The Great Pyramid - Cave with Lava Stream and Drawbridge - Secret #1

After navigating the PASSAGEWAYS WITH MOVABLE BLOCKS, as shown in the previous section, proceed into a room with sandy colored slopes and a lava stream running down the center. Straight ahead across the lava is a doorway you can't reach yet. There's a drawbridge spanning this gap, but it's down at the moment. The exit is in the far corner, diagonally opposite the entrance.

For now, take a standing jump to the first flat spot on the right (south) side of the lava stream. Take another standing jump to the next flat spot on the same side.

Now take a running jump to the next. If you're playing with tank controls, be sure to set up this jump by walking forward to the little "lip" where the next floor tile juts upward. Then hop back once and attempt to take one walking step backward.

This will give Lara enough run-up for the jump. Otherwise, she'll stub her toe on that jutting floor tile and do a standing jump instead, land on the slope, and slide into the lava.

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Alternatively, take a standing jump across the lava stream to the next flat tile on the other side, then take a running jump back to the next flat spot on the south side. Note that Lara will take some damage from the bubbling lava.

When you reach the third flat spot on the south side, turn around, and you'll see that the drawbridge has now been raised over the lava. It is on a timer but not a particularly fast one. You have about 40 seconds to get across the bridge before it collapses again. Do the same jumps in reverse, with the last standing jump landing you on the bridge. Turn right and run through the doorway into a cave.

This is SECRET #1, the reward a large medi pack, magnum clips, and a box of shotgun shells (7-9).

Use the switch twice to raise and lock one section of the bridge in place.

Take a running jump across the lava stream back to the entrance (or directly to the first flat spot on the sandy colored slope).

Then repeat the jumps along the right (south) side of the slope (i.e., standing jump, standing jump, running jump with extra step back beforehand).

When you reach the last flat spot on the right side, jump across the lava and enter the dark tunnel.

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