Stella's Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness Walkthrough

NOTES ON THE REMASTER: At this point I can't guarantee 100% accuracy for this guide. Updates are in progress but will take time. Levels that have been worked on will say "Remastered," rather than "Classic," in the title. In the meantime, I have attempted to provide a running count of all kills and pickups, including totals for health packs, chocolates, sellable items, and cash, as well as notebook entries, which are needed for some achievements/trophies. If I've missed any, I do apologize. Please let me know if you discover anything not mentioned here. Also, in case it's not obvious, these guides are based on classic tank controls.

LEVEL MAP by VGCartography (used with permission)*

Angel of Darkness Remastered Video Walkthrough by Eldincy

Items: 8, including 2 health items, 1 chocolate, 2 treasure, Ex-Janitor's Key or Bartender's Key, and Café Owner's Contact (only if you help Pierre)
Cash: 800 euros
Kills: none
Upgrades: Lower Body
Notebook Entries: 8

NOTES: This walkthrough covers the various maps that make up the Parisian Ghetto proper, along with several small but separate areas: the Café Metro, St. Aicard's Church, Willowtree Herbalist and Rennes' Pawnshop. I have combined them for convenience since you'll end up going back and forth between them. Due to their larger size, the Serpent Rouge nightclub, St. Aicard's Graveyard and Bouchard's Hideout are treated as separate levels.

ABANDONED METRO CAR: If you haven't already done so, be sure to peruse the first 19 entries in VON CROY'S NOTEBOOK (1-19/53). (The notebook is detailed in the previous level and on this separate page, which contains spoilers toward the bottom of the page.)

Exit the train car and go to the left to the homeless men around the fire.

Dialogue - Homeless Man: Ask the man with the dog about Louis Bouchard. You won't get much info, but he does suggest you try the Café Metro.

Return to the train car. Climb onto the pipe alongside it and jump up to grab the top of the car. Pull up, cross the top of the car and crawl under the large pipe to get a large health pack (1). Lara says, "I can climb that easily." Jump to grab the chain link fence on the wall and climb up and to the right. Drop onto the wide grating ledge.

Turn back toward the homeless men. Take a long running jump to grab the next wide grating ledge. Pull up. Note the items on the other side of the chain link fence to the right. To get there, jump to the narrow ledge along the wall ahead. (See this screenshot for clarification.) You can grab or not. If Lara lands on her feet, activate walk mode and walk along the ledge to the right through a gap in the fence. If she grabs, traverse to the right and pull up. Go right to get the goodies, 160 euros and a chocolate bar (2). Return along the narrow ledge past the chain link fence. Jump back to the wide ledge and then take a running jump to grab the other wide grating ledge and pull up. (Or safety drop onto the train car, cross over it and climb up the bit of chain link fence to the ledge.)

RUE PERDUE: Jump to the ledge on the left at the gap in the fence. Approach the man.

Dialogue - "City Guide": This guy obviously knows the neighborhood, but he is cautious about what he reveals. He'll tell you a bit more about Bouchard and the Monstrum. Bouchard runs a club called Le Serpent Rouge but had some trouble recently involving the deaths of a number of his staff. The young man also suggests you try Café Metro for more info, but if you ask about the café's owner, he says the guys' a loser.

After speaking with the "guide", your notebook is updated (20/53). Follow the wall to the right and around the corner. At the end you'll find 160 euros at the bottom of some steps. Backtrack to the guy you just talked to and go through the door next to him.

COURS LA SEINE/JANICE: You emerge on a nearly deserted street near Le Serpent Rouge, which is closed. Approach the lady in red.

Dialogue - Janice: It is important to talk to her. She will give you some useful information, and speaking with her also unlocks future dialogue options. Like the others you've met, she advises you to be wary of Bouchard. She doesn't know where he is now but suggests you might find out from one of Bouchard's ex-employees. Bernard, the former janitor, now frequents the park. Pierre, the ex-barman, now runs the Café Metro. She also mentions she heard on the radio that something terrible happened to a woman named Carvier. After this conversation, your notebook has been updated 4 times (21-24/53): "Find Café Metro in Place d'Arcade;" "Find Bouchard's new premises;" "Find Bernard, ex-Janitor at the club;" and, "Contact café owner, Pierre, ex-barman at the club."

