Tomb Raider Walkthrough Part 22 – Another Fine Mess to A Friend in Need (Chasm Monastery Bell Room to Mountain Village)

Tomb Raider Walkthrough Part 22 – Another Fine Mess to A Friend in Need (Chasm Monastery Bell Room to Mountain Village)

Approach the shutters and you will find a lever you can pry open to raise the shutters. Start with the Nearby shutters and open them. With the gale-force winds blowing through use a Rope Arrow to pull the Rope-Wrapped Ball toward Lara. She will pull it forward then let it go, smashing a pillar, loosening the bell she needs to get to fall. Head over to the other side of the area and you will find the second set of shutters. Open them with the Climbing Axe and let the bell fall. Unfortunately this will draw the attention of some nearby Solarii. If the Ball will not connect to the pillar properly, close the first set of shutters. Use the Dodge Counter to deal with all the close range ones. One of them will take a lot more work as they are armored. Just fight carefully and you should have minimal trouble getting through the brief fight.

With both sets of shutters open head into the center of the room and hit the ball with another Rope Arrow. This time you want it to go forward and smash into the beam holding the Bell up. From there a cutscene runs where Lara falls to the level below the floor. Things get no better there as an Oni will appear and there are a lot of Solarii fleeing from it.

Run along the edges of the collapsing walkway. Jump the first to gaps then get over to the left and use the Pole to vault across the third. Jump when needed and make your way through the rest of this sequence. Lara will crash through a number of bridges and slide into a pool. As she slide toward the pool there are 2 walls to blast through. Lara will automatically equip her shotgun for this so just fire away at them. She will get a few moments rest before Sam contacts her with the radio. Things are not looking good for her as the Solarii are talking a “Fire Ritual”, the Ascension Ritual Lara learned about in Himiko's tomb.

Head on out of the cave to the South. This will get you out to the Mountain Descent Camp. Pause at the Camp and let Lara make her Journal Entry. As always, upgrade what of your weaponry that you can and invest into any skills.

Now head into the river and go over to the left. You will find the next Statue for the Illumination Challenge, only a few to go now. Once you climb out of the River near the Camp, turn around and look to the left. You will see a place you can send a Rope Arrow. Do so and follow the path around. Near the next tree bridge you will find a GPS cache, the eleventh in the area. Now jump for the top of the archway below you. Just keep pressing forward and you will make it without much trouble. Cross the archway and crack open the salvage crate. After that head to the end of this ledge and light the Brazier on the nearby statue for the Ninth of the Ten in the area. Turn around and hop back onto the Archway. Turn to the North and jump down. Go into the river and follow it to the first ledge. Hop up onto it and you will find the twelfth GPS Cache in the area. Now it is time to work on collecting some Salvage.

Head up the river toward the falls and break open the 2 nearby salvage crates on the left. Now climb up onto the raised platform and light the lantern. Jump over to the ledge opposite the platform and use a Rope Arrow to pull the first lantern into the second. Now go farther North to line up the next shot and pull the Second Lantern into the Netting above Lara. This can take more than one shot so aim carefully. With those collected go up the path a little to find more netting with another Salvage Crate. Break it open. After that just head to the South, carefully.