Soviet Installation - Ancient Cistern Challenge Tomb (Part 2)

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After examining the relic, climb the stairs to a landing overlooking a small pool.

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Jump to grab the horizontal beam...

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...activating a mechanism with 2 large gear shafts directly below. This mechanism lowers the water level but will also kill Lara instantly if she gets caught in it.

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Wait for the gears to turn so there is a gap between them. Then press B to drop into the pool below.

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Climb out of the water on the left and pick up up 2 Byzantine coins.

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Then swim across the pool and follow the passageway around to the right, collecting some cloth from the container in the corner.

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Take the arrows leaning against the wall...

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...and shoot the red oil can...

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...to blow open the wooden door.

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Wade along the flooded passageway to the Cistern Cavern Base Camp.

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From the campfire, head down the stairs to the main room, a huge cistern. Lara spots her goal: a codex on a lectern sheltered by an ancient dome.

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Scramble up onto the elevated walkway, turn right, and move to the end.

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When you try to grab onto the rickety planks on the wall below the dome...

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...they collapse, dropping Lara into the pool below.

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