The Orrery - Secret Entrance Beneath the Observatory

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Head down the secret staircase that Jacob revealed to Lara in the cutscene.

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Use your axe to break through the crumbling wall ahead on the right. Then follow the passageway down into THE ORRERY.

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Soon you'll come to a deep chasm. A flashing light on the ledge ahead indicates a buried survival cache (1/3). Walk across the narrow, wooden beam. Then drop down on the left and dig up the cache.

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Climb back up.

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Shoot a few climbing arrows into the long, wooden wall. Jump across and scramble up onto the next ledge.

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Pick some mushrooms here.

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Then shoot 4 more climbing arrows into the wall ahead, so you can reach the ledge above on the right.

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Here you'll find the Explorer Satchel (1/1), which reveals the locations of this level's 3 survival caches on your map. Jump down into the cavern ahead to find the Solemn Crevasse Base Camp.

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If you missed the first cache, you can jump back over to the previous ledge, as shown above, and then backtrack to get it.

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