Tomb Raider Base Camp
Trinidad Baltzell
Base Camps allow Lara to rest during her adventure, to heal, upgrade her Skills, Weapons and Gear, to fast-travel to other Base Camps throughout the various Tomb Raider (2013), Rise of the Tomb Raider and Shadow of the Tomb Raider Locations.
There are numerous Base Camps on the mysterious island of Yamatai. They consist of a small camp-fire where Lara can sit down to warm up and rest. There are several other camps that do not allow fast travel; these are called Day Camps.
There are no base camps at the following locations since they are either to small or no longer accessible after Lara went there for the first time. Some of these may have Day Camps that act as a place where Lara can upgrade her weaponry and tools, but can not fast travel from or to.
Karl Stewart promised close to a hundred Base Camps in on of his interviews: [2] The final number of Base Camps accessible by fast travel are 16; additionally there are 26 (???) Day Camps, bringing the total number of camps to 42 (???).
Base Camps are again a central game element in Rise of the Tomb Raider. Day Camps on the other hand have been dropped; all camps are fully functional and all options are available here - both upgrades as well as fast travel.
There are 15 Locations and 43 Base Camps in Rise of the Tomb Raider; seven of these Base Camps are located in Challenge Tombs. There is one additional Location and two more Base Camps in the Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch DLC, bringing the total up to 16 Locations and 45 Base Camps.
There are 43 Levels spread across Syria and Siberia, the table below shows where each level begins (but not necessarily where it ends). The Baba Yaga DLC is not divided into levels, as it is independent of the normal game's progress, but rather into separate missions, which are listed below instead of levels. Note that these missions do not necessarily start in the Wicked Vale but may start in the Soviet Installation.
Similarly the three Base Camps in Syria - Syrian Cliffs, Syrian Catacomb, Syrian Tomb - are only available for fast travel after the player has finished the game and chooses to continue afterwards in order to collect more goodies.
There are three locations that Lara Croft can not return to: The Cozumel Caves that were blown up by a Trinity trap set for curious adventurers, the flashback scene in her youth in Croft Manor, as well as the final location, the City of the Serpent under the vulcano. These regions are therefore not accessible by Fast Travel.
It's not the large one with the yellow rose around it that shows one where to go next, it's a modified white base camp icon with a smaller Compass needle (without the yellow rose) above it. It seems to be only the base camps that I have just used and left behind that have it.
I'm currently in the Peruvian Jungle trying to get to the village after the plan crashed. My play style involves trying to get everything done and then moving to the next area so I try and collect and do everything possible. Of course with games like this you can't always do everything, for example, I couldn't do the first tomb where the first base camp is because I didn't have the climbing axes.
I'm not sure if you can run back, I haven't tried and it's so far away I don't really want to but because of the jaguar encounter I doubt you can go back on foot anyway. So that leaves travelling between the base camps as the only option.
It would appear that this is unlocked after you fight the second jaguar and play as young Lara. You then go back to the area where you have to retrieve your supplies initially in the Peruvian Jungle. From there you can fast travel.
So, after completing the frozen gorge tomb, Im heading back to the frozen gorge camp site to get back to the main game...however, Im 1/2 way there and stuck on the part where you need to climb around a rock. I cannot find a way to jump to the ledge behind me from the far side. Is there another way or can someone please post a video on how to do this? See attached image for where Im stuck.
Shadow Of The Tomb Raider, the third and final installment of Square Enix's 2013 Tomb Raider reboot, has a pretty extensive map and is notably more open world than the previous games. That being said, it's still the Tomb Raider many fans know and love. With plenty of underwater trials, missions that require a hell of a lot of stealth, combat, and plenty of puzzles that require some serious figuring out.
The game definitely takes advantage of the map and gives players nine challenge tombs full of all of the aforementioned Tomb Raider staples. If you're looking for a few extra achievements, or just want to give each tomb a go; we'll make sure you know how to get there and how to tackle each tomb.
Like the first tomb, this one can be found in the Peruvian Jungle. You have to double back to the Plane Wreckage camp after you've acquired the pickaxe as you can't complete the tomb without it. It's located North of the camp and you'll have to break down the wall before you can squeeze into it.
The tomb for Kuwaq Yaku is found northeast of the base camp, almost at the furthest point of the map. If you run in a diagonal from the base camp, it should be relatively easy to find yourself right at the entrance. Just make sure to dive into the pool of water at the bottom of the ledge.
