The Hidden City – Temple of the Sun Challenge Tomb (part 1)

The entrance to this tomb is in the Southwest corner of Paititi. There are two ways in. The more circuitous route takes you past mural #6, document #4, and relic #8 (The main walkthrough has additional details.) If you already collected these items, skip down to the easier entrance below.

If you don't yet have the collectibles mentioned above, head for the top of the long flight of stairs at the south end of the city. Here you'll find a cave entrance and a climbing wall. Climb the wall to the ledge above.

Here's the location on the map.

Examine the mural and document on the way. (Again, see the main walkthrough for details.) Then climb the craggy wall to the left (east) of the mural. Climb up and around to the left.

Then jump to the left and latch onto the next section of climbable wall.

Rappel down to the ledge below, where you'll find the relic sitting on a little altar.

Use the horizontal bar to swing over to the tunnel on the left (south). This tunnel leads to the pool outside the tomb.

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If you already have the collectibles mentioned above, it's quicker and easier to reach the tomb entrance via a hidden passageway in one of the nearby houses. Go to this point on the map.

There are 2 women working outside the house. One will tell you a story if you talk to her.

Document #6 is inside the house, and the little pool is actually the entrance to a flooded passageway. Swim through to the pool near the tomb entrance.

Gather various resources from the bottom of the pool, including some jade ore embedded in the south wall.

Then climb out of the pool on the west side to find the Temple Path Base Camp and a document (13/42) Contract (Yucatec/Day in the Life of a Paititian) sitting on the ground near the camp.

When you're ready to enter the tomb, climb the stairs near the campfire.

At the top of the stairs, on the right, is another document (14/42), Disease and Death (Subjugating Paititi).

Climb the wall to the left of the document to reach the ledge above.

Here you'll find an archivist map (2/7), which reveals a number of documents, relics, and murals on your map. There's also a wooden barrier.

Before going through the barrier, turn around to find another document (15/42), Journal of T. Serrano (The Missionary), sitting on one of the stone blocks to the left of the diving platform.

If you like, you can do a swan dive into the pool for the High Diving Challenge, then climb back up. But you'll have another chance to do this on the way out.

Break down the wooden barrier with your climbing axe and squeeze through the narrow gap.