BtB 2020-14-THE HOLY SHELL.
Level by dinne.
Walkthrough by
G&D Productions
In this walk we’re
NOT going to use the “True compass”, meaning the
red needle
is always pointing the
way we describe in the walkthrough, just to avoid confusion.
Download the saves mentioned in this walk
here.
Secrets 1: to get that you’ll have to complete the Side quest; find the 21
Rosaries (Malae) throughout the level.
Lara’s Notes:
I should find an entrance to an old cemetery through a hidden passage in the
mountains, but the entrance was sealed for centuries and I don't know yet how to
open it...
And the notes go on…
In this area, zoologists found a rare species of
spiders, which is extremely poisonous. I have only 100 bullets, so I'd better
avoid touching their webs, saving my ammo for real emergencies... I don't count
on finding any useful item here, this area is unexplored for decades.
Graffiti 1/4.
Go right around
a corner into a wider cave and be aware of spiders (they are poisonous, so avoid
spider webs); also you have limited ammo and health. So, we are used to just
fire away with the pistols… you cannot do that here!
Go into the
side cave SE where you’ll find 2 wooden fences. When you look through the
right hand one (E, hold “Look”), you’ll get Graffiti 1/4.
Push the Boulder, Graffiti 2/4.
Back N to the
wider cave and sharp right around the corner to the S (careful, spiderweb left
when you go around the corner). Back flip onto the slope under the wall S, jump
and grab the edge, climb up. Turn around, jump and grab the ladder and climb
into a tunnel. Go (S) a bit and where the tunnel gets higher, grab up to the
crack left. Back jump and grab the crawlspace, follow through keeping left to
come to a big boulder left, push it into the shaft. Safety drop down after it
and end up in the cave where you saw the 2 wooden gates. Go S where the boulder
broke one of the fences and left into the tunnel, crawl as far as you can and
press “Look” to get Graffiti 2/4.
Through the Caves, Graffiti 3/4.
Go back N to
the wider cave and right around to the S. As before, back flip onto the slope
under the wall there, jump and grab the edge. Turn around and climb the ladder
into a tunnel where we left off. Now go sort of straight S and coming out of the
tunnel, where you can see a wall with a door in the distance, approach the door…
Those who will see through the 4 ages of knowledge will reach the doors to the
afterlife…
Turn around and
go back through the opening in the wall, take a right. Behind the brown bush is
a crawlspace, get in and left, look up W and get
Graffiti 3/4.
Shoot Spiders, Graffiti 4/4.
Get back out,
and once through the brown bush, take a right, climb up into the opening N and
come to a pit (spider down there). Slide in backwards, grab and back jump over
to the other side and shimmy left around the corner, another back jump and grab
the wide crawlspace, watch out for the spider webs and at the end right are
Arrows, but when you take those, three spiders come out (one round each). So be
careful, maybe first just wake the spiders, hop back to shoot them and then take
the
Arrows. Nothing in there as far as I
could tell, so go down N and immediately fire one round to shoot the spider.
I need to be
careful with my bullets, I'm sure I won't find other magazines around.
Go up left and
several spiders here you’ll have to shoot (6), try to use only one round per spider and watch
out not to get bitten. Climb up at the end and come to a slope, slide and jump
to grab a ladder in a shaft, go up left as far as you can, look left and you’ll
get Graffiti 4/4.
Drop down onto
the slope (savegame.0) and go straight to that
wooden door we saw before, a cut scene takes over…
The Holy Shell.
Go in and left,
(don’t shoot vases unless you really have to), go to the scripture on the wall,
hit Ctrl
and get
"A list of Tibetan names,
these must be Monks, buried here…."
The one in the
other end is the same list, only hidden behind some empty vases.
2 Jump Levers, open the S gate and
trapdoors
Go to the
opening S, walk to the edge and hop back. Run jump and grab a crack in the Tomb.
Ledge jump up twice, then drop/grab once and back jump across to grab a crack,
go right around a corner till you reach a grey wall and back jump again,
grabbing the corner of the Tomb, go left to the next corner and drop down 3x to
the last crack and go left around the corner, as far as you can and the one grab
back right. Ledge jump up twice, drop/grab down once and back jump (keep Ctrl
pressed) to grab a Jump
lever, opening the gate in front of you.
