The Mirror's Wake - Challenge Tomb 2

This sequence is also shown in a short video walkthrough.

Step on the pressure pad to open the gate. Enter the room with burners all over the floor.

The first time you enter the room, the gate closes behind you, a fire golem appears, and you're temporarily trapped inside. Avoid the lit burners as you maneuver around the room. The diamond-shaped paved areas between burners are safe, and the burners that are about to ignite glow orange giving a little advance warning.

If you're going for the hole-in-one, either ignore the golem for now and concentrate on the rolling ball trap, or try to use weapons other than grenades or rockets to fight the golem so you don't accidentally destroy the trap prematurely. If the golem's death explosion destroys the trap, you can either quit and reload to try again or continue per the note below.

To get the hole-in-one, plant a bomb near the axle of the trap and move out of the way. This time it helps to place the bomb on the west/northwest side of the axle, as shown above, so the bomb destroys the trap without affecting the ball itself.

Wait until the ball rolls around so it's almost pointing due SE.

Then detonate the bomb.

Momentum should propel the ball directly into the fire pit for the hole-in-one. The reward is a Stone Serpent Artifact (+ weapon, + defense, + bomb). If you don't get it and want to try again, you can quit and reload.

If you didn't destroy the golem at first, do that now.

Once the ball is in the pit, the alcove on the NE wall opens so you can retrieve the Mask of Cipactli Relic (Power Bomb, Power Speed, Health Regen).

Taking the relic opens the gate on the right so you can leave the way you came in.

NOTE: Don't worry if you don't get the hole-in-one the first time. It's actually easier the second time you play the level. The first time, just concentrate on killing the golem, destroying the ball trap and rolling the ball into the fire pit. Then take the relic and leave. When you replay the level, next time you enter the challenge tomb, the exit doesn't close behind you. You can then trigger the golem, run back into the hallway and shoot it from there. Again, try to use weapons other than grenades or rockets so you don't destroy the rolling ball trap too soon. When the golem falls, exit and re-enter the tomb to trigger the checkpoint. Then you can attempt the hole-in-one, reloading as many times as needed, without having to deal with the golem each time. (The video shows this method as well.)

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