Head down and examine the letter in the middle of the room to see the end of Blood Ties. Place the Sun Shaped Plaque in the Grand Hall here.įrom here, go north from where the arrow points - up the set of stairs, to the scratched wall - and use the Crowbar to find the Croft Family Crypt. To solve the Sun Shaped Plaque riddle, head to the ground floor of the Grand Hall and place the Plaque in the centre of the floor. Now, get the Crowbar from the box on the large table in the centre of the room, and use it on the cracks in the wall underneath the Sun Shaped Plaque to escape back into the basement. '.our knowledge is to the east, our respite to the west, our future to the south and our past to the north.' Get the Crowbar and solve the final puzzle, the Sun Shaped Plaque riddleĬollect the Sun Shaped Plaque on wall on the right side of the room, giving you the following riddle: This opens a hidden passage nearby, leading you to the Secret Vault and the start of the final puzzle. There is where the other side of the parchment comes in handy translating the hieroglyphs gives you the numbers 142. Head down, and push the wine rack where shown (it's near where you pushed the two wine crates earlier) to reveal a hidden key pad. You'll notice it's a map of the Wine Cellar down below. With the Blank Letter in hand, go downstairs in the Grand Hall and use the Lighter on the fireplace, showing clues on both sides of the Blank Letter:
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You get a series of items, ending with the Blank Letter. Now return to the Safe back in the opening Study room and insert the numbers 549 to open it up. The Union tells you it's four days before her birthday on October 13, making October 9 - so 9. 'The day of our wedding anniversary' - Inside the Master Bedroom in the West Wing, find the An Unlikely Union (on the stool in front of the bed) and Amelia's Necklace (to the right side of the bed, and examine the lid).'My favourite painting of Amelia' - In the Atelier, find the Moving In collectible on the work top amongst the paintings to learn the favourite was the abstract one with blocks of red.Examine the front to reveal the hieroglyph, which can be translated with the Hieroglyphics Worksheet found in the library. 'Lara's expedition treasure' - Use the Master Key on the crate upstairs where you found the second Exhibition Map.Safe Combination clues in Blood Ties explained Two of the clues are in the West Wing, which you can access by using the Master Key on the other side of the upstairs of the Grand Hall. So, now you have the Master Key from the Library, it's time to open more areas of the Manor to get more Safe clues. This item is vital to completing this DLC, so you should be well on your way now of getting through it.Welcome to the second part of guide covering the Blood Ties story (if you've skipped ahead, jump back to our Rise of the Tomb Raider - Croft Manor: Blood Ties walkthrough and guide first to get started.) Open it up and you now have the Master Key. This will reveal that the key is hidden beneath the trunk that is just behind the fireplace in the library, and all you have to do is move it to reveal a case in the ground.
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While this map initially appears to only show a key, holding it to the fireplace in the library (after lighting it with the lighter) will reveal the full picture.
Head into the back of the library and move the ladder so that you can climb up to the top floor (moving around some obstacles along the way), picking up the map at the end of the walkway. This will be a journal entry, but it will also come with a lighter. It will eventually lead you to the library via a ladder and then a moving bookshelf, and on one of the desks in the library you will spot an item. Navigating down and through the basement and moving around some shelves will reveal a flooded and rundown area that Lara has to crawl through, though it is pretty straightforward.