Now first turn
left, get onto the ledge W and jump right around the corner into the chamber W,
in the wall in front of you is a crack, grab up and back jump to grab a Jump
lever raising some trapdoors at the Tomb, which will come in handy. Go back out,
jump to those trapdoors and then to the S side.
The Rusty Key.
Go up the
stairs and in the next room, in the far right corner, you can grab up to the lower part of the E wall
(left of the bowl), that’s where you’ll find
Mala (1).
From there jump onto the central floor and go to the gate S. Approach one of the
Tablets next to the gate and when you hit Ctrl…
"3
Buddha reincarnations for the new awakened era
7
Holy Fires for the sanctification path
Jump from NE
corner onto the wall and go through the opening in the corner. When you walk
into the opening E in that room you’ll get a flyby of a Bell, ending at a Big
Vase (later). For now go left into the passage S and pick up the
Rusty Key left, go back out.
Opening up some shortcut doors.
Go left to that
opening where we got the flyby and drop down into that place and open the small
door N, go left in that chamber with the red pools we saw in a flyby before, and
throw the lever to open yet another door. At the Well take a right and open the
small door and this is the room with the Torches (for later), but in the left
corner on a low crate is
Mala (2). Go back to the Well, left
through the door to the red pools and straight W to the Tomb.
Using the Rusty Key.
At the Tomb,
look right and spot a Mala on the bottom, dive down and grab the
Mala (3).
Swim left to the W side of the Tomb and climb out on the trapdoors (you see?).
Turn around and
jump into the W chamber. Once again grab the crack in the central wall, shimmy
along the left side of the central urn wall and grab up right to the first niche
with the urns, then ledge jump up and crawl in to get
Mala (4). Go to the back of the
chamber and open the door with the Rusty Key.
Go straight, up
the stairs into the room with the columns and right around into the corner, face
E at the chain pulley and use it. Back out of the room and left around into the
passage where a door opened at the end. Watch out, Leopards there, don’t waste
ammo, make every bullet count (3 each should do it).
Through the Caves, the Village.
Cross the
bridge, there’s a strong side wind and the bridge isn’t too steady either… In
the cave keep left and start crawling, where you can walk again keep going left
and in one of the caves a loud Bang sounds and startles Lara. Go left and find
Mala (5).
Roll and go left again, over (or through as you wish, you can grab back up both
sides) the pit and then left to a village.
The Bow, Merchant’s Key.
Go up the
stairs and left, right around the house and climb up right underneath the beam
in the back. Go W and approaching the house W, Lara will look at some
rocks left, There’s a Key hidden between them. Can’t take it yet. Take a right
and drop to the lower terrace, down some steps and shoot the crates in the
doorway right. Go in and collect some Arrows
from the back.
Go out and straight to a small door, open it and go left up the “stairs” to a
bedroom. When you approach the table between the beds you’ll get a message (the
little tablets)…
Dear
Jinpa, I’m sorry but I have to delay our planned meeting. Someone stole my
Golden Lama statue I needed to sell to fix some economic troubles. Hoping to
survive this plague, see you soon. (Esc)
Go up the next
stairs SW, to another bedroom and open the door NE. In the guestroom on the left
bed is another message:
Dear
Tsewang, we’re experiencing immense difficulties in our village. The Black
Plague is here, my son was a Monk and he passed away a month ago. He followed a
painful purification path with other Monks before his death and he is now buried
in our Holy Cemetery, where only those who attended this path can have the
privilege to rest forever. (Esc)
Head up the
stairs again to a trapdoor, face N to open it and climb up S to the loft and go
S over the crate to the far corner and find the
Bow and
Arrows there. Back to the trapdoor
(the rest of the loft only has spiders) and right of the trapdoor on the crate
is Mala (6).
Go back down to the guest room and loop left around down the stairs to a
storage, on one of the 3 little barrels is the
Merchant’s Key. That’s it. Return up the stairs, left to the
bedroom, left down the stairs and make your way back to the outdoors.
Go left down to
the lower terrace, grab a windowsill in the house W, hang in the middle and ledge jump up to the
roof, go right to a Jump lever and use it. Enter the stables, go left and pick
up Mala (7).
Turn around and head into the passage S, left are
3x Arrows. Leave the stables.
Swingpoles, the Rusty Key.
