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How to Get Past Xibalba in Tomb Raider

Xibalba is the second area you must visit in the Southern Mexico chapter of "Tomb Raider: Underworld." The area consists of winding paths through jungles and some ancient Mayan temples and buildings. At first, the area may seem a bit overwhelming, but if you know what your objectives are, traversing through Xibalba is actually fairly straightforward. That isn't to say it's an easy level, though --- pitfalls, panthers, hunters and puzzles make getting past Xibalba a challenge.

Instructions

    • 1

      Walk along the linear path from the beginning area of Xibalba until you get to the small temple. Pick up the stone Jaguar Head and exit the temple and proceed south until you get to a fork --- take the southern path to get to a large Mayan calendar.

    • 2

      Interact with the calendar to place the stone Jaguar Head on the center piece. Use the two levers on the calendar to align both circles so that they are both facing the Ball Court. Once you do this, a cutscene occurs. Backtrack to the split in the road and kill the two jaguars.

    • 3

      Take the eastern path at the split in the road. Ride your motorcycle through this path and use it to launch over the snake pit by riding over the log ramp. Proceed along this path until you get to a four-way intersection. Head east to get to the Large Temple. Kill the hunters and panthers along the way to the temple --- don't rush immediately into the fray, because the hunters and panthers may kill each other.

    • 4

      Proceed through the archway into the temple until you find three square pillars. Pick up one of the nearby wooden poles and place it into the slot in the pillar to the left. Use it to climb the pillar, then turn your back to the temple and jump to the handhold across from you. Head to the right until you can't proceed any farther, then jump backward onto the stone beam. Keep jumping from beam to beam until you can't go any farther, then drop down twice to get into the temple.

    • 5

      Use the wooden poles on the stone pillar in this area to climb up and jump to the nearby pole. Climb onto this pole, then jump to the nearby ledge. Head left to find a metal ring --- use your cable on it and lower yourself to the ground. Go into the next room and climb onto the ledge directly in front of you. Turn around and jump to the ledge near the door. Pull yourself up, then jump to the next ledge.

    • 6

      Go to the metal ring and hook your cable to it. Instead of dropping down, walk around the large stone and start yanking on the cable to make the stone fall off the ledge and through the floor. Kill the bats that come out of the hole, then drop down into it to get to the temple's lower level. Climb down the ledges and head up to the altar. Climb it and collect the Stone Headdress, then kill the spiders that climb out of the hole in the floor behind you.

    • 7

      Backtrack to the hole you created and use your grappling hook on the metal ring you used earlier. Climb out of the hole and backtrack through the Large Temple to get back to the path to the four-way intersection. Kill the three hunters in this area and proceed to the intersection. Head south on your motorcycle and jump over the spike pit using the log ramp. Proceed along the path until you get to the large building. Kill the hunters and the panther outside of the building.

    • 8

      Look for a large hole in the wall on the side of the building and turn your motorcycle around so that it is facing north, just outside of the hole. Proceed along the path until you get to the broken stairs. Move the large stone carving so that it is close to the wall below the golden socket above you. Grab a wooden pole, climb the carving and stick the pole in the socket. Get on the pole and face left, toward the gate. Jump from the pole toward the gate and run through before it closes.

    • 9

      Place the Stone Headdress on the Mayan calendar and solve it in the same way you did for the first one, initiating a cutscene. You now have roughly one minute to exit the area. Let go of the handle as soon as you regain control over Lara, then run left toward the large hole in the wall. Jump through it to land near your motorcycle. Get onto it, and drive north toward the intersection.

    • 10

      Head west at the four-way intersection to get to the Ball Court. Drive down the stairs and drive as quickly as you can between the fire-breathing serpent statues and over the ramp to exit the area and see a final cutscene.


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