SHADOWY'S CRINGE APRIL FOOLS LEVEL

TR2 Levels by ShadowyJaw

Walkthrough by Treeble

LEVEL 1: THE MEME RIG

As part of the meme experience, this level features Lara dressed like a kitten and missing a lot of animations, while others such as running and climbing have been sped up. It shouldn't matter much, but avoid as much as possible hopping backwards as that propels you a long distance and you might inadvertently kill yourself.

As the level begins, kill two mafia thugs and collect the M16 ASSAULT RIFLE and ammo from their bodies. Loop around the wall to enter the next hallway where a thug will attack you, once he's dead you can relieve him from the THREE SECRETS he probably spent the better part of his life hunting down — thanks, buddy, we'll take it from here. To the left is a locked door requiring two keycards, that's our end goal, so let's fetch them. (Just for the meme, you can enter the short hallway the thug came from and, with your nose to the dead end, tap backwards and you'll miraculously warp into the chamber behind the locked door, aka the end of the level.)

Around the bend, you can go up the first ramp to the left to a pool area with two armed thugs and nothing else. Don't risk going for a swim as the underwater fans will slice the few body parts you still have left. Instead, go back and ignore the ladder for now. Save your game. As you step on the second row of the upward ramp, barrels roll down and a flamethrower guy spawns at the top. Retreat to dodge the barrels and deal with the enemy cautiously.

He leaves a RED KEYCARD K1 behind, take it, and now go climb that ladder. At the top, I'd recommend making a quick save again as the animations can make the next bit harder than it actually is. Climb the ladder and shift to the left, then pull up a few more rungs and backflip to a flat ledge behind you. Approach the edge and backflip to the slope behind you, keeping the jump button pressed as Lara works her way up to the top of the slopes and then hold the forward key down to push her over the slope to a flat spot.

Jump onto the higher block to the right and grab the overhanging ladder, then shift all the way to the left over the slope shaft to land on top of another RED KEYCARD K1. Safely work your way back to the bottom (remember, you cannot hop backwards!) and go place the keycards. You gain entry to a small chamber with two hints to the password protected level:

1. Dwanascie Tysiecy sto pietnascie

2. trcustoms name of the mood creator

Thanks to the almighty google god, we know the first hint is Polish for 12115, and the second hint isn't as cryptic but it's important that we know the proper graph of the author, which on trcustoms.org is dj_full. So, putting those together we have the password for the secret level: 12115dj_full

Manually quit the level and exit the game, then boot another instance from within the newly unpacked SECRET\ folder to start the next level.

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LEVEL 2: THE ACTUAL LEVEL

Run forward and pull up onto the wooden bridge at its lowest point, then run up to grab the edge of the rooftop. Shimmy to the right, pull up and kill the helpless thug on the next rooftop before jumping across to claim the first GOLDEN KEY K1, plus a SHOTGUN and UZIS he was carrying around for no apparent reason. Still on the rooftops, find some ammo in the corner then move towards the awning and slide backwards, grabbing the edge. Line up to either of the wooden columns below, then let go and immediately grab the ledge below to pull up. On the top of the columns, find more ammo and the second GOLDEN KEY K1.

Safety drop to the floor and pull up onto the bridge again, this time shimmy all the way to the left of the rooftop. As you hoist yourself up in the flat corner, you'll notice a shiny object on the far rooftop, there's no apparent way to get across, but if you look towards the small garden below you'll notice a lamp hanging off the building you're standing on: do a standing jump to that very corner and Lara will land on an invisible platform. Walk to the edge and do a running jump to the opposite rooftop where you can grab the GOLD DRAGON (SECRET #4), then hop over to the nearby rooftop and find the JADE DRAGON (SECRET #5) behind a lamp post.

Drop to the floor below and explore the small garden, behind the tree you'll find the third GOLDEN KEY K1. Next up, get back to the wooden bridge and do the long shimmy left again.

This time, roll after pulling up and do a running jump to the flat spot on the smaller building. Shimmy around the corners as far as you can (if you happen to fall down on the closed parking area, you'll find the GREEN KEYCARD K3 behind the yellow car to get back to the main street), then pull up and throw the lever on the wall. It opens a door below you, so drop down to the floor and pull into the building.

You've probably already noticed this but you don't have any medipacks on you, so you might want to use your extra weapons to deal with the three armed goons inside. Next, fall through the dark texture on the floor to find a switch which raises a trapdoor above. You can drag three of the crates around, one time each will suffice to retrieve two ammo bundles that were hidden beneath them, then climb the bookcase closest to the entrance door and backflip at the top.

From your current position, kill the two thugs running around behind the glass for now, and do an angled jump to grab the ladder to your immediate left. Shift to the left and climb up to an opening at the top. Get the CIRCUIT BOARD P2 by the barbed wire and throw the switch. Climb down the ladder again and shift to the right and pull up straight through the window to that small room. Mind the fake dark floor and start moving those crates away from the wall; near the corner of the room you'll find the fourth and final GOLDEN KEY K1, and some more ammo on the adjacent tile.

To get down from here, shoot the other set of windows (funnily enough, the ones you've shot and climbed through won't shatter) and grab either of the bookshelves for a safe descent. Go back outside and run right towards the beginning of the level, then enter the one alley we still haven't gone to. Enter a hotel.

Let the poor monk behind the counter live, get more ammo and throw the lever near the stand. The elevator opens, but be careful: the left hand side of the elevator seems to be glitchy and you'll fall straight through to your doom. Stay on the right hand side and wait patiently until your next stop. (If you miss the ride, you could land on top of the moving elevator and then fall through the left hand side, but again be wary of your medipacklessness.)

When the elevator stops, get the RELAY BOX P1 in a corner before stepping out. Unlock each of the four bedrooms to gear up for the final showdown, retrieving stacks of ammo and medipacks (finally!) from each room and also the SILVER DRAGON (SECRET #6) behind the second door on the left. When you're ready, run down the inclined corridor to face two flamethrowers and two armed goons. Place the relay box and the circuit board into the panels in the back and find the end of the level just beyond the open gates...