Level 22

Aquatic Research Area

We now have control of Lara once again and can now leave by pressing the button on the wall. Enter trough the opened door and ignore the ladder to the right and instead Turn Lara left to hang drop to the ground below. There are gun turrets on sensors in the Area and we need to avoid them. You now need to use the commando crawl by using the crawl and walk buttons together. On the other side to the left is a small opening to Crawl through and once inside locate the valve on the large pipe.

Turning this valve Releases a blue fog in the area disabling the gun turrets in the area. Have Lara turn the Valve and wait until the gas has fully filled the room before Lara leaves where she is. Once the blue fog has filled the room it is safe for Lara to leave the valve area and now

We need to find a pipe to climb on the wall. Climb up the pipe and shimmy right to Another pipe and climb up and shimmy right until Lara can pull up to the ledge.

Now hang drop to the platform below and head down the corridor and to the right. Be careful here as there are more gun turrets Lara’s auto aim will kick in to give you a subtle hint. You can go down the corridor a bit and then shoot the canisters until the Explode disabling the gun turrets. At the end of the corridor enter the door by pressing the button and climb the ladder inside to the top. Follow the path until you reach the Aquatic facility a console ahead of you is a clue you are in the right place.

If you look Closely at the console the levels are low and we need to raise the levels. Unfortunately we have another of those underwater mutants also. If you go toward the right of the stairs and look below you’ll see a steal cage and that’s where we dive, as the beastie cannot get Lara from behind it. Opposite the grating fence is a broken window we can swim through and to the left is a switch to raise the power to the console above. Tip here if you are low on air return back to the top for air if you need it you can always return.

One the switch Thrown reverse roll to turn Lara around and swim through the door ahead with the Yellow and black stripes ahead and up another door of the same colour go through and

Swim upward to a small opening and head to the top and pull Lara up to get dry. Inside along the left walkway is a health pack, pick it up and head out the doorway by Pushing the button on the door panel. On the opposite side is another opened door with Black and yellow stripes head over to it and inside and press a button on the wall to open the door to the next area. Inside are two switches left and right. Push the one on the right to bring up the elevator and then press the one on the right to activate a security camera in another area. Go inside the elevator and push the button and head down to the lower Level. Turn right to a doorway and head down passing a control panel Lara is passing the underwater control area. Pull the switch energising the facility to full capacity and Return back to the surface the way you came back up the elevator and through the room.

A brief cut scene will follow after you return to the surface showing things turning on in the area. Make your way right up the stairs to a new area with a big bowl on a platform. This is the underwater creatures feeding bowl we need to fill it with chum so we can make him happy and won’t bother Lara. Completing this task also give Lara another Upgrade. Pull the big bucket away from the platform and onto the conveyer area you will have to go on the other side of it and give it one more push to get it in place.

Once in place a yellow switch on a pipe to the left of the bucket will bring the bucket to the other side. Have Lara throw the switch and watch the bucket go to the other side like Magic! Once the bucket is on the other side Lara has to push the bucket as far as she can into the room ahead. One it’s in and under the shoot we can put yummy chum inside.

Find the switch on the left side inside the room and throw the switch filling yummy chum into the bucket for our little friend below in the water. Now we have to do everything in Reverse. We have to pull the bucket back onto the conveyer and press the switch on this Side to bring the bucket back to the other side near the platform. Once the bucket is in Place Lara will have her upgrade and we can push the button there to send the bucket back near the platform on the other side. Watch it go to the other side like magic!

Now Lara has to finally push the big bucket with the yummy chum for our friend below in the water so he can have his supper back into the platform just the way we found it. Now we have to find a way to get our big bucket to our underwater friend below. Make your way downstairs and to a platform near a control room with crates. If you Stumbled upon it before you’d notice the ladder was not accessible before but is now with all the power restored in the facility. Climb up the ladder and push either yellow Button on the console to activate security sensors and shows you a switch and a room Wetsuits in it depending what button you pushed. Exit this room not by the ladder but The doorway in the room it leads to a ramp that’s broken at the end.

There is a pipe to Climb and without the upgrade Lara would have never made the distance. Climb the pipe and shimmy right to another and climb up quickly and left around the ledge and shimmy left until you can drop to a platform below. On the end of the platform left is a switch that will bring us our ride across. Push the button and get on quickly the driver doesn’t wait for Lara for long.

On the other side approach the automatic door and enter then head Left to throw a switch. This switch shows a cut scene of yummy chum for our friend to Munch on and now he will no longer be interested in our Lara. Turn around and head to a door on your left and push the button to open the door. One more button and a baddie on the other side of the door waiting for you. Have the machine gun ready to gun him down after you push the button to open the door also a good save point here.

Assuming you took out the bad guy after pushing the button to the door. In the cabinets on either side are clips inside get the clips and make your way back to the research Facility. The right side the facility when you are back at the automatic door is the Side we need to go and dive into the water and throw switch number 1. Before you Dive in The underwater buddy creature is not as hungry but would like desert so don’t Waste time swimming around. Dive in and press action on switch number one.

This Open a passage on the other side but you’ll need to come up for air first. Take a quick Breath and dive back in and head through the opening and head upward. Once there a cut scene kicks in of Lara taking a wetsuit and putting it on and then she presses a Button that fills the room with water. A quick save here isn’t a bad idea if you aren’t a good swimmer at this point. Once you have control of Lara throw the lever on the wall in the room there is a 2 above it and dive down into the water and head back into the Facility and find the hole we opened passage 2 and take it to the end. Ending this level but not the underwater adventure, as you will as Lara enters The Vault of Trophies.