Up the stairs
NE again, left and right around, climb up under the beam, climb a ladder N to
the higher street, straight up the ramp and right through a dark alley. Right
around the corner and at the fence, Lara will spot some poles. Jump grab the one
on the corner of the house swing and jump to the next with a right curve, then
to the next and while swinging steer left so Lara moves left and jump to grab
the next, steer left again and jump left onto the corner of the roof (savegame.1).
Go over the top and look for a window in the E wall get through that. Go towards the
doorway E and right behind the cabinet is
Mala (8), now go into the passage E and
right, open a small door and go left down the hole in the floor, follow the
passage down and loop left around for another
Rusty Key.
Merchant’s House.
Go open the
double doors NW and go out, left through the passage into the courtyard E, open the door E with the
Merchant’s Key. Go in and right to the SE corner, shoot the crates in that corner
for
Mala (9). Go up the stairs and right around into a bedroom and
find a message on the bed:
My
Dear Choden, I crafted two lion statues for your wedding, but someone stole them
last night. I’m sorry, I will bring some flowers instead.
Cave, Revolver and Pickaxe.
Go out the
window W (run right onto the crate below) and find
Mala (10) on the chair NW. (Don't shoot here,
otherwise enemies will come out. Better wait for the Revolver.) Head N
into the alley (closed door) and go into the Cave N, slide down a bit and get a
short flyby showing a crevice right. That’s a bit misleading as there’s nothing
to be done there this moment, we need explosive Arrows there.
So, for now
just slide down to the bottom of the cave, pull the dead guy away and pick up
the Revolver and a
Pickaxe (key in the rocks is shown). In the SE corner you can grab
up to a crack and ledge jump up along the right hand side to get back up and out
of the cave.
The Sight.
When you go
back into the alley (S), that door will open and 2 Mercenaries will emerge,
another one will come from the street S shoot them with the Revolver and pick up
2x Revolver ammo. Go into the house
they came from and grab 2 First Aid Kits
from the cabinet, 3x gurung breads,
Pistol ammo and the
Laser Sight from the table
The Shop Key.
Remember the
burning stove here and go outside, right and in the far right corner onto the bale of
hay, jump grab up into the window we came from, down the stairs in the Merchant’s house and
SW and left to the courtyard go straight and past the double doors down right to
the lower yard. In the far left corner are those rocks, pry the
Shop Key out of them with the
Pickaxe.
Go back E and
right up the ladder, straight up the slope and right/left into a street with two
blue doors. Open the one W, go in and upstairs, next to the bed is a message:
Dear
Kalsang, despite the plague we’re making good progress My father discovered a
new method to convert regular Arrows into Explosive Arrows for our guards, using
Fire and some powder we got from a merchant. They explode on contact and it is
very easy to craft them! We’ve got a small workshop for that on the Main
square.
A Torch.
Leave the house
and open the opposite door with the Rusty Key. Inside a flyby will take over of
Torches and where to ignite them. Pick up a
Torch from the oven N and go out of the house, go right, loop left
around the fence though this street to the N, go straight N along the wooden
hose to a gate, drop the Torch at the gate. Turn around go back a bit and look
in the flowerbed SE for
Mala (11).
Go W along the
right hand side of the wooden house (workshop) to Main Square and left around…
“This seems to be the workshop mentioned in that
letter... I might try to bring some fire to see what I can get...”
The Workshop, Opening Shortcuts for the
Torch.
Go around to
the opther side of the workshop (where you found the Mala), turn W and look in the left hand corner of the
workshop for a closed window (wooden panel), jump up and shoot that panel
(pistols will do). Get inside and pick up
2x Arrows. Open the double doors and go straight and at the column left to
open the door there with the Shop Key.
Shoot two
spiders as you enter. Watch out for more spiderwebs and go NW for
Mala (12) on the counter in the
back.
Ignite the Torch.
Then go to the
NE corner and through the small door and on a yard with a small pool to the gate
E and open it. Turn around and loop right to another gate and open that one to
get your Torch. Turn around, loop left through the E gate to the yard where the
Cave is to the right, go left into the alley and right into the house where you
found the Sight. Ignite the Torch there.
Bring Fire to the Workshop.
