This page contains a walkthrough for Exploring of the temple story mission of Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
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This page contains description of the visit in the Mountain Temple and Cenote.
Lara visits both places duringEye of the Serpent, one of the main missions inShadow of the Tomb Raider.
The heroine will have to climb a lot.
However, she will also have to defeat numerous savages and solve one complex puzzle.
Lastly, you will have to escape enemies - this happens during a short mission calledEmpty-Handed.
It was previously unavailable but you’re free to now reach the giant hole by climbing the wall.
Inside the temple, you have to reach a climbable wall.
Grapple it with your axe and slide down the rope.
You reach the Mountain Temple Base Camp.
Move forward by sliding down the rope.
Lara will have a first encounter with hostile cultists.
Also, you should aim at their heads (some of them will wear headgear).
The cultists in the next room can be attacked by surprise.
The next larger location is the one with the Great Gate.
There, you will encounter more cultists (it’s possible for you to use a surprise attack).
Look for spots with mud - Lara will camouflage herself to avoid detection.
This also allows her to hide near walls covered in mud.
Climb the scaffolding located on the right side of the Great Gate - see the picture above.
Watch a cut-scene - you learn that Unuratu has been kidnapped.
Climb the wall on the right.
Reach the place where you’re able to jump towards a nearby ledge.
Move to the side, reach another climbable wall and then slide down the rope.
Run on the wall in the place presented in the picture above so you can reach the protruding beam.
After that you will have to reach another wall (don’t forget to use your axe).
Lara must grapple the fallen tree with her axe.
Do that to reach the adjacent ledge (see the picture above).
Enter the new ruins - you are now in a cave with waterfalls.
Jump towards the climbable wall in the center.
Then, you have to jump down into the water.
Dive and swim through the submerged corridor.
Get out of the water so you’re free to climb on the upper ledges.
Soon, you will reach a vantage point in a new location calledCenote.
Finding the Silver Box of Ix Chel
Approach the rope and catch it to reach Cenote Vista.
After that you have to reach the place where Lara can jump into water from great heights.
Swim into the ruins presented in the picture to continue the main mission.
Dive and swim west.
Get out from the water.
Be careful here - atrap with spikesis nearby.
Cut the rope to disarm it.
Enter a large and dimly lit cave.
Approach a climbable wall located nearby.
Reach the top and then jump towards the ledge.
Move to another climbable wall.
Slide down the rope.
Swing and then jump towards the ledge with stairs (see the picture above).
One of the challenge tombs is nearby but your objective is to keep going through the large cave.
Jump towards interactive ledges and climbable walls.
This isn’t difficult to do but every jump must be precise so you won’t fall into abyss.
Cut the rope to make the corpse fall to the ground.
Lara picks upBishop 600 shotgun.
One of them is near the Cenote Temple Ruins camp.
Shoot the barricade to unlock a new passage.
Find a wall that Lara can climb.
Soon, you will reach a construction with a handwheel.
Aim at the ropes presented in the picture above and connect both elements of the construction.
After that you’re free to start rotating the handwheel.
The mechanism is partially blocked.
Jump into water, dive and find the obstacle which has to be removed with the axe.
Reach the surface and start withdisarming a new trap(cut the rope).
Move towards the edge of the stone ledge and jump towards the wall.
Grapple it with your axe.
Slide down the rope and then start running on the wall.
Lara must jump towards the bigger ledge (presented in the picture).
Solving the gates puzzle - the first gate
Stand near the spinning wheel.
Aim with your bow at the interactive construction with a serpent’s head, the one in the center.
You have to connect it to the spinning wheel (see the picture 2).
you’re able to now climb it (the picture 2).
Thanks to that it’s possible for you to enter the previously unavailable ledge.
The upper construction with a serpent is blocked with boards.
Use your axe to remove them.
Go back to the spinning wheel.
Shoot an arrow at the newly unlocked construction (see the picture above).
Use the spinning wheel to start moving the upper construction with a serpent’s head.
Use the spinning wheel to move the middle construction to the left - see the picture above.
Cut the rope again.
Start rotating the mechanism.
This raises the large gate.
Get rid of the savages before you move to the next mechanism.
Connect it with the spinning wheel.
Water will fill the small tank.
Jump into the newly created water body and then dive.
Remove the boards that block the shorter construction with a serpent’s head.
Go back to the spinning wheel (a few savages will attack you on the way).
Aim at the ropes on the shorter construction (the picture above).
Use the spinning wheel to move the construction so it can face the large wheel.
The last thing to do is to adjust the position of the taller construction.
This raises the second gate - the puzzle is solved.
This triggers a cut-scene during which you will meetYaaxil, the queen of the damned.
A successful flight will end with falling into water.
You’ll unlockThe Underworldachievement.
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