you run in,
you'll be presented with a movie showing you the faces on the ceiling. Can you
work it out? Go on, you don't need me to tell you the answer! Just make sure
you ignore the tempting grenade launcher...it's a nasty trap
On arriving at the entrance to the next
room (containing columns) three skeletons rise up ready to greet you. There's no easy trick to perform here; you must simply negotiate the
columns while avoiding the un-dead. Arriving at the other side, hang / drop
down into the huge room and run to the right to find the remaining door now
open.
Bound down the stairs and into the dark
chamber. This is pretty straightforward to
climb, really. A few jumps / grabs and backflips are
all that's necessary; avoiding the skeleton on the way up. A final jump / grab
/ pull-up takes you into a corridor with two more
hogs. Shoot them and retrieve the next trident. Crawl through the adjacent gap
into a chamber with a pit. A boulder hangs above you. Jump straight into the
pit, taking note of the large lump of rock plunging down after you. As soon
as you hit the water below,...swim!
You are back in the pool formerly containing crocs. Climb back out and
return to the huge room. Run back and climb to the door exiting / leading into
the maze. Run back until you get to the turning to the right. Take this and run
into a small room. A crawlway will make itself obvious to you as you cross. Climb
the platform, collect the trident and jump / grab the crawlspace. At the other
end and around the corner, four boulders come down in succession. To avoid
these, walk slowly up the slope, triggering each one in turn. At the top, run
forward to the exit into the fresh air.
Down you go! There are the open gates. On your way, Lara!
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The secrets are located:
In the second pool of water in the valley
at the start.
On one of the roofs of the small
settlement.
In one of the dark corners of the maze (turn right upon entering...it's
in there somewhere!)
On one of the stairs leading down to the
climbing chamber.