Tomb Raider II: Great Wall and Venice - Walkthrough by Stella
Levels 1 thru 4

CAVE WITH POOL: The level itself begins in a cave at the base of the wall. You'll need to climb up the rocks to the tower. If you're new to Tomb Raider and are having trouble negotiating this climb, the diagram caves.gif (also online at http://tombraiders.net/stella/images/caves.gif) may help. I refer to areas marked with letters the descriptions that follow.

Cross the cavern and wade into the water (1). Climb onto the rocks at left (2 or 2a). If you like, turn and shoot at the tiger that emerges below. You don't have to kill it since you're going up, not down. And tigers are endangered, you know. ;-)

Follow the ledge to the end (3) then do a standing jump to the block ahead (4). Turn around and jump to the next ledge (5). Follow this ledge to its end (6) and climb onto the rock in front of you (7). Reverse and do a running jump to the ledge across from you (8). This ledge is short. To the right, across a small gap, is a longer ledge that spans the wall you were facing when you first entered the cave. Jump across to this ledge (from 9 to 10) and follow it to the end (11), where you'll find SECRET #1, the Stone Dragon. From up here you can kill a second tiger on the cave floor if you like.

FIRST GUARDHOUSE: Stand on the trap door to drop down (safely) into the room below. Swim/wade out of the pool and go to the top of the stairs. Do a running jump and grab the ledge near the switch. Pull up. Pull the switch to open the exit door.

POOL BELOW THE WALL: Go out onto the wall and kill 3 crows who'll approach from the other building. Continue toward the second building, then take the slide to the right down into the water. You'll find the GUARDHOUSE KEY In a small underwater cave (to the right if you're facing away from the wall). Climb out of the water and kill the tiger. (NOTE: If you like, you can tread water near the left side of the pool until he runs off in that direction, then climb out and hit him with two shotgun blasts.)

SECOND GUARDHOUSE: Face the wall and climb up on the rocks to the right of the pool. Use the key to unlock the guardhouse door. Enter and kill 3 spiders. Climb the ladder, kill another spider and take the RUSTY KEY, which unlocks the exit door below. Go through the exit and continue to the next room. 3 spiders will come down from the ceiling and another spider will come in behind you, so kill all of them. Take the shotgun shells and large med-pack from the skeleton. There's a large stone block in front of the exit. Move it out of the way and go through this opening. Slide down the ramp to the right and step into the water.

GAUNTLET OF TRAPS: This area is a trap in which sharp blades are shot across the room from various holes. To clear it, go to the left wall and jump and grab the crevice above. Hang and traverse all the way to the right, and the blades will pass harmlessly below. Drop into the water, reverse underwater and swim to the corner near the door. Surface and pull up to the right side of the shooting blades.

The next few areas include a series of hazards, which you'll have to do in sequence in order to get through. Save your game here, since you'll probably need several attempts. First comes a series of broken floor tiles with deadly spikes below. Run over these, then keep running, cutting to the right as you enter the next room. You'll be pursued by rolling boulders, so keep running to the door on the left. Leap over the spikes to land on a slide, which will deposit you in a room with spiked walls encroaching. Unless you're really fast, skip the automatic pistol clips on the floor near the skeleton and immediately pull up into the opening. (NOTE: If you want those clips, here's how to do it: Slide down into the room and immediately press Look to get Lara's perspective back. Jump left to land right on the clips, pick them up then jump forward to the opening and pull up.) Here you can catch your breath and save your game.

Now, run down the next hallway, over the collapsing floor with spikes below, leaping over the three slicing blades as you run. At the end of the hall, cut to the left. If you can manage to do it before the spiked walls close in, pick up SECRET#2, the Jade Dragon. Continue running down the next long hallway, keeping to the right to avoid more spiked walls moving in from the left. Slide down into the next room. Roll when you land to face the opposite direction from the spiked wall coming at you. Then run onto the collapsing floor to fall to safety below. Whew!

Ahead you'll see two huge rolling blades. In front of them is a skeleton with a small med-pack, which you can pick up safely if you don't get too close to the first blade. Now, run carefully past the blades and emerge in a cave above a huge cavern. There are 2 spiders in the area near the doorway to your right, and 3 more spiders will descend if you approach the zip line. Take care of them now so you don't have to worry about them later on.

