Tomb Raider lll – Lost City of Tinnos walkthrough (part 2 of 6)

ROOM WITH PILLAR OF LIGHT: Here you’ll find a cross-shaped walkway with a PILLAR OF LIGHT at the intersection. Do not step into the light, or Lara will fall through the opening and burn to death. There are four doors—one at the end of each walkway—flanked by carved blocks depicting one of the four ancient elements: earth, air, fire and water. You can enter these areas in any order you choose. I’ll describe them in order clockwise. The two stairways flanking the EARTH walkway lead down to the base of the PILLAR OF LIGHT. There are four receptacles here—one for each of the OCEANIC MASKS you’ll find in the four elemental areas. There’s also a small, square gate, where you’ll re-enter this room later, and a tall, silver gate which you’ll get to near the end. THE EARTH ELEMENT AREA: Enter and walk into the quicksand. Stay to the right and keep moving, and you’ll be fine. As you go along, 5 wasps fly in from above. You’ll probably need to turn around to shoot at them, but you can keep walking backwards as you do. When you come to an alcove on the right with steps leading up, climb out of the quicksand. Turn around and take a standing jump from the left edge of the lowest step to the sloped block on the right of the step. Take a standing jump over the quicksand to the rock pile. Now turn left and look for an opening in the left cave wall just below the rock bridge. Take a standing jump back over the quicksand to the triangular ledge at the far corner of the rock pile, just below …