Level 36

The Temple of Horus

There is a game bug at the start of the third water puzzle area.  It will stop you finishing the game.

The bug consists of a loss of flare light at the start of the third water puzzle area after solving the second puzzle and dropping in the hole.  At that point flares will not light except when thrown to the ground.  This bug apparently keeps the amulet in Lara's possession even after the animation where Horus is supposed to throw it in the water.  Thus, Lara cannot enter the North and South gate rooms on the wall ramps preventing the player from completing the game since the exit gate upstairs cannot be opened without pulling the levers in these rooms.

This flare-lighting immediately caused the amulet to magically appear on the bottom of the water channel; but Lara still has the amulet in her possession as well as the amulet sitting in the water.

The game bug is eliminated at that point when Lara picks up the amulet from the water channel bed using the CTRL key.  Then Lara can climb the rock ramps and enter the SW gate door and complete the game.  The flare bug was always repeated from my saves in the water puzzle area.

SO MAKE SURE YOU FIND THE AMULET IN THE WATER ON THE NORTH SIDE.

Always make sure that you start each puzzle with both Waterskins empty.

Scales, water and the beast:

Save your game. Run down the tunnel and enter a room with a beast in a cage, scales and two pools of water.  Pick up the Large Waterskin on the floor. Look at the scale and you will see Tomb Raider physics at play.

Only in Tomb Raider will a big heavy weight weigh more than a feather.

Just pretend the weight on the scale does not exist than the puzzle might make some sense. The solution to the puzzle lies with the waterskin.  Every time you pour the wrong amount of water onto the scale with the weight a door opens and releases the beast. You have to kill the nasty beast and try again. When you hearing the water pouring and have failed on the puzzle that means the beast is coming up behind you.

Solution:

Empty any of your waterskins on the floor.  Look on the wall and you will see two water symbols. You need to put two litres of water in the scale with the weight.  Go to the pool. Fill the large waterskin with water by selecting USE and then hitting Enter.

Go to the inventory and select the full large waterskin. Select COMBINE and select the empty small waterskin and hit Enter to get the large waterskin filled with 2 litres of water. If you don't have the small waterskin which you should have found in the Mastabas level, you may need to do the cheats for all items.

Carefully line up on the scale with the weight. Select the Large Waterskin and USE to pour the water into the scale with the weight.  If you don't hear the water pouring into the scale, empty the both waterskins on the floor and try again.

When done correctly, the scale will balance and a hole will appear in the floor and the nasty beast will stay in its cage. 

Drop into the hole in the floor.

Pole and spikes:

Enter the room with the pole and the spikes and clear out the bats.  Do a standing jump grab to the pole and lower yourself above the spikes.  Time a slide down the pole to avoid getting spiked. Shoot more bats. Enter another room with a scale puzzle.

Scales, water and the beast second time:

Before trying the puzzle, pour both bags of water out on the floor.  Look on the wall and you will see 4 water symbols. You need to put 4 litres of water in the scale with the weight.  Go to the pool and fill the large waterskin with water by selecting USE and then hitting Enter.

Go to the inventory and select the full large waterskin. Select COMBINE and select the empty small waterskin and hit Enter to get the large waterskin filled with 2 litres of water.

Run out to the floor and select the small waterskin, select USE to pour the water out on the floor.

Now select the large waterskin with 2 litres. Select COMBINE, then select the empty small waterskin and hit Enter to put the 2 litres in the small waterskin.

Fill the large waterskin with water by selecting USE and then hitting Enter.

Go to the inventory and select the full large waterskin. Select COMBINE and select the small waterskin which has 2 litres of water and hit Enter to get the large waterskin filled with 4 litres of water.  Go to the scale with the weight. Carefully line up on the weight or Lara will just pour it out on the floor.  Select the Large Waterskin and Use to pour the water into the scale with the weight. You will hear the water pour if done correctly.

When done correctly, the scale will balance and a hole will appear in the floor and the nasty beast will stay in its cage.  Drop into the hole in the floor.

