TRA Level 10 - Artifact #1: The timed run

[5tinkfist]

I thought the hardest part was jumping to the ledge on the wall before the grapple run... I kept getting the angle wrong :/ still only took me about half an hour to finally get the artifact, bit of a pain in the arse tho I'll admit.

[alisonblack1977]

OMFG!! After 10 tries I finally did it. I didn't have to do it one wall swing, I did it in 4 wall swings, as I never can do a 1st right. I am playing on PC and without a controller that can ake things really difficult. The Space bar is far from the Arrows, umless you use the WSAD controls, but if you use directional keys, set your jump to the right chift key, it makes jumping a hole heap faster, and do as they say, jump carelessly. I also saved from when your at the far bottom.

[alisonblack1977]

so when your at the far bottom, when you have to jump on the eagle thing to jump onto the pillar that goes up, which takes you up to the Poles switch, well save down there and then if you know you made a mistake, you can restart at the bottom and not at the checkpoint in between because reloading from there, the pole has retracted already, a bit of a pee off, but saving when at the far bottom, well you can reload any time you find out you missed it or die etc. Have Fun :)

[gezana]

You don't actually need to do the grapple in one swing, I ran left, right, and left again to get more height before I made my jump and still had about 8 seconds to spare when I reached the pole. Just keep calm and don't rush, you'll make it.

[Mintylight]

Hardest part in a game EVER! I almost danced the floor out when I finally did this!

[donovanrules123123]

I was playing the game and had no idea that this was TIMED. After spending 1 hour trying to do the grapple part, I figured it was timed. FOR FUCKS SAKE! Is all I can say. Ll

[jvidell]

A new trick: at 0:55 after Lara jumps up do NOT go to the left. Jump up again. You cannot jump up but when you come down, lean back and jump behind you then throw your grapple. Set your length, run left, right, left then jump. You have to do the failed jump up first but if you do you can shave a few seconds off of your run than by going all the way through as in the video. It takes practice, though.

[SambalMr]

A useful tip: Just before you do the grapple jump, Jump straight up as if you were trying to grab the handhold above. You cannot reach it, but for some reason it enables you to do the next move with nearly 100% success.

[aceylone777]

this isn't too bad of a timed run. i had much more trouble with the damned previous one with the circular fire breathing doom things. ugh.

anyways, i see most complaints about the grapple. get to the end, and hold your stick toward you and to the left. and she'll lean over quicker to get to the grapple. and if you don't think you have enough speed, go ahead and run back and run through again to make sure you make it. there's time, or else i wouldn't have been able to just do it.

[praxis1966]

Yeah, this is one of the hardest sequences I've ever encountered in a video game. The run that I was finally successful with wasn't as clean as this one, but after 2 and 1/2 hours I finally got it, lulz.

[marvelous36]

xxcathevansxx me too, I die every time!

[xxcathevansxx]

oh my gosh i have been trying to do the grapple wall run for about an hour now!!! i just can't seem to time it right!

but i'm not giving up, i'm gonna do it!!

[Miyatome]

YEEEEEEEEEEES!!! I FINALLY GOT IT! I had to watch the video 10 times to memorize it but thank you!!

--Kitty

[mandyroxurworld]

thanx.

u make it look SO easy

[gvhacking]

Finally did the wall run! took a ridiculous amount of time but thanks to the comments on the forum i realized i was jumping TOO soon out of the wall run! i let Lara go until she was almost turning back on herself and then jumped to the crevice, and as long as i'd done most of the pole jumps in one - it was easy! Hope this helps someone avoid the stress i endured!

[paratiisilintu]

hooo ! i did it ! this video was really helpful, thanks !

damn i hate timers. more than anything in these games. wait, strike that. i hate swimming more. not in this one but TRU? phew !

