TEMPLE OF AMON-RAT

Beyond the Basics Egypt (2024) – Level by JoeArruffo

Walkthrough by Treeble

LEVEL 1: SOMEWHERE IN EGYPT

We being in a small inn room, with two artifacts already in our pocket. Approach the cupboard in front of you to claim LARA'S TABLET, containing a message from Jonah, and MUG'S JEEP KEY. On the nightstand you can find a small date branch. Pull open the door and run around the small town to find another small date branch behind a yellow cab. There's only one way out of this town, which is SW.

Watch the flyby showing a massive temple courtyard. Before heading down, go towards the trees to the right to find a small date branch. Let's sweep this area in a clockwise fashion, so get to the jeep (you can do everything on foot if you prefer), U-turn and go straight SE of the fenced building. The minefield prevents you from going any further, but after dealing with a panther and two scorpions you can retrieve another small date branch from the carpet.

Follow the fence around, running over two friendly soldiers just to hear their iconic wilhelm scream, and take an immediate left behind the truck. Another panther is lurking, afterwards drop into the hole in the back and crawl to a Trinity warehouse for SECRET #1. Dispatch two ninjas and run around the room to find the SHOTGUN, three uzi clips, and some shotgun shells beneath a stack of crates you can shoot.

To get out of this place, you need to reach the crawlspace you dropped in from, so use the two push blocks next to it to create a makeshift bridge in order to drag the upper block across, then find a single block on the other side which you should move closer to the upper block to have enough room to maneuver. When the upper block is pushed against the farthest of the two blocks, a running jump will get you up there. Crawl back to the main temple courtyard.

Another panther might be on the prowl. Keep following the temple in a clockwise pattern, but ignore the ramp leading up to the entrance. There's nothing of interest in the lower alcoves behind the smaller sphinxes. When you get close to the lake, kill a crocodile and find a small date branch next to the trees. Two crocodiles might swim up out of the lake.

From the trees where you've just found the branch, walk in a straight line towards the temple wall. Use the flat spots of the slope to get on top of the lower temple wall and jump into the partly-hidden alcove in the far right corner to collect a curious BORING INDIANA JONES REFERENCE. Wonder where Lara would display that. Anyway, take a dip into the lake when it's safe and find an underwater tunnel in the NE leading underneath the temple plateau.

When you finally pull out of the water, you'll find yourself inside a chamber containing SECRET #2, but you'll have to fight for it: a monstrous mummy wielding two curved swords is protecting it. You can fell it with your pistols, don't worry. When that's done, collect the UZIS and uzi clips from the blocks in the back corners. Return the same way you came. You can resume your trip around the temple courtyard, but there's no point now other than sightseeing. It's time to run up that ramp towards the temple.

Place your ankh on the block right ahead of you as Jonah calls you towards a door on the side. Inspect the inner alcoves as you follow him to find a small date branch in one of them, then wait until he opens the door. Follow him across the monkey swing and he'll open a trapdoor below you. Safety drop and shatter the vases for yellow light sticks, then climb down the ladder inside the trapdoor. At the bottom, find the PICKAXE hanging off the wall. A flame emitter is now active at the top of the ladder, so climb almost to the top, wait a bit until it dies down, and backflip to safety.

Climb the ladder back to the outside and Jonah will now rush across to a door on the opposite end of the temple plateau, where two scorpions will attack. Pry the door open with your pickaxe, then use the swing pole on the right hand side of the room to get across, and find a lever there to deactivate the spike trap. This way, Jonah can now hop across and interact with a switch on the wall to open the door below. As he does so, two skeletons rise. Leave Jonah behind and safety drop to the floor below. Mind the spike traps as you jump into alcoves for uzi clips and shotgun shells, then slide down through the open door.

As you land, immediately gun down the hammer minotaur but be careful as the area behind it is protected by ramming walls. The center row of the room is safe to run across, so approach the dead bodies and collect the LASERSIGHT before dragging them by the shoulders to find a REVOLVER. Place your scarab on the receptacle ahead and shoot down the gem hanging just above to open the exit door. The pool in the middle of the courtyard is now drained, so drop in to enter the next level.

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LEVEL 2: TEMPLE OF AMON-RAT

Swim almost in a straight line towards the flame-lit area in the distance, then get out of the water to deal with two crocodiles before they get to you. There's a SHOTGUN next to the skeleton by the fire. Approach the waterfall and climb up onto the lap platform of the right side statue, from there you can jump to a hanging platform and then to a balcony in the back. Push the huge button to open the temple doors.

Don't enter the temple just yet. Instead, now go SE and drop into the water to find an underwater passage underneath the temple. Swim past the circular blades for a first aid kit in the back and then take the side passage for a ceiling lever, which raises a block above. Return back to the temple entrance and climb up the rocks to the right side of the temple.

On the other end of the ledge, jump over the newly raised block in order to reach a series of caves above water. Ignore the opening for now and keep working your way around the rocks jutting out above the water until you find SECRET #3: revolver rounds. Drop into water and retrace your steps, now entering that doorway in the hanging cave with the sword statues inside. The first two rows will not activate, but the third and fourth will definitely hit you if you're reckless.

