Temple of Xian - Trapped Chute Below Dagger and
Secret #1 Gold Dragon

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Light a flare before stepping out so you can see where you're going. The collapsing floor tiles are outlined in the screenshot above. Step out onto them.

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Fall through onto the slope below.

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Slide and grab the edge. Then drop onto the longer slope below.

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As Lara slides, the camera shifts to show her coming down the slope.

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It may help to tap the Look button to switch back to Lara's perspective. Jump over the blade and continue sliding.

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At the end of the slope with the blade, just let Lara slide.

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She'll drop onto another slope as a rolling boulder passes overhead.

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When the brick chute ends and Lara lands on the wet, gray slope. . .

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. . . press Jump and Roll so she lands facing uphill.

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Continue sliding past a short drop-off. (You can grab and release to break Lara's fall here, but she won't take damage if you don't.)

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Grab the edge at the end of the slope to stop Lara from dropping into the pool below.

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Traverse to the left and pull up into an alcove where you'll find SECRET #1, the Gold Dragon.

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