Tomb Raider Anniversary Time Trial Tips - Level 12: Natla's Mines

The following walkthrough was created by Eldin to help other gamers who might be having trouble beating the Anniversary time trials.

Before you start, be sure to review the General Time Trial Tips & Strategy if you haven't done so already. You can also find the regular walkthrough for this level here.


Time Limit: 17:00

At the beginning of the level go to Options, then choose Cheats and turn on the first 6 options, as shown in the screenshot below. Guess what? You just saved 10 minutes! Thanks to Crystal Dynamic and their so called "Cheat Panel" this level is going to be a piece of cake. ;)



But still, there is no time to play around. Tap Interact to swim faster while you are in the water.



When Lara is on the horizontal pole, as soon and she grabs it press the Jump button again and again without swinging all the way around in order to save time. Again, you saved your self a lot of time by using cheats, so this is not as important as it was before, but you can practice your Time Trial skills through this level without paying much attention to the timer.


"Swan Dive Jump" through this cave to cover more ground.



Now if you like you can break the windows to get Lara's pistols, its not necessary since you should have everything you need thanks to the cheats.



"Swan Dive Jump" here as well until you reach the point where the control room is.



Yeah, that's it. Break the window, climb up and activate the drilling machine, and 80% of the level is done!



Don't worry if you fail once or twice or even more times in the lava room. There is a lot of time to enjoy and play this level like it's the regular one without Time Trial.



Wow, look at the time, even a beginner can finish this part in 12 minutes. You can thank Crystal Dynamic and their cheats; they saved us.



Time trial completed!



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