This tomb is located to the west of the Paititi Market base camp. Head west until you come to a small crawl-through cave and then there'll be a large lake that you'll need to dive into. There's a small crack in the wall that Lara has to squeeze through to get into the tomb entrance.
The quickest way to get to this tomb is to start at the Village Caves base camp in Paititi. The tomb is to the southwest of the camp and is hidden inside a cave. There's a small lake that you'll need to swim through, but once you resurface you should be at the tomb entrance. After that, there's just a broken staircase to climb and you'll find yourself at the start of the tomb.
This tomb is located just north of the Temple Of Kukulkan base camp in the hidden city. Simply turn right and follow the path until you reach a small cliff edge; drop down the large steps and you'll be right by the entrance to the tomb. Again, there'll be a small body of water that you'll need to dive into and swim underwater, before squeezing through a crack in the stone.
Located in The Cenote west of the Cenote Vista base camp. This one is quite a trek from the camp and involves a deep underwater swim and some more scrambling through a cave before you even reach the entrance. Once you're in the right place, just follow the tell-tale yellow markings, skulls, and speers that signal a challenge tomb and you'll find your way into the tomb in no time.
Another Mission Of San Juan tomb; this one is located southeast of the Ruined Tower base camp. You should find the yellow indicators of a challenge tomb pretty quickly, diving into a body of water and climbing up a few ledges will have you in the right place in no time.
I got lost in a forest once. Admittedly, there weren't any horrific plane wrecks or crazy gibberish-screaming cultists, but I learned a lot. For instance, never go anywhere that's not your own bedroom without some form of map, and also poison ivy is the absolute worst. But presumably, I gained some kind of applicable skill from that experience. According to Tomb Raider, however, the reason I haven't figured it out yet is that I need to go sit at a camp fire and absorb its wisdom-imparting fumes. That's the base camp system in a nutshell, and - in addition to making perfect sense - it provides Lara with quite a nice range of options in her bid to make it off the island in one piece. Raid the tombs beneath the break - coated in cobwebs and haunted by the ghostly echoes of pun threads long since passed - to see a video of it in action.
It seems like a fairly standard upgrade system overall, but with a few interesting wrinkles. Or, put another way, did you see what Lara did to that guy's face? That's not how arrows work, but points for ingenuity. I am, however, also a wee bit concerned. Apparently we'll be scavenging around for pieces of salvage to upgrade items, and some objectives will require us to re-forge tools - for instance, the ever-versatile (read: Lara is very proficient at embedding objects in people's heads) pick axe - until they're up to snuff. Without proper fine-tuning, I could see those moments feeling like arbitrary progress gates. Let's hope that doesn't end up being the case.
Survival Instinct could be another potential sticking point - at least, if it serves as a "follow the convenient ethereal space lights to solve the puzzle" button. But I suppose we'll just have to wait and see on that one.
Beyond those things, though, Tomb Raider's packing quite a bit of promise. At this point, I really just want to play it for myself already, as potential quibbles mostly come down to minutiae. So I will do that - on March 5th in the far-off Future Year of 2013. Hm. That's a bit of a wait. I guess I'll just have to be content occupying myself with all the other games in existence until then. Bummer.
While we won't be giving away any story spoilers here, the maps below may contain subtle hints about events and places, so if you're particularly sensitive to spoilers, I'd recommend clicking away now.
Heading west from the Plane Wreckage base camp, you'll see some scalable trees and a u-shaped vine, hinting that there's a ledge higher up somewhere. On landing, you'll see some decorative animal skulls with a hint of yellow. Follow the sound of the chimes north and enter the small gap in the stone wall. Jump down into the water, doggy-paddle through the opening, and you'll find the Jungle Cavern base camp just ahead of the tomb itself.
Get to the Jungle Ruins base camp and you'll instantly see the yellow skulls and hear the chimes. Move southwards through the archway and then under the low tree trunks. Run forward and you've arrived at Underworld Gate.
Have you heard of the North Pond Hermit? It's a wonderful story: strange and wistful. For 27 years a man named Chrisopher Knight lived in the wilderness of Maine, sleeping in a camp beautifully hidden amongst boulders and sneaking out, every few weeks, to steal supplies from the surrounding homes. People suspected he was there. It must have been a little bit like being haunted by a lonely ghost. Houses were broken into, candy, books, the odd Game Boy was lifted. Some people would leave supplies out for him, in a bag hooked over the handle of the back door.
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