TR1 - VILLA MORTALE (FINAL VERSION) by THE VAGRANT (Kevin)
WALKTHROUGH BY THE
VAGRANT (KEVIN)
Final
version of Villa Mortal-released April 5, 2002. the Vagrant
#1: the Cistern
the level starts with Lara dropping into a small pool. climb
up onto the landing & shoot the water rat. pull a
block away from the corner of the landing to reveal a small med pack. The
underwater room below has a closed gate. the switch
for it is in the room above, slightly out of view. Lara should (standing on the
flat landing) line herself up with a golden-bricked sloping surface & use
this to "bounce-jump" sideways across the pool. from
here she can jump across, throw the switch & proceed thru a tunnel into the
Cistern. there are pickups to find here. shotgun ammo in a small underwater room-watch out for the
Croc though- don't think you can kill him; I've never been lucky enough to
"lure" him to the surface & shoot him, so best Not to bother..
& also: magnum ammo, a small med pack in a narrow "trench" at the
far end of the Cistern room. There is a small underwater tunnel that's gated;
don't bother with it for now. Instead, Lara should climb out of the water up
onto a sloping spire & use this to -bounce-jump- up to the balcony area. On
the upper level, shoot the bats & look for a watery opening in the floor.
Swim down this tunnel & find the shotgun & some ammo. Return back up to
the upper balcony platform & jump across to a landing near the arched
bridge. you'll be attacked by 2 bats (on this bridge).
There is a "camera zoom" on the bridge. If it annoys you, either draw
your weapons or tap the keypad 0("look") key to return to regular
-Lara view- "cameras" can only be seen if Lara's weapons are
holstered. Do not worry if you cannot kill all of the bats; this is a small
flaw in my level. I did not know how to "use bats" when I built TR1
Villa, (sorry!) anyways, it won't ruin your game if you can't get every one of
them. On this bridge, Lara can now jump across to a landing between the iron fencing more bats to shoot. now
Lara can jump across to a small platform on the wall. Another -camera view-
(sorry, I like this "platform" & use it for Lara to practice her
diving skills). but Don't Dive! Instead, jump across
to the rose-colored room with the railings & arch. you
won't be able to proceed further until you find the switch for the iron door. not to worry, it's in This room, easy to find. As you leave
the Cistern area, Lara would have: the shotgun. 8 shotgun
shells, 2 small med packs, 2 Magnum clips & the pistols.
#2: the Grotto
Lara will pass by the small iron door into the tall, rusty-colored
"grotto" room & be attacked by 3 gorillas. she
can dispatch them each with a single shotgun blast or use her pistols for a
lively -jumping-shooting- classic Tomb Raider game play. However, I'm kind of
*fond* of Jane Good all's work; I have 35 yrs of National Geographic's all over
the house & sometimes just blow right thru this room -without- hurting the
guys; I like their antics- There is a small med pack to be found here, in a
floor level corner room. your plan is to use the
spindly "spires" to jump across to the upper landing. When Lara
reaches the upper landing, she'll be attacked by 2 bats. *!Kill!*
& jump across to where the shotgun shells & large med pack are
displayed on a nearby ledge. Jump back to the platform & get ready to...
#3: enter the Villa
Lara will come out into a small courtyard under the night sky & will be
attacked by 2 crocs. (the Vagrant does not care for
'gators/sharks/mean fish with BIG teeth as was nearly bit by one of these sonsofwhores as a child...).you have my O.K.- *waste 'em! And there are Bats too. I like bats; they're cunning
little creatures; not to be feared but *please* stay away from them, ok? they
carry rabies!... some of the interesting things they do:
#1: they star in a lot of Vampire movies...
#2: sometimes they change into sexy bloodsucking brunettes with really pale
complexions & large jiggle breasts... (have I been
watching to many old 70's Brit flicks?)
#3: they eat many insects like mosquitoes & houseflies (which is Good).
#4: they enjoy crapping all over your attic (not so good).
#5: they like to fly out of haunted houses at sundown in droves. which is romantic to see, especially if there's a beautiful
sunset too. (not so romantic if it happens to be Your
House...) however, the Tomb Raider bats should be shot (sorry Jane..) Anyway,
back to the courtyard; Lara can jump up onto the roof & find a small med
pack & 2 sets of shotgun shells. but, there is No
Way for Lara to climb up to the "tower". It was merely placed in
there for decoration. So drop back down & proceed thru a small tunnel to a
ledge overlooking a much larger courtyard.