Click for a printable map of this level. (Thanks to John B. for this.) Or, simply refer to the in-game street maps. (There's one right across the road from Janice.) Approach any of these and press Action for a close-up view. Each map has a you-are-here marker and shows the buildings where all the major activity in this level occurs. The first map is just down the street from where Janice is standing, to the left if Lara's back is toward the door where you entered this street. The blue and white signs will also direct you to points of interest.

IMPORTANT: Now you must decide which ex-employee you'd like to meet. Once you've agreed to help one of them in exchange for information, the other won't talk to you. You can also bypass both of them by dealing directly with Bouchard's Doorman (below). In theory, this choice doesn't matter, since you'll end up in the same place regardless; however, for the maximum number of pickups you should help Pierre. Details on the Bernard/Pierre missions are below.

There are also a few optional side areas to visit and items to pick up:

• Lost cash - Find 3 stacks of 160 euros each on the ground. One is beneath an overhang just across the street from Janice and Le Serpent Rouge. Another is on the ground in a small open area with benches at the top of the stairs just across the street from Janice. The third is in a small park-like alcove with a tree and benches on the Rue Dominique between the Café Metro and St. Aicard's. Look on the ground in the back right corner. (Check these screenshots if you need help finding them, but note that the third stack of cash does not appear in some versions of the game. Even without it, you should still have more than enough cash buy everything you need.)
  
  
• St. Aicard's Church - No longer a house of worship but a gym. Located at the right end of the Rue Dominique. Here Lara can gain a lower-body strength upgrade by pushing the carved stone block in the niche near the front of the church. However, this upgrade does not seem to carry over into other areas, at least in the PC game. There are some items to find up in the rafters—a diamond ring, small medipack, and M-V9 and Vector clips (3-5). (See these screenshots if you need help getting there.) Lara can also talk to the trainer and place a wager on the boxers. It's 200 euros against the trainer's gold watch (6). The odds seem to be 50-50, so you might want to save the game before betting. If you win the watch, you can pawn it at Rennes' (below).

BUG WARNING: After betting on the fighters once, avoid the boxing ring. If you approach the trainer a second time, you may trigger a bug in which the fighters begin sparring again but never finish. Then the only way to escape from the cut scene is to shut down the game.

• Abandoned Metro Tunnels - There is a network of tunnels under the street. You don't have to explore them to finish the level, but if you want to, you can access them through either of two manholes. The first is in the Cours la Seine in of the Serpent Rouge. The other is in the Rue de Clef behind the Serpent Rouge. You'll need the lower-body strength upgrade you get in the Serpent Rouge level in order to explore part of the tunnels. (The upgrade you gain in St. Aicard's Church doesn't work, at least in the PC game.) So I have included the walkthrough for the tunnels at the end of the Serpent Rouge walkthrough.
  
  
• Rennes' Pawnshop - Located on the Cours la Seine just down the street from Janice and the Serpent Rouge (to the left if Lara's back is to the door next to Janice). Daniel Rennes will pay cash for various items Lara picks up during her stay in Paris (jewelry, Cognac, etc.). Don't worry about accidentally selling something you'll need later. He only buys things that aren't mission-critical. (See the note About Money, below, for more information.) The sequence where you visit Rennes' Pawnshop after talking to Bouchard are included in the walkthrough for Bouchard's Hideout.
  
  
• Willowtree Herbalist - To get there, follow the Cours la Seine away from Janice (to the right if Lara's back is to the door next to Janice). When you reach the tractor-trailer blocking the street, turn left and follow the Rue de Piolet uphill. Or, after exiting St. Aicard's Church, go left to the Rue de Piolet. At the top of the hill is a stairway with a record store (Deb Disques). The herbalist's is at the top of those stairs. If you go in and talk to the herbalist, he will give you some additional information about how to get to Bouchard through his doorman, and your notebook is updated (25/53): "Find Bouchard's Doorman." In the remaster, you will also be able to unlock an achievement/trophy for buying an antidote from him. (As you enter, a new level loads, but as far as I can tell, it only encompasses the interior of the shop.)
  
