THE FIRST REVELATION (Demo)

Level by JimmyBeon

Walkthrough by Phil Lambeth. The numerous posted videos indicate that a substantial revision was released at some point after the initial release on May 3, 2022, although the download at trle.net as of May 13, 2022 appears to be v1. Doggett TV has posted videos of both v1 and v2, but this walkthrough documents v1 only.  

Lara slides down to trigger a cut scene. Run forward to alert a bat, look left to see a narrow gap and a sloped block next to it. Back flip onto the block and jump off to activate the jump switch to hear the sound of a trap door opening. Go N a bit, turn right into the E passage and shoot the jar in the S alcove to reveal a crawl space. Enter for the SHOTGUN and exit to the main passage. Pull up onto the block next to another crawl space ahead and jump E to the next block. Jump up to grab the ceiling and monkey swing S. Drop down for the KEY OF WEPAWAWET (sounds like someone with a pronounced lisp).

Jump E and pull up into the S crawl space. Flip out to your right and pick up a GOLDEN SKULL for SECRET #1. Exit to the previous ledge and crawl N to the end. Flip out to a lower passage and run forward for the CROWBAR. Pull up left, hop forward and slide down W to a passage that brings you to a crossing N where you can use that lispy key in the receptacle to your right. Go past the opened gate into a room with a pole. First, shoot the jar to your right for uzi ammo, then climb the pole facing N and take a rolling back flip when Lara's hands are at the same level as the horizontal wall decoration. Grab the block and pull up for a large medipack.

Activate the jump switch on the W side of the block to open a nearby floor trap door at the SE corner. Drop down the hole and pick up the BIRTH OF NEPHTHYS. Pull back out, light a flare to locate the pushblock in the NE corner and push it two times to reveal a alcove. Step inside for SECRET #2 (I won't mention the obligatory Golden Skull again). Exit W to the main passage, turn right and head N as Lara's attention is directed up to her left. Activate the jump switch to lower another trap door and look in the NE alcove for revolver ammo.

Hop up NW and enter the crawl space.  Flip out right for SECRET #3 and return to the main passage. Turn left to face a room with a deep pit. Look left for flares, then climb down the ladder to a dark room with three floor holes. Two are spike-trapped, so climb down the ladder in the N face of the S hole to find the KEY OF ANPUT. Climb both ladders, and when you pull out of the pit face a bit NE and jump to grab the wall crack. Shimmy right and pull up into a corner alcove. Climb the ladder to your right, shift right at the top and drop down to an upper passage. Follow around to SECRET #4 and get back down to the alcove.

Save your game for a tricky curved running jump SW to the jackal floor tile. As an alternative, you can hang from the edge, shimmy left to the corner, safety drop with some slight health loss and climb the ladder back up. Return to the main passage, turn left and then right through the W opening. Turn right at the wall torch and find a closed gate opposite a floor hole. Open the gate with the Key of Anput and try to target the crocodile swimming about in the pool below.

Jump into the water and swim down. Pause for crossbow arrows on the second ledge, continue down to the very bottom and pick up the ENBALM OF KEBECHET. Surface for air, swim back down and look for a triangular opening in the N wall at the third ledge. Follow the narrow passage to a shaft leading up to an opening where you can pull out for SECRET #5. On your way back, go through the even narrower E side passage for a large medipack. Surface, pull out of the pool E and loop around right past the opened gate into the W alley.

Locate the S crawl space at the end and enter for the UZIS. Crawl back out and climb the nearby block in the S alley. Hop down the other side and shoot the ornate jar for flares. Get back on the block, hop up SE to the next block and look N. Jump to grab the pillar and pull up into the crawl space for the POWER OF RA. Drop down, get back up to the previous block and stand jump E to grab a crack. Shimmy left around the corner and pull up into the opening for SECRET #6. Get back down to where you got the flares and go to the SW corner for shotgun ammo next to a skeleton.

Proceed E past the wall torch, loop around right at the receptacle and use your crowbar to open the gate. Enter for flares, note the closed door and follow the winding crawl space (pausing for uzi ammo along the way) to a more open area with a wall torch. Pull up into the W crawl space and flip out into a floor hole for SECRET #7. Return to the wall torch and carefully enter the S passage to trigger spikes around the corner. Time your way past them to the HONOR OF OSIRIS. When you pick it up the adjacent door opens, so take advantage of the short cut to return to the familiar intersecting passages.

Turn left to find receptacles for your Pharos and pyramid key pickups. Insert all four to open a door nearby, but not the one you might expect. Go N to the right or left of the receptacles and find the opened door that provides access to a crawl space. Enter and follow to the N wall. Turn left for a small medipack and go the other way, looping around right until you can stand up near the SEED OF SET. Pull up S into the opening, find the crawl space and flip out to land at the entrance. Exit S and loop around right to that floor hole you noted earlier.

Drop down, shoot the dog that charges from the dark passage and  follow around to a receptacle for the Seed of Set. Insert it to open the exit doors, return there and go on through to end the level.