DOWN INTO THE CAVERN: Don't take the zip line yet, or you'll miss quite a bit of action. Instead, stand at the edge of the huge cavern near the zip line and look down. You'll see a flat, square ledge with some moss growing on it to your right. Stand with your back to the cavern and hang and drop down to this ledge. Pull up to grab the crevace in front of you and traverse to the right till you can pull up into a small cave. Follow the path, picking up a box of flares on the way, until you reach a shaft with a ladder. Climb onto the small ladder, climb to the right then down the long, dark shaft to the cavern floor below. When you can't climb down any further, drop to the floor. You don't really need flares here since there's nothing to find, but go ahead and light one if you like.

Enter the cavern and advance just to the two skeletons. You'll start to hear a rumbling, so either prepare to fight the T-Rex, or run back to the tunnel opening for some cover and plug away at him from there. When Mr. Rex is dead, cross the cavern to an opening in the middle of the other short side. Here you'll need a flare to see and retrieve SECRET #3, the Gold Dragon. (If you've gotten all three secrets, you'll also receive a bonus of a small med-pack, 3 pairs of grenades and the GRENADE LAUNCHER. You'll have other chances to acquire this weapon if you miss it here.)

By now you'll be hearing more stomping and roaring. That's Mrs. Rex come to mourn her poor departed husband. Put her out of her misery, then return to the tunnel by which you entered. Follow the tunnel until you come to the step. Climb up onto it, turn around and jump up to grab the ladder. Climb all the way to the top of the ladder (don't get off on the left where you climbed on) and you'll come out near the zip line.

THE EXIT: Now, grab the zip line and hold on as you slide down to the opposite side of the cavern. Try to let go before the end of the ride to drop onto the green area. Two tigers charge from the doorway opposite. Kill both, then head through the doorway. You'll emerge near a big wooden door, which should look familiar if you watched the opening movie. (NOTE: Perhaps the opening in the rocks on the left was originally intended to lead somewhere, but in the final game it's unreachable.) Approach the door to finish the level.

BOATHOUSE AND VILLA: This level begins in an alley. Advance forward, taking care of a doberman that charges from the courtyard ahead. A sniper will fire at you from a balcony on the right, so take care of him too. He's carrying a key, but you'll have to come back for it later, since the balcony is too high to reach from here. Proceed down the alley on the left of where you came in. Another dog and a bat-wielding thug will try and stop you, so kill them too, then take the thug's small med-pack.

Across the dock is the large wooden door of the boathouse. Swim underneath the door and push a button on the far wall, which opens a door in one of the buildings you passed earlier. Swim back out and climb onto the dock next to the small wooden building. Enter this building and take the flares off the table. Push the button to open the trap door and either climb the ladder or pull up to the second floor. Push another button here to open a second trap door, and climb onto the roof.

The building you're standing on abuts a larger building. Shoot out the window and go in. A doberman is on guard in the checkerboard-tiled room to the left. Kill it, then leave this room for now and exit through the window opposite the one you came in. Jump to the red awning, then to the balcony and take the BOATHOUSE KEY from the sniper you shot earlier.

Return to the checkerboard room, go over the glassed-in walkway and throw a switch which opens a door outside. Return to the checkerboard room, shoot out the window and jump from the windowsill to the red awning across the canal. Go left across three red awnings to the door you just opened with the switch. Go in and throw another switch to open the large door below.

Jump down into the water, swim under the boathouse door and use the key to unlock the door. This cues a thug with a gun to appear on the dock by the wooden building. Swim out of the boathouse first and take care of him, relieving him of his AUTOMATIC PISTOLS. Then go back, get the boat and drive it through the door near the chain link fence, which you just opened with the switch above.

IN BETWEEN (BOAT LOCK): On the right, near this entrance is a small passage containing SECRET #1, the Stone Dragon, plus some flares. If you like, you can take the ladder down from here and kill 2 rats. Get back in the boat and continue straight. Turn right and take the boat over a waterfall. In the water below the falls is SECRET #2, the Gold Dragon. After retrieving it, take the only exit from this room into a room with many pillars. Under the water just to the left of where you enter are 2 sets of Uzi clips. On the right is the ledge with the 2 rats you may have killed earlier. On the far left is another ledge with a door, a window and a ladder going up.

There's a rat on this ledge as well; kill it before continuing. The door doesn't open, so draw your guns and approach the window. Lara will aim at the thug behind the window, so shoot it out and dispatch the thug. Then take his auto pistol clips and the shotgun shells in the dark corner. Maneuver the boat into the alcove to the right of the ladder (note the lever high on the left wall). This is actually a boat lock, which will raise you up to the next area. Return to the room where you killed the bad guy and pull the switch to close the lock doors and raise the water level. Climb the ladder, jump in the water and pull the lever to open the exit doors.

