Tomb Raider 1: Remastered Guide: Level 8 “Cistern” Walkthrough |
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Opening Area |
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The Cistern |
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Switch Room and Rusty Key Area |
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Back at the Cistern |
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Gorilla Room |
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Crocodile Room and Green Room |
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The Cistern… Again! |
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Gold Door and Chequered Room |
Opening Area
As the level begins, you find yourself in the sewers with a very nasty rat. Kill the rodent and then push the movable block to gain access to the next room. There is a switch on the wall to the right so push the block against the wall so you can climb up and pull the switch.
The switch opens a hatch to the left of you and a nearby door. Two rats will appear so stand on the block and kill these and then enter the room where the rats came from. In here is a large medipack.
Drop down through the hatch (hanging on from the ledge first to avoid damage) and then take the exit into the Cistern room.
The Cistern
Your starting point in this area is a bridge with several gaps. Down below is a large pool with two crocodiles lurking within. You should be able to take care of the crocs from your elevated position. There are also some rats on the ground level so take care of these while you’re at a safe distance.
From the entry point into the Cistern is a ledge to the right. Do a running jump onto the ledge and kill another rat. Jump up onto the crevice and shimmy along all the way to the left. Drop down to pick up some shotgun shells and then jump to the next part of the crevice. From here, shimmy along to your left and drop down onto the platform below when you get to the end.
From here, run across the platform until you get to the pillar. Lift yourself up and then jump over to the balcony to your right (see image above). We recommend you arm yourself with a weapon at this point because your old friend Pierre is waiting for you in the room ahead.
Switch Room and Rusty Key Area
Run up the stairs and into the room. Surprise Pierre with a few bullets before he surprises you with a few of his own. You can’t kill Pierre yet so leave his line of sight after shooting him a few times. Hopefully, he will then return to whatever sewer he crawled out from!
You will see a switch in this room but don’t pull it yet. Once pulled, it floods the Cistern, which is something you want to do later on in the level. Instead, make your way to the highest ledge (pictured above in front of Lara) and grab the large medipack and shotgun shells. Once you have taken these, return to the ledge Lara is standing on in the picture and make your way to the opposite ledge (pictured below). On here is a small medipack.
Once you have the medipack, go to the end of the platform you’re on and turn left. Jump up and scale the large steps until you get to the first secret – some shotgun shells. When you slide down the ramp in front of you, jump onto the ledge before you reach the end to grab more shotgun shells. You can now slide down the ramp and then another ramp until you return to the Switch room where you met Pierre.
There is hole in the room so drop down this and into the pool. Follow the underwater tunnel through a few twists and turns until you get to the room with the steps (pictured above).
Climb out of the water and kill the rats that were swimming alongside you. Then head up the steps and do a running jump to the ledge on the left. There’s another ledge to the left of this one that you also need to do a running jump onto. On here is the rusty key.
Continue forward into the next room and kill the scurrying rats below. Drop down, hang from the crevice and make your way to the left. From here, you will drop onto another ramp. When you slide down the ramp, you will find yourself back in the main Cistern room.
Back at the Cistern
From the ramp ledge, drop onto the block and then jump to the platform to your left. Jump to the higher ledge and make your way to the far wall where the crevice sits below. Turn right and go to the end of the platform where you’ll find the second rusty key. Then turn to your right and do a diagonal jump across to the small platform opposite the bridge. From here, jump over to the bridge and then leap over the first gap. Turn to your left to look at the gate in front of you (see image above).
To get to the gate, you need to do a running jump over the large gap. Once across, you can use a rusty key in the lock.
The Gorilla Room
For some inexplicable reason, there are gorillas in the room behind the gate you just unlocked. You can either kill these from where you’re standing or you can jump up onto a ledge to kill them from a higher position.
When the gorillas have been dealt with (RIP), get up onto the ledge that is on the left and right-hand side of the gate. Run and jump onto the platform in front of you but before you take the next jump, drop down onto the floor to deal with Pierre who has suddenly appeared. As usual, shoot him a few times and then leave his line of sight so he can make his way out of the room.
