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The Deck

This is it! The last mission before embarking on a secret journey to the mystic Far East. Of course you have to get past a boatload of enemies and solve one giant puzzle - namely how to navigate the mission itself. Never fear, we are here to illuminate your path. At the close of this episode our heroine acquires an enigmatic artifact, The Seraph Key, and makes another fabulous wardrobe change. Lucky girl. Lucky us.

Going Down
From the start, hang a right to toast a pair of angry thugs. When all's clear, explore this deck level to get your bearings and the lay of the land. Just don't fall off an edge - it's a long, long way down.

The huge copper structure is the centerpiece of this mission, both figuratively and literally. You can't get to it yet, but you will. In fact, you have to.

While you're in this area, work your way around the outside walls of the building and locate the Grenade Launcher. You should now have all the weapons available to Lara in this adventure. Return to the starting hallway and find the first open window. Dive off the cliff, veer left after splashdown, and swim up to the low ledge. You're after the Stern Key. To get this key, simply pull up onto dry land and hop down the undulating path.

From the Stern Key platform, drop into the water and swim left, through the tunnel near the bottom. As soon as you emerge from the water, a bad guy comes to greet you. Say hello in the appropriate manner, then run past him, keeping the huge central copper structure to your left. Also keep your guns drawn until you douse the flamethrowing baddie. Hook around the corner of the building and stop when you get to the formation of boxes.

This box puzzle really isn't that much of a teaser. Shove the lone left box toward the stacked boxes. Then climb up and push the top box one square. Drop down and return the lower-left box one square past its original location; then pull the other lower box out one square to reveal the Stern Key door. Easy.

The final formation looks like this. Time to put that Stern Key to use.

The Deck, continued...