LARA'S MANSION

Once again, Lara's mansion is home to a training course designed to get the player acquainted with the controls of the game. This time training takes place outdoors on an expanded assault course and inside a thornbush maze. The player can still move in and around Lara's house, and is followed by her loyal butler Winston. An infamous glitch within the Tomb Raider games causes Lara to switch platforms when standing nearby high objects and jumping while the player is looking down. In Lara's mansion, this enables the player to travel across the roof of her house. The house is also home to many secrets, most famously the hedge maze concealing a switch to open the basement of the mansion.

CHINA

The game begins at the Great Wall of China. Lara has come to search for the Dagger of Xian. Her searches take her through many traps. At the end of the level, Lara learns of a cult dedicated also to finding the Dagger of Xian. The cult led by Marco Bartoli, consists of dangerous gangsters who would rather shoot first, and ask questions later. The first level is easy to start with, but it becomes much harder as the level progresses.

• Level 1: The Great Wall

VENICE

Lara has tracked down Marco Bartoli to his hideout in Venice. Lara must infiltrate the hideout in an effort to find Bartoli himself. Behind the hideout complex lies an abandoned opera house. A golden opportunity to explore and uncover more about Bartoli's operations. The levels in Venice range from easy to an average difficulty.

• Level 2: Venice
• Level 3: Bartoli's Hideout
• Level 4: Opera House

THE WRECK OF MARIA DORIA

Hiding on board Bartoli's plane as a stowaway, Lara is knocked unconscious by one of Bartoli's henchmen. When she wakes up, she finds herself trapped on an oil rig and stripped of all her weapons. Lara must recover her weapons and escape from the rig. The game continues underwater, into the remains of the wreck of the Maria Doria, a luxury ship that sank decades ago. On board is a mystical artifact called the Seraph. Bartoli's crew has begun to excavate treasures at this site, and Lara is closely on their tail. The levels of this ocean segment range from average to hard difficulty.

• Level 5: Offshore Rig
• Level 6: Diving Area
• Level 7: 40 Fathoms
• Level 8: Wreck of the Maria Doria
• Level 9: Living Quarters
• Level 10: The Deck

TIBET

With the Seraph safely in Lara's backpack, Tomb Raider II continues in the foothills of Tibet. After encountering a remote monastery, she must delve deeper undergound, through icy caverns to uncover the mysteries that the Seraph has unlocked. The levels in Tibet range from average to hard difficulty.

• Level 11: Tibetan Foothills
• Level 12: Barkhang Monastery
• Level 13: Catacombs of the Talion
• Level 14: Ice Palace

RETURN TO CHINA

Lara returns to China and enters into the Temple of Xian. This is where the mystical dagger is kept. Bartoli has already infiltrated the temple and has begun to cause mayhem. It is time for Lara to deal with this menace once and for all. The levels in China are extremely difficult.

• Level 15: Temple of Xian
• Level 16: Floating Islands
• Level 17: Dragon's Lair

RETURN TO LARA'S MANSION

Upon returning home, Lara examines the dagger of Xian that she has acquired. After marvelling its beauty, the alarms sound. The remains of Bartoli's cult have broken into the mansion, looking for revenge. Your final task is to find the shotgun and kill all of the intruders to finish the game.

• Level 18: Home, Sweet Home