[JamRockGal]

YES! YES! i finally made it after like the zillionth time. Although I f'd up near the end I still had plenty of time to get the pole b4 it retracted. Ne1 whos stil tryin carry on+u will get it. Im so happy after shoutin+swaerin@ lara lunaticly i finally got it-lol. Thanks so much for your video+ev.1 elses comments they really helped. THANK YOUX;oD

[toxkillfraex]

everything that is timed in Egypt is a pain

had to try this three crappy times...

speed runs are also annoying xD

and then I thought Greece was annoying *eyeroll*

[baybee963]

there isnt a stupid tip all u do is press triangle before u are about to jump off

[xxlilmiss2k7xx]

ii foundd the grappling part really hard until i read the tip :) x

[Ehsona]

you also have to jump off the grapple at the highest point, which is the waist of the Egyptian guy's white skirt, and hold the button down....i actually made it, after reading that tip about firing the grapple the moment after you jump, no later...it helped me to get to that point and just practice, once you know what needs to happen exactly, its not so bad

[Ehsona]

HOOORAY!!!!!!!! i got the damn thing!!!!!!! yippie!!! only 45 mins later, but yea!!!!! LOL thanks for all the help guys !!!

[ShellyBellyDbcccc]

Do they use HUD at the start and on the grapple???

[conqah]

wasent that hard

[fishermun]

have u got 2 get the artifact or can u miss it??

[ShellyBellyDbcccc]

I think you can miss it

[MarxistKnight]

All that for an artifact!? Jeez..

[ShellyBellyDbcccc]

Thats the same thing I'm thinking lol

[Gracerrrrr]

Me too! lol

[junking87]

YES! It's about damn time. Thanks for the vid, I definitely couldn't have done that without it.

[junking87]

This is THE hardest shit in this damn game so far, I've been sitting here for an hour trying to do this, I keep fucking up the damn wall run part. DAMN.

[gamerguy187]

me too, it wont be long before i put a gun to my head

[jvidell]

Oops, forgot to mention, don't wait to throw your grapple when you make the jump! As soon as you jump throw the grapple. If you wait even a tiny bit the rope will be too long and you'll never reach the ledge when you jump.

[Ehsona]

thank you!!!! that should be included, that is too important!

[jvidell]

For those having problems with the wall jump, here's something that might help. On a practice run notice that at the end of each swing she takes a little hop away from the wall as she changes directions. The key is hit the jump key as she takes that little hop.

[ferrarixfan]

omfg this looks impossible. uhm never mind this frikkin artifact hahaha :P

[90JCR]

I did it, finally! Thank you!

[sharonshapiro]

Wow TNX what a tutorial great work!

[andyclarkeere]

preety good video i got stuck on werre to go after pulling the lever

buyt did it now

now im stuck in the room with the artifact on the stone LOL

[punkme69]

god damn it FINALLY, i think my trouble was that i was jumping too early and not letting her get to the peak of her run before i jumped, the grapple is possible in one go just make sure you jump high enough off the wall to the grapple and let her get as far up as she can, then when she's just about stopped JUMP for your life, by the time you finally get it you will know the ins n outs of that run, its piss easy without the grapple but annoying and hair pulling with.

[punkme69]

well i havent done it yet, on my first run i did the grapple thing beautifully first time but then i lost where i was going and fucked up so failed, why is it that you do the hardest part perfectly first time and the easy things not so good, then on your second go its reversed grr, i hate the cow but she's british so i gotta love her =)

[zxcorr]

Woohoo! Finally I did it!

Apparently, this is possible even with some mistakes during the process (I was kinda stuck, for a few seconds, before jumping for the wall-run. I had to re-position Lara...)

Thanks! :)

[zxcorr]

OMG. This is almost impossible...

I can't do it! Aaaaargh...

[ak47tom]

shit..i cant even get to the middle platform at the start of this level(the stupid bitch wont grab the ledge and plunges to her death)so im fucked when it comes to this bit..!!

[drumsofreckoning]

God this is so fucking hard! It makes me just wanna pull my hair out! It seems like I've done this thousands of times. Idk why they gotta make it so hard.