CANALS: The next area is somewhat labyrinthine, so I've included a map, venice.gif (also online at http://tombraiders.net/stella/images/venice.gif). It's not to scale but more of a schematic. The orange block marked ENTER is the boat lock where you come into this area. I refer to areas marked with letters in the descriptions that follow. You can probably manage without the map, but it may help.

ROOF GARDEN: Go left at the entrance, turn the corner and ram through the three gondolas to clear a path. Before proceeding, get out at the dock at which the gondolas were parked. Climb onto the platform and jump across the canal, grabbing the red awning and pulling up onto it. Jump over to the stone bridge on your right. A doberman and a thug with a bat rush you from the left, another baddie with a gun from the left, so take care of all three. You can jump back down to the awning or dock if you need to. The bat thug has a large med-pack, which he'll no longer need, and the gun thug has a STEEL KEY. Go into the roof garden (A) and use the steel key to unlock the door. Enter, drop through the door in the floor and flip a switch to open the first of two metal gates (B). When you return to the roof garden, a guy with a gun is waiting. Kill him and take 2 sets of automatic pistol clips.

STONE DOCK: Another bad guy is patrolling the stone dock down the canal on the left. You may be able to snipe him from the bridge. When he's dead, go and lift 2 sets of M-16 clips off him. There's a locked door here (E), so next you'll need to find a key. Or, you can get the key first and pick up the ammo when you return. There's also an extra motor boat.

Return to the area where you came in. Leave the boat and head right from the entrance, swim around the corner, climb on the dock and take out the thug with the gun here. Take a large med-pack and 2 boxes of shotgun shells off the body. From here, you can take the boat or swim.

Continue straight past the dock where you just were, take the second right under a white stone bridge. Ahead is a dock with 2 gondolas nearby. Ram the gondolas, since you'll need a clear path here later on. When you step out on the dock, a bad guy with a bat comes through the door. Kill him and take the small med-pack he's carrying. Enter the building (C), killing 2 rats, then flip the switch that opens a door elsewhere (D).

Head through the narrow waterway across from the dock. Make a left and get out at the covered doorway. This is the door that you just opened. When you step out here, a thug with a gun appears on the other dock just to the right. You can kill him now or wait and do it from above (the latter is probably easier). Enter the building (D) to find a room with shallow water and ladders on the walls. On the floor is an IRON KEY. The door you came in closes behind you, so climb up through the hole in the floor. You're met on the floor above by a thug with a bat and a dog. Kill them and take the small med-pack off the thug. Pull the switch that opens the exit door. If you didn't kill him earlier, you can shoot the thug below through the gap in the doorway.

The iron key opens the door at the stone dock (E). Head back there. Unlock the door and take out a goon with a gun who emerges, then relieve him of a small med-pack. (Don't forget to search the other corpse on the dock if you didn't earlier.) Go inside and flip a switch that opens the second metal gate (F).

Now proceed to the room with the switch for the exit door (G): From the stone dock, go through the narrow waterway with the iron gates you opened, continue straight under the white stone bridge, turn right down the narrow waterway, then left past the two docks and under a bridge. Now turn left and you'll end up near two doorways--one small, one large. Inside this room is the button that opens the exit, guarded by a bad guy with a gun. Kill him from outside.

Across the way is a long wooden ramp leading up to a glassed-in walkway. Go up, shoot out the windows, enter the walkway and take SECRET #3, the Jade Dragon (plus 4 sets of automatic pistol clips if you've gotten all of the secrets).

Return to the room with the button (G). Search the corpse there for some auto pistol clips. Now comes the fun part--a run for the exit. When you push the button, the exit doors open. As soon as you go over the ramp, a timer starts and you'll need to get through the exit doors before the bell stops tolling and they close. There are two ways to do this: the James Bond way and the cheater way.

You start this level in your boat on the other side of the doors you just squeaked through. Proceed straight ahead and the gate raises automatically. Dock your boat near the big doors on the right and get out, killing 2 rats. (And now your boating days are over...sigh.)

Take the stairs up to the left. A thug with a club and 2 more rats greet you. When you've killed all three, take the thug's large med-pack. Enter the building and continue up, killing 2 more rats on the way. Flip a switch here which opens the big doors. Another bad guy with a club comes out, so go around to meet him. When he's dead, be sure and take his small med-pack before going in.