Poles and spikes:

You know how to do that.

Scales, water and the beast third time:

Before trying the puzzle, pour both bags of water out on the floor.  Look on the wall and you will see 1 water symbols. You need to put 1 litre of water in the scale with the weight.  Go to the pool and fill the large waterskin with water by selecting USE and then hitting Enter.

Go to the inventory and select the full large waterskin. Select COMBINE and select the empty small waterskin and hit Enter to get the large waterskin filled with 2 litres of water.

Run out to the floor and select the small waterskin, select USE to pour the water out on the floor.

Now select the large waterskin with 2 litres. Select COMBINE, then select the empty small waterskin and hit Enter to put the 2 litres in the small waterskin.

Fill the large waterskin with water by selecting USE and then hitting Enter. Go to the inventory and select the full large waterskin. Select COMBINE and select the small waterskin which has 2 litres of water and hit Enter to get the large waterskin filled with 4 litres of water.  Empty the small waterskin. Select the large waterskin with 4 litres, COMBINE with empty small waterskin to get the large waterskin filled with 1 litre. 

Go to the scale with the weight. Carefully line up on the weight or Lara will just pour it out on the floor.  Select the Large Waterskin and Use to pour the water into the scale with the weight. You will hear the water pour if done correctly.

When done correctly, the scale will balance and a hole will appear in the floor and the nasty beast will stay in its cage.  Drop into the hole in the floor.

Down the shaft of light:

Take a standing jump with grab to the climbable shaft and climb down. You can climb sideways into a room on the way down but not too much you can do now. Climb down to the bottom and sideways to the right to land on a small ledge. (Note that you cannot use the Action key to drop, catch and drop on this ladder.)  

From the small ledge at the bottom of the light shaft, face straight North and take a long running jump to land in the water. Go to the North side of the water channel and find a place to climb out on the island.

SAVE YOUR GAME!

Place the 4 Holy Scriptures on the pedestals near Horus. Lara might say No; just try again (part of the bug).  Then walk toward Horus and Lara will place the Amulet of Horus on his chest.....  (If you don't have the 4 Holy Scriptures which you should have found in the Underneath the Sphinx level, you may need to do the cheats for all items.) (If you don't have the Amulet of Horus, you should have found this in the Citadel level where in the movie with Von Croy, Lara pries the amulet off the wall.)

Movie:

Lara places the Armour on Horus and finishes by placing the Amulet of Horus on his chest. From far out in space among the stars, a falcon made of light flies down through the shaft toward Horus. Horus appears in full armour and the falcon of light flies into Horus with a huge explosion.

Horus is energised shining and glimmering with power.  Suddenly locusts appear and fly towards Horus. As the locusts fly at Horus, he explodes and the Amulet of Horus falls into the water channel.

Wicked Set appears.

Set: "My wicked cousin is once again returned to the stars. It is I who shall rule over this world once more. Come forth and bow before your god before he extinguishes your worthless life."

After movie:

This Set guy is quite insistent on you bowing before him as he keeps throwing lightning bolts at you. Wasn't bringing back Horus supposed to take care of Set? Set seems quite alive and well and Horus is nowhere to be found. A great lot of help that Horus was! What to do? Where to go?

PS You can't kill Set.

Find the amulet:

Swim to the north wall of the water channel and you should find the amulet underwater right by where you get out of the water. Just swim down and pick it up. I managed to find it with the bug version and no flares.  Picking up the amulet opens both gates on either side of the cave and fixes the flare bug.

After you get the amulet.

Swim to a low ledge in the south-west corner of the water channel and follow the ramp along the wall to the now open gate on the South wall.

Run in and pull the switch to open the gate on the North wall. Pick up the Uzi clips in the corner. Run out the door and jump in the water.  Swim to the north-east corner and climb out on the low ledge. Leap over the slanted block and run up the ramp. Push the switch down to close a mechanism up in the light shaft rooms and pick up the medi-pack in the corner. Jump back into the water.

