40 Fathoms - Floating Crates and Secret #1 (Silver Dragon)

You're headed for the wide opening on the far wall, but you can't reach it from below.

Swim around the tall stack of crates then down...

...through a previously concealed hole in the wall.

Surface in the next room. Climb out of the water and go around the corner to the right.

Pull the switch to drain the water from this area.

Return to the ledge where you climbed out of the water and drop down into the small room, which is now dry. Climb up on the other side.

Then vault up onto the wooden crate on the right.

Move to the outer corner of this crate then take a standing jump to grab the top of the tall wooden box against the wall; pull up.

Or, if you're having trouble with the standing jump, instead climb onto the nearby tall box and jump from there to the box below the opening, as indicated by the green arrows. Then pull up into the wide opening.

SECRET #1, the Silver Dragon (1) is sitting in plain sight in the next room, but don't rush in or you'll fall into a trap.

When you hop down, a guy with a shotgun (3) emerges from behind the wooden box on the right. As you fight him, avoid the four dark tiles 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 secret.

When the shotgun guy is dead, carefully retrieve his shotgun shells (2) and the secret.

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

IMPORTANT:Sometimes TR2 enemies die in awkward positions, so the items they drop land in midair or on slopes, making it tricky or impossible to retrieve them. This often happens in the room below. I describe one solution here, but it doesn't always work. Try to save in a new slot a few times each level, just in case.

If you like, you can now fall through the trapdoor and take on the 2 enemies (4-5) in the room below, one with a gun and one with a wrench. However, you may find it easier to kill them from above. Jump over one corner of the trapdoor so it drops open, as shown above.

Then hold Walk to keep from accidentally stepping off the edge as you shoot down into the room below. If the guy with the the gun starts shooting back, step away from the edge until he stops. Then move forward and target him again.

When the coast is clear, safety drop onto the wooden block in the room below so Lara doesn't take fall damage.

Then drop down to the floor and grab the small medi pack and harpoons (3-4) the bad guys left.

The exit from this room is high in one corner, just below the railing on the ceiling. To reach it, stand on the second highest flat-topped block underneath the trapdoor. Take a running jump to grab the tall block to the right of the exit.

Pull up, turn left, and take a running jump to grab the edge of the doorway. Pull up and enter the hallway beyond.

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