THE VILLA: As you enter, two gun-toting thugs greet you--one is on the balcony above, the other behind the pillars. Take the shotgun shells from the one at ground level. You'll have a chance to search the other in a few minutes. For now, go to the windows on the left side of the room. Shoot them out and kill the 2 dobermans who rush you from inside. On the floor in this room is a small med-pack, flares and auto pistol clips (or, if you didn't get them in the previous level, the AUTOMATIC PISTOLS).

Return to the main room and turn left. Several mechanical guards with hacking swords block your way. Make your way carefully past them to the end of the passageway. Flip the switch here that opens some doors outside. Now, return to the main room.

Find the largest of the wooden ramps and use it to get up to the level above: Stand Lara, with her back to the ramp, one square (about three walking steps) in front of it. Then back flip onto the ramp, jump and grab the ledge ahead. Or, climb up the back of the ramp and jump and grab the ledge as you slide down the front. Find the movable block with the flowers on it and push it up against the railing (2 pushes). Stand next to the block and take a running jump to the balcony with the sniper you killed earlier. (Or, even easier, on the ground level, jump up to grab the rough wall in the left corner beyond the main entrance. Climb up and over to the left to get on the balcony.) Relieve the sniper of some auto pistol clips.

Use the climbable wall to cross to the decrepit looking window sill. Ready weapons and go out onto the balcony. A sniper is firing at you from the balcony to the right. Kill him.

THE BACK DOOR: Turn and go to the end of the balcony with no railing. Run, jump and grab the red awning. Hang and traverse left. Pull up and back flip onto the balcony behind you. Run, jump and grab the small wooden platform, pull up, then jump to the small red awning. Turn and jump into the doorway below, using the Action key to shorten the jump so Lara sails right into the opening. Two dobermans rush down the stairs, so ready weapons and take care of them.

Continue up the stairs. A bad guy with a gun comes out of the room at the top of the stairs on the right. When he's dead, go into this room and find the well hidden switch on the wall next to the entrance. Pull it to open the door at the top of the stairs. This leads to the outside balcony from which the sniper was shooting at you earlier. Take his shotgun shells and SECRET #1, the Stone Dragon.

Return to the room with the switch and the yellow wallpaper. A guard with a gun is patrolling the balcony outside the window. Shoot out the window and take care of him. Take 2 sets of Uzi clips off him, then follow the balcony to another window. Shoot the window, then enter. Two thugs with clubs and a dog emerge when you hit the floor. Kill them.

Inside the fireplace is a movable block. Push it twice then climb into the passageway above, killing the rat. Follow the passage to a slope with blades at the top and bottom, and a fire trap and pool of water below. Jump over the two blades to land safely at the bottom. The flames are on a timer. When you step on the wooden area they go out but relight after a little bit. You can clear them using a series of standing jumps. If Lara catches fire, reload the game or drop into the water and try again.

THE BALLROOM: Once you've cleared the fire trap continue to a door, which opens automatically. In the ballroom below is a guy with a gun and 2 more dobermans. You can kill them from the doorway if you like.

Enter the ballroom and climb up on the first angled block. From the higher edge jump straight up and grab the chandelier above. Pull up. Run, jump and grab the middle chandelier and pull up. Do the same again to reach the third chandelier. Walk to the edge, jump straight up to grab the platform above, and pull up. Kill 2 rats before heading to the right around the pillar to the brick-floored area. From here, drop down and throw a switch which opens a secret alcove on the opposite side of the room.

Do a running jump back to the middle chandelier and climb back up to the platform where you killed the rats. Go back around to the right, to the brick area. Walk to the edge and pull up onto the big rafter. Run and jump to the wood area on the other side. A thug with a club jumps out from behind the low brick wall, so be ready for him. Take the small med-pack he's carrying. Climb onto the wall, then jump over to the other rafter. Pull the switch here to change the height of the chandeliers. Return over the bricks to the wooden floor, then drop down to the first chandelier, which is now the highest.

Take a standing jump to the middle chandelier and another to the third chandelier. Turn and take a running jump to the alcove you opened earlier, grabbing the edge and pulling up. Grab the LIBRARY KEY then return to the third chandelier, then the middle one.

Once on the middle chandelier, turn to face the wall with the fireplace and secret alcove. Angle Lara a little to the left and take a running jump to the windowsill. Pull the switch to open a trapdoor behind the fireplace. Shoot out the window and walk out onto the sill. At the right end is an opening in the back of the chimney. Drop down through this to land in a pool below. (NOTE: You can also drop down to the floor from the secret alcove, run to the back of the fireplace, and drop into the water below to put out the flames, but this can be tricky.)

