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Thief: The Dark Project
WalkthroughSection: The Lost City |
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Finding the Lost City
Before you start the mission, you might want to purchase a breath potion and as many water arrows as you can get your hands on. At the start of the mission, walk forward and go around the corner to the right. Jump into the narrow waterway and swim down, going through the opening on the right. Surface on the other side and take a minute to get your breath back. The next swim is long and difficult, and a breath potion will be a huge help.
Let the current carry you along a little, then swim down and forward. Swim around the corner to the right, then head down around the obstruction. Ahead of you is an opening on your left. Take it, and swim down and to the right. Then break the surface. The current here is swift, so swim to the right side and climb up on the ledge quickly.
Walk forward on the ledge, avoiding the spiders. Jump over the waterfall to the other side, and again walk around the spider. Go through the opening and drop down to the next lower ledge. Continue down to the next ledge and go through the opening to your left. Walk forward to the T-intersection.
Take the left branch and go through the fire trap ahead of you. Follow the tunnels until they open up on the roof of a large building. You are now standing on the roof of the library in the Lost City. On your map, this is in the top right corner. Walk around the roof until you come to the opening. Drop down and go through the middle door. Pass through the first room to the next one and drop through one of the windows. Walk out the large door and turn left, then right at the obelisk. You are now standing just outside the residential district of the Lost City.
The Residential District
This area is heavily patrolled by burricks, so you need to get out of the way immediately. Move in when the burrick is off patrolling other areas and mantle onto the building immediately to your left. Again, wait for the burrick to walk past and leave around the corner, then follow it. Instead of going around the corner, though, mantle onto the low roof of the last building on the right. Turn and face the street and jump across, mantling onto the next roof.
Hop from roof to roof until you come to the end. When the burrick isn't around, jump down and turn to your right. Move forward down the street and mantle up onto the first roof on your left past the arch. Again, jump across the street and mantle onto the roof here. Follow these roofs all the way to the back of the cave and turn left. Keep following the roofs until you find a balcony with an opening to the right. Drop down onto the balcony.
The path leads back and down and tends to bear toward the left. When it splits off to the left, move forward and get a look at the town square. There will probably be a fire elemental or two moving around here, so if you're confident of your ability with the bow, douse them with water arrows. Then go back and take the branching passage. Keep following it through left turns, jumping over a small lava stream at one point, until you come to the roof of a large building. Jump down, making sure to clear the lava. Now head through the gateway to your left. Ahead of you is a large obelisk with what looks like scales of justice carved onto it. Arm yourself with water arrows and step forward into the Civic Center.
The Talisman of Water
In the front hall of the Civic Center, you'll encounter two fire elementals. Douse them both. Now take the first opening on the right from the way you came in. Go up the stairs and through the doorway on the right. Head to the right in the hallway here, then shinny through the hole in the side of the building. Follow the path here all the way to the next giant obelisk.
Walk between the mausoleums until the first turn to the right, then mantle up onto one of them. Jump from crypt to crypt over the lava. You'll come eventually to a spot where the crypts are much lower. Keep going, and jump across to the plateau and the ruined campsite. Explore this area. The decapitated skeleton has a medallion near it. You'll also find a journal worth reading. When you're done, walk forward to the large crypt.
The Crypt This crypt houses the Talisman of Water. Walk down the steep staircase and keep going until you find the gap in the floor. Put a rope arrow into the beam across the middle of the gap and swing across. Continue down the stairs, but go slowly. Crouch down, and stay crouched. Below the first staircase is a pressure plate that will cause a huge spiked plate to swing down. Past the trap, move into the room beyond and drop down the hole in the back left corner.
Go into the room beyond. Go through the last door on the left before the stairs and nab the lever off the pedestal. Head back to the main room and down the stairs. Jump into the water at the back of the room and swim through. The Talisman of Water is here. Get it and go back, all the way to the outside of the crypt. Some craymen will be waiting for you on the way out, but don't worry about fighting them. Just run right by. Back outside the crypt, follow your path all the way back to the Civic Center. Once there, leave through the main entrance and step just outside the gateway past the obelisk.
