Level 5

South Pacific

Coastal Village

Things start getting tougher from here on in, so have a relaxing swim and don't worry about the fish! As the level begins, turn to the right and swim into the lagoon. On the floor of the seabed is a square block and the Smuggler's Key.

Swim back into the main channel and hug the left wall. Climb out where there's a low ledge and climb a block for a small medikit.  Dive back into the sea and swim toward the main beach.

Head left around a sand bank and pull up onto a rock with a small medikit.  Turn your back to the coast and spy several flat rocks along the cliffs. Run, jump, and grab the edge of the sloping rock, then shimmy right to reach flat ground.

Secret #1 Jump to the square, flat section of ground, then run, jump, and grab the distant platform to claim the MP5 ammo.

Now head for the beach and explore.

One of the two routes starts in the hut with the trapdoor. This is the tougher of the two but offers the chance to get '4 of 3' secrets. My advice is to play the easier path (it's worth it) and then to return to a saved game here and take the tougher route. I'll tell you how to grab the '4th' secret but there's no real advantage to it. (Except the challenge)

The way that I have done the walkthrough there is NO backtracking to be done, so it is like one big level. (But doing all the level)

Hard route.

Use the Smugglers Key to open the trapdoor in the hut floor and hang drop through to claim the Save Crystal. Proceed slowly down the hallway as a previous visitor didn't get any further! When the trap is sprung crawl beneath it and continue to a water filled cave. 

There are three alligators in the water and a tribesman high up the wall opposite. Take them all out and then dive under the entrance platform to find the harpoon gun and some harpoons. Climb back out and jump across to the next platform and then again to the next and climb up to the ledge with the torch. Look up and notice the vines leading across the roof...

Use the monkey swing to cross the pool on the vines and drop down on the other side. Jump to the platform on your right and follow the track up the cliff wall.

Climb up two blocks at the end of the track and then edge to the very end of the pointed ledge. Do a standing jump to the crawlspace opposite and pick up some MP5 clips.

Climb down the rock ladder from the crawlspace and hang drop to the ground. Climb back up the cliff side track and back up the two blocks.

This time turn around and jump across to a ledge behind you. Once again there is a monkey swing across the chasm but drop off this one before the end! Walk beyond the dead tribesman and look left. You can see a very thin edge of rock that is actually the top of a slide.

Jump over it onto the slide and slide towards the water. Jump off just before the end and land on another ledge. Walk along this towards the island of spikes and another tribesman will start shooting poison arrows at you. Take him out before climbing the ladder above the spikes (you may need to have Lara jump until she gets a bead on him).

At the top of the ladder, pick up the medikit and then jump backwards off the ledge and grab the edge. Shimmy left and clamber up when you can. Pick up a small medikit and the Save Crystal and then walk to the end of the ledge where the tribesman was shooting at you.

There is another ledge just below. You can't jump across - the roof is too low - so back up and simply run off the edge of the ledge. Drop off, grab the edge and shimmy left. Clamber back up and jump across to the next walkway and follow it to daylight.

You can cross over and go to the temple but I just did a safety drop of the bridge to a sloping rock, and then just carried on from where the easy route starts, to make sure I get all the secrets.

Cross over and enter the temple but hang around until a tribesman jumps you and then kill him. Drop to your knees and head around the left corner into the main temple room. If you go for the medikit now all manner of traps will be sprung so head around the altar and find a switch to its left.

Pushing this turns the lights off and stops the traps activating.  Pick up the medikit.

Once you have the medikit, DO NOT CROSS OVER THE STREAM otherwise you cannot get back to get all the secrets.

Go back to the bridge and cross over, look to your left and see a ledge, do a long running jump to get there and then a curved jump to the next ledge.

You can now see Secret#2; so jump and get it.

To get back on to the main path go to the edge of the ledge furthest away from the bridge and do a safety drop to the ground, which brings you out by the shallow pool.

Now just follow the walk-through as normal.

Easy route.

Taking the easier option, head down behind the yellowish ridge at the back of the beach. Once you slide down, you can't come back.  Splash through a shallow pool and climb up into a dark bushy valley.

A tribesman hides nearby and can't half move fast! When he's deceased continue to the edge of a swamp. Run, jump, and grab the platform in the middle of the swamp. When you stand up, a dart trap activates. Turn to the right and leap for a medikit before returning to solid ground and jumping for the block again. Back on the block, time your run and jump to safety to miss the darts or rely on a medikit for good health.