UNDERWATER NEAR LIBRARY ENTRANCE: When you surface, the books on the landing here show you've found the library. But before entering, you'll need to do a little exploring. Pull the underwater lever to open a door into the next room. Go into this area and surface facing the chain link fence. Take a deep breath, then head down and to the left. Go right and continue underwater, navigating around columns and through narrow passageways. Pick up 2 pairs of grenades and SECRET #2, the Gold Dragon. On the wall near the Gold Dragon is a lever that opens a trapdoor above. Pull it and surface for air. (Perhaps this is stating the obvious, but if you're running out of air, you can pull the lever first, get air, then pick up the goodies.) Return to the library entrance the way you came.

THE LIBRARY: Unlock the library door then enter with guns drawn. A thug with a club comes out of the room opposite, so take him out, then take the small med-pack he's carrying. Go into the room he came out of, climb the bookshelves on the left. Kill 2 rats lurking on top of the other shelf. Jump across, climb onto the shelf and flip the switch which opens one of the doors in the main room. A bad guy with a gun comes out, so go down to meet him.

THE BOATHOUSE: Walk along the brick wall to the right end, where there's a slight ramp. Stand at the highest point and run, jump and grab the boathouse roof. Pull up and go to the back of the roof. On the left side you'll see another brick wall with an opening behind it. Jump diagonally to the top of this wall, using the Action key to alter the arc of the jump so you land on the wall. Drop down behind the wall into knee-deep water. On the floor are the UZIS.

Climb out of this room and drop to the walkway below. Go around to the door, take out the guard with the gun and take his automatic pistol clips and the DETONATOR KEY from the table inside.

Cross the canal to the garden door, which opens automatically. A thug with a gun awaits you, so take him out and grab his large med-pack. Return to the main room and pull the switch here, which opens the remaining door. There are 2 thugs with guns in the garden outside. When you enter the room, you can see them through the window. Kill them and take their shotgun shells and Uzi clips.

THE ABANDONED BUILDING: In the garden where these two came from is a door that opens automatically when you approach. Go out to the canal and swim over to the far left corner, where you'll find a spot you can climb out. Kill the rat, then climb up onto the brick ledge. Pass by the detonator for now and climb onto the garden wall. Follow it to the end, climb up to the roof, shoot out one of the windows and enter the room beyond to take SECRET #3, the Jade Dragon (and 4 boxes of shotgun shells if you've found all three secrets).

THE DETONATOR: Return to the detonator and use the key to set off an explosion in the building where you just found the dragon. A sniper begins firing on you from the balcony above, so take care of him before proceeding. (You can get a clear shot from the garden wall, but keep moving since you'll be vulnerable as well.)

ABOVE THE CANAL: You begin the level on a platform behind a huge wooden crate swinging back and forth on a rope. There's an armed goon on patrol on the dock below. You can try and take him out from here or wait until you get to the other side of the canal. Dive into the water below. If you've already killed the gunman, grab the auto pistol clips he's carrying. (NOTE: If you didn't get the AUTOMATIC PISTOLS in Venice, you'll get them here instead of the clips. Also, after killing the gunman, you might want to take a little detour to the dock opposite where he was patrolling. There you'll find a poster of Gianni Bartoli--famous magician/occultist and father of our villain, Marco Bartoli. I only discovered this my third time through the game. There's nothing else here, but it's a fun bit of Tomb Raider trivia.)

Swim to the far left corner of the canal (left if Lara is facing away from the entrance to the level). Climb up the ladder to the first landing. Now turn and pull up onto the ledge above. (Get that bad guy now if you didn't before.) Throw the switch here, which opens a trapdoor not far away.

Climb the ladder to the level above. Take a running jump to the white ledge on the opposite side of the water. Do another running jump and grab the edge of the platform where you started the level. Shimmy to the right to avoid the swinging box and pull up. Take a running jump across the canal into the open trapdoor, avoiding that crate. (NOTE: I did it from the far left side of the platform, angled slightly to the right to get the proper angle.)

Two nasty fellows with clubs are posted in here, so take care of them. Then take the small med-pack from one of them, along with the ORNATE KEY they were guarding. The exit door at the top of the stairs opened automatically when the second nasty fellow entered, so go out that way. Return again to the ledge where you entered the level.

