The Submarine - Starting Area and Ventilation Ducts - Secret #1
Find the broken handrail (one of four) between the bunks. Press Action to pull it off for use as a CROWBAR (1) (100/239).
Go around the corner and pick up some flares (2) (101/239).
Then use your new tool to pry off the grate directly opposite where the flares were.
Enter the ducts and turn right. Crawl through the low opening to a ladder.
Climb to the top.
Crouch and crawl backwards toward the edge of the open shaft with a broken fan down below. Climb down into the shaft.
About halfway down there's an opening on the left. When Lara is level with the opening, climb to the left as far as you can, then let go to land just inside the opening.
Pick up the golden rose (3) (102/239) (SECRET #1, 13/36).
Then walk to the edge of the opening and take a standing jump to grab the ladder on the opposite wall of the shaft.
Climb to the top. The small opening ahead is empty, so traverse around to the right. Pull up and crawl through to another ladder.
Climb the ladder to another deep shaft with live wires dangling above it. (The wires are just decoration, but Lara will die if she falls into the shaft.)
Crawl backwards and hang from the edge of the shaft. Traverse left to the middle opening. Pull up and crawl through to a trapdoor.
Stand at the edge of the trapdoor and press Action to open it.
Drop down onto a crate in a small STOREROOM. Search the shelves and drawers to find a small medipack and a BATTERY (-) (4-5) (103-104/239).
The STOREROOM door is locked so climb back through the trapdoor into the ducts. Again crawl backwards and hang from the edge of the shaft below the live wires.
Traverse around to the left and pull up. Climb the nearby ladder.
Ahead you can glimpse the CONTROL ROOM through the slats. Crawl through the low passageway.
Cutscene: Lara once again overhears the gangster, Mikhailov, speaking with the admiral. They have reached the sunken U-boat, and Mikhailov orders Yarofev to ready his divers, though he won't say what they're looking for. The admiral informs the gangster that they've apprehended a spy but he doesn't intend to kill her. Because he's not an animal. Mikhailov says he'll take care of Lara when he returns.
Continue through the duct (the slats are on Lara's right) to a ladder leading down.
Climb down and crawl on...
...to another trapdoor. Open it and drop through into the KITCHEN. You'll need to move cautiously here, so you may want to quick-save and read ahead.
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