[dandelionx]

I'm seriously gunna pull my hair out, this is like my 30th time now!! I don't suck at the game however I purposely just wanna kill lara, it's more fun than having to do this over & over. Grrrrr

[yellowgreen01]

Soooo hard but don't need to make grapple hook in one swing, my boyfriend pointed it out. If you watch closly you can see the flicker on the screen where they've cut two vids together. Not saying they can't make it in one go, but it's not needed

[will1230]

i got right to the pole on the 5th time then i dropped by accident nooooo!!!!!!!!

[Leonmpj]

FUCKING GRAPPLE! Just can't reach the ledge in one swing.

[STARSMember930]

Me too!

[Leonmpj]

I got it eventually, but the PS2 nearly ended up going out the window. I live in a flat.

[STARSMember930]

XD! Ya I couldn't and thought of moving the grapple up futher, but it wastes too much time!

[Mezzerick]

Thanks for the video,great help. Did it on my third attempt right through thanks to this!

[reoite]

Dear god, i hate the grapple. Took me for ever to get it. Wasn't even happy when i did. Any cheat, to make her choke on the god damn artifact.

[deathfuel67]

i fucked up..and i got to the check point up at the other side where you go through after getting the artifact and i didnt get to the pole intime so what do i do? make my way back down and pull the lever and try it all over again?

[mimicpoll]

got it on my 4th try but only thanks to this video thanks alot

[JoJoxmurderer]

it only took me like

8 times but its easy after

about 5 times lol

[ilhabs]

Got it on my third try :) If you're fast enough you can do two swings on the grapple, which is what I did.

[PsukeLukou]

I was expecting something more than just a common semi-worthless artifact. For all that timed-trouble, a relic would have made me happier =)

[bezzzzeb]

This part took me forever, but finally managed to get the artifact. Jeez, it can get really frustrating sometimes.

[evilmojojojo]

This is ridicolous!!! So my cousin and i were reading the walkthrough and it led us to the video, and we knew we were in trouble. We're on try #5 and still going. Whoever did this is amazing! There goes try #6! This may take a while!! Crap this sux. Whoever did this want to come and do it for us!!

[medicatedsaint]

Yeah, I just finished this a few hours ago. I swear it took me almost 20 trys, LOL. One try I thought I had it but just as I grabbed the pole it withdrew into the wall forcing Lara to drop several meters to her death :(

No matter I finally got it. I hope you did too :)

[Sakabatou77]

I was reading through a guid at this point and they pointed me to this video. I watched it and was like, "Snap, this is going to take me a while!" Ten tries:) Anyway, I was lucky to be able to due two passes with the grapling hook on the wall and still made it, 'cause I couldn't do it even when she was at the highest point of her jump. Lol. So I gotta say. show off;) Sakabatou77

[Rozenroses]

My god I hate this, I cant get past the grapple in one time :S

[rkodvl]

this game looks like prince of persia

[medicatedsaint]

The Tomb Raider series started long before Prince of Persia. But thats a good game too :)

[carru]

Nope you're wrong :P

First Prince of Persia was released on 1990 and Tomb Raider on 1996

carru ~

[GrieverFX]

Nice man...have to try it by myself :p

[rspenc29]

Thanks for the video. I beat it on the second try at medium difficulty.

[medicatedsaint]

Yeah, yeah rub it in...it took me about 20 rofl, oh well. I'm glad you made it in two trys :) less stress that way hehe

[ytu1ytu1]

Grapple crapple, drives me crazy. I'm stuck here.

[LizzieBee23]

I counted - it only bloody took me 63 tries. The video was great and Helped a lot. I am either really really crap or really really determined - what do you think? Anyway VERY RELIEVED now and a teensy bit insane.

[cadavernl]

After 40 seconds in this clip, you will see a 'check point'.

If you reload from this check point, the pole IS RETRACTED. :(

[tombraiderhub]

This is how it works with all Checkpoints. When you load a Checkpoint, the timers reset.

