LEVEL 29: MENKAURE'S PYRAMID
Secrets: 1
CAVE: Pick up the Uzi clips
(2 sets) to the left and right of the starting position.
Climb up the blocks to the trapdoor in the ceiling. Jump to
grab the switch at the edge of
the trapdoor to open it. (This works best if you stand Lara
directly under the switch facing out toward the cave. Then
jump straight up, pressing Action to grab.) Climb through
the trapdoor to the desert above.
DESERT NEAR THE PYRAMID: A
gigantic red scorpion attacks almost immediately. A
few shotgun blasts will take it down, but try not to let it
get too close. In addition to causing damage, its sting is
poisonous. Head downhill to the
intersection of paths. Off to the left (south), there's
another giant scorpion attacking
a soldier. The soldier is friendly enough if you don't harm
him, but if you do kill him you'll get some extra
revolver ammo. Backtrack to the
intersection, then go left (west). Pick up a
large medipak ahead on the left.
Then come back to the intersection again. Turn left (north)
toward the deep pit.
Take a running jump across the pit on the left side.
Follow the path between the rocks. There's another
giant scorpion around the corner
to the right. Kill it and continue to the break in the wall
on the north side. You'll need to cross another
chasm to get to the base of the
pyramid. Take a running jump across the pit on the right
side to grab the ledge. Pull up. Now you'll have to kill
another giant scorpion, along
with one of those huge nasty beetles.
AT THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID: You'll notice some
enticing flat areas on the face of the pyramid just begging
you to climb them. Wait for just a little while and you'll
be able to save yourself a bit of backtracking. For now,
head to the right (east) side of the pyramid, toward another
deep excavation pit with a
building on the other side.
BUILDING WITH GUARD UNDER SIEGE: To get across the
pit, you can use a complicated series of jumps across the
angled blocks (as in the second secret in the City of the
Dead level). Or, to simplify things, stand Lara at the
northwest rim of the pit, where the rim juts out over the
pit in a small square ledge. Face south and take a running
jump to grab the back of the angled block ahead. Pull up,
slide down the back of the block and jump to land on a flat
spot ahead. Kill another giant beetle
off to the left (east).
Save your game before entering the
building. The outcome of the next fight will determine
whether or not you get a secret later in the game.
(BUG NOTE: A
bug has also been reported here in which, after the cut
scene, Lara loses the ability to move her arms and so can't
climb or draw weapons. The bug could be triggered by using
the shotgun to kill the scorpion. Avoid this by using
another weapon. Another player found that holding the
draw-weapons key down while the cut scene played also
prevented the bug from being triggered. If the bug is
already activated and Lara will not draw weapons, try
selecting the crossbow from the inventory screen. Then
select a flare from the inventory screen. When you return to
play, Lara should draw the crossbow and after that she
should function normally. Or, select the binoculars from the
inventory screen. Lara should be able to do this as usual.
Then, when you put them away, she should function normally.)
Use the Action key to open the door. Inside you'll find a
guard being attacked by a giant scorpion.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to kill the
scorpion before it can kill the guard. In order to avoid
targeting the guard, run into the room and around to the
left side of the scorpion. Then start firing. You'll want to
use a fairly powerful weapon so the huge insect won't have
time to kill its prey. (The bug mentioned above seems to be
triggered by using the shotgun, so try the revolver or
Uzis.) If you succeed, a movie plays:
Cut scene: The scorpion
flings the guard against the wall as Lara, now using
pistols, finishes it off. She kneels by the injured guard.
Guard: Allah be praised. For a
moment, I thought I was dead for sure. Please, for your own
safety, take these keys and hide in the pyramid of Menkaure.
Save yourself from these abominations!
If you check your inventory now, you'll see that you have
not only THE GUARD'S KEYS but also
the ARMOURY KEY, which you'll use
later to access the secret in the KHUFU'S QUEEN'S PYRAMIDS
level. If the guard is killed in the fight with the
scorpion, you can pick up the GUARD'S KEYS, but you do not
get the ARMOURY KEY.
Go around to each of the corner alcoves and pick up
regular and wideshot shotgun shells
and 2 small medipaks before
exiting the building.
The excavation pit on the
right (east) prevents you from getting to the two smaller
pyramids. (You will get there in the next level.) For now,
go back across the pit on the
left: Jump up to grab the edge of the sandy colored rock
outcropping on the right side of the pit. Then traverse to
the left around the corner and across the pit. When you
can't go any farther to the left, let go and slide onto a
flat spot near the far (north) edge of the pit.
CLIMBING THE PYRAMID: Walk up onto the low, flat
block at the base of the pyramid on the right (east) end.
From here you can get to another flat spot one tier above.
At the left side of this flat spot, climb onto another flat
spot on the tier above. Kill the giant
beetle. Now you'll need to take a diagonal standing
jump up and to the left to the next flat spot. (Jump from
the middle of the ledge at the left side.) At this point,
you'll be on a long, flat spot on the third tier from the
ground. Take a running jump along the bottom edge of this
flat spot toward the left (west) side of the pyramid. You'll
land on a slope and slide down to a long flat area two tiers
below. At this point you'll need to kill another
giant beetle. Now start working
your way up the left side.
Walk to the left end of this flat spot. From here you can
climb up two tiers. Climb up three more tiers at the right
side of this ledge. Now you should be level with the
doorsill. You may be able to kill a
giant beetle lurking in the doorway. If not, you'll
need to do it when you get there. Take a running jump along
the bottom edge of this flat spot to land near the doorway.
(NOTE: For running jumps
along the pyramid, line up each jump so Lara takes off just
a tiny bit before the edge, or she'll nick her foot on it
and end up doing a standing jump instead. Also, be sure not
to press Action while in the air, which shortens the jump.)
You're at the door now and, if you've followed this
walkthrough, you've got the GUARD'S KEYS. First unlock
the door, since you'll need to make a speedy exit in a
moment. Now take a brief detour for a secret. Hop
down onto the flat spot below the right side of the door
(left side if you're facing out from the pyramid). Take a
diagonal standing jump up to the next flat spot. (Jump from
the middle of the ledge at the right side. Or, if this
particular jump is too difficult, instead take a running
jump along the bottom edge of the lower flat spot to land on
another flat spot on the same tier a bit farther on.) Kill
the giant beetle that flies up at
you. Then turn back toward the doorway and climb up two
tiers (three if you made the alternative jump).
Now you should be on the tier above the door. Take a
standing jump over the slope to the ledge on the right side
of the door, where you'll find a small
medipak. Take a running jump to the ledge on the
other side of the door. Pick up the
REVOLVER (or ammo if you
already have the weapon), which is
secret #1 (65/70). When you do, a
swarm of beetles comes out of
the pyramid. To escape them, drop down and run through the
doors into the pyramid. The beetles will follow but only as
far as the load-in to the next level.
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