Tomb Raider 1: Remastered Guide: Level 7 “Palace Midas” Walkthrough |
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Opening Areas |
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Room With Five Switches |
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Fire Room |
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Spike Room |
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Sand Room |
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Aqueduct and Temple |
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Midas Room and Level Exit |
Opening Areas
As the level begins, you swim into a beautiful pool with images of dolphins emblazoned on the side. They look very peaceful, don’t they? Sadly, your encounters with the wildlife in Palace Midas will be far from calm!
Before we progress deeper into the level, we’re going to dispose of some beasties and find a secret area. You could do this later but as you might need some extra medipacks and ammo, we’re going to direct you to these useful items first.
Climb out of the pool and head through the exit with the large opening. There are a couple of angry gorillas in this room so shoot them and continue to the doorway on the other side. Go through and up some steps. You will come to an area with a temple building in front of you. There’s another gorilla in here so dispose of the beast before it disposes of you.
The temple door will open as you run up to it so go through and run along the passage until you find a switch. Pull the switch to open the gate to the Garden Room.
Head back to the pool area, killing two more gorillas as you go, and turn right. Head into the Garden Room and shoot the gorillas that are in here. On the high platform at the end of this room is a large medipack so climb onto the ledge to the right of the structure and jump up onto the platform to get the health item.
Another gorilla will appear after you drop back down so stand at a safe distance and shoot it. To the right of the entrance gate is a switch hidden by greenery. Pull the switch to open a gate to the right of you. Through here is the first secret – a small medipack and ammo for the magnum and shotgun. Blocking your way to these items are two sets of moving blades. Stand in front of these and wait until the blades have retracted into the walls before jumping through. Do the same on your return journey, being mindful of the floor between the blades that has now crumbled away.
Return to the pool area and head upwards. Take the path to the right and shoot the crocodile. It’s a good idea to move back to the pool when you’re shooting it, as you can then jump in the pool and emerge from the other side to take aim at the croc from a safe distance.
Once the crocodile is dead, return to where you first encountered it and move forward. You will see stairs on your left but ignore these for now and continue onwards until you come to an area with several alcoves. Two lions are lying in wait here so kill them and head to the far side of the room. There are some bats in this area and a small medipack in a small alcove. Go back into the main area of this room and run to the end. To the left is a gorilla and magnum ammo. There are some raised blocks near this area that you can stand on when shooting the gorilla.
Now that you’re equipped with ammo and health items, you can return to the stairs.
Room With Five Switches
Follow the stairs until you come to a large room with several pillars. There are three gorillas in here so run to the stepped blocks and kill these animals from a safe distance. From the lowest stepped block, do a running jump onto the pillar in front of you. Do a running jump onto the second pillar and then jump onto the ledge to your left. Run along this ledge and jump over the large gap to grab onto another ledge in the corner of the room. On here, you will find a small medipack and some magnum ammo.
Jump the gap again and then return to the second pillar. Then do running jumps onto the other pillars. When you’re on the last pillar, jump onto the platform in the picture above. There is a large block to the right that is seemingly too difficult to jump onto. However, if you stand at the right corner of this, diagonally facing the platform with the switches, you can repeatedly jump until a glitch causes you to land on top. On here is a large medipack. If you aren’t able to make the jump, return to the last pillar and then jump to the platform with the five switches.
The switches need to be pulled up or down in a specific order. The combinations for these are above each door in the room but to make your life easier, we will list them here.
The first door you are going to open is the door to the Fire Room. Pull the switches down in this order (from the left) – Down, Up, Up, Up Up.
Once done, walk down the steps and pull the switch to open the access gate into the main room. You will find the Fire Room next to the small pillar.
Fire Room
You will enter a room with several pillars with fire coming out of them. Below you is a pool of water with 3 rats enjoying a swim. Spoil their fun by heading down the steps and shooting them (this will save you from being nibbled at if you fall in the water). Then head back up the steps.
As you stand in front of the first pillar, all of the flames will go out. However, they’re only gone for a short time so you don’t want to take your time with this next bit. Quickly run and jump onto each pillar. On your final jump, you will need to grab the ledge in front of you. Once done, pick up the first lead bar that is needed to exit the level.