  
• Bouchard's Doorman - He is located behind a gate on the Rue Dominique, to the left of St. Aicard's Church. You can gain entrance to Bouchard's hideout without completing Pierre's or Bernard's errand. You do need to start things in motion by talking to one of them, but once you retrieve the trinket box, you can give it to the doorman, along with 800 euros, and he'll let Lara into the graveyard.
  
  IMPORTANT: If you decide to talk to the doorman, be sure to save the game first. If Lara has the box and the money, he will let her into the graveyard, whether or not you agree. You will miss a notebook update if you choose this option.
  
  

TO FIND BOUCHARD THROUGH BERNARD: Head along the Cours la Seine away from Janice and the Serpent Rouge (to the right if Lara's back is to the door next to Janice). When you reach the tractor-trailer blocking the street, turn left and follow the Rue de Piolet uphill.

The Parc de Lune is at the top of the hill, opposite St. Aicard's Church. Enter through the gate with the "Metropolitan" sign. Bernard is feeding the pigeons...or drinking...or something. There is also a gated entrance to the abandoned Metro tunnels that doesn't open from this side. (See the Metro Tunnels section of the Serpent Rouge walkthrough for more info.)

Dialogue - Bernard the Janitor: Agree to find Bernard's trinket box inside the Serpent Rouge—and pay him 160 euros—and he will help you get to Bouchard. If you don't have enough money, if you have already agreed to help Pierre, or if you have not yet talked to Janice (above), then Bernard won't talk to you. You can sell items at Rennes' Pawnshop (above) to get more money, but once you've made an agreement with Pierre, you can't deal with Bernard. Afterwards, your notebook is updated (26/53): "Retrieve the 'Box' at Serpent Rouge. In broken lighting rig."

After this conversation, your notebook is updated and you have the EX-JANITOR'S KEY (7) in your inventory. Leave the park and turn right onto the Rue de Piolet. Go down the hill. At the bottom, where the truck blocks the road, turn right onto the Cours la Seine. You'll find the nightclub's garage entrance on the left. Enter using Bernard's key. Continue following the Serpent Rouge walkthrough.

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TO FIND BOUCHARD THROUGH PIERRE: From the spot near the Serpent Rouge where Janice is standing, cross the street and go up the stairs. Continue straight on until you reach the Rue Dominique, which runs left to right. Turn left here and go past the low cement barriers to a dead end. This is the Place d'Arcade, where you'll find the Café Metro. Go inside.

Kurtis Trent is seated in the corner, but he won't talk to Lara. Instead talk to Pierre.

Dialogue - Pierre the Bartender: If you tell him you're the kind of person who sorts out problems, he'll make a deal with you. Agree to retrieve his trinket box from the Serpent Rouge nightclub and he will help you get to Bouchard. If you have already agreed to help Bernard, or if you have not yet talked to Janice (above), then Pierre won't talk to you. Afterwards, your notebook is updated (26/53, alternate): "Retrieve the 'Box' at Serpent Rouge. In broken lighting rig."

After this conversation, your notebook is updated and you have the BARTENDER'S KEY (7, alternate) in your inventory. Leave the café and turn left. Go past the cement barriers. Turn right and continue to the stairs leading down. Descend to the Cours la Seine, turn left and continue along the street past Janice.

Cut scene: Kurtis Trent comes out of an alley near the nightclub and peels out on his motorcycle.

Pass the garage entrance and turn into the alley on the right (Rue de Clef). Use Pierre's key to unlock the stage door and enter the club. Continue following the SERPENT ROUGE walkthrough to find the TRINKET BOX.

ONCE YOU HAVE RETRIEVED THE TRINKET BOX: Return it to Bernard or Pierre, or take the box directly to Bouchard's doorman (above).