High up in the valley behind you, you can see the footbridge that is part of the alternative route. We're continuing into a darker area with ancient trees. Be ready for more native resistance. When the coast is clear, climb onto the tree roots on the left of the entrance into this section. From there, you can grab a branch and pull up. Face the wall and jump up to a rock ledge. You can now jump to the left of the tree trunk and do a couple of tricky leaps along the cliff face for some shells.

These are triangular ledges and not that easy to land on!

Return to the rock ledge and jump to the branch on the right of the tree trunk.

Follow it to the end.

Run, jump, and grab the branch where you can see the first Serpent Stone. There are three to find. Secret #3 at the opposite end of this branch pull up to the ledge obscured by the foliage and collect the ammo. Now you can either: slide down to the ground; you can see a Save Crystal through the large trees from the edge of the ledge, facing the waterfall.

Drop down and grab the crystal and continue along the path. Jump across to the ledge in front of the waterfall. Or (and it's much more fun!) jump to the little ledge on the temple wall; jump to the ledge with the flame; swan dive into the water pool and go over the falls to land on the ledge. Take care - sometimes you miss the ledge...

You'll find the second of the Serpent Stones behind the falls. Take care with the angled jumps. From the platform in the centre of the falls, run, jump, and grab the ladder. Climb up. 

Follow the passageway and climb up the long ladder to the upper area. Find the low block ledge near the cliff wall and kill the tribesman in the cave entrance behind you.

Jump to where he lays dead then run, jump, and grab another ledge behind you. Jump to the outer ledge near the third Serpent Stone, then jump around the corner, mindful of the torch, and claim the prize. 

Slide down from the ledge where the third stone sat, and return to the tribesman's cave.

Place all three jewels in the hallway fixtures.  The entrance to the main village opens. Kill the warrior who comes to meet you, then claim the small medikit at the other end of the ledge.

Now slide into the main village and continue from here. 

In the village, if you took the serpent’s gate path, locate the stone entrance hall from the smugglers path (which may entail killing a native or two!). The hut next to this holds a rocket.

The other is empty. Follow the pathway beside the rocket hut into a narrow passage. The warrior that appears is blowing poison darts. Follow the pathway to a green area with a huge tree. Go round the tree to the right and kill another native. Now head for the rock near the swamp and climb on. 

Kill the warrior on the other side of the sloping rock and then jump the rock and turn the wheel to cover a spike pit. Ignore any strange voices at the moment!

Expect trouble en route back to the village. When that's cleared up head across the village to the waterfall to kill another tribesman and check out the underwater gate. Explore the hut with the fire for a small medikit but stay out of the one with the large medikit - its quicksand.

Pick up the Save Crystal from behind this hut and then go around the other side of it to find another area of the village. You'll walk over the covered spike pit on this path. Before crossing climb onto a ledge above it and pick up some shells. 

Enter the new area with caution.

Check between the huts, where an ambush awaits.

Having survived that, walk through the central path between the huts and head to the right. Light a Flare and watch your back when you pillage Secret #4 - MP5 clips and shotgun shells. Go to the opposite corner of this area and climb up behind a hut to a higher part of the village. Check the huts here. Be wary of another dart-blower. 

When you spin the wheel you find in one hut, the trapdoor below the tree house opens and a tribesman attacks.  Return to ground level and climb up the ladder into the tree house. 

From the tree house window you can make a curved jump to the lattice ledge around to the left. Or stand and jump to the roof in front of you, then jump immediately and grab to reach the ledge.  Blast the bad guy lurking in the hall and follow the passage (not across the fire!).

Jump to the bamboo roof edging of the first hut and then across the gap to the second. In the dark corner light a flare to find some harpoons and avoid the hole in the floor. Climb up the roof of this second hut to find a vine based monkey swing above you. 

Monkey-swing to the end of the line. Turn right and then stay to the left at the intersection. Drop to the roof below and then leap to the bamboo tree house. The button in here hut raises a grating that allows you to get across the flames in the corridor (and raises another warrior trying to jump you).

Slide down the roof to the ground and return up the ladder to the hallway with the fire. Run and jump onto the grating and then jump off the other end to safety.

Pressing the button here opens the bamboo gates and brings another warrior for you to despatch. Sprint past the razor disks and spin the wheel to open the trapdoor in the pool. Slide backward, then hang and drop down the slope. Jump into the pool and head for the opening.

There's an alligator lurking in the tunnel - you can roll at the left-hand corner and retreat back to the safety of the shore to blast it.

Swim back down the tunnel and surface in a cave.

Climb up the ladder and take a long jump to the tree-house for a heart rending movie.