Swim or jump back to the steps and head into the main room. Kill the visiting gorilla and then return to the platform with the five switches.
Spike Room
Pull the switches in this order – Up, Up, Down, Up, Down.
Go through the gate and into the room at the left. This room (as you may have gathered) is full of spikes so walk carefully through them and to the doorway to your right. In the next area is a ramp and a moveable block to the right. Pull the block away from the wall to reveal a switch. Once pulled, pillars will appear in the spiked room. Go up the ramp and keep moving until you come to a raised opening above the room.
Step onto the first pillar and then do a running jump to the next pillar on the right. Move from pillar to pillar with more running jumps until come to another opening in the wall. There is a gorilla in here so jump in to get its attention and then jump back onto the pillar. From here, you can kill the animal. Once it’s dead, jump into the room and pick up the second lead bar.
You don’t need to jump on all the pillars again on your way out. Simply jump to the one nearest the opening and jump again to a safe area on the floor. Now exit the room.
Sand Room
Pull the switches in this order – Up, Up, Down, Down, Up.
Head through the gate and to the far left of the room to enter through the newly-opened door. Go through and keep going until you reach a doorway. Head through here and take the stairs down to the right. At the bottom of the stairs is a moveable block that, once pulled from the wall, will create a crashing sound. You’ll discover why when you climb the stairs to the top. Looking out of the opening, you will discover the pillars in the room are now surrounded by a lot of sand.
From the opening, jump to a flat section of the sand to your right. Jump straight ahead of you to the next flattened section. Tun and jump onto the broken pillar to your left and from there take a running jump to another flat section of sand to the right of you. Do a standing jump to the platform on the left and jump up to the room above.
There is more climbing to do on your right, so clamber up the rocks and continue on until you come to the aqueduct.
Aqueduct and Temple
Take out the gorillas and crocodiles in this area and then dive into the water. Swim through the tunnel until you come to a cave. Climb out of the water on the left-hand side and jump up onto the rock. Walk to the edge of the rock and jump over the sloped rock. Lara should automatically jump again to the far side where you will find the second secret to your left – a small medipack and magnum ammo.
Dive back in the water and return to the aqueduct entrance. Drop down from the ledge into a hole containing the third secret – a small medipack and ammo for the shotgun and uzi.
Then drop down into the area below and shoot the gorilla. There are several alcoves here, with the second alcove on the right containing a small medipack. To the right of these alcoves is the temple platform so jump across. Kill the two gorillas on the platform and then do a running jump to the crevice on your right. Pull yourself up into the gap to collect a large medipack and then drop back onto the crevice before shimmying to your left.
When you have gone as far as you can go, drop down and kill the bats. Jump the gap and then take the long passageway until you come to a crumbling floor. On the right-hand side of this is a large medipack so jump to this and then jump to the area beyond.
Go down the ramp and follow the rocks until you get to a raised ledge above the opening pool area. There is a lion up here so shoot it as it heads towards you from the far ledge. Run around the ledge until you get to a passageway.
At the end of the passageway, step onto the pillar and then do a running jump onto the stone pillar to your right. Enter the opening to your right and head into a room with a water tunnel inside. Shoot the crocodile from outside the tunnel and then jump into the water. Swim to the other side and then run down the passage. After climbing some rocks, you’ll come to an opening. From here, jump over to the temple roof. On the other side of the roof is the third lead bar.
From the roof, drop or jump down to the temple entrance below. It’s time to return to the Garden Room, which you can do by exiting this area.
Midas Room and Level Exit
In the Garden Room, jump onto the ledge where you found the medipack earlier. Beyond this is a passageway so head through until you come to the Midas Room. In here is a large stone hand. If you stand on it, Lara will be turned to gold and die, so avoid doing so unless you want to see a golden Lara.
Walk up to the hand and when you’re given the prompt, turn the lead bars into gold bars. Return to the room with the five switches and pull the switches in this order – Down, Up, Up, Up Down – to open the last door. The door is ahead of you after coming through the gate.
Go through the doorway and into an area with a patrolling lion. Kill the wild beast and then take the stairs to the balcony where you’ll find some shotgun shells. Go back down to the stairs to an opening where you’ll find a room that requires the gold bars. After slotting the gold bars in place, a door will open that will lead you down a slope and into the next level.
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