IMPORTANT: After speaking to Bernard or Pierre, make sure you've pawned everything you want to before continuing to St. Aicard's Graveyard and Bouchard's Hideout. You will not have another chance to sell your items for euros. See Rennes' Pawnshop (above) if you haven't been there yet. Also, if you choose to give the box to Bernard, rather than Pierre, you will miss 2 pickups in Francine's apartment. If you like, you can cheat a little to get them. Details are in a footnote.

Find Bernard in the Parc de Lune where he was before. When you give him the box, he tells you the password: "pluie noir" (black rain...hmm...cryptic). Your notebook is updated (27/53): "Find the Doorman." Go to the doorman with this info and he'll let Lara pass through to St. Aicard's Graveyard.

Or, return to Pierre at the Café Metro. When you bring him the box, he mentions that another customer was asking about Bouchard. In exchange for the box, he gives you the security code for his ex-girlfriend Francine's apartment building. (Yes, apparently Pierre is a loser.) Your Your notebook is updated (27/53, alternate): "Contact Francine. 17 Rue Dominique. Code 15328," and you get a slip of paper, the CAFÉ OWNER'S CONTACT (8, optional), with the code on it.

To get to Francine's, leave the Café, go left past the cement barriers to the Rue Dominique (with the crosswalk/zebra crossing) and continue a short way to #17, on the left. Enter the security code you got from Pierre (15328) on the keypad, go inside and up the stairs and open the door. Climb the short flight of stairs on the right, and open the door to enter Francine's apartment. The rest is covered in the walkthrough for the next level, St. Aicard's Graveyard.

NOTE: To exit the keypad screen before entering the correct sequence of numbers, press Enter. I assume its Triangle on the PS2, but I'm not positive about this.

†UPDATE HISTORY: 1/16/07 - Various minor changes for clarity and flow. Expanded the page on St. Aicard's Church interior. Thanks to Minty for help with that.
1/27/07 - Added info on the boxing ring bug in St. Aicard's Church. Thanks to Nikki J. and Elliot S. for this info.
2/10/07 - Amended the boxing ring bug info, thanks to Lucas. Apparently this bug happens on the PC, as well as the PS2.
6/23/14 - Added screenshots for the Euro pickups and a note about the third stack of cash being missing in some versions of the game. Thanks to all the players who wrote in about this.
12/5/14 - Added note at the end about exiting the keypad entry screen without entering the correct sequence.
1/30/15 - Amended notes on dialogue options in this level. It is necessary to talk to Janice, otherwise neither Bernard nor Pierre will talk to you. Thanks to Eddie for this correction.
2/6/25 - Added the note on obtaining all pickups in the next level, below, along with running item, kill, and notebook entry counts, which hopefully will be useful in the upcoming Remaster.
2/17/25 - Removed the cash pickups from the running item counts, since euros are tracked separately from other pickups in the Remaster.
2/20/25 - Added VGCartography's level maps, with permission. Visit VGCartography on DeviantArt and follow on Twitter/X and YouTube for more fantastic game maps.

*NOTE ON LEVEL MAPS: VGCartography's Angel of Darkness maps follow a slightly different level-naming convention than I do. You'll notice most of the Parisian Ghetto-adjacent areas on the same large map. Later, the elemental levels off the Hall of Seasons are included on the same map as the hub level.

ABOUT MONEY: There is lost cash to be found throughout this level. You can also take certain items you find to Rennes' Pawnshop and sell them. As a result, you will have the opportunity to collect thousands of euros, most of which you won't actually need. If you choose every option that costs money, you should only spend about 2,000 euros, and you can get by without spending any. In the Remaster, there is an achievement/trophy called "Cash Overload" for earning more than 3500 euros.

OBTAINING THE PICKUPS IN FRANCINE'S APARTMENT WHILE WORKING WITH BERNARD: If you give the trinket box to Bernard, then decide you want all pickups, you can still enter Francine's apartment to get the 2 items there. After leaving Bernard at the park, follow the street past the gate with the doorman and under the archway. When the next area loads, Francine's building, #17, is just ahead on the right. Use the keypad to enter the code you would have gotten from Pierre (15328). Enter and climb the short flight of stairs on the right, and open the door to enter Francine's apartment. The rest is covered in the walkthrough for the next level, St. Aicard's Graveyard.

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