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Items: 4 health items, lift maintenance key, apartment key
Weapons & Ammo: Vector-R35 semiautomatic, 3 ammo items
Enemies: Gendarmes
Upgrades: Upper Body

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You begin on the ground floor of an abandoned four-story apartment building. Don't bother moving the wardrobe in front of the door, since it doesn't prevent the gendarmes from busting in when you pass the first landing. When the policemen enter, they throw tear gas and the building gradually fills up with poison gas. You need to make your way to the top of the building, picking up goodies as you go. As you enter each apartment, you'll find pockets of fresh air, but soon these rooms also fill up with gas. So don't hesitate too long or Lara will run out of breathable air and die. Once the gendarmes have entered, do not return to the first floor or Lara will surrender...Game Over.

NOTE: If you don't mind cheating just a little, you can prevent the police from entering by not stepping on the area of floor that triggers them. From the entrance, go up the stairs just to the first landing. Instead of continuing upstairs, turn around to face the entrance. Then jump forward to grab the edge of the opening above the stairs (as shown in this screenshot). Pull up, turn around and jump across the hole in the stairs. Now pick up the walkthrough in the middle of the next paragraph.

Climb the stairs. Ignore the boarded-up doors; Lara can't get in. Jump across the hole in the floor between the second and third stories. If you approach one of the doors on 3, Lara says, "This door is locked. I'll need a key." Just beyond that door, there's a brief cut scene in which a section of floor collapses. Take a running jump to grab the opposite side of the hole and pull up.

Pick up s a pack of health pills (20% health) on the floor in the hallway opposite the elevator. Find the movable wardrobe to the left of the elevator and pull it out of the way so Lara can continue upstairs. There's a small medipack (60% health) in the next hallway.

After getting the health pack, barge through the nearby door to gain another upper-body strength upgrade. Enter the room and find V-Packer cartridges and K2 Impactor batteries (for weapons you don't have yet) in the cabinets. Keep going upstairs. Exit and go to the left. Pick up bandages in the next alcove before the stairs.

Go upstairs to the next landing and pull the heavy box. (If you get here before barging open the door below, Lara won't be strong enough to pull it and you'll need to go back downstairs for the upgrade.) Climb onto the box, turn around, walk to the edge and jump to grab the railing ahead. Pull up. Go through the door on the right.

LIFT MAINTENANCE ROOM: Pick up the LIFT MAINTENANCE KEY on the floor. If you don't care about getting all the pick-ups, you can leave this room through the other door as soon as you get the key.

APARTMENT 21: To get everything, first take the APARTMENT 21 KEY off the hook on the wall. Use the switch to the right to bring the lift up to the top floor. Exit this room, enter the elevator and use the Down key to select the 2nd floor button, then and Action to press it. Ride down to the second floor and step out of the elevator. Go to the left and take a running jump back across the big hole to grab the other side. Pull up and run forward to the alcove with doors. Use the key to unlock Apartment 21. Go in get the VECTOR-R35 SEMIAUTOMATIC in the cabinet and a chocolate bar and V-Packer spread cartridges in the desk. Return to the hallway, jump back across the hole, ride the lift back up to the 4th floor.

NOTE: If you're having trouble making the long jump across the hole in the floor, instead ride the elevator down to the first floor and go up the stairs to reach Apartment 21. Get the goodies and then return downstairs to the elevator.

Back on the 4th floor, re-enter the lift maintenance room. Exit through the door on the opposite side (marked "Sortie").

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INDUSTRIAL ROOFTOPS

Items: 6 health items, 3 treasure/money
Weapons & Ammo: 4 ammo items
Enemies: Police helicopter, guard dogs
Upgrades: Lower Body

At various points in this level, Lara comes under fire from the police helicopter; however, as long as you move at a moderate pace, she won't take too much damage. Trying to hurry and falling from the rooftops is much more dangerous.

ROOFTOP TO ROOFTOP: Climb the ladder ahead and use the wire to traverse across the alley. Lara explains what to do: Stand below the wire and press Jump to grab it. Press forward to swing across. When you reach the obstacle, hold Duck and Up cursor to pull Lara's legs up and continue forward past the obstacle. Release duck, continue to the ledge and drop.

Move under the small enclosure with the crates. Pick up bandages. Beyond the crates is a section of roof with a ladder on it. Activate walk mode and move carefully down this ladder. Lara can still slide off if you step off the ladder. At the bottom, jump to grab the edge of the roof across the gap and pull up. (This screenshot shows the spot.) Crawl into the box to get more bandages. (You'll need to come out of crouch position to actually pick them up.)

