Tomb of Qualopec - Doorway with Bird Motif - Raising the Third Gate (part 1)

After opening the second gate, as shown in the previous section, and returning to the FOUR-WAY INTERSECTION, go through the doorway on the right with the bird picture above it. (The doorway straight ahead leads back to the main area.) Follow this hallway...

...to a room with a switch. This moves one of the tall blocks in the next room. Don't pull it yet. (If you already did, use the switch again to return it to the up position and move the block back where it started.) There's also a closed door to the right of the switch. Ignore it for now. Drop down into the next room.

This puzzle is a little complicated for newcomers, so first, let's get the lay of the land. This high-ceilinged room contains a pair of tall blocks decorated with bird designs. Lara can't push/pull these blocks or climb onto them from below, but they will move when you use various switches. The entrance is on the east wall, just above the low ramp. There's a small doorway at ground level on the south wall and two raised openings in the southwest corner. The first tall block sits against the west wall, just below one of these openings.

Deadly spikes line the floor in the northwest corner. They're safe enough if you walk through them, but the opening above is too high to reach.

There are two more raised openings in the northeast corner. A second tall block sits below them.

Go through the doorway at floor level and follow the staircase up and around to emerge on top of the first tall block, directly opposite the entrance.

Turn right, walk to the edge of the tall block, then jump and grab the opening ahead. Pull up.

Climb up three more times...

...and follow the passageway to a well-lit opening in the floor.

Drop down twice onto a ledge with openings below on both sides.

Drop down on the right (west) side, near the second tall block in the room with the spikes.

NOTE: The other passage leads back to the entrance. Don't go that way yet. As you climb down, you may hear the sound of the door you passed earlier swinging open. If you miss the next jump, you can climb back up to the entrance, go through that door, and climb the ledges to re-emerge here, above the second tall block.

Walk out onto the second tall block, turn right, walk to the edge, then jump and grab the opening ahead. Pull up.

Follow the short passageway to a second switch. Use it to move the first tall block, out in the room with the spikes.

Then return to the room with the blocks and drop down to the floor.

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