Where do I go?

I would suggest reloading your saved game before you have placed the armour on Horus. Take a practice run to get back up to the ledge by the shaft of light before Set appears. This is tough and much tougher when Set is blasting you with those lighting bolts.  Swim or jump to a low ledge in the south-west corner of the water channel and follow the ramp up the wall to a closed gate on the South wall.  From the ledge, by the gate, face east and take a long running jump to the ground on the outer perimeter of the water channel.  Go to the north side and look up for a higher ledge. Take a long running jump with grab to the high ledge.  Walk across the ledge north and take another long running jump with grab to the next highest ledge.

Northeast corner:

Jump over the slanted block. That is all you can do for a dry run.  Once you have the amulet and thrown the switches, there will be a short block instead of an unclimbable slanted block. Climb up on the short block and jump over the slanted block.  Face south and spy some high ledges. Take a long running jump with grab to the south ledges. Walk south on the ledge and take a long running jump to the left side of the overhanging rock. If you do it right you will land in a dark corner.

Go to the West side of the ledge near the wall. Look West and you will see a high small crawlspace across the gap. Light a flare and take a long running jump with grab to the crawlspace. You get a slight reprieve from Set as you crawl through the dark crawlspace until you climb down on the other side.

(So save your game here)

Southwest corner:

After the crawlspace, run to the other end of the ledge and face north. Take a long running jump with grab across the gap to the ledge that is quite near the shaft of light. Walk to the end of the ledge and face north, take a long running jump to the climbing area and climb sideways then up to the ledge near the shaft of light.

From the ledge near the shaft of light. Jump grab to the climbing wall and climb sideways then up. A cut scene will show Lara finishing the climb and placing the Amulet of Horus in the mechanism by the shaft of light.  The mechanism closes sealing Set in his new tomb.

Room with vases:

After Set is newly entombed and you have set things right, it is now time to leave this tomb. Carefully walk up the hall and you will trigger slamming blocks. Stand close to the wall within one walking step of the blocks. Time a simple jump just as the block finishes it second thud on your side. Navigate your way through three slamming blocks. Save your game before you leave the narrow hall.

Wide hall with pit:

Stay away from the middle of the hall as the tomb is collapsing and a huge block will fall in the centre of the hall. Use your binoculars pressing Action for some night vision to see across the pit. From the right side, take a long running jump with grab over the pit.  After the first pit - when you come to the opening, go to the left side of the hall because a block will splatter Lara on the right side.

You are now looking at another pit. From the left wall, take a long running jump with grab across the pit and shimmy to the right and climb up.  After the second pit, walk up the right side of the wide hall to the third pit. Take a long running jump with grab and climb up. Immediately run to the narrow hall straight ahead as the tomb collapses as more blocks fall into the wide hall. Run up the narrow hall.

End of Level

No Secrets. (Total of 70)

Movie:

The pyramids against the morning sun and the camera zooms in on Lara.

Lara gasps for breath as she limps towards the entrance of the tomb and she sees a shadow in the doorway.  The tomb trembles as she sees Von Croy at the entrance and smiles.  Von Croy motions for Lara to hurry up, "Quickly girl, before it collapses around you1" The tomb trembles again and the floor drops lower as Lara falls down. As Lara gets up she says," You back Werner? No more Set?" Von Croy replies, "Not I. Your hand, Lara, give me your hand!"  And motions for Lara to hurry. Lara runs for the entrance as the entire floor drops away. She jumps and grabs the ledge by the door. Von Croy, “Take my hand. I can pull you to safety." Holding on the ledge, Lara replies, "Good to see you again Werner". The tomb trembles again as Von Croy cries," I couldn't leave you!" The block above the door falls sealing Lara in the tomb as Von Croy escapes to safety. He turns and looks back at the tomb with Set's carving now standing where the entrance was. Von Croy removes his hat and bows in respect to Lara.

The End

Is Lara dead? We will have to wait to find out!!