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As the level starts, Lara plunges into a series of underwater tunnels. Swim down and to the left. Lara is confronted with a set of retracting spears that are both horizontal and vertical. As the spears cycle, Float to the arched ceiling. As the vertical blades START to retract, swim quickly through the opening. Hopefully, Lara will not injure herself. There's an air-pocket up top, ahead in a square opening in the ceiling, at the junction of the tunnels. Restore Lara's oxygen. |
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Go down the tunnel to the right to avoid the second set of spears. The water current in the tunnels, will try and pull you down the dead ends. Swim against the current down the tunnel on the left. There's a rock opening in the wall. Swim through the rock opening, and then all the way down to the mine shafts (with the wooden beam braces). Follow the tunnels until you get to a junction, where you can go left or right. Go right. Swim up the shaft to a caved-in tunnel. This section is dry. Catch your breath. |
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Climb-out and jump to the far side of the tunnel. Grab the aqualung and bandages. Both ends of the tunnel are blocked. Dive back down into the water. This time keep swimming straight past the junction. The tunnel will start to smooth out and Lara will come to a brick wall. Kick down the brick wall. On the other side, is the congregation hall of statues for the Lux Veritatis. If Lara starts running out of air, [use] the aqualung, to buy some time. |
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On the far wall, behind the tall monument plaque of a book with the 2 Lux Veritatis warrior monks, there's an exposed brick wall. Swim up and kick down the bricks. This will open another passageway up to an air pocket inside the cave. Surface at the air pocket, catch your breath and SAVE GAME. Now Lara has to solve a puzzle with the statues. Swim back down to the plaque monument. |
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Lara will read the inscription. The [L] and [V] letters on the plaque are a clue. Behind each statue, there's a plaque with a warrior monk member's surname. Look for Limoux. He is one of the 2 statues that you have to move. In a wall alcove behind Limoux's statue, there's a chain. Pull the chain twice. The statue moves along the rails to the center ring. Now look for Vasiley. Pull the chain behind his statue. Vasiley's statue moves to the center ring. |
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As both statues unite in the center ring, something magical starts to happen. The statues of Limoux and Vasiley start to glow blue. A small blue sparklight travels up the swords of both statues, then unites above the center hub. The ball of sparklight then travels up to the ceiling and breaks apart the stone exit at the top of the dome. The stone pieces come floating down to the statues. Lara now has en exit. Swim up through the hole in the ceiling. Up top, Lara takes off her wet-suit. |
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Lara's now inside a long cave passageway. Carefully walk down the tunnel. As Lara drops down over a series of steps, a large block mechanism is tripped and starts to stomp up and down. This is definitely instant death if you're trapped. Watch the cycle of the block and step back up the ramp. The moment the block starts to lift, [sprint] across the passage to the other side, to safety. SAVE GAME. The next area is going to be challenging. |
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Lara walks to the edge of a huge cave chamber, with what looks like a bottomless pit. On the right is a wall lever. Pull it. From the mist in the pit, a series of hexagonal floating platforms, rise and assemble to form a matrix. From the ledge, jump to the platforms one by one. Engage [walk]. If you fall short or land on an unstable platform, Lara plunges to her death. Follow this sequence to get to the rock outcrop on the right. SAVE GAME again. |
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From the rock outcrop, 3 more hexagonal platforms rise out of the pit on the right. Jump to the middle platform, then jump to the last one, and quickly jump to the cave entrance. Walk down the passageway. As you approach the bottom, Lara enters the library of the Lux Veritatis. Lara will alert 2 skeleton warriors. These guys are lot tougher and meaner than the first set we encountered down in the Hall Of Seasons. Rather than waste alot of precious ammo and time, let's get rid of them. |
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Lure one of the guards out of the library and let him chase you back up the cave passage, all the way out to the ledge by the bottomless pit. Quickly jump behind him, then start firing. As he jumps backwards, he gets closer to the edge. Should he die, wait for him to get up again. Repeat the kicking and the shooting. If you're successful, he'll fall backwards over the edge. No more worries!! Repeat these steps with the 2nd skeleton warrior. Things will now go alot smoother in the library. |
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Inside the library, there are 2 rows of bookcases, and a fire burning in a fireplace at one end. To the right of the fireplace is a lever. Pull the lever first. Lara gets a strength upgrade. Pulling the lever moves a bookcase on the left wall. Inside a small hole in the wall are bandages. Approach the skeleton in the chair by the wooden table. Lara's notebook gets updated? Along the back wall, there's a wall chain on the right beside a wall tapestry. |
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Pull the chain 3-4 times. The wall tapestry lifts up the into the ceiling. The back wall is rough in sections, and is climbable. Go up the wall and to the right. Grab the crevice and relax Lara's grip so she hangs from the crack. Now shimy to the right ledge, and pull up into the rafters. Turn to face the middle of the room. Above Lara, are a series of metal grates. Monkey bar across to a small grated platform in the middle. Turn left. There's a long metal grate overhead leading to a chandelier. |
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Monkey bar across the length of the room til Lara can't go any further. Drop down to the platform above the chandelier. As you drop, the platform lowers, like on a spring. This moves another bookcase, revealing a hidden hole in the wall. Safety-drop from the chandelier, down to the floor. Go to where the bookcase moved. Inside the hidden compartment, is the coveted 5th Obscura Painting. Yes, the real deal! The last piece of the puzzle from a long journey. |
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As Lara picks up the painting, the fire goes out in the fireplace. There is a hidden hallway behind the hearth of the fireplace. Crouch down and crawl through the fireplace and stand-up in the short hallway. Go through the doors. In the next hall, there's a hole in the floor. Jump down into the pool of water. |
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Dive down to the bottom of the tunnels. Go all the way to the end, through the beams, and go right. Swim down the shaft until you come to a lighter tunnel (with air bubbles). Go right. Follow that tunnel down again and then swim right again along a tunnel which has smoother walls. Eventually you'll see the walls of a giant dome. Swim to the surface. Long movie sequence begins. LEVEL ENDS. |
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