LEVEL 16: TEMPLE OF POSEIDON
Secrets: 1
(IMPORTANT NOTE: You will
need four TRIDENTS to complete this level. If you don't have
all four upon entering, you should return to the CATACOMBS
level to get them. If you've already entered this level and
can't find your way back to the catacombs, return to the
JUNCTION WITH DEEP PIT and find the climbable wall on the
north side. Climb up, position Lara's feet on the lowest
rung of the ladder at the top, then back flip into the
alcove. Follow the passage back to the CATACOMBS. Use that
walkthrough to locate any tridents you're missing.)
Follow the stairs to the opening in
the floor. Notice the golden
bird statue in the short hallway on the right. Take a
diagonal standing jump to grab the ladder on the left. Climb
down to the floor.
JUNCTION WITH DEEP PIT: Several hallways come
together here. It doesn't really matter which way you go
first. Just avoid the deep pit
for now. It's a long way down.
Enter the HALLWAY TO THE NORTH, between the small
ramps, next to where you just climbed down. Follow the
hallway to a ROOM WITH TWO LEVELS SUPPORTED BY COLUMNS.
Two skeletons emerge when you
enter. Use your favorite skeleton-destroying technique to
dispatch them. Drop down to the lower level. Then find the
crawlspace in the southeast corner. This leads to
secret #1 (49/70),
normal arrows and a
small medipak. Exit the
crawlspace, climb back up to the ledge and go through the
door opposite where you entered.
Crawl through the opening below the huge carved face.
Climb out of the crawlspace and continue toward the room
with the pool and statue of Poseidon. Shoot the jars near
the doorway to get some Uzi clips.
Then jump over the pool to the pedestal with the statue.
Press Action to select the TRIDENTS and Action again to use
one.
Cut scene: Lara climbs up
onto the statue and places one of the TRIDENTS at the top of
its staff. Water begins to flow.
Jump back across the pool to the hallway and go toward
the room on the left. Enter carefully; each black circle is
a burner, which will ignite when
Lara steps on that square. At the back of the room is a
cluster of jars. When Lara stands on that square,
2 skeletons rise from the floor.
A grenade or two should take care of them—and break the jars
in the process. Pick up normal arrows,
wideshot and
regular shotgun shells. Exit carefully, avoiding the
burners. Go to the left to return to the crawlspace, which
is now flooded. Swim through to the room with the huge
carved face. Continue to the ROOM WITH TWO LEVELS SUPPORTED
BY COLUMNS, then on through the hallway back to the
JUNCTION.
Enter the EAST ROOM. Here you'll find a huge face
carved from stone, along with two tall rectangular blocks
decorated with images of standing women. Stand facing the
carved head and turn around. Ahead in the right corner is a
climbable section of wall. Climb up to the room above and
dismount on the left. There's a skeleton
lurking inside the next room. Deal with it. Then jump over
the pool to the statue of Poseidon and press Action to
select the TRIDENTS, then Action again to use one.
Cut scene: Lara climbs up
onto the statue and places one of the TRIDENTS at the top of
its staff. Water begins to flow.
One of the jars in the right corner contains
wideshot shells, so get those
before returning down the ladder to the room with the big
carved face.
When you do, an ice elemental
emerges and begins to chase Lara. Run out of the room,
through the archway on the right side of the trench, which
is now filled with water, toward the JUNCTION. Make a sharp
right turn to find the climbable wall in the corner (where
you entered this area). Climb up, position Lara's feet on
the lowest rung of the ladder at the top, then back flip
into the alcove. Stand near the golden
bird statue until the elemental extinguishes itself.
Then climb back down.
Enter the WEST ROOM. Here you'll find a huge stone
face, along with two tall rectangular blocks decorated with
images of snakes. There's a raised crawlspace in the corner
to the left of the big face. Approach it carefully. The
black circle is a burner that
ignites when you step on that square. Stand to the left of
the opening with Lara's chest against the wall. Sidestep
carefully toward the crawlspace, just enough to grab the
opening without getting toasted. Pull up and crawl in.
Go past the sleeping skeleton (or blast it now with a
grenade), shoot the jar for a small
medipak. Jump over to the statue and press Action to
select the TRIDENTS, then Action again to use one.
Cut scene: Lara climbs up
onto the statue and places one of the TRIDENTS at the top of
its staff. Water begins to flow.
If you didn't destroy them earlier, 2
skeletons awaken. Blast them or lure them near the
pool and knock them in with the shotgun. Exit the way you
came, safety dropping out of the crawlspace on the left side
to avoid the burner. Return to
the JUNCTION.
Enter the HALLWAY TO THE SOUTH and continue to a
room with another huge stone face, many striped columns and
a climbing pole. Climb the pole
and back flip into the hallway above. If you like, you can
blast the sleeping skeleton in the alcove on the left. One
of the jars on the right contains
wideshot shells and normal arrows.
When you enter the room with the Poseidon statue, the
skeleton there awakens. Blast it
or shoot it into the pool. Jump over to the statue and press
Action twice to select and use the last TRIDENT.
Cut scene: Lara climbs up
onto the statue and places one of the TRIDENTS at the top of
its staff. Water begins to flow.
If you didn't destroy that first
skeleton, it will awaken now and you can dispose of
it before sliding back down the pole if you like. Return
along the water-filled channel to the JUNCTION.
When you have placed all four TRIDENTS on the statues,
the deep pit at the JUNCTION will be flooded about halfway
to the top. Jump into the flooded pit and swim down through
the passage on the side wall, then through a narrow opening
at the bottom of that passage to a room where you can
surface. Continue up the stairs. At the wide landing a
skeleton will arise from the
floor. And, if you then go up or down the other set of
stairs to the room with the pool,
another skeleton will appear. You can destroy these
guys or just continue to the top of the stairs. They won't
follow once you drop down into the next room.
(NOTE: If you have placed
all the TRIDENTS and the pit still isn't flooded, try
returning to each of the side rooms and making sure all the
skeletons have been dealt with. That should fix the
problem.)
ROOM WITH FOUR SMALL POOLS AND FACE MOSAIC ON FLOOR:
When you hit the floor, 2 spirit elementals
fly out. Both of the large jars contain
golden bird statues, so shatter either one and stand
near it until the elementals extinguish themselves.
TO RETURN TO THE COASTAL RUINS LEVEL: Push the
face tile on the wall in the
left alcove to open a trapdoor in the opposite alcove. Drop
down through the trapdoor and follow the green passageway
back to the COASTAL RUINS. Climb the ladder, pry open the
gate with the crowbar and emerge on some steps above the
tide pool (marked "C" in the second diagram on the COASTAL
RUINS page).
(NOTE: If you have followed
the walkthrough up to this point, you're still missing some
necessary items, so you shouldn't return to the COASTAL
RUINS yet. However, you may want to follow the passage and
open the gate anyway in case you want to return to the
TEMPLE OF POSEIDON later. Then return here to continue on to
the LOST LIBRARY.)
TO CONTINUE TO THE LOST LIBRARY LEVEL: From the
ROOM WITH FOUR SMALL POOLS AND FACE MOSAIC ON FLOOR, go into
the next room on the west side. Stand facing the box with
the bump on top and press Action to open it and retrieve the
LEFT GAUNTLET, which is part of
the ARMOR OF HORUS.
Doors open to the left and right. Go through either one
to the hallway behind and climb through the raised
crawlspace to the next level.
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