Go out, left,
on the yard right and through the gate NW, right through the gate S and left to
the Main square, right around into the Workhop. A cut-scene takes over…
Light the Holy Torches.
Lara now has
explosive Arrows. With one Holy Torch already lit we’ll have to find 6 more. Go
through the alley NE, right through gate N. To the W side of the yard with the
pool and look up E to find Torch 2/7.
Go through the passage E and just in the yard look up SE for
Torch 3/7.
Little Detour for the House Key.
Now that we
have explosive Arrows, go onto this yard and right, up into the cave N and slide down onto the lower
ledge. That broken cage in front of you can still be used, run jump and grab the
right hand vertical pole and turn right so the left pole is behind the one
you’re on (out of sight), down to just a bit above the bottom end and back flip with roll to grab
that crevice (Lara will not "roll" when you try it from too high on the pole -
savegame.2-hold Ctrl while it loads).
Shimmy left and just on the part where the crevice goes down again near the left
end, back jump and grab the solid platform, it will lower down. Run jump and
grab the climb wall N and go up into the back of the cave. Watch out, Leopard
there, go left into a valley and shoot two Eagles (let them get close). Go to
that little shack left and shoot the wooden barrier with an explosive Arrow. Go
in and take the
House Key from the hook. Go out and left around, and up two ridges
there are some crates of fruits, in front of them is
Mala (13).
Buddha Statuette 1/3.
Back to the
Cave W, climb down and drop and grab back up out in the SE corner. Straight out
of the cave and left through the gate. Left of the little pool is the door you
can now open (with the House Key). Go left inside and it seems all stolen items
are here. In the back you see two small lion statues and right is a chest,
inside is a Buddha Statuette 1.
A lot of Mercenaries, Holy Torch 4,
More Arrows.
Leave the
house, go through the gate SE, shoot the bad guys and pick up
3x Revolver ammo. Go S through the street with the 2 blue doors and
right, shoot a Mercenary left and one right in the alley, that one has
Revolver ammo. The house with the swingpoles is now open and run
inside, there is a Mercenary dropping Revolver ammo.
On the bale of hay are 3x Arrows.
Hmm… I could convert these arrows too…
To do that,
travel back N, right to Main Square and left into the Shop, go close to the
stove.
Go back out, left
around through the alley, right through the gate N, left through the other gate
and to the yard where the cave is to the right. Go left into the alley and right
around the corner are three Mercenaries. One drops
Revolver ammo, the other two came empty handed, from the crate in
the corner into
the window again and down to the ground floor where a Mercenary will drop
Revolver ammo. Go out the
door SW and through the courtyard and right into the house with the double doors
where the Rusty key was (Yes, there was a shorter route but with less ammo
pickups). Go S and left up the stairs, at the short ladder jump and grab up to
the floor above and out to the balcony W, from the NW corner Lara will spot a
guy on the roof below, shoot him. Look N and shoot that
Holy Torch (4/7).
Hop over the
fence onto the roof below, go drop down from the N side and make your way down the
terrasses on the W
side to the far S end where we entered the Village before, you’ll meet two more
bad guys on the way. One in the open house left (Revolver
ammo) and one on a balcony right around the next corner (you can take him
out before he sees you and he has a
First
Aid Kit.
Back to the Holy Shell.
Now that you have
raided the Village, head back into the cave S, right and through the pit, couple
of bad guys on the first crossing, go straight, then keep right and crawl
through to the canyon with the bridge, watch out, still windy. Halfway over,
look right (N) and spot Holy Torch (5/7).
Proceed over the bridge (It could be possible Lara still runs sideways, like on
the bridge. In that case go back to a save and try again). Go left into the cave,
crawl through and right through the door, follow the passage and go left to the
burial chamber, straight to the Tomb.
Another Torch.
Hop to the
trapdoors and go left (S) up the stairs. Grab up in the NE corner and go through
the wall. Left to the opening in the other end and down into that room (camera
shows a Bell in the ceiling).
Through the small door N, left to the Well and shoot
Holy Torch (6/7) there. That’s also the place where you can ignite
Torches now. Go right (N) through the door and in the back right, pick up one
Torch. Back to the Well and ignite
the Torch, go out W and right. Drop the Torch in a safe place (not under that
Bell in the ceiling), climb the block W and shoot the Bell with the Revolver and
Sight. The Bell will drop and a rope will hang from the ceiling.