Shoot out the window and enter the room, WALKING over the glass shards. (NOTE: Glass is like spikes; if Lara runs instead of walking over it she's history.) Head to the left and climb the ladder. Unlock the door at the end of the hallway with the key you "liberated." Follow the passage beyond and climb the next ladder to the roof.

THE ROOF: The next area, what remains of a decaying roof, is similar to the collapsing tiles you've encountered before. It's a loooong way down but crossing really isn't as hard as it looks. Just remember to keep moving. Line Lara up facing the area that has a gap, three wood squares, another gap, two more wood squares and another gap. Walk to the edge, then do a standing jump to the first wood area. Immediately start running. Do a running jump off this wood area onto the next, then a running jump to grab the edge on the far side. Now pull up.

Turn right and go to the wooden square, pull up, and continue until you reach an opening on the right. There's a thug with a gun below, and another baddie with a bat and 2 dobermans rush you as soon as you hit the floor. My advice for these is to kill the first guy from the doorway, jump from there onto the domed roof, then get the other guy and the dogs.

Two more guys with guns come out when you start exploring, so get rid of them too. If you don't stay on the dome, at least be very careful not to accidentally jump into the trenches on two sides of the structure; these are lined with broken glass. Now go and pick up the booty: shotgun shells, auto pistol clips and 2 med-packs, small and large.

You'll notice the gold dragon down in one of the trenches. Ignore it for now. There'll be a safe way to get it later on. The opening in the corner to the left of where you came in is also a glass-lined trap. Avoid it.

Head for the opening in the far left corner with the swinging crate. To make the jump without getting clobbered, you'll need to set it up pretty precisely. You want to be facing the box so it's swinging toward and away from you, but you don't want to be right in front of it. Instead, stand on the edge of the dome, on the closest flat square that's just to the left of the box. Walk right up to the edge and sidestep as far left as you can. Take one hop back, then run, jump, grab the ledge and pull up next to the box. (See the screenshot at http://tombraiders.net/stella/images/operahse2.jpg for the spot to start the running jump.) Jump down into the dark area below, where you'll find a button. Push it to open the trapdoor out on the roof.

Two thugs, one with a club, one with a gun, come charging out when it opens, so climb up and shoot them from above. One has shotgun shells and flares.

THE LIGHTING BOOTH: You can now drop down into the LIGHTING BOOTH of the abandoned opera house. Here you'll find 2 switches. The one on the right doesn't work because it's missing a circuit, which you'll need to find. The left one opens the gate so you can get in.

LEVEL 4 (TOP): Descend and go across the dark area to the right. There's a boulder trap that is sprung when you walk down the slope. I'd set it off now, since you'll need to come back here later and by then you may have forgotten about it. Once you hear the boulders rolling, get over to the right and you'll be safe. Now push the button here to close the gate you just opened so you can get into the main auditorium. Jump up and grab the ladder, then climb up and into the doorway.

Before you jump down into the room, notice the huge sandbag dangling from the ceiling in front of you. You'll encounter a number of these. When Lara walks under them, they fall down and squish her, so take care. With that in mind, hop down and take care of the thug with the gun who comes in from the left. Take his small med-pack then head in the direction he came from. The double doors don't open yet, so follow the hallway. Kill the 2 dobermans that attack. Take note of the ELEVATOR on the right. There's a switch, but the panel nearby is missing a relay box, which you'll have to locate.

Return to where you came in, now head to the right. The double doors open and another thug with a gun and a doberman rush out. Kill them. From the area where they came in, turn and look across the open auditorium. You'll see a guard patrolling on level 3. You can shoot him from here.

LEVEL 3: Hang and drop through the opening to the level below. If you drop down on the edge of the opening closest to the open room, you'll hear a click as a door opens below and a thug with a club and 2 more dogs enter. (If you drop down another way, they won't come out until you reach the ground level.) Shoot them from above. This could take a few minutes, but you'll conserve health and may even get to see this cult goon's nifty walking-on-water trick, so it'll be well worth it.

LEVEL 1 (GROUND): Now drop down to ground level. Take the goon's large med-pack. Notice the decaying brick area in the back wall. This is a boulder trap, which is set off when you pass in front of it. Again, you may want to trip them now to avoid accidents later. Don't bother going in the door where the guy and dogs came out; there's nothing in there but another nasty boulder trap.

