Tomb Raider 4: THE LAST REVELATION
            Complete Game Walk Through - part 2

                       Author unknown

@~Continued from issue 72

LEVEL 17 TEMPLE OF POSEIDON

Follow the steps up and at the top, climb down the hole. At the
bottom you are faced with five options. A large door to the left,
a large door to the right, a small door straight ahead and a very
small door behind you, as well as a very long drop into the
unknown.  At this point you need to head through the small door
straight ahead. Follow the corridor along, into a room with many
red and black pillars. At the end of this room is a pole. Climb
the pole and jump off at the top.

Run to the end of the room and jump over to the statue on the
small island. Use the Trident on the statue to make it into a
switch.  Climb back down the pole to find that there is now a
river at the bottom. Swim back to the start room (the one with the
long drop) and take the other small doorway. Follow the tunnel
along into the room with an empty pool in. Head past this, onto
the next room.

Drop into the central gutter and crawl into the hole beneath the
giant face. Climb out at the other end and run to the second
statue.  Use the Trident as before and then head back. You can
stop off in the room next door if you wish as there are some
goodies hidden in the pots. Be careful of the black tiles as
flames shoot out if you get too close.

Head back to the deep hole and head into either one of the wider
doors. Run to the far end of the room and have a look around.  If
you see a black circle underneath a hole in the wall you need to:
jump over the circle and climb up into the hole, crawl through and
use the Trident on the statue.  If however you see a climbable
wall you need to: climb to the top and use the Trident on the
statue. Once both of the statues have been turned you must head
back to the hole and jump in. Fear not, the hole is now half full
of water, so you won't end up as a splat on the floor. Swim along
the submerged tunnel, climb out at the end and sprint past the
skeletons.

Run into the next room and shoot the big vases. Doing this will
take care of the ghosts. Now walk into the coffin chamber and open
the middle coffin. Inside you will find the left gauntlet, doing
this will also open two doors, run into either one and then climb
up into the crevice. Once through to the other side, follow the
corridor to finish the level.

LEVEL 18 THE LOST LIBRARY

You start this level in a small corridor, run to the end and crawl
through the small gap. Drop into the corridor and run to the large
room beyond. You are now facing a blue door flanked by two large
vases. There are three blue doors on either side of the room, you
first need to enter the second door on the left. Run to the end of
the hall and jump over to the pole. Slide straight down to the
bottom, you will be hit by the blades but you will only sustain a
little damage.

If you are desperate for health you can find some in the vases you
see as you slide. Once at the bottom, run along the corridor and
climb the pole at the end. You may take a little more damage from
this blade but luckily there is only one. Jump off of the pole and
head out into the room beyond. A golden knight will charge at you
from behind a pillar so get your pistols out and blast him.  To
kill these guys you need to hit their blue gem hearts, so only
attack from the front. Once he is dead, walk to the left side of
the left pillar and climb the ladder. Enter the doorway at the top
and slide down the pole. Run into the next room and kill the two
golden knights inside, notice the diamond shaped slot next to
glass door, you will be using that in a minute. Head into the room
to the left and climb down the hole in the floor. Crawl through
the gap and walk into the next room.

There is another golden knight here but this time he is on a
horse.  The best way to kill this knight is to use the
sniper-crossbow to hit his gem heart as he charges at you. Four or
five direct hits should do the trick. When he dies, you will find
his gem is left behind on the floor. Now re-trace your steps back
up to the hole and the glass door you saw earlier, place the gem
in the slot and enter the room that is now open. Pull the chain
once. Continue to re- trace your steps back to where you climbed
the pillar. Climb back down and, if you didn't earlier, collect
the star from the middle pillar.  Now enter the right-hand doorway
and make your way past the chains to a room with a giant cog and
trapdoor in the floor. Open the trapdoor and drop through, swim
along the tunnel until you see the door you opened by pulling the
chain. Swim through and collect two more stars.

You now need to re-trace your steps back to the start of the
level.  Once back safely, open the door nearest the giant vase on
the opposite side of the room. Run along the corridor and enter
the impressive looking room at the end. Place the three stars in
the three slots and pull all of the planets out into the room, you
need to place these on the black circles on the floor.

The correct positions are:- Blue in the centre, Grey on the next
ring out, then Green, Brown, and finally Gold on the final ring.
Upon doing this, electricity will buzz around the room and a door
will open. Follow the corridor, shooting both vases on the way,
and enter the next room. The idea here is to light all of the
statues at once by pulling the attached switches in the correct
order.  Push down the first statue you come to, then walking clock
wise, continue to push down all serpent levers, mathematically
this works.  When you do, a block will rise in the middle of the
room and a fire spirit will start chasing you.

