Venice - Iron Key

In the last section we used a switch to open a distant door (R and S on the map, respectively), and picked up the Jade Dragon secret. Return to the boat and drive through the narrow waterway across from the dock. (This is labeled 'TUNNEL' on the map.)

When you emerge from this tunnel, turn left...

...and proceed forward.

Stop the boat near the covered doorway (S) just beyond the small wooden dock. When you jump out here...

...another masked gunman (20) appears on the small dock just to the right. You can kill him now or wait and do it from above, which is probably easier.

Go through the door into a room with shallow water on the floor and ladders on the walls. The door closes behind you. Pick up an IRON KEY (27) and climb up through the hole in the ceiling. There are enemies—a thug (21) with a bat and a dog (22)—waiting on the floor above. To avoid being ambushed, climb the section of ladder on the right when facing the corner below the opening.

At the top, pull up, run forward into the room while drawing weapons, and then quickly roll and start shooting. Jump and dodge as needed, but watch out for the hole in the floor.

Afterward, take a small medi pack (28) off the thug and pull the switch that opens the double doors nearby (T on the map).

If you didn't kill the gunman below (20) earlier, you can shoot him through the gap between the door on the right and the wall. Just equip pistols, get a lock on him, and hold Action. Lara will do the rest.

The IRON KEY you found in the flooded room opens the door back at the CONCRETE DOCK (P on the map). So return to your boat. Turn around so the covered doorway where you entered this building is on your left. Then drive forward along the canal as it bends slightly to the left.

Pass beneath a CLOTHESLINE (labeled on the map) and continue straight on to the wooden dock where you shot another gun-toting bad guy earlier (Q).

Turn left there, then right...

...and continue past the entrance to the BOAT LOCK (M). Turn right at the next corner.

Pass under the STONE BRIDGE that leads to the ROOF GARDEN, and continue straight on to the CONCRETE DOCK (P), which will be on the left side of the canal.

If you didn't deal with the armed goon (11) here before, you'll need to fight him now. He drops 2 sets of M16 clips (16-17). Use the IRON KEY to unlock the door...

...and take out another goon (23) with a gun who emerges. Relieve him of a small medi pack (29).

Go inside and flip the switch...

...to open the SECOND TALL GATE (U on the map).

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