LEVEL 2 and 3 AGAIN: Use the low steps at the back of the room to help boost Lara back up to level 2. Jump across the gaps to the right side (when facing the stage). To get from here up to level 3, walk to the edge where there's an opening above and a bit of floor above and ahead of you. Do a standing jump and grab this edge. Pull up, turn around and jump over to the area where the guard's body is (provided you killed him earlier). Take the 2 sets of automatic pistol clips he's got.

You may notice the DOORS AND KEYHOLE at the back end of this level, so add one key to your "wish list." For now, go to the opening in the side wall near where you just pulled up. Jump down into the water and climb out on the first step, killing a rat. Turn around and do a standing jump and grab the ledge across the water and above. Kill another rat here. Turn around again and look up. There's a guard with a gun on the floor above, along with a dog and 2 rats. (NOTE: You may be able to shoot the guard from here. You'll get a clearer shot by jumping up and down, but take care not to jump off the ledge. Also, you may have quite a long wait for him to pass by, so unless you're conserving health, you'll probably want to just get up there and get it over with.)

DRESSING ROOM: Follow the hallway to the windows. Shoot them out then hang and drop into the dressing room below. Throw the switch to open one of the doors. Slide forward down the ventilation duct, jumping at the last minute to grab the ledge above and avoid being chopped to bits by the huge fan. Take the ORNATE KEY. Climb to the uppermost brick ledge. Stand facing the fan below. Side jump onto the sloped surface, jump forward, grab the ledge in front of you and pull up. Kill the rat before proceeding along the duct.

VENTILATION DUCTS: When you come to an intersection, jump forward taking care not to jump into the moving fan. Now turn around, walk to the edge and back flip onto the ledge above and behind. Again, walk to the edge and back flip up and you'll clear the second fan. Before continuing down the passage, take a standing jump to grab the edge of the dark alcove above. Pull up and retrieve SECRET #1, the Jade Dragon.

Return to the ledge from which you jumped and continue to a small room with a movable crate. Pull it once. Flip the switch behind it to open a door back into the dressing room. Now pull the box once away from the wall, and push it through the opening into the dressing room until it's up against the low step. Climb up to the window ledge where you'll find another crate. Shoot out the windows. Push the second crate through the broken window on top of the other crate. Now you can climb up the stacked crates to the room above. Kill the guard with the club who's waiting for you up there.

THE STAGE: Return to the main auditorium, swim across the flooded orchestra pit and use the underwater block to climb up onto the stage. A doberman runs out from the door on the left to meet you. Take care of him and the bad guy who starts shooting at you from the audience area. Also be careful of the 2 falling sandbags. The shooter isn't carrying any goodies, but cross the water anyway. This will draw out another thug with a gun, who'll emerge from the door on the left of the stage. Kill him and cross back to the stage to take his Uzi clips.

Enter the door on the left of the stage and flip the switch to open a gate above the right door. Note the bright object in the water below the floor. You'll get to it in a few minutes. Now, head for the door at the other end of the stage. Two goons with clubs come out when you approach. One has a large med-pack. Enter the room they came from. Along the two side walls are dangling sandbags that need to be brought down before you can proceed safely.

Now return to the doorway and pull up onto the ledge where you just opened the gate. Head for the left side of the platform, avoiding the glass shards. Turn and face the lowest point of the crevice in the brick wall. Do a running jump to grab this crack, then traverse to the left until you can pull up. Flip the switch here to lower the drawbridge and cue the ominous music. Drop to the floor, return to the doorway and pull up to the platform with the broken glass again.

This time cross the bridge you just lowered. Do a running jump and grab the wooden platform in the far left corner of the room. Pull up, then climb into the alcove above. From here you can shoot the rat on the high platform across the room. When it's dead, do a running jump and grab the edge of this platform. Pull up. Now you'll need to time a jump past the swinging sandbag. One way is to stand to the left of the chain then do a running jump past the bag. Start to run just as the bag reaches its highest point on the left and you should be across the gap before it swings back.

Avoid the second sandbag altogether by jumping to the flat area on the right of it. Enter the passage beyond and flip the switch. This drops a sandbag on the stage which busts open the trapdoor. Slide down the ramp, jumping just before you reach the end to sail through the trapdoor and land in the water below. Or climb down carefully and jump in. (NOTE: You can't get to the white ledge above the stage yet, so don't tire Lara out jumping.)

UNDERWATER BELOW THE STAGE: Once you're in the water there face the ramp you just jumped from to get oriented. Enter the opening on your left, proceed until you can turn left again. On one side of this flooded room is a switch. Flip it to open a door out of this area on level 3. On the opposite side of the room, just under the water, is a small opening. Swim through it and follow the narrow tunnel to SECRET #2, the Stone Dragon.

