Floating Islands - "No Crazy Golf" Achievement/Trophy and First Zip Line
After obtaining the Silver Dragon secret, as shown in the last section, return to the area just inside the MYSTIC PLAQUE GATE. The usual route, described in the classic walkthrough, involves tripping and avoiding this boulder trap, then a second boulder just beyond. For the "No Crazy Golf" achievement/trophy, you must "let the green boulders stay where they are." So that's what we'll do here.
Start by jumping up onto the slope near the boulder.
Move to the top and position Lara touching boulder and about one sidestep away from the green wall on the left. Aim for the gap between the boulder and the green corner. Then take one walking step back...
...followed by a hop back (i.e., Back/Down only, no Jump).
Now take a running jump over the boulder, steering slightly left in the air...
...to clear the boulder...
...land on the roof beyond, and slide to a stop. Dramatic music plays...
...but as long as you don't land on the green slope beyond the first boulder, neither boulder will roll. Drop through the square hole in the roof...
...onto an angled, green block. Hop down. Then drop through the hole in the floor onto the wide ledge below.
As you move out from under the overhanging rocks, a petrified swordsman (9) (6/8 for "On Equal Terms") awakens on a ledge above. Move toward the far left corner of the platform, but leave the guardian room to land.
As soon as he touches down...
...start shooting as you back away. If you use more powerful weapons, he'll go down quickly.
Once he explodes, pick up the small medi pack (14) lying on the floor.
Then climb back up through the hole underneath the green rocks.
Climb onto the angled block, stand at the lower end, and pull up through the hole in the ceiling.
Next comes one more tricky jump. The goal is to jump over the roof without overshooting the ledge beyond and falling into the abyss. Start in the spot marked with an 'X' in the screenshot above, at the base of the steep slope that forms the roof's peak, about one tile away from the tan rocks on the left.
Turn so Lara is facing just to the right of the spot where the roof meets the rock formation. (You'll notice the rock has two different textures here. You're aiming just to the right of the seam between the two.)
Hop back once. Then walk backwards one step. Save the game.
Now take a running jump, veering slightly left in the air, so Lara clears the roof...
...smacks into the rock formation...
...and falls onto the green ramp below the second boulder. It's safe; the boulders won't move unless you jump over to the other ramp.
NOTE: "No Crazy Golf" unlocks at the end of the level. You will pass this way again, but it won't be hard to avoid the boulders. I'll remind you.
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