Atlantean Stronghold - From the Spike Room Back to the Main Area

After obtaining the MAGNUMS and making your way to the top of the spike room, as shown in the previous section, Lara is now standing in this opening overlooking a ROOM WITH A VAULTED CEILING AND HOLES IN THE FLOOR.

Walk to the edge, walk two steps back...

...then take a standing jump to land on the slope ahead and slide onto the flat spot between the holes in the floor. There are lava and spikes below, so watch your step. Take a running jump to the flat area beyond.

Approach the shotgun shells (57) carefully; a mutant (27) spawns in the alcove on the left. (It's not there if you examine the area beforehand in Photo Mode.) It's possible to approach the trigger tiles, roll to spawn the mutant...

...then take a running jump into the nearest raised alcove on the right wall.

The mutant can't reach Lara there, but it's projectiles can. She's a little safer if you stay to the right side of the alcove, but it's also harder to get a lock on the mutant from here.

You may be better off just spawning it and killing it with the shotgun. (Blast, hop back, blast...

...roll, third blast.)

Afterwards, retrieve the shotgun shells. Approach the magnum ammo (58) in the nearby alcove and turn so Lara's back is toward the wall. Taking the ammunition causes another mutant (28) to spawn in the opposite alcove.

So immediately draw your weapon and kill it.

Now take a running jump back to the flat spot between the holes, then climb up into the opening on the right.

Don't linger in the doorway of this OCTAGONAL PASSAGEWAY WITH LAVA BLOCKS, since Lara will take damage from the bubbling lava. Head for the upper end of the passageway, jumping over the lava as you go.

Pick up 2 boxes of shotgun shells (59-60) in the dark, dead-end cave.

Turn around and locate the raised opening on the right, amid the black rocks. Climb through it to emerge high above the open area at the start of the level.

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