[cadavernl]

I still managed to get accross twice.

But by then the pole retracted itself allready -_-

[fendifr]

i did it... i finally freaking did it...

thanx 4 d tip, miss...

[HanleyIsWatchingYou]

The grapple jump is annoying me no end. I usually have no problem completing these kind of runs and puzzles, but no matter what i try, i cant get across that grapple. I dont know why. None of the tips given here have helped me either. Its driving me a bit mad.

[tombraiderhub]

As soon as you jump off the handhold, quickly press the Grapple button. If you hesitate, the Grapple line will be long which means that Lara will not be high enough. That way, you can't reach the opposite side.

[tonilouise90]

lol i had no end of problems with that too xx i just hold jump n press the grapple button when shes at the highest point of the jump i know your message was like 2 months ago but i am so bored x

[cadavernl]

Nothing annoys me more then to spend 2 hours trying to cross that grapple. To see a pulled in pole after you finally managed to get 1time over that grapple jump.

You people sure there isn't an alternative?

[tombraiderhub]

No, there is no alternative way. For the Grapple part, make sure you press and HOLD the Jump button (don't just tap it) to make Lara jump higher and farther.

[DrBrennan]

YES!!! I finally got the Artifact!

Actually, you know what's more annoying? Making to that final platform- only to watch that darn pole retract right before your eyes. It took me so many tries to finally make it onto that pole. I can make the grapple run fine if I get to run back and forth once, but it's a lot harder if I can only perform the single forward run. I made a successful single run grapple run only one other time- when the pole retracted right in front of me. ARGH!!!!

[FuckImperialism]

Awesome...you can do it with your eyes closed?

[sailormars4ever989]

You are very good at the timed thing, i can't do that for squat. I am more of a thinker, i can figure out the puzzles pretty quickly. You are like a cheetah with two legs. Man your quick! or girl, if your a girl then yes some one like me who sees tomb raider as a role model, and most of all fun nonstop action!

[EmperorAtahualpa]

I needed only two tries for this one. (not meant to boast because I really am not so good at this game) I had no idea it could be so frustrating for others. :)

[cotterik]

wow. this was very frustrating. it made a checkpoint while i was practising so every time i died when failing the wall jump the pole had already disappeared so each time i tried i had to start again!

but after i read that you need to throw the grapple as soon as you jump i did it first time. thanks!

[magiauuu]

yes....why,why,why,why...why is it sooooooo hard...i tried so many times, but i can't do it!!!...hhhhhaaaaa...my gosh..

[FTHyabass]

aaaargh!! i'm so frustrated - you make it look so easy yet i just can't do the wall jump to the ledge. I just know that the one and only time that i succeed, i'll run out of time and the flippin' pole'll disappear!

[vwyob]

great cheers. That was doing my head in

[Taisch]

Nice work! Very helpful.

[gemby123]

thnx this really helped us.

[Lnyxo]

The Grapple is impossible, i no where near make the grapple jump, any tips plz :(

[beanos66]

Instead of throwing the grapple at the height of your jump, throw it as soon as you jump. This results in the rope being longer so you can make the grab.

[Domzdream]

Wow. Ur good, bro. I love this game. (bliss). Its sooo good to play this game again with better graphics. I hope they remake TBR 2 this way as well.

[tombraiderhub]

Not bro. Sis, please :D

[Domzdream]

oh, sorry. I meant that in a ' wow, you're good, man' way. Not directly.Have you always played tombraider? I always loved this game. Really close to my heart

[OriginalGuest]

A girl that plays games!

The sky is falling!

:)

[tombraiderhub]

I hope you are holding an umbrella :-p

[SyphonFilter1]

Thank you man, that was really helpfull. You, guys worked hard to get this done for us. Thank you again.

[jonnyboy115]

Ahhhhh thanks for that that pole there was annoying me and was wondering why it was there now i know

[VincentTSFP]

This was an easy artifact to find, but really difficult to get to. Took me 4 or 5 goes to finally get it.