Grab up to a
ledge on a column just E of the Bell and stand jump to grab that broken monkey
climb up E, go left and drop to grab a crack, go around the corner and then 3
grabs left. Back jump and grab the rope, swing cross to the balcony and go
inside.. Go left around the corner and straight E to find a lever on the left
side, a door* opens where the Bell is.
Go left of the
lever to some beds SW and find
Mala (14) on the pillow. Detour for a
Mala: Go N and in the middle of the room right into a passage (we’ll be here
later too), come to a crack up right, shimmy left along the crack and drop at
the swinging Blade. Make your way through the first two Blades (look at which
side they hang) and look down right, shoot the Monk with Revolver, slide down
and grab
Mala
(15) before the Monk recovers. Run into the hole and you are back in
the red pools room. Get out and E and left to the room with the Bell.
Swim with the Torch, for Buddha
Statue 2.
Grab your Torch
and go into that door* you opened W, walk slowly into the deadly water and swim
along the right hand side (don’t touch the dead Monks), almost straight and walk
up to the ledge, turn left, walk to the edge jump up once and then hop back, run
jump over to the ledge S and go right around the corner. Save and throw the
Torch through the gap, be sure it is through and go back to the water. Hop back
over to the other side and turn left. Stand jump grab SE to the monkey climb and
follow into the next part of the cave, go left and get the Torch and go further
into the cave, another loud bang when you enter a wider room. Go right
and at the closed gate left and right are tow objects you can ignite.
Hmm.. this was clearly lit by fire back in the day…
Timed Swings.
The gate opens
and
Back through
the weird passage, open the gate with the also Timed lever and get through the
first couple of
poles, to the left, in the niche where the big hole in the floor is, is a crawlspace
with
Mala
(16).
Through the Traps.
Proceed further
through the pole passage, down the stairs and straight, in the next room left
and swim through the infected water. Wade up W and in the room with the Bell go
up to the ledge E of the Bell again, to the monkey bars, the crack and the rope
to get to the balcony, go in and loop right around into the passage to the
Blades, grab the crack, go left around and drop. Make your way through the
Blades to get to multiple Spike traps. The idea is to hop with Ctrl onto the
trap when the spikes are down and jump up grabbing the bars, maybe go forward a
bit, but you should still be able to see the spike popping under Lara and drop
when the spikes are down, stand jump forward and do a running jump with Ctrl to
go below the ceiling and to safety (savegame.4).
Next is a chain with darts flying (I took the right hand one), you’ll have to
try and time the Darts while keeping balance in a weird camera angle, just
through the opening is another set of Darts (savegame.5).
A Gong Stick.
Go down the
stairs into a room with a Buddha Statuette in a cage, right around the corner
are crates with
Mala (17). Use the lever NW to open the
gate N and go through, go down the stairs and come to a room with a Crowbar door
W, go straight to the far left hand corner (NE) and into the passage,
at the crossing take the left side follow up to a small door right and go
through to a Library, left around the corner of the wall is a Jump lever,
opening a door near the crossing we came from. In the E wall is a shelf in the
wall with books, that’s where you’ll find
Mala (18).
Go back through
the small door, left and down to the crossing, straight up the other end and
right through the small door into a cave, shoot the Leopards as they appear and
find a dead guy in a niche right, pull him away from some
Revolver ammo. Go to the end of the cave where the Gong Stick will
be shown on some crates in a small cave across the broken bridge. Shoot
the crates with the Revolver and the Stick is thrown into another cave (we can reach). Turn around, go back through the cave and
just before going through the door, go left into that “cage” and get
Mala (19).
Go through the door, down to the crossing and left down to the room with the
Crowbar door, open it and go over the bridge again, into the cave and just to
the right is the Gong Stick.
Use the Gong, Break the Cage.
Back across the
bridge, through the Crowbar door and to the back of the room, left into the
staircase to the room with the Gong. When you give the Gong a good bang, the
cage will lift after a bit. Save and hop in… be ready. When you pick up the
Buddha Statuette (#3), the cage will
close and Wraiths show up
with a short cutscene; there are three blue spheres floating about in the
room, you’ll have to shoot those to get things back to normal, but watch your
health also (savegame.6).