You'll get a -zoom camera- view of the gorillas & this courtyard (if
your weapons are holstered, that is...)
#4: Villa Mortal
at this point in the game, there are 2 Ways of playing Villa Mortal. The long or the short
version. if Lara proceeds into the big
courtyard, she'll find the secrets to end the level (and miss the better half
of the game) So let's go with the full version: Lara is standing on the ledge,
above a pool, overlooking a large gorilla-infested courtyard. Dive in the pool,
there are pickups to find in this pool. swim down a
short tunnel into a mossy water room with a croc in it.
(IF, for some reason, you Cannot find a small tunnel
to swim down in the large courtyard pool, it's because you're playing an
earlier version of Villa Mortal.) download the full
version here:
<http://www.larashome.com/downloads/levels/TR1_TheVagrant_VillaMortal2.zip>
In this mossy poolroom, you can find the Magnums & 2 sets of shotgun ammo.
Climbing out of pool, the you'll find a small iron
door between the rose-colored pillars. & if you climb up higher, a locked
gate at the 2nd floor balcony. And you'll notice 2 lion statues. What you're really looking for is another
underwater tunnel, leading out of this room. find it
& swim into a kind of "dolphin pool" room. Climb out & shoot
the lion. There will be a switch on one of the pillars at the poolside.
However, it simply opens a gate back into the Cistern. You don't need to go there, instead, you'll want to climb upward...
At the end of the first roof you climb, pick up the Uzi ammo & proceed on
to the mossy bridge. At this bridge, there's a large med pack under a ledge. drop from this ledge & grab the ledge below to get the
med pack. Climb to the top of this room & enter the gold & rose
archway. Lara will proceed up a hill
with overhanging branches until she spots an iron grated wall with a view back
into the large "gorilla courtyard" .throw the switch on the nearby
wall.
You'll see that you want to head back to the "lion statue room". the fastest way is backtrack & dive into the Dolphin
pool, swim back up the short tunnel.
Climb up to the 2nd floor balcony & you'll see a tunnel across from the
lion statues. This tunnel opens up into the nearby "leafy pool room".
you'll have to take care of 4 gorillas here. there's no pickups to find in this room or the pool.
Instead, go thru the entrance of the little temple (with the 4 doric columns); Lara will come out
into "Diana's room". Diana is one statue that ...Lara won't be
lugging off. However, Lara needs to climb to the top of this room, so finish
off the 2 lions & start in jumping from column to column. Near the top,
throw a wall switch & watch the small iron door below the 2 lions statues
open. You'll head back to that room next, but first, there's other things to
see.. Jump up onto the highest column & across to
the Diana statue. You'll step onto a transport crystal which will drop you far
below. In a room with the Uzis (secret #3). Return to
Diana's room with the transport crystal & backtrack to the room with the 2
lions statues.
#5: the blue temple
back at the poolroom with the 2 lions statues, run
thru the (now) open doorway into a small room with spikes. dodge
the spikes, kill a lion & pickup magnum clips & a med pack. Next, Lara
will go into a room with a golden pillar in it & a small temple at one end.
to reach the temple, pull a golden block out of the
wall (it's in the corner, near the pillar) & use it to jump up onto the
pillar. there's also a med pack behind where the block
was. On the pillar,
jump across to slot. do a running "grab
jump" & shimmy sideways until you get to the temple. climb up into a mossy outside corridor. You should come out
into the room with the blue temple. Lara will be attacked by 4 crocs here.
