• Kills: 0
• Supplies: 1
• Treasures: 0
• Relics: 0

This is essentially a short training level, familiarising the player with controlling Lara Croft.

The level opens with a short cutscene: An explosion has devastated Croft Manor, trapping Lara Croft within a burning furnace of crumbling dangers.

Head forward but use caution when approaching the fires because you will incur damage. Follow the hallway, turn right and vault onto the blocks. Continue forward. At the end of the corridor, jump up to grab the edge and pull up. Climb the steps and locate the electricity box. Pull the lever to open the door.

[Checkpoint] Enter what's left of Lara's bedroom and carefully walk forward, avoiding the flames, and crawl under the collapsed wall. Grab the edge of the block on your right and pull up.

In front of you, locate the closed door with a yawning door knob. Keep clear from it (although Lara won't incur any damage if she stands nearby), and throw you grapple to catch the ring and pull (as shown in this screenshot) : the door explodes with a backdraft.

[Checkpoint] Exit the room via the corridor and collect a health pack on the ground. Locate the ledge running along the wall and jump to grab it. Shimmy left until the end, then jump up to grab the upper ledge and move to the left again. At the end, drop down to grab the lower ledge, shimmy left and look behind : notice a part of the floor that hasn't collapsed. Jump back to land on it (as shown here).

[Checkpoint] Locate the brown movable box on the right and push it against the wall. Vault on it, then jump up to grab the ledge and shimmy right until the end. Perform a jump to the right to pass the fire and carefully head forward.

Some rocks will tumble and the floor will collapse, taking the door with it. Perform a running jump to reach the door and climb onto the balcony. Head to the left until you reach the burning stairs. Locate the golden ring above them and use your grapple to catch it. Jump, swing to pass the flames and jump again to reach the other side.

[Checkpoint] Head to the right and locate a broken part in the railings (as shown here). Hang from that edge and carefully drop down.

A cutscene unfolds: As Lara walks towards Winston and Zip, the latter points a gun and tries to shoot her. Winston attempts to stop him.

Winston: It's Lara!

Zip: I know...

Zip fires again, Lara screams "Wait!" and everything fades out.

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