Open the Big Gates, shoot the Big
Vase, Drainage Handle.
Enter the door
N again, down the stairs and straight through the room into the passage NE, left
at the crossing and follow through passing the small door to come to a pit, grab
the ceiling bars to get across. In the next storage room, go right at the wooden
doors, just left around the corner of the doors is a lever opening them. Turn
around and shoot a crate NW for
Mala (20). Go E into the back and find
the chain SE, this one will open the gates we can shoot a Big Vase through (one
we saw in a cut scene). Go back and right around through those wooden doors you
opened, in the E wall is the opening with the slope behind it, shoot the Vase
down there, the Big one. Now be careful and slide down don’t touch the corpses
and pick up the Drainage Handle.
Using the Drainage Handle, Gold Key.
Turn left (S)
and swim into the opening, stay close to the bottom swim through and left to
wade out near the room with the Bell. In the room with the Bell go left, at the
Well right and in the storage room left in an alcove is where you can use the
Drainage Handle. The Well is shown, go back there (S) and drop in and pick up
the Gold Key. Climb out and go back
to the room with the Bell, W and right. Climb the wall W and up through the
opening above, through the room with the two pits and jump to the central floor
of the next room.
When you
approach the door S and hit Ctrl:
3
Buddha reincarnations for the new awakened era
(Done)
7
Holy Fires for the sanctification path
(One missing)
So we need one
more Holy Torch, turn around and look up on top of that big pole in the middle,
shoot that Holy Torch. The door will open and inside you can use the Gold Key. A
Bang and fire bowls are shown, get to the ground floor below and the new opening
is S, go in and in the big Buddha room to the gate S, use 2 of the Statuettes
there and the gate opens, but we cannot go in there yet because of a burning
floor.
Using Statuette 3, the Fire Lever.
Turn around and
go left along the wall to an opening with Spikes E, walk slow through the spikes
and jump to grab the ladder, go up through a trapdoor (also opened by placing
the Buddhas) and back flip to the floor above. Go straight into the next room
(with the grated floor) and place Buddha 3 on the right hand wall. A gate** will
open in front of a lever we go to now. Go back into the passage E, left and
crawl through the low part, then take a left and left around the corner into a
cave with vases. In the left wall is a crevice, crawl through and get out the
other end. Here you are, at the lever controlling the fire in that room below.
Using the Fire Lever.
Throw the
lever, get back through the crevice and right (E) into the passage, right and at
the part where you have to crawl a loud explosion occurs. Baddies storm into the
place and are obviously after the Artefact. (To play
both possible endings, you could save here and try the other option later).
Good Ending
(with the Secret). For the second option,
scroll down
Well, those
guys are on the burning floor aren’t they? Get back through the crevice to the
lever and throw it back to the Baddies will fry… Then throw the lever back to
kill the flames and get back through the crevice, E and right into the passage
through the crawlspace, left E to the ladder and just run in with a roll,
landing in water to soften the drop (exercise for the Bad Ending version). Climb
up at the Spikes and walk through slow, Go into the passage S, pick up
Mala (21)
where that native dropped it and a screen shows where you can use it. Then climb
up to the block to get the Shankha.
When you go out of the room, a flyby shows where to go.
But we want our Secret reward, no?
Picking up the Secret
Reward.
Head back into the Spike passage E, upstairs and to the room with the grated
floor where the Buddha was used, go to the left wall where the eyes are and the
wall will magically open up, follow the winding passage up to a beautiful cave
and jump up the hill from the E side where the light comes in. Pick up
Secret #1, the Quartz Skull.
Make your way back down to where we left off, the big hall below.
Enter the
opening caused by the explosion and follow through to where a flyby kicks in.
Lara takes over, she knows you’re tired…
The End.
“Bad”
Ending
(No
Secret).
After the
explosion and the Baddies storming in, you’ll have to get to them before they
destroy the Artefact. Crawl through the crawlspace, out of the passage left and
just before the trapdoor and ladder, roll so you’ll drop backwards into the
water below and can get up to the Spike traps, walk slow and you won’t make it
in time… That Native destroys the Shankha and releases an Evil Monster. Shoot
the guy and pick up the Shankha.
Enter the opening caused by the explosion and follow through to where a flyby
kicks in. Lara takes over, she knows you’re tired…
The End.