After Pierre has gone, get back onto the ledge by the gate and then jump across all three platforms, being sure to collect a large medipack as you go. When you get to the furthest platform, you will see a crevice in front of you. Below the crevice is a small alcove that can be accessed by doing a backflip off the platform. You will need to take one small step forward from the ledge of the platform (with your back to the crevice) before attempting this daredevil feat. If you survive, you will be rewarded with some magnum ammo. From here, you can do a running jump back to the platform.
Still alive? If so, you can either jump to the crevice and shimmy along or do a running jump from the platform to the ledge to your right. Whichever way you choose, you will end up in a new area. Get ready for a game of Snap!
Crocodile Room and Green Room
Slide down the ramps in this room and then head over to the small block where you can shoot the two crocodiles that are desperate to take a bite out of you. Alternatively, run around the room, jumping and somersaulting, and get up close and personal with these snapping beasts.
Around the back of this room is a doorway leading to an area with a third crocodile and a rat. Kill them and then pick up the large medipack. Return to the other room and make your way up the various platforms above you until you get to the platform facing the silver door (pictured above). Do a running jump over to the next platform and do the same to get to the next platform (top right in the image). From here, drop down onto the platform below. You now need to grab onto the crevice and make your way to the door on the left.
Step through the door cautiously as there is a pit of spikes below you. There is also a rat on the ledge opposite so shoot the furry critter and jump over the spikes and onto the ledge.
There are two more rats down below so get rid of these and then drop onto the floor (away from the spikes). From here, you need to keep moving forward until you reach the Green Room. Kill the rats in here, climb up the steps (see image above) and then climb up onto the ledge in from you. Turn right and lift yourself up onto the next ledge. Run to the wall, turn right and and jump onto the ledge to your right. Climb up onto the next ledge and then do a running jump over the first gap and a standing jump from the second.
In front of you should be a switch. Pull this to open the door down below. Safely make your down to ground level and then enter the newly-opened doorway to grab the silver key.
After taking the key, you will encounter Pierre again. Shoot him a few times before he disappears and then jump into the pool next to the steps. Swim through the tunnels (ignoring the switch that can’t be pulled yet) and make your way back into the main Cistern room.
The Cistern… Again!
You’ll notice an opening on the west side of the Cistern pool. Swim through to find the second secret – magnum ammo. From here, head back into the main room and make your way back to the Switch Room (where Pierre first appeared in this level).
Pull the switch in this room to flood the Cistern. From here, return to the Cistern and open the gate adjacent to the one which led the way to the Gorilla Room. Go through the gate and drop down into the pool. You will come to an underwater room with a small medipack and the gold key. When you pick up the key, the nearby gate will automatically open. From here, swim back into the Cistern room.
Swim through the gap that leads you to the room with the previously inaccessible switch. In this room are shotgun shells, medipacks, and more rats. After getting out of the water, decide which of these you want to pocket (we don’t recommend taking the rats) and then dive back down into the water to pull the lever (pictured above).
A gate will open beneath you to reveal another silver key. Take the key, return to the main Cistern room and then make your way to the steps (top picture above). To the left of the door is a moveable block. Push the block and then enter another room for the third secret. Backflip off the ramp onto the ledge above to find a large medipack and some magnum ammo.
Collect the items and then return to the door in the other room. Open it with the silver key and then open a second door with your other silver key.
Gold Door and Chequered Room
After stepping through the doors you will enter a new room. Turn right and then right again before climbing up into the alcove. Do a running jump from here over to the opposite ledge (pictured above). Jump to the ledge to the left and then jump over to the ledge with the gold lock. There’s a gorilla here so quickly dispose of it before inserting the gold key into the lock.
Make your way to a ledge at the bottom of the room and kill the two lions that are waiting below.
From here, make your way to the room with the chequered floor. Some of the tiles in here are broken so be careful as you might end up impaling yourself on the spikes below the tiles.
At the end of the room is a switch. Pull it and then kill the lions that emerge from the room to the right. There’s a moveable block to the right of the switch (opposite the silver door) so pull this out and into the room beyond. Using the block you can climb up onto a balcony and collect a large medipack and magnum ammo.
When you drop down off the balcony you will have more rats and lions to deal with. Kill these and then head to the level exit which is behind the block you recently pulled. Step into the opening and drop down into the water to finish the level.
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