The Talisman of Fire
Head over to the arena area. Past the Civic Center, take the first left up the large ramp. Continue going down the road ahead of you. Investigate any buildings you can for additional arrows, and when you cross over the narrow lava bridge, scoot out along the ledge and get the four water arrows. When you jump over the lava stream using the stepping stones, you will be at the arena.
There are several angry craymen in this area. Kill them off with your fire arrows. Walk down the long ramp and around to the right. Pass by the risers and enter the doorway. From here, step out the next doorway into the hall. Take the first left here and get the loot from the window sill, then go through the doorway into the next room. Cross the hallway to the room opposite and go through the low passage. Drop down to the secret treasure area and collect everything of value. Climb back up and return to the hall. Take a right and make another immediate right and go down the stairs.
At the bottom of the stairs, follow the corridor around to the large machine. Walk up to the vertical slit here and insert the lever you grabbed back in the crypt. Then flip the lever to the up position. This drops the bridge from the arena back to the main part of the Lost City. Go back up the stairs and take the next short staircase to the right. This leads to an equally short staircase down. Take it, then make a hard left and enter the main arena hallway. Ahead of you is the bridge you just dropped, but you aren't leaving quite yet.
Shoot a rope arrow into the beam crossing this hallway and climb up, mantling onto the beam itself. Shoot arrows into the two craymen here, then shinny across the beam to the main floor. Hunt around for the third mask and take it with you, as well as any other good valuables you find. When you're done, go back down the ladder, collect the rope arrow, and head across the bridge.
The Elemental Tower
Past the bridge, walk forward, using the railing to cross over the lava flow. Jump up the broken brick pieces to the next building and go all the way through to the staircase leading down on the right. At the bottom of the stairs, step through the window to the ledge below, then head left along the ledge. Mantle up to the next plateau, then walk to the right, taking the first staircase you see. Walk out the opening at the bottom, then move left to the ruined campsite. Loot the area, then keep following the path. Just beyond the campsite, make a very hard right and continue on, walking by the discarded spinal column lying on the ground. Head down the slope.
Next you'll come to an area with a large statue that looks like it might be sinking slowly into the lava. Jump across the pool to the far side and scramble up to the top. Edge in through the window and get to the near platform. Jump across the room to the opposite platform and drop down to the ground. Walk through the door and across the open area to the Elemental Tower.
Go in. All you need to do at first is run up the two staircases to the third floor of the tower. Edge through a window and lower yourself onto the ledge just outside. Now walk around the building on the ledge. Keep your eyes trained up. You're looking for a wooden crossbeam that is directly above a window. When you spot this, fire a rope arrow into the wood and climb up. You need to jump toward the right to land on the upper part of the ruined stairway. Take it up to the top and move forward into the room with the Talisman of Fire. Grab the talisman, then head to the bottom of the tower.
Getting Out
The safest, albeit slowest, way to get back to safety is to follow your path from the Elemental Tower back through the arena all the way to the Civic Center. It takes some time to do this and will require that you mantle up on a lot of walls. Still, you already know what lies this way, and there will be no surprises if you use this route for your return trip.
When you get back to the Civic Center, take a left, heading through the large opening. Walk straight ahead. This will take you right past the huge obelisk for the market area (it has three pieces of wheat carved on the far side). Walk straight ahead again, bearing right. Through this passage you'll see a ruined gate ahead to your left. Jump through the hole in the wall to your right. Ignore the first passage to your right and walk forward.
When this path ends, you'll be back on a balcony in the residential district. Mantle up on the building on your left and retrace your steps over the buildings back to the library. Once here, head in through the main entrance. Bear left, and when you can't go forward any more, make a left and then another left. Take the stairs all the way to the top floor. From the stairs, head right, all the way to the room with the rubble piled in it. Mantle up to the roof. Now all you need to do is follow this pathway all the way back to the waterfall. Once here, you've left the Lost City, and the mission ends.
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