After you finish them, there's a large & small med pack to find in this
room. there's also a switch on one of the blue blocks.
it'll open the tall grille door & let you out of
the room. You'll "backtrack" to the large gorilla courtyard now...do
this by going thru the grille door & back to the landings high above the
dolphin pool... Instead of making the "high dive"
into the dolphin pool; at the top of this room, look for a tunnel in the
corner. this will take you up a cavern &
let you out onto the roofs above the gorilla courtyard. If you want to explore
the roofs, there's a "collapsible floor tile" hanging mysteriously in
air...use it to jump across to the next roof. there's
ammo here. You can now dive down into
the small pool in the gorilla courtyard. explore the
rooms on either side of the courtyard... You'll face a series of jumps over
spikes in one of these rooms. it's a "3 bounce
jump & grab" over the spikes. Jump to a corner & pull the switch(& more Uzi ammo). you
can leave this spike room by going over to the block where you "bounce
jumped & grabbed". use the far side of this
block to let yourself down into the spikes. walk thru
the spikes then jump up onto the landing & out of this room! you'll have 2 more gorillas to blow away before you can run
thru the (now open door) & into the ending room.
hope you enjoyed this level; thanks for playing it!
The reason that it has "the short OR the long way to play this level"
is because I added to the level one year later, Kevin May 24,2004
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WALKTHROUGH BY HARRY
LAUDIE
Slide down an incline
and fall into a pool. Swim quickly to a ledge to kill a swimming rat (1). Pull the movable block
beside you and go behind it for a small
Medi pack (1). Facing the pool, do a curved jump to a platform on the right.
Pull the switch there and an underwater gate opens. Swim through the door and a
tunnel into a large water filled room [Room 1]. Swim up and surface to the left
[East] and pull up. Below this area is a trench where you find a small Medi pack (2) and Magnum clips (3). Below that swim into a submerged building and
pick up shotgun shells (4) from the floor.
There is a crocodile swimming about but I couldn't lure it out to kill it. You
also see some slots that you can't swim through. In the Northwest wall there is
a tunnel ending in a closed gate. Go to the West end and pull up onto a pillar
at the water level. Run/jump to a pillar to the North. Jump and jump/grab at a
platform. Run into a large room and kill four bats (2,3,4,5). Go to the room on the right and dive into the water in the
Northeast corner. Swim down and you are in the room behind the crocodile. Pick
up shotgun ammo (5) and a shotgun (6) [secret
#1] before you swim back. Go back
to the ledge with the bats. Jump to a platform on the left. Cross the bridge
and turn around to kill two
bats (6,7). Go
back and jump into the door on the right. Enter a large room and kill four bats (8,9,10,11). Go through the other door and jump to a platform on the left.
Then jump south to a ledge in front of some steps. Go up the steps to the right
and pull a switch on the wall. The gate in the end of
the room opens. Enter the gate and go right down into an open area [Room 2]. Go
to an alcove in the left to get a small
Medi pack (7) and kill a gorilla
(12). Exit and go to the South side
of the area. Kill two gorillas (13,14) and
climb a pillar on the South wall. Jump to a pillar to the east but not too far
or you drop into a spike bit. Angle a jump/grab to a pillar to the North. Climb
the pillar beside it. Jump to the next two pillars. On the last pillar jump East to a section to pick up a large Medi pack (8) and shotgun shells (9). Jump to the platform to the right and run into the corridor. Kill two bats (15,16) and enter a room. There is a fatal pit to the left. Kill two crocodiles (17,18) and four bats (19,20,21,22). Climb the stairs on the right wall and jump to the roof platform
with a curving left jump. Jump straight and you fall onto the spikes
below. You can see an area above the
roof but you cannot climb up there from here. Follow the roof to the left,
killing three bats (23,24,25),
to get to the East side. Pick
up a small Medi
pack (10) and shotgun shells (11). Get
back down and go through the gate. Go down the stairs and go left. Follow to a
ledge that overlooks a large open area [Room 3] and a pool. From here you can
kill two rats (26,27) swimming in the pool and four gorillas (28,29,30,31) running around. Dive into the pool and pick up a large Medi pack (12) below the entrance. There is a underwater
tunnel in the west wall. Swim into the tunnel and follow to a partially
submerged room [Room 4]. Swim straight across and a little to the right to find
a hole in the floor against the far wall. Dive down the hole and pick up the Magnums (13) [secret #2]. Go
the Southeast corner to lure out a crocodile
(32). When it is dead go back to the
corner for shotgun shells (14). Pull up on the West side. There is a closed gate behind you and a
closed gate to the Southeast on the second floor. In the Northwest corner there
is a hole and you can swim into and down at the end and follow a tunnel to a
pool. Climb out into the room [Room 5] and kill a lion (33). On
the nearby pillar is a switch that opens the underwater gate back to an first room you were in [Room 1]. Go the Southwest corner
to a mound. From there pull up to a platform. Run/jump
to a platform to the North and to a roof, Follow the
roof to the far left to pick up Uzi
clips (15). Return to the first
bridge structure and go right. Jump to a block on the other side and jump to
the roof on the right. Jump to the ledge on the right and follow up some
inclines to a large room with a switch at the end. Pull the switch and get a
cut scene of a gate opening on the second floor in the earlier room [Room 4].