Dodge it as best you can and climb up the blocks to the corridor
above. If you are hit and set ablaze you can douse yourself in the
pool at the top. Head into the next room and follow the corridor
until you emerge out onto the balcony of the start room. Turn to
the right and open the next door you come to. Drop into the hole
and slide down and out of the monkey's mouth.

Quickly get out of the channel you are in to avoid the boulder and
then run up the slope it rolled down. Jump over to the lever and
grab it. Climb the blocks that have risen in the middle of the
room and then jump over to the ledge. Climb into the hole in the
wall and jump from the other end over to the monkey's nose. Pull
the rope and slide backwards down the monkey's nose until you are
hanging from the end. Drop and grab its bottom lip, then crawl
into its mouth.  Climb up the pole inside and walk up to the door
directly ahead.  This will open, allowing you to enter the room
and collect the Pharos Pillar and open the trapdoor. Leave the
room by the way you entered and head through the other gate at the
top of the pole.  Turn left into a room with two pedestals and two
grates in the floor.  Stand on both grates to light both pedestals
and then pick up the torch on the floor and light it. Exit this
room and continue along the corridor.

Throw the torch onto the wooden floor and stand back while it
burns away. Drop through the resulting hole and collect the music
scroll from the floor. Climb up into the hole and open the blue
doors.  You are back in the main room. You now need to re-trace
your steps back through the planet room, back past the serpent
room, up the blocks and through the empty scroll rooms until you
emerge on the balcony.  Enter the adjacent room and walk up to the
harp. Lara will play the harp and a secret door will open. Follow
the tunnel and pull the chain to open the big, blue doors. Jump
down and run through to exit the level.

LEVEL 19 HALL OF DEMETRIUS

Run along the corridor and down the steps into the large hall.
Run into the doorway on your right and head up the steps. Collect
the Pharos Knot at the top and then drop down to the floor. Head
into the opposite doorway and run up the stairs.

Watch the following cut scene and then blast the three goons Von
Croy sends after you. When they are dead, run back up to where you
read the scroll and grab hold of the lantern. You will see scrape
marks on the floor where it has been dragged along. Drag it in
front of the slope and the door will open. Follow the corridor and
drop down the hole to finish this very short level.


LEVEL 20 COASTAL RUINS - PART TWO

Climb out of the water and collect the health and ammo dotted
around. Climb up onto the platform and jump up onto the ladder
inside the hole. Climb up and when at the top, run out into the
daylight and head for the water. Dive in and start swimming out
into the bay.

On your right you should see an underwater tunnel, swim into this
and follow it along. When you reach the small cave, turn left and
swim into the next tunnel. Swim along to leave this level.

LEVEL 21 PHAROHS, TEMPLE OF ISIS

Swim into the large cave and head up to the ceiling to find some
much needed air. Take a quick gulp and then dive to avoid the
hungry Hammer-head shark which will attack. Swim down to the front
of the submerged temple and swim into the left hole at the front.
Place the pillar into the slot and then leave. Swim to the next
hole and place knot in the second slot. Back out in the cave, swim
down and under the partially open door at the bottom. Walk up the
steps into a large room with a ram each side. Walk up a little way
and blast the skeleton off of the edge.

Drop down the hole into some more water. Swim down into the next
room and open the three green doors you find. Grab some air and
then go through the right door. Shoot the Pharaoh bird with the
crossbow and sight. Smash the four ornate chests for some ammo and
health and then head to your right up the steps. Enter the room
containing the big statue.

There is a ledge to the right of this room, climb up and use the
crowbar on the Beetle wedged into the wall. Beetles will cascade
out of the resulting hole, so quickly drop down to the floor and
climb up the other ledge. Collect the second Beetle and yet more
live beetles will appear. Getting these two objects made two
ledges appear in the middle of the room. Climb up both of the
blocks in turn and press the two blocks at the top. Now drop down
into the hole in front of the statue.

This room has some high ledges at the back and to get to them you
need to use the last sloping block. Climb up onto the lowest side
of this block and quickly press jump to backflip onto the ledge.
Get the winding key from the pedestal and then push the panel to
the left. This opens up the stone door that silently closed behind
you when you entered the room with the tall statue.

Leave this section and return to where you shot the Pharaoh bird.
Go up the step that are now to your left and enter the next room,
turning left and shooting the chests for some ammo and health.
Kill the skeleton and enter the next room. The next room contains
a black pyramid that you can use one of your beetles on to
activate a door.  Look for a area sloping down into some purple
water and slide down.  At the bottom are two more beetles to
collect, but first you need to get out of the water (or gasoline)
before the two flames ignite it.  Hopefully you will make it out
of the water before you are set alight, if not, you can douse
yourself by ducking in an area that is not alight. Collect the two
beetles and then leave the room by jumping over to the slope,
which is now a set of steps. Place the unbroken beetle into the
pyramid and look for another slope leading down to gasoline.
Handle this room in the same way as the last and collect the
beetle.  Place it into the pyramid and repeat this process in the
third and final room of this area. Head back to the start room and
go up the final set of steps to enter the Cleopatra's Palaces
level. This doesn't end the previous level but you do need to get
the last scarab beetle from in here.

