Coliseum - Artifact

When Lara is hanging from the ledge just in front of the second metal grappling ring, let go and immediately press Grapple to snag the ring.

Lara should end up hanging like this.

NOTE: If you are having trouble doing this, see the footnote at the end of the main walkthrough for an alternate strategy. If you accidentally fall or drop down either before after getting the artifact, you'll have to return to the balcony and swing across to this point again. (You can swing from the first ring to grapple the second, as suggested in the alternate strategy.) This is one of the few sequences in the game where I cursed the designers for not including a couple of extra save points.

Once Lara is hanging by the grapple cable from the second metal ring, turn to face the alcove containing the artifact and lengthen the grapple cable by holding Interact + Back/Down. Lara should be hanging at about the level shown in the screenshot above. You must do this so Lara can get a good long swing going; otherwise she'll miss grabbing the ledge and you'll have to start over from the BALCONY ROOF.

Swing as high as you can and jump to grab the edge of the alcove. Pull up and take ARTIFACT #1. Hang from the edge of the ledge but do not drop down. (The main walkthrough explains what to do if you accidentally drop down.) Climb to the right and jump straight up to grab the ledge above. Pull up onto the narrow ledge. Step onto the slope ahead, slide and jump to grab the next ledge; pull up.

Step onto the slope ahead, slide and jump to grab the next ledge; pull up.

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