Level 5 — St. Francis' Folly (the four-room vertical level)

St. Francis' Folly — Level 5 walkthrough

The vertical level. Lara climbs a massive central shaft with four god-themed side rooms, each gated by its own puzzle, plus a fifth (Poseidon) at the bottom.

The five rooms

1. Atlas — push the giant statue off its pedestal. The statue must roll to the correct hole.
2. Damocles — sword-trap room with falling blades. Run through, don't stop.
3. Hephaestus — moving cog mechanism, light footwork required.
4. Thor — lightning bolt trap. Pull the lever, then sprint past.
5. Poseidon — flooded bottom room with skeletons and underwater lever.

Each room hands over a key. Insert all keys at the central pedestal to open the level exit.

Tips

• The central shaft has multiple ledges — falling does NOT instakill if you grab on the way down. Practice ledge grabs.
• Save before each god room — the deaths here are unforgiving and the Hephaestus cogs in particular can crush you instantly.

Secrets

• 4 secrets. The Atlas room secret is hidden behind the moving statue's path — push the statue carefully, don't end the puzzle too early.

If stuck: if you have 4 keys and the central door won't open, you missed Poseidon at the very bottom. Drop down further than you think — the underwater section is past two ledges below the rooms.