Squeeze through the crawlspace on the right and drop into an underwater tomb. Push open the sarcophagus for arrows and collect a BOW from the pedestal, backing off quickly as a spiked sphere will hang from the ceiling. Jump to a ladder over the water and climb all the way to the top. Enter the dark cave to the side to find uzi clips, then resume the path to monkey swing to a ledge across.

Line up to the opposite ledge but save your game first. A boulder will tumble down as soon as you land, so run towards the end of the path and jump to safety. When you try to get those explosive arrows next to the torch, another boulder rolls down the same path, so quickly hang off the side to avoid it. You can jump across the ledges in the dark for shotgun shells. When you're done, find a spot in the water below deep enough to take the plunge safely.

Enter the temple and take the stairwell down to the right to find yellow light sticks, then enter the main chamber. Two skeletons rise up instantly, equip those explosive arrows and blow them to kingdom come because one of them is carrying around the KEY TO HAMUNAPTRA. Open the sarcophagi for a first aid kit and THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. Combine it with the key and use the resulting book on the statue in this room to open the next door.

Enter and loop around to the right to a narrow corridor, jump over the flame and push a button in the back to reveal SECRET #4: a coffin shifts position in the previous room, so you can climb underneath it for uzi clips and arrows. Back in the room with the small obelisk, explore the corners for yellow light sticks and uzi clips. We need to position three statues over the circular tiles on the floor, but two of the statues are currently locked away.

Save your game and approach the trapdoor on the S. As you slide down, facing forward, quickly jump with a curve to the left in order to steer clear from the boulder rolling towards you. A mummy is hot on your heels. Go to the NW corner of the room to climb to the ledges above, use the rope to reach the center bridge, but be wary that a boulder will roll down over the first row of tiles. Gun down two harpies before crossing the tightrope.

Open the sarcophagus on the left to find an ANCIENT TEXT which you can examine, then throw the switch on right to awaken two skeletons. No need to waste ammo on these, just drop down to the floor at lava level below but be mindful of another mummy now eagerly doing the rounds, those can get very handsy and push you into the lava. Climb the blocks on this side of the room to find your path back through the trapdoor to the room with the obelisk.

Now go across to the N side and kick open a door to the afterlife. Loop around to the left and jump across the floating islands bit, sticking to the safe flat spots. Jump your way clockwise until you get to a slope-jump to reach a chain in the back. Pull it and quickly dispatch two harpies before they get a chance to push you off the edge.

Do an angled jump to grab the crevice next to the slope and shimmy a bit so you can pull up. Flame emitters now reveal the location of a couple of invisible platforms at the end of the path, you can use those to reach a crevice on the wall. Shimmy around the corners to the left first to find SECRET #5, uzi clips and shotgun shells, then shimmy all the way back around until you're over the slope. As you slide, jump steering left to land on a safe platform.

Safety drop to a lower row of platforms and jump your way to that floating cage in the end. You can latch onto it, so shift around to the left and from the bottom backflip with a midair roll to grab a ledge behind you. When you get to the altar, pull the chain and immediately turn to kill two harpies. Climb to the nearby floating cage and jump across to the zipline which takes you right back to the entrance of this room.

All statues can now be freely moved around, position them so they're all facing the obelisk and the exit door opens. Ah, our prize is at hand... or not. When the trapdoors give way, grab the edge of the slope to safety drop to a prison below. Get yellow light sticks at your feet and run N through the cells to find a crowbar lever. When you activate it with your pickaxe, many mummies get released and try to gang up on you. Dodge them a bit until they're grouped together and then use one explosive arrow to get rid of them all. Inside the cells they were in you can find uzi clips and shotgun ammo, then proceed to climb up the pole next to where you dropped in.

At the top, push open the doors to find yourself into a spaceship-like area. Loop around to the right to find the ENERGY CORE, then locate the beeping sound in the previous room to find a terminal where you can place it. A pyramid gets powered up, and a mutant demigod steps in. Pistols work just fine. Get the shotgun shells nearby and proceed through the door it came from to find a first aid kit. Use the raised floor panels to reach an opening in the back corner and open the trapdoor.

Work your way to the top of the waterfall by jumping across the gray tiles. You'll eventually hear an explosion and, shortly afterwards, you'll see that enemies have stormed in. Drop to the entrance area and kill three ninjas, all of which leave UZIS behind. Enter the temple again, dealing with another wilhelm-screaming soldier, kindly carrying a first aid kit, and go through the room with the statues facing the obelisk towards the exit door again.

The trapdoors raise, this time around forming a stable path. Go upstairs and get two uzi clips, beneath the vase to your right and next to the praying shrine looping around the left. When you approach the next set of steps, a couple of ninjas ambush you, loot their bodies for one more stash of uzi clips.

For the grand finale, take THE ATLAS from the singularity in front of you and Seth himself strikes instantly. Use your weapon of choice to take him down, but mind where he dies as he's holding a SAPPHIRE KEY. Use it on the lock behind the pedestal to drop two ropes from the ceiling, then climb to an alcove on the wall to get to the top of the pillars. Rope swing towards the exit door, climb the ladder and you'll find yourself behind the door beneath the giant statues of the temple courtyard. Get back outside to a lovely night to bring this adventure to an end.