Head over to the smaller of the two doorways on the other side of
the room and make your way inside the temple. Head up the slope,
right to the top and then drop into the hole. Go left quickly and
climb up onto the step, jump over the burning liquid and use the
crowbar on the final beetle. Save your game right here as it can
be quite difficult making the next set of jumps.

Walk to the ledge you're now standing on till you get to the edge
of the ledge. Now move Lara a sideways a little bit, so she faces
left.  Now do a standard jump to make it to the other ledge. The
problem with this section is that if you are not facing just
right, Lara will bump her head on the wall above and fall into the
flames.  Side-step up to this ledge and then do a sideways jump
getting as close to the left part of the ledge as possible before
falling into the flames.

You should not catch on fire at all in this section if you do the
jump correctly and now you can jump and grab the ledge.  Leave
this level and head back to the Pyramid room. Place the final
beetle into its slot and collect the Mechanical Scarab from the
centre of the pyramid. Combine the Mechanical Scarab with the
Winding Key you got earlier and head back once more to Cleopatra's
Palaces.

LEVEL 22 CLEOPATRA'S PALACE

Go past the fountain and enter the bigger of the two doors at the
back of the room. Head right and shoot the chest to get a large
medi-pack. Follow the path until you reach a corridor with a
beetle marking on the floor and some suspicious looking holes in
the floor.  Use the mechanical beetle here and it will activate
the spikes that are ahead. The spikes will stab upward three times
each as the mechanical beetle crosses over them, so run with the
beetle staying one step behind it. Pick up the beetle once you are
safely past the spikes and head into the next room. Go to the hole
in the north wall and dodge past the swinging blades. Open the
casket to find the right Gauntlet. Blast the skeleton and then
leave this room.

Go to the back of the hall here and turn right, use the mechanical
beetle to get across the next set of spikes. Pick up the beetle
and go up the steps, take your first right into a room and dodge
past the blades. Open the casket to find some ammo and then head
out of the room before the skeleton can get you. Head left and go
up the steps, then go right down another set of steps into a
larger room.  At the back of this room is another large casket for
you to reach into.

Get the small medi-pack and then turn around and kill the Pharaoh
bird and skeleton who attack. Look around and you will see a lever
high up on the wall. Jump up to it and grab it to open the doors.
Climb up onto the block which has also been activated and jump
over to the crack in the wall, shimmy along and climb up when you
are able. Enter the next room and dodge the blades, open the
casket and collect the Right Greave from inside.

A skeleton will appear as soon as you do this, so head back past
the blades and then through the doors you opened. You should now
see a door that was not open before. Enter here and shoot the two
chests to get a large medi-pack and some crossbow ammo. In the
casket to the right is a Pharaoh's Knot. Head out of this room and
take a left, follow the corridor east and go down the corridor
behind the steps in the next room. Head up the semicircular steps
and place the knot in the hole in the wall.

Now enter the room that opens up to. Hop up onto the small ledge
in the middle of the room and grab the small medi-pack. A bronze
copy of Lara will appear on the other platform and gold spirals
will surround each platform. The spiral will not hurt you, so jump
down from the small ledge. A block will have risen on the other
side of the room, use this to climb up to the ledge.

Use the monkey bars to swing to the other side and pull yourself
up onto the ledge above. Shoot the Pharaoh bird so it can't attack
the vulnerable bronze Lara, if you let it attack the bronze Lara,
you will lose energy. When you reach the highest platform, look to
the left and right to see two switches that need to be pulled.
After jumping to each one and pulling it you will need to drop to
the floor and climb up again so make sure that your health is
full.

The two doors on the right and left sides of the room are now
open.  Head over to the right door first and kill the skeleton
inside, activate the hidden switch to get the Ornate Handle before
heading over to the other door. Do the same in here to get the
Hathor Effigy. Combine these two items to get the Portal Guardian.
Place the Portal Guardian on top of the pole beside the other
door.

Go down the stairs beyond and watch the following cut-scene.  Two
Amazon Guardians come out of two hidden doors and attack.  Use
your most powerful weapons to take out the first guardian and the
other will freeze. Enter the two doors behind the guardians to
find the Left Greave and the Breast Plate. Head towards the steps
where Lara sat on the chair in the cut-scene and choose a hole,
any hole, to drop into. Doing this will finish the level.

@~The next part of this solution will be in Issue 74













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