There are two ways to get down from here. The more stylish is to walk to the edge, turn around and slide backwards (Action + Down) to crash through the skylight and grab the edge of the opening. Then tap Action again to drop to the floor. (By doing this, you will miss the doubloons in the hall below because the door only opens from the outside; however, this is not a necessary item.)

If you want all pick-ups, turn around so the box where you got the bandages is behind Lara. Walk to the edge of the roof and then safety drop onto the small landing between the two buildings. You can see a large health pack below. You'll get that shortly. For now, open the door and enter the second building. Pick up Antique Doubloons in the hallway and continue to the next room. (This is where you land if you crash through the skylight.)

Get the M-V9 ammo on the floor to the right and a chocolate bar on the small table. Exit through the door near the table. You emerge on a walkway outdoors. Ahead are a door and a ladder.

ALLEYWAY'S: Walk to the ladder and climb to the top. Here there's a storage tank of some kind and another short ladder. Climb it to find V-packer ammo.

NOTE: If you like, you can take a big shortcut here To go directly to the end of the level, go to the far side of the roof and slide down. Now Lara is on a walkway between two sloping roofs. Pick up some health pills on the ground to the left, then head toward the other end of the roof. Climb the short ladder and take a running jump across the alley to the next rooftop. Behind the little shed you'll find some Antique Doubloons. Approach the far side of the roof to trigger the final cut scene.

You can get the health pills and doubloons later on by following the normal walkthrough. You'll also get several other items you miss when you take the shortcut. To continue the long way, after getting the V-packer cartridges, drop down through the opening with the short ladder, return to the long ladder and climb down to the ground.

You land near a flaming barrel. First, go left, around the corner, past a closed garage door and left again into a dead-end alley with a large health pack. Get it and return to the end of the alley. To the left is a chain-link fence with razor wire on top. There's a gap in the razor wire on the left side where Lara can climb over. Beyond the fence is a rottweiler and a dumpster with Impactor batteries inside. You can shoot or punch/kick the dog, or just avoid it as you jump into the dumpster to get the batteries, jump back out and then climb back over the fence.

Return down the slope past the roll-up door to the ladder and flaming barrel. Find the movable tank to the left of the ladder and pull it toward the flaming barrel to gain a lower-body strength upgrade.

Continue past the flaming barrel to a corner with a heap of wooden cable spools. Pick up M-V9 ammo on the ground. Continue around the corner and crawl under the partially open roll-up door.

NOTE: Ahead, beyond the roll-up door is another chain link fence that Lara can climb. However, there's only a mean old dog on the other side. No goodies. So I'd suggest you avoid it.

EMPTY WAREHOUSE: Inside the building there's a large health pack on the floor near a climbable pipe. This pipe leads up to the door where you would have entered had you not come down the ladder. No need to go there now. Instead, climb onto the box on the other side of the room and jump to grab the ledge to the left (i.e., left when Lara's back is to the roll-up door). Pull up and cross the ledge to the other side.

If you've gotten the lower body upgrade earlier, Lara will tell you she can make the jump across the room. Take a running jump across the room to grab the narrow ledge on the other side. Traverse to the left and pull up. (To go back for the upgrade, crawl back outside, head to the right around the corner and find the movable crate. Pull it as far as you can to strengthen Lara's legs. Return to the warehouse and make that jump.)

Climb the ladder to the walkway above. Dismount on the right and pick up V-Packer normal ammo. Jump the gap and exit through the door. Follow the hallway past a door that doesn't open to a second door. Go through to an alley with fire escapes and a guard dog below (if you didn't kill him earlier). Jump across to the fire escape. Go down one flight and get some Antique Doubloons. Then climb to the top of the fire escape. Enter the building, climb another ladder and go through a door to emerge on the roof.

FINAL ROOFTOP: Go around the back of the structure to find more Antique Doubloons. You don't have to do this last part, but if you want every pick up, go to the edge of the building nearest the hovering helicopter. At the break in the fence take a running jump to grab the rooftop on the other side. Pull up and go forward to find some health pills. Return the way you came but, instead of jumping across the gap between the buildings, climb the short ladder and take the jump from the higher roof.

When you're ready to end the level, approach the side of the Final Rooftop farthest from the helicopter.

Cut scene: The police helicopter corners Lara on the rooftop. She makes a daring leap to a drainpipe, then falls into a dumpster. Our heroine emerges unscathed and heads off to find Von Croy's friend Margot Carvier.