Notice on the way back that there is a closed gate over a spike trap. Go back
out and jump to the left ledge. Go to the corner into an alcove. Follow the
tunnel slopes upwards and exit overlooking the first area [Room 3]. Go left
over the roofs until you see a breakable tile floating in the air. Jump to it
and run/jump to the far roof. Continue to the right to the other roof to pick
up Magnum clips (16). Continue over the roofs and eventually pick up a small Medi pack (17). Dive into the water and through the tunnel to Room 4. Surface and
climb the slope on the far wall. Jump left over blocks and pull up into the
open gate. Follow around counter clockwise to the end and there is tall dark opening on the right. Go into the opening and down some
stairs in a dark hall into an open area with a pool. Kill four gorillas (34,35,36,37) you see around the area. Go to an area left of the pool and see
some dark leaves on the East wall. Walk through them into a cave. See more
leaves to walk through and reach an alcove overlooking large room. Notice the
spike trap at the bottom. Get to the floor and kill the two lions (38,39). Go
up the stairs on the West wall and continue right to the highest level. Turn
right and jump over some columns until you reach the switch. Pull the switch to
get a cut scene of the gate opening back in Room 4. Also from here you notice
that the tree on the ground was actually a giant statue of a woman. My thanks to the reviewer Avmaster for
this next tip. Make sure you have full health for the next jump. Notice
that the statue has a bar over the left breast. Jump to the platform behind you
and jump to the statue's right breast. Grab and shimmy right and pull up. You
slide down a series of slopes and land at the bottom into a large room. Pick up
two Uzi clips (18,19) from one corner. In another corner pick up the Uzi's (20) [secret #3]. In the far side is the same
bar on the floor. Run to the bar and you are transported back to the column by
the switch. Return the way you came or slide to the right and up the blocks to
the entrance. Back through the leaves, the pool area, and the tunnel back to
Room 4. Go to the open gate at the water's ledge and go in. Follow a tunnel to
exit into a room with spikes on the floor. Kill a lion (40) and go to the area
behind the spikes to the right for a small
Medi pack (21) and Magnum clips (22). Go to the left of the spikes into a room and kill a flying gorilla (41). You
see the shadow on the ground and he drops from the sky. Pull a movable block
from the Southeast corner and pick up a small Medi pack (23) that was behind it. Put the movable block near the column and get
to the top, Turn to the East and jump to grab a crevice. Shimmy right to the
end and drop down. There is nothing on the ledge so pull up into an alcove on
the East wall. Follow the twisting tunnel into an open area with blocks, some
steps and a closed gate. Kill four
crocodiles (42,43,44,45) and pick up a small Medi pack (24) from
the top of the far right steps. In the far right corner there is a large Medi pack (25). Pull the switch on a block and the gate opens. Go in but be
careful of the spike trap. Down the inclines and into Room 5.
From here either go left over ledges and a tunnel to
Room 3 and carefully drop down. Or dive in and swim though Room 4 and back into
Room 3 and pull up. You are back to Room 3. There is a closed gate at the end
and openings on both sides. Go to the East opening and pick up a small Medi pack (26). Go to the West opening. Use the slopes to jump over the spikes and
land on a flat ledge. Pick up shotgun
shells (27) and jump over the
spikes to the South. Pick up a large Medi pack (28)
and pull the switch on the wall to get a cut scene of the gate opening and a
gorilla charging out. Jump to a slope and slide down to grab the edge. Drop into
the spikes and then walk through them to the exit door. Jump the ledge and pull
up. Run and jump on a block and kill the gorilla (46). Go
through the gate and kill a gorilla
(47) if it did not exit earlier. As
you approach the blue door the level ends.
End
of Level.
Kills: 16
Pickups: 28
Secrets: 3 out of 3