

In addition, you will get these amazing Bonus Items included with Shadow of the Tomb Raider Official Collector’s Companion Tome: These traps can be avoided by noting the difference in the ground and leaping over it. You are also given a short time to reach safety once a floor crumbles beneath Lara quickly scramble or jump to safety. Better yet, hop over the rope or cut it with your knife to avoid it altogether. Just after tripping a rope, scramble backwards to prevent taking damage. Survival Instincts does not highlight these traps until you have purchased the Crow’s Cunning skill. Two varieties of traps are found inside the corridors of caves, tombs, and crypts: those set off by a tripwire (a taut rope stretched between two walls) and collapsing floors. Two must buys are offered by a Paititi merchant who becomes available during one of the region’s side missions. This currency can then be used to purchase valuable items from the vendors-such as unique equipment, outfits, and weapons. Kuwaq Yaku, Paititi, and the Mission of San Juan provide at least one merchant who will take any unwanted items off your hands in exchange for gold coins. You can only carry so much of each resource, so always make room for them whenever possible. Whenever you reach a village, sell all of your gold ore and jade, as well as extras of natural and man-made resources. This becomes more of an issue with higher difficulty settings, as the grab timer’s length lessens as the difficulty increases. More reaction time for traps and grappling enemies.). Or, remove this requirement by picking up the Howler’s Speed skill (Never slip when grabbing ledges. Get in the habit of looking for the timer after every jump to avoid the fall. If you fail to press the button in time, you must restart at the previous checkpoint (or campfire when playing on the highest difficulty). Stay Alert for the Grab TimerĪs you climb the precarious environments of Peru, long jumps often result in Lara losing her grip-requiring you to press the Interact button before a short timer runs out. Press that button while the moving circle is within the shaded area to dodge kill the foe. With perfect timing, a circular meter appears with a button icon in the middle.

Evade to the side as a Yaaxil warrior swipes at Lara. Puma’s Feint is an extremely effective skill against the Yaaxil’s melee attack. Soldiers may already be informed of your presence in an area, predators in the wild are not fooled by your attempts at concealment, and Yaaxil typically charge Lara once within range.