Return to the surface. From here turn left and keep going until you surface in a room with a ladder going up. Pull up out of the water and take the RELAY BOX which is lying here, then climb the ladder to the door you opened a minute ago.

THE ELEVATOR: Climb up to level 4 and use the relay box in the circuitry on the wall to repair the ELEVATOR. Pull the switch to send it down, then jump diagonally to the ledge with the ladder on the right side of the elevator shaft. Pull up, then walk carefully over the glass shards to retrieve SECRET #3, the Gold Dragon (plus 4 sets of Uzi clips if you've found all the secrets). On the left is an alcove containing a switch; pull this to open the exit doors. Walk to the exit, retrieving additional Uzi clips on the floor before you leave. (Or, if you didn't get the UZIS in the previous level, you'll get them now.)

Return to the hallway near the elevator shaft and pull the switch to bring the elevator back up. Pull it again, then jump aboard to ride down to the ground floor. When the doors open, run out and take out the 2 thugs with guns ready to ambush you. Take their 2 boxes of shotgun shells.

WATER BELOW THE ELEVATOR SHAFT: Now pull the switch here to send the elevator up, and jump in the water below. Facing the ladder, swim to the left, left, and left again. Surface and grab the CIRCUIT BOARD you saw earlier through the floor in the room off the stage. Return to the elevator shaft opening to get some air, then swim to the left, then right, into a room with many short pillars. On the far right wall is a lever that opens the nearby gate. Pull it and exit. Climb out onto the yellow carpet where you killed the rat earlier.

LIGHTING BOOTH AGAIN: Climb back up to level 3. Now go to the locked doors at the back of the room and use the ornate key to open them. Jump into the doorway. Holding the Action key while jumping will keep you from bumping Lara's head. You'll find yourself in the room below the LIGHTING BOOTH. (If you didn't trip the boulder trap earlier, watch out.) Push the button to open the gate, then climb into the booth. Place the circuit board in its receptacle and use the switch on the right to raise the scrim on the stage.

A thug with a gun will come out onto the stage to see what's going on. You can take him from up here or move in closer. Go to the stage, killing the dog and the 2 additional goons with clubs who come out when you get there. Watch out for the falling sandbag to the left of the doorway. Take the shotgun shells and small med-pack from their previous owners before going on.

BACKSTAGE: In the room behind the stage you'll see a few dozen wooden crates, one of which moves. (NOTE: To save time, walk to the base of the pile under the light and look for the slightly paler crate. It's on the right if you're facing the opening above.) Pull it out and flip the switch behind it to lower the scrim again.

Climb up the boxes, through the opening and onto the white ledge above the stage. A thug with a club comes out to patrol below, so shoot him from here, but be careful of the falling sandbag on the left side of the ledge. When he's dead, head to the right (when facing the back of the auditorium), jump over to the wood area and go down into a small room with a hole in the floor. Jump and grab the edge of the opening above the hole. Flip the switch here to open a small door below. You can use this to get back into this room if you miss the following jump.

Rather than try to jump or run past the sandbag, stand in the alcove with Lara's feet about one step back from the edge and jump diagonally to the slanted edge. You'll slide down to the flat spot out of the bag's way. From here, time a run past the bag, staying to one side.

STORAGE ROOM/EXIT: Below is another room full of crates. Rather than jump down into a melee, take a very carefully timed running jump past the swinging crate to the stacked crates on the right. From here you should be able to take out the super-tough thug with the two pistols and the 2 dobermans. Now drop down and take care of another bad guy who comes out of hiding. When the coast is clear, recover 3 pairs of grenades, a small med-pack and some Uzi clips. (If you didn't get the GRENADE LAUNCHER in the first level, you'll recieve it now in place of one of the pairs of grenades.)

Climb up on the low box at the far end of the room. Make your way over the tops of the crates, avoiding the swinging ones, back to the end where you entered. To the right of the entrance is a switch on the wall which opens the exit door. A bad guy with a gun will come out, but you can kill him from up here if you're patient. Take his Uzi clips and head for the exit. You might take a moment to admire the view of Venice at night before sneaking aboard the seaplane and ending the level.

Now comes a cut scene in which Lara overhears Marco Bartoli talking with one of his henchmen. Unfortunately, you and Lara don't get to hear the end of the conversation. Now a short video of the plane landing just before Lara returns to consciousness in the next level.

To Levels 5 thru 10 The Offshore Levels

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