CLASSIC TRILOGY COMPETITION - THE TOWER (DEMO)

Demo by Tive PT

Walkthrough by José

TOWER 1

First Secrets

After the slide go right (E) and in the small pool room pull the switch to open the Neptune door. To get the first secret go outside and to the very NE corner of the ledge; facing E look down to spot a niche in the right side (NE corner) and a small ledge in front of the niche in the left side, drop onto this small ledge losing some health (you can also get into the niche taking a running jump from a ledge in front of the sword next to the Damocles door to save health) and take a running jump to the niche with the white textures. It seems that nothing happens, but stepping here a timed door opens at the very bottom of the tower. This can be done in several ways, but what I did was take a tricky running jump in a W-SW direction to land onto the ledge in front of the swords, run and jump without stop in a SW direction to the ledges in front of the Thor door and run and jump SW to drop into the pool at the very bottom of the tower, quickly get out of the water and run E to the area with the keyholes, jump into one of the water holes and locate the (hopefully) open door in the very SE corner to get the SECRET #1: a large medipack and 2 X automatic pistols ammo.

Without the secret: go to the very SW corner and drop into the pool at the very bottom of the tower. Get out of the water, shoot a gorilla, go N and pull the switch to open the Thor door. If you go W behind the arches, you'll find a large medipack but two lions will be alerted too. To get the next secret, from the center of the tower go W to the arches (don't cross them), turn left and climb the broken pillar in the dark NW corner (from the right side of the pillar use the "Ctrl" + "up arrow" keys) to find the SECRET #2: the Automatic Pistols plus automatic pistols ammo.

Opening the Doors of the Gods

Now start climbing the accessible blocks in the SE corner, take a running jump N to grab the central ledges and continue climbing until you reach the high opening in the W wall, go through, run up the ramp and take a sidejump onto the left or right slopes to avoid the rolling boulder; finally pull the switch to open the Atlas door. Go outside and from the lonely ledge next to the exit take a running jump to the N steps, continue N and to the back of the pillar to find a wall switch to open a trapdoor somewhere. Now jump to the ledges in the opposite side (S) next to the bars door, take a standing jump to grab the edge of the upper ledge with the brown columns, pull up and find the open trapdoor behind the pillar; drop down to find yourself behind the metal bars and pull the switch to open the Damocles door. Pull the other switch to open the exit door and jump back to the ledges in the pit (angled standing jump to the block in the right side).

The Atlas and Damocles Keys

What I did now was to climb to the very top of the tower (not difficult), to the starting area and visit the abodes of the gods from top to bottom. The highest one is the Atlas door; it seems that it's under construction, so pick up the Atlas Key and climb down a bit from the N side to find the Damocles door; it seems that it's under construction too, so pick up the Damocles Key and go to the W side to find the Thor door.

The Thor Key

Enter and the door will close at your back. In this area pick up the Shotgun and the shotgun shells to the left of the closed door with the trapped gorillas, from this place face E, drop/grab the edge, drop/grab the edge of the slope below, pull up and slide to a room full of gorillas; once the calm is restored go to the end of the room to get the Thor Fuse (and shoot two more gorillas), go behind the pillar in the opposite side to find a switch which opens the nearby exit door.

Detour for a secret: go back to the wall just in front of the entrance opening and turn left, push the movable orange block to the very end to get the SECRET #3: a large and small medipacks. To get extra items pull the block once onto the omega tile where the medipacks were, turn right and look for another movable block in the right side of the corridor, push it only three times, turn left and continue timing the teeth doors, pull the switch to open a nearby door, time again the teeth doors and go right to find it; cross over the breakable tiles and finally find another omega tile with shotgun shells, uzi clips and automatic pistols ammo. To go back to the room with the dead gorillas drop/grab the edge of the spiked pit, shimmy right to the very corner and drop down, walk to the other side and pull up.

Go to the S side of the room and jump forth and back onto the orange slope to get back up to the platform with the giant hammer. Use the fuse in the nearby receptacle to activate the hammer and once the hammer is down don't step onto the gray tiles, shoot several bats, go to the W opening with the now open door, left to pick up the small medipack, slide down the ramp and make your way to cross to the S side of the room jumping onto the floating tiles and avoiding the rays the best you can (use medipacks if necessary) and finally take a running jump to the safe ledge with the switch to your right. Once you are done pull the switch and jump again onto the floating ledges but not too far, look for an opening in the E wall where a door opens, jump there, shoot the gorillas and finally get the Thor Key; when you pick it up a door opens so you can go back to the tower.

The Neptune Key

Now drop down a bit to the lower ledges and locate the Neptune door in the E wall, enter and shoot several crocs. Your goal here is to find four cogs scattered all around the area, so jump into the water and swim E and to the bottom of the lake, find the first Neptune Cog on a gray tile next to the grated floor; the next Neptune Cog is in an UW niche under the big skull (a bit higher); to find the third cog situate Lara in the right side of the skull and swim to the bottom under a sort of UW roof, look for an opening in the E wall and beware of the rolling boulder, get the Neptune Cog and swim back to the entrance of this area. Under the place with the four wooden bridges there are UW mazes: in the W side there's an UW lever to open one of the doors above and also a small medipack; in the N side you'll find another UW lever to open a trapdoor somewhere and in the S side look for that open trapdoor. Get out of the water, shoot the croc, pick up the last Neptune Cog and pull the switch to open the exit door; now go to the N wall to find the room with the receptacles for the cogs, place them all to open the door, pull the switch, shoot a croc and go back to the big lake where more crocs are roaming around; again swim E and to the very bottom, through the opening in the grated floor to get the Neptune Key. Go back to the tower.

Using the Keys

Make your way to drop down to the bottom of the tower and go to the place with the keyholes (E), use the keys to open the door and enter to finish the level.

June — 04 — 2024