Coastal Village - Alternate Path Through the Serpent Stone Area (part 2)

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When you've taken care of the spearman, turn around again and continue through the forest, away from the temple. Just before the path turns left toward a narrow canyon with a pool of quicksand, there's an outcropping of gray rocks with flat, green tops. Climb onto these rocks.

NOTE: Before climbing up here, it's possible to take a detour for an extra pickup and kill. Check the alternate walkthrough for details.

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Turn left and pull onto the bent tree trunk.

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You're now facing a narrow canyon with a wooden bridge and a pool of quicksand. (This is where you would have entered this area had you taken one of the other routes from the start of the level.) Turn right...

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...and climb onto the rock ledge behind the tree.

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Now turn around to face the tree trunk. Jump across the gap where you just climbed up to land on the flat branch just to the left of the tree trunk. Jump from there to the second of the two triangular, green ledges.

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Step to the outer corner of the triangle. Then take a standing jump around the corner to grab the ledge with the shotgun shells.

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Pull up and take the ammo.

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Turn around, step to the outer corner of the ledge, and jump back down to the green triangle. Hop over to the branch...

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...then to the long ledge running along the canyon wall. Turn left and take a few steps along this ledge toward the quicksand pool.

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Turn left again and jump onto the thick branch on the right side of the tree trunk.

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Follow the branch forward, over a slight rise, to the stone ledge at the end. Take a running jump to grab the next branch and pull up. The temple is directly ahead, but don't jump over there yet.

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Instead turn right and climb into the raised alcove for SECRET #3Desert Eagle clips.

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Turn around, hop back down onto the branch, and move forward to retrieve the SECOND SERPENT STONE.

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