40 Fathoms - Room with Silver Dragon and Large Trapdoor

When you hop down into the next room, a goon with a shotgun emerges on the right. As you fight him, take care to avoid the four dark squares in the middle of the floor, which are actually a trapdoor. If you fall through, you'll encounter more enemies below and miss your chance to get the silver dragon. When the goon is dead, take his shotgun shells and the secret.

NOTE: If you didn't pick up the SHOTGUN earlier, you'll get it from this guy instead of the shells.

If you like, you can now fall through the trapdoor and take on the 2 thugs in the room below. However, you may find it easier to kill them from up here. A glitch in the game allows you to shoot them through the closed trapdoor. as shown above. The bad guy with the gun can also shoot at Lara, though.

I found it easier to jump over one of the trapdoor's corners so it drops open.

Then hold the Walk button to keep from accidentally stepping off the edge as you shoot through the opening into the room below. Then you can see the bad guys, and if the one with the gun starts shooting at Lara, you can move back out of the way until he stops.

When the coast is clear, safety drop onto the wooden block in the room below so Lara doesn't lose any health. Then pick up the small medi pack and harpoons the bad guys dropped.

Look for the exit from this room high on the wall in the corner below the railing on the ceiling.

To reach it, take a running jump to grab the tall block to the right of it and pull up.

Turn left and take a running jump to grab the edge of the opening. Then pull up once more and enter the hallway beyond.

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